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Angelo E. Volandes, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and hospitalist at Massachusetts General Hospital, had a patient named Helen Thompson. Thompson, an English professor and Walt Whitman scholar, had metastatic cancer. Her diagnosis was terminal, yet no one had had “the conversation” with her, Volandes recalled.“She looked at me with those eyes, and many of you know what eyes I’m talking about. So, what could I do?” he asked at the inaugural Ronald I. Ottenberg, M.D., Memorial Lecture in mid-April. “I started having the conversation with her: ‘Professor, I think it’s time we have a forest-from-the-trees perspective. I think we need to know the risks and benefits of all these procedures, and I need to know where you are in your journey.”
The journey, he explained, includes understanding what treatments are really like — and whether the patient would prefer to pursue them or move forward with an end-of-life plan. It’s an approach that the lecture’s namesake, Ronald Ottenberg, M.D. ’59, B.A. ’56, would have supported.
Ottenberg, a long-time practitioner of orthopedic medicine, devoted himself to caring for his patients, said Danielle Doberman, M.D. ’00, M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He even completed a living will for himself, she said, which he kept in the hospital with him during his final days.
“[Our team] used it to guide us as we and the family listened to his wishes,” she explained. “We were … struck by how much his family clearly loved him and how doggedly they supported him, embracing his efforts to balance quality-of-life goals with curative efforts.” The family continues to further Ottenberg’s objectives, now through the lecture series.
“This endowed lecture … speaks to their commitment to ensuring the voices of frail and fragile patients ...
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WVU, Marshall presidents thank Justice, legislators for "freedom" bill
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West Virginia University President Gordon
Gee, Marshall
University President Jerome Gilbert and West
Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Michael Adelman today (April 25) issued a joint statement following Gov. Jim
Justice's signing of HB 2815, granting greater authority to the schools'
governing boards.
The
text of the statement:
We are writing to
express our deepest thanks to the state Legislature and Gov. Jim Justice for
taking action to modernize the state's higher education governance system so
that it can operate efficiently and serve all West Virginians.
By overwhelming
margins in both houses, lawmakers voted to give governing boards at West
Virginia University, Marshall University and the West Virginia School of
Osteopathic Medicine greater power to set policies befitting their
institutions, instead of relying on one-size-fits-all oversight from the state
Higher Education Policy Commission.
This action puts
West Virginia in line with many other states who have given their large public
universities greater autonomy as state funding for those universities has
declined.
As Johns Hopkins
University President Ronald Daniels wrote in “The Chronicle of Higher Education”
last year, public universities “are subject to an arcane web of state
bureaucratic rules that can reach every corner of the university … These sorts
of rules reduce the autonomy of public research universities to act, sometimes
in significant ways.”
In West Virginia,
where West Virginia University, Marshall University and the West Virginia
School of Osteopathic Medicine have lost nearly $44 million combined in state
appropriation over the past several years, this new governance structure will
help us be nimble and innovative enough to overcome our state’s challenges.
While funding has
decreased in recent years, the need for higher education is at an all-time
high. Since 2008, 11.8 million jobs have emerged in this country. But only
80,000 of those jobs required only a high-school education. The rest required
either a college degree or substantial post-secondary training.
Unfortunately,
West Virginia has ...
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prestigious NSF grant to further research into ecological drivers of eye and brain size evolution in fish
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at UTA
Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, was selected to receive funds from the National Science Foundation’s Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants program to further her research into how brains and eyes evolved in response to predation.
The award will fund Beston’s dissertation project, titled “The evolution of complexity: tests of the ecological drivers of eye size and brain size evolution in nature”, which examines the evolution of complex traits in natural populations. Specifically, the work addresses how eyes and brains among populations of killifish, Rivulus hartii, found in the waters of the Caribbean off the island of Trinidad.
“Understanding how complex traits have evolved is a long-standing goal in evolutionary biology and the complex structure of the eye is frequently presented as an example of evolution that challenges the understanding of evolution by natural selection,” Beston said.
While eye size varies extensively across species, there are very few studies that have evaluated how eyes evolve within a single species, she explained. Increases in eye size are associated with improved vision. As a result, shifts in eye size are likely connected, and potentially driven, by a variety of ecological factors, such as foraging, avoiding predators, and identifying mates. Rivulus are found in fish communities on the island that vary in predation intensity, ranging from sites where they are preyed upon by large fish to sites where they are the only species present.
“My most recent work, and the basis of the research I have proposed in the DDIG, has shown that increases in predation are associated with genetically based decreases in eye size,” Beston said. “This work provides a clear link between an ecological driver of eye size evolution, but it does not establish causation. We still do not ...
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SBC announces MBK officiating changes
UT Arlington Mavs Blog
The Sun Belt Conference announced today that it has entered into a partnership with the American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, and Southeastern Conference for its men's basketball officiating program.
Mark Whitehead, a 32-year veteran of college basketball officiating and a five-time NCAA Final Four official, will take the managing role for the consortium.
"Participation in this consortium will provide Sun Belt Conference men's basketball with a foundation and structure that will improve the overall quality of its officiating," said Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson. "Under the leadership of Mark Whitehead, I strongly believe this will benefit our coaches and student-athletes and the sport of men's basketball in the Sun Belt."
Whitehead, a native of Denham Springs, La., worked regularly as an official in the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, American, Mountain West, Conference USA and Missouri Valley conferences and was selected to work the NCAA men's basketball tournament 22 consecutive years, including 18 times in the NCAA regional round. He was selected by the NCAA to officiate the Final Four on five occasions, most recently in April of 2016 in Houston. He also worked Final Four assignments in 1999 at Tampa, 2011 at Houston, 2012 at New Orleans and 2013 at Atlanta.
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Wayne Law students win Women Lawyers Association of Michigan scholarships
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Wayne Law students win Women Lawyers Association of Michigan scholarshipsApril 25, 2017DETROIT – Two Wayne Law students have been awarded scholarships from the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation.
Husnah Khan of Bloomfield Hills is the Dawn Van Hoek Scholar, and Nicole Sappingfield of Madison Heights is the Dickinson Wright Women’s Network Scholar.
The foundation makes financial awards to women law students at each of Michigan’s law schools. According to its website, scholarships are determined on the basis of the students’ demonstrated leadership capabilities; community service in such areas as family law, child advocacy or domestic violence; commitment to diversity and potential for advancing the position of women in society.
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.
"I am honored to receive a 2017 WLAM scholarship and follow in the footsteps of my close friends Michelle Lenning (2016 recipient) and Farah Al-Khersan (2014 recipient),” said Khan. I am grateful to my parents for encouraging my interest in advancing the position of women in society, and I am also grateful to the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan for recognizing and rewarding that interest."
Last summer, Khan was awarded an AmeriCorps J.D. Fellowship through her work as a summer intern at the University of Michigan’s Innocence Clinic. The fellowship is awarded to individuals working to provide legal assistance to members from low-income communities.
Khan earned her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan. While an undergraduate, she studied at Oxford University in England as part of summer study abroad program.
Sappingfield is a third-year law student and for 2016-17 was the Wayne Law Review Symposium editor. She is a student intern with the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic and ...
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Remember the Ten Scholarship recipients announced
Oklahoma State University - News and Communications
The Remember the Ten steering committee has announced nine Oklahoma State University students as scholarship recipients, who were also publicly recognized during the annual Remember the Ten Run April 15.Created in 2012, the scholarship program supports graduate students who are seeking an OSU master’s degree or doctorate in one of the following specialties: clinical psychology, counseling psychology, community counseling, and marriage and family therapy. Each recipient receives a $1,000 cash scholarship, with $500 being awarded per semester.
The first Remember the Ten Run was held on April 21, 2007, and is now an annual tradition held on the third Saturday of April. The memorial run honors the 10 members of the OSU family who died in a plane crash on January 27, 2001. The scholarship focuses on degree specialties that provide counseling following tragedies like the plane crash.
For more information on the scholarship or how to donate, visit the Remember the Ten Scholarship Program page at remembertheten.com.
This year’s beneficiaries are:
Jamie Bechtelheimer, marriage and family therapy graduate student, Corpus Christie, Texas
Jamie Bechtelheimer graduated from OSU in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Spanish. In Fall 2016, she led a team in designing and presenting an entrepreneurial idea at the Rural Health Innovation Weekend, where her team won third place and the People's Choice award. Bechtelheimer’s long-term goal is to provide therapy to children and adolescents in Tulsa public schools or in a Tulsa nonprofit agency. She wants to specialize in helping children overcome trauma and thrive in school, with an emphasis on providing culturally relevant therapy to Hispanic and multi-ethnic kids
Hannah Espeleta, clinical psychology doctoral student, Dayton, Ohio
Hannah Espeleta, who graduated from Miami University in Ohio, studies under the supervision of Dr. Larry Mullins. Her research interests address physical and mental health interventions for youth with childhood adversity, including experiences of child abuse and neglect. ...
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A weekend of choral performances at NAU
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The last weekend in April is scheduled to be a big one for the Northern Arizona University School of Music with two concerts featuring seven unique choral ensembles.On April 29, vocal jazz ensembles High Altitude and Northern Voices, under the direction of Ryan Holder, associate director of choral studies, and graduate student Sarah Harrell, will perform. The ensembles will feature an array of music from the jazz repertoire.
On April 30, the annual Spring Festival of Choirs will include performances by the five following NAU ensembles:
The Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, conducted by graduate student Joanna Richards, will open the concert with arrangements of familiar music from the Overture to Carmen and a medley of music from “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
The Men’s Chorale will perform under the direction of graduate student Matthew Myers. The choir will sing a French folk tune arranged by Francis Poulenc along with contemporary American music.
The University Singers, conducted by graduate student Brad Beale, will perform a variety of music featuring a Renaissance motet, a Broadway arrangement and a South African praise song.
The NAU Women’s Chorale will perform a five-movement work in Persian by the contemporary Minnesota composer Abbie Betinis.
After a brief intermission, the NAU Shrine of the Ages Choir will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Magnificat” with a guest chamber orchestra featuring instrumental faculty artists and members of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. The choir will perform the 25-minute, 12-movement work under the direction of Edith A. Copley, director of choral studies at NAU. The performance will feature seven student soloists: Celine Durney, Josephyne Santos, Hannah Kimball, Courtney Evans, Christopher Case, Geoffrey Lambeth and Karson Krieg.
Tickets for both concerts are available online through NAU’s Central Ticket Office or by calling 928-523-5661.
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BASEBALL COMPLETES SEASON SWEEP OF PACIFIC WITH 5-2 ROAD WIN
Athletics News
Apr 25, 2017
STOCKTON, Calif. – Kody Reynolds homered for the fourth time in the last six games, Vinny Esposito was 3-for-5 and finished a home run shy of the hitting for the cycle, and Austin Roberts did not allow an earned run over five innings as Sacramento State recorded a 5-2 win over Pacific on Tuesday night in Stockton.
Paired with a 9-1 home win over the Tigers in March, Sacramento State (21-20) swept its season series with Pacific (13-25). The Tigers entered the game with a 12-7 home record this season but lost for the 10th time in their last 11 games.
Reynolds was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs on Tuesday and has hit .360 with four home runs and seven RBIs in the last week. Esposito has also driven in seven runs in the last six games while hitting .440. On Tuesday he had a triple in the first inning, a single in the sixth, and an RBI double in the seventh and hit with two away in the top of the ninth but flew out to right field.
Roberts picked up his second win of the season and the team is now 6-3 in the nine games he has started. The freshman allowed just one unearned run over five innings, allowing four hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Ty Fox, Austin Root, and Chad Perry followed with scoreless innings and Justin Dillon allowed a run but struck out the side in the ninth in a relief appearance.
Esposito and Reynolds got the scoring started in the first inning when the former hit a two-out triple and the later drove him in with an infield single. Reynolds made it a 2-0 Hornet lead with a solo homer leading off the fourth.
Pacific got a run in the bottom of the fourth as a passed ball enabled Ryan Schalch to score from third on a groundout. Both teams put runners on the corners in the sixth inning, with Pacific doing so before recording an out, but neither team scored.
In the seventh inning Andrew McWilliam hit a leadoff single and scored from second on a Pacific throwing error. Ian Dawkins reached on the error then stole third and scored on another Tiger throwing error. After James Outman drew a walk Esposito doubled him home with a fly ball off the wall in left to make the score 5-1.
Pacific, which tallied eight hits and three errors, scored one on a pair of singles in the bottom of the ninth but nothing more. Starter Justin Giovannoni had a solid outing but took the loss, allowing two runs on six hits with three strikeouts over five innings.
The Hornets are back home for a WAC series this weekend against CSU Bakersfield. Game times are 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon Sunday at John Smith Field.
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College of Education to host spring forum
DePaul Newsline
On May 2, the College of Education will host its spring forum on education issues. This year's program, titled "Advancing Democracy and Justice in Public Education in the Trump/DeVos Era," will examine ways to increase support for public schools and advance an agenda of democracy, equity and justice. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Featured speakers for the discussion include Kevin Kumashiro, former dean for the School of Education at the University of San Francisco; Brandon Johnson, deputy director for the Chicago Teachers Union; Cheryl Flores, director of youth services and community schools for the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council; and Cassie Creswell, co-executive director of Raise Your Hand Action.
Advancing Democracy and Justice in Public Education in the Trump/DeVos EraTuesday, May 25:30 - 8:30 p.m.Lincoln Park Student Center, room 314RSVP required
For more information, contact Diane Horwitz at dhorwit1@depaul.edu.
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President Mitsui hosting town halls across PCC on his work plan
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President Mitsui hosting town halls across PCC on his work plan
Photos and Story by James Hill |
PCC President Mark Mitsui talks about the growing disparities in housing affordability for ethnic groups in Portland and the ramifications for the college.
For the next two years and beyond, Portland Community College’s president has a plan and he wants your input.
President Mark Mitsui is touring the college district this week to present his 2017-19 President’s Work Plan to the college community and solicit feedback on its content through town halls. After seven months on the job, Mitsui has begun to identify areas to focus his attention during the next two years. He is visiting campuses and strategic centers across the district to share his near-final work plan with students, faculty, and staff. He is also soliciting input at these meetings about his plan.
He said the focus of the plan is opportunity and equitable student success, intersecting the strategic plan, accreditation core themes, communication, board of director’s goals and community needs.
“I see this plan as a way to align PCC’s key strategic initiatives with evolving needs of our community, define a central thematic focus for college-wide goals and plans, and to accelerate the implementation of those plans,” Mitsui said at his recent town hall at the CLIMB Center. “My work plan also identifies other key areas of my focus in the next two years, including the upcoming bond election, biennial budget development and the launch of the college’s first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign.”
If you want to catch one of President Mitsui’s final town halls about his work plan, here’s the remaining schedule:
1 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, Performing Arts Center Lobby, Sylvania Campus.
10 a.m., Thursday, April 20, Event Center, Rock Creek Campus.
2 p.m., Thursday, April 20, Room 112, Terrell Hall, Cascade Campus.
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CWRU Falls at #5 Wooster 10-5
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Apr 25, 2017
Despite taking an early lead and hanging close throughout, the Case Western Reserve University baseball team suffered an 10-5 setback against the fifth-ranked College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio on Tuesday afternoon.The loss dropped the Spartans to 21-15 on the season, while Wooster improved to 25-5 with the victory.CWRU senior left fielder Josh Neal and sophomore third baseman Jacob Kucia each had two of the team's six hits in the game, and freshman first baseman Casey McConihe went one-for-four with a triple and three runs batted in.The Spartans jumped in front of the Scots in the game with a run in the top of the first. After senior center fielder Aaron Cain led the game off with a hit by pitch, Kucia reached on an infield single, with a throwing error allowing the runners to move to second and third. With one out in the inning, McConihe plated Cain with a groundout, putting CWRU ahead 1-0. A leadoff double by Neal and a sacrifice fly from sophomore shortstop Rocco Maue extended the Spartans' lead to 2-0 in the second.The score remained 2-0 until the bottom of the third, when the Scots collected three-straight two-out singles, including two-RBI hit from Michael Wielansky to knot the score. Wooster took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the fourth, when Jamie Lackner opened the inning with a single, eventually coming around to score on a groundout by Ryan Ostendorf, and added a run later in the inning on a Chandler Dippman run-scoring single. A two-RBI single for Garrett Crum in the fifth made it a 6-2 lead for the Scots.Case Western Reserve responded in the top of the sixth, with Kucia starting the frame by reaching on a hit by pitch and senior right fielder Tony Damiano drawing a walk to put two on ...
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Research help for CEET students
Academic Calendar
Wednesday, April 26, 201712:00 PM - 2:00 PM (CT)
Event Type
Academic
Department
College of Engineering & Engineering Technology
Link
https://calendar.niu.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=28290
University Libraries will have a table inside the Garden Road entrance to the Engineering Building to help students find the research resources they need.University Libraries has hundreds of databases, tens of thousands of academic journals and thousands of e-books to help you with your research!
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Montana realtor noxious weed online training course opens April 17
MSU News - Agriculture (College)
April 12, 2017 -- MSU News Service
BOZEMAN -- The Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign’s online noxious weed training course for realtors opens April 17.
The course is intended to provide realtors with a broad understanding of noxious weeds so that they can recognize noxious weeds and subsequently direct both buyers and sellers to resources for noxious weed identification and management.
The training consists of five modules: noxious weeds 101, plant anatomy and weed identification, weed identification, understanding Montana’s County Weed Control Act and integrated weed management. The course is certified through the Association for Real Estate License Law Officials and the Montana Board of Realty Regulation and has been approved for four continuing education credits in the environmental issues category.
“This course is well thought out, easy to follow, very informative and will be a great resource for all agents,” said one realtor from Helena who completed the course during an earlier offering. “As compared with other online courses I have taken, this was more hands on. I like the opportunity for interaction.”
To promote the training and noxious weed education within the realtor community, a limited number of registration fee waivers are available for realtors.
Once registered, participants will have six months (Oct. 17), to complete the course and obtain four continuing education credits.
The Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign is a cooperative effort among state and federal entities, including Montana State University and non-governmental organizations that educate the people of Montana about noxious weeds and encourage them to participate in integrated weed management.
For more information, including possible registration fee waivers, or to register, contact Shantell Martin at (406) 444-9491 or shantell.frame@montana.edu.
For more information about the Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign, see www.weedawareness.org.
Contact: Shantell-Frame Martin, MSU Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, (406) 444-9491 or shantell.frame@montana.edu
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Think Globally, Celebrate Locally: 2017 Parade of Nations Announces Its Theme
Think globally; celebrate locally. That’s the theme of the 2017 Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival, scheduled for September 16. With more than 60 nations represented among its students and faculty, Michigan Tech has no trouble thinking globally. And with a colorful parade featuring flags and traditional dress, a multicultural festival of international food and fun, and headline entertainment by China Gold, there will be plenty of local celebration.
China Gold presents a martial arts-based display of strength, speed and gymnastic agility. Lighting, music, choreography and stage effects make for a breathless performance. The show is scheduled for Saturday night, September 16, following the Parade at 11 a.m. and the Multicultural Festival at Dee Stadium at noon.
Parade of Nations is sponsored by Michigan Tech, Finlandia University, and community businesses and residents.
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BFA Exhibition Showcases Student Art
SSU NewsCenter
The Sonoma State University BFA Exhibition runs April 27 through May 21 in the University Art Gallery on campus. The public is invited to a free reception with the student artists on Thursday, April 27, 4-6 p.m. in the University Art Gallery.
This year's exhibition features the work of 13 students in the Art Department who are graduating this spring with their Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), an advanced degree requiring an additional year of focused study in their chosen medium. Artists include James Blake (sculpture); Charlotte Borg (painting); Simon Cherin-Gordon (photography); Lorena Cruz (photography); Shannon Edwards (ceramics); Stephanie Haikyan (painting); Carley Herrera (sculpture); Mindy Kral (painting); Lauren Prince (printmaking); Natasha Rodocker (printmaking); Sean Patrick Shadduck (sculpture), Kayla Talty (painting); and Tashi Wangdhu (painting).
Each student artist will present his or her own unique works of art, giving an example of the diverse and exceptional display of talent from SSU students.
The University Art Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and weekends, noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free, parking is $5-$8 on campus. For more information call 664.2295.
Pictured: Commotion, 2016 by Carley Herrera. Porcelain on panel
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CSUCI to award honorary doctorate to local champion of migrant education
CSU Chanel Islands News
April 25, 2017 — A 60-year veteran of education who has championed the often-neglected population of migrant, homeless, at-risk or foster children will receive an honorary doctorate from CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) during the May 20 commencement ceremony.President Erika D. Beck will award Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE) migrant education director Joe Mendoza an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of his work as a teacher, administrator, speaker and advocate for thousands of students in need.“It is my privilege to recognize the extraordinary and transformative efforts of Mr. Mendoza,” Beck said. “He has inspired and motivated thousands of children who are now parents and professionals, many of them educators. In some cases, Mr. Mendoza’s students are now grandparents who are in turn motivating their grandchildren to become educators or invest their time and effort in education.”Beck added that, because of the programs, policies, and one-on-one work Mendoza has done with these children, they have begun to imagine themselves pursuing a college degree, often at CSUCI.“Mr. Mendoza is an ardent supporter of higher education, especially within the migrant student population and has concentrated much of his efforts on successful programs at CSUCI,” Beck said.When he got the news, Mendoza was surprised and humbled.“I keep thinking there’s a mistake here someplace,” Mendoza said. “I’m overwhelmed, to put it mildly. I can’t believe it.”Mendoza has helped generations of students in special circumstances through his early work as a teacher, administrator and in his current role as VCOE Director of Special Populations Educational Support Department. Currently, Mendoza works with at-risk, foster, homeless, teen parents, migrant and incarcerated kids, who have a lot in common, he said.Mendoza also works closely with migrant parents, giving training conferences, seminars, and meetings, in which he shows parents how to help their children succeed in school and go onto ...
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University’s Title IX Coordinator Lauded for Leadership
PolyCentric
Linda Hoos, Cal Poly Pomona’s chief diversity officer and assistant vice president in the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance, has been selected by Leadership California to its California Issues & Trends Class of 2017.
Hoos has served as the university’s Title IX coordinator since 2015 and is responsible for implementing provisions aimed at preventing sexual violence and investigating accusations, and reviews discrimination and harassment claims.
She joins 59 other female leaders from a wide spectrum of fields and industries across the state to receive the distinction. Class members were selected because of their impact on business, social issues and public policy.
For decades, colleges and universities have treated 1972’s Title IX prohibitions against gender discrimination at federally funded schools as mainly governing equality in sports. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education issued new guidelines that allowed Title IX to be used to combat sexual violence and investigate allegations.
Before those federal guidelines were issued, Cal Poly Pomona already had forward-thinking steps in place. The naming of Hoos as Title IX coordinator further strengthened the university’s initiatives.
Before arriving at Cal Poly Pomona, Hoos was the manager overseeing compliance of equal employment opportunity and civil rights programs at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. She also was a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice and a staff attorney and litigation associate at several other law practices and organizations.
Hoos received her Juris Doctor degree from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California. She earned a bachelor’s degree in American civilizations from Brown University.
Leadership California, a nonprofit foundation that consists of more than 1,500 female leaders, was established in 1988 to increase the representation and influence of females in leadership positions across the state.
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CSUSB professor comments on latest ADL report on anti-Semitic incidents in California
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April 25, 2017,
by The Orange County Register
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The Orange County Register — Brian Levin, director of the Center for the study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about the increase of anti-Semitic incidents in California — up 21 percent in 2016 over the previous year, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents released April 24.
While Jews are the most warmly accepted religious group in the United States other than Christianity and anti-Semitic harassment in the U.S. has been at historic lows in recent years, Jews have also consistently remained the number one target of hate crimes and incidents, said Levin, a professor of criminal justice.
“The ADL data appear to be a confirmation of our contention that the near-decade national decline in anti-Semitic hate crime is over because of the coarsening of politics, the continuing dissemination of negative stereotypes about Jews, and the emboldening of younger tech-savvy web-based alt-right hate mongers,” he said.
Until recently, the alt-right saw a savior in President Trump, Levin said.
“But now, with the elevation of Jared Kushner and the president becoming more of a globalist, the alt-right is viewing him as a traitor,” he said. “What we can expect to see in the latter part of the year is how the alt right reacts now that their open door to the White House and the mainstream have been slammed shut.”
The article was published April 24, 2017, and also appeared in The Sun and other Southern California News Group newspapers.
Read the complete article at “Anti-Semitic incidents rose 21 percent in California in 2016, but 2017 so far may be even more troubling.”
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Four Steps to Career Fair Networking
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Career Fair Prep
Perfect your resume.
Get your professional dress ready (typically business casual or business dress).
Practice introducing yourself.
Find out which employers are attending.
Research the employers you want to meet with.
Prepare specific and general questions.
What to Bring
Business cards
Padfolio, notepaper, and pen
10-15 resumes (depending on fair size)
During the Fair
Walk around to meet employers alone—you might have friends at the fair who you check in with, but don’t travel as a posse.
Limit your give-away item collecting.
Introduce yourself with a smile, a handshake (if recruiter offers a hand), and a few relevant details about yourself, your education/experience, and/or interest in the employer.
Speak slowly and confidently.
Be strategic—talk to your top three employers first, others if you have time.
Take quick breaks between rounds of visits to freshen up and take a breather.
Don’t dominate recruiters, be mindful of other students waiting in line.
Ask about opportunities and next steps if there are specific openings.
Wait for cues from recruiter regarding resumes—some will be collecting them, others might direct you to follow up by e-mail, or apply online.
Get the appropriate contact information and/or ask for a business card.
Thank recruiters after speaking with them.
Take notes as soon as you walk away from a table.
After the Fair
Take a few minutes immediately after fair to sort through your notes and make a list of follow-up items.
Follow up and thank recruiters of particular interest. (You don’t have to follow up with everyone.)
Follow up with online applications, or by sending a resume and cover letter to the appropriate contact.
Reach out via e-mail or by telephone to reps who were not at fair, but who work with your level of education/field.
Set up informational interviews with individuals at companies/ ...
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Fokaku Membangun Korps Sukarela UPI Berdaya Guna Kemanusiaan
Kabar UPI
Purwakarta, UPI
Korps Sukarela PMI Unit UPI Kampus Purwakarta menjadi tuan rumah dalam acara Forum Komunikasi KSR UPI (FOKAKU) di Aula Timur pada Jumat hingga Minggu (21-23/4/2017). Puluhan peserta dari berbagai kampus UPI hadiri pada acara yang bertema ‘Ngawangkong ngiket duduluran’ ini.
Ketua Pelaksana Fokaku Ifan Rahman Setia mengatakan, peserta yang hadir dalam acara Fokaku ini berasal dari UPI kampus pusat (Bandung) dan kampus daerah. “Sebanyak 50 relawan ikut dalam Fokaku ini. Mereka berasal dari UPI kampus Bumi Siliwangi (Bandung), Purwakarta, Sumedang, Tasikmalaya, Cibiru, dan Serang,” kata Ifan dalam sambutannya di Aula Timur UPI Purwakarta, Jumat (21/4/2017).
Ifan menuturkan, selama tiga hari kegiatan Fokaku ini akan diisi oleh berbagai kegiatan kepalang-merahan yang dikemas dengan kegiatan rekreasi.
“Mumpung lagi di Purwakarta, kami akan ajak para peserta untuk berwisata ke Curug Cipurut sembari melakukan pelatihan Mitigasi Bencana. Nantinya PMI Purwakarta akan memberikan materi tersebut,” ujar Ifan.
Menurut Ifan, acara Fokaku ini diselenggarakan untuk merekatkan hubungan kerjasama antar KSR se-UPI dalam bidang pengembangan sumber daya relawan, kemanusiaan, dan kegiatan kepalang-merahan.
“Sayang sekali jika Korps Sukarela bergerak masing-masing, padahal kita semua saudara sebagai relawan dan mahasiswa UPI,” ucapnya.
Karena itu, Ifan mengajak para peserta yang hadir mewakili masing-masing kampus bisa memanfaatkan acara Fokaku ini untuk membangun Korps Sukarela UPI yang lebih berdaya guna demi kemanusiaan.
“Mari kita manfaatkan momentum ini untuk saling bertukar pikiran ilmu kepalang merahan agar tercipta sumber daya relawan yang kompeten serta professional,” paparnya.
Sementara itu, Sekretaris PMI Kabupaten Purwakarta Drs. Aep Rusjaman Kartiwa, M.Si turut hadir dalam acara yang diikuti relawan se-UPI itu. Dalam sambutannya, beliau mengatakan bahwa dirinya bersyukur bisa diundang dan ikut serta pada acara Fokaku ini.
Menurutnya, seorang relawan KSR mempunyai kewajiban untuk membaktikan diri pada tugas-tugas kemanusiaan di manapun tempatnya dan seperti apapun kondisinya.
“Sebagai relawan sekaligus mahasiswa, anggota KSR memiliki kewajiban mengabdikan diri pada masyarakat dengan mengamalkan ilmu kepalang-merahannya,” katanya.
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CU Denver faculty awards honor 25 years of service
University News – CU Denver Today
(Back row, from left) Provost Roderick Nairn, Chancellor Dorothy Horrell, Rafael Sanchez, Peter Jenkins, Tammy Stone and Harvey Bishop. (Seated from left) Brian Page, Cynthia WongCU Denver recently honored 12 faculty members for 25 years of service to the university. Those honored included:
Richard Stillman, PhD, School of Public Affairs
Luis Rafael Sanchez Vega, PhD, PE, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Hamid Fardi, PhD, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Peter Jenkins, PhD, PE, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Samuel Welch, PhD, PE, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Vicki Lane, PhD, Business School
Suzanne Adams, PhD, School of Education and Human Development
Harvey Bishop, MA, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
James Grigsby, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Brian Page, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tammy Stone, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cynthia Wong, PhD, College of LIberal Arts and Sciences
Chancellor Dorothy Horrell thanked the honorees with these brief remarks:
Today we honor 12 faculty members who have crossed the threshold of 25 years of service. This is an annual tradition, started nine years ago, that allows all of us to stop and express our gratitude for the work that you have done and the work that you continue to do to advance the university.
You are experts in a vast array of fields, individuals who have had incalculable impacts on your areas of study, improved the lives of countless individuals, and helped to shape the minds of our future generations of national and international leaders in a host of arenas.
Thank you for that service, not only to our university but also to your community, our country, and the world.
The university’s accomplishments are collective, and first in line among its contributors are our faculty. Your dedication and hard work have played the major role in moving us up in the ranks ...
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Conservation not an effective tool for reducing infectious disease in people, study finds
UW Today » Science
Environment | News releases | Research | Science
April 24, 2017
Conservation projects that protect forests and encourage a diversity of plants and animals can provide many benefits to humans.
But improved human health is not among those benefits ― at least when health is measured through the lens of infectious disease. That’s the main finding of a paper published April 24 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, which analyzed the relationship between infectious diseases and their environmental, demographic and economic drivers in dozens of countries over 20 years.
Zebras seen in Nairobi National Park in Kenya.Dan Salkeld
The new study found that increased biodiversity ― measured as the number of species and amount of forested land ― was not associated with reduced levels of infectious disease. In some cases, disease burdens actually increased as areas became more forested over time.
“There are a lot of great reasons for conservation, but control of infectious disease isn’t one of them,” said lead author and parasite ecologist Chelsea Wood, an assistant professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. “We’re not going to improve public health by pushing a single button. This study clearly shows that ― at the country level ― conservation is not a disease-control tool.”
Surprisingly, Wood said, the study also found that increasing urbanization reduced disease, probably because cities bring people closer to medical care and give them greater access to vaccinations, clean water and sanitation.
Even though cities crowd people together, the net benefit of their services results in reductions of infectious disease.
“It seems pretty clear that urbanization is good for people’s health ― at least when it comes to infectious disease. And that’s good news, because the world is rapidly urbanizing,” Wood said.
The researchers relied on the UW-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s Global Burden of Disease database, a massive, worldwide ...
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Men's T&F Sweeps CAA Awards for the Second Week in a Row
The William & Mary men's track and field team swept the Colonial Athletic Association weekly honors for the second week in a row and the third this season Tuesday, following two strong performances this past weekend. Redshirt-junior David Barney (Lynchburg, Va.) was named the Track Athlete of the Week, his second career award, and redshirt-senior Taylor Frenia (Virginia Beach, Va.) was named the Field Athlete of the Week for the fifth time this season, and the fourth week in a row. Frenia now has eight weekly awards in his career, and the Tribe men's track and field team has won nine honors in six weeks, including the field award every week this season.Running the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge on Saturday night, Barney timed a lifetime-best 14:12.23 to improve his lead in the CAA standings. That also made the 16th-fastest man in W&M school history outdoors, and ranks Barney 52nd in the East Region. In 2016-17, he's reset his lifetime-best in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m, and the mile; for a total of seven times so far (three indoors, four outdoors). In seven races, he's finished first or second a total of five times, including winning the 5,000m at the Colonial Relays.In the throwing circle, Frenia once again broke a school record, marking the fourth week in a row he's tumbled an all-time mark. Competing in the discus at the Duke Invitational on Saturday night, he was in fourth place heading into the final round of throws. He stepped up to the moment and delivered a huge throw of 55.52m (182-2), breaking not only his own school record but also the meet and stadium records as well, and moved into first place overall to win the event. That was his sixth school record of the season and ninth of his career,and he now needs just three more records to ...
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Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning
College of Engineering
Don Winiecki made a presentation at the annual convention of the Idaho chapter of the National Federation of the Blind in March. Winiecki reported his experiences earning Library of Congress certification in the transcription of braille, and described his plans for applying his new skills in support of students.
Winiecki also has been invited to attend meetings at the National Federation of the Blind national conference in Orlando, Florida, in July to contribute to efforts by the federation in producing legislation to promote standards for accessible instructional materials, especially as they relate to STEM education.
Since earning certification in braille transcription, Winiecki has transcribed three books of poetry and one book on Sargy Mann, a British Impressionist painter who continued painting after he lost his eyesight. He is currently transcribing a widely used computer science textbook. Winiecki also volunteers braille services for the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the International Committee for Robot Arms Control.
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Q&A With ... Danton Cole
College Hockey News from CHN
April 25, 2017
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Last week, Danton Cole was named the new coach at Michigan State, his alma mater.
CHN: When were you first contacted by Michigan State, what was the process like and when did you find out you were hired?
Cole: I called [Michigan State Athletic Director] Mark Hollis and left a message and just told him that, obviously as a coach, nobody likes to see other coaches not coming back — but the situation was what it was and I knew he was extremely busy, and when he had a chance to give me a shout. We touched base fairly quickly after that. ... Then over the course of the next couple weeks, Mark was very busy with NCAA basketball, being on that committee [was] taking up a lot of time. So [Associate Athletic Director] Shelley Appelbaum was doing quite a bit of the work and fact finding. So it was an interesting process and lots of questions and [it] went off and on for a couple weeks. Then the last little bit it kind of ramped up and [I] spoke to Mark and we had a couple of comments back and forth and he said he would get back to me either [last] Sunday or Monday. Finally when he called back he said they had a decision and they offered me the job. It was fairly painless, it's just hard as a coach when you're interviewing and the time and the process you [have] to wait it out. I thought they did a nice job and handled it really well and took their time, which is good, and obviously [I’m] happy with the conclusion they came to.
CHN: What’s the first thought that went through your mind when they told you they hired you?
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Track & Field Prepares for Final Regular Season Meet
Cal Poly Pomona
Photo Gallery POMONA, Calif. – The Cal Poly Pomona track & field teams will finish up their regular season this weekend as they travel to UC Irvine for the Steve Scott Invite on Friday. The Broncos are coming off a strong performance at UC Riverside last weekend with the women's team claiming 24 top five finishes while the men's team swept the top five spots in the 1,500-meter run and totaled three first-place marks. CPP has totaled 13 NCAA provisional marks this season with seven on the men's side and six on the women's. Calene Morris holds the 14th best mark in the 5,000-meter run while Mark Huizar ranks 10th and 11th in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter respectively. This weekend's meet is the final chance for the Broncos to qualify for the conference championship meet, set to begin May 4-5 at Chico State. The Steve Scott Invite will begin on Friday with field events starting at 2 p.m. and the distance races beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday kicks off at noon with the relay events and 12:15 p.m. with women's shot put. Print Friendly Version
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UVU hosts annual Conference on Autism on April 14
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Utah Valley University’s College of Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Science & Health, School of Education, and Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism will host the seventh annual UVU Conference on Autism on Friday, April 14, in the Sorensen Student Center on UVU’s Orem campus.
This year, the conference will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind. His most recent book, “Life, Animated, A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes and Autism” documents his family’s two-decade struggle with regressive autism. Using a technique called Affinity Therapy, the book recounts how the Suskinds broke through to their autistic son Owen by exposing him to Disney movies, which Owen memorized and used as a pathway to communication. The documentary film, based on the book, was nominated for an Academy Award this year.
Several concurrent sessions on various topics related to autism and autism education — including a special all-day workshop designed particularly for those seeking BCBA continuing education units (five will be offered) — will also be featured. Plus, state and community service providers will be exhibiting and providing additional resources and information to participants. A full program can be accessed, along with presenter bios, on the conference website at www.uvu.edu/chss/autism.
“The conference is extremely important to our community,” said Toni Harris, Assistant Dean for the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. “We want to give professionals, parents, and individuals on the spectrum the support and tools they need to be successful.”
“Utah Valley University has a tradition of supporting autism in our community through several different avenues,” said Laurie Bowen, Director of Community Services for the Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism at UVU. “The conference has been the seedbed for a multitude of additional related community supports. Several autism-focused areas of studies are now available from a minor to a ...
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Town-Hall Meeting Today on UW’s WyoCloud Financial Management System | News
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April 25, 2017
University of Wyoming employees are reminded of a town-hall meeting for the UW community today from 1-3 p.m. to share information about WyoCloud, the university’s new cloud-based finance, administrative, research support and business intelligence reporting system.
Specifically, the meeting will address the WyoCloud Financial Management system that will be released to the university in mid-July. The town-hall meeting will take place in the Arts and Sciences auditorium, hosted by President Laurie Nichols.
David Jewell, one of the WyoCloud project directors, will share how the university faculty and staff will be trained to use WyoCloud before the July financial management system release. This will be the last town-hall meeting before the “go-live” of the new financial management system.
The meeting will be streamed and recorded through WyoCast: https://wyocast.uwyo.edu/WyoCast/Play/80a31fad17a44d9c89e3b3114a4b9ed31d.
For more information about the WyoCloud project, visit www.uwyo.edu/wyocloud.
For more immediate updates on the system, the team also regularly updates the project’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds. Those with questions are asked to email the WyoCloud team at wyocloud@uwyo.edu.
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Engineering Professors Named Fellows of Professional Organization
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Professors Jin-Woo Kim and Yanbin Li of the College of Engineering have been named fellows by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
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Author of Why Nations Fail to speak at SALISES Distinguished Lecture
UWI St. Augustine News
For Release Upon Receipt - April 25, 2017St. Augustine– The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St. Augustine in collaboration with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago present the 18th Annual SALISES Conference under the theme, Small Nations, Dislocations, Transformations, Sustainable Development in SIDS. Headlining this year’s Distinguished Lecture is developmental scholar and 2017 Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecturer, Professor James A. Robinson of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is widely recognised as the award-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. The public is invited to attend the Distinguished Lecture on April 27 from 7 to 9pm at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain, Regency V. The SALISES conference rotates annually among The UWI’s three landed Campuses and highlights scholarly and other Caribbean development products with the capstone of a Distinguished Lecture. Professor James Robinson is the Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and Faculty Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. He has a particular interest in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. His role as co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, with Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT has garnered him international acclaim. Translated into 32 languages since its publication in 2012, the book offers a unique historic exploration of why some countries have flourished economically while others have fallen into poverty. He has also written and coauthored numerous books and articles, including the much lauded Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (also with Acemoglu). The SALISES conference takes place from April 26 to 28 with a public opening ceremony on April 26 from 6.30 ...
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AU Students Win Prestigious Chemistry Award
American University News
Women have been making huge strides in the science world for
centuries, and American University women are no exception. Seniors Sarah
Burkhard and Cassidy Hart have been chosen for the College Chemistry
Achievement Award by the Chemical Society of Washington. The award annually
recognizes outstanding scientists in the District's universities, and Burkhard
and Hart were selected from among hundreds of students to receive this
honor.
AU's Department of Chemistry is characterized by
one-on-one faculty-student relationships, working toward the goal of equipping
students to conduct independent research and discovery. Burkhard and Hart have
done just that, says Shouzhong Zou, department chair. Burkhard has been
interning at the Institute for Science and International Security, and Hart has
already published a paper in the Journal
of Inorganic Biochemistry. She has several other papers in the works.
"Like many of our high achieving students, Sarah [Burkhard] and
Cassidy [Hart] transformed from knowledge receivers to knowledge producers,"
said Zou. "They are both persistent, proactive, and self-driven."
What stands out about Burkhard and Hart is not only their
knowledge of chemistry, but also their passion for the field. Both women
understand chemistry's meaning beyond that of the scientific world. Burkhard
sees the art in it. "I love that chemistry is creative destruction in the most
natural, purest form," she says. "In that respect, chemistry can teach you a
lot about life—both scientifically and philosophically."
Hart says she is inspired by the process of laboratory work. "I
love the puzzle of chemistry and the creativity that is used in the lab. Chemistry
is about solving problems using the tools you've learned in classes, but it's
also about using these tools in new and different ways."
Both students acknowledge the lack of gender diversity in STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and the importance of
fostering the education of young women in these fields. "Diversity is ...
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Five Questions for Faculty: Caro Williams-Pierce
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Clemson students make impact on horticulture industry
Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina
CLEMSON – Clemson horticulture students have been busy this spring sharing their knowledge with others in the horticulture industry.
Clemson students have been busy this semester sharing horticultural knowledge they’ve learned by participating in internships, serving on student panels and writing articles for professional magazines.Image Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University
The students engaged in professional activities that included presenting at conferences, to publishing articles, as well serving as horticulture ambassadors. The students were supported in their activities by Ellen Vincent, environmental landscape specialist in the Clemson horticulture program.
“These students have worked very hard this semester,” Vincent said. “We are proud of them and what they have accomplished.”
The students include Elizabeth Elmore, a senior from Charleston, Vincent Galatolo a senior from Lexington, Annie Borlik a senior from South Bend, Indiana, Justin Revland a senior from Mt. Pleasant and Dalton Holzheimer a senior from Gilbert who participated in internships. They presented their experiences during the South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbia on Jan. 25 to large audiences of green industry professionals.
Jordan Baylor, a horticulture senior from Belton, was awarded the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Southern Chapter Student Ambassador Award. Baylor received this award when she attended the ISA Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach where she contributed to the student panel on how to encourage greater student participation and involvement in the International Society of Arboriculture organization.
Alexis Anthony, a junior from Fort Mill, received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. Anthony also attended the South Carolina Horticulture Industry annual conference and trade show as a student worker from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.
Justin Revland, a senior from Mt. Pleasant, also received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. ...
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Fordham Joins Nationwide Effort to Recruit and Retain Middle- and Low-Income Students
Fordham Newsroom
Few would dispute that an educated public makes for a competitive and industrious nation. But in any given year, at least 50,000 low- and moderate-income students at the top of their class do not enroll in one of the nation’s top-performing institutions.
Now Fordham is joining a coalition of prestigious universities nationwide with a stated goal of educating, by 2025, some 50,000 additional high-achieving, lower-income students at the 270 colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates.
Known as the American Talent Initiative (ATI), the coalition was formed last year with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, to enhance coordination among top colleges in identifying and recruiting these lower-income students.
Of the 270 colleges with highest graduation rates, 68 have committed to the program, with Fordham joining 38 new members this year, along with Columbia and New York Universities.
“Too many students from low-income families are missing out on opportunities to attend top colleges because they think those colleges aren’t affordable–when most often, they are,” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement.
According to recent studies, at least 12,500 high school seniors per year have SAT scores in the top 10 percent, with 3.7 grade point averages or higher, but still do not attend top tier colleges because they lack information about their options, confusion about costs, and inadequate financial aid.
“We’re aiming to help all ATI members enhance their own efforts to recruit, enroll, and support lower-income students, learn from each other, and contribute to research that will help other top colleges and universities expand opportunity,” said Martin Kurzweil, director of the Educational Transformation Program at Ithaka S+R, which is co-coordinating the program with the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.
The co-coordinators will help member universities share institutional data to be published annually and track members’ progress toward meeting the 2025 goal. Colleges and universities participating also use their shared data ...
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MEN’S SOCCER ADDS FIVE NEWCOMERS FOR 2017 SEASON
Athletics News
Apr 25, 2017
Photos (L-R): Logan Place, Jack Larter, Dennis Cole, Omar Jiron, Omar Oseguera
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Head coach Michael Linenberger and the Sacramento State men's soccer team announced five new additions for the 2017 season. They join another group of five newcomers signed to National Letter's of Intent in February.
"We're excited about our final five guys that we have committed for next Fall," Linenberger said. "We knew we needed to bring in a big group after losing 10 seniors, so we had the initial five guys we signed in February and we've been working the last few months to sure up the rest of the recruiting class."
The new group includes four freshmen and one junior college transfer. Jack Larter, who hails from Norwich, England, joins the Hornets after playing two seasons at Lake Tahoe Community College.
Dennis Cole, a native of Sierra Leone that went to high school in Los Olivos, joins the team as a freshman as well as Logan Place from Tucson, Arizona and Californians Omar Oseguera and Omar Jiron. Oseguera joins his twin both, Ivan, who will also be starting at Sacramento State in the fall.
Meet the Newcomers
Dennis Cole - Fr. - F - 5-7 - 145 - Freetown, Sierra Leone/Dunn SchoolPlayed four years for coach Mark Geriak at Dunn School in Los Olivos, Calif...Two-time all-CIF first team selection...Helped team win two CIF Championships in 2015 and 2017....Offensive MVP in 2015...Led team to a 17-1-1 record in 2017 and ended the year ranked No. 8 in California and No. 31 in the nation by MaxPreps...Had 12 goals and 16 assists as a senior in 2017...Played club soccer for Santa Barbara Soccer Club for four years...Led team to 2016 national championship win...Named to Best Eleven players after tallying three goals and four assists at the national championship in 2015...Team was three-time regional champion.
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SIU student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
SIU News
April 25, 2017SIU student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a serious illness that is spread by direct contact with saliva or through the coughing or sneezing of those who are infected.
Although the disease is not highly contagious, the university has notified students and faculty who may have been in direct contact with the student and has provided preventative treatment with antibiotics, according to Dr. Ted Grace, director of University Health Services.
Grace said that meningitis is an inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. The bacterium can also cause a serious bloodstream infection.
“This bacterium is not transmitted by routine classroom contact,” he said. “Persons who have been intimately exposed to cases of this disease, such as persons living in the same household, are usually treated with a special antibiotic to prevent them from becoming ill. However, as a precaution, we have reached out to students and faculty in the student’s classes, as well.”
Grace said the student was diagnosed on Monday, April 24, and remains in critical condition.
While students, faculty and staff who have not been contacted by University Health Services should not be concerned, Grace encouraged everyone to be aware of bacterial meningitis symptoms, which include fever, headache and a stiff neck. Often, nausea and vomiting develop and a rash may appear. He said symptoms often occur suddenly.
Students who become ill with any of these symptoms should go to the Student Health Center or their primary care provider’s office as soon as possible. The Student Health Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. If symptoms develop when the Student Health Center is closed, students should go immediately to the nearest emergency room. Individuals who are not students should go to the emergency room or a primary ...
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McCay Earns Second Straight CCAA Field Athlete of the Week Award
Humboldt State University Athletics
Arcata, Calif. - Humboldt State senior Marissa McCay was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Field Athlete of the Week after her record-breaking performance on Saturday.McCay earned a national automatic qualifying mark as HSU swept the Women's high jump at the Border Battle. Her jump of 5'10" is a personal best and further solidifies her HSU All-Time record, which she last set on March 18th at the Hornet Invite."She is in her personal best this season over last. I think it's also a testament to her high jump coach, Catrina Bindel," says assistant coach Sarah Ingram. "She deserves it. She's worked so hard, not only on strength and fitness, but also on the more challenging technical aspects of the high jump. She's had her share of frustrations with it as well, so it's nice to see her patience has carried her through and to such a huge jump."This is the second time this season McCay has brought home the CCAA field athlete of the week. Last time she was awarded for her performance in the Chico Twilight meet as she posted a NCAA provisional qualifying mark with her top place finish in the Long Jump.The Jacks are now preparing for the CCAA Conference Championships, which begin May 4th.
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Today at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus!
Inside MC Online
Join us for exhibits, speakers, entertainment, food and fun at MC's Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Kick-off Celebration! Tuesday, April 25 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Student Services Building, 1ST Floor Atrium Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus For more information contact Eniola at 240-567-3916.
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Rasmussen College Celebrates Diverse Families During 2017 Week of the Young Child
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It is often said, “The early childhood years are a critical period in human development.” It is during these years that a child’s brain is extremely flexible to taking in and learning new information. It’s also often during this time children are especially influenced by those around them, especially by their parents, friends and early childcare providers. Since 1971, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has sponsored Week of the Young Child (WOYC). The week, celebrated April 24 through April 28 this year, recognizes the critical nature of the early childhood years, birth through age eight, as well as the needs of our country’s young children, their families and those who teach them. Rasmussen College recognizes even the littlest of learners are valuable. Every year, to honor WOYC, Rasmussen College chooses a theme, hosts events on campus and in the community, leads a webinar and chooses a children’s book to feature.
Today, classrooms are becoming as diverse as the world around us. Diverse with not only students of different races, genders and religions, but also different ideas, beliefs and dreams. Early childhood educators have a responsibility to teach and talk about diversity from all angles. From the prevalence and importance of this topic, Rasmussen College derived this year’s WOYC theme, Celebrating Our Youngest Learners: Honoring Diverse Families, and its featured book, A Chair For My Mother by Vera Williams. The book presents the story of Rosa, her mother and her grandmother who all lost their home and possessions to a fire. Together, they save money to buy a comfortable chair to enjoy together.
This year’s theme and featured book sparked Rasmussen College Early Childhood Education (ECE) department chair Mary Muhs’ interest in the topic of diversity in the classroom and anti-bias education. When originally looking for a book to select this year, Muhs ...
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