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The McCormack Update |
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| June 1, 2009 |
Friends and Colleagues:
My 3rd Commencement week as dean has come and gone and what a week it was. The McCormack Graduate School awarded 13 PhDs-7 in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Drs. Charles Jones, Mandira Kala, Nicole Lavan, Xuhong Liu, Jennifer Raymond, Jennifer Shea, Randall Wilson) and 6 in the Department of Gerontology (Drs. Heather Connors, Kerstin Gerst, Allan Morgan, Archana Prakash, Natalie Wiatrowski, Kathleen Wilson.) Congratulations to you all! And Dr. Kerstin Gerst was selected to be the student speaker at the Graduate Convocation on Thursday night. We also awarded 25 Masters in Public Policy and Public Affairs, 19 Masters in Gerontology, 12 Masters in Dispute Resolution, 15 Certificates in Dispute Resolution and 27 Certificates in Women in Politics and Public Policy. The Graduate Convocation was also a moment of high achievement for Padraig O'Malley, the Moakley Chair on Peace and Reconciliation. Chancellor Motley awarded Chancellor's Medals for International Peace and Reconciliation to Dragan Spasojevic and Sadri Ferati, representatives of Serbs and Albanian Kosovars in the divided city of Mitrovica. These 2 leaders of their warring clans attended our recent Conference on Divided Cities, courageously bridged the gap between their peoples and offered to host the Forum on Divided Cities in Mitrovica next year. That was a remarkable achievement by Mr. Ferati and Mr. Spasojevic, as well as by the Moakley Chair. There was a lot more that happened at the end of the school year:
* Kim Johnson, a Gerontology PhD Student, was selected to receive a Hartford Geriatric Social
Work doctoral fellowship from the Gerontological Society of America, a highly competitive and
distinguished 2 year award.
* Donna Haig Friedman had her television debut on New England Cable News, and managed to plug the Center for Social Policy's June 4th Conference " Reshaping Poverty Policy for
21st Century Families and Communities."
* The McCormack Graduate School announced the appointment of 2 new fellows, Dr. William J.
Brennan and Dr. John B. Chittick.
Dr. Brennan was until recently the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and has had a distinguished life long career in maritime issues and marine and
environmental policy.
Dr. Chittick is the creator and Executive Director of TeenAids-PeerCorps Inc. For more that 2
decades, Dr. Chittick has traveled the country and the globe educating teens about prevention of
HIV/AIDs.
We welcome them both to the MGS family of scholars.
I hope you have a relaxing and delightful summer.
Steve Crosby, Dean
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Job Opportunities of Interest |
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New Postings of the Week
The Community Action Agency of Somerville
The Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
Quincy Community Action Programs
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
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Plymouth town manager search
Old Colony Memorial, May, 2009
The search for the next town manager will begin next month if selectmen vote this week to sign a contract with the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies.
Lessons From Springfield
Wbur.org, May 19, 2009
In a study released last week by the Collins Center at the McCormack Graduate School and the Rappaport Institute at Harvard's Kennedy School, Robert Carey, an expert on Massachusetts health insurance costs, concludes that Springfield's experience offers three important lessons to local and state officials.
Steve Crosby, dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, discusses the findings of a new report on workplace diversity released today by the Commonwealth Compact, a project launched by business leaders and UMass Boston in 2007 to reverse Boston's image as unfriendly to minorities and women.
Diversity seeks a foothold
The Boston Globe, May 19, 2009
The Commonwealth Compact was formed a year ago to assess and promote diversity among the region's leading employers - and to counteract the region's reputation as a frosty place for workers of color and women. The first evaluation was released today. The analysis by Carol Hardy-Fanta of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies shows significant disparities across sectors.
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Stepping Up
The analysis by Dr. Carol Hardy-Fanta of the McCormack Graduate School that detailed diversity data from 111 organizations, was released by Commonwealth Compact on May 19. Dean Steve Crosby told more than 400 people, including Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Arthur Bernard, representing Governor Patrick, that continued progress by the Compact "can set a standard for our country." At the event, Massachusetts and Boston signed on, agreeing to submit data on those large workforces to the Benchmarks Initiative. |
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Program for Women in Politics & Public Policy |
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Deadline extended until June 29th
Join other women from around Massachusetts, the nation, and the world in a challenging and exciting learning environment designed for women who want to make a change-and make a difference! Discover your public passion, develop your intellectual capacity and leadership skills, and meet women from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds in an environment that features both academic excellence and professional development.
Whether you are a graduating college senior, a professional seeking to change careers, a woman with ambitions for a master's or PhD level degree, or are returning to academia after some years, the Graduate Certificate Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy may be right for you. Contact: Donna Stewartson, Associate Director, Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy at 617-287-6785. donna.stewartson@umb.edu |
Center on Media and Society |
New England Ethnic Newswire
A press conference on April 24 that connected Gov. Deval Patrick with representatives of more than 20 ethnic-media outlets drew extensive coverage in the ethnic press in April and May. Boston-based El Mundo published an interview with Frank Herron, editor in chief of the MGS-based New England Ethnic Newswire, about the significance of the meeting. Similar sessions with the governor are scheduled for July 7 and Oct. 6 in the State House.
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Want to post your event?
All submissions should be received at least ten 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 robert.okeefe@umb.edu or call 617.287.5536.
Thank you.
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