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How do you top a college career that includes two Education Abroad trips, internships at international companies, and a three-part honors thesis exploring bilingual advertising and the toy industry?
Margo Bailey, a senior honors student majoring in marketing, did it by earning a Fulbright Scholarship. She’s one of six UConn Fulbright winners this year.
UConn has six student or alumni Fulbright awardees this year, and a seventh was selected as an alternate.Margo Bailey ’17 (BUS), a marketing major and honors student, received a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain;Sylvia Cunningham ’15 (CLAS), a journalism and political science major, received a Young Professional Journalist grant to Germany;Catherine Han ’17 (CLAS), a biology and English major and honors student, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to Mexico;Lara Hawley ’17 (ED), an education major, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to South Africa; Tiffany Murphy ’12 (CLAS), a political science major, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to Morocco;Marissa Piccolo ’17 (CLAS), a political science major and honors student, received a study grant to Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, MA program in Legislative Studies and Practice;Also, Paulina Rowe ’17 (CLAS), a psychology and Spanish major and honors student, was selected as an alternate for an English Teaching Assistant grant to Colombia.
Bailey was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright Scholarship to earn a master’s in management at the IE Business School, the only such scholarship to the school this year. Located in Madrid, Spain, the School is a business powerhouse that draws 65 percent of its students from other countries.
Her career goal is to work for a company, possibly the LEGO Foundation, that’s committed to fostering a love of languages and different cultures among children. Not only is this something she enjoys, it’s also something she believes can change the world.
“Understanding another person’s story makes you more empathetic,” Bailey says. “ ...
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Business Student Among Six UConn Fulbright Winners
Q & A with Jacob Shercliffe, UAA’s latest Truman Scholar
UAA economics student Jacob Shercliffe is one of 62 people nationwide named this year as a Truman Scholar. (Photo by Philip Hall / University of Alaska Anchorage)Jacob Shercliffe’s father runs the simulation lab for UAA’s College of Health. His mother helps manage the electronic health record for the Veterans Administration facility in Anchorage. His sister, UAA alumna Rachel Shercliffe, is enrolled in medical school in Michigan. And his brother graduates next month with a biology degree from UAF.
“I am the black sheep of the family,” said Jacob, a member of Seawolf Debate and Model U.N., “because they all have health-related careers/education and I study political science and economics.”
Jacob recently received the honor of being named Alaska’s sole Truman Scholar for 2017 — one of 62 Truman Scholars selected this year out of an initial 768 nominations, nationwide.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation provides up to $30,000 to each Scholar in support of graduate study. Criteria for the honor include exceptional leadership potential, commitment to careers in government or public service and academic achievement.
Previous Truman Scholars from UAA (and its predecessor institution, Anchorage Community College) include Jonathan M. Karpoff (1977); Ronee Miller (1983); Becky L. Gay (1981); Margaret R. Simonian (1990); Glenn D. Boledovich (1992); Anna Zaroff (1997); Erin L. Trimble (2003); Miranda Zindel (2006); Umair Iqbal (2007); Candace Renee Lewis (2008); Deana Katherine Glick (2009); and Brett J. Frazer (2011).
Jacob talked to us about his life, activities and future plans:
Where were you born and raised, and where did you go to school before coming to UAA?
I was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but I never really knew the place. Trying to describe where I was “raised” is a bit of a challenging question. My parents are both ex-Air Force so we moved around a lot as a kid. I’ve lived in Panama, England, and Maryland before moving up to Alaska in the 5th grade. I ...
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Disability at Work (5/4/2017)
SJSU Events Calendar at SJSU Main Campus - King Library
Event Details
Disability at Work
Start Date: 5/4/2017Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Date: 5/4/2017End Time: 1:15 PM
Event Description:The “Disability at Work” event in MLK 225 is geared toward expanding the awareness of the largest minority group in the world and in the United States: people with disabilities. Our guest speakers from Google and SAP Ariba will share opportunities involved in the implementation of accessibility and inclusion strategies. With their innovative approaches, the presenters will invite the audience to explore a new perspective of the concept of disability.The students enrolled in COMM 132F will moderate and coordinate the event. We will have three guest speakers: Victor Tsaran from Google, Karo Caran from Adecco at Google, and Joseph Fox from SAP Ariba.
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Baseball. San José State Gets Jumped On Early By Air Force And Lose 12-6
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
Spartans’ six-game conference unbeaten streak at home snapped.
April 22, 2017
Final Stats
Box Score San Jose, Calif. – The San José State University baseball team could not recover from an early hole against Air Force, falling behind 3-0 before getting the first out of the game en route to losing 12-6 in the conference series opener.The Falcons (17-20, 6-13 MW) jumped on Spartans starter Matt Brown in the top of the first when Tyler Jones hit a three-run homer after Brown hit the first two batters to open the game.Brown struck out the side to end the first and finished with a career-high nine strikeouts in four innings.The Spartans (13-22-1, 7-10-1 MW) answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the first that freshman Kellen Strahm (1-for-2, R, 3 BB, 2 SB) essentially manufactured himself. Strahm lead off the inning with a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a single by Shane Timmons (1-for-4, RBI, SB). Strahm stole home on a double steal with Timmons to make it a 3-1 game.The two run deficit is the closest SJSU would come in the game.Air Force added nine more runs, scoring in five of the remaining eight innings on 13 hits and taking advantage of three wild pitches and four hit batsmen by the Spartans pitching staff.SJSU got two hits apiece from Michael Breen (2-for-3, R, RBI) and Kyle Blakeman (2-for-4, R, RBI). Breen, Blakeman and Kyle Morrison (1-for-3, R) each had a double.Brown (3-5) took the loss for the Spartans and Falcons starter Jacob Devries, who pitched six innings allowing four runs, got the win.The Spartans will look to bounce back in game two of the series on Saturday, April 22. SJSU will send Jake Swiech (1-3, 5.25 ERA) to the mound against Air Force starter Ethan Nichols (4-1, 6.29 ERA). First pitch is 4:00 ...
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New $1.5 million grant to fund national research on faith and work
A $1.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will enable researchers from Rice University and Seattle Pacific University to examine the relationship between faith and work. The researchers hope to gain an understanding of how people from diverse workplaces and socio-economic backgrounds integrate religious views and their work.
The comprehensive study will focus on U.S. workers and will comprise a broad-based national, random-sample survey of approximately 12,000 people from multiple religious traditions and no religious tradition. Research will explore faith at work as well as religious discrimination. It will include focus groups with both professional and working-class participants and as many as 200 in-depth, follow-up interviews.
After the survey, the project will examine the unique challenges that Christians (including moderate, conservative and liberal Protestants and Catholics) face in their workplaces and careers; how their faith does or does not address such challenges; and the best ways clergy and others may attend to these challenges.
“For many, work is the single largest time commitment in life,” said Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice and the study’s principal investigator. “And for many, faith and faith community are the most meaningful commitments in life. Understanding how people integrate these two facets of life is the core purpose of this research.”
Ecklund, who is also the director of Rice’s Religion and Public Life Program and a Rice Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, will collaborate with Denise Daniels, a professor of management in the School of Business, Government and Economics at Seattle Pacific University.
“Our goal is that detailed data collection and carefully designed outreach efforts will put easy-to-understand data into the hands of as many U.S. clergy as possible and create networks of clergy who are trained to meet the spiritual needs of working men and women from various demographic groups, across multiple ...
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Discussion: ‘Free Speech on a University Campus’
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LAWRENCE — How does the First Amendment intersect with the primary responsibilities of a public university? An upcoming event at the University of Kansas will explore how it protects student, faculty and staff, facilitates the dissemination of research and offers opportunities for activism and advocacy on campus. In a year when its programming has focused largely on The Future University and Framing the Dialogue, conversations have encouraged audiences to consider the value of having discussions that are challenging but necessary. “Free Speech on a University Campus” will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at Spooner Hall.
A panel of outside experts will include Stefan Bradley, associate professor of history at St. Louis University; Connie Burk, executive director, the NW Network; Susan Kruth, senior program officer, legal and public advocacy, FIRE; and Frank LoMonte, executive director, Student Press Law Center.
The event will be moderated by Jeff Chasen, association vice provost of institutional compliance, and include additional support from the Office of the Chancellor, the Office of the Provost, the Department of African & African-American Studies and the Department of American Studies.
Additionally, members of the KU community will deliver responses to the discussion, and there will be time for questions from the audience, both locally and remotely, as the event will be live-streamed online. Questions submitted via Twitter should use the hashtag #CampusFreeSpeech.
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Thomas Allison's "Molecular Movies" Concept Takes Home Stony Brook's $200K Discovery Prize
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Thomas Allison’s “Molecular Movies” Concept Takes Home Stony Brook's $200K Discovery Prize
Thomas Allison, holding his plaque after being named the 2017 Discovery Prize winner, with James H. Simons, Chairman of the Simons Foundation and one of the competition judges; and Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, President of Stony Brook University.
Stony Brook, NY, April 14, 2017 – Thomas Allison, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Physics, and a developer of a technology at Stony Brook that will record the movement of molecules that may lead to the development of better high-tech devices, is the winner of the 2017 Discovery Prize. He and three other Stony Brook professors faced off and presented their research to a panel of judges at the competition in the Charles B. Wang Center Theatre at Stony Brook University. As the winner, Dr. Allison receives a $200,000 award.
The winner was chosen by a distinguished panel of judges, including 2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics from Princeton,
F. Duncan Haldane
, Berkeley’s Director of the Nuclear Science Division, Professor
Barbara Jacak
, and, Chairman of theSimons Foundation and a member of the National Academy of Sciences,
James H. Simons, PhD
.
“I am thrilled to be selected to receive the Discovery Prize, and this going to be a huge lift to support the tools and human resources needed to carry out our experiments,” said Dr. Allison after learning that he was selected for the award. “We believe using lasers to create movies of molecules is something that carries incredible potential to vastly improve our understanding of molecules, electrons in molecules, and how to use molecules to ultimately develop all kinds of high-tech machinery.”
“Basic scientific research helps us to better understand our universe, asks about what we don’t know and explores the boundaries of our Knowledge. It leads to breakthroughs and innovation that literally change our world,” said Samuel L. Stanley ...
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Dr. Benjamin Luft Discusses 9/11 Oral Histories at Library of Congress
Dr. Benjamin Luft Discusses 9/11 Oral Histories at Library of Congress
The LOC’s American Folklife Center Will Serve as a Repository of the Oral Histories
STONY BROOK, N.Y., November 1, 2011 – Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Stony Brook’s World Trade Center Health Program, will present “We’re Not Leaving: Responders Oral Histories Redefine 9/11,” at the American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on November 10. The Center will serve as the repository for oral histories of 9/11 first responders from around the country, which are being recorded and filmed by Dr. Luft and the WTC Health Program staff as the Remembering 9/11 oral history project. The lecture will be held in the Mary Pickford Theater, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
After hearing many stories from his first responder patients, Dr. Luft came to believe that the experiences they recounted are part of our nation’s history and must, therefore, be preserved. So in 2009 he set out to do this by recording their personal stories as an oral history. In July 2011, the Library of Congress formally expressed interest in serving as the repository for the collected oral histories and other documentation created by the project. To date, approximately 150 oral histories have been documented. The project is slated to be completed in September 2012.
“In many respects, the stories of the 9/11 responders are a reflection of the values that the American people hold dear, such as courage, patriotism, volunteerism, altruism, and a deep sense of community,” says Dr. Luft. “Their stories cause us to reflect on who we are as a people and the beliefs that we hold in high esteem and bind us as a nation.”
To date oral history interviews have been with World Trade Center first responders who reside in the ...
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Lone Star College-CyFair Phi Theta Kappa chapter recognized as ‘Most Distinguished Chapter’
Lone Star College System News
Published on: April 19, 2017 The Beta Lambda Mu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Lone Star College-CyFair was named 2017 Most Distinguished Chapter, ranking it first among 1,300 chapters.
The Most Distinguished Chapter is the highest honor given to a Phi Theta Kappa chapter.
I am very proud of this impressive achievement of our students, said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC chancellor. This award validates our commitment to ensuring excellence in teaching and learning to promote student success.
This is the third year in a row a PTK chapter from LSC has been named Most Distinguished Chapter. LSC-Tomball received the award in 2015 and 2016. The award was given at the annual PTK conference held earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee.
We are so proud of our students, said Dr. Seelpa Keshvala, LSC-CyFair president. This is an amazing accomplishment, and we are very grateful to our chapter advisors for their leadership, Dr. Blake Ellis and Veronica Martinez, who dedicated their efforts to help our students experience such great success.
The mission of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize academic achievement of college students and to provide opportunities for them to grow as scholars and leaders. PTK is the official honors society for two-year colleges and it has more than 1,300 chapters and almost 3 million members in the United States, Canada, Germany, Peru, the Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates, Guam and American Samoa
To receive this recognition once is quite an achievement, said Debbra Esparza, LSC executive director Organizational Development and PTK regional coordinator for Texas. But for Lone Star College to win it three years in a row is incredible.
The annual international conference featured speakers from around the world including Dr. Jennifer Arnold, neonatologist and television personality; Andrew Porter, PTK international president; British photographer, Platon; and Jamie Hyneman, Mythbusters co-host and special effects guru.
It was a special night that culminated in our ...
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LSC-Kingwood invites recipients to GED graduation
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: April 13, 2017 Earning a general education development (GED) diploma is a big accomplishment that should be celebrated.
Lone Star College-Kingwood invites everyone who passed their equivalency exams between March 2016 and April 2017 to participate in this years GED graduation. The ceremony is on Thursday, May 18 in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Theatre at 6 p.m. During the event, college and Lone Star College System administrators will address the graduates. Dr. Katherine Persson, college president, will present two $500 scholarship awards to selected students.
This ceremony is very important and special for students who did not give up on their education by earning their GED, said Liz Maloney, a Continuing Education program coordinator. We hope these students will consider furthering their education by earning a workforce certificate, an associate degree, or a bachelors degree at a four-year university.
LSC-Kingwood acquired the program from New Caney High School in 1984. Since then, the completion and passing rate of applicants has increased. The college offers GED Test Prep and Subject Specific Classes, which help a wide-range of individuals who need a GED to keep a job, find better employment, or further their education.
To participate in the GED Graduation or for more information on the program or upcoming classes, call the LSC-Kingwood Continuing Education Department at 281-312-1660 or visit http://www.lonestar.edu/ged.htm. The college is located at 20000 Kingwood Drive.
Register now for credit classes online through myLoneStar. Classes are offered days, evenings, or weekends in traditional, Internet, video, TV and independent study formats. For more information on how to register online, visit www.lonestar.edu/registration.
For general information about Lone Star College-Kingwood, call 281.312.1600 or visit http://lonestar.edu/kingwood.htm
Known for its leadership, innovation and steadfast commitment to student success, Lone Star College provides high-quality academic transfer and workforce education/career training programs to more than 83,000 credit students each ...
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Lone Star College-Montgomery’s “Tigers Be Still” Performance Receives Choice Awards
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: December 02, 2015
Lone Star College-Montgomery students Grant Athans (L), Sarah Saflin (M)
and Erin Lavespere (R) recently participated in the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) which resulted in various awards for some of
the colleges students.
The
Lone Star College-Montgomery drama departments fallproduction of Tigers Be
Still received the rare feat of a choice award in the Kennedy Center American
College Texas State Theatre Festival (KCACTF) this October.
Tigers Be Still, which was directed by
LSC-Montgomery instructor Julie Akers, was awarded Respondents Choice, which is
selected by the festival respondent who sees and responds to each performance
at the festival. This is the fifth consecutive year that the college has
received a choice award, and the production will now be considered for
advancement to the regional festival in San Angelo in February.
KCACTF
gives our students excellent transfer and scholarship opportunities by allowing
them to network with other students and schools at the festival, said Chase
Waites, professor of drama and department chair at LSC-Montgomery. Participating
at the state level provides the students with opportunities to travel to the
regional festival in February to compete for scholarships and interview with
transfer universities and colleges. It also provides the students the
opportunity to tour a show, which is a great experience for them.
Twelve
students and four faculty members attended this years festival with Tigers Be
Still. LSC-Montgomery student Lacey Castro was recognized for meritorious
achievement in sound design and LSC-Montgomery students Joey Sheaff, Sarah
Saflin, Erin Lavespere and Grant Athans earned an award for ensemble acting. Also,
Saflin, Sheaff and Lavespere were all Irene Ryan scholarship nominees from the
production.
The
theatre festival was held at San Jacinto College-Central. The other schools at
the festival included Galveston College, Panola College, Texas A&M
University-Kingsville and Bossier Parish Community College.
For
more information regarding the LSC-Montgomery drama department ...
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Some LSC-Tomball spring 2014 Late Start classes still available
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: January 27, 2014
Lone Star College-Tomball, a long-time champion of student needs and innovator of student-friendly programs is offering Late Start courses to accommodate students who wish to begin their coursework mid-semester or want to complete their degree or certificate in a shorter period of time.
Fewer weeks than the traditional 16-week semester, Late Start classes provide students with a second chance to take courses that begin later in the semester but end at the same time as regular classes, and provide job-seekers with an opportunity to augment their skill set or make a career change without waiting another semester.
Late Start classes enable students to compress the regular spring semester by slightly expanding the amount of time spent in each class. That way, the same amount of instructional content is provided, just over a shorter period of time.
In the spirit of always looking for unique ways to provide opportunities for students, we offer Late Start courses, which reduce the days of a course without reducing the hours or quality of instruction. This way, students can stay on track without interrupting their academic curriculum, said Dr. Lee Ann Nutt, LSC-Tomball vice president of instruction.
The first round of Late Start courses begin January 27. Additional course begin in February and March. Space is limited and demand is high. For more information, call 281.351.3310.
On-site registration is scheduled weekly from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Students can also register online at www.lonestar.edu/registration.
Lone Star College-Tomball is located at 30555 Tomball Parkway, at the intersection of State Highway 249 and Zion Road.
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Lone Star College-University Park dedicates Energy and Manufacturing Institute
Lone Star College-University Park News
Published on: May 01, 2014 The new 70,000 square-foot Energy and Manufacturing Institute (EMI) will be dedicated at a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on May 14. The building, located on the campus of Lone Star College-University Park at 11521 Compaq Center West Drive, will be a hub for high-tech workforce training in energy and manufacturing.
Houston, the worlds energy capital, accounts for more than 30 percent of oil and gas jobs in the United States. According to Lone Star College Chancellor Richard Carpenter, companies in the energy and manufacturing sectors face a shrinking pool of trained employees as they forecast employment projections. Professionals working in the industry also require extensive retraining in order to maintain technology and safety standards.
To meet training demands for a skilled workforce, said Carpenter, Lone Star College partnered with the sectors across the region to develop the Energy and Manufacturing Institute.
According to Dr. John Galiotos, Dean of the Energy and Manufacturing Institute, training developed by Lone Star College in collaboration with industry partners will prepare EMI students to enter the workforce as well as to advance careers.
EMI will set a new standard in the education and training of a highly-skilled workforce, said Dr. Galiotos. The institute will concentrate on a strong foundation in scientific and engineering concepts emphasizing exposure to real-world lab and industrial processes and equipment.
Costa Thanos, a student in EMIs field service technician certification program, recently obtained a mechanical assembly position at National Oilwell Varco. I highly recommend the program, he said. The one-on-one teaching and the hands-on training through EMI prepared me for the high-tech demands of the job.
Construction began in March of 2013 on the two-story building and decorative concrete and zinc panels with large expanses of glass now gracing the exterior. EMI will provide five state-of-the-art classrooms, 28 labs and two simulation rooms equipped with industry-standard equipment and software. Students will learn ...
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University Police, Air Force ROTC team up for on-campus active shooter training today
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University Police, Air Force ROTC team up for on-campus active shooter training
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Kansas State University Air Force ROTC Detachment 270 cadet training will include an ALICE active shooter drill in partnership with Kansas State University Police Department. | Download this photo.
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University Air Force ROTC Detachment 270 cadets will work with the Kansas State University Police Department to conduct a large-scale active shooter training from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in Gen. Richard B. Myers Hall. The training will include sounds of gunfire and realistic-looking victims and perpetrators. The live training is an addition to the national Air Force ROTC requirement of 60-120 minutes of ALICE training, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. Through a partnership with local emergency professionals, the training will give ROTC cadets hands-on experience so they can put to use what they have learned from an ALICE course. "We could just do the ALICE training course and then we would be done with the requirement but we are stepping things up," Master Sgt. Ronald Cervera said. "We want to give our cadets a more realistic view and help them develop situational awareness while also assisting K-State Police and the Manhattan Fire Department with training."The police and fire departments have trained for active shooter situations at smaller levels, but never directly on campus, according to K-State Police Lt. Bradli Millington. Conducting the training in Myers Hall will give K-State Police a chance to practice in a multi-level campus building with real students. "Our previous training at Fort Riley's mock city and the fire department's burn house at Kimball and Denison have all been great practice but this training will give K-State police officers and Manhattan Fire Department training with the students as role players in a campus environment, which is a great opportunity," Millington said. The police department will conduct three ...
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On a Dark and Stormy Night
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Caleb Seavey, B.A. ’13, graduating medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and veteran paramedic, got the call “on a rainy night at 3 a.m.”“There had been a serious one-car accident in which three people had died prior to our arrival, two victims had life-threatening injuries, and three more were walking wounded,” Seavey recalled. It was August 2014, and he was five years into his volunteer service as an emergency medical technician (EMT) with the Silver Spring Fire Department, part of Maryland’s Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. There were other EMTs helping that night, along with career firefighters, but Seavey was the paramedic in charge.
“I knew that my job was to bring order to this extraordinary chaos, and I needed to meet that challenge,” he said.
The impact of the crash had been powerful enough to eject a child’s car seat from the vehicle, but Seavey couldn’t see any children as he triaged patients. “This prospect that another patient was not being attended to was naturally horrifying to me as a young medic in charge,” he explained. “But I knew I needed to push all of the ‘what ifs’ out of my head.”
He’s channeled that same concentration as an M.D. student, to his and his patients’ benefit. “Being a first-responder [has given] me an opportunity to work in a high-stakes, high-stress environment that has unquestionably helped me in medical school,” said Seavey, who started volunteering during his undergraduate years at GW. “Going into rotations in particular, when encountering similar emergent scenarios, I have a much calmer and more focused demeanor.”
Although having his medical degree means he’ll no longer be able to volunteer, Seavey has enjoyed his dual roles of student and paramedic, but it hasn’t always been easy balancing responsibilities.
“It got really hard during third ...
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BOG backs WVU values: service, curiosity, respect, accountability, appreciation
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As it celebrates its 150th anniversary, West Virginia University has outlined a mission
of leading transformation, through partnership and based on the values of
service, curiosity, respect, accountability and appreciation.
The Board of Governors endorsed
a mission, vision and values statement at its regular meeting Friday (April
21), culminating a year-long process kicked off by President Gordon Gee's State of the University speech on March 1,
2016.
"We're going to lead in education, and we're going to
lead in health care and we're going to lead in developing prosperity," Gee
said in introducing the statements.
They are "a way for us to think about ourselves and
everyday remind ourselves of who we are and what we are," he said.
"As a land-grant institution," the mission
statement says, "the faculty, staff and students at West Virginia
University commit to creating a diverse and inclusive culture that advances
education, healthcare and prosperity for all by providing access and
opportunity; by advancing high-impact research; and by leading transformation
in West Virginia and the world through local, state and global
engagement."
The vision: "As one West Virginia University, we are
purposeful in our studies and our work so that we can partner with our
communities – both near and far – to bring needed and valued solutions to
real-life problems within the pillars of education, healthcare and prosperity."
That mission and vision are supported by the five values of:
·
Service – "We seek opportunities to serve
others and are committed to providing the highest quality of service."
·
Curiosity – "We ask questions, seek new
opportunities and change through innovation."
·
Respect – "We are respectful, transparent
and inclusive with each other."
·
Accountability – We perform at our very best
every day to create a University that is responsive, efficient and effective."
·
Appreciation – "We support and value each
other's contributions as we build a community that is One WVU."
Gee said the statements reflect "the ...
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Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy, keynote speaker at UTA’s ‘Responsible Shale Energy Extraction’ Conference tomorrow as part of Earth Day Texas 2017
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is keynote speaker at UTA’s “Responsible Shale Energy Extraction” Conference April 20-21 at Fair Park in Dallas, as part of Earth Day Texas. Secretary Perry’s speech is scheduled for April 21, 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. A full schedule of the conference can be seen here.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is keynote speaker at UTA’s “Responsible Shale Energy Extraction” Conference April 21-22 at Fair Park in Dallas, as part of Earth Day Texas.
Secretary Perry’s speech is scheduled for April 21, 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. A full schedule of the conference can be seen here.
This free event, chaired by UTA’s Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation or CLEAR lab, will feature presentations by Scott Anderson of the Environmental Defense Fund, Scott Tinker of the Bureau of Economic Geology and Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University, who has been named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for her work as a climate scientist and communicator.
“We believe that it is important to host a variety of perspectives at a venue like Earth Day Texas where we can have honest discussions about the strengths and weaknesses of shale energy extraction,” said Kevin Schug, UTA’s Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry and director of the CLEAR lab.
“Our goal through this conference is to facilitate new collaborations that will have a positive impact on the environment,” he added.
The event will also feature roundtable discussions, and live technology demonstrations covering a wide range of topics, including the detection and remediation of environmental contamination events, the management of light pollution and induced seismicity and the intelligent recycling of brackish and waste waters for commercial applications.
“With our knowledge of the relationship between shale energy extraction and the environment continuing to grow, so too does our need for new partnerships to help ...
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Shorthorn story highlights record hoops crowds
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UTA Shorthorn sports editor Selby Lopez posted a great article today that highlighted the continued increase in support for Mavericks men and women's basketball in College Park Center.
"We've kind of turned the tide with the College Park Center in terms of making it a great home-court advantage. When you have five to 6,000 people, I think it could be one of the greatest home-court advantages in college basketball." - UTA men's basketball coach Scott Cross.
UTA Basketball Attendance Averages (2010 - 2017)
MEN WOMEN
2017 2,798 1,657
2016 2,888 1,031
2015 2,051 1,031
2014 1,872 784
2013 1,968 439
2012 2,131 874
*2011 811 467
*2010 756 581
*Games played in Texas Hall
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Wayne Law students win Michigan Muslim Bar Association scholarships
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Wayne Law students win Michigan Muslim Bar Association scholarshipsApril 21, 2017DETROIT – Two Wayne State University Law School students were awarded scholarships from the Michigan Muslim Bar Association.
Zanah Ghalawanji of Troy and Husnah Khan of Bloomfield Hills were each presented with $500 scholarships at the Michigan Muslim Bar Association’s Fifth Annual Scholarship Dinner in November.
The awards are given to students in good academic standing based on their essay response to a topic.
Ghalawanji, a second-year law student, is a President’s Scholar and vice president of Wayne Law’s Muslim Law Students Association. This summer she will be working in Amman, Jordan, on refugee resettlement with the International Refugee Assistance Project.
"I am extremely excited to have been awarded the Michigan Muslim Bar Association scholarship,” said Ghalawanji. “It is an honor to be recognized among the American-Muslim legal community. I hope to continue to strive to represent my community and my university in the best light possible."
Ghalawanji was previously a law clerk for Masri Law Office PLLC in Dearborn and worked as an office administrator for the Council on American Islamic Relations in Farmington Hills. She also was an intern for the Syrian National Coalition in Washington, D.C. Ghalwanji earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from the University of Michigan – Dearborn.
Khan, a second-year law student, is president of Wayne Law’s Muslim Law Students Association and lieutenant governor of public interest for the American Bar Association Law Student Division’s Sixth Circuit. Khan re-established Wayne Law’s Muslim Law Students Association in 2016 to provide Muslim law students an avenue to connect with one another, meet Muslim legal professionals and participate in community building events. This year the organization hosted Rabia Chaudry, the attorney who introduced Adnan Syed’s case to the Serial podcast creator.
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Oklahoma State University civil engineering students win American Concrete Institute Fellowship awards
Oklahoma State University - News and Communications
Oklahoma State University civil engineering students Bret Robertson and Katelyn Oquin have received prestigious American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fellowship awards.
Robertson, a graduate student from Inola, Oklahoma, and Oquin, class of 2016 from Burneyville, Oklahoma, will each receive a $7,000 stipend, an all-expenses paid trip to the next two ACI conventions, assistance in finding an industry mentor and assistance in finding a summer internship.
“This is a great honor for Oklahoma State University and our students,” says Tyler Ley, Ph.D. and associate civil engineering professor. “It showcases the high quality of students we have here and it’s great that they’re recognized by such a prestigious group.”
Over 1,000 students apply for this award each year, and Oquin and Robertson are the first from OSU to receive it. There have only been two previous universities that have had students win the ACI Fellowship award in the same year.
“We have professors who invest in their students not only in the classroom, but in their well-being and success,” says Oquin. “I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities that I was provided by Dr. Ley, and for his ability to teach with a passion and to inspire his students.”
For more information about the ACI Fellowship award, visit https://www.scholarshipcouncil.org/Student-Awards/Fellowships.
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Debate Team Finishes Season at National Event
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The UT Dallas debate team was among the nation's top teams invited to the National Debate Tournament in March.The UT Dallas debate team finished its 2016-2017 season with its 14th consecutive appearance at the National Debate Tournament (NDT).The top 78 teams in the nation were invited to the tournament held March 23-27 at the University of Kansas. UT Dallas notched strong wins against Georgetown University, Trinity University and Missouri State University at the tournament.“This was a season of growing for a very young team,” said Scott Herndon, director of the debate program. “Qualifying one team is difficult. Qualifying two teams this year is a sign of our depth and a testament to the hard work of the debaters and coaches who are putting in hundreds of hours of preparation throughout the season. It’s easy to forget, with all they accomplished this year, these teams are mostly freshmen. Only one debater graduates this spring, so we’re looking forward to building on the showing we had this season.”This year was the first since 2011 that the debate program has qualified two teams to the NDT — finance senior Daniel Becker and geospatial information sciences junior Brandon Johnson comprised one team, and neuroscience freshman Ali Rizvi and economics and finance freshman Varad Agarwala was another team. From left: Brandon Johnson, Daniel Becker, Ali Rizvi and Varad Agarwala represented UT Dallas in the National Debate Tournament.This was the final tournament for Becker, who will be graduating in May.“I couldn't be happier to have debated at UTD,” Becker said. “The entire team — coaches and students alike — worked tirelessly this past year in a very competitive season. The team has a lot of great talent in its freshmen, and some of the best coaches in the nation. It's been a real pleasure these past four years, and ...
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Community invited to NAU’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Northern Arizona University is holding its 9th annual Undergraduate Symposium to highlight research from undergraduate students throughout campus.More than 1,000 students from throughout the university will showcase their achievements in research, creativity, service learning and collaborative projects throughout the day. There will be presentations, poster sessions, exhibits, performances, roundtable discussions and more.
The symposium is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Skydome. It is free and open to the public.
For the schedule and more information go to nau.edu/symposium.
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MEN FINISH FIRST IN CAUSEWAY CLASSIC DUAL, ARMSTEAD SHATTERS SCHOOL RECORD
Athletics News
Apr 21, 2017
DAVIS, Calif. — The Sacramento State men won 10 events to defeat UC Davis in the Causeway Classic Dual on Friday night at Toomey Field. The Hornets scored 102 points compared to 89 from UCD. The men have now finished first in all three team scored events in which they competed this season.
The Sacramento State women finished second to the Aggies by a score of 110-81.
Sacramento State was able to pull away in the field events with six wins. In the final event of the evening, junior Darius Armstead crushed a talented field in the triple jump to break his own school record and post the fifth-longest jump in NCAA Div. I this season. Armstead finished with a best of 53-01.50 to finish 17.75 inches ahead of the closest competitor. Armstead now leads the Big Sky by over three feet and has the best mark in NCAA Div. I outside of a Power 5 conference.
Kyle Peterson finished first in both the discus and hammer. Peterson had a career best hammer throw of 186-00. That mark moved him into ninth place in school history and was fifth-longest in the Big Sky this season. Peterson also had a discus throw of 169-03. He was followed by Kyle Carrillo who was second at 163-07. Andrew Stich and Trevor Hubby placed first and second, respectively, in the javelin. Stich threw 181-03 while Hubby finished at 175-04.
In the jumps, Cory Barger and Turner had the top two marks in the long jump. Barger finished with a season best of 24-05.00 and Turner had a distance 23-06.75. Steven Pust took first place in the pole vault after clearing 15-05.50.
Seniors Eric Adorno and Aric Walden earned the team's victories in the individual running events. Adorno ran 10.77 to finish just off his season best of 10.76. Michael Turner placed second in the event in 10.89. Walden and Lindsey were 1-2 in the 110-hurdles. Walden ran 14.38 for his fastest wind-legal mark of the year. Lindsey had a time of 14.75.
The Hornet men also earned a pair of wins in the relays. The foursome of Lindsey, Turner, Chris Ilio and Adorno posted a season-best time of 41.22 to win the event by .29 seconds. That mark also moved the team into a tie for fourth place in the Big Sky this year. Sacramento State entered two teams into the 4x400 and the "B" team came away victorious in 3:25.64. That unit was comprised of Andrew Stich, Max Jette, Alec Acevedo and Taylor Huynh.
Artearra Coffey and Kristen Robinson finished first and second in the 100-hurdles. Coffey ran a career best 14.33 to edge Robinson by .04 seconds. Her time moved her into a tie for fourth place in the Big Sky this year. Ashley Kittle added the team's other individual victory in the running events with a time of 2:11.75 in the 800.
Despite placing second, the Hornets' 4x100 relay team set a season best of 46.85. The team of Robinson, Carly Schulz, Amari Sperling and Amari Jones now rank third in the Big Sky this year.
Elizabeth Venzon, Julia Grimm and Tyhana Cooper captured event victories for Sacramento State in the field events. Venzon jumped a team season best of 18-09.75 to tie UC Davis' Erinn Beattie. She was awarded first place based upon her second best attempt. Grimm threw 146-00 to shatter her PR by 4-feet, 7-inches. The mark also moved her into fifth place in school history. Cooper won the shot put with a mark of 45-10.50.
Men's Results
100: 1. Eric Adorno, SAC, 10.77; 2. Michael Turner 10.89; 4. Andre Lindsey 11.08; 8. Chris Ilio 11.34.
200: 1. Brian Thomas, UCD, 21.74; 2. Eric Adorno 21.89; 3. Michael Turner 22.08; 6. Adam Huynh 23.05; 8. Chris Ilio 23.45.
400: 1. Brian Thomas, UCD, 47.54; 2. Alec Foster 48.59; 3. Adam Huynh 50.62; 4. Alec Acevedo 51.12.
800: 1. Xolan Brown, UCD, 1:53.74; 3. Taylor Huynh 1:56.39; 5. Aiden Schraer 1:59.41; 7. Blake Maule 2:08.85.
1500: 1. Jordon Rushing, UCD, 3:52.94; 6. Aidan Schraer 4:05.02; 7. Ryan Salcido 4:15.53.
3K: 1. Jordon Rushing, UCD, 8:31.05; 2. Elijah Changco 8:33.12; 5. Sammy Scheuer 8:39.10; 7. Ryan Salcido 9:03.00.
110H: 1. Aric Walden, SAC, 14.38; 2. Andre Lindsey 14.75; 5. Max Jette 15.51; 7. Andrew Stich 16.01.
400H: 1. Jelani Legohn, UCD, 53.74; 2. Andrew Stich 55.88; 3. Max Jette 56.40.
4x100: 1. Sacramento State 41.22.
4x400: 1. Sacramento State "B" 3:14.41; 3. Sacramento State "A" 3:25.64.
HJ: 1. Kyle Clancy, UCD, 6-08.75; 2. Daniel Onuoha 6-06.75; 4. Darius Armstead 6-04.75; 6. Max Jette 6-02.75; 7. Mohamed Abdullah 6-00.75.
PV: 1. Steven Pust, SAC, 15-05.50; 3. Trevor Hubby 13-11.75; 4. Alec Acevedo 13-05.75.
LJ: 1. Cory Barger, SAC, 24-05.00; 2. Michael Turner 23-06.75; 4. Richard Cooper 22-06.25; 6. Jah Strange 22-00.75; 7. Dylan Barger 21-09.50; 8. Alec Acevedo 21-04.75; 9. Steven Pust 20-10.50.
TJ: 1. Darius Armstead, SAC, 53-01.50; 4. Mohamed Abdullah 50-00.75; 5. Jah Strange 49-07.25; 6. Gathunga Ndirangu 48-08.00.
SP: 1. Gregory Richardson, UCD, 51-07.25; 2. Anthony Santiago 48-04.75; 4. Kyle Peterson 42-11.00.
DIS: 1. Kyle Peterson, SAC, 169-03; 2. Kyle Carrillo 163-07; 5. Anthony Santiago 140-05.
HAM: 1. Kyle Peterson, SAC, 186-00; 5. Kyle Carrillo 141-02; 6. Anthony Santiago 126-05.
JAV: 1. Andrew Stich, SAC, 181-03; 2. Trevor Hubby 175-04.
Women's Results
100: 1. Natsumi, McGee, UCD, 11.77; 4. Amari Jones 12.17; 6. Amari Sperling 12.64; 7. Brianna Smith 13.12; 9. Carlie Rae Buchanan 13.16.
200: 1. Natsumi McGee, UCD, 24.25; 7. Amari Jones 25.67; 8. Joy Weems 25.70; 9. Amari Sperling 26.02; 10. Adria Revell 26.52; 11. Artearra Coffey 26.67; 13. Brianna Smith 27.78; 14. Carlie Rae Buchanan 28.17.
400: 1. Mikaela Adolphus, UCD, 55.53; 3. Joy Weems 56.08; 5. Kassandra Corrigan 57.47; 6. Adria Revell 1:00.40.
800: 1. Ashley Kittle, SAC, 2:11.75; 3. Denise Reis 2:12.46; 9. Maria Barragan 2:17.86.
1500: 1. Megan MacGregor, UCD, 4:41.41; 2. Haley Heinemann 4:41.87; 5. Garcie Albano 4:49.62.
3K: 1. Hannah Kirkegaard, UCD, 10:08.19; 3. Haley Heinemann 10:17.60; 5. Emma Armstrong 10:23.32; 7. Gracie Albano 10:37.48.
100H: 1. Artearra Coffey, SAC, 14.33; 2. Kristen Robinson 14.37; 6. Maya Arthur 15.26; 7. Elizabeth Venzon 15.57; 8. Brittany Dugger 15.98.
400H: 1. Emma Redick, UCD, 1:01.97; 2. Cassidy Zurn 1:02.37; 3. Angelica Cusworth 1:02.62; 4. Carly Schulz 1:02.64.
4x100: 1. UC Davis 45.42; 2. Sacramento State 46.85.
4x400: 1. UC Davis 3:42.46; 2. Sacramento State "B" 3:44.07; 3. Sacramento State "A" 3:53.82.
HJ: 1. Erinn Beattie, UCD, 5-07.25; 2. Candice Dominguez 5-06.00; 4. Elizabeth Venzon 5-06.00; 5. Sydney Pink 5-03.00; 6. Julia Grimm 5-03.00; 7. Kassandra Corrigan 5-03.00; T9. Shelby Dozier 5-01.00.
PV: 1. Holly Tokar, UCD, 12-10.00; T4. Hayley Ann Carbullido 11-10.00; 6. Siobhan Anderson 11-04.25; 7. Tessa Davis 10-10.25; Danielle Brandon NH.
LJ: 1. Elizabeth Venzon, SAC, 18-09.75; 3. Kassandra Corrigan 18-02.50; 4. Tia Cooke 17-11.00; 7. Julia Grimm 16-08.50; 8. Brittany Dugger 16-06.50.
TJ: 1. Emem Ibekewe, UCD, 38-04.75; 2. Candice Dominguez 35-00.25.
SP: 1. Tyhana Cooper, SAC, 45-10.50; 2. Jelaia Jones 44-08.75; 5. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 43-04.25; 6. Kathleen Durand 39-05.00; 8. Adora Garrick 37-07.25.
DIS: 1. Breanna Standifer, UCD, 169-04; 3. Lauren Kinloch 140-00; 4. Kathleen Durand 138-04; 5. Adora Garrick 133-07; 6. Jelaia Jones 132-10; 7. Danielle Jackson 132-00; 10. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 112-08.
HAM: 1. Michaela Mundt, UCD, 188-05; 3. Kathleen Durand 172-00; 4. Tyhana Cooper 172-00; 4. Tyhana Cooper 168-01; 6. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 143-10; 7. Adora Garrick 141-04; 8. Lauren Kinloch 132-01; 9. Danielle Jackson 97-06.
JAV: 1. Julia Grimm, SAC, 146-00; 2. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 138-06; 5. Brittany Dugger 91-07.
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Annual teaching and learning conference to explore authentic student learning
DePaul Newsline
This year's annual Teaching and Learning Conference will take place on Friday, May 5 in the Lincoln Park Student Center. The theme of this year's conference is "Beyond Grades-Capturing Authentic Learning." The event is free and open to all DePaul faculty and staff.
"Part of going beyond the grades is thinking about educational experiences differently," says Erin Sella, assistant director of teaching support. "It doesn't need to be the traditional lecture and exams."
During the conference, more than 30 speakers will present on moving beyond traditional forms of evaluation and education.
Tom Angelo, clinical professor of educational research and innovation at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is the keynote speaker. Angelo will focus on practical techniques teachers can use to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and learning quality. His session will be highly interactive, allowing attendees to participate in the teaching techniques he will highlight.
The event is made possible by Faculty Instructional Technology Services; the Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Student Affairs; the University Center for Writing-based Learning; Faculty Council's Committee on Learning and Teaching and the Quality of Instruction Council.
Teaching and Learning ConferenceFriday, May 5 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.Lincoln Park Student Center, room 120 ABRSVP
Watch a recap of last year's conference.
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PCC re-certified as a Tree Campus USA by Arbor Day Foundation
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PCC re-certified as a Tree Campus USA by Arbor Day Foundation
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PCC has done it again — and just in time for its Earth Week celebration.
The college was notified on April 12 that it has been re-certified as a 2016 Tree Campus USA. PCC was the only community college in the country out of last year’s five recipients to receive the 2015 Tree Campus USA award. Created by the Arbor Day Foundation, the honor recognizes PCC’s exemplary commitment to the selection, protection and sustainable management of the thousands of trees that enrich its 1,500 square-mile footprint.
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PCC offers this limited open forum as an extension of the respectful, well-reasoned discourse we expect in our classroom discussions. As such, we welcome all viewpoints, but monitor comments to be sure they stick to the topic and contribute to the conversation. We will remove them if they contain or link to abusive material, personal attacks, profanity, off-topic items, or spam. This is the same behavior we require in our hallways and classrooms. Our online spaces are no different.
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#18 Women’s Tennis Downs #37 Rochester 8-1 at UAAs
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Apr 21, 2017
The 18th-ranked Case Western Reserve University women's tennis team defeated the 37th-ranked University of Rochester 8-1 at the University Athletic Association Championships on Friday to advance to the fifth-place match at the conference championships in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
The Spartans will take on 19th-ranked Brandeis University in the fifth-place match on Saturday at 9:00 a.m., after the Judges topped 31st-ranked New York University in their consolation match meeting on Friday. Brandeis is 15-4 overall this season.
Case Western Reserve swept the three doubles matches on Friday, as junior Peyton Young and freshman Kendal Holladay topped Alex Wolkoff and Abbey Reinhart 8-2 at second doubles, junior Nina Cepeda and freshman Katrin Gurvich bested Sravya Gudipudi and Bianca Dyer 8-2 at third doubles. Rounding the doubles victories, the No.1 duo of junior Nithya Kanagasegar and sophomore Jessica Liu earned an 8-2 win over Camila Garcia and Lauren Zickar.
In singles play, four of the five Spartan victories were in straight sets. Kanagasegar topped Garcia 7-5, 6-0 in the first match, and Liu earned a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Wolkoff at third singles. In the fourth singles match, Cepeda bested Zickar 6-1, 6-2, and Young picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win over Reinhart at fifth singles. Rounding out the win, senior Kennedy Mulholland battled to a 6-1, 3-6, 10-7 win over Darby McCall at sixth singles.
CWRU's lone loss came at second singles, where Gudipudi bested Holladay 6-1, 6-4.
The Spartans improved 16-5 overall with the win, while Rochester dropped to 13-6 with the loss.
Fans can follow the action will live stats at http://www.enrollment.cmu.edu/athletics/wsoccer/xlive.htm. Results and a recap of the match will be posted to athletics.case.edu following the completion of play.
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‘Arcadia’ crew gets new set built and ready for the Rep
The fire that struck UWM’s theater building two weeks ago has become a master class in resilience.
Coming just weeks before the May 3 opening of the play “Arcadia,” the fire forced theater students and faculty to adapt quickly. The set was destroyed, so it had to be redesigned and rebuilt. The cast – which never skipped a rehearsal – had to adjust to a new set and stage.
Assistant professor of theater Christopher Guse, Arcadia’s technical director, is impressed with how quickly the set came together at Shorewood High School, which offered the use of its facilities.
“When we redesigned the show, we went for something that was manageable in a short time frame,” Guse said. “And these guys were out of control the last few days. Terrific work, really speedy and really efficient.”
Added Dennis Kavanagh, the theater department’s shop supervisor: “We actually made zero mistakes, which is really unusual.”
And in less than two weeks, the set was ready to be moved to the Stiemke Studio at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. The set was moved Friday afternoon, April 21, to the Kenilworth building for painting, and then to the Rep.
Senior Jonathan Dean, the show’s master carpenter, attributed the quick progress to the focused release of pent-up energy.
“The hardest part of the experience as the first few days when we saw the destruction but weren’t able to do anything about it,” Dean said. “That first Monday (April 10) I thought, I have tools in my basement, I’ll set up in my garage and we’ll start building scenery.
“There’s always been a resolute attitude about this.”
Amid the enthusiasm and determination, there is still grief at the loss of a “home away from home.”
“We spend more time in that building that we do at our houses,” said Ben Lisowski, a member of the ...
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TEDxNIU 2017: Pushing Limits
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On April 22, 2017, eight speakers, including professionals in fields like computer science, cancer research, personal branding, language barriers, and entrepreneurship, will show us how we can push our own limits and better the world.
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Health Literacy in 30 Seconds
University at Albany University at Albany Research Headlines
The “REALM-TeenS” tool can quickly assess how well teens understand health information.
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 19, 2017) – Imagine being released from the hospital with a confusing diagnosis, stacks of papers to read and more questions than answers about what to do next.
That is the reality for a large percentage of American teenagers. Many have a limited ability to obtain, process and understand health information and services presented to them – also known as low health literacy. Yet, adolescent health literacy research remains limited compared with adult populations.
Jennifer Manganello has published a new study in Pediatrics that may be able to help fill the gap.
The study, led by Manganello, an associate professor in the Health Policy, Management & Behavior in the School of Public Health, is a collaborative effort to develop a brief assessment tool which identifies adolescent health literacy limitations in less than 30 seconds. It’s called Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine, short form “REALM-TeenS.”
The tool requires adolescents to read 10 health-related words from a list of common health care terminology. For example, “diabetes,” “asthma,” “exercise” and “bronchial.” The concept is that if an individual has difficulty pronouncing these words in isolation, he or she is likely to have difficulty with comprehension.
“Numerous studies have indicated low health literacy is linked to negative health outcomes in adults. However, limited research has been done on adolescents,” Manganello said. “REALM-TeenS offers researchers and clinicians a brief screening tool that can be used to quickly assess adolescent health literacy in a variety of settings."
Jennifer Manganello. (photo by Paul Miller)
“REALM-TeenS” is a shorter version of a longer assessment tool “REALM-Teen,” which was developed in 2006 by Terry Davis of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, one of the new study collaborators. The original tool required adolescents to read 66 health-related words in three minutes.
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MSU Extension offers pulse crop fertilization information
MSU News - Agriculture (College)
April 20, 2017 -- MSU News Service
BOZEMAN – Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Specialist Clain Jones is sharing information on the unique soil fertility needs of pulse crops in contrast to the needs of small grains.
More in-depth information on the topic is available from MSU’s Soil Fertility Extension website in the Montana Cool-Season Pulse Production Guide and the Pulse Crop Inoculation and Fertilization presentation.
Montana is seeing a steady increase in the acres planted to peas, lentils and chickpeas, also collectively called pulse crops, according to Jones, who works in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in the MSU College of Agriculture. These crops have unique soil fertility needs, different from small grains, he added.
"The most obvious difference is that (pulse crops) are legumes, which can produce their own nitrogen, rather than relying heavily on nitrogen fertilizer," said Jones. “But, that doesn't mean soil nitrogen can be ignored.”
Jones said that legumes rely on nitrogen fixation by rhizobia, a type of soil bacteria, which start to produce nodules on the roots around two weeks after plant emergence.
“It takes around four weeks after germination for nodules to be active, which is about the third node stage,” he said. “The nitrogen up to that point needs to come from the top 12 inches of soil.”
There are several factors that can limit nodulation and nitrogen-fixation, Jones said. These include saline soils, soil pH less than 5.5 or greater than 8, high levels of soil nitrate and waterlogged or dry soils.
"Nitrogen fixation can stop if the legume becomes drought-stressed," Jones said. In Montana's dryland production, this means that nitrogen fixation can be slowed by flowering, forcing the plant to rely on soil and plant stores of nitrogen for seed production, he explained.
"The trick is to have about 15 to 30 pounds total nitrogen per acre at seeding to get the plants ...
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Friday, April 21, 2017
The Sugarbush Diaries: 73 Taps, 500 Gallons, 12 Dozen Bottles of Made-in-Alberta Deliciousness
Plonk. Plonk. Plonk. The sap drips hitting the bottom of galvanized buckets in Preacher Park are louder than the raindrops on an April weekend at Michigan Tech's Ford Forestry Center.The buckets aren't full yet. But across US-41, Tara Bal's maple syrup management and culture class is collecting from the sugarbush maples that line the streets of Alberta Village. The trees look a little like hospital patients receiving IV drips. Some bear rectangular blue sacks; you can see the clear liquid inside. Flexible, thin blue tubing protrudes from the tap holes on others, snaking down into white plastic buckets.
But tapping doesn't hurt the trees, says Bal, a research assistant professor in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science(SFRES)—you can pinpoint her location by following the smoke billowing above the Sugar Shack, out back of the research, education and conference center's dining hall and dorms. This year's sugarbush sap boil is in full production mode.
A lot had to happen beforehand. Selected entries from this year's Sugarbush journal:
February 2-22—Firewood, move evaporator, tanks, bucket to shack. Buy drill bit and mallet. Everything still needs cleaning.
February 23—Tap five birch on campus.
February 27—Tapped five trees at Forest Center.
March 2—Check sap bags. Too cold to tap trees.
March 3—Tap trees, check sap.
March 6—Got more buckets, tapped as many trees as we had buckets, bags, taps.
March 19—Pray for better weather, take more pictures
March 23—Check buckets, bags, got about 1/2 bucket of sap, pray for better weather.
March 25—Collected sap, about eight buckets
March 26—Collected sap, eight half-buckets.
March 27—Collected sap.
March 28—Mini boil, get pump-and-draw system operational. Gathered 13 buckets of sap, evaporated about 50 gallons.
April 1—Boil sap
April 2—Boil sap
April 3—Boil sap
April 5—Finish boiling, make candy, bottle syrup
April 7—Clean kitchen.
Total taps: 73
Total gallons: About 500
Ford Forestry Center, the planned community of ...
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Investiture Day Brings SSU Community Together
SSU NewsCenter
Nine months after beginning her tenure as Sonoma State University's seventh president, Judy K. Sakaki received the presidential medallion from California State University Chancellor Timothy White at her formal Investiture ceremony on Thursday, April 20 in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.
"It's been quite a dance and a time of change for the campus and for me," said Sakaki, giving a nod to the event's "Dance with Change" theme. "I am thankful for all that everyone has done to embrace the dance and to work together -- to stretch, to question, to engage, to contribute, to trust, and to re-imagine a student-centered university."
Chancellor White said, "I'm confident students will look to Judy, to her journey, to her vision, her passion, her presence and her example, to help them see they too, belong, and Sonoma State is right for them."
The Ohio State University President Michael Drake, a mentor of Dr. Sakaki's, praised her as "one of the bright stars of the education galaxy."
The ceremony featured creative works by several Sonoma State faculty and students, including a poem by SSU English Professor Kim Hester Williams, a student dance performance, and the premiere of a new Sonoma State Alma Mater composed by Music Department Chair Brian S. Wilson with lyrics by English Department Chair Brantley Bryant. There was also a Coast Miwok blessing, an Buddhist offering of gratitude, a Taiko drumming performance and speeches from community members and Sonoma State faculty, staff, alumni and students.
Investiture Day also featured a mini-conference in the Student Center and other areas of campus, with more than 50 student and faculty presentations, performances and posters on display in the morning. Nearly all the sessions in the Student Center were attended to capacity or standing room only.
After a reception in Trione Courtyard and Weill Lawn following the ceremony, the community enjoyed a free concert ...
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CSUCI art website is a finalist for two international Webby awards
CSU Chanel Islands News
Camarillo, Calif. April 18, 2017 — A website designed by members of the CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Division of Technology & Innovation (T&I) is one of five nominees for two international Webby awards.The nominated Art program web site, which is at: http://art.csuci.edu/ was selected as one of five contenders in their category, Mobile Sites & Apps School/University. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences this year received more 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 70 countries.“This is an unparalleled honor,” said an email from Webby Awards team Managing Director Clare Graves. “As a Webby Nominee, your work has been singled out as one of the five best in the world in its category (and among the top 9% of all work entered) and is competing for the Internet's two most coveted awards: The Webby Award and The Webby People's Voice Award.”International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences judges will decide the winner of The Webby Award, but the public can help CSUCI win The Webby People’s Voice Award by voting at http://go.csuci.edu/webby. Votes can be cast up until April 20 at 11:59 p.m.The T&I team that created the website included: Senior User Experience Designer Ryan Garcia; Web Supervisor Daniel Martinez; and CSUCI student assistant Zoltan Batoczki. The team is supervised by Director of IT Strategy Peter Mosinskis, who said the team was deeply honored and humbled to be nominated.“So much brilliant design occurs behind the scenes,” Mosinskis added. “It takes both passion and discipline to design something that looks simple and works well for all users. The Art website is a perfect example of a highly useable, accessible design that can be beautiful, too.”Chair and Associate Professor of Art Luke Matjas said the website is getting hits from all across the country and drawing attention to CSUCI.“Art is a visually-driven ...
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Cal State San Bernardino to get $55 million building
CSUSB News
Faculty and Staff, News Clips, Students
April 21, 2017,
by Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin — A new $55 million building at Cal State San Bernardino is expected not only to consolidate the offices of the campus’ College of Extended Learning, but to also bring international students into the student body mainstream and provide more classroom space.
Design plans for the Center for Global Innovation were approved by the California State University Board of Trustees at its March meeting. The building is expected to open in Fall 2019. The three-story, 71,000-square-foot building will sit directly behind the campus’ centerpiece, Pfau Library.
The article was published April 20, 2017, and also appeared in The Sun, The Press-Enterprise and Redlands Daily Facts.
Read the complete article at “Cal State San Bernardino to get $55 million building.”
See also the related news release,” CSU trustees approve design for CSUSB’s Center for Global Innovation.”
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What Interviewers Want to Know
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During an interview, potential employers want to gather information to gauge whether you, the position, and the organization are a good fit.
Here are some generic questions—and examples of specific questions—an employer may ask in an interview. Use these as a guide to your preparation.
Generic Questions
Specific Examples
What do you know about the organization?
What do you think a typical day is like here?
What sparked your interest in [this organization]?
Do you have any suggestions for how we can make our organization better?
What made you decide to apply for this job?
What do I need to know about your personal traits or characteristics?
What is your strongest attribute?
What is your greatest weakness?
What personality traits make you suitable for this position?
If someone said one word to describe you, what would that word be?
How do you work with others?
Would you rather be micro- or macro-managed?
Tell us about your best and worst boss.
What is your ideal work environment? That is, what type of boss/co-workers would you like to work with?
What skills do you have relevant to this position?
What work experience have you had that is relevant to this position?
Tell us about any specialized training or certifications you have.
What skills do you think you need to add to your repertoire?
How will you get those skills? I know about your college and work background, but what else have you done that would aid us if we were to hire you for this position?
What are your personal goals?
Why do you want us to hire you?
What is your dream job? How would this position help you get there?
What is your seven-year career plan?
Do you have plans for graduate school?
How much do you know about your specialized area?
What are your strongest points ...
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Dibutuhkan Tenaga Pendidik Bidang Studi
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Guna memenuhi kebutuhan tenaga pendidik dan kependidikan, Sekolah Djuwita membuka lowongan untuk posisi Kepala Sekolah, Guru Kelompok Bermain, Guru TK, Guru SD, SMP, SMA semua Bidang Studi, Staff Administrasi, Resepsionis, dan HRD. Semua posisi diutamakan yang dapat berbahasa Inggris, serta bersedia untuk ditempatkan di kota Batam, Pekanbaru, Medan, dan Tanjungpinang.
Persyaratan bagi posisi Kepala Sekolah minimal berijasah magister (S2), sedangkan untuk posisi Guru minimal berijasah Sarjana (S1).
Proses interview akan dilakukan pada hari Sabtu, 29 April 2017 pukul 09.00 – 16.00 WIB di Gedung Kuliah Umum lantai Dasar, Ruang Rapat ITB Career Center, Jln. Ganesha No. 10 Bandung. Saat interview para calon membawa lamaran lengkap, membawa Ijasah asli (wajib), membawa surat keterangan dari orang tua/keluarga (ijin untuk bekerja di luar kota/pulau).
Informasi lebih lanjut dapat menghubungi contact person 081277377559/ www.sekolahdjuwita.sch.id. (DN)
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Connie Amen earns CU Denver 2017 Staff Council Service Excellence Award
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Chancellor Dorothy Horrell (on left) and Connie Amen, assistant dean of finance and human resources at the Business SchoolOn April 14, Chancellor Dorothy Horrell presented the University of Colorado Staff Council 2017 Service Excellence Award to Connie Amen, assistant dean of the Business School.
The Service Excellence Award is given annually to recognize and reward staff members who have provided outstanding and sustained volunteer service to their campus, community/civic/professional organizations, and the university as a whole through active involvement in staff events, community engagement opportunities, committee work, social advocacy projects and diversity initiatives. The honor includes a $1000 stipend.
Chancellor Horrell delivered the following remarks at a luncheon honoring Amen and two other recipients from CU Boulder and University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
It is my pleasure to present the Service Excellence Award to Connie Amen, the Assistant Dean of Finance and Human Resources in the CU Denver Business School.
Connie has been with CU Denver since 2007 and exemplifies the spirit of service that this award honors.
For a decade, she has contributed her time and talent in service to the Business School, the CU Denver campus as well the CU system.
Connie was originally hired as a manager, and quickly rose through the ranks. She and her small team manage operations for the entire Business School, with 75 faculty, 60 lecturers and 60 staff members. Her fellow colleagues call her the glue that holds the Business School together.
She dedicates much of her free time to ensuring her colleagues are supported.
She organized a school community fund to support members of the Business School though both milestones and hardships. For instance, Connie sends flowers on behalf of the university when someone from her department has a baby.
She manages donations, keeps track of funds and handles the logistics of these gestures.
Recently, the son of a faculty member experienced serious burns and was ...
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Proxima b discoverer to join UW astrobiologists for May 3 lecture, discussion
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April 19, 2017
The lead investigator of the research team that discovered Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet, will join University of Washington astrobiologists May 3 to discuss the planet’s potential for life and even the possibility of sending spacecraft to the world.
Guillen Anglada-Escudé of Queen Mary University of London, will give a lecture titled “Proxima Centauri b: A World of Possibilities” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3. in 120 Kane Hall. This will be followed by brief comments by UW astronomy professors Victoria Meadows and Rory Barnes as well as Olivier Guyon, professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, and a panel discussion.
Anglada-Escude was principal investigator for the team that in August 2016 detected Proxima Centauri b orbiting its star 4.22 light years, or about 25 trillion miles away in the constellation of Centaurus. Not only the exoplanet orbiting the closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri b is also probably similar in mass to Earth and receives about the same amount of starlight from its host star, raising the possibility that it could be habitable.
Following Anglada-Escudé, Barnes will talk about the planet’s formation and evolution with an eye toward water being possible there today. Meadows, lead investigator of the UW-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory, will discuss the ramifications of the planet’s evolution on the possibility of life on Proxima Centauri b, and how we might look for it.
Guyon, an expert on exoplanet imaging who is also project scientist for Japan’s Subaru telescope, will then discuss technology coming online in the next decade to observe Proxima Centauri b with massive telescopes.
He will also talk about Starshot, one of the Breakthrough Initiatives supported by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and physicist Stephen Hawking, which proposes to use a high-powered, Earth-based laser to send a swarm ...
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