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Learning in the Executive MBA program extends far beyond classroom walls—in this case, to the other side of the world. As part of the curriculum’s four required residencies, EMBA 48 traveled to Shanghai this week for the last half of their International Management Residency, where they explore global economies, markets, and leadership.
Executive MBA Student Services Manager Cory Barron sends this update from the cohort’s last days in China (be sure to check out part one):
The last three days in China for EMBA 48 were a flurry of educational activities. Starting with a tour of the new Johnson & Johnson headquarters building in Shanghai, Dr. Hong Xin, Sr. Director of New Ventures, explained that a major focus of J&J innovation in China is developing drugs to combat China’s top health issue, lung cancer. But she says J&J embraces the non-pharma solution to lower the number of cases with prevention and interception.
EMBA 48 toured Johnson & Johnson’s new headquarters in Shanghai, China.
The class’ next assignment was to travel on their own from J&J to the afternoon business panel discussion on the other side of Shanghai. With maps and a little instruction at the subway station, all successfully traversed the city with little problem.
The afternoon business panel discussion consisted of several WashU Olin alumni, who covered major business topics in China like IP protection and joint ventures, along with expiate adjustments, making for an energetic Q&A with the class.
(Left to right): Jacklin Zeng, DeLage Landen, Shanghai Olin EMBA Class 11; Patty Sun Tsau, Windeson Enterprise, Olin Shanghai EMBA Class 12; and Gloria Rong Gao, Novartis Pharma, Olin Shangai EMBA Class13, listen to Flemming Mahs, Novus International, Olin MBA 1993, talk about life as an expat in China.
EMBA 48 in front of the Pearl Tower in the Pudong Financial District of Shanghai.
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EMBA 48 Postcard from China: Days 5-7
Stoffolano Studying Whether Flies Can Transmit ORF Virus from Sheep to Humans
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Stockbridge School of Agriculture entomologist John Stoffolano spent a week this summer in Puglia, Italy, as part of an ongoing study of the role of common house flies and their connection to the spread of the ORF virus to sheep and goats worldwide.The Institute Zooprofilattico of Puglia and Basilicata, division of Viral Diagnostics and Medical Entomology in Foggia, Italy, has received a grant funded by the Ministry of Health with the objective of studying the role of the adult house fly in carrying and spreading the ORF virus to sheep and goats in Italy.
The ORF virus, or Parapoxvirus, causes sore mouth and creates lesions on various parts of the body, including the muzzle and mouth of animals, and can spread to the fingers, hands, arms and face on humans. The disease is spread to humans most commonly by handling infected animals, such as in slaughterhouses. There are reported cases of humans carrying the virus in Massachusetts.
Stoffolano is assisting the Italian researchers in determining the role of the common house fly in transmitting the virus across species by teaching them how to infect the flies, dissect the flies, and how to investigate the presence of the virus in various fly tissues.
His week-long research trip included observing adult house flies feeding on saliva secretions of infected sheep, an unusual behavior in adult house flies. Normally, house flies do not pester sheep, he said.
“What may be happening with global climate warming,” Stoffolano posits, “is that in various parts of the world where it will become warmer, house fly adults will respond to a lack of water by now feeding on the eye and mouth secretions of both sheep and goats.”
He believes and seeks to prove that behavioral changes associated with global warming could put various insect vectors into contact with new hosts, which could increase the spread ...
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Alumni at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Funding Unique New Scholarship
Headlines – Tennessee Today
It’s not uncommon for alumni to give back to UT by establishing endowed scholarships.What makes the new Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc. (BWSC) Endowed Scholarship within UT’s Tickle College of Engineering so different is that it wasn’t just one person giving back, but 25 alumni representing seven colleges, who all now work for the company.
“We have a strong relationship with the company and with 42 of their employees who have degrees from UT,” said Wayne Davis, dean of the college. “This scholarship is a testament of our relationship and their investment in the university.”
University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, right, stands with Barge Waggoner Chief Operating Officer Randy Ferguson.
The idea came about during a 2016 meeting between Barge Waggoner Chief Operating Officer Randy Ferguson and former executive Jim Downing, both UT graduates who earned their bachelor and master degrees in civil engineering in 1980 and ’84 and 1969 and ’74, respectively.
Ferguson took the idea to a committee of UT alumni, who thought that endowing a scholarship would be a great way to give back to their alma mater while at the same time raising the company’s profile in recruiting new UT graduates. The Board of Directors agreed, and chose the Tickle College of Engineering as the home for the new scholarship.
To support the effort, Barge Waggoner authorized a matching contribution of up to $1,250 a year for every employee who participates with a gift or multi-year pledge.
Initially the goal was to begin offering the scholarship a few years from now. Due to the overwhelming response from its employees, however, the inaugural scholarship can be awarded beginning in the fall of 2018, far ahead of schedule.
“We are always seeking talented engineers and the competition for talent is only going to increase in the foreseeable future,” said Ferguson. “We hope that over time the ...
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UPMC Northwest to Honor Cancer Survivors
UPMC Northwest to Honor Cancer Survivors
Order Commemorative Ornaments Now
SENECA, Pa., July 5, 2017 – UPMC Northwest and Northwest Hospital Foundation are sponsoring a picnic on Wednesday, August 16 for all cancer survivors and their families. Commemorative ornaments are for sale and can be purchased in memory or honor of a loved one who is fighting or has fought a battle with cancer.
“We would like to invite all cancer survivors and their loved ones to celebrate life and join us for food, entertainment and our 17th annual commemorative ceremony,” said UPMC Northwest President Brian Durniok.
The picnic and ceremony will be held at the UPMC Northwest Pavilion at 100 Fairfield Drive in Seneca, Pa., beginning at 4:30 p.m. on August 16.
Ornaments, which include the year on them, are $7 each and include an ornament card with the honoree’s name printed on the card. The Wendell August commemorative ornaments can be ordered calling 814-677-1463 or 814-676-7992. Orders must be received by July 21.
Reservations for the August 16 picnic can be made by calling the UPMC Northwest Community Relations Department at 814-677-1463. The registration deadline for the event is August 11.
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Els Vespres fascinen un públic àvid de bona música a l'aire lliure
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
L’afluència de públic a cada actuació ha superat les quatre-centes persones. . Foto: Cesc Maymó.
L'artista Pol Fuentes va obrir el cicle d'Els Vespres d'enguany, dimarts 4 de juliol. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
El grup Tronco va actuar dimarts 11 de juliol. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
Calvin Love és el primer artista internacional que participa al cicle. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
17/07/2017
Cultura
Ja han tingut lloc quatre dels sis concerts que inclou el cartell d’enguany d’Els Vespres de la Universitat de Barcelona. La proposta està tan consolidada que l’afluència de públic a cada actuació ha superat les quatre-centes persones. El fet que els concerts siguin gratuïts, es facin a l’aire lliure en un entorn privilegiat com és el jardí de l’Edifici Històric, i que el cartell no decebi mai és el que més valora el públic, tant el veterà com el nou. Encara hi ha dues propostes més: El Pèsol Feréstec, que actua dimarts, 18, i la traca final, Outer Space, que clourà el cicle aquest dijous, dia 20.
Els assistents valoren sobretot el bon ambient
«Gairebé cada any venim a Els Vespres perquè l’atmosfera que s’hi crea és molt especial. De fet, enguany no em sona ningú del cartell, però tenim moltes expectatives. La gràcia és aquesta: descobrir grups nous», assegurava Òscar Sitges dimarts passat a la nit. Com ell, la majoria d’assistents a Els Vespres formen part d’un públic fidel que coneix bé el cicle de concerts i que hi assisteix fins i tot sense saber quin artista hi actua, «perquè sempre són una aposta segura per deixar-se endur i sorprendre’s».
En aquesta dotzena edició, encara hi ha, també, persones que venen per primera vegada. Alguns per recomanació dels amics o convençuts per la parella, d’altres perquè han trobat la informació a Internet o en un ...
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Triton Globetrotters: Students share stories from semester abroad
UMSL Daily
Carly Vogel is one of 37 UMSL students who studied abroad this spring. “I chose to study abroad to give myself the opportunity to grow on my own, become more independent and discover more of the world and the different cultures that exist,” she said. “It is a fantastic opportunity that I did not want to let pass me by.” (Photo courtesy of Carly Vogel)
Changed perceptions. It’s a common theme among University of Missouri–St. Louis students who study abroad. For the international travelers, viewpoints shift not just of the world and other cultures but also of their own capabilities.
Nearly 40 students studied abroad during the spring semester, and UMSL Daily recently caught up with three of these Tritons to discuss their experiences.
Impactful lessons
Brendan McCoy (at left) took his mom and brother to visit The Temple Bar in Dublin. The stop was just one of McCoy’s many excursions while studying in Limerick, Ireland. (Photo courtesy of Brendan McCoy)
Hesitancy nearly caused Brendan McCoy to miss out on the “best adventure of [his] life.”
The senior electrical engineering major and Pierre Laclede Honors College student had known for a while that he wanted to study abroad – particularly in England or Ireland. He debated the idea for so long, though, that he nearly missed the opportunity.
“One of the only reasons I took the jump was because of a friend of mine who studied abroad before I did,” McCoy said. “She made me realize it was an opportunity I would never get again and to put fear aside and chase my dreams.”
The leap paid off as he returned from the University of Limerick in Ireland, with an affinity for adventure and a comfort with total independence.
“I became an all-around more mature and better person from my experience,” McCoy said. “When traveling across the world, maturity becomes ...
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Physics Team Makes Breakthrough on Abrupt Aging Soft Materials
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June 26, 2017 — Georgetown College physics professor Emanuela Del Gado landed a paper in the prestigious journal Nature Communications last week.
“Elastically driven intermittent microscopic dynamics in soft solids,” the culmination of years of research at Georgetown’s Institute of Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, found fascinating new properties in the aging of soft materials. Del Gado and her coauthors discovered a “snapping back” reaction that occurs when incredibly soft materials — gelatin or yogurt, for example — rupture at a microscopic level.
Some background: Molecules in soft materials, even seemingly solid ones, “wiggle” at a level imperceptible to the human eye. As time passes, this wiggling can change the material, frequently rupturing or consolidating its structure. Del Gado’s paper noted an interesting reaction to this process.
“Over those very small length scales, these materials can act as a micro rubber-band that snaps back when a microscopic rupture happens, Del Gado said. “The weaker the wiggling motion is, the stronger the rubber band snapping.”
To conduct these studies, Del Gado’s team used coarse grained Molecular Dynamics (MD), an advanced technique that uses computational physics to investigate material properties at the microscopic level. This technique had been used in this context before, but this specific study involved a new simulation strategy — one in which the MD data was combined with understanding of forces at work at different points in the structure to guess where ruptures would happen.
According to Del Gado, this represents a major development for a question that had stumped researchers for years.
“Why does this abrupt aging happen in certain materials and not in others? How do we explain apparently contradictory observations in different materials that are all, in some sense, soft? These are questions that have been around for more than 10 years — and our work managed to answer the questions and address all contradictions,” she said.
Del Gado has ...
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UCSF Medical Center, Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco Named Among 2017’s ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Therese Moran (left), RN, and Judith Bishop, RN, a certified nurse midwife, use handhled devices to monitor patients at the Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital at Mission Bay. Photo by Susan MerrellIn recognition of their use of technologies that make it easier for patients and medical providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient care, UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have been named among HealthCare’s “Most Wired®” for 2017, the third straight year for the hospitals to receive the award.
Hospitals with this designation are utilizing smartphones, telehealth, remote patient monitoring technologies, secure messaging and other tools to increase patients’ access to health care providers, and recording valuable health data for improving safety and quality.
The tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care and maintaining their health, and enabling health care workers to better support their patients, according to results of the 19th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired® survey, released July 10, 2017, by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum.
“This award recognizes UCSF’s commitment to continuously working to improve the way we provide medical care, in terms of communication with our patients and the quality of the experience for them,” said Sheila Antrum, president of UCSF Medical Center and senior vice president of adult services at UCSF Health.
The 2017 Most Wired survey and benchmarking study is a leading, nationwide industry barometer. The survey of 698 participants, representing an estimated 2,158 hospitals – more than 39 percent of all U.S. hospitals – examines how organizations are leveraging information technology (IT) to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business and administrative management; quality and safety; and clinical integration.
“We are honored to be a recipient of this prestigious award from the AHA recognizing us as among the nation’s most wired hospitals,” said Russ Cucina, MD, MS, chief ...
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FIU’s Anthony Wint Named Preseason All-Conference USA Selection
FIU Athletics
MIAMI (July 17, 2017) – Conference USA released its preseason honors on Monday, and FIU's Anthony Wint was recognized as an all-league honoree on defense. The C-USA preseason honors were selected by the conference's 14 head coaches. Wint, who is entering his senior year, started in all 12 games for the Panthers, earning Second-Team All-C-USA honors last season. He finished the year with 108 total tackles (57 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. The 108 tackles on the year were the sixth-most in school history, while his career total of 244 ranks ninth all-time at FIU. The native of Homestead, Florida, registered 10-or-more tackles six times, including a career-high 13 at Charlotte (10/ 15). A two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Week, Wint ranked No. 7 in the conference and No. 36 in the nation in total tackles. Wint was also named a Preseason Second-Team All-C-USA selection by Athlon Sports. Below is a complete listing of this year's preseason awards.
2017 C-USA Football Coaches Preseason AwardsOffensive Player of the Year
Mike White, Sr., QB, WKU
Defensive Player of the Year
Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., LB, Rice
Special Teams Players of the Year
Kylen Towner, Sr., KR, WKU
Offense
QB Mike White, Sr., WKURB Ray Lawry, Sr., Old DominionRB Ito Smith, Sr., Southern MissOL O'Shea Dugas, Jr., Louisiana TechOL Will Hernandez, Sr., UTEPOL Trey Martin, Sr., RiceOL Austin Pratt, Sr., UTSAOL Brandon Ray, Sr., WKUTE Ryan Yurachek, Sr., MarshallWR Richie James, Jr., Middle TennesseeWR Jonathan Duhart, Sr., Old DominionWR Allenzae Staggers, Sr., Southern Miss
Defense
DL Marcus Davenport, Sr., UTSADL Jaylon Ferguson, So., Louisiana TechDL Chris Johnson, Sr., WKUDL Oshane Ximines, Jr., Old DominionLB Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., RiceLB Alvin Jones, Sr., UTEPLB Josiah Tauaefa, So., UTSALB Anthony Wint, Sr., FIUDB Brandon Addison, Sr., Old DominionDB Nate Brooks, Jr., North TexasDB Joe Brown, Sr., WKUDB Kishawn McClain, Sr., North Texas
Special Teams
K Canon Rooker, Sr., Middle TennesseeP Jake Collins, Jr., WKUKR Kylen ...
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Track & Field Dominates LSWA Awards for 2017
LSUsports.net
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Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate
BATON ROUGE – LSU seniors Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Rebekah Wales, junior Mikiah Brisco and freshman Ruby Stauber joined head coach Dennis Shaver as major award winners for 2017 as the Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced its postseason track and field awards over the weekend.
Shaver, whose Tigers finished in the top 10 nationally both indoors and outdoors, was named the LSWA Men’s Coach of the Year, while Xavier’s Joseph’s Moses, whose young team won the conference title and scored in NAIA championships, was the women’s selection as coach of the year.
The team consists of a best times list based on the three best state times and distances from a national qualifying list, while the special awards are voted on by the state track and field media relations personnel. The voters cannot vote for athletes or coaches from their own school.
Mitchell-Blake led the men's award winners as the LSWA Men's Track Athlete of the Year, while Southeastern's Alex Young (field athlete), Tulane's Raymond Kibet (freshman) and McNeese State's Christoph Graf (newcomer) were also honored for their performance in 2017.
The Lady Tigers nearly swept the women's awards as Brisco, the NCAA 100-meter champion in 2017, was voted the LSWA Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Wales earned the title of Women's Field Athlete of the Year and Stauber took home the honor as Women's Freshman of the Year. Rounding out the women's award winners was Tulane's Alyssa Applebee as the Women's Newcomer of the Year.
The men’s team of Shaver finished sixth indoors and seventh outdoors, coaching his athletes to nine All-Americans honors in 2017. The Tigers had 30 points indoors and another 20 points at the outdoor championships.
Moses was named the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year as Xavier won the women’s team championship for the fourth time in five year. ...
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More children living in high-poverty neighborhoods following Great Recession
More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession – a troubling shift because children in these neighborhoods are a year behind academically, according to new research from researchers at Rice University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin.
Rice sociologist Rachel Kimbro co-authored “Family Poverty and Neighborhood Poverty: Links With Children’s School Readiness Before and After the Great Recession.”
“Family Poverty and Neighborhood Poverty: Links With Children’s School Readiness Before and After the Great Recession” examines how neighborhood and family poverty predict children’s academic skills and classroom behavior when they start school, and whether associations have changed over a period of 12 years that included the 2008 recession. The researchers used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and examined cohorts of kindergarteners from across the U.S. in 1998 and 2010.
The research revealed that more children whose parents were not already poor were living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession. In 1998, 36 percent of children lived in moderate-low, moderate-high and high-poverty neighborhoods. In 2010, the number rose to 43.9 percent.
The researchers defined a high-poverty neighborhood as one where 40 percent or more of residents live below the poverty line. A moderate-high-poverty neighborhood was defined as having poverty rates of 20-39.9 percent; moderate-low, 14-19.9 percent; and low, 13.9 percent or less.
When broken down by race, non-Hispanic white children had the largest change in terms of living in high-poverty neighborhoods. In 2010 they were 13.2 percentage points more likely to live in moderate-low-, moderate-high- and high-poverty neighborhoods than in 1998. In contrast, in 2010 non-Hispanic black children were only 4.1 percentage points more likely to live in a moderate-high-poverty neighborhood. Hispanic children were 5 percentage points more likely to live in a high-poverty neighborhood in 2010.
Rachel Kimbro, a co-author on the paper and a professor of sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences and founding director of the Kinder Institute’s Urban Health Program, ...
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Estudiants de l'EPSEB proposen nous usos per a antigues naus industrials de Can Ricart i Can Tiana, al Poblenou
Actualitat UPC
Han invertit tot un quadrimestre en conèixer a fons l’edifici: els sistemes constructius, els materials amb què es va construir, les seves lesions, les seves fissures. I també a entendre’l des del punt de vista històric, per comprendre el context en què es va construir i l’ús a què estava destinat, per reconèixer-li el seu valor patrimonial i per donar-li un nou ús que s’adapti a les necessitats de l’entorn en què s’ubica. Aquest és l’objectiu del conjunt d’assignatures que, englobades en el nom de ‘DAC en Rehabilitació’, han portat a una cinquantena d’estudiants d’Arquitectura Tècnica i Edificació de l'EPSEB a conèixer i realitzar propostes per a espais en desús del barri del Poblenou de Barcelona. La iniciativa ha comptat amb la col·laboració del Districte de Sant Martí de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona i la plataforma veïnal Taula Eix Pere IV.La nau industrial Can Tiana ha estat el primer edifici objecte d’estudi d’aquest grup d’estudiants aquest curs. Es tracta d’una nau que forma part d’un conjunt de tres edificis que van ser construïts en diferents etapes, entre el 1898 – 1914, en plena expansió de la indústria tèxtil a Barcelona. La resta dels edificis han estat rehabilitats excepte la nau central, objecte d’estudi, que està reconegut com a bé d’interès urbanístic. Després del treball de camp realitzat, un primer grup d’estudiants, en constatar la importància que mostra el barri en crear espais socials i de lleure, han proposat ubicar-hi un restaurant i una cocteleria amb una oferta gastronòmica variada on destaqui la carta especialitzada del xef convidat. Un segon grup ha plantejat transformar l’espai en una sèrie de tallers amb mestres artesans (vidre fumat, cera, tèxtil) amb una sala ...
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Outpatient Plaque Therapy for Eye Cancer Now Offered at UC
UC Health News
Recently, UC specialists have been offering brachytherapy as an outpatient
procedure for uveal melanoma with the same, effective results as inpatient
radiation.
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Honors College Grad Receives Prestigious Euro Scholarship to Complete Master’s Degree in France
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: June 20, 2017 Lone Star College-CyFairs Daniela Markovic is headed to France in July as the only student in the United States selected to participate in an all-expense paid program to complete her bachelors and masters degrees in engineering.
Washington, D.C. attaché Jean-Pierre Trotignon, President of the N+1 NETWORK, a network of French engineering schools, names this four-year associate to masters degree program as Frances most prestigious degree. The degree program is offered through the French Embassy in partnership with the N+1 NETWORK of Frances top engineering schools and Community Colleges for International Development (CCID.)
I am incredibly excited and honored to have received this wonderful opportunity to further my education and my aspirations, said Markovic, who plans to be an environmental engineer.
Markovic was born in Germany and raised in Houston after her parents, refugees from Bosnia, moved the family to the United States in 1998. She graduated from Langham Creek High School in 2015 and was accepted to Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin, but chose to accept the Honors College Chancellors Fellows Award that she was offered by LSC-CyFair.
We are so proud of Daniela and what she has been able to accomplish while here at LSC-CyFair, said President Dr. Seelpa Keshvala. Through her dedication and perseverance, she has earned an experience of a lifetime that will positively impact her life, her family, and her community.
Through my participation on campus, I have come to understand that there are opportunities everywhere, Markovic said. And succeeding at Lone Star really depends on your persistence and ambition.
LSC-CyFair Honors College Director Esther Robinson describes Markovic as a motivated scholar who made the most of the opportunities that she has been offered as an Honors College Chancellors Fellow. Daniela has been an exceptional role model representing the best that we have to offer to our students on ...
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Lone Star College-North Harris awarded $2.7 million for Upward Bound program
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: July 11, 2017 Lone Star College-North Harris has been awarded two Upward Bound grants for a combined total of $2.7 million dollars.
The Upward Bound Program (UB) at LSC-North Harris is a federally funded grant program designed to assist first-generation, economically disadvantaged high school students in developing the skills and the motivation to succeed in college. Upward Bound participants receive academic advising, standardized test preparation, tutoring, scholarship and financial aid assistance, cultural enrichment, career exploration assistance and college campus tours.
The grant to the Upward Bound program will greatly impact individuals in this community from disadvantaged backgrounds. UB will help students overcome obstacles through the use of college resources leading to an increase in academic performance and providing a smooth transition to college, said U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.Since 1999, LSC-North Harris Upward Bound program has collaborated with Aldine ISD. The program currently serves high school students at MacArthur High School, Nimitz High School, Aldine High School and Eisenhower High School.At LSC-North Harris, students in the program can participate in after-school tutorials and academic programs that build academic skills and improve scholastic performance. In addition to tutoring, students also have the opportunity to enroll in college-preparatory courses throughout high school. The six-week summer program also provides additional instruction in mathematics, English, science and a foreign language. There are a variety of elective courses for students to take advantage of as well.
Although preparing students academically is the main goal of Upward Bound, it is not the only component of the program. Students also participate in cultural enrichment activities, community service events, and college campus visits. Additionally, Upward Bound offers developmental workshops in college success skills such as time management, study skills, and career exploration.
Creating opportunities for disadvantaged students and providing them with the knowledge and tools to excel in academics has always been one of my major priorities. ...
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To vape or not to vape? No - Risky products lure teens
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 7/10/2017
ByLine: San Diego Union Tribune
URL Link: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-utbg-vaping-electronic-cigarettes-risks-20170706-story.html
Page Content: Authored by Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
News Type: Regional
News_Release_Date: July 14, 2017
NewsTags: Cancer; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Pulmonology (Lung)
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2017 Cross Country Schedule Features Three Home Meets, Highlighted By Big West Championships
gohighlanders.com
Riverside–Earlier this week Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Nate Browne released the UC Riverside 2017 Cross Country meet schedule.The Highlanders host three events, and will see the Big West Championships return to the AgOps course after a one-year absence. The conference event is scheduled for Saturday, October 28."Coach Hansen and I are excited about our schedule this year." said Browne.UC Riverside heads to Mammoth Lakes for high-altitude training in mid-August, before gun officially goes off on the 2017 season in Nevada at the Nature's Bakery Twilight Classic on Friday night, September 1. Following the Twilight Classic, both teams return to Mammoth to complete their high-altitude training. See the 2016 Facebook albumOn Saturday, September 16, the blue and gold welcomes runners to the Inland Empire for the 37th annual UC Riverside Invitational.Two weeks later, Coach Browne takes his squad to Fayetteville, AR for the Chili Pepper Festival on Saturday, September 30. "With Stanford forgoing their large invite for a year, it created an opportunity to do something different. The Chili Pepper meet in Arkansas, gives our kids have a great chance to run against some teams they've never seen and on a course that's brand new to them."The 6th annual Highlander Invitational on October 14 serves as the final tune-up on the AgOps course before the Big West Championships. "We're always happy to see the Big West meet return to our place. This is a great meet schedule for this XC group in Coach Hansen's second season.", Browne added.See the full 2017 Cross Country schedule
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Bell to retire from Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group July 31
Vanderbilt News
Roberta Bell (Vanderbilt University)Roberta Bell, who has led Vanderbilt’s institutional research arm since 2003, will retire from the university July 31. As executive director of the Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group (VIRG), Bell has overseen the data-gathering and analysis efforts that help inform critical campus decision-making and planning in areas such as admissions, financial aid, curriculum, enrollment management, staffing, student life, finance, facilities, athletics and alumni relations.
VIRG was established in January 2001 to coordinate institutional research at Vanderbilt and to facilitate the collection, integration and distribution of strategic information. Since then—and largely due to Bell’s leadership—VIRG has grown beyond traditional institutional research to include data governance, operational reporting, business intelligence, data integrity and warehousing efforts.
In addition, Vanderbilt was named the host institution for the Association of American Universities Data Exchange in 2012. AAUDE is a public service organization comprising more than 60 public and private research universities in the United States and Canada whose purpose is to improve the quality and usability of information about higher education. AAUDE collects a wide range of institutional data to allow its member institutions to better understand how they compare to their peers. Bell was honored in May 2017 with the AAUDE’s Distinguished Service Award.
“In the dynamic and rapidly evolving environment of higher education, academic vision and strategic planning must be grounded in reliable information,” Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente said. “VIRG has played a vital role in the creation and implementation of Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan and continues to offer critical support to the university’s vision for the future.
“I am deeply grateful for Roberta’s 14 years of service at Vanderbilt,” Wente said. “She has built and led one of the nation’s leading institutional research groups, as reflected by her recent award from the AAUDE. She will leave us in a tremendously strong ...
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Moody’s Investors Service affirms UM System’s credit rating
University of Missouri System
June 30, 2017
Lowers outlook to negative; University leadership continues to address challenges with bold action plans
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Moody’s Investors Service, one of the nation’s premier credit rating services, announced an affirmation of the University of Missouri System’s high-grade Aa1 credit rating, keeping the University among an elite group of institutions. At the same time, Moody’s revised the rating outlook to negative from stable, reflecting the already known challenges of enrollment and state funding.
“We are pleased with the Aa1 rating from Moody’s but also recognize the financial challenges that need to be addressed with respect to enrollment declines and cuts in state funding,” UM System President Mun Choi said. “The University of Missouri is already putting effective plans into action to increase revenues and lower costs throughout the UM System. Strategic investments in student and faculty success are top priorities on each of our four campuses as we remain focused on our mission of teaching, research and engagement.”
Aa1 is the second highest long-term credit rating an institution can receive from Moody’s; only 10 percent of the higher education institutions rated by Moody’s fall within their top two rating categories. The affirmation by Moody’s of the Aa1 rating follows Standard & Poor’s affirmation of the University’s AA+ rating in March.
UM System strengths noted by Moody’s include:
New leadership with clearly identified plan to address enrollment and state funding challenges;
Essential provider of education and health care services for State of Missouri;
Broad diversification of revenues;
Strong liquidity profile;
Strong UM Health Care performance; and
Continued successful fundraising efforts.
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Nursing Information Session, B.S.N. (UCF Cocoa)
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Register for this Information Session Online HERE This information session is designed to help nurse-pending students understand the process and steps for applying to UCF's limited-access B.S.N. program. Attendees will also learn about unique application requirements to practice and learn in clinical sites, prerequisite courses and grade requirements, and other helpful information. This information session is open to anyone interested in applying to the College of Nursing's B.S.N. program. Attendance is not required of applicants, but is encouraged. Attendees should plan to arrive early and stay for the entire presentation. Please Note: Children are not permitted to attend these information sessions. Please plan accordingly. Thank you and we look forward to meeting you.
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Detour information for July 15–17 UAA Drive and Providence Drive closure
Beginning the weekend of July 15, UAA Drive will be closed between Alumni Drive and Providence Drive. In addition, the westbound lanes of Providence Drive will be closed between Spirit Drive and Alumni Drive. See the map below. The intersection and westbound lanes between UAA Drive and Alumni Drive will reopen the morning of July 17.From July 17 to Aug. 7, the westbound lanes of Providence Drive between Spirit Drive and UAA Drive will be closed.
Eastbound lanes will remain open. UAA’s internal detour route is Alumni Drive and Mallard Lane.
For up-to-date information on summer construction and maintenance, please follow the Facilities blog at uaafacilities.blogspot.com.
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Football. Bryce Crawford Named To Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List
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Crawford is #5 nationally among returning placekickers for field goal accuracy in 2016.
July 12, 2017
2017 Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List West Palm Beach, Fla.----- San Jose State University junior Bryce Crawford is one of 30 players named to the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Watch List for the 2017 season.Crawford was superb in 2016. He converted 16-of-18 field goal tries and made his last 11 attempts. His three field goals in the season finale under wet conditions at Fresno State was the difference in a 16-14 victory. His season-long 44-yard field goal came in the October 29 win over UNLV.Crawford's 88.9 percent field goal conversion rate was 12th best among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players and second best in San Jose State history for kickers making at least one field goal a game in a season. His 2016 percentage is fifth best among returning kickers that made at least 15 field goals last season. Crawford was the Spartans' season scoring leader with 79 points.The Award recognizes the top kicker in the country and is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame kicker Lou Groza who played 21 seasons for the Cleveland Browns. "The Toe" was a combination All-Pro offensive lineman and kicker. He was the 1954 NFL Player of the Year and symbolized there should be a place on an NFL roster for a kicker.During the season, "Stars of the Week" will be featured on www.lougrozaaward.com. Twenty (20) semifinalists will be named on November 2. Three finalists will be announced on November 21 and honored at a December 4 banquet presented by the Orange Bowl Committee in Palm Beach County. The national winner will be presented on December 7 during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show.Season tickets for the 2017 football season are available by calling (408) 924-SJTX or by visiting www.sjsuspartans.com.
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Studying Bat Skulls, Stony Brook Evolutionary Biologist & International Team Discover How Species Evolved
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Studying Bat Skulls, Stony Brook Evolutionary Biologist & International Team Discover How Species Evolved
STONY BROOK, NY, November 23, 2011 – A new study involving bat skulls, bite force measurements and fecal samples collected by an international team of evolutionary biologists is helping to solve a nagging question of evolution: Why some groups of animals evolve scores of different species over time while others evolve only a few. Their findings appear in the current issue of
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
.To answer this question, Elizabeth Dumont at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Liliana Dávalos of SUNY Stony Brook together with colleagues at UCLA and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin compiled large amounts of data on the diet, bite force and skull shape in a family of New World bats, and took advantage of new statistical techniques to date and document changes in the rate of evolution of these traits and the number of species over time. They investigated why there are so many more species of New World Leaf-Nosed bats, nearly 200, while their closest relatives produced only 10 species over the same period of time. Many bats are insect feeders, while the New World Leaf-Nosed bats eat nectar, fruit, frogs, lizards and even blood.
One hypothesis is that the evolution of a trait, such as head shape, that gives access to new resources can lead to the rapid evolution of many new species. As Dumont and Dávalos explain, connecting changes in body structure to an ecological opportunity requires showing that a significant increase in the number of species occurred in tandem with the appearance of new anatomical traits, and that those traits are associated with enhanced resource use.“If the availability of fruit provided the ecological opportunity that, in the presence of anatomical innovations that allowed eating the fruit, led to a significant increase in the ...
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SBU School of Dental Medicine "Give Kids a Smile" Provides Free Dental Care, Education
SBU School of Dental Medicine “Give Kids a Smile” Provides Free Dental Care, Education
Ronald McDonald Joins Event Celebrating National Children’s Dental Health Month
STONY BROOK, N.Y., January 26, 2011 – On February 4, 2011, the School of Dental Medicine at Stony Brook University will provide free dental screening, cleanings, fluoride treatment and oral health education to
Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine faculty, staff, and students will provide oral health education and dental care to hundreds of children at the 2011 “Give Kids a Smile” Day.
hundreds of children at “Give Kids a Smile” Day. The event is the centerpiece of the American Dental Association (ADA) National Children’s Dental Health Month. Sponsored by the ADA, Give Kids a Smile is a one day event in February at dental care locations nationwide. The event is part of a national campaign to provide dental care and promote the importance of oral health to children who might not have ready access due to their economic status. Many families on Long Island do not have adequate dental insurance or the means to provide for proper preventive care for their children. “Each year the School of Dental Medicine looks forward to Give Kids a Smile Day. Our school overflows with children from all over Long Island who come to receive some of the finest dental care available,” says Ray C. Williams, D.M.D., Dean, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine. “I thank the faculty, staff and students of our school for their generous and enthusiastic participation in this very special day.”This year children will be able to show their bright smiles to a special guest – Ronald McDonald. As part of McDonald’s corporate support of Give Kids a Smile Day, Ronald McDonald will be walking about Center, giving thumbs up to participants, and entertaining the kids.“Wolfie,” the SBU mascot, will also welcome ...
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Lone Star College recognized for training military veterans
Lone Star College System News
Published on: May 08, 2015 The Lone Star College Office of Workforce Education, along with the International Association of Drilling Contractors, and Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. has received the Faraday Award for its efforts to prepare and train returning military veterans for careers in the oil and gas drilling industry.
The Faraday Award, presented by Electric Power and Prequalified Ready Employees for Power International (PReP Int), recognizes and honors employers, programs and partnerships focused on helping veterans transition into careers in the energy industry.
Lone Star College has had a long-standing commitment to helping our military veterans find meaningful careers after their service to our country, said Stephen Head, LSC chancellor. Working with IADC and Patterson-UTI, we have seen a 92 percent placement rate for more than 150 participants in the past year alone.
The awards are judged on the number of people assisted, the impact made on the people assisted, the return on investment and innovativeness of the program. The award was presented during the Electric Power Conference in Chicago.
Connecting our hard-working veterans to the power industry is crucial to the future of our industry, so were looking forward to celebrating the winners success stories, said Jamie Reesby, ELECTRIC POWER show director.
The collaborative effort between LSC and the IADC provides meaningful careers to veterans and needed talent for drilling floorhand/roustabout jobs across the world where safety and security are paramount.
In addition to receiving this award, LSC has also been designated a 2015 Military Friendly® School selected from a nationwide list of more than 10,000 schools by Victory Media, a veteran-owned business connecting the military and civilian worlds. This is the second year in row LSC has been recognized.
The contributions our military men and women make are so vital to the success of this great country of ours and we are grateful to be in the position to help them return to ...
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Learn More About Amateur Radios at LSC-Kingwood
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: June 01, 2015
With continuous wet weather and hurricane season around the corner, a community group is encouraging the public to learn how to communicate during a disaster.
Texas Emergency Amateur Communicators (TEAC) and Lone Star College-Kingwoods engineering program will host the Amateur Radio Field Day on the college campus June 27-28. The equipment will be on display from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on June 27 and from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 28. The actual 24-hour field day event starts at 8 a.m. on June 27. All activity will take place in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) room 125.
The primary purpose is to have an event that tests our preparedness and readiness for actual emergencies. By holding the field day, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), we will construct antennas and connect radios with a spontaneous-like atmosphere and operate for a full 24 hours making as many contacts as possible, said John Nobile, LSC-Kingwood student and TEAC member.
Community members interested in operating a radio on a frequency band or learning more about amateur radio equipment are invited to participate in the event. Field day operators will show the benefits of radio to use as basic communication or during real emergency events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, or any other situation where normal communication is unlikely.
Participants will see real radios in operation that can communicate on the high frequency bands and radios that can communicate to satellites orbiting the earth. They will also see the simple antennas that can be built in an hour at home to some complex antennas that can take weeks to design and build.
Another goal is to provide an educational opportunity for children and adults by sharing the opportunities amateur radio has to offer in science, math, and engineering, Nobile said. These contacts with other Amateur Radio Operators can be just ...
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LSC-Montgomery Professor Accepts National Excellence Award
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: April 14, 2015
Lone Star College-Montgomery professor Michele Richey was recently selected as a 2015 recipient of the John and Suanne Roueche Excellence award, a national award given to outstanding community college faculty or staff by the League for Innovation.
Lone Star College-Montgomery professor Michele Richey was recently selected as a 2015 recipient of the John and Suanne Roueche Excellence award, a national award given to outstanding community college faculty or staff by the League for Innovation.The League for Innovation, an international, nonprofit conglomerate of community colleges and corporate partners dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement, established the John and Suanne Rouche award in honor of two distinguished community college leaders, to recognize outstanding community college teachers and their directorship efforts.Recipients are recognized annually in a series of activities and promotions, then presented each spring with the award at the Leagues Innovations conference. Richey, associate sociology professor, was presented with the award in Boston last month.I was very honored to receive this award, said Richey. I work hard to try to set my students up for success in my classes, as well as make the material applicable to their everyday lives regardless of what its like for them at home or work. I also try to advocate for students through my leadership positions on campus.Richey, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, attended New York University where she received her bachelors degree in psychology and sociology and her masters degree in higher education leadership.Richey spent ten years working in student affairs at Seattle University, the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado-Boulder. While in Colorado Springs, she earned her masters in sociology.Upon relocating to Houston, Richey worked at the University of Houston and Houston Community College before hiring on as a full-time professor with LSC-Montgomery.This is my dream job and I feel extremely blessed ...
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Seminars Help Job Seekers Gain a Competitive Edge
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: October 29, 2012
Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library and Workforce Solutions are presenting two free seminars designed to give job-seekers a competitive edge in todays competitive job market.
Creating a Resume/Completing the Application (November 7, 1:00- 3:00 p.m.) is a two-hour seminar on how to best present yourself on paper to potential employers. Preparation, identifying skills and experience, matching them to the job, and presenting them in a compelling manner are just some of the topics to be discussed.
Using the Internet (November 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m.) is a two-hour seminar on how to harness the power of the Internet. Researching job markets, using job boards and looking up potential employers are just some of the topics to be discussed.
Both seminars will be held in the Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library (Room L-207) and followed by one-hour resume labs (3:00-4:00 p.m.). Lab participants will need their library cards to log in to the computers (for those without a card, a temporary card can be issued) and a jump/flash drive to save their resumes. LSC-Tomball is located at 3055 Tomball Parkway, at the intersection of State Highway 249 and Zion Road.
For more information, contact Alpana Sarangapani (832.559.4219 or alpana.sarangapani@lonestar.edu).
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With 75,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area, and the fastest-growing community college system in Texas. Dr. Richard Carpenter is the chancellor of LSCS, which consists of six colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, five centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.
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WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities receives funding for next five years
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
West Virginia has a higher prevalence of disabilities than any other state in the United States. In 2015, 19.5 percent of the WV population reported having a disability while health programs for individuals with disabilities are limited.
The WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED) was awarded funding to continue serving as West Virginia’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). The WVU CED is one of 67 UCEDDs funded to address issues, find solutions, and advance research to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Funding for the next five years will focus on supporting individuals with disabilities and their families in many ways, particularly with regard to their health care, employment opportunities, health and wellness, and transitional experiences.
“Individuals with disabilities and their families living in West Virginia are particularly vulnerable to changes being considered in health care, accessible education opportunities, and employment. Given that a significant portion of our WV population has at least one disability, it is crucial that we are focused and effective in our services to the state” said Dr. Lesley Cottrell, WVU CED Director.
The WVU CED was funded 2.73 million dollars for the fiscal period of 2017-2022. This funding provides core administrative funding needed to provide training, community services, research, and information dissemination to the state. Last year, the WVU CED served 60,950 West Virginians through its 7 programs and 3 clinics.
This funding is provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Administration for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
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Gruszecki named to Polish training camp squad
UT Arlington Mavs Blog
Former UTA men's basketball standout Karol Gruszecki has been selected as one of 17 players invited to participate as members of the Polish National Team in preparation for the 2017 European Championships this summer.
The team will spend two weeks in Walbrzych beginning on July 23 and will play a series of friendlies in Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and Poland. Eurobasket is scheduled for August 31 - Sept. 17 with games being played in Finland, Israel, Romania and Turkey. Poland is in Group A, along with Greece, France, Finland, Iceland and Slovenia.Gruszecki played in the 2015 championships, in which Poland finished in 11th place. He also represented Poland at the U16, U18 and U20 FIBA European Championships. He averaged 6.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in the three youth championship events.
Recently, Gruszecki signed a 2-year agreement to play for Polski Cukier Torun in the Polish League.
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Levin Center hosts Scholars Roundtable on Congressional Oversight
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Levin Center hosts Scholars Roundtable on Congressional OversightJune 12, 2017In an effort to analyze and improve congressional oversight, the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School hosted 23 scholars from 19 institutions on Friday, June 9, for a Scholars Roundtable.
“Bipartisan congressional oversight is as important as ever as a means to investigate complex issues,” said former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, chair of the Levin Center at Wayne Law and the law school’s distinguished legislator in residence. “This gathering of leading scholars is intended to generate new research to make congressional investigations more effective and useful.”
The roundtable discussion at Wayne State University Law School, located in Levin’s hometown of Detroit, brought together scholars with academic disciplines ranging from law and government, to political theory and history. Discussion included past research efforts as well as developing a national research agenda on congressional oversight. Potential future research topics include defining and measuring the effectiveness of oversight, exploring incentives for members of Congress to conduct oversight and understanding how congressional oversight efforts affect policy outcomes.
“Congressional capacity to conduct meaningful, evidence-based oversight is woefully inadequate. We need to understand why that is and what to do about it,” said roundtable participant Professor Richard L. Hall of the University of Michigan. “The Levin Center assembled the best oversight scholars in the country to explore these questions and set the agenda for future research.”
The roundtable on congressional oversight is the first of its kind in U.S. academic circles.
Other participants in the scholars roundtable shared the following feedback:
“Congress’ oversight duties are as important as its lawmaking role. The conference stimulated new ideas for research and practical suggestions for improvement.” – Bryan D. Jones, J.J. “Jake” Pickle Regents Chair in Congressional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
“These are challenging times for congressional oversight. The Levin ...
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Rock Creek’s 40th birthday was a 10-month party for campus community
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Rock Creek’s 40th birthday was a 10-month party for campus community
Photos and Story by Janis Nichols |
The end of the 2016-17 year didn’t just mean the end to the academic season, but also meant an end to the 10-month celebration of Rock Creek Campus’ 40th birthday. Don’t worry, there is no mid-life crisis there.
“Thanks to all the students, faculty and staff who helped Rock Creek celebrate its 40th birthday: for showing up, for volunteering, for your generosity and for your support of PCC Rock Creek,” said Rock Creek President Sandra Fowler-Hill. “We look forward to celebrating our 50th in 2026.”
It’s an impressive four-decade run for the 265-acre campus. Starting as an idea by founding president Dr. Amo DeBernardis in 1969, college planners had to leap many hurdles to finally open Rock Creek in the middle of 1976, an effort labeled “The Battle for Rock Creek.” Since then, PCC’s rural campus has been transformed by voter-approved bond construction that has turned it into one of the cornerstone locations of the college district.
This year’s celebration started with fall In-Service when “Zippy the Drone” captured a 40th birthday photo of Rock Creek faculty and staff on the lawn outside Building 7. Campus organizers announced a 10-month long competition to secure donations for the Food Pantry that benefits students, and welcomed the first Oregon Promise students to campus.
The annual Harvest Festival in October brought more than 1,000 visitors to campus, who in turn gave 400 pumpkins new homes just in time for Halloween.
“It was a great collaboration involving ASPCC and the Learning Garden,” added Fowler-Hill.
In November, the Women’s Resource Center and ASPCC created 42 Thanksgiving baskets for Rock Creek students. With the goal of 40 baskets in honor of the 40th birthday, more than 250 campus faculty and staff donated food items for the annual event.
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Sunday, July 16, 2017
Latina Activism Conference
SSU News
After obtaining federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in February, Sonoma State University is taking another step toward strengthening its commitment to serve the Latino population of the North Bay with the inaugural Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) — or Women Active in Letters and Social Change — Summer Institute taking place on campus July 19-22. Some panel discussions are also open to the public free of charge."MALCS has been a student-driven, grassroots effort," says conference co-chair and SSU Chicano and Latino Studies Professor Patricia Kim-Rajal. "The club is really responding to student needs and demands."
The Sonoma State chapter of MALCS — a national organization of student-run clubs on university campuses — was chartered last year by student Patricia Ayala Macias. "For us, this conference is part of our continuing work of networking students with faculty mentors and inspiring them to go into grad school, and to see ourselves as researchers and part of academia," she says.
Sonoma State University Research Coordinator Dra. Mariana G. Martinez knows firsthand the benefits a conference like this can provide. As a grad student, she attended a similar conference years ago in Santa Barbara hosted by a different MALCS chapter and found it inspiring. "You get to understand a lot of the theoretical concepts and apply them to your own life," says the conference co-chair and MALCS de SSU faculty advisor.
"It's important to have these events at Sonoma State and in the North Bay, especially now that a lot of social justice work is focused on San Francisco and Oakland," says Ayala.
This is not their first time organizing an event like this on campus, either. Earlier this year Kim-Rajal and Martinez were advisors to Ayala in organizing the University's first Women of Color conference, which featured keynote speeches by SSU President Judy K. Sakaki and Black Lives Matter co-founder ...
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CI students help elementary school kids write poems inspired by historical photos of animals
CSU Chanel Islands News
Camarillo, Calif., March 21, 2016 — CSU Channel Islands (CI) School of Education graduate student Katelyn Sallee, 22, was delighted with the imaginative poems her students wrote in the second annual “Bards and Beasts” art and poetry exhibit.“They just blew me away with the descriptions they were able to come up with,” she said.Hosted by Ventura County Poet Laureate Phil Taggart, “Bards and Beasts” is an annual celebration of poetry held each year at a Ventura County elementary school.This year’s “Bards and Beasts” is being held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24 at the University Preparation School in Camarillo.With guidance from 20 CI student teachers like Sallee, fourth- and fifth-graders used Santa Paula historian John Nichols collection of historic photos of animals as inspiration to compose poetry.One fourth-grader wrote:“My Dog – a Wonder PoemDear Pet Dog,Why do you sleep all day and why are you so fluffy?Why do you want all my food and stare out the window?What do you dream about?Why are you so hyper and smell like grassWhen I give you kisses?Do you watch T.V. while I am gone?”And a fifth-grader wrote:“Fire CatFollow me and I will show you my fire cave.My beaming smile shines when I’m runningWild in the wind.It is exhausting to always be flaming hot.My dearest companion is the bright sunIn the morningAnd the sunset at night.At nighttime, under the stars, you can onlySee the fire and flame of my beautiful fur.”CI Education Lecturer Mary Kay Rummel spearheaded the first “Bards and Beasts” in 2015, when she was Ventura County Poet Laureate.“It’s a way to bring together the University and the school and community and the arts around poetry,” Rummel said. “One of the goals of the poet laureateship is to bring poetry into the community.”Rummel and Taggart ...
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SCSF puts modern twist on ‘Comedy of Errors’
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What happens when Antipholus meets Antipholus and Dromio meets Dromio?
The pairs look alike, so it must mean that these are sets of twins, correct?
That is exactly the case. In William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” a Syracusan man and his servant run into their twin brothers in the Greek city of Ephesus. When friends and families of the twins in Ephesus mistake them for the Syracuse pair, a series of wild mishaps lead to all manner of dubious outcomes – including unjust beatings, near-seduction and arrests.
The Shakespearean comedy will play out on stage this September at the Cal Poly Pomona Studio Theatre, courtesy of The Southern California Shakespeare Festival (SCSF) – a program run by Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre and New Dance faculty member Linda Bisesti.
Bisesti, the festival’s founder and artistic director, says that for its 13th season, SCSF will be making some modern adjustments to one of the Bard’s earliest works that will put a fresh coat of paint on a play more than 400 years old.
Taking an already bizarre story over the top, the city of Ephesus becomes Venice Beach and Syracuse changed to San Diego. The carnival-like nature of Venice Beach will be played up with a pre-show performance of circus acts that will bleed into the main performance.
Bisesti said much of the play’s reimagining stems from director Sam Robinson, who will also invert genders of the characters to place women in men’s positions, and vice versa. Antipholus becomes Anna-Maria, and Dromio becomes Darian.
“The roles are gender-bended, so the husband and wife’s roles get reexamined in terms of gendering,” Bisesti says. “Part of my belief is that Shakespeare is gender-blind and colorblind. The Elizabethans did Shakespeare with all men, and now it’s time to do it with all sorts of different people and changing ...
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CSUSB hate crime expert Brian Levin interviewed on KQED’s ‘Forum’
CSUSB News
Hate crimes in California increased more than 11 percent last year, according to a California Department of Justice report released this month. Race-related hate crimes – mostly against African Americans and Latinos — accounted for the majority of the incidents, but hate crimes against people based on their sexual orientation and against Muslims and Jews also rose. Forum discusses the disturbing trend and what may be driving it.
Read the Report (California Department of Justice)
Guests:Brian Levin, director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernardino
Hate Crimes on the Rise in California 12 July,2017Michael Krasny
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Mendongrak Budaya Menulis dan Membaca di Pedalaman
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1Lulusan SPGN 1 Bandung, sekarang mengajar di UPI dan Masih Menulis Sejumlah Buku diantaranya diterbitkan di Lambert Academic Publisher Germany sebanyak 2 Judul dan Rosda Karya 15 Judul
Menulis merupakan sesuatu yang sangat mudah bagi sebagian orang yang sudah terbiasa menulis sejumlah karya tulisnya baik buku, makalah, naskah pidato, naskah perundangan, puisi, ceritera, novel, dan mungkin berita, laporan dan sejenisnya. Namun setiap teknik dan hasil karya tulis tersebut tidaklah sama antara satu sama lain terutama cara dan peruntukannya, bahkan orang yang menulisnya.
Fenomena sekarang, sejak berulirnya era digital dan media online lainnya maka dapat dirasakan budaya menulis setidaknya akan menghadapi tantangan besar, kenapa tidak?. Coba kita perhatikan dengan cermat, misalnya seorang siswa yang disuruh mengerjakan sebuah tugas dari gurunya tentang bagaimana mengumpukan sebuah cerita maka ia dengan mudah akan mendapatkannya dan bagi siswa yang pintar mungkin mengunduhnya dan memberikan komentar atau penambahan-penambahan pada cerita tersebut. Namun sebaliknya bagi siswa yang terburu-buru, tidak cukup waktu, bahkan yang cenderung malas mungkin hanya “mencopas”-nya saja. Lebih paraha agi jika seorang guru atau dosen atau para pendidik lainnya ketika akan memberikan layanan pembelajaran, kemudian bahan ajarnya menggunakan karya-karya tulis yang sudah ada yang bertebaran di dunia maya, maka fenomena ini jika dibiarkan akan menjadi sebuah gunung es yang tinggal menunggu waktu bahwa budaya menulis akan digantikan dengan “Budaya Copy-Paste”. Kecenderungan para guru dan dosen mungkin saja akan terjebak kepada masa kemandulan untuk menuangkan ide dan pemikirannya ke dalam bentuk tulisan-tulisan berbobot yang sebenarnya mereka mampu untuk melakukannya, namun enggan untuk memulainya.
Seandainya kondisi di atas tidak terjadi dipelosok, mengingat dipelosok atau dipedalaman mungkin tidak semuanya memiliki akses internet, sehingga peluang-peluang memanfaatkan karya orang lain yang tidak benar dapat diminimalisir. Walaupun di sisi lain dengan mudahnya fasilitas akses internet dapat membantu para siswa, guru, dosen dan pendidik lainnya untuk membaca karya orang dan mencoba untuk mengikutinya, mengutifnya dan mengembangkannya menjadi karya baru yang bisa ...
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Lisa McClain and Elizabeth Cook
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Lisa McClain and Elizabeth Cook
Department of History, Department of English
Lisa McClain, History, and Elizabeth Cook, English, have just returned from New York where they attended the “Reacting to the Past” 17th Annual Faculty Institute. Reacting to the Past consists of elaborate role-playing games for the college classroom, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by actual events and classic texts in the history of ideas. McClain and Cook will be part of a team working with the Center for Teaching and Learning to introduce this proven pedagogical tool at Boise State.
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