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Name: Peter Maitland
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 4/05/05
Email: pmaitland@romecsd.org
Address: 5892 Hawkins Corners Rd., Lee Center, NY 13363
Occupation: High school Science teacher
Biography: 2002 Entry: I have worked in a number of different places since graduating from Cortland. I worked for a year at Colgate Univ. as a lab
tech, then on to Oxford for a year. I then worked for three years in the Auburn city school district and did some work at
Cornell. I left Auburn to teach in Mexico for three years and have now been teaching in the Rome city Schools
for the past four years. This past summer I wrote a course in Marine/Aquatic Science and piloted the program this past year. The
researching and traveling was the best part of writing the new course. It was a huge success, I now have 160+ kids signed up
for the coming school year and have brought in a collegue to help with some of the classes. The course would never have
gotten off the ground however without the help of Sherry Boelhert and RoAnne Destito and a $10,000 grant. I feel that I owe
my successes to my years at Cortland and the outstanding faculty. Thanks to everyone!
2005 Entry: I am now in the 4th year of my
marine biology/aquatic science course and things are going great. I am teaching
just my course and doing the yearbook for RFA. I met my soul mate 5 years ago on
Valentines day we made it official on christmas eve of 2003 on a beach in
mexico. Hope that everyone is doing well.
Name: Peter Marietta
Graduated: 1990
Entry Date: 11/7/01
Occupation: Masters Program (Exercise Science), Colorado State University
Name: Monica Marlowe
Graduated: 2005
Entry Date: 12/14/05
Email: lomar420@aol.com
Address: 807 Duncan Ave., Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Occupation: Grad Student; SCI 101 Instructor
Name: Joshua Martin
Graduated: 1999
Entry Dates: 9/12/01, 2/1/2008
Email: govikes00@hotmail.com
Address: 3840 Highland Road, Cortland, NY 13045
Occupation: 7th life science at homer jr. high
Biography: working, playing, mainly working!
| Name: Matt Martinkovic Graduated: 2001 Entry Date: 10/9/07 Email: mmartinkovic@hotmail.com Address: 4 Crary Avenue, Binghamton, NY 13905 Biography: I have been working with the National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program for the past 7 years and also finishing my Master's in Teaching at Cortland. |
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Name: Annie Matuszewski, now Annie Madden
Graduated: 1998
Entry Dates: 4/7/04, 8/4/06
Email: anniemadden@hotmail.com
Address: 502 California Street, Stratford,
CT 06614
Occupation: Environmental Science Teacher
Biography: Since graduation, I have taught HS
biology and earth science in AZ and, most recently, have been teaching in
Chappaqua, NY. I am finishing a Master's degree in Geology and expecting my
first child in April, 2004!
8/4/06 Entry: I have earned a Master's degree in
geoscience (Aug 2005) and am now science department chairperson and curriculum
coordinator in addition to my teaching duties. I also have a son, Benjamin who
is currently 2.
Name: William Mauck
Graduated: 2001
Entry Date: 9/5/04
Email: wmauck@rohan.sdsu.edu
Address: 5484 Reservoir Drive, Apt. B-56, San
Diego, CA 92120
Occupation: Graduate Student
Biography: 1st year graduate student at San Diego State University and
working as a research assistant on the genetic reconstruction of the Tanager
phylogeny. My thesis will involve research on the systematics of an undecided
avian species.
Name: Patrick Maxwell
Graduated: 1996
Entry Date: 11/30/01
Email: phmaxwel@mailbox.syr.edu
Occupation: Graduate Student
Biography: The summer after I left Cortland I began work on my Ph.D. in Biology at Syracuse University. My field is molecular biology
and my dissertation involves further characterizing a retrotransposon (a type of mobile DNA element) that is found at telomeres
in Drosophila melanogaster. The retrotransposon (along with a second retrotransposon) maintains the telomeres in Drosophila
by adding new copies of itself to the telomeric DNA (Drosophila has no telomerase gene that has ever been identified).
Besides working on my dissertation, I also got married and now have two children (a son and a daughter). Needless to say, I
don't do much else.
Name:
David McCartt
Graduated: 2006
Entry Date: 2/1/08
Email: dm97@cornell.edu
Biography: About
8 months after graduation I began working for the Macaulay Library of Natural
Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY. I enjoy helping the
library build and maintain the world's largest archive of animal sounds. Much
of my spare time is spent birding, motorcycle touring, generally enjoying the
outdoors, and keeping up with the latest conservation issues facing the planet.
Name: Jennifer McConnell
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 2/27/03
Email: mctrout@earthlink.net
Address: 52 Upper Narrows Ln,
Winthrop, ME 04364
Occupation: Family Physician
Biography: After graduating from the pre-med
biology program at Cortland, I took one year off. I then went on to SUNY Health
Science Center at Syracuse and graduated in 1994 with my M.D. degree. My next
move was to Maine, where I attended a residency for Family Practice. I have been
practicng in a rural area of central Maine since. I also spend lots of time with
my two daughters.
When I started at Cortland, I was a health
science major. Luckily, I had some great guidance and changed direction in my
junior year. I feel very blessed that I like going to my job and that I have the
gift of such a fullfilling career. Thanks.
Name: Joseph S. McKay
Graduated: 1999
Entry Date: 10/29/03
Email: Tajiri09@yahoo.com
Address: 265 Main St., Hornell, NY
14843
Occupation: Student at New York Chiropractic College
Biography:Since Graduating from Cortland in 1999. I have
lived in Charlotte, NC working for the largest banking
corporation in the US, Bank of America. With their help
and guidance I received a keen business acumen With the coordination of
the business aspect and the scientific background from SUNY Cortland, I hope to
excel in my own Chiropractic practice after graduation.
Name: Brian McKeon
Graduated: 1996
Entry Dates: 3/12/02, 11/30/06
Email: bmckeon@pct.edu
Address:
Penn College, One
College Ave, Williamsport, PA 17701
Occupation:
Assistant
Professor of Biology
Biography: Having finished my B.S. in Biology with a Chemistry minor at Cortland, I pursued a M.S. Degree in Molecular
Biology in Dr. John Doctor's lab at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. I then spent a year doing HIV research at the University
of Pittsburgh in Dr. Ron Montelaro's Lab, which resulted in two publications. When I realized that research was not my “first
love,” I left Pittsburgh to teach Biology at Penn State in Erie, PA. During my two years at PSU I worked both as a lecturer
and lab coordinator for the Biology Department. I was also fortunate to write and publish three 1st edition lab manuals and
two 2nd edition manuals. However, the research requirement of my job was still more than I cared to perform. I had finally
found my true passion – teaching. Therefore, I left Penn State at the end of my contract and have accepted a position at
Broome Community College where I am teaching Human Biology, Microbiology, and a non-majors course in Biological
Weapons. I have also proposed the creation of a new A.A./A.S. degree in Biotechnology, which has been well received so
far. Finally, I am currently attending Binghamton University in my free time as I work on my Ph.D. in Philosophy and Medical
Ethics. Overall, I am very grateful for the support I received from the Biology Department at Cortland, especially from my
advisor, Dr. John Straneva.
2006 Entry: Being from an ordinarily small town on a mostly harmless
planet, I decided to see the world. So, I journeyed to my backyard with a field
microscope. After years of research, I eventually attended a university where
they gave me a master’s degree for studying small things. Now I spend my time
traveling to new places with my microscope in a different university's backyard.
I am particularly interested in biofilms. However, my intense scrutiny of
these microbes has increasingly led me to feel that I may be invading their
privacy. This concern led me to another university, where I earned my doctorate
in medical ethics and philosophy of mind. Thus empowered, I am convinced that I
can adequately defend the ethicality of my research against even the staunchest
of microbial-rights proponents. If you would like to learn more, you can visit
me at:
http://home.pct.edu/~bmckeon/.
Name: Heather McLaren, now Heather Dunshee
Graduated: 1979
Entry Date: 2/3/03
Email: dunsheeh@secsd.stier.org
Address: R.D. 1, Box 194A, Earlville, NY
13332
Occupation: Physics teacher
Biography: When I first entered Cortland in 1975, I had
no intentions of becoming a teacher. My advisor, Dr. Eugene Waldbauer, talked me
into getting certified "just as a backup". As luck would have it, it's
the only thing I have done since. I taught Biology for 1 year at Pine Bush High
School, Pine Bush, NY. I then decided to come back upstate and taught a variety
of science classes at South New Berlin Central School, South New Berlin, NY. By
then it was time to get my Masters out of the way so I took a year's leave of
absence and returned to SUNY Oneonta to get an M.S. in Secondary Science
Education. At the same time, I completed the coursework to get permanently
certified in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. I then got a job teaching Physics
at Sherburne-Earlville High School, Sherburne, NY. I took 5 years off to have my
2 children, then returned to the same Physics teaching position that I left. I
still love teaching. The students are the best part of my job. I am now
Department Chairperson in a wonderful science department of 10 teachers.
Name: Jamie McMahon
Graduated: 1994
Entry Date: 12/14/99
Email: marjam@alltel.net
Occupation: Graduate Student- Physical Therapy- University of St. Augustine for Health
Sciences, St. Augustine, FL
Name: Jeffery McMinn
Graduated: 1992
Entry Date: 8/14/07
Email: dntsmls@yahoo.com
Address: 3 Tamarack Lane, Clifton Park, New York 12065
Occupation: Dental Hygiene Professor
Biography: Teeth...... I have been teaching dental hygiene students
both clinically and academically at Hudson Valley Community College.
Name: Paula Miner
Graduated: 1993
Entry Date: 7/6/02
Email: Paula.Miner@hitchcock.org
Occupation: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Biography: After leaving Cortland I received my MD at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse. Then I moved to Maine and finished
a residency in Family Practice. Currently, I am in my third year of residency training in OB-Gyn at Dartmouth in New
Hampshire.
I have all of the good people at Cortland to thank.
Name: Thomas Mione
Graduated: 1985
Entry Date: 7/6/02
Email: MioneT@ccsu.edu
Occupation: Professor
Biography: Thomas Mione, a botanist, was recently promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at Central Connecticut State
University, where he has been a faculty member for nearly 10 years.
Name: John Montowski
Graduated: 1992
Entry Date: 7/26/04
Email: jmontowski@hotmail.com
Address: 408 Harmony Lane, Douglassville PA 19518
Occupation: Project Manager of Laboratory Instrumentation
Biography: I worked for five years as a Quality Control Chemist
for a major pharmaceutical company. I then obtained a position with a consulting
firm performing equipment and system validation (testing) for companies that
fall under FDA regulation. This position includes developing company wide
validation plans, testing plans, SOPs, vendor and internal audits and company
wide training. I married my wife who also gradutated from Cortland, and have a
daughter. Loving life, but missing the Cortland days!!!
Name: Jennifer Mosey, now Jennifer Sabatino
Graduated: 1993
Entry Date: 8/3/06
Email: jsaba2004@yahoo.com
Address: 6202 Alletta Circle, Baldwinsville, NY 13027
Occupation: Middle School Guidance Counselor
Biography: After completing my MS Ed. in Biology in 1995, I taught 8th
grade Physical Science at Cato-Meridian MS for seven years. After completing my
MS in counseling at Syracuse University, I stayed on at Cato-Meridian as a
guidance counselor. I work in the same building where I taught. Personally, I
stay busy with my husband David and our kids Michael (3yrs.) and Mary (1 yr.)
Name: Will Moth
Graduated: 1969
Entry Date: 8/13/04
Email: mothb@ccs.cnyric.org
Address: 46867 Henderson Road, Jamesville, NY 13078-9615
Occupation: Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services @
Chittenango CSD
Biography:Taught Biology & Earth Science in CNY until 1981.
K-12 Science Coordinator 1979-81.
Rec'd Masters from Ohio State University through Stone Laboratoy Biological
Field Station.
Rec'd CAS from Oswego.
Public School Administrator since 1981.
Name: Linda Mueller, now Linda Fitzhugh
Graduated: 1986
Entry Dates: 1/28/03; 9/23/07
Email: fitzhugh@knology.net
Occupation: Assistant Professor of Biology
Biography: I taught at Washingtonville
Junior High School in Washingtonville, NY for two years before attending NCSU
for my master's degree. I met my husband at NCSU, and after he finished his
Ph.D. in fisheries biology, we moved to Florida. I have been teaching at Gulf
Coast Community College for the past 8 years!
I love reading about the biology faculty at Cortland State. You all did a great
job preparing us for careers in biology. I aspire to do the same for my
students!
2007
Entry: I still teach at Gulf Coast Community College, and every year
in the fall, I organize a community based seagrass monitoring program. This
program is tied to the water quality monitoring program the environmental group
I am in coordinates. I am always looking for new volunteers, so I was excited
to meet two new interns that had just moved to the Panama City area. One is
working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the other is doing shark
research at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). As I was
talking to this intern from NOAA about scuba diving, he mentioned that he did
his check out dives in a turbid, cold lake in upstate NY. I asked if it was
Skaneateles Lake and he looked surprised and said yes and then I asked him where
he went to college. Turns out he just graduated from Cortland State! His name
is Chris Berry ('07), and he helped me set up my buoys last weekend. I am
attaching a picture of us. We're still quite wet as we just finished our work.
I know Chris is enjoying the warmer weather in Florida; he just moved from
Alaska where he was doing another internship with the USFWS. I think it's great
that I am meeting Cortland alumni in Panama City! I'll be doing more seagrass
research in the future; maybe we can set up a program for students who want some
field experience.
Hope everyone is well!
Name: Tara Mullen
Graduated: 1995
Entry Date: 7/14/00
Email: taramullen@hotmail.com
Occupation: I graduated from the New England College of Optometry in 1999 and I'm now a practicing Optometrist inside an optical chain in
Chattanooga TN. I'm also getting married in May 2001.
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