CMSV appoints sixth president
Riverdale college names Dr. Susan R. Burns to school presidency
FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF THE BRONX
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In the Matter of : Docket # NN-08428-20
MIKAIL SANTANA :
: SUMMONS
A Child(ren) Under Eighteen Years :
Alleged to be Neglected by :
WENDY SANTANA :
Respondent(s) :
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BRONX FAMILY COURT
1-347-378-4143
PART B - CONFERENCE ID - 562049604
NOTICE: PLACEMENT OF YOUR CHILD IN FOSTER CARE MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR
RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF YOUR CHILD STAYS IN FOSTER CARE FOR 15 OF THE MOST RECENT
22 MONTHS, THE AGENCY MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO FILE A PETITION TO TERMINATE YOUR
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO COMMIT GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD TO THE
AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADOPTION. IN SOME CASES, THE AGENCY MAY FILE BEFORE
THE END OF THE 15-MONTH PERIOD. IF SEVERE OR REPEATED CHILD ABUSE IS PROVEN BY
CLEAN AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THIS FINDING MAY CONSTITUTE THE BASIS TO TERMINATE
YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO COMMIT GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD TO
THE AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADOPTION.
TO: WENDY SANTANA
1574 BEACH AVENUE, APT. #1L
BRONX, NY 10460
A petition under ARTICLE 10 of the FAMILY COURT ACT having been filed with this court alleging that
the above-named child(ren) is a neglected child(ren), a copy of said petition being annexed hereto:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this court at 900 SHERIDAN AVENUE, BRONX, NY
10451, Part B, on OCTOBER 27, 2020 AT 9:30 o’clock AM of said day, to answer the petition and to
show cause why said children should not be adjudicated to be a neglected children and why you should
not be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE 10 of the FAMILY COURT ACT and why
an order of support under Section 235 of the FAMILY COURT ACT should not be made if the final
disposition is an order of placement.
On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.
FURTHER NOTICE: Family Court Act §154(c) provides that petitions brought pursuant to Articles 4,5,6,8
and 10 of the Family Court Act, in which an order of protection is sought or in which a violation of an order
of protection is alleged, may be served outside the State of New York upon a Respondent who is not a
resident or domiciliary of the State of New York. If no other grounds for obtaining personal jurisdiction
over the Respondent exist aside from the application of this provision, the exercise of personal jurisdiction
over the respondent is limited to the issue of the request for, or alleged violation of, the order of protection.
Where the Respondent has been served with this summons and petition and does not appear, the Family
Court may proceed to a hearing with respect to issuance or enforcement of the order of protection, as well
as to inquest on the underlying neglect allegations, and issue a finding in their absence.
STEVE BYRNES
CLERK OF THE FAMILY COURT
D
ated: September 8, 2020
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,30 OCTOBER 23-29, 2020 BTR
Dr. Susan R. Burns Courtesy of Mount St. Vincent
BY JASON COHEN
A Bronx-based nonprofi t organization
is making sure that borough
residents get access to much-needed
healthy foods during COVID-19.
The nonprofi t WHEDco, also known
as Women’s Housing and Economic Development
Corporation, continued its
distribution of 2,500 pounds of healthy,
plant-based food to low-income south
Bronx families in September.
The food was donated by Plantabulous,
a New York City-based company
that boasts “chef crafted plantbased
foods.” The company gave away
healthy food options including frozen
plant-based meals, vegan chili with cashews
and dates and truffl e sage orzo,
which had been delivered and stored
in WHEDco’s commercial kitchen,
Bronx CookSpace since August.
WHEDco’s food pantry distributes
groceries to approximately 40 families
every Wednesday. With the donation
from Plantabulous, WHEDco was
able to give more to each family that
receives its services.
Plantabulous and WHEDco distributed plantbased
meals to south Bronx families Photos
courtesy of WHEDco
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Riverdale’s College of
Mount Saint Vincent will
have new executive leadership
come Jan. 1, 2021.
The school announced
that current vice president
of academic affairs, Dr. Susan
R. Burns will become
the school’s sixth president,
succeeding the retiring
Charles L. Flynn.
“I am humbled and honored
to be selected as the
next president of the College
of Mount Saint Vincent and I
am delighted to join a community
committed to providing
transformational student-centered
learning opportunities
in and beyond the classroom,”
said Dr. Burns in accepting
the appointment.
Burns is what the college
described as a “highly regarded
and admired member
of the higher education community,”
as well as a fi gure
who “has commanded respect
for her skills as an academic
leader, educator and scholar.”
She also has held a role
as Dean of Faculty at Clarke
University in Iowa since
2014, where she began “working
to shape key initiatives
of the institution” by helping
to restructure the university’s
budget, reclaiming
nearly a quarter million dollars
to be reinvested in other
academic programs.
“Leveraging her gift for
inspiring cross-disciplinary
teams with vision and enthusiasm,
she helped reorganize
the university’s 19 academic
departments and expanded
its portfolio of undergraduate
and graduate offerings,”
Mount Saint Vincent said in
an announcement.
Burns received her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in
experimental psychology from
Emporia State University and
her Ph.D. in social and personality
psychology with an emphasis
in child development
from Kansas State University.
Prior to her tenure at
Clarke, Dr. Burns was Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs
at Morningside College, where
she held the rank of full professor
with tenure.
She is the recipient of several
awards for faculty excellence
from Morningside
College and received the Distinguished
Faculty Award
from the American Association
of University Women.
The to-be president is also
widely published, authoring
numerous articles and
research papers for peer reviewed
journals as well as several
books and book chapters.
The appointment of Burns
follows “an intensive search”
that had been launched in November
of 2019, shortly after
President Flynn announced
his retirement after leading
the College of Mount Saint
Vincent for twenty years.
In a letter to the Mount
Saint Vincent community in
the fall of 2019, Dr. Flynn was
praised for “leading the College
through a period of extraordinary
growth in the
face of an increasingly challenging
environment,” while
also securing its fi nancial
foundation, increasing enrollment,
completing key construction
projects and earning
national recognition for
the school’s commitment to
educational opportunity for
talented students, whatever
their background.
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