REUNITED - A report was received from TOM HANCOCK, Class of 1958, about his
class's 4th Annual Winter Luncheon in Sarasota, Florida on 27 February:
After noting that "TONI and BOB GREEN ... helped me put it together," he
writes that: "This year was our largest turnout with 10 classmates and 9
wives attending. We began at noon and it wasn't until 6PM before the last
left. Attending were Florida retirees, LEN BLACK, ROD CODERRE, BOB GREEN,
DOM FORTUNATO, ART McCLELLAND, BILL SANCHEZ, ALEX WELLS, and snowbirds from
Long Island, TOM HANCOCK, HARRY RAUSCH, and NEIL SCALA. Next year, a harbor
ride with lunch is planned, so if any snowbirds expect to be in the area
around the end of February, please contact BOB GREEN or [TOM HANCOCK.]"
[For detailed demographics on the migration and major characteristics
of the Northern Snowbird, go to
http://www.timesunion.com/life/travel/snowbirds/factoids.stm ]
NEW DIRECTION - Fort Schuyler announced the hiring of a new Athletic
Director for its NCAA Division III sports programs, WILLIAM E. MARTINOV, Jr.
He comes to the college by way of St. John's University. Before that he
spent eleven years as a strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame.
According to the article in the College's online 'Maritime Watch' news
section, Martinov said: "I could not have asked for a better opportunity
than this. I wholly embrace the mission of SUNY Maritime's intercollegiate
athletics, which is to provide student-athletes with a forum to achieve and
build character, complement the goals and objectives of the College's
curriculum, and bolster campus morale." [For the entire story go to the
college website at http://www.sunymaritime.edu ]
MUGGING - In a followup to the recent discussion about 4th Class year
discipline, LT RICHARD S. MILLIOT, Class of 1996, weighs in: "In response to
Mr. FITZ, I believe what CDR STUBBLEFIELD was concerned with was not the
discipline we receive as MUGs, but the inappropriateness of being required
to perform 'personal servitude' to upperclass."
"No one should question a senior's right/requirement to give necessary
orders for the smooth operation of a unit, military, merchant, business, or
otherwise. But juniors should not be required to be servants of upper
class. 'Swab a deck cause it needs it, sure / Shine my shoes cause I told
you to, not so much.'" [According to the online Alumni Roster, Richard is a
Damage Control Instructor at the Naval Surface Warfare Officers School
Command in Newport, RI. You can visit the school at
http://www.swos.navy.mil ]
BE PREPARED - Do you have your eye on some great candidates for SUNY
Maritime who are currently sophomores or juniors in high school? Do them a
favor by suggesting they apply for the college's new Summer Leadership
Institute. Rising high school juniors and seniors are now being invited to
attend a 5-day 'experimental leader development' program at Fort Schuyler
this July. "The Leadership Institute is based on hands-on experience and is
complemented by four 60-minute workshops daily. In addition to the group
activities, you will also have the opportunity to select from one of two
areas in which to concentrate: The Regimental Track or The Outdoor Adventure
Track." The daily schedule begins with 7 AM's "Wellness Training"and goes
through until 10PM's "Much Needed Rest." (Sound familiar?)
[Complete information about the Leadership Institute, including
eligibility, cost, and an application, is posted as a .pdf document on the
college website - http://www.sunymaritime.edu]
HELLO, ALUMNI IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - Seattle-area alumni are invited to
a joint meeting of state academy graduates and Kings Pointers on 28 April at
the College Club. As BOB BOHLMAN, Class of 1961, writes at the Alumni
Association website: "Basically, we Fort Schuyler folks here in the
Northwest do not have any active alumni association. We would like you to
consider attending this joint meeting hopefully to discuss how we might try
to establish a chapter of our own alumni association here in the PNW." [You
can contact Bob at RBohlman@marineexchangesea.com ]
LEARNING AT MARITIME ONLINE - In recent weeks Fort Schuyler seems to have
come of age in the use of internet technology for its academic offerings.
For example, you can now earn your master's degree in International
Transportation Management as an online student. According to a .pdf document
at the college website: "SUNY Maritime Online is designed to fit the life of
busy professional mariners, military officers and international business
executives who balance family, work and leisure and volunteer activities. It
is a full-service, interactive distance-learning campus that takes full
advantage of the dynamic efficiencies and capabilities offered by the
internet. Employing a student-centered approach to learning, it eliminates
the constraints of time and location, allowing students to sign on to
courses at any time of day or night from any place the Internet can be
accessed." [Way cool!] More information at http://www.sunymaritime.edu
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE FORT - Technology is also catching on in the
undergraduate program. For example, the campus now has a Multimedia
Instructional Designer (a.k.a. KATHY PYZYNSKI) who works with the faculty
in the use of the SUNY Learning Network's 'Course Space' which allows
students to access instructional materials via the internet. "In a networked
environment, students may be working from their home, from their campus,
from their work site or 'on the road.' They may be as close as your same
building, or half way around the world." Online courses have grown
exponentially in SUNY. Starting with 8 courses in 1995 the online offerings
had grown to over 1500 courses offered by 2001. As Maritime plays catch up,
it is probably safe to predict that in the coming months Fort Schuyler
faculty will be busy adapting their teaching styles and syllabi to this new,
asynchronous, instructional environment. [For more information about the
SUNY Learning Network go to http://sln.suny.edu ]
