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	Sally Espinosa, graduate studies; David Shapiro, corporate communication; and graduate students Salina Shaw and Edwin Robles recently represented the College at the AHANA Minority Forum in Syracuse. Espinosa moderated a panel entitled "Communications and Creative Arts," while Shapiro, Shaw, and Robles served as presenters on that panel. Carla Golden, psychology, was elected as a fellow of the American Psychological Association in recognition of "outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology." The award was announced on August 17, 1997, at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association in Chicago. Sharon Mazzarella, television-radio, has been elected vice chair of the International Communication Association's Popular Communication Division. She will take office at the close of the ICA's 48th annual conference, July 20-24, 1998, in Jerusalem, Israel. ICA, an association of 3,100 communication scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners, was established in 1950 to provide a forum for academicians and other professionals to exchange research information on communication topics. Its Popular Communication Division particularly focuses on the scholarly investigation and analysis of communication in popular culture. Mazzarella's own research deals with youth culture and mass media, specifically in the areas of adolescent girls and popular culture and in the media portrayal of Generation X. She has published articles on her research in professional journals and a book chapter on children and media, and she is currently coediting a book entitled Growing Up Girls: Popular Culture and the Construction of Identity. In addition, she has a forthcoming book entitled Slackers, Grungesters, and Body-Pierced Freaks? Mass Media and the Framing of Generation X. Paula Mitchell, director of admission, was recently recognized for her outstanding contributions to the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC) as a national assembly delegate. Mitchell received this recognition at the annual three-day conference at Wells College this past June. Mitchell has attended NYSACAC's executive board meetings and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) assembly sessions for the past three years. NACAC's assembly decides national policy for colleges and high schools, which guide students through the school-to-college transition process. NYSACAC is a professional association of 1,000 college admission officers and high school counselors who seek to promote access and equity in the college-seeking process. The association also seeks to develop, strengthen, and support professionals in college admissions and high school counseling. Mitchell's outstanding participation and contributions were made a part of the official record at the association's annual business meeting. Heinz Koch, chemistry, and Judith Koch, chemistry, participated in the 31st annual meeting of the Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers (MAALACT) in Chestertown, Maryland, October 10-11. Heinz was part of a three person panel in a discussion session on "Undergraduate Research at Liberal Arts Colleges: Getting it Started and Keeping it Sustained." He will also present an invited paper, "Thirty Years of a Unified Laboratory Program at Ithaca College," in a symposium on integrated laboratories at the 5th Chemical Congress of North America, November 11-15, in Cancun, Mexico. Jacalyn Spoon, Gannett Center, has been awarded the New York State Library Assistants Association's certificate of achievement at level 3, specializing in public services. Spoon was sent by NYSLAA to be its representative at the 30th annual conference of the American Library Association's Council on Library/Media Technicians, held in San Francisco in June.