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Emily Love, international careers consultant with the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, received the SUNY Career Development Organization Award for Excellence in Programming in the Committee’s Choice Award category for “Four Year Program” at its annual conference.

Erik Colon, Educational Opportunity Program academic advisor, was honored with the Outstanding Contribution to the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs Award by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), in August.

Beth Riley, assistant dean of students and director of case management in the Office of the Dean of Students, was honored by the Higher Education Case Managers Association (HECMA) for serving on its national board. In particular, she was recognized for her service as chair of the national Quality Improvement Committee, in August.

Elizabeth Carter, vice president for student development, received the SUNY Excel: Access, Completion and Success Award from SUNY for the Broome County Higher Education Access, Retention and Success (HEARS) program in August. The program seeks to increase degree completion rates for students at ßÙßÇÂþ»­ and SUNY Broome Community College by working collaboratively with community organizations to increase access to education for Broome County residents who had not previously considered pursing a college degree.

Marian Stern, technical services assistant in the Libraries, was been recognized as Library Worker of the Year by the South Central Regional Library Council. The honor recognized her for her work including when she assumed additional responsibilities due to staffing changes that required her technical experience to ensure uninterrupted delivery of critical library services. This required two months of intensive training, a major software migration and focused dedication to a multitude of technical issues.

Jaimee Wriston Colbert, professor of English, general literature and rhetoric, recently published her fifth book, Wild Things (Baker & Taylor, SPD). The book is a story collection filled with human characters facing disappointment and sheer desperation in an environment where good-paying factory jobs are an endangered species. Colbert’s protagonists confront meth, homeless and the abduction of a young girl by a man with the heart and soul of a “wild thing,” and the ghosts of lost dreams. Their survival is their triumph.