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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Last year, a team of faculty members and students
at the SUNY College at Oneonta was awarded a
grant
through the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Campus Action
Project (CAP), which was used to create a multi-media project about issues
and barriers faced by low-income and minority women attending a rural
four-year college. The group will premiere the video created through the
grant, "Decreasing Barriers, Planting SEEDS: Success in Education through
understanding Equity and Diversity in Students," on Wednesday, April 29, at
7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Hunt College Union. Admission to the event is
complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend.
The video will also be shown in a special early viewing at 2 p.m. on
Monday, April 27, in the Red Dragon Theatre of the Hunt Union.
The SUNY Oneonta CAP Team, consisting of 11 minority and low-income
students supported by campus project advisors, created the documentary video
depicting issues and barriers facing low-income and minority women attending
SUNY Oneonta. The student-produced documentary features interviews with
students, as well as images of life and obstacles on campus and in the
greater community. It also explores ways in which some challenges have been
overcome. The video is supplemented by a toolkit that provides additional
information about barriers, obstacles, and ways in which to decrease various
challenges.
Student members of the SUNY Oneonta CAP team included Katherine Mendoza,
Amanda Vasquez, Amber Chapman, Chelsie Steinbacher, Chris Rodriquez, Dania
Valdes, Guillermo Reyes, Kasey Scheiner, Katelyn Peters, Sara Gaudioso, and
Tara Smith.
Dr. Karen Joest of the Human Ecology Department served as project advisor
with Dr. Caridad Souza-Watkins of the Women's and Gender Studies and
Africana and Latino Studies Departments serving as co-project advisor. Other
members of the team were Student Development Associate Dale Capristo, Health
Educator Rebecca Harrington, Coordinator of the Gender and Sexuality
Resource Center Robin Nussbaum, and Director of Creative Media Services
David Geasey.
Additional campus collaborators included the Office of Student
Development, Student Association, Office of Equity and Inclusion, AALANA
Mentor Program, and Milne Library.
More information about the project and the video is available from Dr. Joest
at (607) 436-2063.
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