Professor Henke (center) at the final Spring 2015 SOAN Happy Hour in Donovan’s Pub.
We continue our end-of-year gratitude by recognizing Professor Chris Henke, our fabulous SOAN department chair. Starting this fall, Professor Henke will take on the role of Upstate Institute Director, and Professor Paul Lopes with become the new SOAN department chair. During his time as the SOAN chair, Professor Henke has made a number of lasting contributions to our department. Most notable are his efforts to strengthen our SOAN community through new rituals and symbols. Professor Henke worked very hard to extend community outreach through the SOAN webpage, blog, tumblr, and new department logo. Under his leadership, SOAN developed an annual year-long thematic series of events, Cho-Dunkin’ Tuesdays, and strengthened our existing faculty and student Happy Hour programs. He also lead the efforts to redesign our SOAN student commuter lab and roll out our new Sociology and Anthropology majors. Thank you Professor Henke for your two strong years of exceptional leadership!
Submitted by Professor Janel Benson