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Upstate Institute News & Events
RFP Available
through Student Philanthropy Council
The Student Philanthropy
Council (SPC) is studying charitable giving and non-profit
organization, and will give $10,000 in grants to non-profits in the
region as part of the course. The
SPC seeks proposals from non-profit
organizations in the central New
York region that reflect a
careful rationale for the
project and show capacity to
implement the initiative within
one year. The SPC seeks to
support programs that target
at-risk youth or
immigrant/refugee youth
populations in need. The SPC is
requesting proposals to aid or
support these groups
specifically through
environmental and/or cultural
education programs and
initiatives. Applications are
available on the Philanthropy Council
page.
Community Organizations
May Apply for Field School Fellow
Each summer the Upstate
Institute at Colgate University provides fellowships to Colgate
University students who want to become engaged in the region through
work with a community or government organization in the Upstate region.
The Upstate Institute Summer Field School places Field School Fellows
with partner organizations to complete projects that will allow the
organizations to increase their capacity. Students are compensated by
the Upstate Institute and usually complete projects for the community
organization by working full time for 8-10 weeks during the summer. The
Upstate Institute is currently accepting
applications from organizations interested in hosting an Upstate
Student Fellow in their organization during the summer of 2010.
Philanthropy Councils begin with Day of Caring
 The
Student Philanthropy Council, Benton
Scholars Philanthropy Council, and Youth
Philanthropy Council at Norwich High School
kicked off a year-long seminar on giving by
volunteering at the Chenango United Way Day
of Caring. The yearly event provides an
opportunity for the students to join with
community members in providing assistance
while learning about need in the region.
(more)
United Way Kicks off campaign with "Day of
Caring" Norwich Evening Sun
Chenango Canal Association dedicates trail,
holds Connections meeting
Senator David Valesky joined with the Village of
Hamilton, the Chenango Canal Association, and
Parks & Trails New York to formally open the
extension of the Chenango Canal Towpath Trail
from Woodman Pond to the Village of Hamilton on
Saturday, September 26 at the new trail
access on Montgomery Street in Hamilton.
Following the dedication, a diverse group of
trail advocates representing communities
throughout the historic Chenango Canal corridor,
local and state nonprofit groups, and state
agencies met on the Colgate University campus to
review progress on trail development and develop
ideas for next steps to connect individual
trails along or near the original Chenango Canal
corridor between Utica and Binghamton.
(more)
Upstate Institute, Division of Humanities launch
Central New York Arts Database
With the goal of putting regional artists in
contact with gallery owners, art directors, and
curators, this website, which is the product of
work done over the summer by Ashley Lazevnick,
'10, will provide a database
of visual artists from nine counties in Central
New York. Currently, this website is home to a
directory of art venues that cater to
contemporary regional artists. The venues are
subdivided by Organizations,
Galleries,
Events,
and Residencies. (more)
NAHOF Induction Ceremony at Colgate
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and
Museum in Peterboro, New York and the
Upstate Institute invite the public to the
inductions of Lewis Tappan and Theodore
Dwight Weld on October 22-25, 2009 at
Colgate University.
(more)
UI offers Strategic
Planning Course for students, local
organizations
The Upstate Institute supports capacity
building in the region by encouraging
participation in a new strategic planning
initiative. This program, open to both
Colgate students and community
organizations, will provide an introduction
to strategic planning as an important
organization function. Through the program,
community partners will build their internal
capacity regarding knowledge of planning and
take steps to directly influence their
organization's clarity of purpose and
achievement of goals. (more)
Students working in
community as Field School Fellows
Twenty-two Colgate
students worked for community, government
and not-for-profit organizations in the region
last summer as part of the Upstate Institute
Summer Field School. In addition to working 35
hours a week on a project that builds
capacity within their host organization, the
fellows participate in an on-campus seminar that
looks at regional issues.
(more)
SPC Awards $10,000 to
community organizations
Five non-profit organizations in the Upstate New
York region are the recipients of a total of
$10,000 in grants funded by Upstate Institute
Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) at Colgate
University. In its third year, the
thirteen-member Council, comprised of sophomores
and juniors, considered twenty-seven
applications from non-profits throughout central
Upstate New York.
(more)
Research Methods Class
Conducts Survey
Twenty Colgate students participating in the
Social Science Research Methods course
recently had the opportunity to apply some
of the
lessons learned in the classroom for the
benefit of a local arts organization. The
students, who had gathered on a Sunday
afternoon at the offices of Hamilton
Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine,
conducted telephone surveys on behalf of
Earlville Opera House, a multi arts center
that provides gallery space and arts
programming for community members of all
ages. The survey gathered information from
members of the organization about past
programming and the community's desire for
additional and perhaps new events and
activities.
Upstate Institute to
offer bankruptcy assistance
Following a
successful pilot of the project in the fall of
2008, the Community Foundation of Herkimer &
Oneida Counties, Inc. has funded the Consumer
Bankruptcy Law Project in 2009. Several students
will work with the Legal Aid Society of Mid New
York to study consumer bankruptcy
cases in rural Upstate New York. Susan Conn,
'79, will train the students on issues on
consumer debt, bankruptcy law, and ethics, and
will complete outside reading as part of the
study. They will then work under the supervision
of a LASMNY attorney to prepare documentation
for bankruptcy cases.
(more)
Field School Fellow in
NAHOF Commemoration
Kate Joyce, '08, continued her
fellowship with the National Abolition Hall of
Fame this fall by participating in the
commemoration ceremony, held October 25, 2008 at
Morrisville State College.
(more)
Colgate attends
Cultural Blueprints conference
The New York State Council on the
Arts convened the first-ever Cultural Blueprints
conference in Syracuse, giving Colgate the
opportunity to explore partnerships with
businesses, public schools, arts organizations,
and other colleges and universities in the
region.
(more)
PSC hearing on NYRI
lines held at Colgate
Area residents had the
opportunity to voice their opinion on the
controversial power line that is proposed to run
from central New York to the New York City area.
(more)
UI pilots
Consumer Bankruptcy Law Project
Several students
will work with the Legal Aid Society of Mid New
York this fall to study consumer bankruptcy
cases in rural Upstate New York. Susan Conn,
'74, will train the students on issues on
consumer debt, bankruptcy law, and ethics, and
will complete outside reading as part of the
study. (more)
Youth Philanthropy
Project launched at Norwich
Sixteen juniors and seniors from
Norwich High School will learn about the
importance and impact of philanthropy in society
and how philanthropists find and fund worthy
causes. They will then get the chance to become
benefactors themselves when the council
distributes $10,000 to not-for-profit agencies
in Chenango County.
(more)
Former Fellow presents
non-profit idea to Boards and Field School
fellows
Kevin McAvey, '04, who
participated in the Upstate Institute Field
School, recently presented his idea for the
Upstate Foundation to the annual meeting of the
UI Executive Board and Community Board. He also
talked with students participating in the field
school this summer as part of their on campus
symposium that focuses on regional resources.
The full
text of his presentation is available here.
Kevin's project was also recently covered in the
Syracuse Post-Standard.
UI staff participate in
Economic Security Forum
Director Ellen Percy Kraly and
project consultant Julie Dudrick recently took
part in one of many town hall discussions for
the New York State Economic Security Cabinet.
The cabinet brings together more than 20
separate state agencies to provide a new focus
on the needs of working families. The cabinet's
objectives include reducing the high cost of
living in the state, establishing educational
and workforce development opportunities,
strengthening the state's social safety net, and
bringing good jobs to our communities. For more
information, visit the
Economic
Security Forum webpage.
Colgate Faculty Present
Research at UI Symposium
On Saturday, April 26, 2008 the
Upstate Institute hosted a symposium of research
conducted by six Colgate faculty on a variety of
issues concerning the Upstate region.
Did Politics Assault Salt City, Syracuse
Post Standard
Loe's Research on Aging
in Place featured on NPR
Meika
Loe, Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology and
Anthropology and Women's Studies
Program, is conducting research on
aging in place in Albany and Hamilton, New York.
She was recently featured in a National Public
Radio piece about the Hamilton Fortnightly Club.
Her research is supported by the Upstate
Institute.
Women's Clubs Evolve for New Generation,
National Public Radio
Student
Philanthropy Council announces grant awards
On Thursday April 24, 2008, the Student
Philanthropy Council hosted an awards
celebration of this year’s grantees at the
Colgate Inn in Hamilton, New York. The philanthropy
program, now in its second year, is supported by
the Brennan Family Foundation of Ohio, which has
ties to the university through Jay Brennan ’81. The Foundation made a gift of $50,000 to support
the program for five years. Each year, $10,000
of that grant is made available to the SPC to
provide grants to area non-profits. More
information is also available at the
Philanthropy Council
page.
Other
Past Events
Human Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields
 David
O. Carpenter, M.D., director of the Institute
for Health and the Environment and professor of
environmental health sciences in the School of
Public Health at University at Albany, SUNY,
lectured
on the health effects of
electromagnetic fields. The lecture was
the third in a series on
energy issues hosted by Colgate University’s
Upstate Institute. The series hopes to further
promote the community discussion about a new
200-mile-long power line proposed by the New
York Regional Interconnect that will pass
through many parts of Upstate New York.
Carpenter Video (Windows Media Player)
Carpenter Video (Quick Time)
The Economics of Electricity Transmission
 James
Bushnell, Research Director of the University of
California Energy Institute and lecturer at the
Haas School of Business, University of
California, Berkeley, lectured at Colgate
University on the economic effects of energy
transmission on Thursday, October 26th
He focused on the
economic forces behind the expansion of our
nation’s electricity network as it has evolved
from serving local regulated utilities to
forming the backbone of a network carrying
energy
between regional deregulated markets.
Transmission lines are often met with strong
resistance by the public, while energy companies
and
federal and state regulators fear that without a
robust expansion of our electricity grid,
the reliability and efficiency of our
electricity system will be at risk.
Bushnell Video (Windows Media Player)
Bushnell Video (Quick Time)
The Renewable Energy Revolution
September 27, 2006
 Daniel
M. Kammen discussed how renewable energy
technologies can meet our growing demand for
energy sources and what initiatives can be taken
to advance this clean power for years to come. Kammen is Director of the Renewable and
Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University
of California Berkeley.
Other
lecturers in this series will include Jim
Bushnell, an economist from University of
California at Berkeley who has studied
electrical companies, and David Carpenter, who
heads the Institute for Health and the
Environment at the University of Albany and has
researched the health effects of electromagnetic
fields.
Kammen Video (Windows Media Player)
Kammen Video (Quick Time)
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