FERTILE GROUND FOR IDEAS

— DESIREE IRVIN

“Through the NAMI award, students are able to combine their in-classroom education with hands-on experience to help others in our community,” says Executive Director of the NAMI YorkAdams Counties PA Desiree Irvin.

Kayla still is weighing whether to pursue social work or a career in psychology. But whichever path she chooses, she’ll be using her degree to help others.

The big, green, lush leaves of Kaitlin Dannenberg’s hosta remind her of her dad, Mark. Kaitlin ’25 can’t help but think that if he’d had access to medical cannabis, Mark’s pain from pancreatic cancer might have been lessened. That nagging feeling, and her love for her dad, inspired her to create a company—KRAM (Mark spelled backward). She hopes her company will help people successfully grow their own medical cannabis.

A sophomore Environmental Horticulture major, Kaitlin has been blown away by the support she’s received for her budding idea from York College.

Kaitlin entered the McNees Accelerator program, an eightweek intensive session that helps entrepreneurs develop their business plans through mentorship and workshops. She quickly learned that

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April 20, 2023, 7 p.m.

Willman Business 118 her initial idea, to go to people’s homes and get them set up to grow medical cannabis, wasn’t scalable. But mailing a kit with all the essentials? That could work.

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The Accelerator propelled her idea. Afterward, Oscar Winters, Associate Director of Entrepreneur Programs and Engagement at York College, connected Kaitlin with the Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund. “Kaitlin was able to go from ideation to business creation in a few short months,” he says. Now she’s moving into the research and development phase, exploring patents for KRAM.

Kaitlin is also taking advantage of everything York College has to offer. She started a beekeeping club last semester, has joined a new garden club, and can’t wait for her class on floriculture.

“I really enjoy having multiple plates spinning at once,” she says. Her path hasn’t been traditional. But in finding York College, she’s located fertile ground for her ideas to blossom.

YORK COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

April 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

DeMeester Recital Hall

The Ensemble will perform a variety of music by the greats, including Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. Call 717-815-1354 for information.

Julie Rasmuson, Director of Student Accessibility Services, York College, wrote “The Prevalence of Comorbidities in Autism: Consideration of Comorbidity in Intervention and Treatment Response” for Autism Spectrum News, Summer 2022, Vol. 15, No. 1.

“Yes, narratives are inevitable, but as a pluralistic civil society, an ideal narrative for America would promote a collaboration in which race is not the primary determinant of one’s ability to act.”

Erec Smith, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, York College, wrote an opinion article, “The ‘Allyship’ Double Standard” for Newsweek, September 23, 2022.

“One student mentioned that in our class students receive points for participating in class-facilitated discussions, and by doing this, she learned that speaking up in class is not all that terrifying and found a voice to speak up in other classes.”

Nickolena Kassolis Herdson , Lecturer, York College, wrote “Growth Mindset Moments” for Faculty Focus, June 27, 2022 enhanced student learning and professional development.”

Randi Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Associate Professor of Psychology, York College, wrote a blog, “How Book Bans Disrupt Learning” for Academe Magazine, July 1, 2022.

Molly Hayes Sauder, Associate Professor of Sport Management, and Donna C. Grove , Visiting Faculty, York College, wrote “Peer Mentoring After Experiential Learning” with Dexter Davis in Sport Management Education Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 2, October 2022.