UMass Amherst: News Archive
Theater artists Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks return to the theater department on April 22 at 4 p.m. in the Rand Theater for a conversation about theater and social transformation that is free and open to all.They will be joined by theater professor Priscilla Page.
Chong is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and a ground-breaking theater artist. He and Wilks, a frequent collaborator of Chong’s as well as a theater artist/activist in his own right, spent much of last spring as guest artists of the department.
The conversation will link their ground-breaking piece, Collidescope 2.0 and the topics of race relations, history and politics to their latest endeavor, Collidescope 3.0.
Read More
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Ping Chong, Talvin Wilks to Pay Return Visit to Theater Department
Research Week 2017: Senior Says Research ‘Set Me Apart’ When Applying for Grad School
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Lora Doherty, a senior in therapeutic recreation, has been researching how camps can help children in military families cope with a parent’s deployment.Lora Doherty
The research not only deepened her understanding of coursework but also gave her a leg up on other applicants when applying to graduate school.
Doherty, of Knoxville, is among 1,400 UT undergraduates involved in research. Between 2015 and 2016 the number of UT undergraduates doing research more than doubled and the number of faculty mentors increased 87 percent.
With her father, Thomas Doherty, being a UT veterinary medicine professor, Lora Doherty spent plenty of time on campus as a child and was always intrigued by the research posters she saw in the hallways.
Now she’s the researcher.
During the summer of 2015, Doherty worked at Operation Purple Camp—a North Carolina camp for youth from military families.
“In my major, we talk about the value of recreation and improving people’s quality of life—which isn’t limited to people with disabilities,” said Doherty. “I thought about other ways you can improve life through recreation, and Operation Purple Camp came to mind.”
Doherty returned to Operation Purple Camp in the summer of 2016 as a researcher and surveyed 100 campers. She found the camp helped kids connect with peers going through similar situations, develop a support system outside the home, and learn how to cope with a parent’s deployment.
Angela Wozencroft, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, helped guide Doherty through the research process.
Doherty said undergraduate research did more than help her understand her field of study.
“I interviewed with five graduate schools and I was accepted at all five,” she said, adding that research experience “set me apart from the other applicants.”
Doherty will begin graduate school in occupational therapy in the fall.
Read More
Pitt Names Senior Vice Chancellor for Research
An interview with Rutenbar can be read here.
PITTSBURGH—Rob A. Rutenbar has been named the University of Pittsburgh’s senior vice chancellor for research. In this newly established position, he will lead the University’s strategic vision for research and innovation, enhancing existing technological partnerships.
“I am delighted to welcome Rob to the University of Pittsburgh as our inaugural senior vice chancellor for research,” said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. “His experience as a researcher, innovator, collaborator and entrepreneur — both inside and outside of the university — make Rob uniquely qualified to support our faculty’s research and innovation efforts and to champion Pitt research on a local, national and global scale.”
Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson said Rutenbar is exceptionally well-suited for the role.
“His administrative, entrepreneurial and research experiences align well with our vision for a leader who drives excellence and will serve as a champion for the University of Pittsburgh,” she said.
“Rob’s experiences and expertise in both the academic world and the private sector make him the perfect individual to fully integrate and expand upon Pitt’s University-level research and medical school endeavors,” said Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine. “In the coming years, we hope to be an internationally recognized model for how the various divisions of an educational institution can communicate and work together. Rob Rutenbar is precisely the type of professional needed to accomplish that goal.”
Working with other senior University officials, the senior vice chancellor for research is responsible for establishing and implementing a long-term plan for research infrastructure. The position manages the University’s Center for Research Computing, Economic Partnerships, the Innovation Institute, the Office of Export Controls, the Office of Research, the Research Conduct and Compliance Office and the Radiation Safety ...
Read More
Sine Language
Science and Technology @ UCSB
Like good mathematicians, Tamara Gomez and her friends wanted to solve a problem: How do you show female high school students what it’s like to major in math or a math-related field in college?The answer: “Powers 2017: Problem Solving for Women to Encourage Research in STEM.” The event is a full day of activities designed to give high school girls a good look at majoring in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
“We want to introduce them to female role models in STEM, and we also want them to have a lot of fun,” said Phoebe Coy, an officer of UC Santa Barbara’s student chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and a third-year math major.
“Powers 2017” will be held Saturday, April 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in UCSB’s Old Little Theater. The day will include a team math competition, math and physics activities, a panel discussion with STEM undergraduate and graduate students, lunch at the lagoon and more. The event is free and open to female high school students in the Santa Barbara, Ventura and Santa Maria areas.
Kathy Foltz, an associate professor of molecular, cellular and development biology and interim dean of UCSB’s College of Creative Studies, will welcome participants with a short address.
Women interested in attending should fill out an online form to register.
“We hope to have 50 students,” said Gomez, a third-year math major and AWM’s co-president. “Each student will be placed on a team of three to five people for the problem solving competition (they can also choose a team member when they sign up if they have one in mind). We will also be splitting up into groups to participate in fun math and physics activities.”
The competitions, Gomez said, are designed to be fun as well as instructive. “We have been looking through ...
Read More
Presa de possessió del nou degà d’Economia i Empresa, Ramon Alemany
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Nou equip deganal de la Facultat d'Economia i Empresa.
També ha pres possessió l'equip deganal de Psicologia.
D'esquerra a dreta, Francisca Eugenia Pons, Xavier Garcia i Mercè Puig.
19/04/2017
Institucional
Ramon Alemany Leira, catedràtic del Departament d’Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada, ha pres possessió avui com a degà de la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa.
Entre les seves prioritats al capdavant de la Facultat, Alemany remarca que vol mantenir el nivell d’excel·lència dels graus i els màsters i seguir apostant per les polítiques de desenvolupament, captació i retenció de talent. «Aquest relleu generacional és essencial per seguir incrementant els nivells de productivitat científica i que la posició internacional de la Facultat en recerca sigui també fortament competitiva; la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa ha patit una reducció molt important de PDI i PAS en els darrers anys i cal revertir aquesta tendència», afirma.
El nou degà pensa igualment que cal donar resposta a la responsabilitat social de la Facultat i comunicar millor totes les activitats que es fan al centre: «Hem de ser capaços de fer arribar a la societat que el nivell d’internacionalització de la Facultat és realment important, que l’ocupabilitat dels nostres estudiants és molt alta, que la unitat de Carreres Professionals de la Facultat garanteix pràctiques empresarials a la immensa majoria de l’alumnat, i que disposem d’un espai de cotreball per acompanyar els estudiants emprenedors i assessorar els seus projectes de negoci, etc.».
Amb vista als propers anys, Alemany apunta que s’han de crear nous màsters i postgraus propis que puguin satisfer demandes encara no cobertes, treballar per captar estudiants internacionals d’Europa, l’Amèrica Llatina i de països emergents d’Àsia i Àfrica, així com col·laborar amb altres centres de la UB per posar en marxa mà ...
Read More
Kristen Flood and the UMSL Writers Group aim to collect 300 books for local preschoolers
UMSL Daily
Early childhood education major and UMSL Writers Group President Kristen Flood displays one of the donation boxes for the Riverview Gardens book drive in front of the Triton Store. Flood says reading is a favorite activity for her own son, Lucas, whom she reads to for 30 minutes – at minimum – every day. (Photo by August Jennewein)
Kristen Flood remembers a time when she absolutely hated reading.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis undergrad was tested for reading proficiency early on in elementary school and was thought to be below reading level. She received reading tutoring and support, and a few years later, by fifth grade, she not only met the reading requirements for her grade level but far surpassed them.
Before long, she was entering reading contests and reading a book a week. At one point she even aimed to read a book a day.
Looking back, Flood believes the change came about not because of anything having to do with her own abilities, but because of the time and effort the reading specialists and her teachers put into helping her engage with books.
“Before then I don’t think anyone had really taken the time to bring books to life for me, to introduce me to the whole world of reading and what reading could mean and do,” Flood says. “I think that’s what really made all the difference.”
Now Flood is personally committed to introducing other young children to that powerful world.
The early childhood education major – and self-published author who has three novels under her belt – has recently helped to spearhead a book drive which will benefit local children at the Riverview Gardens Early Childhood Educational Center. Flood and the UMSL Writers Group, of which she is president, hope to collect 300 books for the center over the course of the next month.
The idea came to Flood ...
Read More
California state Assembly Judiciary and Higher Education committees approve four bills supported by the California Faculty Association
Daily Titan
California State Assembly committees approved four bills supported by the California Faculty Association Tuesday.
The Judiciary Committee approved AB-21, which ensures that “institutions of higher education are safe spaces free of immigration and enforcement activities.” The bill will head to the assembly appropriations committee.
Introduced by Assembly member Ash Kalra, the bill also provides that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students will not lose financial aid if there are changes to DACA policy from what it was on Jan. 19.
The committee took testimony on AB-21, titled “Access to Higher Education for Every Student,” as well as three other bills supported by the California Faculty Association.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee also unanimously approved AB-393. The bill, authored by Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva, aims to freeze California State University tuition at what it was on Dec. 31, 2016.
The California State University Board of Trustees passed a tuition increase March 22.
“We are grateful to the trustees who voted against the fee increase, recognizing that yet another student fee increase is not a sustainable way to fund the CSU system,” said Jennifer Eagan, president of CFA, during the hearing. “We can’t keep going back to the students to fund the system.”
The trustees’ decision to raise tuition was met with widespread student protest.
During the hearing, CSU State Relations director Nichole Muñoz-Murillo said that while the board understands the state’s budget woes, there is no foreseeable funding to attract faculty and maintain academic support services.
“We need to ensure that the trustees have the tools necessary to maintain academic quality and ensure access and success for our students,” Muñoz-Murillo said. “Therefore, we regrettably oppose this bill.”
Assembly member Shirley Weber introduced AB-1464, which was also heard in the higher education committee Tuesday. It was approved by the committee with an 8-3 vote.
AB-1464 looks to increase tenure-track faculty by 75 percent by 2026 ...
Read More
Georgetown Alumnus Speaks at Global Health Conference
News Archive
April 8, 2017 - Despite the rapidly changing political environment in much of the world, Georgetown alum Mark Dybul (C'85, M'92), MD, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said he is cautiously optimistic and sees “great opportunity” in the current global health environment.
The renowned global health leader and professor of medicine at Georgetown made his comments Friday during the opening plenary session of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual conference in Washington.
“Remarkable Time”
As many would expect, Dybul wasn’t the first at CUGH to publicly acknowledge the unease about the political environment. “I understand that people are focused on the U.S., but the global atmosphere is really important,” Dybul said as he pointed out the “remarkable time” of economic and political change throughout the world.
The self-described cautious optimist described two paths forward. “One path is to look inward and backward usually with fear and its constant companion, hate. Or you can look outward and forward -- hopefully.”
Useable Data
Dybul noted that global health doesn’t exist in a vacuum. “We have to see where the world is going and fit into that context.”
Dybul sees data as important leverage in the current environment.
“There’s a huge opportunity,” he said. However, he added the global health community needs to do a much better job at capturing and translating the data in a way that is useable by policy makers.
Broadening Reach
Dybul pointed out an additional opportunity in forwarding global health objectives.
“We need to bring more and more of the people from the national security apparatus and the defense apparatus into the conversation. They are some of the best advocates,” he said.
“We should never lose the humanitarian piece, because it is huge and important. Most people do not go into politics because they want to ...
Read More
Planet hunting citizen scientists produce quick results for astronomers
Physical and Biological Sciences News
In this computer animation of the four-planet system, the planet orbits are to scale and planet sizes are to scale with each other, but not with the star and the size of the orbits. (Credit: Simone Duca)Chris Lintott of Zooniverse shows 'Stargazing Live' hosts Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro the possible planets found so far by the Exoplanet Explorers project, using gumballs to represent different types of planets.Four UCSC undergraduates worked with astronomer Ian Crossfield to develop the Exoplanet Explorers project: Nithesh Balasubramanian, Nihaal Zaveri, Yyue Yu, and Nicholas Gehlken.Thousands of volunteer citizen scientists jumped at the opportunity to help astronomers discover new planets, yielding quick results for a team led by UC Santa Cruz astronomer Ian Crossfield. The Exoplanet Explorers project, launched in early April on Zooniverse, a popular citizen science platform, has already identified nearly 200 candidate planets, including a new four-planet system.
Crossfield's team had been working with Zooniverse for months to develop the project when they got a surprise invitation to have it featured on a live television program, 'ABC Stargazing Live', to be broadcast in Australia. The researchers quickly got the project ready to launch, uploading two large sets of data for volunteers to classify. The program, hosted by British astronomer Brian Cox and Australian television personality Julia Zemiro, was presented over three nights starting April 4. More than 10,000 users participated in the project in the first 48 hours, generating more than 2 million classifications.
"It would have taken our small team months to wade through all this data, so this is very useful for us. And we got thousands of people interested in the science of exoplanets," said Crossfield, a Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Santa Cruz.
K2 Mission
Crossfield's team is using K2, the continuing mission of NASA's Kepler spacecraft, to search for planets around red dwarf stars. By measuring the brightness of stars, ...
Read More
UCSF Fresno Names Jim Comes as Chief of Emergency Medicine
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Jim Comes, MDAfter a nationwide search, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program appointed Jim Comes, MD, as Chief of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno and Vice-Chair of Emergency Medicine at UC San Francisco. Comes provides visionary leadership for the clinical, educational and research components of emergency medicine at UCSF Fresno.
As Chief of Emergency Medicine, Comes also has been named the Gene W. Kallsen, MD, Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno. Endowed chairs are associated with the most prestigious educational institutions and are held by distinguished faculty. To establish an endowed chair, monies are raised and invested for the purposes of funding the position in perpetuity. The purpose of this endowed chair is to support the teaching, research and service activities in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno.
Comes will continue to serve as Chair of the Emergency Department at Community Regional Medical Center, one of the busiest emergency departments in the state and home to the only Level 1 trauma and comprehensive burn center from Sacramento to Los Angeles. He also will continue his academic appointment as UCSF Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno.
Comes has dedicated his career to graduate medical education, serving in an educational leadership role for the past 23 years. He was program director for the transitional-year internship and assistant residency director prior to serving as program director of the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency Program from 2006 to 2017.
He earned bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of California, Irvine and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed residency training in emergency medicine at UCSF Fresno at the former Valley Medical Center.
Comes has received letters of commendation from Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and other elected officials for his service to the community. He is the recipient of ...
Read More
Parents Concerned About Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children
Health – UConn Today
Eighty-five percent of parents surveyed about their views on food marketing to children agreed that companies should reduce advertising of unhealthy food to their kids, according to a new report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.
Black and Hispanic parents in our survey were even more likely to believe that their children were impacted by unhealthy food marketing, and said they were more willing to do something about it. — Jennifer Harris
Support for policies to promote healthy eating habits for their children in the media, schools, and communities increased between 2012 and 2015 among parents surveyed for this study, with black and Hispanic parents significantly more likely to express support than white parents. The new report updates findings from a 2012 Rudd Center report with new data collected from 2012 to 2015. The report is available at www.UConnRuddCenter.org/ParentAttitudes.
“Most of the parents surveyed indicated they are willing to take action to improve food marketing to children,” says the study’s lead author Jennifer Harris, director of marketing initiatives for the UConn Rudd Center and associate professor of allied health science in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. “Black and Hispanic parents in our survey were even more likely to believe that their children were impacted by unhealthy food marketing, and said they were more willing to do something about it.”
Rudd Center researchers surveyed 3,608 parents with children between the ages of two and 17 to measure attitudes about food marketing and food industry self-regulation, and assess support for policies to promote healthy eating for their children.
The researchers used a cross-sectional sample of parents to compare responses by sociodemographic characteristics, including black, Hispanic, and lower-income parents, and changes in responses from 2012 to 2015. Although the responses are not representative of the entire U.S. population, the findings highlight opportunities to address parents’ concerns about ...
Read More
Panthers Conclude 2017 Regular Season with a 5-0 Win over FGCU
FIU Athletics
Story Links
Miami (April 18, 2017) – The No. 10-ranked FIU beach volleyball team (21-12, 8-5) picked up their final regular season win with a 5-0 decision over Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday in Ft Myers. The Panthers began the match with the No. 5 duo of Anabela Sataric and Estefanie Bethancourt securing the first win, defeating Kaitlan Krivdo and Caroline Jordan, 21-18, 21-13. At the 4 spot, Lina Bernier and Katie Hogan took down Madi Wilcox and Leigh Pudwill in another two set match, 21-18, 21-10. The No. 1 pair of Margherita Bianchin and Federica Frasca secured the match with the third win by defeating FGCU's Amanda Carroll and Mackenzie Allen, 21-19, 21-19. Finally, pair No. 2 of Katie Friesen and Taija Thomas and pair No. 3 Natalia Giron and Helene Thelle battled their respective FGCU opponents to a third set, both finishing with a win, leaving the Panthers with the shutout victory. FIU will now travel to Emerson, Georgia this weekend, April 21-23, to compete in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Beach Volleyball Championship. FIU finds itself seeded fifth in the tournament, with their first match of pool play to be on Friday, April 21 against the four seed South Carolina at 10:30 a.m.
#10 FIU def. FGCU, 5-0
No. 1 Margherita Bianchin/Federica Frasca (FIU) def. Amanda Carroll/Mackenzie Allen (FGCU) 21-19, 21-19
No. 2 Katie Friesen/Taija Thomas (FIU) def. Giovanna Borgiotti/Ashley Glickert (FGCU) 11-21, 23-21, 15-9
No. 3 Natalia Giron/Helene Thelle (FIU) def. Katherine Puisis/Karissa Rhoades (FGCU) 18-21, 21-18, 15-13
No. 4 Lina Bernier/Katie Hogan (FIU) def. Madi Wilcox/Leigh Pudwill (FGCU) 21-18, 21-10
No. 5 Anabela Sataric/Estefanie Bethancourt (FIU) def. Kaitlan Krivdo/Caroline Jordan (FGCU) 21-18, 21-13
Order of finish: 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
#####
About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU ...
Read More
Daryl Edwards Signs Papers With LSU Basketball
LSUsports.net
Headline News
Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Athletics Department announced on Wednesday that it has received and confirmed national letter-of-intent scholarship papers from 6-4 combo guard Daryl Edwards of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida.
For LSU Coach Will Wade, Edwards is the second signee for him and his coaching staff in the 2017 spring period.
Edwards, originally from Fresno, California who prepped at Fresno Central High School, has been part of a junior college team that advanced to the Elite Eight in 2016 and the semifinals in the national junior college tournament in 2017.
“We are excited that Daryl is joining our Tiger program,” said Coach Wade. “He’s a combo guard who has an unlimited range. He’s long and has great length which will serve him well on and off the ball. Daryl Edwards is a welcome addition to our program.”
After averaging 23.8 points per game as a high school senior and earning All-State Division III honors, Edwards played the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons at NW Florida State. As a freshman he averaged 13.4 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists. He averaged 27.4 minutes per game and shot 45.2 percent from the field (150-of-332) and made 47 treys.
The team advanced to the final eight teams under Coach Steve DeMeo in the national junior college tournament.
The consistent stats continued through his sophomore season this past year as he averaged 13.6 points per game, 3.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 28.4 minutes per game. He shot 48.9 percent (161-of-329) and shot over 46 percent from the arc (76 treys). He ranked 23rd in national junior college stats in three-point percentage.
Edwards and NW Florida State, after winning the Panhandle Conference title, advanced all the way to the national JC semifinals, averaging 19.3 points in the tournament and earning NJCAA Division I All-Tournament honors. He is the No. 23 ranked junior college player in the country.
Edwards joins Mayan Kiir of ...
Read More
ARA to present Gold Medal, Distinguished Alumni, Meritorious Service awards
Rice University News & Media
Rice trustee emeritus and alumna Lynn Laverty Elsenhans ’78 and longtime professor Dennis Houston will receive the Association of Rice Alumni’s (ARA) highest award — the Gold Medal — for their extraordinary service to the university at this year’s annual ARA Laureates Dinner May 13. The association is also honoring nine others for distinguished accomplishments and meritorious service.
The descriptions below were provided by the ARA.
Gold Medal
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans ’78
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans’ passion and dedication to Rice, along with her estimable professional achievements, are simply remarkable. Even as an undergraduate student at Rice, Elsenhans distinguished herself among her peers. She earned recognition as a member of the women’s basketball team during its formative years and was honored with the Student Service Award for her achievements both on and off the court. She went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University in 1980 before embarking on her 28-year-long career with Royal Dutch Shell, where she rose to executive vice president of global manufacturing.
In 2008, Elsenhans became the first woman to lead a major oil company as president and CEO of Sunoco, a role she held until 2012. She has received numerous professional awards in recognition of her remarkable career, including being named to the Forbes “Most Powerful Women” list for four consecutive years.
Elsenhans has served Rice through involvement in the Rice Annual Fund, the Nanoscale Leadership Committee, the Jones School Council of Overseers, the Association of Rice Alumni Board, Women’s Athletics, the Advisory Board of the Brown School of Engineering and the Board of Trustees, for which she served from 2002 to 2015. She has been an outspoken advocate for student professional development and has influenced the creation of Owl Edge externships and internships, Sallyportal and other impactful professional development programs.
As one nominator summed up, Lynn’s tireless dedication to the university and enthusiasm for making lasting ...
Read More
El Claustre Universitari de la UPC es constituirà, amb els membres electes renovats, en la sessió del 2 de maig
Actualitat UPC
El Claustre Universitari de la UPC, màxim òrgan de representació de la comunitat universitària, es reunirà el proper 2 de maig, de 9.30 a 14.30 hores, a l’auditori del Vèrtex (Pl. Eusebi Güell, 6, Barcelona). La sessió, de caràcter ordinari, s’emetrà en directe i en obert, a través d’UPCtv, i es durà a terme seguint l’ordre del dia, aprovat per la Comissió Permanent per delegació del Consell de Govern i que es detalla tot seguit: 1. Constitució i obertura del Claustre Universitari2. Ratificació de la normativa per a l’elecció dels membres del Consell de Govern3. Ratificació de la normativa per a l’elecció dels membres de la Mesa del Claustre Universitari4. Informe de la Síndica de Greuges5. Torn obert d’intervencions6. Elecció dels membres del Consell de Govern i de la Mesa del Claustre Universitari La documentació corresponent a aquesta sessió està disponible a l’enllaç http://www.upc.edu/la-upc/la-institucio/govern-i-representacio/claustre-universitari/20170502
Read More
UC Recognizes Mid-Career Scientists During Research Week
UC Health News
Thirteen University of Cincinnati (UC) faculty researchers received Mid-Career
Research Scientist Awards April 17 on the opening day of UC's Research Week
2017.
Read More
Dance Event Takes Audience on “Excursions Through Mind"
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: April 11, 2017
Join students in Lone Star College-CyFairs dance classes on a journey through the imaginations use of shape and form.
Come experience Excursions Through the Mind - an evening of diverse dance with cultural performances representative of China, India and Korea, to name a few, said director and Professor Irene Ko, who is a Juilliard School of Dance graduate. Were excited to showcase our talented students as they share the stage with several special community guests.
In addition to the Guangdong Association of Texas Art Performing Troupe and troupe vice chairman Limei Han, who has performed before in LSC-CyFair concerts and area festivals, the evening will feature members of the Yun Hwa Lee Dance Company and Anupama Iyengar, an Indian dancer representing the State Karnataka.
Lee has danced and taught traditional Korean dance in both South Korea and the United States. She has also toured with the dance company internationally and nationally.
Iyengar, has taught dance, such as Bharatnatyam and Bollywood, for 18 years in India, California, Ohio and now Houston. Her students have won top honors in district, state and Vindhya Cultural Association competitions.
Tickets are $10 for the 7:30 p.m. April 21 performance in the Main Stage Theatre located in the Center for the Arts building at 9191 Barker Cypress.
Go to LoneStar.edu/box-office-ticket-info, call 281.290.5201 or email CFC.BoxOffice@LoneStar.edu for tickets and information.
Read More
Sixth-grade boy wanting to follow his father’s footsteps gets a “big rig” surprise from Lone Star College-North Harris
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: November 10, 2015
HOUSTON (November 10, 2015) When Lorie Walters-Qualls, director of Lone Star Colleges Transportation Institute, received a letter in a childs handwriting from Leggett Independent School District, she didnt know what to think. However, after reading it, she was inspired to surprise a student in this tiny school district of 162 students located about two-hours northeast of Houston.
Richie Sales, Leggett ISD elementary school social studies/history teacher, sent the letter, along with a note of explanation, to Qualls after one of his students turned in a homework assignment that struck a chord with Sales. Sales had posed a question to his students that asked, If you received a free ride to any college, university or trade school, where would you go?
Sales was expecting to read responses that included Big 10 universities and some of the larger universities in Texas such as Texas A&M and the University of Texas. However, one of his students, sixth grader, James Gray, admired his fathers profession so much, that he selected Lone Star College Transportation Institute so he could follow in the career path of his father and become a truck driver. Not familiar with Lone Star College or the programs offered at the institute, Sales reached out to Qualls for more information and an idea was born.
Qualls, moved by James letter, decided that she and LSC-TI Instructor, Martin Molina, would drive up to Leggett ISD with a big surprise for him. So, on Friday, Nov. 13 at approximately 11 a.m., the colleges signature 18-wheel big rig will pull into Leggett Elementary School parking lot and Qualls will present James with a model of the big rig truck and college information. Unbeknownst to James, all of his classmates will be in attendance as well when the truck pulls up to the school. This is a perfect opportunity for students to learn about the different ...
Read More
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Building a Broader Perspective
American University News
Credit: Social Butterfly
Experiential learning isn’t just part of Sonya Grier’s teaching. It’s the core of it. Grier structures her classes around projects that challenge students to “see broader connections in their work. Marketing isn’t just about business,” she says.
She teaches students to apply their skills across academic subjects—and careers. Assigning interdisciplinary, hands-on work allows students to explore how marketing, Grier’s area of expertise, intersects with other fields.
“This approach gives students a deeper perspective of the issues at hand,” she explains. “It also exposes them to professions inside and outside of business that utilize marketing skills.”
Grier’s Marketing for Social Change class is a prime example. The course explores the role of marketing beyond commercial gain, requiring students to use it as a catalyst for societal change.
As a community-based learning (CBL) class, Marketing for Social Change students work with a DC-area non-profit on a specialized marketing project. The assignment focuses on fostering community engagement and integrating students into different organizations in Washington, DC, and beyond. “There are so many incredible businesses in this city,” Grier says. “This project allows students to see beyond campus and embrace marketing challenges DC businesses face.”
Students have worked with organizations such as DC Department of Health, WMATA, Arcadia Farms and multiple centers on the American University campus. Grier thinks they learned the most, however, working with Unity Healthcare.
Students developed a social marketing plan for the company’s partnership with Capital Bike Share, aiming to increase bicycle usage among underserved segments of the population. Class groups researched their target audience, organized their findings and proposed a plan of action for Unity Healthcare. “They conducted deep research,” Grier says, “and learned a great deal about barriers lower income populations face.”
The project has implications well beyond bicycle usage. Bike share riders are typically middle class ...
Read More
Celebrating Public Engagement
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
Celebrating Public Engagement
Last year's awards ceremony.
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 18, 2017) – Breathing Lights, an artistic project that focused attention on the need to revitalize blighted buildings, is among the winners of this year’s 2017 President’s Awards for Exemplary Public Engagement.
The awards will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.
This year’s winning projects are:
Breathing Lights, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. Associate Professor Adam Frelin, the lead artist, partnered with the cities of Albany, Schenectady and Troy and numerous civic organizations on the project.
Building Professional Learning Communities to Improve Student Achievement, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, School of Education. Cheryl L. Dozier, associate professor in the department, was the lead. The initiative brings teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, district staff members, faculty members and graduate students together in learning communities around specific areas of focus at each partner school in an effort to improve teacher preparation, enrich scholarship and enhance curriculum. Partners include: the Albany School of the Humanities, Nancy Andress, Capital Area School Development Association, Delaware Community School, Montessori Magnet School and the Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology.
Healthy Historic Walking Paths, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences. Assistant Professor Maeve Kane was the lead on the project. Kane’s students developed a series of self-guided walking tours through a number of Albany’s historic neighborhoods and produced a website and mobile app for the project. In its first year, albanywalksforhealth.com logged over 10,000 visitors. Kane worked with Orville Abrahams, director of Community Development, Capital District YMCA.
Lani V. Jones, Ph.D. M.S.W., Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare. Jones is being honored for her outstanding publicly engaged research, teaching and service that includes her longtime leadership as principal investigator on the Liberty ...
Read More
First annual College of Science awards event features an impressive cast of student stars
Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina
Nine college-level award-winners were acknowledged along with five winners of departmental-level awards at the College of Science’s first annual awards ceremony.Image Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University
CLEMSON – The College of Science honored its best and brightest during its first annual Students Awards Ceremony held April 14 in the Great Hall of the Core Campus.
Nine college-level award-winners were acknowledged along with five winners of departmental-level awards.
“It’s my pleasure to welcome our students, families, friends and faculty and staff of the College Science to our first awards ceremony. It is one of the best days of the year, when we get to recognize our outstanding students and reflect on their amazing accomplishments,” said Mark Leising, interim dean of the College of Science. “This is not an easy task, as we have many worthy students – about 3,000, overall. All of them study very rigorous curricula and almost all make some kind of impact in research. Many participate in very meaningful service projects. Now you will meet the best of the best.”
Jens Oberheide, chair of the COS scholarship and awards committee, emceed the event and said that working with the committee was one of the highlights of his year because he learned so much about the college’s “amazing students” throughout all the science disciplines.
“All of tonight’s honorees are outstanding scholars, many are accomplished researchers and others have committed themselves to special service projects,” said Oberheide, a professor of atmospheric physics in the department of physics and astronomy. “Over the course of a single afternoon, we will have time to barely scratch the surface of what these very special young people have accomplished in such a short time.”
Patrick Dynes, an avid football fan in addition to be an outstanding student, said that Clemson University has lived up to his expectations – and then some.
“I chose to come ...
Read More
At Rose Hill, Feral Cats Find a Welcome Home
Fordham Newsroom
The official mascot of Fordham is the ram, but at the Rose Hill campus, a smaller, more skittish four-legged animal has taken up residence.
Feral cats are regulars at the parking garage, near the Metro North railroad tracks, around the Bathgate Avenue entrance, and even near the McGinley Center, where food is left out by members of the community.
According to Robert Freda, director of campus operations, wild cats have lived on campus for as long as anyone can remember. But two years ago there was a noticeable uptick in their numbers. Capturing them was not an option, as adult feral cats cannot be rehabilitated for adoption. But their breeding was not sustainable either, he said.
Holly Malkasian Staudinger leaves the Rose Hill parking garage with a recently trapped feral cat.
In January 2016, Holly Malkasian Staudinger, a volunteer from Rye, New York, began trapping and transporting the cats to veterinarians in Westchester. After the cats were spayed or neutered, Staudinger released them in the same spot where they’d been caught.
Since September 2016, she’s trapped and released 16 cats on campus.
Staudinger learned about the Rose Hill cats through a friend whose daughter is a Fordham student. She said that “trap, neuter, and release” is endorsed by most humane societies, as the procedure keeps cats from reproducing but also allows them to live in a familiar environment. Kittens born in the wild can be taken from the mother after six weeks and put up for adoption, but by their 14th week in the wild, they’re unfit for domestication, she said.
There are benefits to having feral cats around, though.
“Cats are great to have outside because they keep the rodent population down,” she said.
“A dozen cats on a campus like Fordham is great, but you don’t want 100 cats—they’re also wild animals. They might look like ...
Read More
BASEBALL DROPS SLUGFEST AT SAN FRANCISCO
Athletics News
Apr 18, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – After Sacramento State belted three home runs in a 9-5 home win over San Francisco on Monday, Vinny Esposito and Kody Reynolds both homered again on Tuesday but the Dons rallied from a 6-1 deficit with 13 unanswered runs to record a 14-6 win on their home field.
San Francisco (19-19) scored six runs in the sixth inning with the big blow a Brady Bate grand slam and added five more runs in the seventh. The game began a five game road swing for Sacramento State (18-19), which opens a three-game WAC series at Seattle U on Friday.
Esposito and junior Andrew McWilliam both had two hits as the Hornets tallied two home runs and three doubles among their seven hits. Esposito hit his team-leading seventh home run of the season, equaling the most homers a Hornet has hit in a season since he hit eight as a freshman in 2015.
The Hornets scored a run in each of the first three innings of the game. Esposito hit a solo home run with two out in the first, McWilliam doubled to lead off the second inning and stole home after a PJ Floyd single moved him to third, and McWilliam doubled in James Outman with two away in the third.
San Francisco got on the board with a run in the fourth but in the top of the fifth Outman and Esposito reached and Reynolds hit a three-run homer to left field. Bate had an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth but the Hornets still led 6-2.
In the sixth, USF scored six runs despite recording just one hit. The Dons drew two walks, had two hit batters, and benefited from a Hornet throwing error to score two runs before Bate hit a grand slam to left field all before an out was recorded.
San Francisco ...
Read More
Seven to receive Faculty-Staff Excellence Awards
SIU News
April 17, 2017Seven to receive Faculty-Staff Excellence Awards
by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale will honor seven members of the faculty and staff for superior scholarship, teaching and service.
Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell will host a ceremony and reception honoring the recipients of the Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, as well as campus authors, at 3 p.m., Thursday, April 20, in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium.
The recipients are: Michael J. Lydy (Scholar Excellence Award), Kathleen A. Pericak-Spector (Teaching Excellence Award, tenured and tenure-track), Timothy J. Ting, (Teaching Excellence Award, non-tenure track), Jennida M. Chase (Early Career Faculty Excellence Award), Nanditha Balasubramanian (Women of Distinction), and Robert A. Baer and Elizabeth A. (Liz) Hunter (Staff Excellence Award).
Here are profiles of the recipients:
Scholar Excellence Award
This award “recognizes and promotes outstanding research and creative endeavors,” and is given only to those “who have made outstanding contributions to their discipline” and who are “widely recognized for their achievements by other scholars in the field.”
Michael J. Lydy, professor, in the Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences (CFAAS) in the Department of Zoology, started at “sonic speed” when he came to SIU Carbondale from Wichita State University in 2001. Lydy, who has a cross appointment in chemistry, continues to be a “productive powerhouse,” according to a letter of nomination written by James E. Garvey, interim vice chancellor for research and CFAAS director.
Lydy is “intense, demanding, and clearly driven,” Garvey wrote. “Mike runs a tight ship, is highly competitive, and fights for what he needs to be the best scientist possible. This makes him the productive powerhouse that he is and will continue to be.”
Blair Siegfried, professor and chair of the University of Florida’s Entomology and Nematology Department, wrote that Lydy is one of the “preeminent scientists in the world working on toxicology of environmental contaminants ...
Read More
Williams Tosses No Hitter, Jacks Sweep Triple Header with San Marcos
Humboldt State University Athletics
ARCATA, Calif. - Madison Williams notched her second no hitter of the season, as she set the tone for the Lumberjacks in game one of today's triple header.With three wins the Lumberjacks improved to 32-8 overall, with a conference record of 20-7. Cal State San Marcos falls to 8-32 overall and 7-24 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play.Williams was locked in from the start striking out six of the first nine batters she faced. HSU's offense also got on the board early as Winona Vigil scored on a wild pitch, then Sydney Roberts and Breonna Bejaran scored on a single to left center off the bat of Kalyn Paque in the bottom of the first inning."In the first game Maddie really set the tone for the rest of the day and started us off with a no-hitter. Our offense put up runs early in the day and never stopped," said Head Coach Shelli Sachett. "Along with strong pitching from all our pitchers and constant offense we really took the stress off early and never looked back."The Jacks added another run in the bottom of the second when Roberts homered to left field making the score 4-0. This was more than enough run support for Williams who recorded her 16th complete game of the season, striking out 12 without allowing a hit and only surrendering two walks. HSU took game one 5-0.Games Two and three saw the Jacks find a rhythm offensively putting up a combined 21 runs in two games. Game two was highlighted by a five run second inning that put the Jacks ahead 7-0. Breonna Bejaran brought in two runs on a single to right field. Illa Haley followed that up with an rbi sun that scored Tiffany Hollingsworth. Kalyn Paque finished the inning with a double to left center that scored Bejaran and Haley. ...
Read More
African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
Science & Research
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
Read More
Grant Provides Path to Nursing for American Indian Students
CSUSM NewsCenter
Morton said the grant had covered the same four universities for over 20 years. However, she said spots opened up for newcomers because two of the universities became self-sufficient and no longer needed to rely on the grant. That opened the door for CSUSM.“We have a nursing shortage in California and we have more American Indians than any other state,” Morton said. “It was a great opportunity for us.”Mary has been working as a nurse for Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health for nearly 20 years. She has long wanted to pursue her master’s, but didn’t have the means to do so while working full time and raising five children.While her children are now adults, she is still paying off her undergraduate loans and working full time. But the GAIN grant has enabled her to pursue her master’s while continuing to work.Mary’s niece, Nesune Madrigal, is another of the students who is attending CSUSM through the GAIN grant.Nesune attended Mt. San Jacinto College and had been considering transferring to CSUSM to pursue her bachelor’s in nursing. Once the grant became a reality, it made for an easy decision.“I got a call on a Friday about a week before fall semester,” Nesune said. “I was shocked and overwhelmed. It’s such an honor to be chosen to go into the program knowing how competitive it is to get in. I’m really grateful for the opportunity.”Nesune said that Boren was instrumental in not only making the accelerated enrollment process go smoothly, but also ensuring that the students have access to all of the resources necessary to succeed.“It’s not just their academics,” Boren said. “We want to make sure everything is OK in their personal life and that they have everything they need to be successful in the program.”One of ...
Read More
Think About the Message You're Sending When "Replying to All"
Inside MC Online
As colleagues at a wonderful institution, please be respectful to the feelings of others when replying to an email with a large recipient list. Also, replying with "stop replying to this message" to an email with a bulk distribution list only compounds the problem. We know when somebody is out of line, and there's a good chance the sender does, as well. Office 365 Issue Office 365 users should be aware that the default reply setting is often set to "reply all." This could cause users to inadvertently reply to all users in an email thread when they intended to reply to the sender. See below for a tip on changing the setting: Office 365 (Outlook on the web) - Change default reply setting from "reply all" to "reply" When viewing a message within your reading pane or separate window, you will see the "reply all" button. If you click on the button, the default action is to perform a "reply all." To reply or forward the message, you must click on the down arrow next to this action and select the desired action. To change Outlook on the web's default setting back to "Reply", click the settings gear at the upper right and then select "Options" in the menu: Steps: 1. Click the settings gear icon and then select "Options" from the drop-down menu. 2. Expand the "Mail" section. 3. Expand the "Automatic processing" section. 4. Click Reply settings. 5. Select the "Reply" setting and click Save. 6. Return to your Outlook screen. The default action will now be Reply.
Read More
Florida Campuses Sport Shades of Color for Cancer Awareness
News Beat
Walk into any Florida campus on a Wednesday throughout the months of August, September and October and you will find faculty, staff and students wearing shades of the same color to support and bring awareness to all different types of cancer.Tampa/Brandon Campus Director Staceyann Sinclair started the Colors of Cancer Awareness campaign on her campus three years ago, and now it’s grown where all the Florida campuses are supporting the cause. Every Wednesday faculty, staff and students wear clothing of a particular color to bring awareness to the cancers that are represented by those same colors. The colors can represent multiple types of cancers. For example, the first Wednesday of August people wore a shade of purple, violet or lavender to bring awareness to all cancer survivors, Hodgkin’s Disease, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer and others. The next week was a different color that brought awareness to other types of cancer in the same color family. Additionally, the campuses are raising donations and doing runs/walks in the campus communities. “We have raised several thousand dollars doing this, and the money we raise is given from Rasmussen College and is split between the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and American Cancer Society,” Sinclair said. There are many fundraisers the campuses participate in to raise money for donations. Faculty and staff can wear jeans on a Friday if they donate $5. There are quarterly bake sales with lots of student participation. Faculty, staff and students join together in the student lounge to make tutus for their runs/walks. The tutus sell for $12 apiece and usually bring in up to $600. They tie-dye blue and pink T-shirts for the month of October to support breast cancer for men and women. Staff coordinates plant sales on campus. “It’s become a tradition—one that people really look forward to,” Sinclair said. “They are ...
Read More
Meet the composers: MUSO Centennial Celebration Concert Nov. 21
Miami University - Top Stories
An American premiere and CSO Brass Quintet part of special
Samuel Adler (above) and Anthony DiLorenzo (below) will be guests at the MUSO Celebration Concert.
By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
The Miami University Symphony Orchestra, (MUSO) directed by Ricardo Averbach, celebrates its 100th anniversary with a special free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, in Hall Auditorium.
Come early to meet Samuel Adler, one of the most prominent living American composers, who will give a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. at Hall.
The celebration concert includes:
Adler’s “Music for Eleven: Suite for Woodwinds and Percussion,” performed by the MUSO Chamber Ensemble, guest-conducted by Steve Lytle, associate director of bands.
The American premiere of “Chimera: Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra” by Anthony DiLorenzo, originally commissioned by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Brass Quintet will join the MUSO.
"Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35," by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.
Adler, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1939. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001, and inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2008. He is the composer of more than 400 published works.
He is professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music where he taught from 1966 to 1995 and is currently a member of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School.
DiLorenzo, who will also be on campus for the concert, is an Emmy Award-winning composer whose music is performed throughout the world by major symphony orchestras and chamber groups.
He has composed music for more than 80 film trailers, for films such as "Toy Story," "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," and "The Simpsons Movie."
MUSO and Averbach named semi-finalists for the 2016 American Prize
The Miami University Symphony Orchestra was recently named one of 11 semi-finalists for the 2016 American Prize, for best orchestra, college level.
Ricardo Averbach conducts the MUSO in ...
Read More
UNCG, WCU partnership provides opportunity to earn doctorate online
UNCG Now
Summer McMurry runs a full-time business she started in Asheville, in addition to being a wife and mother of three children. Pursuing her doctorate, without a nearby program, wasn’t an option for her – until now.
McMurry is one of three doctoral students comprising the first class in a joint doctoral program in speech communication and disorders between UNCG and Western Carolina University. The program is called the Inter-institutional Distance Education Agreement for Learning and Leadership in Communication Sciences and Disorders, or IDEALL CSD, and is unique in that students take classes from faculty at both campuses, mainly online.
“Getting my PhD was something I always wanted to do once I was established and settled,” said McMurry, who established Carolina Pediatric Therapy 15 years ago and now employs about 100 people who serve 18 counties. “There wasn’t a program that I could connect to. But when I found out about IDEALL, it was a good fit for me. Most of what we do in the program is distance learning, so I’m not traveling to either of the campuses very often.”
Both universities benefit from the partnership. For UNCG, having access to Western Carolina faculty essentially doubles the size of the department without increases to its budget. Students who graduate from IDEALL will receive their degrees from UNCG.
“Western has outstanding faculty, but they didn’t have a doctoral program and didn’t want to lose these star faculty members because of that,” said Dr. Celia Hooper, dean of UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences. “To establish a program like this, it takes a lot of cooperation between faculties and registrars and administration. We had a lot of enthusiastic people who didn’t give up.”
The partnership touches on two important aspects of the Board of Governors’ strategic plan – access and efficiency. Students like McMurry now have access to a ...
Read More
Armour College of Engineering Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Aleksandar G. Ostrogorsky’s Crystal Growth Experiment Launching on NASA’s Orbital ATK CRS-7
News – Illinois Tech Today
Today (Tuesday, April 18) at 10:11 a.m. CT, the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the International Space Station. Among its cargo will be a crystal growth experiment led by Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Aleksandar G. Ostrogorsky. Learn more about the launch and mission here.
Watch launch coverage starting at 9 a.m. CT on NASA Television here.
Watch the launch live, streamed in 360 video on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn more here.
Read More
COD Celebrates 2017 Carter D. Carroll Excellence in History Award Winners
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackAuguste Baltrimaviciute (pictured above left with COD Associate Professor of History John Paris) of Naperville
was recognized at a recent reception as this year’s first-place recipient of the Carter
D. Carroll Excellence in History Award for outstanding work in the field of history
writing at College of DuPage. The award, which includes a $250 stipend to the first
place winner, was created to encourage and reward high-quality academic writing in
the field of history.Baltrimaviciute’s winning entry was a paper inspired by the Buck v. Bell Supreme Court
case which ruled that people can be forcefully sterilized if they are seen as unfit
to reproduce. She earned her GED in the summer of 2013 and continued to attend COD
until the spring of 2016. Baltrimaviciute graduated with an associate degree as a
member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and with highest honors. She is currently
studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago pursuing a major in History and
a minor in Sociology and plans to apply to UIC's M.A./Ph.D. program in history. Her
winning paper was submitted by COD Associate Professor of History Sam Mitrani.Maggie Curran took second place for her essay about Che Guevara's autobiography "The Motorcycle
Diaries," initially written for a History and Culture of Latin America class. The
Downers Grove resident attended COD as a Presidential Scholar, earning an A.A. degree
before transferring to Chicago’s Columbia College, where she is currently pursuing
a major in advertising with a minor in writing for television. She hopes to work at
an ad agency or on a writing staff for a comedy series. Curran’s paper was submitted
by COD Associate Professor of History John Paris.Lombard resident Ashleigh Brill received the third place award for her essay about the book, “Things Fall Apart”
by Chinua Achebe. After attending COD in 2016, ...
Read More
Saint Cyr Dimanche’s long journey from Africa to the Boston Marathon
Brandeis University News
BOSTON (CBS) — “I was in the hospital for six months alone. That’s where my journey started to come to America.”
Today, Saint Cyr Dimanche is a 23-year-old son of two loving parents in Worcester, studying international relations at Brandeis University. But he traveled a long and difficult road to get to where he is.
After losing his mother in childbirth and his father at the hands of rebels when he was 14, Dimanche escaped from a small village in the Central African Republic to Cameroon. He supported himself by hauling cement, sometimes carrying it up 10 floors, earning $1.80 for 12 hours of hard labor. It eventually became too much for the young boy.
He ended up getting sick, and spent those six months in the hospital. While he was there, a visit from an American couple on a social service mission started the process that would bring him to the US. Dimanche was 17 when he arrived at Logan Aiport, with Bob and Anne Bureau waiting for him.
“We called him our son from the first moment we met him,” said Mr. Bureau. “And he will always be our son. Always.”
“He came through baggage claim and I started crying,” said Mrs. Bureau. “I went up and hugged him.”
Adding a 17-year-old to your family would be a tough task for any family, but it was even harder considering the Bureaus and Dimanche had no way of communicating. Dimanche spoke Sango (a rare African language) and a little bit of French, but he and his new family had no common language. They used iPhones to translate before they found a translator.
Then Dimanche took his next step a few weeks later. After not attending school from 2003-2011, he returned to the classroom.
“It was very hard to go back to school. It was also very hard that I started with a different language,” ...
Read More
Business Professor Identifies Key Behaviors That Set Superior Aviation and Aerospace Leaders Apart
Headlines RSS Feed
Linda M. Pittenger, associate professor at the College of Business at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, has identified several “behavioral competencies” that distinguish superior performers in aviation and aerospace leadership roles.
No. 1 on the list? Passion.
“Superior performing leaders exhibited passion for their work, enthusiasm for their peers and subordinates, and excitement for the aviation and aerospace industry, while average performing leaders did not,” Pittenger says. “Superior performing leaders shared a deep commitment to their work and an obsession-like love for the aviation and/or aerospace industry.”
In her qualitative research study, Leadership Metamorphosis: Behavioral Competencies that Distinguish Superior Performing Leaders in Aviation and Aerospace, Pittenger also uncovered that superior performing leaders take the time to build relationships at all levels of the organization and also with key external influencers.
“For example, superior performing leaders relate well to their followers and are often seen as ‘one of them,’” she says. “They form close bonds with peers and those senior to them who can provide them with resources and opportunities. They develop and nurture a network of industry relationships who expose them to emerging trends and/or can provide solutions to technical or organizational issues.”
Pittenger’s findings are the result of a rigorous and systematic analysis of data collected from 112 one-hour, semi-structured interviews with average and superior performing leaders at Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce/American Airlines (formerly Texas Aero Engine Services), Bell Helicopter, FedEx and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The study’s findings supported the prevailing conceptual model guiding the research, which recognized that job performance may be affected by a specific set or combination of behavioral competencies influenced by job demands, interpersonal relationships and organizational climate.
From C-Suite to Academia
Pittenger first became interested in behavioral competencies when she was chief information officer at AT&T.
“I wanted to know which ...
Read More
UMass Boston Hosts Transfer Open House
News
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions hosted its semi-annual Transfer Open House on Wednesday, April 12, welcoming 240 prospective transfer students and guests from throughout the state and New England. Students were able to submit their applications at the event, with admissions counselors right beside them to assist with any inquires. Over 80 students submitted applications.
Prospective students were also able to visit a variety of workshops and events throughout the Campus Center, including meeting with admissions counselors to discuss the process of applying their existing college credits to fulfill requirements at UMass Boston.
Danny Seng from Bristol Community College recently moved to Boston with his sister and said he looks forward to attending UMass Boston in the fall.
“I saved some money by attending community college for two years, and now I'm looking forward to studying at the College of Management because I want to open my own landscaping business," he said.
Marino Long-Mella first applied to UMass Boston as a senior in high school.
“The financial aid I received was very generous," she said. "But I did not get accepted to the College of Nursing initially, so I went to UMass Dartmouth instead. Now I want to transfer into nursing.”
Transfer Open House recognizes that transfer students have questions and needs that can be different from those of first-time freshmen. It is the most comprehensive event for transfer students, who can apply, learn about financial aid, take a tour, and discuss academic program options all in one evening. Attendees were very engaged and taking full advantage of the event offerings.
New this year was the “You Ask. We Answer.” workshop, which allowed visitors to hear from current UMass Boston transfer students about their experience, while also letting them ask questions about their experience here.
Read More
Baseball Charges Past MIT Behind Battery of D’Agostino and Lindner
WPI News Archive
Apr 18, 2017
Northboro, MA --- Junior Steven D'Agostino (Worcester, MA) struck out eight in a solid seven-inning start and sophomore battery mate Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) batted 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored to lead WPI past MIT 12-4 Tuesday afternoon in the NEWMAC divisional crossover game at the New England Baseball Complex.
The host Engineers (22-8, 11-3) complete the season sweep of their industry rivals and remain atop the overall NEWMAC standings with one more weekend divisional series to play. MIT, meanwhile, slips to 13-9-1 overall and 7-6 in league play.
D'Agostino and the Crimson and Gray defense enjoyed a trio of 1-2-3 frames to begin the game while the offense posted four runs in the bottom of the second. The runs were a result of four consecutive hits beginning with a leadoff double by junior Matt Howard (Worcester, MA). Graduate student Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) reached on a single before a double by junior Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) cleared both off the base paths for the 2-0 lead. Freshman David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) followed with a two-run shot to left.
The Boynton Hillers added two more in the fourth when senior Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) found a hole in the left side to plate sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) and then scores thanks to a pair of miscues on the play. Lindner drove in a run in the fifth and Tropeano scampered home on a wild pitch in the sixth. Three more scored in the seventh courtesy of an RBI single by Lindner, a fielder's choice by senior Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) and a ground out by Comei.
MIT got on the board thanks to a miscue in the top of the eighth. Howard then sent the first pitch in the bottom of the inning over the fence in center. Cambridge's ...
Read More
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)