Upstate Institute at Colgate University

The Upstate Institute is located in East Hall on the Colgate Campus. Our telephone number is 315-228-6623.

The governance of the Upstate Institute includes an Executive Board, comprised of faculty, staff and administrators at Colgate University, and a Community Board, comprised of community leaders, government officials, local businesspeople, and school administrators.

Ellen Percy Kraly is the director of the Upstate Institute and the William R. Kenan, Professor of Geography at Colgate. Her research interests include the relationship between immigration and U.S. population growth, population and environment change, emigration from the United States, refugee policy and resettlement and immigrant incorporation, human rights and Australian Aborigines, and status attainment among immigrant and racial populations in the U.S.

Jason Beck is with the Upstate Institute as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program. He recently graduated from Miami University with a BA in political science and English. Jason is expanding the service learning opportunities through the Upstate Institute, and is working to create a partnership that will allow regional high school students better access to Colgate campus resources.

Julie Dudrick is a project consultant for the Upstate Institute. She works with community groups that are in the beginning phases of their projects, and organizes the Upstate Institute Field School. She also creates Upstate Institute communications material and maintains the website. She has an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame and has previously worked for the Partnership for Community Development.

Angel is working to expand the service learning opportunities for faculty and students through the Upstate Institute. She has previously been involved in community development and leadership initiatives on local and regional levels, and most recently worked as family and youth division manager at Community Action Partnership in Madison County. She has a BA from Syracuse University, and is currently working toward her masters in public administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

Kate Lucey is a project consultant for the Upstate Institute. She is facilitating the Upstate Student Philanthropy Council. Prior to that she was the first Executive Director for the Partnership for Community Development in Hamilton. She also worked as a planner and grants writer for the Cook County Department of Planning in Illinois, the City of Utica, N.Y., and River Street Planning & Development of Troy, N.Y.

Linda Rauscher is Administrative Assistant for the Upstate Institute. She is also Administrative Assistant for the Environmental Studies and Geography deparments.

The nine-member Executive Board includes representation from all of the university's divisions. Board members work as community ambassadors to the Upstate Institute and participate in the institute's long-term strategic planning efforts.Our Executive Board consists of:

Mary Ann Calo is a professor of Art and Art History at Colgate. She has taught at Syracuse University and Florida State University. She specializes in American art, modern and contemporary art, and women and art. Her teaching interests include the history of art criticism, American art and cultural history, visual art and the Harlem Renaissance. She served as Associate Dean of the Faculty for the 2004-2005 school year. Professor Calo has degrees from Denison University and Syracuse University.

Randy Fuller is a professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Studies at Colgate. His teaching interests are in the areas of ecology and environmental studies where he teach courses in introductory biology, biodiversity, ecology, advanced ecology, aquatic ecology and

courses in environmental science. His research interests include trophic relations of aquatic insects as well as algal-bacterial relationships and energy flow in streams and rivers. His most recent research projects are based in the Adirondack Mountains, and involve examining the impacts of water releases from a reservoir (to support a white-water rafting enterprise) on the river ecosystems downstream from the reservoir. He is also studying the effects of calcium depletion in Adirondack forests and its impact on episodic acidification events in small, Adirondack Mountain streams.

John A. Gallucci is an associate Professor of Romance Languages & Literature at Colgate University. He teaches Renaissance and Classical French literature. In recent years, his research in this literature has led to the writings of the early French explorers of the

“New World”, and to an interest in the long tradition of French travel writing from early America. In the summer of 2003, he attended an NEH Summer Institute at the Newberry Library, Chicago, on this subject. He is preparing a scholary edition of the Castorland Journal, which tells the story of a group of French political refugees who in the 1790’s attempt to settle a tract of land in the Western Adirondacks. This edition is based on a fresh translation of the original text. Recently, he organized a panel discussion on “Upstate New York as Literary Inspiration”. His research has led to the creation of a new course to be taught in the Department of Romance Literatures: French 475: From New York to New France: French Travel Writing as a Literary Genre.

Ingrid Hale is director of the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education, or the COVE, at Colgate. She also serves of the Board of Education at Hamilton Central School.

Laura Klugherz is Professor of Music and Africana/Latin American Studies at Colgate. She is also the director of the Colgate Chamber Players and of Chenango! Summer MusicFest, Klugherz made her Carnegie Hall debut to rave reviews in June, 1989 and has performed since worldwide as a solo recitalist and chamber artist. A recipient of numerous prizes, among them the Midland-Odessa Young Artist Award, the San Jose Symphony Young Artist Award, the Juan Morales Prize of Madrid, and Juenge Kuenstler Award of Bavaria, she has also been a student Fulbright Scholar (Germany) and received a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Award(Spain). Critics have acclaimed Klugherz as an exciting performer of Spanish and Latin American music, both contemporary and traditional, and she has premiered several works of living Spanish composers throughout the world. Sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, she is the author of Biographical Guide to Spanish Music for Violin and Viola 1900-97 (Greenwood Press). Radio broadcasts include performances for the Bavarian State Radio, the South African Broadcasting Association, and National Public Radio, and she has performed for live television audiences with Menahem Pressler and Raphael Hillyer for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. As Cultural Specialist for the U.S. Information Service and at the invitations of the Fundación Andes and the Fulbright Invited Professors program, she continues to concertize extensively in Central and South America. Together with pianist Jill Timmons she has recorded on Centaur Records (The Violin and Viola Music of Amy Beach), and Capstone Records (Dexter Morrill, Music for Strings). Recently the Amy Beach recording was named “one of the year’s ten best” by The Oregonian. As founder/director of the Chenango Summer MusicFest, and Retiro Curanilahue (Chile) Ms. Klugherz combines her interests in creative chamber music programming with world music and somatic education. Ms. Klugherz holds an Artists’ Diploma from the Bayensche Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany and a Doctorate of Musicale Arts from the University of Texas. She is a registered Hatha Yoga teacher and Guild certified Feldenkrais instructor. At Colgate, Ms. Klugherz teaches chamber music, private instruction, Core Cultures and world music. Recognizing outstanding scholarship and service, she has been named a Presidential Scholar (Colgate University), 2004-2006.

RuthAnn Loveless is the Vice President for Alumni Affairs at Colgate. She has worked at Colgate for over twenty years, assuming various positions in Career Services, Development and Alumni Affairs. She has been an active member in the local community for the past 30 years and her community service involvement includes: VP and member of the Hamilton Central School Board of Education (15 years), President, VP and member of the Madison-Oneida BOCES Board of Education (13 years), appointed member of the NY State School Boards Association BOCES Advisory Board, founding member and president of the Village Artists and Craftsmen, appointed member of the College-Community Relations Council, and various leadership positions on the Hamilton Parent-Teacher Group. Currently she serves as the President of the Hamilton Community Chest (16 year membership on the board), vice president and charter member of the Partnership for Community Development (6 years), and board member and charter member of the Hamilton Forum (7 years).

Bruce Selleck is a professor of Geology at Colgate. He has served as Dean of the Faculty and Provost. His interests include paleoecology, carbonate/clastic sedimentary environments, sedimentary petrology, depositional patterns, sedimentation and tectonics of the Alaska Range. He teaches on stratigraphy and sedimentation, marine paleoecology, sedimentary petrology, and hydrogeology.

The twelve members of the Community Board are from area non-profit organizations, local government, economic development organizations and school districts. Community Board members offer input into new project development and help bring about community conversations that can be facilitated and supported by the Upstate Institute.

Stacy Alvord is the Executive Director of Community Action Partnership for Madison County (CAP). CAP is a private, not-for-profit agency founded to enable Madison County’s low income families and individuals to attain the skills, knowledge and opportunities for self-sufficiency and to heighten community responsiveness to poverty issues as well as mobilize resources. Stacy has worked for 25 years for public and private agencies that serve overburdened and poorly-resourced families in Central New York. She is appointed through the governor’s office to the Eastern Citizens Review Panel (provides oversight of child protective services in New York State), co-chair of the Madison County Priorities Council, and is a board member of the Madison County Board of Health.

Donna Anderson is the executive director of The Exhibition Alliance (formerly the Gallery Association of New York State), located in Hamilton, NY. The Exhibition Alliance (TEA) is a nonprofit organization that strengthens the arts community through the provision of professional exhibition and collections-related services. TEA works both regionally and nationally. TEA’s primary service to museums and historical societies throughout the region include the development and production of exhibitions of all types by enhancing interpretation, both educationally and visually, while using projects to create institutional advancement and community development. In addition, TEA offers necessary services to the field including fine art storage, temporary exhibition insurance and production of technical education materials. TEA’s national profile is founded on its traveling exhibitions program which has traditionally facilitated the sharing of ideas and collections, particularly from New York City, enhancing the educational offerings of museums and galleries in rural and under-served communities. TEA’s recent strategic planning is aimed at strengthening art and artifactual preservation efforts through the creation of training programs and materials, and the potential expansion of its art storage facility. Anderson has a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, and serves on the advisory committee of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art in Utica, NY.

Susan Bauman manages Madison Lane Apartments: 72 garden style apartment units located in the Village of Hamilton. Subsidized through Rural Development, these apartments provide affordable housing for income eligible elderly; or disabled persons regardless of age. Susan received state recognition for her exemplary management of Madison Lane Apartments when she was awarded Site Manager of the Year for New York State, selected from approximately 500 Rural Development sites within New York. Key to the vitality of the Madison Lane Apartments is ongoing involvement with several local organizations. Heritage Farm, a not-for-profit organization that serves individuals with special needs, provides community service to Madison Lane Apartments by assisting the residents in recycling. Hamilton Senior Center has a daily hot lunch program on the premises; and the Hamilton Area garden club assists with gardens each year. Colgate a capella groups perform for the residents for special events, members of a Colgate sorority visit a group of residents on a weekly basis helping with craft projects, and COVE volunteers regularly assist Madison Lane residents and staff. Susan solicited grants and contributions, and orchestrated the development of the Madison Lane Walking Path and Wetland Area adjacent to the apartments: ¾ mile of walking trails along wetlands, open fields of wildflowers, a century-old orchard, and an evergreen stand. The paths are opened to the public, and portions of the trail are handicapped accessible.

Jim Bays is executive director of the Partnership for Community Development, a non-profit economic development agency located in the village of Hamilton. The PCD seeks to diversify, expand and sustain economic activity in Hamilton, Earlville and the surrounding communities in Southern Madison County, New York.

Diane Bialczak, BS, RN, is the In-Service Coordinator and Staff Educator at Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hamilton. She is a life long member of the community and has been a registered nurse for over 25 years. Diane attended nursing school at State University of New York, Morrisville and recently obtained her BS degree in nursing from SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica. She has a broad nursing background including general medical/surgical, emergency, intensive care and obstetric nursing. She was the senior nurse for Hamilton Orthopedic and Sports Medicine for 13 years, working closely with the surrounding high school and collegiate athletes and trainers. Diane is very proud of the health care provided by our local hospital and is interested in recruitment of young people into careers in health care. She is responsible for the annual summer camp sponsored by Central New York Area Health Education Center (CNYAHEC), hosting teens from all over Central New York as well as coordinating local middle and high school shadowing programs. Diane has also served in an advisory role with CNYAHEC and SYRTIS, a division of Syracuse University, in creating an online training program, providing efficient and cost effective training of selected topics for health care facilities.

Beverly Glen is Executive Director of Opportunities for Chenango, Inc. in Norwich, New York.

Ben Eberhardt is an independent hotelier and President of Eberhardt LLC, operators of restaurants and hotels in Madison County and the Leatherstocking region of New York State. He is the operator of the Cazenovia Grill and Common Grounds Coffee House in historic Cazenovia and Innkeeper and General Manager of the Colgate Inn in Hamilton. Eberhardt previously served in the Armed Forces for both the US and British Armies as an Airborne Infantry officer in both combat and peacekeeping roles.

Glenn Gaslin is the general manager of the Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation, a New York not-for-profit corporation affiliated with Morrisville State College. With more than 300 employees, the Auxiliary corporation provides most of the non-academic support for the college, including retail operations, dining services, ice rinks, computer services, data and telephone/cell services, Nelson Farms, Dairy, cable, laundry, and village restaurant. The mission of the corporation is to serve the college, the student body, and the local community. Glenn is a retired Air Force officer who flew F-4 and KC-135 air craft, as well as commanding engineering and services units in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He also served eight years at the Air Force Academy.

Russell Lura has served as the Planning Director for the Madison County Board of Supervisors since 1985. He is responsible for the county's revolving loan program for small businesses, the first-time homebuyers program for low-income families and the aquatic vegetation control program.

Sue McVaugh became the mayor of the Village of Hamilton in 2004. Previously, she served on the Hamilton Village Board for nine years.

Elizabeth Monaco is executive director and chief professional officer of the Chenango United Way. Chenango United Way builds partnerships and maximizes resources to improve the quality of life for local residents.

Greg Owens is a senior forester with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) responsible for public lands management and planning in Madison and Chenango Counties. He is a board member of Southern Madison Heritage Trust, a community based conservation organization, and vice president of NYS Urban and Community Forestry Council. He has previously worked with the US Forest Service, Peace Corp/ Dominican Republic and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. He studied landscape architecture at City College of New York and forestry at Syracuse University.

Peter Vogelaar is Executive Director of Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees. He has a BA in History from Hope College, and an MA in International Development from Western Michigan University. He has lived and worked in the Middle East for much of his life and speaks Egyptian Arabic. Before coming to Utica, he served with the Reformed, Lutheran, and Presbyterian Churches as director of the Joint Relief Ministry for refugees at St. Andrew’s United Church in Cairo, Egypt. Peter was appointed Executive Director of the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees in Utica, New York, in May of 2002. He lives in New Hartford with his wife and two children.