Jacobson Elected Co-President of Statewide Association

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tamar Jacobson, Ph.D., of North Buffalo, director of University at Buffalo Child Care Center Inc., which operates child-care centers on the UB North (Amherst) and South (Main Street) campuses, has been elected co-president of the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children, an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

Jacobson also has been nominated as a candidate for the governing board of NAEYC, the largest early childhood organization in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world with more than 100,000 members. The national elections will be held in June 2002.

She currently serves as president of the Western New York chapter of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.