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February 2008
Vol. 34, No. 2
Master Plan Describes Growth Strategy
Before the University could convert 10 West St. to the spectacular residence
“Creating the Dream”
Award Winner
Office of Diversity Director Jacinda Felix presents Associate Professor of History Robert
Bellinger with the “Creating the Dream” award
during the Martin Luther King, Jr., luncheon.
This special award recognizes the outstanding
efforts of an individual, organization or department within the University related to creating
an inclusive, respectful and safe climate for
members of the AHANA community. (Photo by
Andrea Dolan )
hall that houses students today, it worked with the city and area residents to ensure
a good fit in the neighborhood. A key tool in this process was the Institutional
Master Plan.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority requires that all colleges and universities
in Boston prepare an Institutional Master Plan and update it every five years.
The University has been working for about a year to create a new master
plan, under the leadership of John Nucci, vice president for Government
and Community Affairs. This plan will address campus needs over the next
10 years.
The plan will incorporate a growth strategy for the University, while outlining
plans for the Modern Theater and 20 Somerset St. sites.
“The Institutional Master Plan is an essential document in that it keeps all
University stakeholders—from students and faculty to alumni, neighbors and city
officials—informed about how we plan to meet the future needs of the University
community” said Nucci. “The feedback from these constituencies has proved
essential to developing projects, such as the 10 West St. residence hall, that benefit
everyone involved.”
Specifically, the Institutional Master Plan will address the following needs:
• Residential
• Athletic
• Student services
• Academic space
“The Institutional Master Plan is a partnership effort with the BRA, the
community task force and the University,” said Gordon King, senior director of
Facilities Planning and Management for the University. “It gives a broad view of the
physical growth needs of the University and a strategy for achieving that growth in
downtown Boston, where we have our campus.”
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Dean Aman: I Want the World to Know Us
New Law School Dean Alfred C. Aman,
Jr., has adjusted easily to his new role as
the ninth dean of Suffolk University Law
School and has set goals in keeping with the
Law School’s mission.
“I’m getting to know the Law School and
the Suffolk community, and I couldn’t be
happier,” said Aman, former law school dean
at Indiana University—Bloomington and an
internationally known scholar and lecturer.
“I strongly identify with Suffolk Law’s
distinctive mission and have long admired
its history of opening doors to the legal
profession for generations of students,
regardless of their economic and cultural
backgrounds,” said Aman. “Clearly, there’s
still a lot of learning that has to continue
on my part, but everything I know about
Suffolk Law’s historic goals and accomplishments makes me more enthusiastic and
confident in its future.”
Aman, who succeeded Robert H. Smith
last summer, is experiencing the classroom
for himself this semester, teaching a course
on administrative law to 60 students from
the day and evening divisions.
Near the top of Aman’s list of immediate
goals are increasing need-based scholarships
for students and increasing the visibility of
Suffolk Law across the country.
“We have great programs at this school,
and I want the world to know what they can
find at our school here in Boston,” he said.”
Aman has been busy meeting with
faculty, staff, students and alumni, listening
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G reen C a mpu s
A Milestone for University Environment
This is the first in a series of occasional columns about sustainability
efforts on campus.
The University marks an important milestone in its continuing
efforts to improve sustainability with its first LEED-Silver building,
the 10 West St. residence hall.
Sustainable design is at the core of LEED—or Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design—standards. Our goal is that the
Modern Theater and 20 Somerset St. developments also will meet
these high standards.
The University also is in the midst of a massive retrofit of lighting and water fixtures.
Water is very expensive, so sink, shower and toilet valves are
being replaced with water-saving models.
Lighting fixtures also have been upgraded, with incandescent
fixtures converted to high-efficiency fluorescents and low-efficiency
fluorescents upgraded. The new lighting maintains the same light
output as the old. Sensors installed in classrooms and offices shut
off lights automatically when they’re not in use.
The upgrades have been completed in the Ridgeway and Sawyer
buildings, and work continues elsewhere on campus. The goal is to
decrease the University’s carbon footprint and save on energy and
water costs.
There has been a complete upgrade of the Law School’s mechanical control system, which handles heat, cooling and light. The computerized central system is now both reliable and energy efficient.
These initiatives have been guided by the Sustainability Task
Force, made up of students, staff and faculty, and are being implemented by the Facilities Planning and Management Department.
Learning about responsible energy use is an important part of the
total learning experience here at Suffolk. This is an issue that touches
everyone growing up in the world today.
The reaction to our sustainability efforts in
the residence halls has been overwhelmingly
positive.
We are coming out of the dark age and
into the green age, and we ask all members
of the University community to contribute
through mindful use—and reuse—of our
resources.
Gordon B King
Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Dean Aman at the Helm
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and learning about their hopes, goals
and priorities for the future. He credits
his smooth transition to the help he has
received from faculty members, associate
deans and a talented and caring staff. “I’m
thrilled and honored to be working with
so many extraordinary and hardworking
people,” he said. “We have a great team
of professionals.”
Education always has been central in
Aman’s life. “My parents emphasized the
importance of education at an early age,”
he said. “And I always had wonderful teachers along the way, people who inspired and
mentored me career-wise and intellectually.”
He recalled receiving the book Do It
Right on the first day of his freshman year at
McQuaid High School in Rochester, N.Y.
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“It was filled with useful
Hall. “This is Cozy Cole,”
information, like how to propsaid Aman in an exuberant
erly study, preparing well and
tone. “He is one of the greattaking your assignments seriest swing/jazz drummers of all
ously,” said Aman, who went
time, and I studied with him
on to earn an A.B. with distincfrom when I was 10 years old
tion in Political Science from
the University of Rochester and
through high school.”
a J.D. from the University of
Aman has a full set of
Chicago Law School. “I used
drums in his summer home
that as a reference throughout
on Martha’s Vineyard, which
my educational progress.”
he shares with his wife, Carol
He then paused and smiled. Alfred C. Aman
Greenhouse, professor of anthro“I still have that book.”
pology at Princeton University. During the
The respected lawyer and educational
academic year, they live downtown, but
leader also has a lighter side. He is an
that doesn’t stop him from practicing his
accomplished jazz drummer, who at age 4
cherished craft. “I use electronic drums,
began banging away on the set of drums his
with earphones,” he said with a laugh.
uncle kept in the family living room. Soon
According to Aman, the study of law
after, he began taking lessons and plays in
and the study of music have similar comvarious bands and groups to this day.
ponents. “Both music and law begin with
Said Aman, “Playing the drums has been
good technique, but they also require the
a tremendous passion and hobby of mine
imagination and dedication to apply that
for as long as I can remember.”
know-how successfully into new and often
He stands up and walks over to a photo
unexpected situations,” he said.
prominently displayed on a wall in his
Master Plan
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Celebrating Another Campus Milestone
Dean of Students Nancy Stoll, President David J. Sargent, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Vice
President of Government and Community Affairs John Nucci cut the ribbon to officially open the
University’s newest residence hall at 10 West St. in Downtown Crossing. Members of the University community, city officials and neighborhood residents gathered for the Jan. 9 opening celebration and tours of the building. The residence hall accommodates 274 undergraduates in suites and
apartments. The University’s three residence halls now have the capacity to house more than 1,000
students, nearly 25 percent of Suffolk’s undergraduates. (Photo by John Gillooly)
The ideas about campus priorities
that should be addressed in the plan
have risen from the roots of the
University, and each of the deans has
been involved in the process.
“Suffolk must expand its footprint to
meet these needs, which have long been
recognized by the University,” said King.
“The master plan will reflect our strategies for expanding in downtown Boston
to accomplish our educational goals.”
The first step in creating the new
Institutional Master Plan was to file
documents with the BRA on Jan. 11.
This filing and related documents are
posted on the Facilities Management
and Planning Web page: www.suffolk.
edu/offices/950.html. King expects the
master plan to be finalized by summer
2008, after considerable public review
this spring.
Consulting with the University on
the master plan is world-renowned
architect and urban planner Alex
Krieger, who has been meeting with a
community task force for more than
a year.
University Wins Several CASE
Communication Awards
New Master’s Program
in Ethics & Public Policy
The University was well represented in the recent CASE
The College of Arts and Sciences is introducing a new
District I Communication Awards.
The Advancement Office was awarded bronzes for the
campaign publication “The Power to Change” and for the best
overall and best designed magazine—the Suffolk Alumni Magazine.
Advancement also received an honorable mention for the “Reviving
the American Dream” poster.
In the brochures category, Creative Services received silver for a
graduate economics brochure, bronze for a new-student orientation
brochure and honorable mention for a study-abroad brochure.
The Law School received silver for its viewbook, “The Making
of a Suffolk Lawyer.”
The CASE District I communication awards recognize outstanding achievement in higher education, independent school
and non-profit organization communications. Judges assess overall
design, content and writing, and use of photography, graphics
and technology.
master’s program in Ethics and Public Policy in fall 2008.
The departments of Philosophy and Government are collaborating to offer the master’s degree program, which will train
leaders, executives, professionals and aspiring scholars to identify
and consider the complicated moral concerns associated with
the corporate world, rapid developments in biotechnology and
the changing nature of warfare.
“We are here to meet the need for people who can combine
technical proficiency with an understanding of the larger
moral questions arising from their work,” said Professor Nir
Eisikovits, director of the program. “Mastering the biological
intricacies of genetic germline engineering is one thing. How
such technology would alter our idea of what it means to be
human is quite another.”
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Potpourri
ing in Three Dimensions: Authorship,
Architecture, and American Realism” at
the Poetry Center in the Sawyer Library.
Armbruster and students from her “Seminar
for Freshmen” class visited author Edith
Wharton’s mansion in Lenox. The class also
toured the Museum of the Gilded Age at
Ventfort Hall in Lenox.
Robert Allison, History, taught a
mini-course on the American Revolution
Wednesday evenings in January and
February at the Salem Athenaeum, one of
New England’s oldest libraries. And at the
Old South Meeting House on Dec. 16, the
234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party,
Allison “introduced the story of that night
to the several hundred intrepid Bostonians
who had braved the storm to re-enact the
opening of the Revolution.”
Jason Carter, Communication &
Journalism, attended a sold-out screening,
followed by a Q & A session, of his short
film, “The Competition,” at the Bahamas
International Film Festival in Nassau.
Bob DiGuardia, Information
Technology Services, spoke at the Midwest
Regional Datatel Users Group meeting
in Sioux City, Iowa, on the history of the
national group and observations on dealing
with change in technology. Also, his band,
One Moe Time, has a Web site at www.
onemoetime.com. Sign up to receive e-mails
about its appearances.
Victoria Dodd, Law School, has
completed a one-year term as a member of
the Executive Committee for the Education
Law Section of the Association of American
Law Schools.
Youmna Hinnawi, Center for
International Education, Study Abroad
Programs, was interviewed on WERS, the
Emerson College radio station, about trends
in study-abroad programs.
Iani Moreno, Humanities and Modern
Languages, spoke on “The History of the
Indigenous World told in Two Recent Plays
in the Theatre of Northern Mexico” at the
6th Iberian-American Congress of University
Theatre in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
Jim Nelson, Athletics, won an
all-inclusive package for two people to
Elif Armbruster’s “Seminar for Freshmen” class
at the Wharton mansion in Lenox.
Jim Nelson at the Rose Bowl
Elif Armbruster, English, presented “Read-
The Suffolk University contingent takes a break in front of the Commercial and Investment Study
Center (CEICOM) in San Salvador.
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the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., from
the Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC). Nelson and his youngest son Dan
enjoyed the Tournament of Roses parade
before watching the bowl game 20 rows
back from the field.
Office of
Retention
Services and
the Center for
International
EducationStudy Abroad Office staffers Judy Benson,
Youmna Hinnawi, Danielle Santoro,
Wendy Garay and Cristina Balboni
celebrate at the Study Abroad Extravaganza.
The offices collaborated on the event, which
brought together faculty, administrators
and students to learn about the University’s
international programs while enjoying
international cuisine and music.
Doug Peterson, College Registrar’s
office, took first place in the holiday
decorating contest held in the Registrar’s
office. The staff was challenged to decorate
their work space by spending no more than
$10. Peterson’s winter wonderland, created
mostly with cotton balls, included an
ice-skating pond featuring Nancy Kerrigan,
ski slopes and many snowmen. The Student
Accounts Office staff served as judges.
Chris Rodriguez of History traveled
to El Salvador with 13 students from
his class “Study Trip to El Salvador: A
History and Learning Experience” from
Jan. 1–14, with the goal of exploring how
events ranging from the Spanish conquest
of the sixteenth century, the nineteenth
century indigenous uprisings against land
concentration, and the bloody and divisive
civil war of the 1980s shaped today’s
Salvadorans. Organized by the University’s
Organization for Uplifting Lives through
Service (S.O.U.L.S.) and supported by
the Moakley Institute, the students and
University staff members Ana Vaquerano
of the Law School Clinical Programs,
Jacinda Felix of Diversity Services, Tom
Gearty of Advancement and Julia Collins
of Archives met with civil war veterans,
Salvadoran legislators, U.S. Embassy and
United Nations Development Program
officials, among others. The group traveled
to Suchitoto, the area the late Massachusetts
Congressman John Joseph Moakley visited
in 1989 as he began the investigation of
the Jesuit murders in San Salvador that
led to the end of the Salvadoran civil war.
Rodriguez reported that the bulk of the time
was devoted to service learning. “We spent
our days mixing concrete, pouring columns,
laying adobe brick and cinder blocks, and
clearing brush to help the community
of El Sitio, Suchitoto, prepare for its V
Festival Commemorating the 1992 Peace
Accords,” he said. On Jan. 30, the students
were to present “On the Front Lines of
Democrary: S.O.U.L.S. Students Fulfilling
Joe Moakley’s Mission in El Salvador” to
the University’s Board of Trustees and to the
University community as part of the History
Department’s series of monthly lectures.
David Yamada, Law School. In his role
as president of the New Workplace Institute,
he spoke on “Workplace Bullying: The Role
of Unions in Prevention and Response” at
the SEIU Massachusetts Stewards Assembly
in Dorchester. He appeared twice on
National Public Radio’s “Marketplace”
program, first on the widespread practice of
unpaid student internships and second to
discuss workplace bullying.
As part of the Law School’s 2nd Annual
Winter Decorating Contest the offices
were transformed into a skating pond, the
Nutcracker Ballet, Candyland, a ski lodge,
N.H. Poll Wins High Marks
Congratulations to David Paleologos, who was the darling of the political pundits in the
aftermath of the 7News/Suffolk University presidential polling in New Hampshire. Most
pollsters wrote off Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but while Paleologos, director
of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, predicted a narrow Obama victory, the poll was well within the margin of error. The 7News/Suffolk poll caught the
attention of everyone from MSNBC analysts to comedian John Stewart on “The Daily
Show. And there was this from the “Democratic Daily” blog: “Looks like the kudos of
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the day go to Suffolk University. What’s their mascot, a slide rule or something?”
a holiday living room and the Antarctic,
thanks to the efforts of the administrators
and staff.
The winners are:
• Andrea Shannon, Law faculty assistant, Suite 260 —First Place Individual
• Law Registrar’s Office —First Place
Office
• Law Deans’ Suite —Second Place
• Advanced Legal Studies/Events/
LLM—Third Place
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Micheline Lacroix, Office of the President
Lisa Shell, Residence Life
Joining the University Police are:
Daniel Bates
Jose Gomez
Blanca Hernandez
Asaad Mohamed
Adam Pescatore
Faculty Publications
Sandra Barriales-Bouche and Marjorie
Salvodon, Humanities and Modern Lan-
guages, edited Zoom in, Zoom out: Crossing
Borders in Contemporary European Cinema, a
collection of essays
that explores the
multiple ways in
which European
filmmakers are questioning the borders
of their continent
(Cambridge Scholars
Publishing, 2007).
Eric Blumenson,
Law School. His
article, “The Challenge of a Global
Standard of Justice: Peace, Pluralism and
Punishment at the International Criminal
Court,” previously published in the
Columbia Transnational Law Journal, was
republished by a university press in India as
a chapter in the book, Genocide: An Offense
Against Humanity.
Krisanne Bursik, Psychology, and
recent doctoral program graduate
Terra Schmookler have published their
co-authored manuscript “The Value of
Monogamy in Emerging Adulthood: A
Gendered Perspective.” It is the lead article
in the peer-reviewed Journal of Social and
Personal Relationships, 2007, Volume 24(6),
819–835.
Bernadette Feeley, Law School
Clinical Programs, has published
“Examining the Use of For-Profit
Placements in Law School Externship
Programs” in the Clinical Law Review.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos
de la Fuente Marcos, Madrid campus, had
an article, “From Star Complexes to the
Field: Open Cluster Families,” published
in The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 672, No. 1,
January 1, 2008, pp. 342–352.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean for the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
has published four articles:
• “Lessons from the Integration of Spain
and Portugal to the European Union”
in PS: Political Science and Politics.
American Political Science Association.
Vol. XL, No.3, October 2007
• “Regional Integration and Economic
Development in the Iberian Peninsula
and Mexico” in Various Authors,
Economic Integration—Global
Experiences. (Pune, India: Icfai
University Press, 2007)
• “The Europeanization of Portuguese
Interest Groups? Trade Unions and
Employers’ Associations” in The
Europeanization of Portuguese Democracy.
(Lisbon: PJSS, 2007)
• “The Euro and Economic Reforms:
The Case of Spain” in The Euro and
the Dollar in a Globalized Economy
(Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing,
2007)
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Center for Teaching Excellence
Creating Significant Learning
As the semester begins, the Center
for Teaching Excellence and its faculty
board are ready to assist faculty as we
create significant learning experiences
for our students.
What does that mean? Dee Fink of
the University of Oklahoma tells us that
significant learning environments are
those classroom and external experiences
that “result in something that is truly
significant in the students’ lives.” When significant learning is
occurring, students are actively engaged and taking responsibility
for their own learning. You can see it in the energy level of the
class.
Significant learning is a further development of two critical
concepts in teaching.
The first concept is that of learning taxonomies. Many of
us are familiar with Bloom’s taxonomy, which identifies stages
of learning. Bloom identifies six stages, from the lowest level,
concrete knowledge, to the highest level, evaluation of ideas.
Significant learning adds to this basic definition of learning by
adding the aspects of integration, caring, humanity and the desire
to continually learn the role of education.
The second expanded idea of significant learning is that of
course design. Wiggins & McTighe are famous for their concept
of Backwards Design, that is, knowing what you want to happen
at the end of the learning experience and using that information
as the basis for planning course work. Significant learning experiences use a more developed, integrated approach to create the
type of learning climate that not only involves traditional goals
and objectives, but also is greatly enhanced by active learning and
the use of multiple forms of educative assessment in the context
of the situational factors involved in the learning environment.
Though this all sounds a bit daunting and may mean that
we as teachers have to be open to changing some of our current
practices, significant learning is possible for our students.
As a result of the enthusiasm of one of our book groups, the
Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce that Dee
Fink, author of Creating Significant Learning Experiences will
be the keynote speaker at the Center’s annual Spring Teaching
Luncheon on March 25. Dee will discuss how to make classroom
learning significant. Seating is limited, so be on the lookout for
your invitation.
For those who are interested in reading more about this concept, Dee’s book is available as an e-book from the Sawyer library.
Here’s to a semester of significant learning at Suffolk!
Donna Qualters
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
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Distinguished Visiting Scholars
The College of Arts and Sciences is bringing a number of
Distinguished Visiting Scholars to campus for the spring 2008
semester. While in residence, they will teach courses, lead workshops
and roundtables, and deliver public lectures.
Byllye Avery, founder and president of the Avery Institute
for Social Change and founder of the National Black Women’s
Health Project. A health care activist, she is committed to
increasing awareness and education of African
American women concerning their health issues.
The Hon. Stephen Breyer has served as a U.S.
Supreme Court Justice since 1994. He was an assistant Watergate special prosecutor, and chief counsel
to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1980, he was
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit and was named chief judge in 1990. Breyer
was a professor at Harvard Law School and at the
Kennedy School of Government.
The Hon. Charles Fried served as an associate
justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
from 1995 until 1999. He was a distinguished
lecturer in Constitutional Law at Harvard Law
School, where he returned as a full-time member of
the faculty and beneficial professor of law following his tenure on the court. Fried was appointed
solicitor general of the United States in 1985 and
represented the Reagan administration before
the U.S. Supreme Court in 25 cases. Fried is the
father of Greg Fried, chair of the Philosophy Department.
Hugo Salcedo is an award-winning playwright, poet, essayist,
critic, and theater director. He received the Premio Nacional de
Teatro para los Niños (National Children’s Dramaturgy Prize) for
his play Juaneet y Picadillo and was awarded the prize
given by Jornadas de los Niños por la Paz (Children’s
Theatre Conference on Peace) for Una rana croa/A
Frog Croaks. In November 2000, Salcedo became a
member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de
Arte, an honor bestowed on the best artists in Mexico.
Emil Kirchner, an international leader in the
research and teaching of European and German politics, is a
professor of European Studies at the University of Essex, where
he established the University’s first European studies program.
Kirchner received the Cross of the Order of Merit of
the Federal Republic of Germany for his outstanding
service to Anglo-German relations in teaching,
research, and cultural activities. He is the Jean Monet
Professor of European Integration and coordinator of
the Jean Monet European Centre of Excellence.
Maxine Hong Kingston is a National Book award-winning
author known for writing novels that draw on her family’s experiences as Chinese immigrants to the United States.
Her work includes The Book of Peace; To Be The Poet;
Hawaii One Summer. She also edited Veterans of War,
Veterans of Peace in 2007. Kingston is a senior lecturer
at the University of California, Berkeley where she
teaches creative writing.
New Work from Video Artists
Con-flict, site-specific installation detail, Bebe Beard, 2008.
Interventions and Objects: New Work by Bebe Beard and Liz Nofziger
is at the Gallery at the New England School of Art & Design, 75
Arlington St., through March 15.
Video/installation artists Beard and Nofziger will be creating
new, site-specific works in the gallery space for this show. The
artists, working separately yet sharing the same space, transform the
viewers’ perception of the gallery experience, adding a sense of play
along with a rethinking of how space is used.
Nofziger is known for creating intimate experiences by
incorporating objects such as miniature figurines and tiny video
monitors into hidden and obscured spaces, bringing attention to
otherwise overlooked details in the architecture of a space and forcing the viewer to look in a new way. She further plays with this
sense of space and scale by balancing her miniatures with larger
video projections to create an immersive experience for the viewer.
Beard presents a multi-channel, room-sized video projection and
mobile sculptures enhanced by a soundtrack that reacts to viewers as
they move through the gallery. The moving sculptures’ shadows add
further depth and layering to the images on the walls.
Adams Gallery
A Memory of Humanity: From Solferino to Guantanamo— 145 Years
of Red Cross Photography continues at the Adams Gallery through
March 31.
The exhibit also includes artifacts from the Boston area.
Student docents are on site daily to discuss the photographs and
the humanitarian efforts connected to the conflicts depicted.
The docents also are presenting a series of Saturday-afternoon
educational forums to provide a global context for the exhibit.
Antipersonnel mine victim, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1997 David
,
Higgs ©ICRC.
Suffolk In The News
The University is frequently featured in local and national
Boston Globe – Dec. 20, 2007
media. The following is a sampling of recent media mentions.
To view the complete list, go to www.suffolk.edu and click on
In the News.
John Hamel, director of undergraduate admissions, comments on
college recruitment efforts in the Sun Belt
BostonNOW—Dec. 11, 2007
Banker & Tradesman—Jan. 28, 2008
“Suffolk Presents Its Proposals For Academic, Dorm Projects”
Editorial
“Suffolk steps forward”
Boston Globe—Jan. 9, 2008
Boston Herald—Jan. 10, 2008
Boston Globe—Jan. 10, 2008
BostonNOW—Jan 10, 2008
“Rule change adds motion to dismiss”
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on the recently approved
amendments to the state Rules of Civil Procedure
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly—Dec. 10, 2007
“Suffolk University opens new dormitory at 10 West Street”
Boston Globe—Dec. 8, 2007
Boston Globe – Dec. 20, 2007
“Suffolk University men’s ice hockey team worthy of notice”
Editorial
“Suffolk University students to enliven Downtown Crossing area”
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Biology Lab to
Benefit from Lynch
Foundation Gift
The University’s Biology Department
will get a much-needed upgrade for
one of its most important labs through
a $150,000 gift from the Lynch
Foundation.
The Anatomy and Physiology lab
has shared space with Comparative
Physiology, Scientific Writing and an
evening lecture. This has meant that
Anatomy and Physiology students have
been able to work in the lab only during
class time.
The proposed addition of lab space
will enable greater lab access for research
and independent study, while increasing
efficiencies for faculty preparing coursework. The new lab will increase the
department’s lab capacity by 14 percent.
This is the second major gift from the
Lynch Foundation, founded in 1994 by
Carolyn and Peter Lynch, who received
an honorary Doctor of Commercial
Science degree from the University in
1994. The Lynch Foundation established
a scholarship in 1997 for a graduate of
one of the eight inner-city high schools
of the Archdiocese of Boston.
In the past five years, the number
of Biology majors at the University
has grown 61 percent. Anatomy &
Physiology is required for students
pursuing graduate school for medical
degrees, including veterinary science
and dentistry.
Among non-science majors, Biology
courses are the most popular for
satisfying the University’s core science
requirement.
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Participating in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Concert were: Ron Bell, director of
Gov. Deval Patrick’s Public Liaison Office; Keith Magee, director of development, Museum of African
American History; Klare Shaw, senior adviser for education, arts and culture, Barr Foundation; Teri
Fair, associate professor of Government at Suffolk; Bonnie Black, conductor of the Boston Youth
Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s String Orchestra; L
’Merchie Frazier, director of education,
Museum of African American History; and Jim Kaufman, general manager of Suffolk’s C. Walsh
Theatre. The event featured gospel, spiritual and classical music from the Boston Symphony Youth
Orchestra and readings from the speeches of Dr. King. (Photo by Andrea Dolan)
NESAD Completes Reaccreditation Process
The New England School of Art & Design has been granted renewal of membership
for a 10-year period of accreditation. This distinction was formally announced recently at
the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) in
Kansas City, Mo.
“The reaccreditation process is long and exhausting and could not have been completed
without the cooperation of the entire NESADSU community, administrators, faculty,
students and alumni alike,” said New England School of Art & Design Director of
Administrative Services Sara Chadwick. “The comments made by the NASAD visiting team,
who have extensive experience reviewing the programs of the country’s most prestigious art
and design schools, should make all of us very proud.”
The NASAD Visitor’s Report, presented to the New England School of Art & Design
last July, summarized the team’s findings during its four-day visit here, and said that, in
all areas, the school appeared “to meet all criteria for all applicable NASAD standards,” as
outlined in the NASAD handbook.
Vol. 34, No. 2
Master Plan Describes Growth Strategy
Before the University could convert 10 West St. to the spectacular residence
“Creating the Dream”
Award Winner
Office of Diversity Director Jacinda Felix presents Associate Professor of History Robert
Bellinger with the “Creating the Dream” award
during the Martin Luther King, Jr., luncheon.
This special award recognizes the outstanding
efforts of an individual, organization or department within the University related to creating
an inclusive, respectful and safe climate for
members of the AHANA community. (Photo by
Andrea Dolan )
hall that houses students today, it worked with the city and area residents to ensure
a good fit in the neighborhood. A key tool in this process was the Institutional
Master Plan.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority requires that all colleges and universities
in Boston prepare an Institutional Master Plan and update it every five years.
The University has been working for about a year to create a new master
plan, under the leadership of John Nucci, vice president for Government
and Community Affairs. This plan will address campus needs over the next
10 years.
The plan will incorporate a growth strategy for the University, while outlining
plans for the Modern Theater and 20 Somerset St. sites.
“The Institutional Master Plan is an essential document in that it keeps all
University stakeholders—from students and faculty to alumni, neighbors and city
officials—informed about how we plan to meet the future needs of the University
community” said Nucci. “The feedback from these constituencies has proved
essential to developing projects, such as the 10 West St. residence hall, that benefit
everyone involved.”
Specifically, the Institutional Master Plan will address the following needs:
• Residential
• Athletic
• Student services
• Academic space
“The Institutional Master Plan is a partnership effort with the BRA, the
community task force and the University,” said Gordon King, senior director of
Facilities Planning and Management for the University. “It gives a broad view of the
physical growth needs of the University and a strategy for achieving that growth in
downtown Boston, where we have our campus.”
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Dean Aman: I Want the World to Know Us
New Law School Dean Alfred C. Aman,
Jr., has adjusted easily to his new role as
the ninth dean of Suffolk University Law
School and has set goals in keeping with the
Law School’s mission.
“I’m getting to know the Law School and
the Suffolk community, and I couldn’t be
happier,” said Aman, former law school dean
at Indiana University—Bloomington and an
internationally known scholar and lecturer.
“I strongly identify with Suffolk Law’s
distinctive mission and have long admired
its history of opening doors to the legal
profession for generations of students,
regardless of their economic and cultural
backgrounds,” said Aman. “Clearly, there’s
still a lot of learning that has to continue
on my part, but everything I know about
Suffolk Law’s historic goals and accomplishments makes me more enthusiastic and
confident in its future.”
Aman, who succeeded Robert H. Smith
last summer, is experiencing the classroom
for himself this semester, teaching a course
on administrative law to 60 students from
the day and evening divisions.
Near the top of Aman’s list of immediate
goals are increasing need-based scholarships
for students and increasing the visibility of
Suffolk Law across the country.
“We have great programs at this school,
and I want the world to know what they can
find at our school here in Boston,” he said.”
Aman has been busy meeting with
faculty, staff, students and alumni, listening
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G reen C a mpu s
A Milestone for University Environment
This is the first in a series of occasional columns about sustainability
efforts on campus.
The University marks an important milestone in its continuing
efforts to improve sustainability with its first LEED-Silver building,
the 10 West St. residence hall.
Sustainable design is at the core of LEED—or Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design—standards. Our goal is that the
Modern Theater and 20 Somerset St. developments also will meet
these high standards.
The University also is in the midst of a massive retrofit of lighting and water fixtures.
Water is very expensive, so sink, shower and toilet valves are
being replaced with water-saving models.
Lighting fixtures also have been upgraded, with incandescent
fixtures converted to high-efficiency fluorescents and low-efficiency
fluorescents upgraded. The new lighting maintains the same light
output as the old. Sensors installed in classrooms and offices shut
off lights automatically when they’re not in use.
The upgrades have been completed in the Ridgeway and Sawyer
buildings, and work continues elsewhere on campus. The goal is to
decrease the University’s carbon footprint and save on energy and
water costs.
There has been a complete upgrade of the Law School’s mechanical control system, which handles heat, cooling and light. The computerized central system is now both reliable and energy efficient.
These initiatives have been guided by the Sustainability Task
Force, made up of students, staff and faculty, and are being implemented by the Facilities Planning and Management Department.
Learning about responsible energy use is an important part of the
total learning experience here at Suffolk. This is an issue that touches
everyone growing up in the world today.
The reaction to our sustainability efforts in
the residence halls has been overwhelmingly
positive.
We are coming out of the dark age and
into the green age, and we ask all members
of the University community to contribute
through mindful use—and reuse—of our
resources.
Gordon B King
Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Dean Aman at the Helm
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and learning about their hopes, goals
and priorities for the future. He credits
his smooth transition to the help he has
received from faculty members, associate
deans and a talented and caring staff. “I’m
thrilled and honored to be working with
so many extraordinary and hardworking
people,” he said. “We have a great team
of professionals.”
Education always has been central in
Aman’s life. “My parents emphasized the
importance of education at an early age,”
he said. “And I always had wonderful teachers along the way, people who inspired and
mentored me career-wise and intellectually.”
He recalled receiving the book Do It
Right on the first day of his freshman year at
McQuaid High School in Rochester, N.Y.
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“It was filled with useful
Hall. “This is Cozy Cole,”
information, like how to propsaid Aman in an exuberant
erly study, preparing well and
tone. “He is one of the greattaking your assignments seriest swing/jazz drummers of all
ously,” said Aman, who went
time, and I studied with him
on to earn an A.B. with distincfrom when I was 10 years old
tion in Political Science from
the University of Rochester and
through high school.”
a J.D. from the University of
Aman has a full set of
Chicago Law School. “I used
drums in his summer home
that as a reference throughout
on Martha’s Vineyard, which
my educational progress.”
he shares with his wife, Carol
He then paused and smiled. Alfred C. Aman
Greenhouse, professor of anthro“I still have that book.”
pology at Princeton University. During the
The respected lawyer and educational
academic year, they live downtown, but
leader also has a lighter side. He is an
that doesn’t stop him from practicing his
accomplished jazz drummer, who at age 4
cherished craft. “I use electronic drums,
began banging away on the set of drums his
with earphones,” he said with a laugh.
uncle kept in the family living room. Soon
According to Aman, the study of law
after, he began taking lessons and plays in
and the study of music have similar comvarious bands and groups to this day.
ponents. “Both music and law begin with
Said Aman, “Playing the drums has been
good technique, but they also require the
a tremendous passion and hobby of mine
imagination and dedication to apply that
for as long as I can remember.”
know-how successfully into new and often
He stands up and walks over to a photo
unexpected situations,” he said.
prominently displayed on a wall in his
Master Plan
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Celebrating Another Campus Milestone
Dean of Students Nancy Stoll, President David J. Sargent, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Vice
President of Government and Community Affairs John Nucci cut the ribbon to officially open the
University’s newest residence hall at 10 West St. in Downtown Crossing. Members of the University community, city officials and neighborhood residents gathered for the Jan. 9 opening celebration and tours of the building. The residence hall accommodates 274 undergraduates in suites and
apartments. The University’s three residence halls now have the capacity to house more than 1,000
students, nearly 25 percent of Suffolk’s undergraduates. (Photo by John Gillooly)
The ideas about campus priorities
that should be addressed in the plan
have risen from the roots of the
University, and each of the deans has
been involved in the process.
“Suffolk must expand its footprint to
meet these needs, which have long been
recognized by the University,” said King.
“The master plan will reflect our strategies for expanding in downtown Boston
to accomplish our educational goals.”
The first step in creating the new
Institutional Master Plan was to file
documents with the BRA on Jan. 11.
This filing and related documents are
posted on the Facilities Management
and Planning Web page: www.suffolk.
edu/offices/950.html. King expects the
master plan to be finalized by summer
2008, after considerable public review
this spring.
Consulting with the University on
the master plan is world-renowned
architect and urban planner Alex
Krieger, who has been meeting with a
community task force for more than
a year.
University Wins Several CASE
Communication Awards
New Master’s Program
in Ethics & Public Policy
The University was well represented in the recent CASE
The College of Arts and Sciences is introducing a new
District I Communication Awards.
The Advancement Office was awarded bronzes for the
campaign publication “The Power to Change” and for the best
overall and best designed magazine—the Suffolk Alumni Magazine.
Advancement also received an honorable mention for the “Reviving
the American Dream” poster.
In the brochures category, Creative Services received silver for a
graduate economics brochure, bronze for a new-student orientation
brochure and honorable mention for a study-abroad brochure.
The Law School received silver for its viewbook, “The Making
of a Suffolk Lawyer.”
The CASE District I communication awards recognize outstanding achievement in higher education, independent school
and non-profit organization communications. Judges assess overall
design, content and writing, and use of photography, graphics
and technology.
master’s program in Ethics and Public Policy in fall 2008.
The departments of Philosophy and Government are collaborating to offer the master’s degree program, which will train
leaders, executives, professionals and aspiring scholars to identify
and consider the complicated moral concerns associated with
the corporate world, rapid developments in biotechnology and
the changing nature of warfare.
“We are here to meet the need for people who can combine
technical proficiency with an understanding of the larger
moral questions arising from their work,” said Professor Nir
Eisikovits, director of the program. “Mastering the biological
intricacies of genetic germline engineering is one thing. How
such technology would alter our idea of what it means to be
human is quite another.”
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Potpourri
ing in Three Dimensions: Authorship,
Architecture, and American Realism” at
the Poetry Center in the Sawyer Library.
Armbruster and students from her “Seminar
for Freshmen” class visited author Edith
Wharton’s mansion in Lenox. The class also
toured the Museum of the Gilded Age at
Ventfort Hall in Lenox.
Robert Allison, History, taught a
mini-course on the American Revolution
Wednesday evenings in January and
February at the Salem Athenaeum, one of
New England’s oldest libraries. And at the
Old South Meeting House on Dec. 16, the
234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party,
Allison “introduced the story of that night
to the several hundred intrepid Bostonians
who had braved the storm to re-enact the
opening of the Revolution.”
Jason Carter, Communication &
Journalism, attended a sold-out screening,
followed by a Q & A session, of his short
film, “The Competition,” at the Bahamas
International Film Festival in Nassau.
Bob DiGuardia, Information
Technology Services, spoke at the Midwest
Regional Datatel Users Group meeting
in Sioux City, Iowa, on the history of the
national group and observations on dealing
with change in technology. Also, his band,
One Moe Time, has a Web site at www.
onemoetime.com. Sign up to receive e-mails
about its appearances.
Victoria Dodd, Law School, has
completed a one-year term as a member of
the Executive Committee for the Education
Law Section of the Association of American
Law Schools.
Youmna Hinnawi, Center for
International Education, Study Abroad
Programs, was interviewed on WERS, the
Emerson College radio station, about trends
in study-abroad programs.
Iani Moreno, Humanities and Modern
Languages, spoke on “The History of the
Indigenous World told in Two Recent Plays
in the Theatre of Northern Mexico” at the
6th Iberian-American Congress of University
Theatre in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
Jim Nelson, Athletics, won an
all-inclusive package for two people to
Elif Armbruster’s “Seminar for Freshmen” class
at the Wharton mansion in Lenox.
Jim Nelson at the Rose Bowl
Elif Armbruster, English, presented “Read-
The Suffolk University contingent takes a break in front of the Commercial and Investment Study
Center (CEICOM) in San Salvador.
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the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., from
the Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC). Nelson and his youngest son Dan
enjoyed the Tournament of Roses parade
before watching the bowl game 20 rows
back from the field.
Office of
Retention
Services and
the Center for
International
EducationStudy Abroad Office staffers Judy Benson,
Youmna Hinnawi, Danielle Santoro,
Wendy Garay and Cristina Balboni
celebrate at the Study Abroad Extravaganza.
The offices collaborated on the event, which
brought together faculty, administrators
and students to learn about the University’s
international programs while enjoying
international cuisine and music.
Doug Peterson, College Registrar’s
office, took first place in the holiday
decorating contest held in the Registrar’s
office. The staff was challenged to decorate
their work space by spending no more than
$10. Peterson’s winter wonderland, created
mostly with cotton balls, included an
ice-skating pond featuring Nancy Kerrigan,
ski slopes and many snowmen. The Student
Accounts Office staff served as judges.
Chris Rodriguez of History traveled
to El Salvador with 13 students from
his class “Study Trip to El Salvador: A
History and Learning Experience” from
Jan. 1–14, with the goal of exploring how
events ranging from the Spanish conquest
of the sixteenth century, the nineteenth
century indigenous uprisings against land
concentration, and the bloody and divisive
civil war of the 1980s shaped today’s
Salvadorans. Organized by the University’s
Organization for Uplifting Lives through
Service (S.O.U.L.S.) and supported by
the Moakley Institute, the students and
University staff members Ana Vaquerano
of the Law School Clinical Programs,
Jacinda Felix of Diversity Services, Tom
Gearty of Advancement and Julia Collins
of Archives met with civil war veterans,
Salvadoran legislators, U.S. Embassy and
United Nations Development Program
officials, among others. The group traveled
to Suchitoto, the area the late Massachusetts
Congressman John Joseph Moakley visited
in 1989 as he began the investigation of
the Jesuit murders in San Salvador that
led to the end of the Salvadoran civil war.
Rodriguez reported that the bulk of the time
was devoted to service learning. “We spent
our days mixing concrete, pouring columns,
laying adobe brick and cinder blocks, and
clearing brush to help the community
of El Sitio, Suchitoto, prepare for its V
Festival Commemorating the 1992 Peace
Accords,” he said. On Jan. 30, the students
were to present “On the Front Lines of
Democrary: S.O.U.L.S. Students Fulfilling
Joe Moakley’s Mission in El Salvador” to
the University’s Board of Trustees and to the
University community as part of the History
Department’s series of monthly lectures.
David Yamada, Law School. In his role
as president of the New Workplace Institute,
he spoke on “Workplace Bullying: The Role
of Unions in Prevention and Response” at
the SEIU Massachusetts Stewards Assembly
in Dorchester. He appeared twice on
National Public Radio’s “Marketplace”
program, first on the widespread practice of
unpaid student internships and second to
discuss workplace bullying.
As part of the Law School’s 2nd Annual
Winter Decorating Contest the offices
were transformed into a skating pond, the
Nutcracker Ballet, Candyland, a ski lodge,
N.H. Poll Wins High Marks
Congratulations to David Paleologos, who was the darling of the political pundits in the
aftermath of the 7News/Suffolk University presidential polling in New Hampshire. Most
pollsters wrote off Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but while Paleologos, director
of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, predicted a narrow Obama victory, the poll was well within the margin of error. The 7News/Suffolk poll caught the
attention of everyone from MSNBC analysts to comedian John Stewart on “The Daily
Show. And there was this from the “Democratic Daily” blog: “Looks like the kudos of
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the day go to Suffolk University. What’s their mascot, a slide rule or something?”
a holiday living room and the Antarctic,
thanks to the efforts of the administrators
and staff.
The winners are:
• Andrea Shannon, Law faculty assistant, Suite 260 —First Place Individual
• Law Registrar’s Office —First Place
Office
• Law Deans’ Suite —Second Place
• Advanced Legal Studies/Events/
LLM—Third Place
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Micheline Lacroix, Office of the President
Lisa Shell, Residence Life
Joining the University Police are:
Daniel Bates
Jose Gomez
Blanca Hernandez
Asaad Mohamed
Adam Pescatore
Faculty Publications
Sandra Barriales-Bouche and Marjorie
Salvodon, Humanities and Modern Lan-
guages, edited Zoom in, Zoom out: Crossing
Borders in Contemporary European Cinema, a
collection of essays
that explores the
multiple ways in
which European
filmmakers are questioning the borders
of their continent
(Cambridge Scholars
Publishing, 2007).
Eric Blumenson,
Law School. His
article, “The Challenge of a Global
Standard of Justice: Peace, Pluralism and
Punishment at the International Criminal
Court,” previously published in the
Columbia Transnational Law Journal, was
republished by a university press in India as
a chapter in the book, Genocide: An Offense
Against Humanity.
Krisanne Bursik, Psychology, and
recent doctoral program graduate
Terra Schmookler have published their
co-authored manuscript “The Value of
Monogamy in Emerging Adulthood: A
Gendered Perspective.” It is the lead article
in the peer-reviewed Journal of Social and
Personal Relationships, 2007, Volume 24(6),
819–835.
Bernadette Feeley, Law School
Clinical Programs, has published
“Examining the Use of For-Profit
Placements in Law School Externship
Programs” in the Clinical Law Review.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos
de la Fuente Marcos, Madrid campus, had
an article, “From Star Complexes to the
Field: Open Cluster Families,” published
in The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 672, No. 1,
January 1, 2008, pp. 342–352.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean for the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
has published four articles:
• “Lessons from the Integration of Spain
and Portugal to the European Union”
in PS: Political Science and Politics.
American Political Science Association.
Vol. XL, No.3, October 2007
• “Regional Integration and Economic
Development in the Iberian Peninsula
and Mexico” in Various Authors,
Economic Integration—Global
Experiences. (Pune, India: Icfai
University Press, 2007)
• “The Europeanization of Portuguese
Interest Groups? Trade Unions and
Employers’ Associations” in The
Europeanization of Portuguese Democracy.
(Lisbon: PJSS, 2007)
• “The Euro and Economic Reforms:
The Case of Spain” in The Euro and
the Dollar in a Globalized Economy
(Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing,
2007)
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Center for Teaching Excellence
Creating Significant Learning
As the semester begins, the Center
for Teaching Excellence and its faculty
board are ready to assist faculty as we
create significant learning experiences
for our students.
What does that mean? Dee Fink of
the University of Oklahoma tells us that
significant learning environments are
those classroom and external experiences
that “result in something that is truly
significant in the students’ lives.” When significant learning is
occurring, students are actively engaged and taking responsibility
for their own learning. You can see it in the energy level of the
class.
Significant learning is a further development of two critical
concepts in teaching.
The first concept is that of learning taxonomies. Many of
us are familiar with Bloom’s taxonomy, which identifies stages
of learning. Bloom identifies six stages, from the lowest level,
concrete knowledge, to the highest level, evaluation of ideas.
Significant learning adds to this basic definition of learning by
adding the aspects of integration, caring, humanity and the desire
to continually learn the role of education.
The second expanded idea of significant learning is that of
course design. Wiggins & McTighe are famous for their concept
of Backwards Design, that is, knowing what you want to happen
at the end of the learning experience and using that information
as the basis for planning course work. Significant learning experiences use a more developed, integrated approach to create the
type of learning climate that not only involves traditional goals
and objectives, but also is greatly enhanced by active learning and
the use of multiple forms of educative assessment in the context
of the situational factors involved in the learning environment.
Though this all sounds a bit daunting and may mean that
we as teachers have to be open to changing some of our current
practices, significant learning is possible for our students.
As a result of the enthusiasm of one of our book groups, the
Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce that Dee
Fink, author of Creating Significant Learning Experiences will
be the keynote speaker at the Center’s annual Spring Teaching
Luncheon on March 25. Dee will discuss how to make classroom
learning significant. Seating is limited, so be on the lookout for
your invitation.
For those who are interested in reading more about this concept, Dee’s book is available as an e-book from the Sawyer library.
Here’s to a semester of significant learning at Suffolk!
Donna Qualters
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
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Distinguished Visiting Scholars
The College of Arts and Sciences is bringing a number of
Distinguished Visiting Scholars to campus for the spring 2008
semester. While in residence, they will teach courses, lead workshops
and roundtables, and deliver public lectures.
Byllye Avery, founder and president of the Avery Institute
for Social Change and founder of the National Black Women’s
Health Project. A health care activist, she is committed to
increasing awareness and education of African
American women concerning their health issues.
The Hon. Stephen Breyer has served as a U.S.
Supreme Court Justice since 1994. He was an assistant Watergate special prosecutor, and chief counsel
to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1980, he was
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit and was named chief judge in 1990. Breyer
was a professor at Harvard Law School and at the
Kennedy School of Government.
The Hon. Charles Fried served as an associate
justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
from 1995 until 1999. He was a distinguished
lecturer in Constitutional Law at Harvard Law
School, where he returned as a full-time member of
the faculty and beneficial professor of law following his tenure on the court. Fried was appointed
solicitor general of the United States in 1985 and
represented the Reagan administration before
the U.S. Supreme Court in 25 cases. Fried is the
father of Greg Fried, chair of the Philosophy Department.
Hugo Salcedo is an award-winning playwright, poet, essayist,
critic, and theater director. He received the Premio Nacional de
Teatro para los Niños (National Children’s Dramaturgy Prize) for
his play Juaneet y Picadillo and was awarded the prize
given by Jornadas de los Niños por la Paz (Children’s
Theatre Conference on Peace) for Una rana croa/A
Frog Croaks. In November 2000, Salcedo became a
member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de
Arte, an honor bestowed on the best artists in Mexico.
Emil Kirchner, an international leader in the
research and teaching of European and German politics, is a
professor of European Studies at the University of Essex, where
he established the University’s first European studies program.
Kirchner received the Cross of the Order of Merit of
the Federal Republic of Germany for his outstanding
service to Anglo-German relations in teaching,
research, and cultural activities. He is the Jean Monet
Professor of European Integration and coordinator of
the Jean Monet European Centre of Excellence.
Maxine Hong Kingston is a National Book award-winning
author known for writing novels that draw on her family’s experiences as Chinese immigrants to the United States.
Her work includes The Book of Peace; To Be The Poet;
Hawaii One Summer. She also edited Veterans of War,
Veterans of Peace in 2007. Kingston is a senior lecturer
at the University of California, Berkeley where she
teaches creative writing.
New Work from Video Artists
Con-flict, site-specific installation detail, Bebe Beard, 2008.
Interventions and Objects: New Work by Bebe Beard and Liz Nofziger
is at the Gallery at the New England School of Art & Design, 75
Arlington St., through March 15.
Video/installation artists Beard and Nofziger will be creating
new, site-specific works in the gallery space for this show. The
artists, working separately yet sharing the same space, transform the
viewers’ perception of the gallery experience, adding a sense of play
along with a rethinking of how space is used.
Nofziger is known for creating intimate experiences by
incorporating objects such as miniature figurines and tiny video
monitors into hidden and obscured spaces, bringing attention to
otherwise overlooked details in the architecture of a space and forcing the viewer to look in a new way. She further plays with this
sense of space and scale by balancing her miniatures with larger
video projections to create an immersive experience for the viewer.
Beard presents a multi-channel, room-sized video projection and
mobile sculptures enhanced by a soundtrack that reacts to viewers as
they move through the gallery. The moving sculptures’ shadows add
further depth and layering to the images on the walls.
Adams Gallery
A Memory of Humanity: From Solferino to Guantanamo— 145 Years
of Red Cross Photography continues at the Adams Gallery through
March 31.
The exhibit also includes artifacts from the Boston area.
Student docents are on site daily to discuss the photographs and
the humanitarian efforts connected to the conflicts depicted.
The docents also are presenting a series of Saturday-afternoon
educational forums to provide a global context for the exhibit.
Antipersonnel mine victim, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1997 David
,
Higgs ©ICRC.
Suffolk In The News
The University is frequently featured in local and national
Boston Globe – Dec. 20, 2007
media. The following is a sampling of recent media mentions.
To view the complete list, go to www.suffolk.edu and click on
In the News.
John Hamel, director of undergraduate admissions, comments on
college recruitment efforts in the Sun Belt
BostonNOW—Dec. 11, 2007
Banker & Tradesman—Jan. 28, 2008
“Suffolk Presents Its Proposals For Academic, Dorm Projects”
Editorial
“Suffolk steps forward”
Boston Globe—Jan. 9, 2008
Boston Herald—Jan. 10, 2008
Boston Globe—Jan. 10, 2008
BostonNOW—Jan 10, 2008
“Rule change adds motion to dismiss”
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on the recently approved
amendments to the state Rules of Civil Procedure
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly—Dec. 10, 2007
“Suffolk University opens new dormitory at 10 West Street”
Boston Globe—Dec. 8, 2007
Boston Globe – Dec. 20, 2007
“Suffolk University men’s ice hockey team worthy of notice”
Editorial
“Suffolk University students to enliven Downtown Crossing area”
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Biology Lab to
Benefit from Lynch
Foundation Gift
The University’s Biology Department
will get a much-needed upgrade for
one of its most important labs through
a $150,000 gift from the Lynch
Foundation.
The Anatomy and Physiology lab
has shared space with Comparative
Physiology, Scientific Writing and an
evening lecture. This has meant that
Anatomy and Physiology students have
been able to work in the lab only during
class time.
The proposed addition of lab space
will enable greater lab access for research
and independent study, while increasing
efficiencies for faculty preparing coursework. The new lab will increase the
department’s lab capacity by 14 percent.
This is the second major gift from the
Lynch Foundation, founded in 1994 by
Carolyn and Peter Lynch, who received
an honorary Doctor of Commercial
Science degree from the University in
1994. The Lynch Foundation established
a scholarship in 1997 for a graduate of
one of the eight inner-city high schools
of the Archdiocese of Boston.
In the past five years, the number
of Biology majors at the University
has grown 61 percent. Anatomy &
Physiology is required for students
pursuing graduate school for medical
degrees, including veterinary science
and dentistry.
Among non-science majors, Biology
courses are the most popular for
satisfying the University’s core science
requirement.
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Participating in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Concert were: Ron Bell, director of
Gov. Deval Patrick’s Public Liaison Office; Keith Magee, director of development, Museum of African
American History; Klare Shaw, senior adviser for education, arts and culture, Barr Foundation; Teri
Fair, associate professor of Government at Suffolk; Bonnie Black, conductor of the Boston Youth
Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s String Orchestra; L
’Merchie Frazier, director of education,
Museum of African American History; and Jim Kaufman, general manager of Suffolk’s C. Walsh
Theatre. The event featured gospel, spiritual and classical music from the Boston Symphony Youth
Orchestra and readings from the speeches of Dr. King. (Photo by Andrea Dolan)
NESAD Completes Reaccreditation Process
The New England School of Art & Design has been granted renewal of membership
for a 10-year period of accreditation. This distinction was formally announced recently at
the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) in
Kansas City, Mo.
“The reaccreditation process is long and exhausting and could not have been completed
without the cooperation of the entire NESADSU community, administrators, faculty,
students and alumni alike,” said New England School of Art & Design Director of
Administrative Services Sara Chadwick. “The comments made by the NASAD visiting team,
who have extensive experience reviewing the programs of the country’s most prestigious art
and design schools, should make all of us very proud.”
The NASAD Visitor’s Report, presented to the New England School of Art & Design
last July, summarized the team’s findings during its four-day visit here, and said that, in
all areas, the school appeared “to meet all criteria for all applicable NASAD standards,” as
outlined in the NASAD handbook.