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May 9, 2008
The MGS Update
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Job Opportunities of Interest
MGS in the News
Spring 2008 Semester Speakers Gerontology Colloquium Series
Come Help Plan the Future of Columbia Point!
PWPPP Class of 2008 Graduation
Register Now! Women, Wages and Work Conference
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 Dean Steve Crosby Picture    Message from the Dean
 

Dear Colleagues:

 

Last night the Moakley Chair, Padraig O'Malley, gave a remarkable lecture at the Kennedy Library about his efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq.  For the first time, we will post the entire Moakley Lecture video on our website.  Look for it on Monday and I hope you will share it with your friends.  It is an extraordinary learning experience about the realities of Iraq, far different from the pabulum the Bush Administration has been promoting.

 

As the school year winds down, I will be turning to you for your help as we begin to prepare for another year.  You'll soon be receiving the first ever solicitation for the McCormack Graduate School Annual Fund, raising money for student and faculty support and for special projects in the Dean's Office.  Any contribution you can make will be deeply appreciated.  Donate now by clicking here and selecting the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies.

 

On May 23rd, at 8:00 AM, joined by Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino, we will be launching the Commonwealth Compact, perhaps the most ambitious effort ever to rid our community of its reputation for a lack of tolerance and inclusion.  No other place in Massachusetts stands more proudly for diversity than UMass Boston; please join us as we try to extend this image to the entire Commonwealth.

 

Go Celtics.


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Steve Crosby

Dean

Job Opportunities of Interest
 
New posting of the week:
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Data Analyst
 
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Director of Individual and Corporate Giving
Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
 
MGS in the News

McCormack Graduate School Spring 2008 Semester Speakers Gerontology Colloquium Series


Monday, May 12, 2008

1:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.

Wheatley Building, Room: W-3-125

 

Institute & Department faculty/research assistants share highlights of research at the Gerontology Institute

 
Alan Clayton Mathews

Come Help Plan the Future of Columbia Point!

 

Please join the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Columbia Point Master Plan Task Force at our first two Community Meetings for the Columbia Point Master Plan. 

The Master Plan aims to:
  • Create a future vision 
  • Improve connections 
  • Address transportation issues
  • Coordinate new development

Community Meeting #1

Existing Conditions

Thursday, May 15th 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Corcoran Mullins Jennison Community Building

270 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester

Topic:  Existing Conditions, Issues, & Opportunities    

 

Community Meeting #2

Visioning

Saturday, June 14th 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Boston College High School

150 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester

Topic:  What should Columbia Point look like in the Future?

 

Translation services available upon request. Please call ahead. 

 

For further information, please contact:

John (Tad) Read, Senior Planner                         

Boston Redevelopment Authority           

PHONE: 617.918.4264                                        

John.Read.BRA@cityofboston.gov                                   

 

Or

 

Lauren Shurtleff, Planner           

Boston Redevelopment Authority

PHONE :  617.918.4353

Lauren.Shurtleff.BRA@cityofboston.gov

 

Sponsored by the

Boston Redevelopment Authority

 

John F. Palmieri

Director

Center for Women in Politics - Logo
 
You are cordially invited to attend a graduation celebration honoring the
 
Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy
Class of 2008

 

May 19, 2008

 

Reception  6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Graduation Ceremony  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

 

University of Massachusetts Boston 

Campus Center Ballroom, 3rd floor

 

Keynote Speaker: Leslie Kirwan

Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance

R.S.V.P. by May 15th to donna.stewartson@umb.edu  or  617.287.6785

John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies

CWPPP Mind The Gap Picture
Register Online for the June 9th

Women, Wages & Work Policy Conference Register Now! - click here

 

Join us for a day of exciting speakers and strategy sessions to close the wage gap; advocate for family friendly benefits, retirement security, and work/life balance; and examine how to get women what they need in childcare and job training.

 

Monday, June 9th

UMass Boston Campus Center

 

Featured Speakers Include:

Lilly Ledbetter. Plaintiff in Supreme Court gender wage discrimination case: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Eleanor Holmes Norton. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Rosa DeLauro.   U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Niki Tsongas. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Evelyn Murphy. Former Lt. Governor & Author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid as Much as Men and What to Do About It
Teresa Heinz Kerry. Philanthropist and Supporter of Women's Retirement Security
Suzanne Bump. Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Rocio Saenz. President, SEIU Local 615
Ann Bookman. Executive Director, MIT Workplace Center
Ellen Bruce . Director, Pension Action Center, UMass Boston

 
 
Want to post your event?
 
All submissions should be received at least seven days before the event date. The MGS Update cannot guarantee that all submissions will be published. Inquiries regarding the events published in The MGS Update, should be directed to the phone number or email provided. Please send listings to michael.macphee@umb.edu or call 617.287.5550.
 Thank you.