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March 2008
Vol. 34, No. 3
Reaching Out
to the University
Community
When Erin Evans considers the
University’s mission of offering access to
education, with an emphasis on diversity,
she looks at it from a different perspective
than most people on campus.
“The definition of access to education
is changing, and the types of students
arriving on our campuses are changing as
well,” said Evans, who works with Law
School Dean of Students Laura Ferrari
on student life, enrollment and disability
compliance issues.
“Today universities welcome many
students—and faculty and staff—with
a huge range of chronic health impairments, mental health and attentional
issues, learning disabilities and medical
conditions. Ensuring physical, information
and programmatic access for those with
disabilities impacts retention efforts and
benefits everyone.”
For example, podcasts are a wonderful
educational innovation, but it may be
necessary to offer a transcript so that they
are accessible to English Language learners,
the deaf and hard of hearing. Curb cuts,
elevators and automatic doors are great,
not only for those using wheelchairs, but
also for people carrying heavy items into a
building or pushing strollers.
“Many simple, cost-effective solutions
already exist to broaden access under the
umbrella of our institutional mission of
access,” said Evans.
In an effort to raise disability awareness
for the entire University community, Evans
has offered sessions on attention deficit
disorder (ADD), understanding learning
disabilities, and disability access to technology. The sessions drew many faculty and
staff from across campus, as well as guests
from local universities and law schools.
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TV Studio Lights Up Tremont St.
The storefront windows at 73 Tremont
St. have come alive with the opening
of the Communication and Journalism
Department’s new high-definition television studio.
The studio, which will be the setting
for television production and broadcast
journalism classes, features streaming video
at the base of the window panels and an
outward-facing television screen.
Passers-by see campus images and the
University logo on the continuous screens
running along the entire storefront, and
they can watch the operation of the
TV studio through the windows along
Tremont Street.
“The University is acutely aware of
the importance of an active street life that
promotes pedestrian traffic,” said Vice
President for External Affairs John Nucci.
The 660-square-foot studio is equipped
with three high-definition digital cameras,
a full lighting grid and a state-of-the-art
control room.
“Our new television studio will enable
our students to receive state-of-the-art
instruction in television studio production,” said Associate Professor Robert
Rosenthal, chair of Communication and
Journalism. “It also provides an exciting
venue for our ‘Temple Street’ television
program, and we plan to produce Suffolk
University newscasts and a sports show.”
“Temple Street,” which is broadcast on
Boston Cable Access (BNN), produces
features on Suffolk University and the
Boston community, focusing on Beacon
Hill and downtown.
The studio also will be used to conduct
broadcast television interviews with local
business, political, sports and cultural
leaders.
Vice President John Nucci, lab instructor Jason Carter, Dean Kenneth Greenberg and Communication and Journalism Chair Robert Rosenthal cut the ribbon for the new television production
studio. (Photo by John Gillooly)
G reen C a mpu s
Competition Spurs Recycling Effort
The University is participating in the national
recycling and waste reduction competition for colleges and universities known as “RecycleMania” for
the second year in a row. The competition started
the last week of January and runs for 10 weeks.
Suffolk is seeking to outdo last year’s performance
and can fulfill its goals with your help!
In 2007, the University ranked in the top 30 percent for paper
recycled among colleges participating in RecycleMania, and this
year we aim to land in the top 20 percent. The Sustainability task
force also aims to improve its cardboard recycling ranking, from the
top 95 percent in 2007 to the top 75 percent, and to double the
percent of the waste stream we recycle during the competition, from
16 percent in 2007 to 33 percent in 2008.
Over the past two years, Suffolk has improved its practices,
increasing its recycling from just 4 percent of its total waste stream
to 25 percent. With heightened awareness about recycling and extra
attention to waste reduction, we will be able to continue improving
so that we are throwing away less and less and recycling more of
our waste.
The main goal of RecycleMania is to increase awareness of
campus recycling and waste minimization. All participating schools
are required to report measurements on a weekly basis in pounds.
RecycleMania provides many ways to gain recognition, including
RecycleMania trophies, awards and participant certificates.
RecycleMania is supported by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s WasteWise program and the National Recycling
Coalition and is coordinated as a project of the coalition’s College
and University Recycling Council.
Faculty, staff, students and visitors can help the University
surpass its previous performance and reduce its environmental
impact by taking advantage of the campus’ extensive and convenient
recycling program and by reducing waste.
Choosing reusable items over disposables is one way to reduce
waste. Through a partnership with Sodexho, Suffolk’s new Mug
Club provides customers with 15 cents off their beverage purchases
when using a reusable travel mug. This is just one of many steps
the University has taken, with the help of the Sustainability Task
Force, to encourage environmentally friendly behavior. In addition,
workshops continue to be available to any classes or departments
interested in exploring ways to reduce environmental impact.
There are many opportunities for the Suffolk community to get
involved in helping make our institution greener. To get involved or
share ideas, please email recycle@suffolk.edu.
Erica Mattison
Special Projects Coordinator
for Campus Sustainability
Focus the Nation
The University was one of thousands
of organizations around the country to
help “Focus the Nation” on global warming. Faculty, staff, students and community
members gathered Jan. 31for an event that
featured a keynote address by global warming expert and author Bill McKibben.
From left to right: student Meredith
Jones, David Delcourt and Ben Brown
of Make Me Sustainable, student Chuck
King, Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Erica Mattison, author and keynote speaker
Bill McKibben, student Javier Marin,
RainforestMaker Founder Jeff Glassman,
Environmental Science and Environmental
Studies Program Director Martha
Richmond, Senior Director of Facilities
Planning and Management Gordon King,
Operating Director of Healthcare Programs
Richard Gregg and Executive in Residence
Sushil Bhatia.
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The Exonerated Features Members
of Suffolk Community
When Vicki Karns first saw the play, The Exonerated—which
tells the stories of people wrongfully convicted of capital crimes—
she was deeply touched.
“The play was so powerful in its simplicity, and then several
exonerated people took the stage and talked about their own
experiences,” said Karns, an associate professor of Communication
& Journalism. “When you listened…you realized it really could
happen to anybody. These people were innocent, and they trusted
the system. It was just so heartbreaking.”
In the summer of 2000, authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
conducted interviews with 60 people, ranging widely in age, ethnicity and religious and educational backgrounds. The only thing they
had in common was that they had been found guilty of a capital
crime and had spent time—from two to 22 years—on death row
awaiting execution. All were subsequently shown to be innocent and
were freed.
From these interviews, Blank and Jensen created The Exonerated.
When Performing Arts Office Director Kristin Baker announced
last year that she was going to produce The Exonerated as part of the
Pioneer Performance Series, Karns immediately called and asked if
she could be involved in the show. She was cast as Sunny Jacobs.
Jacobs was imprisoned from 1976 until 1992. Her husband was
executed for a crime he didn’t commit, and her parents were killed
while she was in prison. Her children grew up without a family—
and she was innocent.
“I have such respect for Sunny Jacobs,” said Karns. “Her compassion, her faith and her unfailing spirit are so inspirational.”
Last month, Karns and a cast from within the Suffolk community, performed The Exonerated before captivated audiences at
the C. Walsh Theatre.
English Department Office Manager Jeremy Solomons played
Gary, another one of the exonerated people. John Hames, a
staff member in the Center for International Education, and Suffolk
Law Professor Andrew Perlman also showcased their skills
in the play.
“By our last night
on stage, we all
seemed comfortable
talking about the
injustices of the justice system, race and
the death penalty, in
front of a crowd,”
said Solomons, who
acted professionally in his native
England and comes
from a long line of
entertainers. “We
had moved from
shock—the feeling
most of us had at the
read-through that these cases could even exist—to an understanding
of how human beings survive and come through these most dreadful experiences.”
The cast included students Sharif Butler, Gustave Cadet,
Katuiska Cruz, Clarence Flanders, Samantha Hartlen, Tony Hui,
Brittany Jasilli, Brian Lefort, Brian Martineau and Alexandra Taylor.
Baker directed the production, and Performing Arts Office
Assistant Director Kathy Maloney and Coordinator Ben Janey were
part of the crew, along with students Jen Gibson, Mike Hayes,
Heather Luciani and Lori Niquette. Suffolk Law Professor Michael
Avery and Sociology Professor Steven Spitzer participated on the
post-show discussion panel.
“Suffolk was exactly the right place to host this production
because it’s at the intersection of arts, politics, law and society,”
said Baker. “We have been impressed by all the various people from
different corners of the University who have been engaged in this
process. We hope this production sparked discussion throughout the
Suffolk community.”
Job Shadow Day at the Beacon Hill Institute
The Beacon Hill Institute participates
Tech Boston student Hieu Thong and Frank Conte.
in the annual Job Shadow Day sponsored
by the Boston Private Industry Council and
the Boston Public Schools to provide an
opportunity for high school students who
are considering career choices to learn about
professional life.
“Seventeen students have visited BHI
as Job Shadows since our first year of
participation in 1999,” said Frank Conte,
director of communications and information systems for BHI.
This year, Hieu Thong, a junior from
Tech Boston Academy, shadowed Conte
for the day and also helped update the
institute’s media databases.
“Very few things are more satisfying than
helping a student learn about the virtues of
professional life,” said Conte. “Moreover, as
a public policy organization located in the
heart of the city and one often concerned
with urban economic issues, the institute
is pleased to host students from the Boston
public schools. Job Shadow Day is also a
chance to showcase the academic offerings
here at Suffolk University.
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Potpourri
Robert Allison, History, has edited excerpts
from eight Massacre Orations, given in the
1770s by Joseph Warren, John Hancock and
other patriots and in the 1850s by abolitionists William C. Nell and John S. Rock. Old
South Meeting House and the Bostonian
Society recreated a Boston tradition, the
annual Boston Massacre Oration, with eight
students from Boston Latin who presented
the orations on March 5 at Old South.
Allison offered introductions and commentary. His Short
History of Boston was
selected by Boston
Cares for its “Brews
and Books” book
group, and he was
invited to join the
group for its discussion of Boston history. He also discussed the origins of the
U.S. Constitution at the annual meeting
of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Society of
Colonial Wars in March.
Elif Armbruster, English, was appointed
to a two-year term as treasurer of the New
England American Studies Association
(NEASA). At the NEASA convention
at Brown University, she chaired a panel
entitled “The Promise of Discipline:
Theory’s Contract with Feminism.”
Ed Bander, law librarian emeritus, was
featured in the “Books at the Bar” column
in the Queens Bar Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 5/
February 2008.
John Berg, Government, was interviewed on several radio programs: WGNU
in St. Louis, Mo., with Liz Brown of “The
Wake-Up Call” and on “The Morning
Show,” KPOJ in Portland, Ore.
Stephen Callahan, Law School,
was recognized as a Humanitarian
Ambassador by the Fundación Ritmo
Guanaco for his service and dedication to the Chelsea community.
Counseling Center: This year, the
Center received applications from 132
intern candidates, the largest in its history.
At the end of the 2008–2009 training year,
the Center will complete its 12th year as
an approved training site by the American
Psychological Association (APA) and the
Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and
Internship Centers (APPIC). It has offered
31 years of pre-doctoral training to interns
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hosted by the International Political
Science Association and the American
Graduate School of International
Relations and Diplomacy in Paris.
Lydia Martin’s Loteria.
from 32 doctoral programs in 21 states and
Canada. The accepted interns are: Matthew
Kaler, University of Minnesota; Enedelia
Sauceda, Oklahoma State University;
and Lynn Saladino, Nova Southeastern
(Florida) University.
Valerie Epps, Law School, is teaching
International Law and Human Rights at
Hongik University College of Law in Seoul,
South Korea, for the 2008 spring semester.
She will return to the Law School for the
fall semester.
Erin Evans, Law School, received a
professional achievement award from
the Association of Higher Education and
Disability (AHEAD). She also participated on a higher education panel at
Build Boston 2007.
Marilyn Jurich of English presented
two papers: “Lusty Wenches, Whoreson
Rogues, and Other Roustabout Histories:
Literary Values in the Uncanonic Texts
of Eighteen Century Chapbooks” at the
Northeast American Society for Eighteenth
Century Studies at Dartmouth College and
“Beasts and Men—The Human Animal as
Reflected in the Eighteenth Century Fable”
at the Twelfth International Enlightenment
Congress in Montpellier, France
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo,
Government, presented “Toward a
Critical Understanding of the Practices
and Values of Liberal Democracy in
Africa with a Particular Attention to
the Third or Fourth Term Presidential
Phenomenon” at the Research Committee
on “Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy,”
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman,
Humanities and Modern Languages,
presented a paper “Cruzando fronteras:
Marjorie Agosín y el discurso de la justicia”
at the Latin American Jewish Studies
Association conference in Buenos Aires. She
also gave a presentation and reading, “The
Disappeared and Murdered Young Women
and Girls of Ciudad Juárez,” at Eastern
Washington University.
Micky Lee, Communication and
Journalism, will present the paper
“Constructed global space, constructed
citizenship” at the International
Communication Association meeting
in Montreal.
Lydia Martin, New England School of
Art & Design, is on sabbatical for the 2008
spring semester. She is working on a series
of 15 oil paintings, Loteria, named for a
Mexican children’s card game whose images
inspired her to paint this series.
Thomas McGrath, Humanities and
Modern Languages, presented a paper,
“Drawing and the Disegno/Colore Debate
in Renaissance Italy,” at the annual conference of the College Art Association in Dallas
in February.
Chris Rodriguez, History. As one of
the University’s Service Learning Faculty
Fellows for 2007–2008, he will build on
his recent experience in El Salvador to assist
other faculty in including a service learning
component in their courses. In March,
in conjunction with Primary Source, he
conducted a curriculum development workshop on Mexican History and Geography
for Shrewsbury fourth-grade teachers.
Rodriguez also attended the Student
Conference on Service, Advocacy and
Social Action (IMPACT) at Northeastern
University, March 7–9.
Douglas Seidler, New England School
of Art & Design. At the Interior Design
Educators Council 2008 International
Conference held in Montreal in March,
he presented a paper, “Who’s Teaching
Technology? Methods and strategies to
develop effective digital design curricula,”
and participated on a teaching panel presentation on the Implementation of Building
Faculty Publications
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Law School,
has published the article “The Supreme
Court Engages in Judicial Activism in
Interpreting the Patent Law in eBay, Inc.
v. MercExchange, L.L.C.” in 10 Tulane J.
Tech. & Intell. Prop. 165 (2007).
Goldstein’s Network Theory #37.
New Faces
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman,
Humanities and Modern Languages. Her
translation of Marjorie Agosin’s essay
“Always Living in Spanish” was published
in the college textbook, Language of
Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric.
Gregory Cooper, Government, had
an article, “A Tangled Web We Weave:
Enforcing International Speech Restrictions
in an Online World,” published in Volume
8 of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law
and Policy.
Audrey Goldstein, New England
School of Art & Design, participated in
“Material Drawing,” an exhibition of
drawings by four sculptors at GASP Gallery
in Brookline. The exhibit will travel to the
Danforth Museum in the spring of 2009.
Marilyn Jurich, English, published
Defying The Eye Chart, a volume of her
poems.
Daniel M. Kimmel, Communication
and Journalism, has published an essay,
“The Batman We Deserve,” in the new
critical anthology Batman Unauthorized,
part of the “Smart Pop” series of books
featuring serious essays on and analysis
of various pop culture phenomenon.
Susan Nichter, New England School
of Art & Design, had an exhibit at the
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea,
N.Y., that included some of the works from
her one-person show, “Never Been Seen.”
She also participated in the MacDowell
Colony Centennial Exhibition, “Time and
Space,” at the FPAC Gallery in Boston.
Please welcome our newest employees
Wilma Arguinzoni, Office of the President
Gregory Freed, Ballotti Learning Center
Sean Kelley, Advancement
Jeffrey Lane, Registrar’s Office—Colleges
Kyle MacQueen, Marketing
Sarah Nashat, Sawyer Library
Raquel Sousa, Law Admissions
Margaret Talmers, Law Career
Development
Lynette Yeomans, Financial Aid—Colleges
Jim Wallace, Facilities Planning and
Management
Joining the University Police are:
RuQayya Abdul-Baseer
Antonio Alves
Ashley Cormican
Chaz Mungalsingh
Vladimir Romero
Robert Schneider
Jameson Yee
Susan Nichter’s Airwalker 72.
Information Modeling in the Interior
Design Curriculum
Bob Topitzer, Sociology, presented
a paper, “Knowledge of the West: The
Effects of the Media on Siberian Children,”
at the fourth annual conference of
Technology, Knowledge, and Society held
at Northeastern University. The paper
reported on part of his experiences and
research while visiting a former closed city
of the FSU, Zelenogorsk, Russia. Topitzer
reports that he and his wife Peg became the
grandparents of twins, a boy and a girl, born
to their second-oldest child, Jonathan.
Ana Vaquerano, Law School Clinical
Programs, received a certificate of apprecia-
tion from Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts
for her support and work on behalf of
immigration rights.
David Yamada, Law School, was elected
to the Board of the Labor & Employment
Law Section of the Labor and Employment
Relations Association, a multidisciplinary
educational organization for scholars and
practitioners in employment relations.
He moderated a panel discussion, “The
Employment and Labor Law Professor as
Public Intellectual: Sharing Our Work with
the World,” at the annual meeting of the
Association of American Law Schools in
New York City. In the February 2008 issue
of the ABA Journal, the monthly magazine
of the American Bar Association, Yamada’s
legislative advocacy on workplace bullying
was highlighted in an article “No Putting
Up with Putdowns.”
Da Zheng, English, presented a paper,
“A Bilingual Bridge: Sampan and the
Community Newspaper,” at The Forum
on Overseas Chinese in Shanghai in
December. He was a member of the Chinese
American Studies Scholar Group that visited
cities in southern China and had academic
exchanges with local scholars. Zheng also
gave a talk on Chinese Americans and
mass media at a meeting organized by the
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State
Council in Beijing.
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Reaching Out
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The Americans with
Disabilities Act requires
institutions to address
legal re uire
q ments related to
information exchange,
physical access and
program entry. It
impacts every aspect of
the institution, from
facilities to admissions,
Erin Evans
residence life to counseling. It protects students, faculty, staff, alumni
and guests. Therefore it is important that all key
players work together to develop a process to
remain in front of the issues, according to Evans.
“I’ve been very pleased with the response
from Law School faculty and administration
around disability access issues. Once they
recog ize an issue, they’re eager to put the
n
steps in place to facilitate an optimal learning
experience.”
Need for services escalating
Asperger’s Syndrome, mental health issues,
chronic medical conditions and technology
access to curricular materials are hot topics, said
Evans. Another trend is a huge increase in the
number of students requesting their textbooks
and course materials in a digital format. Online courses and multimedia, whether in the
classroom or on the Web, also pose accessibility
challenges.
Educational research and Census Bureau
statistics show that the number of people with
disabilities continues to grow at a seismic pace.
A school as large as Suffolk University should
expect about 10 percent of its students to
require services, said Evans.
Evans came to the Law School with extensive
experience in disability issues, serving in regional
and national leadership roles for the Resource
Partnership, NASPA (National Association of
Student Personnel Administrators) Region I, and
Association for Higher Education and Disability
(AHEAD). She founded the Disability
Leadership Consortium in 2003 and has offered
45 workshops for leaders in higher education.
“It’s clear to me that the Law School and
the Dean’s Office care about students, and
it’s a good environment to work in,” she said.
“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to make
an impact on disability matters quickly, while
also broadening my scope to work with faculty
and staff on everyday student matters.”
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Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid
Members of the Law School community joined the Feb. 28 Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal
Aid. Hundreds of lawyers and bar leaders visit the State House annually to speak with their
legislators about the critical need for legal services for the indigent and to advocate for funding. Among the Law School contingent were, front, students Ashley Stolba and Kate Borgondy
and alumna Michelle Harper, director of public interest and pro bono programs; back, student
Thomas Beauvais, alumna and Foley Hoag associate Lynn Zuchowski, alumna and Medical-Legal
Partnership for Children staff attorney Jennifer Stam, alumna and WilmerHale associate Miranda
Hooker, and student Joanne Golden. Not in the photo are Clinical Professor Christopher Dearborn and Isabel Raskin, education attorney with Juvenile Justice Center, who also participated.
Suffolk In the News
The University is frequently featured in
local and national 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.
Sentinel and Enterprise.com—
Feb. 28, 2008
Law Professor Kate Day comments on proposed legislation in Massachusetts to make
rape committed through deceit or fraud
punishable with imprisonment up to life.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly—
Feb. 25, 2008
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on
recent decision of the Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session in regards to Massachusetts’ plaintiffs-friendly stance toward
motions to dismiss.
Boston Globe—Feb. 23, 2008
“A fair role for fathers” Law Professor
Charles Kindregan argues that a presumption of joint legal and physical custody
could handcuff judges.
Boston Herald—Feb. 21, 2008
“NECN looks to broadcast from new
Suffolk studio”
BostonNOW—Feb. 20, 2008
History Professor Bob Allison comments on
Boston as a historical city.
BostonNOW—Feb. 20, 2008
Undergraduate Admissions Director John
Hamel says Boston has abundant opportunities for student internships and employment prospects after graduation.
New England Cable News (NECN)—
Feb. 11, 2008
Bob Rosenthal, chair of Communication
and Journalism, discusses Presidential
election. He also commented on resignation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager.
Boston Herald—Feb. 10, 2008
Vice President of External Affairs John
Nucci’s new title reflects full scope of
his duties.
Boston Globe—Feb. 9, 2008
English Professor Tom Connolly comments on history of “banned in Boston” in
an article discussing onstage nudity at the
Boston Center for the Arts.
NESAD Gallery Features Student Artists
The gallery at the New England
School of Art & Design is showcasing
student work through the end of the
academic year.
The changing exhibits, focusing on
various program areas, are as follows:
Foundation Student Exhibition
March, 25–April 4
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Thursday, March 27
Graphic Design Undergraduate Exhibition
April 7–18
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 11
Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibition
April 22–May 2
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 25
Interior Design Undergraduate and
Master’s Exhibition
May 5–19,
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, May 9
Boston Globe, Boston, 1956. For many Bostonians, part of any day included catching
the latest news before it was printed. This
Verner Reed photograph shows the most
recent headlines scrawled in chalk outside
the Boston Globe offices on Washington
Street. (Photo courtesy of Historic New
England, Boston)
The gallery is on the second floor at 75
Arlington St.
Adams Gallery
A Memory of Humanity: From Solferino
to Guantanamo—145 Years of Red Cross
Photography continues at the Adams
Gallery through March 31.
In April, the gallery will begin a threemonth showing of A Changing World: New
England in the Photographs of Verner Reed,
1950–1972.
This retrospective is drawn from materials donated to Historic New England by
photojournalist Verner Reed, who covered
New England for Life magazine, and his
wife, Deborah.
Former Minister of Education to Lead
Suffolk-Dakar Campus
Andre Sonko, former Minister of Education in Senegal, is the new managing director
of the University’s Dakar campus.
Sonko has served as a special consultant on higher education to the Senegalese president;
director of Senegal’s Office of Government Studies; chief of staff for the prime minister;
Minister of Labor, Employment and Public Affairs; and Minister of Internal Affairs.
“Andre Sonko has been an indispensable resource and ally as the University established
the first and only full-service American campus in West Africa,” said President David
J. Sargent. “His unwavering commitment to education will be a great benefit to the
students, faculty and staff in Dakar and an inspiration to everyone within the University
community.”
Sonko is president of the S.O.S.—Sahel Senegal and a member of Caritas Senegal and
the orientation council of the Aspen Institute of France. He is a knight in the Order of
Merit of Senegal, a knight of the Malta Order, an officer of the Legion of Honor, commander of Academic Palms of France and Senegal, and commander of the National Order
of Korea.
He holds a master of science degree with distinction in economics from the University
of Dakar in Senegal and a master of business administration degree from the University of
California, Los Angeles. Suffolk University awarded him an honorary doctor of humane
letters degree in 2001.
Ford Hall Forum
in Partnership
with College
Ford Hall Forum has established a
partnership with the College of Arts &
Sciences, and the lecture series’ administrative offices have taken up residence in the
John E. Fenton Building.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia,
is scheduled to kick off the Forum’s fall
2008 season in the C. Walsh Theater
next September. Also appearing at future
events on campus will be Gary Hershberg,
CEO of Stoneyfield Farms and author of
Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and
Save the World, and Gwen Ifill, host of PBS’
Washington Week in Review.
The original Ford Hall once stood just
a block away from the Fenton Building,
and the nation’s oldest free public lecture
series began there in 1908 as a series of
Sunday-evening public meetings hosted by
prominent Boston businessman George W.
Coleman.
Coleman’s unique format, which
provided equal time to speakers’ remarks
and questions from the audience, gave any
interested citizen the opportunity to debate
issues with some of the most influential
figures of the day. According to Coleman’s
vision, the lecture series would enable the
“full, free and open discussion of all vital
questions affecting human welfare.”
The Forum has gone on to host discussions with the most intriguing figures in
our nation’s modern history, including
Maya Angelou, Louis Brandeis, W.E.B.
DuBois, Al Gore, Garrison Keillor, the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger,
Ayn Rand, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cokie
Roberts and Malcolm X.
The University is providing the Forum
with the opportunity to “come home,”
not only to Beacon Hill, but also into an
academic environment that shares a similar
spirit and history of public education and
civic dialogue.
“Both organizations were born in the
progressive era, and both have a commitment to free speech and interactive
learning,” said Dean Kenneth Greenberg.
“We are eager for our community to engage
in the excitement of live, public discourse
that is the heart of the Ford Hall Forum
events.”
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New Records System
Eliminates Paper Waste
The reams of paper once required to track a student from the
application stage through admission, financial aid, registration
and beyond have been all but eliminated by ImageNow, a document-management system now in use at the University.
The product stores documents as images so that they can be
accessed by multiple users throughout the University, according
to Senior Programmer/Analyst Darlene Poplawski.
“We can literally call an applicant or student up in Colleague
while ImageNow is open, click on an icon, and anything that’s
been scanned for that person—including applications, transcripts, e-mails and recommendation letters—will be available for
viewing,” said Poplawski.
Documents also can be viewed through ImageNow alone
using an applicant/student ID or name. The documents may be
viewed on campus or from a remote location through the Web.
The College Financial Aid, College Registrar, Graduate
Admission and Undergraduate Admission offices are using
ImageNow to scan and link documents to applicants/students,
and other offices across campus are able to access these materials.
The Law School Admission Office, Registrar and Financial Aid
Office will implement ImageNow this coming summer.
Documents enter the system through scanners, from Word
documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and e-mails using the ImageNow
Printer or when sent to a particular fax number.
“The admission offices used to have to pass along all of the
admitted applicant folders to the Registrar’s office—literally walk
boxes of file folders over,” said Poplawski. “Paper copies of everything would have to be stored. And paper copies of applicant
files would be made for everyone reviewing them.”
Now the images are accessed electronically.
“We’ll be saving money on paper and file storage costs, people
will be able to access files more quickly and conveniently, and the
biggest advantage by far will be that we’ll be helping the environment by going pretty much paperless,” said Poplawski.
Reaccreditation of Interior
Design Under Way
The New England School of Art & Design is in the midst of
reaccreditation for its BFA and MA programs in interior design.
Both programs seek reaccreditation as Professional Level
Programs.
Nancy Hackett has completed a program analysis report, which
will be reviewed by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation,
formerly FIDER. She and Karen Clarke, co-directors of the interior
design program, are coordinating the site visit to take place March
28 through April 1.
In Memoriam
Ilse Fang, retired professor of Humanities and Modern Languages
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President David J. Sargent shakes hands with Ryszard Borowiecki, rector of
the Cracow University of Economics, following a signing ceremony formalizing the two institutions’ collaborative relationship. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Partnership Formed
with Polish University
The Sawyer Business School signed an agreement with Poland’s
Cracow University of Economics formalizing the two institutions’
cooperation and collaboration in the areas of research, faculty and
student exchange, and international seminars.
Cracow University of Economics, founded in 1925, offers
undergraduate and post-graduate programs in Economics and Inter
national Relations, Finance, Management and Commodity Sciences.
President David J. Sargent met with the rector of Cracow
University of Economics, Professor Ryszard Borowiecki; Professor
Janusz Teczke, vice-rector for Scientific Research and International
Cooperation; and Dr. Piotr Buta, director of the School of
Entrepreneurship and Management for the signing ceremony.
“We see Poland as an important bridge between the established
markets of North America and Western Europe and the emerging
markets of Eastern Europe.” said Sawyer Business School Dean
William J. O’Neill, Jr. “This collaboration is of significant value for
the faculty of both schools and for the preparation of our students
to become successful leaders in global business.”
Vol. 34, No. 3
Reaching Out
to the University
Community
When Erin Evans considers the
University’s mission of offering access to
education, with an emphasis on diversity,
she looks at it from a different perspective
than most people on campus.
“The definition of access to education
is changing, and the types of students
arriving on our campuses are changing as
well,” said Evans, who works with Law
School Dean of Students Laura Ferrari
on student life, enrollment and disability
compliance issues.
“Today universities welcome many
students—and faculty and staff—with
a huge range of chronic health impairments, mental health and attentional
issues, learning disabilities and medical
conditions. Ensuring physical, information
and programmatic access for those with
disabilities impacts retention efforts and
benefits everyone.”
For example, podcasts are a wonderful
educational innovation, but it may be
necessary to offer a transcript so that they
are accessible to English Language learners,
the deaf and hard of hearing. Curb cuts,
elevators and automatic doors are great,
not only for those using wheelchairs, but
also for people carrying heavy items into a
building or pushing strollers.
“Many simple, cost-effective solutions
already exist to broaden access under the
umbrella of our institutional mission of
access,” said Evans.
In an effort to raise disability awareness
for the entire University community, Evans
has offered sessions on attention deficit
disorder (ADD), understanding learning
disabilities, and disability access to technology. The sessions drew many faculty and
staff from across campus, as well as guests
from local universities and law schools.
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TV Studio Lights Up Tremont St.
The storefront windows at 73 Tremont
St. have come alive with the opening
of the Communication and Journalism
Department’s new high-definition television studio.
The studio, which will be the setting
for television production and broadcast
journalism classes, features streaming video
at the base of the window panels and an
outward-facing television screen.
Passers-by see campus images and the
University logo on the continuous screens
running along the entire storefront, and
they can watch the operation of the
TV studio through the windows along
Tremont Street.
“The University is acutely aware of
the importance of an active street life that
promotes pedestrian traffic,” said Vice
President for External Affairs John Nucci.
The 660-square-foot studio is equipped
with three high-definition digital cameras,
a full lighting grid and a state-of-the-art
control room.
“Our new television studio will enable
our students to receive state-of-the-art
instruction in television studio production,” said Associate Professor Robert
Rosenthal, chair of Communication and
Journalism. “It also provides an exciting
venue for our ‘Temple Street’ television
program, and we plan to produce Suffolk
University newscasts and a sports show.”
“Temple Street,” which is broadcast on
Boston Cable Access (BNN), produces
features on Suffolk University and the
Boston community, focusing on Beacon
Hill and downtown.
The studio also will be used to conduct
broadcast television interviews with local
business, political, sports and cultural
leaders.
Vice President John Nucci, lab instructor Jason Carter, Dean Kenneth Greenberg and Communication and Journalism Chair Robert Rosenthal cut the ribbon for the new television production
studio. (Photo by John Gillooly)
G reen C a mpu s
Competition Spurs Recycling Effort
The University is participating in the national
recycling and waste reduction competition for colleges and universities known as “RecycleMania” for
the second year in a row. The competition started
the last week of January and runs for 10 weeks.
Suffolk is seeking to outdo last year’s performance
and can fulfill its goals with your help!
In 2007, the University ranked in the top 30 percent for paper
recycled among colleges participating in RecycleMania, and this
year we aim to land in the top 20 percent. The Sustainability task
force also aims to improve its cardboard recycling ranking, from the
top 95 percent in 2007 to the top 75 percent, and to double the
percent of the waste stream we recycle during the competition, from
16 percent in 2007 to 33 percent in 2008.
Over the past two years, Suffolk has improved its practices,
increasing its recycling from just 4 percent of its total waste stream
to 25 percent. With heightened awareness about recycling and extra
attention to waste reduction, we will be able to continue improving
so that we are throwing away less and less and recycling more of
our waste.
The main goal of RecycleMania is to increase awareness of
campus recycling and waste minimization. All participating schools
are required to report measurements on a weekly basis in pounds.
RecycleMania provides many ways to gain recognition, including
RecycleMania trophies, awards and participant certificates.
RecycleMania is supported by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s WasteWise program and the National Recycling
Coalition and is coordinated as a project of the coalition’s College
and University Recycling Council.
Faculty, staff, students and visitors can help the University
surpass its previous performance and reduce its environmental
impact by taking advantage of the campus’ extensive and convenient
recycling program and by reducing waste.
Choosing reusable items over disposables is one way to reduce
waste. Through a partnership with Sodexho, Suffolk’s new Mug
Club provides customers with 15 cents off their beverage purchases
when using a reusable travel mug. This is just one of many steps
the University has taken, with the help of the Sustainability Task
Force, to encourage environmentally friendly behavior. In addition,
workshops continue to be available to any classes or departments
interested in exploring ways to reduce environmental impact.
There are many opportunities for the Suffolk community to get
involved in helping make our institution greener. To get involved or
share ideas, please email recycle@suffolk.edu.
Erica Mattison
Special Projects Coordinator
for Campus Sustainability
Focus the Nation
The University was one of thousands
of organizations around the country to
help “Focus the Nation” on global warming. Faculty, staff, students and community
members gathered Jan. 31for an event that
featured a keynote address by global warming expert and author Bill McKibben.
From left to right: student Meredith
Jones, David Delcourt and Ben Brown
of Make Me Sustainable, student Chuck
King, Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Erica Mattison, author and keynote speaker
Bill McKibben, student Javier Marin,
RainforestMaker Founder Jeff Glassman,
Environmental Science and Environmental
Studies Program Director Martha
Richmond, Senior Director of Facilities
Planning and Management Gordon King,
Operating Director of Healthcare Programs
Richard Gregg and Executive in Residence
Sushil Bhatia.
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The Exonerated Features Members
of Suffolk Community
When Vicki Karns first saw the play, The Exonerated—which
tells the stories of people wrongfully convicted of capital crimes—
she was deeply touched.
“The play was so powerful in its simplicity, and then several
exonerated people took the stage and talked about their own
experiences,” said Karns, an associate professor of Communication
& Journalism. “When you listened…you realized it really could
happen to anybody. These people were innocent, and they trusted
the system. It was just so heartbreaking.”
In the summer of 2000, authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
conducted interviews with 60 people, ranging widely in age, ethnicity and religious and educational backgrounds. The only thing they
had in common was that they had been found guilty of a capital
crime and had spent time—from two to 22 years—on death row
awaiting execution. All were subsequently shown to be innocent and
were freed.
From these interviews, Blank and Jensen created The Exonerated.
When Performing Arts Office Director Kristin Baker announced
last year that she was going to produce The Exonerated as part of the
Pioneer Performance Series, Karns immediately called and asked if
she could be involved in the show. She was cast as Sunny Jacobs.
Jacobs was imprisoned from 1976 until 1992. Her husband was
executed for a crime he didn’t commit, and her parents were killed
while she was in prison. Her children grew up without a family—
and she was innocent.
“I have such respect for Sunny Jacobs,” said Karns. “Her compassion, her faith and her unfailing spirit are so inspirational.”
Last month, Karns and a cast from within the Suffolk community, performed The Exonerated before captivated audiences at
the C. Walsh Theatre.
English Department Office Manager Jeremy Solomons played
Gary, another one of the exonerated people. John Hames, a
staff member in the Center for International Education, and Suffolk
Law Professor Andrew Perlman also showcased their skills
in the play.
“By our last night
on stage, we all
seemed comfortable
talking about the
injustices of the justice system, race and
the death penalty, in
front of a crowd,”
said Solomons, who
acted professionally in his native
England and comes
from a long line of
entertainers. “We
had moved from
shock—the feeling
most of us had at the
read-through that these cases could even exist—to an understanding
of how human beings survive and come through these most dreadful experiences.”
The cast included students Sharif Butler, Gustave Cadet,
Katuiska Cruz, Clarence Flanders, Samantha Hartlen, Tony Hui,
Brittany Jasilli, Brian Lefort, Brian Martineau and Alexandra Taylor.
Baker directed the production, and Performing Arts Office
Assistant Director Kathy Maloney and Coordinator Ben Janey were
part of the crew, along with students Jen Gibson, Mike Hayes,
Heather Luciani and Lori Niquette. Suffolk Law Professor Michael
Avery and Sociology Professor Steven Spitzer participated on the
post-show discussion panel.
“Suffolk was exactly the right place to host this production
because it’s at the intersection of arts, politics, law and society,”
said Baker. “We have been impressed by all the various people from
different corners of the University who have been engaged in this
process. We hope this production sparked discussion throughout the
Suffolk community.”
Job Shadow Day at the Beacon Hill Institute
The Beacon Hill Institute participates
Tech Boston student Hieu Thong and Frank Conte.
in the annual Job Shadow Day sponsored
by the Boston Private Industry Council and
the Boston Public Schools to provide an
opportunity for high school students who
are considering career choices to learn about
professional life.
“Seventeen students have visited BHI
as Job Shadows since our first year of
participation in 1999,” said Frank Conte,
director of communications and information systems for BHI.
This year, Hieu Thong, a junior from
Tech Boston Academy, shadowed Conte
for the day and also helped update the
institute’s media databases.
“Very few things are more satisfying than
helping a student learn about the virtues of
professional life,” said Conte. “Moreover, as
a public policy organization located in the
heart of the city and one often concerned
with urban economic issues, the institute
is pleased to host students from the Boston
public schools. Job Shadow Day is also a
chance to showcase the academic offerings
here at Suffolk University.
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Potpourri
Robert Allison, History, has edited excerpts
from eight Massacre Orations, given in the
1770s by Joseph Warren, John Hancock and
other patriots and in the 1850s by abolitionists William C. Nell and John S. Rock. Old
South Meeting House and the Bostonian
Society recreated a Boston tradition, the
annual Boston Massacre Oration, with eight
students from Boston Latin who presented
the orations on March 5 at Old South.
Allison offered introductions and commentary. His Short
History of Boston was
selected by Boston
Cares for its “Brews
and Books” book
group, and he was
invited to join the
group for its discussion of Boston history. He also discussed the origins of the
U.S. Constitution at the annual meeting
of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Society of
Colonial Wars in March.
Elif Armbruster, English, was appointed
to a two-year term as treasurer of the New
England American Studies Association
(NEASA). At the NEASA convention
at Brown University, she chaired a panel
entitled “The Promise of Discipline:
Theory’s Contract with Feminism.”
Ed Bander, law librarian emeritus, was
featured in the “Books at the Bar” column
in the Queens Bar Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 5/
February 2008.
John Berg, Government, was interviewed on several radio programs: WGNU
in St. Louis, Mo., with Liz Brown of “The
Wake-Up Call” and on “The Morning
Show,” KPOJ in Portland, Ore.
Stephen Callahan, Law School,
was recognized as a Humanitarian
Ambassador by the Fundación Ritmo
Guanaco for his service and dedication to the Chelsea community.
Counseling Center: This year, the
Center received applications from 132
intern candidates, the largest in its history.
At the end of the 2008–2009 training year,
the Center will complete its 12th year as
an approved training site by the American
Psychological Association (APA) and the
Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and
Internship Centers (APPIC). It has offered
31 years of pre-doctoral training to interns
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hosted by the International Political
Science Association and the American
Graduate School of International
Relations and Diplomacy in Paris.
Lydia Martin’s Loteria.
from 32 doctoral programs in 21 states and
Canada. The accepted interns are: Matthew
Kaler, University of Minnesota; Enedelia
Sauceda, Oklahoma State University;
and Lynn Saladino, Nova Southeastern
(Florida) University.
Valerie Epps, Law School, is teaching
International Law and Human Rights at
Hongik University College of Law in Seoul,
South Korea, for the 2008 spring semester.
She will return to the Law School for the
fall semester.
Erin Evans, Law School, received a
professional achievement award from
the Association of Higher Education and
Disability (AHEAD). She also participated on a higher education panel at
Build Boston 2007.
Marilyn Jurich of English presented
two papers: “Lusty Wenches, Whoreson
Rogues, and Other Roustabout Histories:
Literary Values in the Uncanonic Texts
of Eighteen Century Chapbooks” at the
Northeast American Society for Eighteenth
Century Studies at Dartmouth College and
“Beasts and Men—The Human Animal as
Reflected in the Eighteenth Century Fable”
at the Twelfth International Enlightenment
Congress in Montpellier, France
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo,
Government, presented “Toward a
Critical Understanding of the Practices
and Values of Liberal Democracy in
Africa with a Particular Attention to
the Third or Fourth Term Presidential
Phenomenon” at the Research Committee
on “Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy,”
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman,
Humanities and Modern Languages,
presented a paper “Cruzando fronteras:
Marjorie Agosín y el discurso de la justicia”
at the Latin American Jewish Studies
Association conference in Buenos Aires. She
also gave a presentation and reading, “The
Disappeared and Murdered Young Women
and Girls of Ciudad Juárez,” at Eastern
Washington University.
Micky Lee, Communication and
Journalism, will present the paper
“Constructed global space, constructed
citizenship” at the International
Communication Association meeting
in Montreal.
Lydia Martin, New England School of
Art & Design, is on sabbatical for the 2008
spring semester. She is working on a series
of 15 oil paintings, Loteria, named for a
Mexican children’s card game whose images
inspired her to paint this series.
Thomas McGrath, Humanities and
Modern Languages, presented a paper,
“Drawing and the Disegno/Colore Debate
in Renaissance Italy,” at the annual conference of the College Art Association in Dallas
in February.
Chris Rodriguez, History. As one of
the University’s Service Learning Faculty
Fellows for 2007–2008, he will build on
his recent experience in El Salvador to assist
other faculty in including a service learning
component in their courses. In March,
in conjunction with Primary Source, he
conducted a curriculum development workshop on Mexican History and Geography
for Shrewsbury fourth-grade teachers.
Rodriguez also attended the Student
Conference on Service, Advocacy and
Social Action (IMPACT) at Northeastern
University, March 7–9.
Douglas Seidler, New England School
of Art & Design. At the Interior Design
Educators Council 2008 International
Conference held in Montreal in March,
he presented a paper, “Who’s Teaching
Technology? Methods and strategies to
develop effective digital design curricula,”
and participated on a teaching panel presentation on the Implementation of Building
Faculty Publications
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Law School,
has published the article “The Supreme
Court Engages in Judicial Activism in
Interpreting the Patent Law in eBay, Inc.
v. MercExchange, L.L.C.” in 10 Tulane J.
Tech. & Intell. Prop. 165 (2007).
Goldstein’s Network Theory #37.
New Faces
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman,
Humanities and Modern Languages. Her
translation of Marjorie Agosin’s essay
“Always Living in Spanish” was published
in the college textbook, Language of
Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric.
Gregory Cooper, Government, had
an article, “A Tangled Web We Weave:
Enforcing International Speech Restrictions
in an Online World,” published in Volume
8 of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law
and Policy.
Audrey Goldstein, New England
School of Art & Design, participated in
“Material Drawing,” an exhibition of
drawings by four sculptors at GASP Gallery
in Brookline. The exhibit will travel to the
Danforth Museum in the spring of 2009.
Marilyn Jurich, English, published
Defying The Eye Chart, a volume of her
poems.
Daniel M. Kimmel, Communication
and Journalism, has published an essay,
“The Batman We Deserve,” in the new
critical anthology Batman Unauthorized,
part of the “Smart Pop” series of books
featuring serious essays on and analysis
of various pop culture phenomenon.
Susan Nichter, New England School
of Art & Design, had an exhibit at the
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea,
N.Y., that included some of the works from
her one-person show, “Never Been Seen.”
She also participated in the MacDowell
Colony Centennial Exhibition, “Time and
Space,” at the FPAC Gallery in Boston.
Please welcome our newest employees
Wilma Arguinzoni, Office of the President
Gregory Freed, Ballotti Learning Center
Sean Kelley, Advancement
Jeffrey Lane, Registrar’s Office—Colleges
Kyle MacQueen, Marketing
Sarah Nashat, Sawyer Library
Raquel Sousa, Law Admissions
Margaret Talmers, Law Career
Development
Lynette Yeomans, Financial Aid—Colleges
Jim Wallace, Facilities Planning and
Management
Joining the University Police are:
RuQayya Abdul-Baseer
Antonio Alves
Ashley Cormican
Chaz Mungalsingh
Vladimir Romero
Robert Schneider
Jameson Yee
Susan Nichter’s Airwalker 72.
Information Modeling in the Interior
Design Curriculum
Bob Topitzer, Sociology, presented
a paper, “Knowledge of the West: The
Effects of the Media on Siberian Children,”
at the fourth annual conference of
Technology, Knowledge, and Society held
at Northeastern University. The paper
reported on part of his experiences and
research while visiting a former closed city
of the FSU, Zelenogorsk, Russia. Topitzer
reports that he and his wife Peg became the
grandparents of twins, a boy and a girl, born
to their second-oldest child, Jonathan.
Ana Vaquerano, Law School Clinical
Programs, received a certificate of apprecia-
tion from Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts
for her support and work on behalf of
immigration rights.
David Yamada, Law School, was elected
to the Board of the Labor & Employment
Law Section of the Labor and Employment
Relations Association, a multidisciplinary
educational organization for scholars and
practitioners in employment relations.
He moderated a panel discussion, “The
Employment and Labor Law Professor as
Public Intellectual: Sharing Our Work with
the World,” at the annual meeting of the
Association of American Law Schools in
New York City. In the February 2008 issue
of the ABA Journal, the monthly magazine
of the American Bar Association, Yamada’s
legislative advocacy on workplace bullying
was highlighted in an article “No Putting
Up with Putdowns.”
Da Zheng, English, presented a paper,
“A Bilingual Bridge: Sampan and the
Community Newspaper,” at The Forum
on Overseas Chinese in Shanghai in
December. He was a member of the Chinese
American Studies Scholar Group that visited
cities in southern China and had academic
exchanges with local scholars. Zheng also
gave a talk on Chinese Americans and
mass media at a meeting organized by the
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State
Council in Beijing.
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Reaching Out
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The Americans with
Disabilities Act requires
institutions to address
legal re uire
q ments related to
information exchange,
physical access and
program entry. It
impacts every aspect of
the institution, from
facilities to admissions,
Erin Evans
residence life to counseling. It protects students, faculty, staff, alumni
and guests. Therefore it is important that all key
players work together to develop a process to
remain in front of the issues, according to Evans.
“I’ve been very pleased with the response
from Law School faculty and administration
around disability access issues. Once they
recog ize an issue, they’re eager to put the
n
steps in place to facilitate an optimal learning
experience.”
Need for services escalating
Asperger’s Syndrome, mental health issues,
chronic medical conditions and technology
access to curricular materials are hot topics, said
Evans. Another trend is a huge increase in the
number of students requesting their textbooks
and course materials in a digital format. Online courses and multimedia, whether in the
classroom or on the Web, also pose accessibility
challenges.
Educational research and Census Bureau
statistics show that the number of people with
disabilities continues to grow at a seismic pace.
A school as large as Suffolk University should
expect about 10 percent of its students to
require services, said Evans.
Evans came to the Law School with extensive
experience in disability issues, serving in regional
and national leadership roles for the Resource
Partnership, NASPA (National Association of
Student Personnel Administrators) Region I, and
Association for Higher Education and Disability
(AHEAD). She founded the Disability
Leadership Consortium in 2003 and has offered
45 workshops for leaders in higher education.
“It’s clear to me that the Law School and
the Dean’s Office care about students, and
it’s a good environment to work in,” she said.
“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to make
an impact on disability matters quickly, while
also broadening my scope to work with faculty
and staff on everyday student matters.”
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Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid
Members of the Law School community joined the Feb. 28 Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal
Aid. Hundreds of lawyers and bar leaders visit the State House annually to speak with their
legislators about the critical need for legal services for the indigent and to advocate for funding. Among the Law School contingent were, front, students Ashley Stolba and Kate Borgondy
and alumna Michelle Harper, director of public interest and pro bono programs; back, student
Thomas Beauvais, alumna and Foley Hoag associate Lynn Zuchowski, alumna and Medical-Legal
Partnership for Children staff attorney Jennifer Stam, alumna and WilmerHale associate Miranda
Hooker, and student Joanne Golden. Not in the photo are Clinical Professor Christopher Dearborn and Isabel Raskin, education attorney with Juvenile Justice Center, who also participated.
Suffolk In the News
The University is frequently featured in
local and national 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.
Sentinel and Enterprise.com—
Feb. 28, 2008
Law Professor Kate Day comments on proposed legislation in Massachusetts to make
rape committed through deceit or fraud
punishable with imprisonment up to life.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly—
Feb. 25, 2008
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on
recent decision of the Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session in regards to Massachusetts’ plaintiffs-friendly stance toward
motions to dismiss.
Boston Globe—Feb. 23, 2008
“A fair role for fathers” Law Professor
Charles Kindregan argues that a presumption of joint legal and physical custody
could handcuff judges.
Boston Herald—Feb. 21, 2008
“NECN looks to broadcast from new
Suffolk studio”
BostonNOW—Feb. 20, 2008
History Professor Bob Allison comments on
Boston as a historical city.
BostonNOW—Feb. 20, 2008
Undergraduate Admissions Director John
Hamel says Boston has abundant opportunities for student internships and employment prospects after graduation.
New England Cable News (NECN)—
Feb. 11, 2008
Bob Rosenthal, chair of Communication
and Journalism, discusses Presidential
election. He also commented on resignation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager.
Boston Herald—Feb. 10, 2008
Vice President of External Affairs John
Nucci’s new title reflects full scope of
his duties.
Boston Globe—Feb. 9, 2008
English Professor Tom Connolly comments on history of “banned in Boston” in
an article discussing onstage nudity at the
Boston Center for the Arts.
NESAD Gallery Features Student Artists
The gallery at the New England
School of Art & Design is showcasing
student work through the end of the
academic year.
The changing exhibits, focusing on
various program areas, are as follows:
Foundation Student Exhibition
March, 25–April 4
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Thursday, March 27
Graphic Design Undergraduate Exhibition
April 7–18
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 11
Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibition
April 22–May 2
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 25
Interior Design Undergraduate and
Master’s Exhibition
May 5–19,
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, May 9
Boston Globe, Boston, 1956. For many Bostonians, part of any day included catching
the latest news before it was printed. This
Verner Reed photograph shows the most
recent headlines scrawled in chalk outside
the Boston Globe offices on Washington
Street. (Photo courtesy of Historic New
England, Boston)
The gallery is on the second floor at 75
Arlington St.
Adams Gallery
A Memory of Humanity: From Solferino
to Guantanamo—145 Years of Red Cross
Photography continues at the Adams
Gallery through March 31.
In April, the gallery will begin a threemonth showing of A Changing World: New
England in the Photographs of Verner Reed,
1950–1972.
This retrospective is drawn from materials donated to Historic New England by
photojournalist Verner Reed, who covered
New England for Life magazine, and his
wife, Deborah.
Former Minister of Education to Lead
Suffolk-Dakar Campus
Andre Sonko, former Minister of Education in Senegal, is the new managing director
of the University’s Dakar campus.
Sonko has served as a special consultant on higher education to the Senegalese president;
director of Senegal’s Office of Government Studies; chief of staff for the prime minister;
Minister of Labor, Employment and Public Affairs; and Minister of Internal Affairs.
“Andre Sonko has been an indispensable resource and ally as the University established
the first and only full-service American campus in West Africa,” said President David
J. Sargent. “His unwavering commitment to education will be a great benefit to the
students, faculty and staff in Dakar and an inspiration to everyone within the University
community.”
Sonko is president of the S.O.S.—Sahel Senegal and a member of Caritas Senegal and
the orientation council of the Aspen Institute of France. He is a knight in the Order of
Merit of Senegal, a knight of the Malta Order, an officer of the Legion of Honor, commander of Academic Palms of France and Senegal, and commander of the National Order
of Korea.
He holds a master of science degree with distinction in economics from the University
of Dakar in Senegal and a master of business administration degree from the University of
California, Los Angeles. Suffolk University awarded him an honorary doctor of humane
letters degree in 2001.
Ford Hall Forum
in Partnership
with College
Ford Hall Forum has established a
partnership with the College of Arts &
Sciences, and the lecture series’ administrative offices have taken up residence in the
John E. Fenton Building.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia,
is scheduled to kick off the Forum’s fall
2008 season in the C. Walsh Theater
next September. Also appearing at future
events on campus will be Gary Hershberg,
CEO of Stoneyfield Farms and author of
Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and
Save the World, and Gwen Ifill, host of PBS’
Washington Week in Review.
The original Ford Hall once stood just
a block away from the Fenton Building,
and the nation’s oldest free public lecture
series began there in 1908 as a series of
Sunday-evening public meetings hosted by
prominent Boston businessman George W.
Coleman.
Coleman’s unique format, which
provided equal time to speakers’ remarks
and questions from the audience, gave any
interested citizen the opportunity to debate
issues with some of the most influential
figures of the day. According to Coleman’s
vision, the lecture series would enable the
“full, free and open discussion of all vital
questions affecting human welfare.”
The Forum has gone on to host discussions with the most intriguing figures in
our nation’s modern history, including
Maya Angelou, Louis Brandeis, W.E.B.
DuBois, Al Gore, Garrison Keillor, the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger,
Ayn Rand, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cokie
Roberts and Malcolm X.
The University is providing the Forum
with the opportunity to “come home,”
not only to Beacon Hill, but also into an
academic environment that shares a similar
spirit and history of public education and
civic dialogue.
“Both organizations were born in the
progressive era, and both have a commitment to free speech and interactive
learning,” said Dean Kenneth Greenberg.
“We are eager for our community to engage
in the excitement of live, public discourse
that is the heart of the Ford Hall Forum
events.”
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New Records System
Eliminates Paper Waste
The reams of paper once required to track a student from the
application stage through admission, financial aid, registration
and beyond have been all but eliminated by ImageNow, a document-management system now in use at the University.
The product stores documents as images so that they can be
accessed by multiple users throughout the University, according
to Senior Programmer/Analyst Darlene Poplawski.
“We can literally call an applicant or student up in Colleague
while ImageNow is open, click on an icon, and anything that’s
been scanned for that person—including applications, transcripts, e-mails and recommendation letters—will be available for
viewing,” said Poplawski.
Documents also can be viewed through ImageNow alone
using an applicant/student ID or name. The documents may be
viewed on campus or from a remote location through the Web.
The College Financial Aid, College Registrar, Graduate
Admission and Undergraduate Admission offices are using
ImageNow to scan and link documents to applicants/students,
and other offices across campus are able to access these materials.
The Law School Admission Office, Registrar and Financial Aid
Office will implement ImageNow this coming summer.
Documents enter the system through scanners, from Word
documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and e-mails using the ImageNow
Printer or when sent to a particular fax number.
“The admission offices used to have to pass along all of the
admitted applicant folders to the Registrar’s office—literally walk
boxes of file folders over,” said Poplawski. “Paper copies of everything would have to be stored. And paper copies of applicant
files would be made for everyone reviewing them.”
Now the images are accessed electronically.
“We’ll be saving money on paper and file storage costs, people
will be able to access files more quickly and conveniently, and the
biggest advantage by far will be that we’ll be helping the environment by going pretty much paperless,” said Poplawski.
Reaccreditation of Interior
Design Under Way
The New England School of Art & Design is in the midst of
reaccreditation for its BFA and MA programs in interior design.
Both programs seek reaccreditation as Professional Level
Programs.
Nancy Hackett has completed a program analysis report, which
will be reviewed by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation,
formerly FIDER. She and Karen Clarke, co-directors of the interior
design program, are coordinating the site visit to take place March
28 through April 1.
In Memoriam
Ilse Fang, retired professor of Humanities and Modern Languages
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President David J. Sargent shakes hands with Ryszard Borowiecki, rector of
the Cracow University of Economics, following a signing ceremony formalizing the two institutions’ collaborative relationship. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Partnership Formed
with Polish University
The Sawyer Business School signed an agreement with Poland’s
Cracow University of Economics formalizing the two institutions’
cooperation and collaboration in the areas of research, faculty and
student exchange, and international seminars.
Cracow University of Economics, founded in 1925, offers
undergraduate and post-graduate programs in Economics and Inter
national Relations, Finance, Management and Commodity Sciences.
President David J. Sargent met with the rector of Cracow
University of Economics, Professor Ryszard Borowiecki; Professor
Janusz Teczke, vice-rector for Scientific Research and International
Cooperation; and Dr. Piotr Buta, director of the School of
Entrepreneurship and Management for the signing ceremony.
“We see Poland as an important bridge between the established
markets of North America and Western Europe and the emerging
markets of Eastern Europe.” said Sawyer Business School Dean
William J. O’Neill, Jr. “This collaboration is of significant value for
the faculty of both schools and for the preparation of our students
to become successful leaders in global business.”