For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent honors, publications and presentations include the following:

Honors

On May 19, 2022, University of Delaware Police (UDPD) held its annual Recognition Ceremony including special honors for several individuals:

• Danny Feltwell, a 13-year-old seventh grader who is a two-time cancer survivor, was made an Honorary University of Delaware Police Officer. Feltwell, who is active in the B+ Foundation, has been an inspiration to the members of the UDPD team and to the entire UD community, Chief Patrick Ogden said. Feltwell also holds the title of team captain with the UD Football team, where he inspires the players to be the best they can be and never give up. Ogden presented Feltwell with a plaque, addng “Officer Feltwell’s bravery, courage and dedication to the UD community have made him a valued member of our team.”

• Corporal Richard Leary was awarded the Police Chief’s Commendation for his response to an Aug. 7, 2021, incident in which a person was seriously injured after being struck by a train in the North College Avenue area. Responding to the scene, Leary located the victim and acted quickly to attend to his injuries, including applying a tourniquet above his amputated leg. The victim is alive today as a result of Leary’s efforts. “His actions on that day enhance the professional standards of our agency,” Ogden said.

• Master Corporal Robin Tsang was named Officer of the Year, in recognition of his work as the department’s designated infection control officer. He played a significant role in developing UDPD’s COVID-19 response protocol, and he managed the exposure and positive tests for all police officers, security officers, dispatchers, civilians, cadets and UD Emergency Care Unit (UDECU) members throughout the pandemic. He also manages the student-run UDECU, which received two major national awards this year: the 2022 Collegiate EMS Organization of the Year and UD’s designation as a HEARTSafe Campus by the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF).

• The Distinguished Citizen Award was presented to Sarah Goldfarb, director of Digital Communications in the Office of Communications and Marketing, and area resident Edward Coller. This award recognizes a private citizen who has performed an exceptional deed or assisted members of the department in the performance of their duties without regard to their personal safety. Goldfarb provided a social media lead to UDPD and the FBI Task Force that led to the arrest of a Millsboro, Delaware, man who was charged with four crimes associated with the insurrectionist riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Coller provided assistance to UDPD during a train and vehicle crash on March 8, 2022. He was at the Deer Park, saw a vehicle stalled on the railroad tracks and notified staff to call 911. He then went over to assist the occupants of the vehicle and also attempted to flag the train conductor to warn him of a car on the tracks.

Publications

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, has published a book review in the newest issue of Lumina Lina,Revistă de spiritualitate şi cultură românească, An XXVII/ Nr. 2 Aprilie – Iunie 2022, New York, titled "The threat of being canceled was an everpresent reality for almost everyone. Richard Zipser’s East German memoir in English." The documentary book, Remembering East Germany, by Richard A. Zipser, professor emeritus and former chairperson of UD’s then-Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, focuses on experiences Zipser had while traveling and doing research in Communist East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. Zipser details activities of the regime’s Ministry for State Security, or “Stasi,” within the literary scene. The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of life, suppressed political opposition and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. After the collapse of the Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990, Zipser was able to obtain a copy of his Stasi file, and large sections of the file have been incorporated into the book. A first collection from the material had been published 2013 in German by the prestigious Berlin Christoph Links Verlag under the title Von Oberlin nach Ostberlin. Zipser’s documents project typical tactics and impact of the Stasi surveillance on the life and work of literary artists he became familiar with over the years and who like many others got caught in the crosshairs of their persecutors. It is the insistence on the truth and rejection of ideology where Zipser's memoir provides unique insights into a society and literary scene that only a few Westerner were able (and willing) to experience so intensely, Haus writes.

Presentations

Adrienne Pinckney, associate director of clinical education and assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Physical Therapy, has been selected as a panelist for a nationwide discussion following the 2022 Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Therapy by Lisa VanHoose, on June 16. She was nominated by these cosponsoring organizations: the American Academy of Physical Therapy, the Physical Therapy Fund, the National Association of Black Physical Therapists, and the Physical Therapy Learning Institute.  Thediscussion will serve as a live-streamed Q&A, highlighting topics such as ways to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the provision of physical therapy services, as well as finding new ways to tackle challenges associated with DEI in the physical therapy field in general. Attendance is open to anyone, and more information can be found here. 

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