|
|
|
Friends and Colleagues:
There's a lot going on:
We're pleased to announce the arrival of Georgianna Meléndez who will serve as Co-Director of the Commonwealth Compact. Her job is to help assure, with Bob Turner and Colleen Richards Powell, that the Compact's next few years are even more successful than the first. Georgianna was recently the Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Development and Community Relations at the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and before that served as Executive Director of Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc.
 Dr. Darren Kew of our Dispute Resolution program led a group of conflict resolution experts on a remarkable trip to Nigeria on "Building Citizen Engagement and Resolution Skills in Civil Society." The team had the opportunity to learn from the work of Nigerian counterparts and to present cutting edge conflict resolution training to a broad range of local leaders, practitioners and students. Nearly 2,000 Nigerians took part.
On March 5th, the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy partnered with the National Archives in Washington DC to celebrate "Big Strides, Diverse Paths: Women's Journeys to Political Leadership." The panel was moderated by Eleanor Clift, contributing Editor of Newsweek.
The McCormack Graduate School will be participating in a University wide charity event, GoKids24, putting together a 24 hour relay team for May 16th and 17th. Each participant in the relay will contribute $25 to GoKids and raise money from other sponsors if possible. We'll be running for 24 hours, but the special hours will be from 10:00 Saturday night to 6:00 Sunday morning: I'll be there then, and there will be refreshments! Please click here to join us for the relay.
I'm delighted to report that our student applications are up this year by over 30%. We should have very strong applicant pools for next year's Ph.D., Masters and Certificate Programs. And we are negotiating with four new faculty members, and are proud of their scholarship, their intense interest in coming to UMass Boston, and their diversity.
Steve Crosby, Dean |
|
| Job Opportunities of Interest |
|
New postings of the week:
Town of Lexington, Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Massachusetts
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Jane Doe Inc
The University of Georgia
|
|
| MGS in the News |
Globe Listed Among 'Endangered Newspapers
WBZ TV, March 9, 2009
The Boston Globe is on a list of 10 major newspapers in the country predicted to either shut down during the recession or to switch to an all-digital format. "It's hard to grasp any of the cities mentioned without those newspapers," said Frank Herron, director of the Center on Media & Society at UMass Boston. "The Globe has been an absolute stalwart journalistically, not just in Boston but in the region. It's absolutely sobering to consider it.
Mayor Menino: Freeze wages, or else
The Boston Herald, March 7, 2009
Stephen Crosby, Dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston is quoted in this article. Taking the keys Fox 25 News, March 6, 2009
Elizabeth Dugan, faculty member of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies and undergraduate/graduate gerontology program was interviewed about older driver safety issues in this Fox25 News special report. Bay State's jobless rate jumps to 7.4%
The Boston Globe, March 6, 2009
The Massachusetts unemployment rate in January leaped above 7 percent for the first time since June 1993, indicating an accelerating recession that could rank among the state's worst.There are now more than 250,000 unemployed in Massachusetts, up nearly 100,000, or about 60 percent, from a year ago."The state economy, like the national economy, is still in this vicious downward cycle where job losses beget more job losses," said Alan Clayton-Matthews, UMass Boston professor and economist. "Confidence has collapsed, and, it's steeper and deeper than we've forecast." Additional Coverage: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Business, confidence indexes drop to new lows in Mass
The Daily News Transcript, March 4, 2009
Alan Clayton-Matthews, UMass Boston professor and economist, said the timing of an economic turnaround depends significantly on a restoration in confidence in the country's big financial institutions and a recovery in home prices. "It's possible when we see the third quarter (this year) that we might have hit bottom," Clayton-Matthews said, referring to a potential turnaround point in the economy. "But we won't know until we get there"
Market Meltdown Amplifies Baby Boomer Worries
The Boston Globe, March 1, 2009
While South Boston's neighborhood restaurants and bars seem relatively immune to the recession compared with other restaurants throughout the city, UMass Boston professor and economist Alan Clayton-Matthews warns against any cockiness. Statewide, the meal taxes collected in December 2008 were down 6.3 percent compared with December 2007. "I would be happy that my business had not gone down," Clayton-Matthews advises restaurant owners. "But I would also be worried about the future."
|
| Harvard International Review & World Politics Review |
 Michael Keating, Senior Fellow and Associate Director at the McCormack Graduate School's Center for Democracy and Development, has been asked to be a regular contributor to the website blogs of the of the Harvard International Review http://hir.harvard.edu/ and the World Politics Review. http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com |
| MGS Dissertation Defenses |
Thursday, March 12 Randall Wilson
"Finding the Will and the Way: Applying the Framework of Commitment and Capacity to the Implementation of Career Ladders in the Long-term Care Sector"
3:00PM, UMASS Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack Bld. M-3-412, PP Conference Room
Friday, March 20, Allan Morgan
"Job Transition, Bridge Work and Their Effects on Health"
11:00AM, UMASS Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd.
Wheatley Bld. Rm. W-3-125
Friday, March 27, Jean Windsor
"Increasing Integrated Employment Outcomes: How are States Using Commitment, Capacity Building, and Choice to Impact the Distribution of People in Day and Employment Services?"
1:00PM, UMASS Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack Bld. Rm. M-3-412 |
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell |
Join us for a special screening of newly released "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," followed by a moderated discussion by Prof. Amani El-Jack
WOMEN'S RESEARCH FORUM
Date: Tues., March 24th
Time: 5:30pm Reception; 6:00 Film
Location:
UMass Boston, Ryan Lounge, McCormack Hall, 3rd Fl.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. Read the reviews of this inspiring film.
 Amani El-Jack is Assistant Professor of Women Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Amani El Jack focuses on the gendered fields of development studies; globalization; forced migration; militarization/war; post-conflict reconstruction processes; peace building and human security, with specific emphasis on Africa. Free and open to the public. Refreshments and networking at 5:30pm; film starts at 6:00pm. RSVP by clicking here. |
| The Robert C. Wood Professorship in Public and Urban Affairs 2009 Recipient |
|
 Barbara J. Nelson is Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs where she was Dean from 1996-2008. She also holds adjunct appointments in Social Welfare, Urban Planning, and Political Science. She is the Founder and Principal Investigator of The Concord Project (1993), and has worked and done research in over 25 countries. Barbara Nelson is a specialist in international and domestic conflict mediation, leadership, organizational behavior, and social movements; including women's, labor, ethnic, and religious social movements.
Barbara Nelson is the author of six books and over seventy articles. Her most recent books are Leadership and Diversity: A Case Book and The Concord Handbook: Building Social Capital Across Communities. She is a Member of the Board of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles and the was the Co-Chair of the [U.S.] National Commission to Reduce Infant Mortality. She is also a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.
Save The Date
Tuesday April 28, 2009
5:30-7:00pm
Campus Center Ballroom
UMass Boston | |
|
