Posted on Apr 5, 2002

Barbara Garson, author of Money Makes the World
Go Around, will speak on Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in the F.W.
Olin Center Auditorium.

Her book sets out to answer the question, “How much is
each of us affected by the flow of capital around a world
without barriers?”

Garson is the author of the play MacBird
and two books about work: All the Livelong
Day and The Electronic Sweatshop.

She has written for The New York Times, Harpers, The
Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times and Newsweek.

The talk is sponsored by Women's Studies, and
the departments of economics, history, English,
anthropology, Latin American studies, American studies, and East Asian studies.

For more information, call ext. 6046.

Posted on Apr 5, 2002

This photo by Abelardo Morell is among
those on display in “Orchestrated Objects” a dual show of
works by Morrell and Jed Devine in the Mandeville Gallery at the
Nott Memorial.

Posted on Apr 5, 2002

The College is hosting a two-day joint conference on
Monday and Tuesday at which college and university presidents,
elected officials and business leaders will discuss how to strengthen the
civic and economic roles that upstate institutions play in their
communities.

New York Governor George E. Pataki will give closing
remarks. Other presenters include Roy Bernardi, assistant secretary
of HUD and former mayor of Syracuse; and John E. Kelly
III, technology group executive at IBM.

Ed Dague, managing editor of WNYT/NewsChannel 13,
will moderate.

Other sponsors are the State University of New York and
the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.

Upstate Partners agenda

Monday, April 8
Nott Memorial

1:30 p.m. – Welcome
President Roger H. Hull

1:40 p.m. – Opening Address
John E. Kelly, III, senior vice president, IBM

2:45 p.m. – Making Campus-Community Partnerships Work
Discussants:
Christopher C. Dahl, president, SUNY Geneseo College
Lois B. DeFleur, president, Binghamton University
Roger H. Hull
Gerald D. Jennings, mayor, City of Albany
William A. Johnson Jr., mayor, City of Rochester
Albert P. Jurczynski, mayor, City of Schenectady
Kenneth A. Shaw, chancellor, Syracuse University
Robert N. Wells Jr., mayor, Village of Canton

7 p.m. – Keynote Address
(by invitation, the Glen Sanders Mansion)
Introduction: James C. Ross, president, CICU
Address: Roy A. Bernardi, assistant secretary for
community planning and development, HUD

Tuesday, April 9
Nott Memorial

9 a.m. – Welcome
Robert L. King, chancellor, the State University of New York

9:10 a.m. – Developing and Retaining Upstate's Workforce
Kelly A. Lovell, president, Center for Economic Growth, Albany
Albert J. Simone, president, Rochester Institute of Technology
Debbie L. Sydow, president, Onondaga Community College

10:30 a.m. – Driving Economic Growth
Richard A. Detweiler, president, Hartwick College
William R. Greiner, president, SUNY University at Buffalo
Shirley A. Jackson, president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mark M. Little, vice president of energy products, GE Power Systems
Bela L. Musits, managing director, High Peaks
Venture Partners

Noon – Closing Address
Governor George E. Pataki

1:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks
President Roger H. Hull

Posted on Apr 5, 2002

The College's Graduate and Continuing Studies program
is being restructured starting May 1 with the goals of
enhancing revenues; centralizing recruiting and admissions for all
graduate programs; and consolidating special events, continuing
education and conference planning.

To denote the new functions, GCS will be renamed the Center
for Graduate Education and Special Programs (CGESP). It will
include Educational Studies, the Graduate Management Institute
and graduate engineering programs.

Sue Lehrman, director of GMI, will add the title of dean of
CGESP, having administrative oversight and working closely with
the director of educational studies and dean of engineering.
Those positions will continue to report to the dean of faculty.

Lloyd Tredwell, associate director of GMI, will add the title
of associate dean of CGESP.

Mary D'Amelia and Rhonda Sheehan will serve as
CGESP director and CGESP recruiting coordinator, respectively,
reporting to the associate dean of CGESP. Wa'Kena Parsons,
scheduling coordinator, will bring the central scheduling function to CGESP.
In addition to her new CGESP duties, Mary will continue her role
as director of special events and conferences.

The changes are to be complete by July 1.

In a related change, Professor of Economics Bradley Lewis,
will move from director of corporate relations to chair of the
management MBA program, expanding GMI contacts in the
business community, helping to place students in internships, and
aiding in GMI's fundraising. He will continue to teach half time
in economics.

Posted on Apr 5, 2002

The lights go down, the music begins, and an
announcer's booming voice introduces the star athletes amid
flashing lights and thunderous cheers.

Such fanfare is usually reserved for the likes of
Jordan, Gretzky or Montana.

But Bill Fairchild, Hal Fried and Jim Lambrinos got
to thinking: why not use the routine to introduce themselves to
a new class they're teaching this term: Sports Economics.

So, on Tuesday morning at 9:15 in Olin 206, the
class began like this:

Cue music

“Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Union College
and Sports Economics,” began the announcer, who
normally spends time editing this publication. “And now, the
faculty starting lineup …”

The three “coaches” jogged into class, arms raised, to
a smattering of applause from the somewhat bewildered
students. (The trio later conceded that a 9:15 a.m. class may
not generate the loud cheers that, say, an evening class might.)

After the introductions, the “coaches” – decked out in
golf attire and carrying clubs and rackets from their glory days
– talked about the sports they play and the famous athletes
they've met. Then they asked the “players” (students) to do
the same.

Sports metaphors notwithstanding, this is a
serious upper-level class, full of statistical analysis, Fried assured
the students. Sports, with all their statistics, are a “perfect
venue” for testing micro-economic theories, he said.

Lambrinos, acknowledging that Tuesday's fanfare
might have been the highlight of the 10-week class, later said, “I
told Bill and Hal that we should have passed out the course
evaluations on the first day.”