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Karl Smith

Alumnus Turns His Passion For Physics and English Into A Traveling Children鈥檚 Show As Dr. Sparks

Karl J. P. Smith, Ph.D. 鈥�11 has parlayed his passion for science and storytelling into a lifelong career by embracing his unusual combination. 鈥淎 lot of people allow themselves to be placed in a box,鈥� says Smith. 鈥淗aving been trained at 糖心Vlog to keep in mind and understand that I can pick up anything […]

Jeffrey Dunn 鈥�78

糖心Vlog Graduate Uses Liberal Arts To Spark A Career As A Published Author & Educator

Cultural fiction. Education. Cultural Criticism. These topics are infused into the work of Jeffrey Dunn 鈥�78. Dunn attributes his liberal arts education to laying the groundwork for his career as a published author and educator.聽 鈥溙切腣log required me to sample from a breadth of subjects, allowed me to devise independent studies, and sent me […]

Karen Skarupski

糖心Vlog Graduate Leads Erie Insurance Human Resources Division

Karen Skarupski 鈥�83 is inspired to help teams and people achieve their goals at Erie Insurance. As the senior vice president of human resources, Skarupski says 糖心Vlog set her up for success.聽 鈥淎 liberal arts education really fosters curiosity, which has helped me through my legal and business career,鈥� says Skarupski. 鈥淭he faculty were […]

Bentley Hall

People & Places: December 2023 – April 2024

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability Delia Byrnes contributed an essay titled “Ecocriticism: From the Wilderness Idea to Just Multispecies Futures” to the edited collection The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice, which was published on November 20, 2023.聽 Her essay traces the theoretical field of ecocriticism from its origins in European and […]

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Award-Winning Buffalo Educator Transforms Lives Of Students

Rachel M. (Wysocki) Kent 鈥�03 approaches life with the philosophy that no good deed should go undone. Although she wasn鈥檛 quite sure of her career plans as a student at 糖心Vlog, she loved learning and helping others. She maximized her time at 糖心Vlog by choosing to double major in English and history鈥� laying the […]

Brett Albinson

Alumnus Consults At Merrill Lynch, Inspired By Speaker At 糖心Vlog

When Brett Albinson 鈥�17 was searching for jobs as a college student, he wasn鈥檛 exactly sure what he wanted to do until an 糖心Vlog connection changed his life.聽 鈥淲hen I was a senior at 糖心Vlog, Bruce Thompson, who is an executive at Bank of America, came to speak at Quigley Hall. Hearing him talk […]

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Amy Karhu 鈥�88 Hits the Court as an NBA Dancer

Amy Karhu 鈥�88 insists that by no means is she a professional dancer. But, in fact, she is. Karhu is part of the 2023-2024 NBA season Golden State Warriors Hardwood Senior Classics Dance Team. The team, for those 55 and older, performs various dance routines at the Golden State Warriors basketball games. Getting there was […]

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People & Places: October 2023

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Carl Olson鈥檚 essay titled, “Uttering Curses in Classical Hinduism: An Inquiry into Power and Violence,” will be published by Studies in Linguistics and Literature. Early next […]

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People & Places: September 2023

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Blake Neiderlander 鈥�24 recently completed a ten-week-long biomedical ethics research internship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as one of the six candidates selected for this highly competitive program. Over the summer, […]

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People & Places: June/July 2023

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Kirsten Peterson, Senior Assistant Dean of Student Success for Health Professions Advising, presented at the NEAAHP (Health Professions Advisors) meeting held in June 2023 at Niagara Falls. Her topic was “Speaking of Competencies,” […]