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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Dr.
Joshua
Frye, Associate Professor in the
Communication Arts
Department of the SUNY College at Oneonta, has been named the recipient
of the College's 2009 Academic Excellence Award for the Use of Instructional
Technology. He will receive the award at a dessert reception in the Craven
Lounge of the Morris Conference Center on Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m.
Following the reception, Dr. Frye and his students will offer a presentation
about their use of technology in multimedia marketing campaigns. Admission
to the event is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to
attend.
A member of the SUNY Oneonta Communication Arts Department faculty since
2007, Joshua Frye holds a doctorate in communication from Purdue University,
where he worked previously as a researcher. He holds a master's degree from
Marquette University and a bachelor's degree from the University of
Minnesota. Dr. Frye has taught at Purdue and Yale Universities, and he
served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras.
At SUNY Oneonta, Dr. Frye has taught a number of communications courses,
including Creating Persuasive Campaigns. In that course, teams of students
create persuasive campaigns for an entire semester and participate in a
competition at which the audience decides which campaign is the best.
Dr. Frye also serves on the College's Sustainability Task Force and the
task force's public relations subcommittee.
Now in its eighth year, the Academic Excellence Award for the Use of
Instructional Technology is made possible in part by the gifts of College at
Oneonta alumni to the Alumni Annual Fund. In recognition of the award, Dr.
Frye will receive $1,000 from the College's Fund for Academic Excellence,
and the Communication Arts Department will receive funds to purchase
technology or to bring in a distinguished speaker on technology.
More information about the award and the presentation is available from
Deb McClenon, the College's
Technology Training Coordinator, at (607) 436-2871 or mcclendl@oneonta.edu.
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