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August 15, 2008
The McCormack Update
In This Issue
Job Opportunities of Interest
MGS in the News
Gerontology - Dissertation Defense - Monday, Aug. 18th
The Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy is cosponsoring two events
CSP - Global Learning Exchange Networks
Dispute Resolution Graduate Student Conference
SAVE THE DATE! November 16-19
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 Dean Steve Crosby - Pic 3    Message from the Dean
 
Friends and Colleagues:

It's mid-August, the Red Sox lead for the wild card, and we're getting ready to go back to school. Hopefully your summer was refreshing, despite being a bit damp.
 
We have spent a lot of time in the last few months developing an administrative reorganization of the academic side of the college, beginning with recruitment of a new Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs.  We have good applicants, and hope to make that decision soon.
 
The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, helping to facilitate an integrated, multi-use ocean management plan for Massachusetts coastal waters, won a $1M endowment from the Office of the UMass President.  Thanks especially to Robbin Peach for pursuing this and to the flexibility of both UMass President and UMass Boston administrations for moving quickly to get it done.  And we are pleased to announce that MGS has now been joined by Dr. Adenrele Awotona's Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters.  This is yet another dimension to our presence in global affairs--a presence we will begin to consider expanding further.
 
Be sure to read the article about the New England Ethnic Newswire from MassInc's "Commonwealth" Magazine,
led by Frank Herron from the Center on Media and Society.  It is a great initiative to support the development of strong ethnic media in our region.
 
Enjoy the last few lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.

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Steve Crosby

Dean

Job Opportunities of Interest
New postings of the week:

6 Positions including Director of Individual Giving
Citizens Schools

6 Interships Positions
Massachusetts Non-Profit Network

Deputy Director
The Barr Foundation

Click here for job postings and descriptions
MGS in the News 

Cash-strapped seniors flock to full-time jobs
Chetek Alert (August 6, 2008)

Study published by the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston and the Wider Opportunities for Women organization is mentioned in a story about how the country's economic downslide is making seniors go back to full time jobs to make ends meet.

The Golden Years Dilemma
(August 7, 2008)
Laura Henze Russell, Director of the Elders on the Edge Program at the Gerontology Institute, was quoted in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Spring 2008 Communities and Banking article, "The Golden Years Dilemma," which focuses on the challenges for house rich, cash poor seniors.  In addition, Russell presented the findings of the third in a series of state-based reports by the Gerontology Institute she co-authored in partnership with Wider Opportunities for Women, The Elder Economic Security Standard Index for Illinois, at a press conference in Chicago in June 2008 and at a briefing convened by the Illinois Department on Aging.  There was good media coverage of the report, including an editorial in the Chicago Tribune, and Russell was quoted in an article in the DeKalb Daily Chronicle.

WBZ Radio (July 29, 2008)
UMass Boston professor public policy & public affairs Christian Weller speaks with WBZ's Lisa Meyer about the state of the current economy and its impact on home owners. Click on the link above to listen to the interview. 

Click here for full stories
Dissertation Defense - Monday, Aug. 18th
Gerontology PhD Candidate Kerstin Gerst

Gerontology Institut-logo Supplemental Security Income Use by Older Immigrants from Latin America: Impact of Federal and State Policy
 
Date: August 18, 2008
Time: 2:00pm
Place: Wheatley Hall
3rd Floor, Rm. 125

 

SPONSORED BY THE GERONTOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES
The Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy is cosponsoring two events at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)
 
Save the Date 6-11-08Which is being held in Boston this year. On Wednesday, August 27th, Carol Hardy-Fanta will be presenting as part of a Short Course on the Intersectionality of Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Politics. Her book, Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race and Political Participation in the United States, will be featured at a reception, cosponsored by Routledge Press, being held as part of this event. On Saturday, August 30th, the Center will be cosponsoring the reception of the Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics. To be honored on Saturday is Dianne M. Pinderhughes, the first African American woman to serve as President of the APSA and co-Principal Investigator with Carol Hardy-Fanta on the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Survey. All students and faculty are invited to attend the APSA Annual Meeting and connect with over 7,000  attendees, including students, scholars, publishers, and more. Registering for the conference will enable you to attend the Saturday reception -- one of the most diverse gatherings in academia (good food and drinks, too!).  Click here to find out more.

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Building Partnerships, Knowledge &

Power to Advance Equitable Societies

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
8:15 am - 2:00 pm

University of Massachusetts-Boston
Campus Center Ballroom
100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston


This Forum will explore how NGO learning exchanges can advance social change and innovation within the third sector in Greater Boston and around the globe.

Please join social change leaders & activists for conversation and collaboration to strengthen third sector capacity and its role in creating civil societies.
Click here for more information & to register for the Forum!

This Forum is cosponsored by the Center for Social Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston.

Thanks to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an Anonymous Foundation, Simmons College, and the Boston-Haifa Connection of CJP for their support of this event.

Seventh Biennial Graduate
Student Conference

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SAVE THE DATE!

November 16-19, 2008
 
An international conference on
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities
for Children and their Families after Disasters
 
McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
University of Massachusetts at Boston

Inaugural event of the
 
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters

For further information please go to:
www.rebuilding.umb.edu or call Stephanie Murguia
at (617) 287-7116 
 
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 [email protected] or call 617.287.5550.
 
 Thank you.