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Retirement celebration for John Hanson set for Friday, July 28
Green & Gold News
Retirement celebration for John HansonFriday, July 28, 2-4 p.m.Engineering & Industry Building, Third Floor and the Parrish BridgeAll are invited to attend a retirement celebration for John Hanson, senior project manager with Facilities Planning & Construction. Please join us to celebrate John’s retirement after over 20 years of service to UAA!
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W. Track & Field. 51 Spartans Receive MW Scholar-Athlete Recognition
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
Eight student-athletes received the honor each of their four years at San José State.
July 18, 2017
Colorado Springs, Colo.— A school-record 51 San José State University student-athletes have received a 2016-17 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award for their performance in the classroom during their athletic career.The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must have completed two semesters at the institution, have a 3.5 or better grade point average and have participated in a competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.The Spartan student-athletes represent 13 sports, led by women’s swimming and diving with 13 honorees and followed by women’s track and field with seven.Eight San José State student-athletes have earned an award each of their four years – Jack Veasey (BASE); Karina Nunes (WXC/T&F); Tim Crawley (FB); Chelsea Jenner and Katelyn Linford (SB); Taylor Solorio (WSW); and Marie Klocker and Gaelle Rey (WTN).“Our student-athletes continue to make us proud by showing us that academic excellence is indeed achievable. I am impressed that we continue to set records each year with the number of student-athletes recognized by the Mountain West. Our coaches and academic team work diligently to ensure that every Spartan is successful in the classroom,” said Eileen Daley, senior associate athletics director for academics and student services.The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West to a new league-record 756 student-athletes recognized.2016-17 San José State University MW Scholar-Athletes# # #
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Zealandia should hold answers about tectonics, past climate
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Scientific expedition will explore Tasman Sea for clues about submerged continent
Thirty scientists will sail from Australia July 27 on a two-month ocean drilling expedition to the submerged continent of Zealandia in search of clues about its history, which relates to key questions about plate tectonic processes and Earth’s past greenhouse climate.
Jerry Dickens standing on a map of Zealandia in Rice’s Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)
“We’re really looking at the best place in the world to understand how plate subduction initiates,” said expedition co-chief scientist Gerald Dickens, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary science at Rice University. “This expedition will answer a lot of lingering questions about Zealandia.”
Expedition 371, a cruise sponsored by the National Science Foundation and its international partners in the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), will sail from Townsville, Australia, aboard JOIDES Resolution, one of the world’s most sophisticated scientific drill ships. Expedition scientists will join more than 20 scientific crew members in drilling at six Tasman Sea sites at water depths ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 meters. At each site, the crew will drill from 300 to 800 meters into the seafloor to collect cores — complete samples of sediments deposited over millions of years. The cores hold fossil evidence the scientists can use to assemble a detailed record of Zealandia’s past.
“Some 50 million years ago a massive shift in plate movement happened in the Pacific Ocean,” said Jamie Allan, program director in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Ocean Sciences, which supports IODP. “It resulted in the diving of the Pacific Plate under New Zealand, the uplift of New Zealand above the waterline and the development of a new arc of volcanoes. This IODP expedition will look at the timing and causes of these changes, as well as related changes in ocean circulation patterns and ultimately Earth’s climate.”
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SBUMC Opens New And Expanded Facility Dedicated To Comprehensive Care Of 9/11 First Responders
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SBUMC Opens New And Expanded Facility Dedicated To Comprehensive Care Of 9/11 First Responders
Medical Monitoring Program Treats 5,000 Patients as the Need Grows
Stony Brook University Medical Center officially opened its new and expanded World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program (WTCMMTP) facility on December 3. The program cares for approximately 5,000 9/11 first responders living on Long Island. At the ribbon cutting, from left: Senator Brian X. Foley; John Feal, First Responder Advocate; Bill Lindsay (behind), Presiding Officer, Suffolk County Legislature; Dr. Benjamin J. Luft, Medical Director, WTCMMTP; Mike Valentin (center), disabled NYPD detective; Dr. Byranna Ramakrishna, WTCMMTP pulmonologist; Assemblyman Michael J. Fitzpatrick; Glen Klein, NYPD retired detective; Kevin Coenen, FDNY; Melodie Guerrera, Administrative Director, WTCMMTP, and Thomas Ryan, disabled NYPD detective.
STONY BROOK, NY-December 12, 2009- Stony Brook University Medical Center has opened a new and expanded World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program (WTCMMTP) facility to care for thousands of 9/11 first responders who continue to suffer from asthma, pulmonary conditions, post-traumatic stress disorders, and other conditions related to their work at ground zero. The WTCMMTP medical staff, patients, and government officials attended a ribbon cutting of the state-of-the-art facility in Islandia, N.Y., on December 3.
In operation since immediately after 9/11, the WTCMMTP is a federally funded program largely supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), an arm of the Centers for Disease Control. With an annual budget of more than $8 million, the SBUMC program to date has cared for approximately 5,000 Long Islanders and 9/11 first responders, including police officers, firefighters, and construction workers. The program assists 25-to-30 new patients on average each month.
“We all recollect the horror of September 11, 2001, but out of the aftermath came an army of common people, who were anything but common,” said Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., Medical Director of the WTCMMTP. “Tens of thousands came, policemen, fireman, laborers, fathers, and mothers, ...
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Passionate Cancer Patient Advocate At Stony Brook Named Co-Chair Of National Survivorship Committee
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Passionate Cancer Patient Advocate At Stony Brook Named Co-Chair Of National Survivorship Committee
Linda Bily named to national post with Cancer Patient Education Network
STONY BROOK, N.Y., January 18, 2011 – Linda Bily, Supervisor and Patient Advocate at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center , has been named Co-Chair of the Survivorship Committee of the national
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Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN). Bily has been employed with Stony Brook since 1990 and serves as a strong cancer patient advocate at the Cancer Center. She also performs community outreach on behalf of the Cancer Center and has been honored for her volunteer work with the Michael Maffetone Community Service Award. She serves on the Cancer Advocates Coalition and the GIFT Program of Stony Brook Foundation. She will serve as co-chair of CPEN’s Survivorship Committee with Kathy Denton of MD Anderson Cancer Center. The committee’s focus is on issues related to cancer survivorship. “This is a great honor and outstanding recognition of an outstanding advocate for our cancer patients at Stony Brook,” said Rose Cardin, RN, MSN, Associate Director of Nursing and Psychiatry and Administrator for Cancer Services at Stony Brook University Medical Center. “Linda will represent the interests of cancer patients nationwide with the same professionalism and passion she brings to her job every day at Stony Brook,” Cardin said. “As a breast cancer survivor, I am passionate about the need for all cancer patients to have the tools necessary for them to advocate for their own best health care,” Bily said. “I serve as a patient advocate and continue to volunteer within the community, and on a national level, as a community outreach educator, grant reviewer, hotline counselor and mentor/buddy. I just love what I do.” A non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, VA, CPEN was initiated in 1989 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a structure for strengthening ...
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Lone Star College names new president at LSC-Montgomery
Lone Star College System News
Published on: April 29, 2015 Lone Star College announced Dr. Rebecca Riley has been named as the new president of LSC-Montgomery, effective May 1. Riley has served as the interim president since January 2015.
Prior to joining LSC-Montgomery, Riley served as vice president of instruction at LSC-Kingwood, a position she held since August 2009. Riley began her career at LSC-Kingwood in 1993 as an adjunct instructor of art and went on to hold numerous other positions including professor of art, associate dean and dean of arts and humanities, and interim vice president of student success.
We were lucky to have so many qualified candidates interested in the presidency, said Stephen Head, LSC chancellor. Dr. Riley stood out with her unique combination of creativity and analytical ability. She is an excellent communicator who values and practices transparency, inclusion and collaboration.
Lone Star College-Montgomery has such a rich tradition of not only helping students succeed, but of also being an integral part of the community, said Riley. I am excited to have been chosen to continue that tradition and look forward to working with the talented faculty and staff.
What really stood out to us is how much Dr. Riley understands Lone Star College and her commitment to our fundamental goals, values and vision, said Head.
Riley holds an Ed.D. in higher education leadership from Sam Houston State University, an M.F.A. in printmaking and art history and a B.F.A. in painting and art history from Texas Tech University.
All finalist candidates participated in meetings and open forums with the chancellors cabinet, community leaders, faculty, staff and students.
Riley currently serves on the board of directors of the Humble Area Assistance Ministries. She has served on numerous other boards in the past including the Community Chamber of Commerce and Culture Shapers.
Dr. Rebecca Riley has been named as the new president of Lone Star ...
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"Alchemy of Tea" Comes to LSC-Kingwood
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: April 24, 2015
LSC-Kingwood art professor Mari Omori uses tea to make this piece titled, Mask Summer for the Alchemy of Tea art exhibition that will be on display at the college May 20-June 24.
Tea has been a part of sacred rituals across the globe for centuries. To showcase this custom, Alchemy of Tea will be on display at Lone Star College-Kingwood.
This art exhibit will be housed in the colleges Fine Arts Gallery May 20 to June 24. Alchemy of Tea brings together a group of American artists inspired by tea. This unique and stunning collection of work provokes viewers to ponder the transformation of tea in its consumable and degradable form into art objects.
The fragility and golden hues found in this collection project the historical and spiritual roots of tea while each artist's subjects juxtapose a contemporary take on tea as a medium and muse, said Kris Larson, gallery director.
Alchemy of Tea is curated by Jen Crickenberger of the Cornelius Art Center in North Carolina. Featured artists include Barbara Bartlett, Bridget Conn, Elizabeth Alexander, Jennifer Coyne-Qudeen, Mari Omori, a LSC-Kingwood art professor; and Rodney Thompson.
From tea-stained installation works to photography and porcelain -this exhibition has something that will inspire everyone, Larson said.
An open house with refreshments will be held on Thursday, June 4 at 12 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery, followed by a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony. Reservations are recommended for the tea ceremony and can be emailed to kc.artgallery@LoneStar.edu.
The LSC-Kingwoods Fine Arts Gallery is located in the Performing Arts Center (PAC), room 114. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and closed on weekends. All gallery events are free and open to the public. For more information call 281-312-1534 or visit the gallery website at www.LoneStar.edu/arts-kingwood.
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Happy Birthday Walt! Writers in Performance Series Celebrates with Annual Gathering
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: April 06, 2015
Join the Writers In Performance series for a two-part birthday celebration for acclaimed poet Walt Whitman, on Thursday, May 7 at Lone Star College-Montgomery and Dosey Doe Music Café in Conroe. Enjoy Walt Whitman discussions by author Ed Folsom, open-mic poetry readings, live music and more.
Continuing the long-running annual tradition of sonnet andverse, the Writers In Performance series hosts a two-part birthday celebration for acclaimed poet Walt Whitman, on Thursday, May 7. The celebration will bring together more than 20 of the regions best-known poets for what, according to Dianne Logan of the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council, is known as one of the longest-running Whitman birthday celebrations in the world. The first event, which takes place at Lone Star College-Montgomery at 3 p.m. in the General Academic Center (Bldg. G), Ed Folsom, Ph.D., author of Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song and other works on Whitman, will discuss nineteenth-and twentieth-century American poetry and ways poets have talked back to Walt Whitman over the years, and how Whitman tapped into the American culture. As a professor of English at the University of Iowa, Folsom has written, edited, and co-edited a number of books on Whitman, including Walt Whitmans Native Representations and Walt Whitman and the World, as well as directed and co-directed a number of Whitman conferences around the world. Other poets and authors Folsom has penned about include William Carlos Williams, Frederick Douglass, and Emily Dickenson. Then, at 7 p.m. at Dosey Doe Music Café in Conroe, the celebration will continue with the traditional gathering of poets in an open-mic reading and birthday bash. All Whitman enthusiasts are invited to read a favorite work of Whitmans during the open mic segment of the celebration. Additionally, soprano Dr. Marion Russell Dickson, pianist Shannon Hesse, and clarinetist Richard Nunemaker will perform several selections from twentieth and twenty-first century ...
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LSC-Tomball 2017 Commencement Ceremony Sets Viewership Record
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: May 18, 2017 TOMBALL, Texas Lone Star College-Tomballs 2017 Commencement Ceremony was one for the record books, with more than 1,200 friends and family members in attendance and an unexpectedly high number of viewers via live stream.
Weve had over 800 hits, but the remarkable data is the locations of viewership, said LSC-Tomball Client Technologies Tech Jay Hargett. The only continents we did not have viewers on was Australia and Antarctica continent. From Jordan to India, Pakistan, Morocco, Ukraine, to other Central and South American countries, this service was well received locally and internationally. It says that our student base is as diverse as the world is, and I think thats impressive.
During the ceremony, 192 LSC-Tomball students walked the stage on May 13 at Faithbridge Church-Klein Campus. Everyone has a story," LSC-Tomball President Dr. Lee Ann Nutt, who presided over the ceremony, told graduates. Each of us have overcome adversity or challenges along our journey. The perseverance required to make it to this day is a testament to the nature of the commitment each of you has to your future.
The commencement exercise is the pinnacle of the academic year. Representatives from the Lone Star College Board of Trustees and members of the Chancellors Cabinet were in attendance at this years ceremony. Though not all participated in the 2017 Commencement Ceremony, more than 650 students graduated from LSC-Tomball this year. LSC Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith, delivered the keynote address. The graduates also heard from student speaker and fellow graduate Carmen Castellanos.
"As excited as I am for the future, looking back at my LSC-Tomball experience, I could almost cry just realizing that I'll never again sit in a history class with Babu to learn about the Civil War and see no less than a dozen professional grade cat pictures," Castellanos said during her speech, referring to a beloved History professor and his famous pets. " ...
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Local Rising High School Seniors Get Hands-on Approach to Medicine
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In the Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills (CLASS) Center at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), rising high school senior Elizabeth Lozano bent over her manikin, carefully performing her first intubation. When she straightened, second-year MD student and mentor Damani Mcintosh-Clarke complimented her technique with a “good job!”“I was the first to do it,” Lozano said proudly. “I did some research at home, [but] they showed us [here] first. It’s pretty cool.”
Lozano was one of more than a dozen seniors from Washington, D.C.-area public and charter high schools participating in the SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion DC Health and Academic Preparation Program (DC HAPP), which gives qualifying students the opportunity to explore a career path in medicine. Students must receive two recommendations from teachers or guidance counselors and demonstrate an interest in pursuing health care to be accepted into the program.
“I’ve always been interested in science and medicine. Since the start of third grade, I’ve wanted to be more than just a doctor; I want to be a surgeon,” said to Ezechinyere Njoku, a senior at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School. “I want to learn as much as much as possible about the medical field and the medical world because there are so many things you can do that I still don’t know myself. Everything in this program is learning.”
Njoku, like Lozano and fellow cohort member Djibril Fall, a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School, embraced the array of learning experiences DC HAPP offers: guest speakers, a community health project, college preparation seminars, lectures on career paths and health conditions, and hands-on training.
“I’m open to everything and trying to take as much as I can in of all the things we do,” Fall said, later adding that the hands-on approach “is the ...
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Curtis named WVU Extension Service director of communications and marketing
Stories | WVU Today | West Virginia University
At
the heart of the West Virginia University Extension Service is a passion for the state and its
people. That statement also holds true for Tara Curtis, the new director
of communications and marketing for the University’s main outreach arm,
bringing more than 20 years of public relations, communications and marketing
experience to the unit.
Not
only is she a Mountaineer through and through in regards to her work experience
and academic career, but she’s also acutely aware of Extension’s mission as she
spent part of her youth growing up in West Virginia 4-H programs.
According
to Curtis, it’s a foundation that will serve her well as the University and
Extension Service work tirelessly to improve the lives of all West Virginians.
“The
work done through WVU Extension is vital to our state. Our educational
programs, resources, outreach initiatives and research open doors to
opportunity for our fellow West Virginians,” said Curtis. “I’m looking forward
to working with the Extension team to showcase these amazing stories while connecting
people to the wonderful things we offer.”
WVU
Extension Service Dean and Director Steve Bonanno expressed that he
was delighted with the hire, and knows full well the capabilities that Curtis
brings to the WVU Extension Service.
“Tara
is well respected in the WVU community for her professionalism and passion for
the University’s mission,” said Bonanno. “But, what gives me the most
confidence in her is the fact that she’s so active in numerous community and charitable
organizations around town — that demonstrates a character that aligns with the
core of what we’re all about.”
Curtis
comes to the WVU Extension Service after serving as the director of
communications and marketing for the WVU School
of Nursing. Before that, she led communications for the WVU Alumni Association for more than 11 years.
She
holds a bachelor’s ...
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OSU Brings Piano Class to Stillwater Community
Oklahoma State University - News and Communications
An Oklahoma State University music professor is offering a new, non-credit piano class for Stillwater-area adults. Aimed at beginners and those who wish to brush up on their skills, Introduction to Piano will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 5:30 and 6:20 p.m. from Aug. 22 – Dec. 8 inside the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts at OSU.
Instructor Nataša Kaurin-Karača has taught Class Piano at OSU since 2006 and has 15 years overall of delivering piano instruction. She plans to take the fundamentals of that class and adapt them for beginning students in the community.
“Perhaps they always wanted to learn to play, but were reluctant to start with individual lessons or they thought it would take years of lessons to be able to play confidently,” Kaurin-Karača said. “Taking Class Piano is a wonderful way to make that first step and may start a new, highly-rewarding hobby.”
Over the course of 16 weeks, students will learn the basics of piano, but will soon move to both classical and popular music repertoire. Assignments may also be tailored to the interest of individual students. No experience is necessary to enroll in the class.
“If a student played a different instrument and already knows some basics of notation, that will only speed up the process for them but even students with no experience are welcome,” Kaurin-Karača said.
A typical lesson includes several activities introducing new repertoire, harmonization of folk and popular tunes, ensemble playing, sight-reading, and technical exercises. It is a non-credit course, so no quizzes or tests will be administered and grades will not be assigned. There will be a final performance, which is open to the public.
Registration is $350 for the 16-week class and is due by Aug. 8.
To register online or for more information, visit http://asoutreach.okstate.edu/community/piano or contact Program Coordinator Christine Nichols at Christine. ...
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Tree thinning project gives NAU forestry students real-world experience
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Forestry students walked away with real-world experience after being tapped to research and create a prescription to help Northern Arizona University maintain and protect its on-campus ponderosa pine forest while reducing the fire hazard. Next week, the university will put those plans into action.The 17 students, led by professor Kristen Waring, a silviculturist, worked with grounds crews at NAU to determine what they wanted to accomplish with the trees east of the Babbitt Administrative Center and along the Sinclair Wash, where the Flagstaff Urban Trail System runs through campus. They collected data on the understory of the forest, measured the slope and examined the trees before determining which needed to be cut down to improve the long-term health of the forest, reduce fire safety and get rid of any unhealthy trees.
“We want to make our campus forests safer by managing them like any other forest would be managed, such as tree thinning and removing some pine needles to let the forest understory plants grow more naturally,” said Susan Dietrich, a grounds supervisor at NAU.
The project’s goals are:
Promoting healthy forest conditions by reducing competition-related mortality, increasing native understory production and maintaining tree species diversity
Promoting conditions not conducive to high severity fire by reducing the amount of forest “litter” and reducing the hazard for crown fire through monitoring tree height
Providing a safe space for human activities by maintaining appropriate sight lines, cutting down dead branches that stretch into the urban trail and removing trees that are potentially hazardous to humans
In their research, the students determined that if the trees are left to grow with no thinning, competition for scarce resources would cause a decrease in the number and health of the trees in the next several decades. The fire danger for a crown fire, which would move along the tops of the trees and wipe ...
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DePaul makes list of best online liberal arts colleges
DePaul Newsline
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Last month, College Choice named DePaul to its list of the 25 best online liberal arts colleges for 2017. The website recognized DePaul for providing adult students the opportunity to customize their education explicitly to their career goals through the School for New Learning's Individualized Focus Area program. The site also recognized the program's wide range of tracks and concentrations.
The website pulled statistics for the list from DePaul's websites, as well as nationally recognized U.S. News & World Report and The National Center for Education Statistics. College Choice is an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find information about colleges and universities. By publishing rankings and reviews, the site aims to make choosing the right college easier.
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CWRU Women’s Basketball Named to WBCA Academic Top 25 Honor Roll
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Jul 20, 2017
By virtue of having one of the top-25 grade point averages among NCAA Division III women's basketball teams during the 2016-17 season, the Case Western Reserve University Spartans were named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll.The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2016-17 season is the 22nd in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.Case Western Reserve finished the year with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.513, the 24th-highest among all NCAA Division III teams during the 2016-17 campaign. CWRU was one of just two University Athletic Association schools to receive the award, along with New York University.The Spartans finished the 2016-17 season with a 13-12 overall record. CWRU will open its 2017-18 campaign at home against Dension University on Wednesday, November 15.
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State Farm IT/STEM Fair
Academic Calendar
Wednesday, September 20, 20174:30 PM - 7:30 PM (CT)
Event Type
Career Fairs & Job Preparation
Contact
Cathy Doederlein815-753-1641
Department
Career Services
Link
https://calendar.niu.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=31053
This year the IT/STEM Recruiting Fair (brought to you through generous sponsorship by State Farm) will provide a “meet the firm” style event specific to the IT, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. Students will have the chance to connect one-on-one with employers about IT and STEM-related industries.
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Friday, July 21, 2017
The Loss of a Student Becomes a Force for Good
Michigan Tech 'Latest News'
John Wheeler’s untimely death provides impetus to educate youth, spread word of professions in forestry and natural resource management.
A program to educate high schoolers about professions in forestry and natural resource management. A playground in the woods. A white oak to provide a shady spot for students to sit. All of these were done in honor of John Wheeler.
Wheeler was a fourth-year student at Michigan Technological University when he was killed in a car accident in November 2016. He had aspired to become a forester and was cherished by family, friends and faculty alike.
Terry Sharik, dean of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, reached out to the faculty who had John in their fall 2016 courses and asked that they turn in John’s final grades, enabling Michigan Tech to posthumously award him his bachelor of science degree.
“He was extremely proactive and intelligent as a student. He was a real leader in our group,” says Matthew Kelly, an assistant professor of natural resource management, who had John in several courses, including senior capstone. “His peers talked at our memorial about his fieldwork; he was always trying to do it faster, more efficiently and more effectively.”
Kids in the Woods
Just as John pushed himself, the SFRES and wider communities wanted to do more to honor John’s memory and commitment to his future profession.
Sharing his love of the woods was a passion, and John made time to reach out to students at Houghton High School to encourage them to pursue a degree from SFRES and to work in an after-school program at Houghton Elementary.
To continue John’s mission to share the possibility of a career in forestry or environmental sciences, shortly after his death the John H.F. Wheeler Memorial Fund project was established on Superior Ideas, a crowdfunding website operated by Michigan ...
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Rebuilding Community
SSU News
When he took on the task of inviting guests from around the country to a celebration he agreed to organize honoring Kappa Alpha Psi’s 30-year history at Sonoma State University, Malik-Charles Wade knew it wouldn’t be easy. After all, even though the international, predominantly African-American fraternity founded at Indiana University in 1911 has been on campus for three decades, Wade, a music major scheduled to graduate next spring, is currently the only member of Sonoma State’s Mu Omega chapter.Now he was taking the lead planning a three-day campus celebration and reunion scheduled to begin Friday, July 28 with a banquet in the Student Center for some 100 fraternity brothers, family members and friends. There is also a “Step N Stroll” contest and a guest DJ from Howard University the following night, a barbeque and other activities through Sunday. A centerpiece of the weekend will be a commemoration celebrating Leroy Worthy, who chartered the fraternity at Sonoma State and passed away a few months ago. Members say it was the first Greek organization on campus at the time.
No sooner did the organizing begin when some members coming from as far away as Georgia questioned why the celebration wasn’t being held elsewhere. The skeptics reminded Wade that only about 2 percent of the university’s current undergraduates are African-American. In Kappa Alpha Psi’s early years, they pointed out, the portion of African-American students on campus was more than twice as high.
“A lot of guys are coming back who have not seen the campus for some time,” said Eldrid Bryant, a former Sonoma State football player and 2001 graduate who now owns and operates an airport shuttle in and around Los Angeles. “We want to raise visibility and awareness because when you have a truly diverse community, it helps people learn more about each other than just failing into the ...
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AHSIE to hold annual conference at CSU Channel Islands
CSU Chanel Islands News
Camarillo, Calif., March 16, 2016 – The 8th Annual Best Practices Conference of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators (AHSIE) will be held March 20-23 at CSU Channel Islands (CI).Hosted and co-sponsored by CI and three systems of higher education in California, the event will draw more than 500 attendees from 15 states and Puerto Rico who work at colleges and universities that are classified as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Over 400 institutions in the U.S. qualify as HSIs, meaning their undergraduate population is at least 25% Hispanic.According to David Trujillo, founder and past president of the AHSIE Council, “HSIs enroll over 50% of the nation’s Hispanic students, although less than 10% of all colleges have the designation, making HSIs critical to the economic future of this nation.”The conference has previously been held in New Mexico, California, Texas and New Jersey. It is designed to enable grantees of HSI grant programs the opportunity to share best practices, network and learn how to get the most impact from grant funding. Participants had the opportunity to choose from over 100 workshop sessions in tracks including overseeing grants at HSIs; high impact practices for student success; high impact STEM programs at HSIs; emerging research at HSIs; and effective project management.Highlights of the event include a keynote address by Luis Maldonado, Chief Advocacy Officer and Government Relations Chair of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU); Deborah A. Santiago Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Policy for Excelencia in Education; and Beatrice Ceja, Director for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division, Office of Post-Secondary Education. As part of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics 25 Year Anniversary Commitment to Action program, AHSIE will be releasing a report that highlights 12 programs for outstanding HSI initiatives and use of Department of Education federal funding to create high impact programs on their respective campuses. The report, From Funding ...
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In Memoriam: Laura Topalian
PolyCentric
A dedicated former Learning Resource Center staff member, Laura Topalian coordinated the university’s Graduation Writing Test Preparation and test proctoring programs. She has died from complications related to heart disease and pneumonia. She was 84.
Topalian worked at Cal Poly Pomona for 28 years, beginning her career as a lab coordinator in 1976. The former high school teacher assisted the English department with their supplemental classes for students who needed additional help with their writing.
“As the Learning Resource Center grew, she became the go-to person for students needing help with their writing,” said Melissa Stocking, a retired Learning Resource Center tutoring coordinator.
In the 1990s, Topalian started a test proctoring program. She became the coordinator for both test proctoring and the Graduation Writing Test Preparation programs.
“She noticed the need and she fulfilled it,” Stocking said. “She was a visionary in that regard. She really cared about students.”
Stocking said that Topalian stayed active up until her illness, traveling daily by foot and bus to a city she loved, Claremont. Having a friend like Topalian was like “having your own personal cheerleader,” Stocking added.
“Laura taught me so much about listening and helping in a non-judgmental way,” she said. “She desired very much to help the underdog.”
A service honoring Topalian is set 11 a.m. Sunday, July 23 at Christ Church Parish, 1127 North San Antonio Ave., in Ontario, California. Regular church services begin at 10 a.m. Visitors can attend both or just the ceremony.
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Aguilar announces $1.7 million in cyber security funding for CSUSB
CSUSB News
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) announced that California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) will receive $1.7 million in federal funding from the National Security Agency (NSA) for CSUSB’s NICE Challenge Project, which helps teach students cybersecurity skills while assessing their workforce readiness through virtualized real-world scenarios.
“CSUSB is a leader in cybersecurity education and is helping to put the Inland Empire on the map,” said Rep. Aguilar. He continued, “When we talk about what Dr. Coulson and Dr. Nestler are preparing our students for, we’re looking at economic and national security priorities for our country. By investing in these great opportunities, we’re training and preparing a workforce for jobs of the 21st century economy that will be at the forefront of our nation’s most critical defense programs.”
Dr. Vincent Nestler, Assistant Director of the Cybersecurity Center, added, “The NICE Challenge Project provides students an opportunity to experience the workforce before entering it. This helps students identify potential gaps in their knowledge, skills and abilities and to address them.”
The NICE Challenge Project is operated by CSUSB with funding from the NSA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program creates realistic scenarios with virtual hands-on challenges to help teach and assess students’ cyber skills, and to also bring real workforce experiences to them.
Cybersecurity is an important issue for Rep. Aguilar, and he has made it a priority to advocate for federal funds to support programs offered at CSUSB, which is a leader in cybersecurity education. Earlier this year, Rep. Aguilar secured a $5 million appropriation to restart a Department of Defense cybersecurity scholarship program that was previously offered at CSUSB but discontinued due to a lack in federal funding. Additionally, Rep. Aguilar’s cyberwarriors pilot program through the United States Army started implementation, and just last week, two cybersecurity amendments ...
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Ramkhamhaeng University kunjungi Departemen Pendidikan Seni Musik FPSD UPI
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Sebanyak 19 orang delegasi dari Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand, kunjungi Departemen Pendidikan Seni Musik Fakultas Pendidikan Seni dan Desain Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (FPSD UPI), Jumat (21/7/2017). Rombongan diterima oleh Pimpinan Fakultas Dr. Trianti Nugraheni, M. Si., dan Ketua Departemen Pendidikan Seni Musik Dr. Uus Karwati, S.Kar., M.Sn.
Menurut Project Manager Bhawika Hikmat Prasetya yang mewakili Dekan dari Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Ramkhamhaeng University, Somsak Ketkaenchan, mereka ingin melakukan pertukaran budaya dengan para mahasiswa di UPI serta membuka jaringan kerja sama bidang pendidikan dengan UPI terkait musik gamelan. Dikatakannya,”Ada beberapa universitas di Thailand yang mempelajari musik gamelan, bahkan memiliki seperangkat alatnya, namun masih sedikit tim maupun orang-orang yang mahir bermain gamelan di Thailand. Atas dasar pertimbangan tersebut, mereka ingin mencari dan berbagi ilmu, serta berkolaborasi tentang musik gamelan. Diharapkan ada tim dari UPI yang dapat melakukan kunjungan balasan untuk melakukan workshop gamelan.”
Lebih lanjut dikatakan, kehadiran mereka di Indonesia juga untuk menghadiri Bandung World Music Festival Matasora. Mereka akan mempertunjukan musik tradisional Thailand, serta melakukan napak tilas kunjungan Raja Thailand di Indonesia seperti ke Dahapati, gunung Tangkuban Perahu, Museum KAA, dan menonton pertunjukan angklung di Saung Udjo.
“Melakukan kunjungan ke UPI lebih tepatnya karena UPI merupakan universitas yang core business-nya memiliki unsur kependidikan. Banyak lulusan Ramkhamhaeng University yang menjadi pengajar musik walaupun mereka belajar di departemen yang nota bene adalah “fine art”. Diharapkannya, pihak Ramkhamhaeng University memiliki sebuah nota kesepahaman dalam bidang pendidikan dengan mengusung semangat ASEAN Community. Nantinya akan fokus untuk belajar gamelan Sunda, dan mengkolaborasikannya dengan alat musik Thailand Piphat (satu set gamelan versi Thailand),” ungkapnya.
Sementara itu dalam kesempatan yang sama, Ketua Departemen Pendidikan Seni Musik Dr. Uus Karwati, S.Kar., M.Sn., mengungkapkan rasa terima kasihnya atas kedatangan delegasi dari Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand. Dijelaskannya,” Departemen Pendidikan Seni Musik FPSD UPI memiliki kurikulum yang sangat unik. Kami memiliki mata kuliah musik barat, mata kuliah ...
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15 Tribe Men's Gymnasts Honored as CGA All-America Scholar-Athletes
College of William & Mary
7/18/2017 2:45:00 PM
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (July 18, 2017)—In addition to winning the 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference title, the William & Mary men's gymnastics team continued to build upon the program's outstanding legacy of academic excellence last season with the selection of 15 gymnasts as College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athletes.
Additionally, W&M placed third nationally in the team standings with a combined grade point average of 3.454.
With the impressive accomplishments, Tribe gymnasts continue to lead the nation with more individual All-America Scholar-Athlete honors than any other program in men's gymnastics. In total, 79 Tribe gymnasts have combined to earn 203 All-American Scholar-Athlete honors.
Having claimed academic team titles in three of the last four years, the Tribe's eight first-place finishes is more than any other program since the inception of the award in 1991. The program won the national academic team titles in 1991, 1992, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 while placing second six times (1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013). Additionally, W&M has finished third on four occasions (1999, 2006, 2011, 2017).
Twelve W&M gymnasts earned first-team All-American Scholar-Athlete designation by the CGA for the 2017 season: Jacopo Gliozzi, David Allen, Mitchell Campbell, Mat Turnansky, Peter Makey, Aria Sabbagh, Rob Meyer, Neal Courter, Griffin Antle, Jake Feldmann, Jeremiah McReynolds and Nate Winneg. Courter, Sabbagh and Turnansky earned first-team distinction all four years, increasing the number of Tribe gymnasts who have accomplished the impressive feat to 14.
Second-team All-American Scholar-Athlete designation were awarded to Jack Hasenkopf, Jake Honsberger and Nick Van Dyke.
College Gymnastics Association's Top 10 Academic Teams
1. Nebraska – 3.505
2. Stanford – 3.4793. William & Mary – 3.454
4. Oklahoma – 3.308
5. Penn State – 3.284
6. Minnesota – 3.280
7. Navy – 3.210
8. Illinois-Champaign – 3.151
9. California-Berkeley – 3.127
10. Springfield – 3.047
Honorable Mention: Michigan, Illinois-Chicago, Ohio State, Iowa, Air Force, Army
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Art Professor Anika Smulovitz Awarded Prestigious Idaho Arts Fellowship
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Boise State art professor Anika Smulovitz has been awarded an Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship for 2018. She is one of five artists across the state to receive the $5,000 fellowship.
Her work can be viewed here: arts.idaho.gov/arts/anika-smulovitz-2.
The awards, given every three years, are selected via peer review and recognize outstanding artists and honor work deemed to exhibit the highest artistic merit. Applicants were reviewed anonymously in a highly competitive process by panelists from out of state and were judged solely on the basis of existing work and professional history.
Other artists to receive Arts Fellowships in Craft, Design & Visual Arts: Sarah Bird of Hailey, Pamela DeTuncq of Hailey, Lonnie Hutson of Deary and Nishiki Sugawara-Beda of Moscow. The panel also awarded honorable mentions in the amount of $1,000 to silver engraver Brian Hochstrat, conceptual artist Lianne Wappett and mosaic artist Anna Webb.
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Pecknold Learns from World Championships Experience
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June 2, 2017
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by Jeff Cox/CHN Reporter (@JeffCoxSports)
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Rand Pecknold can vividly recall two games from when he was 13 years old. He remembers watching the United States defeat the Soviet Union and Finland en route to the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal.
It wasn’t just a monumental moment in USA Hockey history. It also defined Pecknold’s passion for the sport that has meant so much to him.
Now, 37 years later, Pecknold finally had the opportunity to represent his country over the past month as an assistant coach on Jeff Blashill’s staff at the recently concluded World Championships.
“It was amazing. It’s a huge honor to coach for USA Hockey,” said Pecknold, who will begin his 24th season as head coach at Quinnipiac this fall.
The opportunity arose last summer thanks to a longstanding friendship with Blashill, the Detroit Red Wings head coach who rose through the ranks as an assistant and head coach in college hockey with Ferris State, Miami and Western Michigan.
Blashill invited Pecknold out to Detroit for an exchange of ideas and coaching philosophies with the Red Wings staff. That meeting led to Blashill hiring Pecknold for the staff he took to the World Championships.
“From a professional development standpoint, I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I was immersed in the hockey world for three weeks. You’re bumping into all these NHL coaches. It was unique and I learned a ton,” Pecknold said.
The experience gave him an even greater appreciation for the rigors of professional hockey and what it takes to be a player at that level.
“You watch them on TV and you see some of [the players] coaching against them in college, but their character level … they were all A-plus character players. They had high compete levels and great work ethics. They were selfless. It ...
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Alpine Streams Topic of July 27 UW Research Center Talk
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July 21, 2017
Deb Finn, Missouri State University stream ecologist assistant professor, will discuss the importance of alpine streams on ecosystems Thursday, July 27, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service Research Center in Grand Teton National Park. (Deb Finn Photo)
The importance of alpine streams on the ecosystem will be discussed Thursday, July 27, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center. The center is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
Deb Finn, Missouri State University stream ecologist assistant professor, will present “Tetons alpine streams: unsung heroes of diversity and vulnerability” as part of the center’s Harlow Summer Seminars at 6:30 p.m. at the AMK Ranch, located north of Leeks Marina. A barbecue, at a cost of $5 per person, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are not required.
Alpine streams are the highest-elevation headwaters of major river basins such as the Mississippi and Columbia. Unique ecosystems in their own right, alpine streams support a diversity of animals, plants and microbes that thrive in cold conditions with short seasonal windows of opportunity for growth and reproduction, Finn says.
“Most alpine streams rely on meltwater from various sources -- including glaciers, snowpack and subterranean ice -- with each source type generating a unique set of environmental conditions to which the local fauna and flora are adapted,” she says.
Finn will present an overview of alpine stream ecology from a worldwide perspective, then discuss ongoing research in the Teton mountain range. She will emphasize conservation concerns associated with climate change and the possibility of climate refugia to help alpine biodiversity ride out the worst of this storm.
Her ongoing research is in high-alpine stream ecosystems, such as those above treeline in the Tetons. She has studied climate change impacts on alpine streams in mountain ranges of both North America and Europe, and is part of a team of ...
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"Lights! Camera! Arkansas!" Comes to Crystal Bridges Summer Film Series
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U of A faculty to present an in-depth look at movies with an Arkansas connection, from the artful to the awful.
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Dr Akshai Mansingh to head The UWI’s new Faculty of Sport
UWI St. Augustine News
For Release Upon Receipt - July 21, 2017UWIDr Akshai Mansingh has been appointed as Dean of the new Faculty of Sport at The University of the West Indies (The UWI). Dr Mansingh was selected following a search for candidates which concluded in June 2017. His appointment is effective from August 1, 2017.He is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Physician who has looked after elite athletes throughout the region. A graduate of The UWI, Dr Mansingh earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and his Doctor of Medicine, Orthopaedics degrees at the Mona campus. He also holds a Master’s in Sports Medicine from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Dr Mansingh has been a lecturer in the Department of Surgery, Sports Medicine in Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care at The UWI, Mona since 2007, as well as the Programme Director and Course Author for the campus’ MSc Sports Medicine degrees (for Physicians and Physiotherapists) since 2006. He is also the author of numerous publications in his various specialisations and has written on Methods for Injury Surveillance in International Cricket among many other cricket and sport science themes. Outside his academic pursuits, Dr Mansingh is Chief Medical Officer of both the West Indies Cricket Board and the Caribbean Premier League. He was a member of the inaugural International Cricket Council Medial Committee and is a member of its Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee. He has been a cricket analyst and commentator for over 20 years. He also serves as a member of several regional and international societies including The Caribbean Orthopaedic Association, Jamaican Orthopaedic Association, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. As Dean of the new Faculty of Sport, Dr Mansingh is responsible for its overall academic and administrative management, including its financial affairs. He is also expected to represent the Faculty on all relevant ...
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American University One of Top Ten Places to Study Broadcast Journalism
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"AU broadcast journalism students master everything from TV and radio production writing." - College Magazine
American University (AU) is one of the top ten colleges in the U.S. for students to learn to practice broadcast journalism, according to the latest College Magazine
rankings. The report cites the fact that AU students "master everything from TV and radio production writing. That way, they can figure out whether they prefer writing, anchoring, directing, editing or producing. Students write stories and create multimedia classes in reporting classes, and they get to work with zoom audio records and Canon video equipment in Digital Skills, Reporting and Digital Audio Production."
AU's
Journalism and Public Affairs MA program, offered through the School of Communication (SOC), uses the nation's capital as its classroom, sending students into the nearby halls of Congress and leveraging long-standing relationships with the likes of NPR, NBC, Vox, Bloomberg BNA, The Washington Post, and USA Today.
Students in the program build their professional practice on top of strong foundations in basic digital skills, writing and reporting across audio, video and mobile platforms. Industry-leading faculty also teach courses from the heady to the hands-on, from advanced web design to Race, Ethnic and Community reporting. American University’s Media Production Center features digital video and audio editing suites, a computer-based newsroom system featuring Associated Press’ ENPS, an HD-equipped television studio, and the Ed Bliss Broadcast Newsroom. The McKinley Building, home of the School of Communication, a second HD studio as part of its state-of-the-art Media Innovation Lab.
The MA in
Journalism and Digital Storytelling and BA in
Journalism also have access to the same cutting edge equipment and facilities, with an emphasis on real-world experience and opportunities for mentoring and networking to boost students professionally.
This is the second year in a row SOC programs have scored high marks from College Magazine, which ranked ...
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Fighting Cybercrime
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ALBANY, N.Y. (July 24, 2017) – Local high school students from Albany, Troy and Bethlehem recently participated in UAlbany’s first annual cybersecurity summer camp hosted by Sanjay Goel, director of the School of Business’ Information Security and Digital Forensics department.
The weeklong camp, called “CyberExplorers” introduced students to the basics of cybersecurity by exploring topics such as emerging cyber threats, computer forensics, incident response, cryptography, social engineering and log analysis. Students also had the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and learn about degree and career paths in cybersecurity.
Goel offered the camp free of cost through a grant awarded by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He was one of NIST’s five national partners who split $1 million for committing to take a community approach to advancing cybersecurity education and workforce development.
Multiple faculty members in UAlbany’s School of Business and College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity joined Goel as camp mentors.
“The demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals is only continuing to rise,” Goel said. “It is important that we teach the next generation about hacking, so they do not become victims themselves, but also so they are prepared to fight cybercrimes of the future.”
You can learn more about the NIST grant here. Also, view coverage of the summer camp on Spectrum News.
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NBC national news visits Clemson to report live about ‘Eclipse Over Clemson’
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CLEMSON — NBC News Channel on-air reporter Erika Edwards came to Clemson on Thursday and Friday to report on the university’s “Eclipse Over Clemson” total solar eclipse viewing event, which will be held Aug. 21 in the campus’ interior. Edwards conducted a series of broadcasts Friday morning outside Clemson’s Watt Family Innovation Center. The broadcasts were shown live nationwide on about 200 NBC affiliate stations. For more information on “Eclipse Over Clemson,” go to clemson.edu/eclipse and be sure to check the site frequently for updates.
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From King Ferdinand to the Warren Commission, Eclectic Collection Arrives at Fordham Libraries
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Excerpt from Alexander Hamilton’s speech to the assembly of New York, published in 1787Stanley Yavneh Klos, a collector of rare documents and manuscripts, has donated an eclectic collection to Fordham Libraries to honor his father, Louis Alexander Klos, Ph.D., GSE ’66.
The Louis Alexander Klos Papers hold a wide range of documents that will bolster several areas in the Archives and Special Collections, said Patrice Kane, head of the archives.
Aaron Burr’s likely signature on a legal document from 1784
“The gift reflects the diversity of our archives because we have everything from early papyrus up to contemporary books on the origins of hip hop, and this will add our eclectic collection,” said Kane. “Mr. Kloss saw what we have and thought of things from his own collection that match, like a document likely signed by Aaron Burr’s that will fit in nicely with other material we have on the Founding Fathers.”
The senior Klos joined the Xaverian Brothers in 1933 and went on to become an expert in business education, founding the National Catholic Business Association in 1945. He taught at several New York City colleges before enrolling at Fordham to earn his doctorate in school administration. In 1952 he met Eileen Hundertmark. The two married and had eight children. After Eileen died in 1974, he married Elizabeth Rutowski, and the two had a child.
The collection includes Louis Klos’ own papers as well as content relating to Jesuits, Catholic businesses, the nation’s Founding Fathers, Freemasons, the meteorological musings of Ben Franklin, Hessian flies, and breeding mules—to name but a few.
Document signed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain in 1815 reads “Yo el Rey,” or “I The King.”
The collection’s diversity is additionally reflected through its assortment of autographs, which include the infamous Father Flanagan of Boys Town, actress Helen Hayes, playwright Charles Gordon MacArthur, and explorer-adventurer Roy ...
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
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INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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Lifelong Learning Institute Fall Registration Opens July 24th!
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Category: Need to KnowPublished: Jul 21 2017 12:00AM Register early as courses fill quickly! Lifelong Learning Institute is offering over 30 new courses this fall including: American Cultures: The New Brazil - Carnival, Soccer, and Corruption; How to Decipher Paintings II; Creating Resume and LinkedIn Profile; Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father with Vision for Modern America; Exploring the National Parks; Opera Masterpieces; Moot Court Litigation - Join the Action, and much, much more! Visit the WD&CE website for the latest catalog: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/
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New York Times Best-Selling Author Shares Story of Resilience at Rasmussen College
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For fans of Cheryl Strayed, her recent visit to Rasmussen College was a chance to meet the New York Times best-selling author and hear her story firsthand. For those who haven’t read her memoir Wild, the author’s appearance turned into a lesson of resilience and strength.Strayed stopped by the Rasmussen College Blaine campus on Wed., March 20, 2013 and spoke to a room full of students, faculty and members of the public. The Minnesota native shared stories of growing up in northern Minnesota and the struggles she faced with divorce and drugs after her mother’s sudden death when Strayed was just 22-years-old. “I sort of reached bottom and was no longer the woman my mom raised me to be,” said Strayed. “I thought I was honoring my mom by self-destructing, but I later realized the way to honor my mom was to move on and thrive.” And move on is exactly what Strayed did in the form of a 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s the basis of her memoir Wild, which gained widespread acclaim in 2012, including selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. Along her hike, Strayed faced rattlesnakes and black bears, as well as intense heat and record snowfalls. At times, her adventures are so intense you wonder if she’ll make it out alive. “Growing up in northern Minnesota, I thought I knew the wilderness, but the truth is I had never been backpacking before,” said Strayed. “I couldn’t even lift my pack at first because it was too heavy.” One member of the audience asked Strayed about what it was like being a woman alone in the wilderness. “There were definitely moments when I thought I wasn’t going to make it, but things were different back then,” said Strayed. “If anything, being a woman may have actually helped because people ...
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Miami's academic boot camp drives up student-athlete GPAs
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By Margo Kissell, university news and communications
The days start out tough and grow more difficult.
There’s plenty of grumbling among the incoming student-athletes, who didn’t expect it to be so taxing.
But after six weeks, they’re ready — for the classroom, just as they are for their first collegiate game.
Welcome to Miami University athletics’ academic boot camp.
The RedHawks Summer Bridge Program, as it’s formally known, started seven summers ago as a way to prepare first-year athletes in select sports for Miami’s rigorous academic experience.
This summer, 30 first-year student-athletes — football players plus men’s and women’s basketball players — are in the program that ends Aug. 4.
All are required to attend, even if they earned a 4.0 GPA in high school.
The reason football and basketball players participate is because the revenue generated by those teams allows Miami athletics’ budget to accommodate the NCAA’s rule that first-year athletes starting in the summer take six credit hours, said Craig Bennett, assistant athletic director for academic support services. Bennett developed the program with Rodney Coates, professor of global and intercultural studies.
Miami football coach Chuck Martin has become the program’s biggest believer.
“Our Summer Bridge Program is by far the best at preparing students for the transition from high school to college that I have been associated with in 25 years,” he said.
That transition can be overwhelming for student-athletes, who may practice 20 hours a week, have team meetings and travel to and from games in addition to coursework.
Statistics point to success
The student-athletes who took part in the 2016 Summer Bridge Program posted a mean grade-point average of 3.39 last fall semester, the highest GPA yet for the first-year athletes.
Organizers believe the program’s success is a big reason why Miami’s 525 student-athletes collectively posted a 3.301 GPA in spring semester, the second highest GPA for ...
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Robot mom: UNCG unveils new teaching tool for nursing students
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GREENSBORO — UNC-Greensboro’s nursing students won’t start fall semester classes for another month, but a handful of their professors Wednesday got a glimpse of the nursing school’s newest teaching tool.What they saw was a full-body childbirth simulator known as SimMom, a high-tech mannequin that will let UNCG nursing students get realistic experience with labor and delivery.The molded plastic female mannequin comes with a simulated 6-pound newborn, the placenta and an umbilical cord. SimMom can simulate routine vaginal births as well as births with complications — such as an inverted uterus, a prolapsed cord (when the umbilical cord precedes the baby) or a breech birth (when the baby comes out bottom first instead of head first).“This enables us to get everybody through several kinds of scenarios” that UNCG nursing school graduates might see professionally, said Robin Remsburg, the dean of the School of Nursing.UNCG’s nursing students have used an older simulation model for the past several years. Last month, the nursing school took delivery of a $45,000 upgrade made by Laerdal, a Norwegian medical equipment maker famous for its CPR Annie doll used to train people to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. UNCG, in fact, bought the first new-and-improved birthing model to come off the company’s assembly line.This new version has more features than previous models. It’s also wireless.Company rep Sarah Sue Miller, a registered nurse who leads Laerdal’s maternal and newborn division, says the lack of wires means SimMom can be used in a variety of different teaching exercises.If faculty members want to simulate a birth in which the mother has complications that require surgery, she said, nursing students can wheel SimMom from the birthing room to an operating room without having to wrangle cords that connect the mannequin to its computer.The mannequin is designed to act as realistically as ...
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Plan beats no plan: Responding to a pitch of 3% GDP growth
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President Trump’s promise that the U.S. economy could reach 3 percent GDP growth if we adopted his policies has prompted many economists to respond with a reality check that 3 percent GDP growth is no longer achievable
This response may or may not be correct economically, but I think it’s also worth acknowledging that, politically, it’s a loser. I was struck by this after searching for responses to a recent piece by noted economists (and conservatives) John Cogan, Glenn Hubbard, John Taylor and Kevin Warsh. In an editorial published by the Hoover Institution, they wrote:
“The policy changes of the kind proposed by the Congress and the Administration, if enacted, would significantly improve the economy’s growth prospects … Could implementation of such a comprehensive economic plan raise the economic growth rate to 3 percent? We believe it can.”
Some in the media were quick to point out that Hubbard, Taylor, and Warsh are all under consideration to replace Janet Yellen as Fed Chair. Economists responded by saying, again, that 3% is a pipe dream.
Instead we need substantive discussion of what can generate faster economic growth. Rather than debating whether the American economy is stuck in a new-normal of 2% growth, we need to promote ideas that will increase economic growth and real wages for working families. After all, voters don’t care about GDP; they want good jobs, higher wages, and economic security. In the end, which politician are voters going to like more? A candidate who says we can do better? Or one who says we cannot, no matter what we do?
So what will improve economic growth? There are three I’s that can do this: immigration, infrastructure, and investment. However, their ability to bring us up to 3% growth is both doubtful and irrelevant.
Our nation’s immigration system is broken. Comprehensive immigration reform, such as the bipartisan ...
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