The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program teamed up with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and iCREATE-Division of Information Technology to hold the Summer WISE program, which brought Long Island middle school girls to Stony Brook University to find their inner engineer and take part in a STEM program they will remember for years to come. This outreach initiative focused on providing the young women with exciting application-based and hands-on engineering experiences to help grow their confidence and engineering skill sets.

One of the Design & Build students works on her Home Security System with Zahraa Krayem, a PhD candidate and mentor.

Students enrolled in iCREATE’s Inventor session were introduced to innovation, conceptualization, design, branding, and robotics through projects that utilized TinkerCAD, 3D Printing, and Little Bits.

Students experienced how to work through the design process to develop and test their prototypes. This experience gave the students a first-hand experience of what it is like to be an innovator.

iCREATE challenged the students to analyze how new technologies impact our changing environments and how the students can work to achieve positive impacts on challenges we are facing utilizing engineering and technology.

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The Veteran Students Organization (VESO) and the Stony Brook Student Nurses’ Association (SBSNA) hosted the third annual overnight event called Tent City outside Staller Center on November 7 to exemplify the harsh conditions homeless veterans face on a daily basis. This event is one of many that support Stony Brook University’s Military Appreciation Month.

Students camped overnight at the third annual Tent City to raise awareness about the harsh conditions faced by homeless veterans.

The event aims to bring awareness of and cultivate empathy toward the issue of veteran homelessness. It also strives to build and strengthen connections and a sense of community within the University among traditional students and veteran students. Pamela Pfeil, Coordinator of Veteran Student Services and Stony Brook alumna, emphasized that “transitioning from military life to civilian life is a real difficult transition.

Stony Brook University’s Veteran Affairs is dedicated to serving assisting our veterans, service members and their dependents in receiving their education benefits, facilitating their transition to college and providing support for ongoing academic success.”

Christopher Palazzolo, Vice President, Veteran Student Organization was one of the main organizers of the event and invited Dr. Rick Gatteau, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, and Dr. Jarvis Watson, Interim Chief Diversity Officer, to offer some remarks at the event. They spoke about how the Stony Brook University Office of Veteran Affairs’ goal is to strive to become one of the nation’s top military-friendly schools by offering the student military veteran population a wide range of support services, educating faculty and staff of their needs, and developing community support.

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On October 3, 2019, the second Narcan training of the year took place inside Frey Hall at Stony Brook University. The event was dedicated to Steven Robert Van Cott, the younger brother of Allison Van Cott-McEntee, a nontraditional student and an SBU Chill Peer Educator, who died of an accidental overdose.

The two sessions for 2019 combined saw more than 440 SBU students NARCAN trained. They were each provided a NARCAN Overdose Rescue Kit.

NARCAN, also known as naloxone, is a medication that can be used to block the effects of opioids. Properly administered, it can be a lifesaver in cases of opioid overdose.

“Stony Brook is proud to support efforts to train our students and community on how to use NARCAN in the event of a heroin overdose,” said Richard Gatteau, the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students. “It is a wonderful partnership with our Student Affairs Health Education team and University Police to help save lives.”

The 45-minute training session was conducted by the University Police Department Community Relations Team, and the Narcan kit distribution was supported by Catherine Marrone’s Sociology Teaching Assistants, Chill Peer Educators and Red Watch Band Care Team volunteers.

Additional support was provided by Dr. Richard Gatteau,  Isobel Breheny-Schafer, WUSB Station Manager; Emily Snyder, Director, Department of Student Community Development and Kathleen Valerio, health educator, Chill Peer Education Program Coordinator and event organizer.

University Police Department also hosts their own NARCAN training. Students can request one on their webpage. Upon completion, students will receive a NARCAN kit.

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