April 26, 1999 Volume 21, No. 15

Kudos The American Psychological Association has selected Barney Beins, psychology, as a participant in its Psychology Partnership Program conference. Psychologists from around the country will meet for a week this summer at James Madison University to develop plans for collaboration to improve teaching at all levels. Conference participants were selected based on their long-standing contributions and leadership in the psychology community. Beins is a fellow of the APA, which is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. Cocurricular media in the Roy H. Park School of Communications recently won awards. The Ithacan was recognized with a third place for overall excellence and third place for design in the New York Press Association 1999 Better College Newspaper Competition. Gretta Nemcek ’99 received a first-place award for feature writing. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded a number of "mark of excellence" honors at its regional competition in March. The Ithacan received a third place for overall excellence, while Robert Bluey ’01 took second place for in-depth reporting, Nemcek took second place for feature writing, and Melissa Thornley ’02 won third place for sports photography. At that same convention, ICTV was awarded the following honors: first place, television non-daily newscast, for Newswatch 54; first place, television feature photography, for "Noise Photo Essay"; first place, television sports photography, for "Sports Final"; second place, television feature, for "The Tulip Man"; second place, television sports reporting, for "Eighth Grade Sensation"; and third place, television non-daily newscast, for "Diversity in Central New York." On March 20 Bill Hastings and Rob Licht, both art, were recipients of an artists’ direct support grant from the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County. A biography entry for Harry McCue, art, will be included in the millennium edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in America.