In an ongoing effort to reduce waste, Teachers College has installed two Earthmaker compost bins in the Russell courtyard. Community members are encouraged to use the bins, and plans are underway to expand their use to Dining Services.

 

Composting is a natural process of turning everyday organic waste into nutrient-rich soil. According to the NYC Compost Project, New Yorkers discard more than one million tons of organic waste every year. Compostable materials include fruits and vegetables, eggshells, tea bags, paper towels and even pizza boxes. To learn more about composting, including a full list of compost-friendly materials, please visit: www.nyccompost.org.

 

The compost bins were made possible by a Filter For Good Eco-Challenge grant www.filterforgood.com/ecochallenge/. To learn more about the TC composting project, including educational programs at the College related to food, ecology, and sustainability, please contact Colin Schumacher at cjs2149@columbia.edu.

 

Teachers College would like to welcome those who joined its staff during the months of February, March and April. Welcome to TC! (If you were hired after January and are not listed, please contact the Office of Human Resources to be included in an upcoming issue of Inside.)

 

Susan Scherman, Director of the Annual Fund and Leadership Giving, Development and External Affairs

 

Davin McHenry, Web Producer, Hechinger Institute

 

Sandra Kessler Hamburg, Director, Office of Corporation and Foundation Relations, Development and External Affairs

 

 

Thomas Tavares, Associate Director of Student Accounts

 

Sandra Nixon, Assistant Director of Public Safety

 

Waswa Mubanda, Senior LAN System Administrator, Computing and Information Services

 

Thomas Kaplan, Risk Manager, Office of Risk Management

 

John Zeldin, HR Associate, Office of Human Resources

 

Randi Wolf, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition, Health and Behavior Studies

 

Ayanna Ferguson, Fieldwork Coordinator, Counseling and Clinical Psychology

 

Virgen Onativia, Academic Secretary, Mathematics, Science and Technology

 

Jessica Wilkinson, Administrative Coordinator, Arts Administration Program

 

Malissa Garner, Academic Secretary, Summer Principal Leadership Academy

 

Anne Wong, Financial Analyst, Accounting and Business Services

 

Happy anniversary to the following full-time employees who have provided 10 or more years of service to TC and whose anniversary took place since January. (If your anniversary date was after January and is not listed, please contact the Office of Human Resources to be included in an upcoming issue.)

 

Aida Christian, Secretary, Registrar and Doctoral Studies, celebrates 41 years of service

 

Sergio Hormazabal, Custodian Supervisor, Facilities/Bancroft, celebrates 40 years of service

 

Durga Chaudhry, Account Clerk, Payroll Office, celebrates 39 years of service

 

Isobel Contento, Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education, Health and Behavior Studies, celebrates 33 years of service

 

William Baldwin, Vice Provost, celebrates 30 years of service

 

Howard Budin, Director, Center for Technology and School Change, Mathematics, Science and Technology, celebrates 28 years of service

 

Wendy Elmer, Library Assistant, Gottesman Libraries, celebrates 28 years of service

 

Debra Noumair, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, Organization and Leadership, celebrates 28 years of service

 

Zoraida Grady, Duplicating Machine Operator, Duplicating Services, celebrates 27 years of service

 

Stacy Thomas, Secretary, Academic Computing and Information Services, celebrates 26 years of service

 

Louis Foresta, Senior Librarian, Gottesman Libraries, celebrates 25 years of service

 

Claudette Chung, Secretary, Office of Teacher Education, celebrates 24 years of service

 

Peter Sieger, Production Manager/Managing Editor, Teachers College Press, celebrates 24 years of service

 

Jennifer Govan, Assistant Director, Head, RIS, Gottesman Libraries, celebrates 23 years of service

 

Anita Lauer, Head Cataloging, Gottesman Libraries, celebrates 23 years of service

 

Francis Webster, Associate Director, Head, Technical Services, Gottesman Libraries, celebrates 23 years of service

 

Dennis Chambers, Public Safety Officer II, celebrates 21 years of service

 

Brian Ellerbeck, Executive Acquisitions Editor, Teachers College Press, celebrates 21 years of service

 

Michael McGann, Outreach Coordinator, Teachers College Press, celebrates 20 years of service

 

George Schuessler, Director of Academic Computing, Computing and Information Services, celebrates 20 years of service

 

Yaling Li, Copyright/Account Clerk, Duplicating Services, celebrates 19 years of service

 

Karl Nyberg, Senior Production Editor, Teachers College Press, celebrates 19 years of service

 

Miguel Lopez, Custodian Supervisor, Operations, celebrates 18 years of service

 

Grace Chough, Senior Staff Developer, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, celebrates 17 years of service

 

Migdalia Rodriguez-DelValle, Secretary, Psychology Consultation Center, celebrates 17 years of service 

 

James Jimenez, Lead Person Painter, Maintenance, celebrates 16 years of service

 

Maria Lamadrid, Director of Academic Administration, Biobehavioral Sciences, celebrates 16 years of service

 

Patrice Nichols, Program Manager, NCREST, celebrates 16 years of service

 

Lyn Grossman, Production Editor, Teachers College Press, celebrates 15 years of service

 

Vincent Del Bagno, Director of Capital Projects, Office of Construction Management, celebrates 14 years of service

 

Alex Bass, Custodian Supervisor, Operations, celebrates 13 years of service