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College of Management Signs MBA Articulation Agreement with Merrimack College
The College of Management has signed an articulation agreement with Merrimack College through which qualified undergraduate students from the North Andover institution may complete an MBA degree at UMass Boston at an accelerated pace. Under the agreement, Merrimack business majors and recent alumni will have an expedited admissions process, provided they meet the competitive admissions standards of the College of Managment's MBA program. Students who have successfully completed an undergraduate business degree at Merrimack will be eligible to receive course waivers in the MBA program. College of Management Dean Philip Quaglieri, views the new arrangement with Merrimack as "an exciting new relationship that's smart management for each of us." Dr. Thomas Dukes, dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Merrimack concurs, noting that "it's important for Merrimack to have this affiliation and the agreement has been well received at Merrimack." The agreement was formalized at a December, 1999 ceremony. Dr. Dukes and Mary Lou Retelle, the Dean of Admission and Financial Aid represented Merrimack College. Kathleen Teehan, Associate Chancellor of Enrollment Services represented UMass Boston. The College of Management was represented by Dean Quaglieri, Associate Dean Noushin Ashrafi, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Program Director Daniel Robb and Bogusia Bucklin, assistant director for the Graduate Program. See Photo.
Director of Institute for Community Inclusion Recognized by Commonwealth
The Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities recently recognized William Kiernan with the 1999 Michael W. Muther Award. Kiernan is the Director of the Institute for Community Inclusion located in the Graduate College of Education and at Children's Hospital. Kiernan received the award because of his lifelong personal and professional commitment to include people with severe vision difficulties in the workforce. His distinguished career also includes four years spent on the Governor's Commission (1987-1991) working with Michael W. Muther. Peter Jennings of ABC News will be in Boston to interview people with disabilities who are employed through community-based programs and will include Institute for Community Inclusion director Kiernan in the interview.
February Forum for 21st Century Features Boston's Young Leaders
The Forum for the 21st Century will hold it's fourteenth civic forum event, "Finding Their Voice: Boston's Young Leaders Speak Out" sponsored by UMass Boston in cooperation with City Year. Speakers at the Forum will include Annissa Essaibi, Career Specialist, Private Industry Council; Karilyn Crockett, Executive Director, My Town, Inc.; William Dorcena, Chairman of the Board, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative; Vuong Nguyen, Steering Committee Member, Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth; and Kerry Thompson, Director, South Boston Catholic Youth Ministries. The co-founder and CEO of City Year, Alan Khazei will serve as moderator, and commentator will be Rev. Ray Hammond, Bethel A.M.E. Church and director of the Ten Point Coalition. The Forum will take place Wednesday, February 9, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the State Street Bank Enterprise Room, 225 Franklin St. Boston. Free shuttle transportation will be provided, leaving from the Lower Level bus stop (near the 150 lot) at 2:45 p.m., and returning to campus five minutes after the program ends.
1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award goes to Gaston Director Torres
Professor Andres Torres, director of the Gaston Institute, had his 1998 book The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices From The Diaspora recognized with a 1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. The Award is given by the Gustavus Myers Center For The Study Of Bigotry In North America at Boston University. For the past fifteen years, the Center has honored authors, publishers and books who expand the knowledge of the way people have tried or proposed to dismantle the structures of injustice in the North American experience. Torres' book, edited with Jose E. Velasquez, presents the reflections of scholars, artists, activists and organizers from the 1960s and 1970s working for Puerto Rican independence. The book shows the difficulty and rewards of organizing support for the Puerto Rican independence movement among mainland U. S. Puerto Ricans at a time when survival needs were often given greater priority than independence. Contributing chapters to the book were UMass Boston Professors Luis Aponte-Pares and James Jennings as well as Professor Angel Amy Moreno of Roxbury Community College.
Graduate College of Education Names Interim Dean
Virginia Harvey, associate dean of the Graduate College of Education anda faculty member in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, has been named Acting Dean of the College. Her expertis is in the areas of the role and function of school psychologists, the improvement of functioning of children with emotional and behavioral issues and the development of autonomy for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Dean Harvey has spent seven years with UMass Boston as well as eighteen years in the public school system. She says that the focus of her term as dean will be to continue providing the best educational training possible for future teachersso as to offer the maximum benefit to the students in the classroom. In addition to her duties as Acting Dean, Harvey is also part of the team that is currently half-way through the three-year process of national accreditation. She assumed the role of interim dean upon the retirement of Dean Richard Clark in January.
MBAC Receives Certification from Association of Small Business Development Centers
The Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC) at the University of Massachusetts Boston has been certified for three years by the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) after a rigorous review process. The certification shows that the MBAC meets the criteria set out by the Association for leadership and organizational issues, strategic planning, client and stakeholder focus, program performance standards, staff and counselor utilization, and process management. The MBAC is one of the Centers of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network, which is a partnership of the U. S. Small Business Administration,the Commonwealth's Office of Economic Affairs, and the University of Massachusetts. Begun in 1985, the MBAC has provided over 2300 clients with management training assistance and counsel to individuals seeking to develop a new business or expand an existing one. Since 1993, the Center has been located at UMass Boston's College of Management and directed by Henry Turner, who was named 1997 Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year for the Commonwealth by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Massachusetts Advisory Council.
Grant Named Senior Research Fellow at McCormack Institute; Marshall to head Human Resources
Mary Grant, who served for five years as the assistant vice chancellor for human resources, returns to the McCormack Institute after having completed her Ph.D. at the Heller School at Brandeis University. In her new role, she will provide oversight to the Master of Science in Public Affairs Program and work on research and development projects with the Center for Social Policy. Beth Marshall, director of personnel administration, has been appointed assistant vice chancellor of human resources
2000-2001 Financial Aid Application Process Underway
January 1, 2000 marked the beginning of the application cycle for academic year 2000-2001 federal, state and University need based student financial aid. To meet the UMass Boston priority filing date of March 1, applicants are encouraged to file by February 15. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available at the Financial Aid Services Office or on the web at www.fafsa.ed.gov. To assist students in completing the FAFSA, the Financial Aid Services Office is sponsoring workshops in the Provost's Conference Room, Healey Library, 8th Floor, January 31 at 3:00 p.m., February 1 at 11:00 a.m., and February 10 at 2:00 p.m.