Labedz-Poll Participates in Leadership Symposium
Marita Labedz-Poll, a doctoral student in the higher edu-cation program and the associate dean of the Lake Forest College in Illinois, was selected to participate in the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators' Alice Manicur Women's symposium, held in January 2002 in San Antonio, Texas. The symposium identified 30 women from across the country who aspire to positions of leadership within higher education.

Scandling Scholars Named
Three new Scandling Scholars have been named and join the Warner community. It is our pleasure to introduce them:

Amy Cassata, a doctoral student in counseling and human development, received her master’s degree in School Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. For the past two years, she has been pursuing her licensure as a school psychologist and plans a career in higher education student services/career counseling. She has been assigned an assistantship with Professor Richard Iuli in the Biology Department to work on his NSF-funded grant.

Stephen Demanchick, a doctoral student in counseling and human development, received his master's degree in Counselor Education from the State University of New York, Brockport. He was assigned an assistantship with Howard Kirschenbaum, chair of the counseling and human development program to both support his research and the work he is doing as part of the Warner School's efforts to seek CACREP and NCATE accreditation. Stephen's interests include group work for developmentally disabled adults and school counseling. He is planning a career in counseling/teaching.

Katherine Orem is a doctoral student in the teaching and curriculum program and received her master’s degree from the Warner School. Since 1995 she has taught primary students in the Rochester City School District and has become involved in initiatives to effect change in pedagogy in elementary schools, primarily relating to mathematics. She has been assigned an assistantship with Judi Fonzi, director of the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform, to work on the New York State D.D. Eisenhower Professional Development grant program for a K-12 systemic reform project that engages four school districts in rethinking and reforming their mathematics programs. Katherine plans to either continue teaching children, or possibly work to help reform math pedagogy.