Syracuse Stage play for kids, Black History, Carrie Newcomer concert: 15 things to do in CNY
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
It is the final weekend in February and spring, no matter what the weather may feel like, is right around the corner.
No matter if you are a fan of indoors or outdoors activities, you should be able to find something to do this weekend.
Syracuse Stage will be hosting a new family-friendly virtual play, the Erie Canal Museum will be holding a discussion on the canal and Black history, and the MOST will be holding an outdoors class on the best ways to pack and throw a snowball.
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Wynetta Devore (Photo from Syracuse University Archives, Special Collections Research Center)
Professor Emerita of Social Work Wynetta Devore was a teacher and scholar whose life focused on serving God, the Syracuse community where she lived and that she loved, and students she taught during her decadeslong distinguished career.
She received an undergraduate degree in 1951 from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, pursuing her M.S.W. and doctorate in education at the State University of New Jersey. She worked in several public welfare programs and taught at Kean College, New Jersey. She subsequently joined the faculty at Rutgers University.
In 1980, she joined Syracuse University’s School of Social Work where she taught foundational courses including Human Diversity, Human Behavior in the Social Environment and Foundations of Social Work Practice. She was a consistent advocate for ensuring that the School of Social Work was a model program for student success taught
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William “Will” O. Headlee, professor emeritus of organ in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and Syracuse University organist emeritus, passed away on Nov. 9, in Syracuse. He was 90.
Headlee came to Syracuse University to study with noted organist Arthur Poister and earned a master of music degree in 1953, following undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Jan Philip Schinhan. He retired from the University in May 1992 after 36 years of teaching, academic service and continuous choir directing activity, including six seasons with the Hendricks Chapel Choir.