Faculty-Staff Achievements, Nov. 6, 2008
Awards
Gail Cummings-Danson, director of athletics, is part of the Class of 2008 in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall
of Fame. This year?s class of nine new members and one team will be inducted in a
ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Firefighter's Club in Burnabay, B.C. The honor
marks the second national lacrosse hall of fame induction for Cummings-Danson, who
was named to the U.S. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2007.
As a standout player at Temple University, Cummings-Danson is the top goal scorer
in collegiate women?s lacrosse history. She scored an NCAA-record 289 goals during
her career at Temple, including 93 in 1988 when she led Temple to a perfect 19-0 record
and the NCAA championship. She was a three-time All-American, earning first-team honors
in 1987 and 1988. Cummings-Danson played for the Canadian national team from 1982
to 1989 and helped the U.S. win the World Cup in 1993.
Cummings-Danson took over the Skidmore athletic program in June 2005. She previously
coached lacrosse at Connecticut College, Temple, and the University at Albany. She
has been inducted into the Temple University Hall of Fame and the Ontario Lacrosse
Hall of Fame.
Thomas S. W. Lewis, professor of English, was one of three people honored at the ninth annual Community
Service Awards Brunch hosted Oct. 26 by the Saratoga Springs Rotary Education Foundation.
Lewis was recognized for his accomplishments in literature and filmmaking and in spearheading
the renovation of the Universal Preservation Hall.
In her introduction Phyllis Roth, professor of English and former department chair,
summarized Lewis?s accomplishments, including books published, films researched, and
awards received. She noted, ?Tom Lewis offers us rich and deep understanding of the
art and architecture, technologies and topographies?urban and rural, riverborne, dividing
and bridging?of the highway, the airwaves, the church spires and spaces that identify,
mark, and transform both our country and our identities.?
Activities
Denise Warner Limoli, associate professor of dance, has joined the board of directors of the National Museum
of Dance.
Publications
James Kennelly, director, International Affairs, and associate professor, management and business,
was special guest of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen at the Oct. 30 official launch
of Kennelly?s new book in festivities held in Dublin. Titled Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference: Innovation, Learning and Sense of
Place in a Globalising Ireland, the book was published in August by Blackhall. In addition to Kennelly, special guests
at the event included Gerald O?Connor of Blackhall Publishing, and Finbarr Bradley,
Kennelly?s co-author. Click here for the text of the prime minister?s remarks.
In the News
Sandy Baum, professor of economics, was a source for four recent news stories: ?Student Aid Is
Up, but the Rise in College Costs Outpaces Family Incomes? and ?Tuition Cut, Anyone??
appearing Nov. 3 in chronicle.com, and scheduled for publication in the Nov. 7 issue
of The Chronicle of Higher Education; ?How Much Is That College Degree Really Worth,? Oct. 31 in usnews.com; and ?Downturn
Expected to Drive Tuition Up,? Oct. 30, The New York Times.
Bob Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for ?Record-setting race,? published
Nov. 2 in The Sunday Post-Star (Glens Falls).