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February 2007
Vol. 33, No. 1
Smith Eager to Return to Teaching
Dean Robert H. Smith looks forward to immersing himself in scholarship and pursuing several personal goals
as he makes the transition to the Law School faculty in
the coming year.
Smith will be teaching courses in constitutional law, the
Supreme Court and mediation following a fall semester
sabbatical.
“One of the great things about being dean is that you’re in
the midst of everything that’s going on, but the down side
is that that takes up so much of your professional and personal time, said Smith. “One tradeoff is that I haven’t been
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able to keep up with my teaching and scholarship.
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In the eight years Smith has served Suffolk as Law School
dean, there have been many changes in his field of expertise. Smith plans to bring himself up to date by reviewing
recent books and articles about the Supreme Court as well
as decisions by the court.
“I have enjoyed the opportunity to serve as dean and am
proud of what the school has accomplished, but I also
look forward to returning to the role of a law school faculty member, he said.
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Smith, who is a divorce mediator, has been able to
continue teaching mediation, and he will resume his volunteer work as a mediator in a community program once
he steps down as dean.
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Alfred Aman Named Law School Dean
Alfred “Fred” C. Aman, Jr., former law school dean
at Indiana University—Bloomington and director of
the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study,
will become dean of Suffolk University Law School,
effective July 1, 2007.
Aman will succeed Dean Robert H. Smith.
“I feel honored to be joining Suffolk University,
with its distinguished faculty, ambitious students
and superb resources,” said Aman. “From my visits
to Suffolk, I have a strong sense of this community’s
energy and commitment to preparing lawyers for
the opportunities and demands of the 21st century – and for the challenges
of advancing the great work of this law school’s first one hundred years. I am
thrilled to be joining the school at this point in its history.”
Aman is the Roscoe C. O’Byrne Professor of Law at Indiana University—
Bloomington. He was a member of the Cornell Law School faculty and has
held a Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Trento, Italy, and visiting professor
ships in England, France and Italy. He was in practice before beginning his
academic career and served as law clerk to the Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle of the U.S.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
The most recent of his five books in the legal field is The Democracy Deficit:
Taming Globalization through Law Reform.
Aman earned an A.B. with distinction in Political Science from the Uni
versity of Rochester and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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Centennial Partnership
Celebrates MLK
Celebrating the Life and Achievements of the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., a Centennial Partnership
event, brought together Beverly Morgan-Welch,
executive director of the Museum of African American History; Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves;
Bonnie Black, conductor of the Greater Boston
Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Intensive Community
Program; Provost Patricia Maguire Meservey; and
Mariama White-Hammond, executive director of
Project Hip-Hop, a youth-led organization in Boston.
The Jan. 15 celebration at the C. Walsh Theatre featured orchestral renditions of gospel, spiritual and
classical music and readings from the speeches
of Dr. King. More Centennial Celebration photos,
pages 2-3. (Photo by John Gillooly)
�A Message to Readers
Another fall semester has
come and gone, and we won
der why the time moves more
quickly with each year. As
we approach the 2007 com
mencement, there is an air of
excitement and enthusiasm
across campus. Administra
tors, staff and students are
working together to make
this year’s “Centennial” com
mencement one that will be remembered for
many years to come.
Often I am asked if things have slowed down
since the kickoff of the Centennial Celebration
this past September 21. On the contrary, as
we are now seeing the fruits of the labors of
so many individuals through the outstanding
events and programs still in progress. We see
that the months of planning and promotion
were time well spent as the successful and
remarkable programs for the Law School,
Business School and College unfold.
The Centennial Partnership Series is reach
ing out to our neighborhood organizations and
longtime collaborators, and our students are
providing programs that add a refreshing spirit
to the array of opportunities. Visit the Adams
Gallery to see the current New England School
of Art and Design Student Showcase, to be
followed in March by The Faces and Places of
Suffolk, from our student photographers. The
Athletics Department, not to be outdone, is
working with the Alumni Office in planning
its first-ever Hall of Fame awards ceremony
this spring. And in our continued Centennial
promotion and marketing campaign, Suffolk
University is sponsoring many WGBH-TV pro
grams as part of Black History Month.
As we finalize plans for the conclusion of
the Centennial Celebration year with the guid
ance of the Suffolk community, the Centennial
Committee has prepared a new survey for
faculty, administrators, staff, students and
alumni.
The survey, available online from the Centen
nial home page—www.suffolk.edu/centennial—
offers an opportunity to evaluate the celebration
as it continues through September 2007. Your
responses are valued, and I encourage you to
take time to complete the survey. Each response
will help us as we fine-tune plans for the
conclusion of our Centennial Year.
Thank you.
Rosemarie E. Sansone
Executive Editor
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Celebrating Civil Rights Leader’s Legacy
Office of Diversity Services Assistant Director Jeremy Hayes and Director Jacinda Felix at
the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., luncheon for the Suffolk community. This year’s program featured President David J. Sargent, performances by the Suffolk Vocal Ensemble, and
a keynote speech from John Henry Bracey, Jr., professor of Afro-American history in the
W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of MassachusettsAmherst. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Musical Tribute
to MLK
Suffolk student Aaron Pitre and
Theatre Department Chair Marilyn
Plotkins enjoy a musical tribute to
Martin Luther King, Jr. Pitre was a
featured reader at the Centennial
Partnership event presented with
the Museum of African American
History and the Greater Boston
Youth Symphony Orchestra. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
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Review
Under Way
The University is working on a
Author Shares “Adventure”
Dean Kenneth Greenberg, author Frances Mayes and Vice President Marguerite Dennis gather
after Mayes’ talk on the “Adventure of Life. Mayes is the best-selling author of Under the
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Tuscan Sun. She is a poet, travel writer and novelist. Her visit was sponsored by the College of
Arts & Sciences and the Center for International Education. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Ringing
in the New Year
Athletics Department Coordinator Carol Maggio and husband Richard enjoy the Centennial
ice sculpture display outside the Law School as
they celebrate First Night 2007 (Photo by David
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Lancaster)
Centennial on Stage
fifth-year report for the New England
Association of Schools & Colleges’
Commission on Institutions of Higher
Education, and people across campus
have begun the process of collecting infor
mation and reviewing the revised NEASC
standards.
The most recent NEASC self study was
in 2002, when the University received
a 10-year accreditation. The current
mid-point review is an opportunity to
respond to the areas of emphasis and to
address new standards issued by NEASC
in January 2006.
“NEASC had identified areas it wanted
the University to focus on following the
NEASC self-evaluation that took place
five years ago, and it is important to
complete the work that was started then,”
said Provost and Academic Vice President
Patricia Meservey.
Areas NEASC has asked Suffolk to
emphasize include:
• Strategic plan for the Dakar campus
• Developing an assessment of student
learning at Dakar
• Comprehensive planning that includes
the assessment of
learning outcomes
• Enhancing the library and information
resources in keeping with the growth
in enrollment and programs
• Strengthening financial resources
The Commission also has requested
information about the online MBA
program.
The report, which will be responsive
to new NEASC standards for accreditation
that took effect last year, is due in August
and will be reviewed in the fall.
Professor Wesley Savick’s original Centennial
play celebrating the spirit of Suffolk University
premieres at the C. Walsh Theater March 1-4.
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�Faculty Publications
William Berman, Law School, has published “When Will They
Ever Learn? Learning and Teaching from Mistakes in the Clinical
Context,” 13 Clinical Law Review 115 (2006).
Carter Bishop, Law School. His paper, “A Good Faith Revival
of Duty of Care Liability in Business Organization Law” was listed
on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Download
list for Corporate Law: Corporate Governance Law.
Krisanne Bursik, Psychology, has published a manuscript,
co-authored with doctoral program graduate Richelle Stackert,
“Ego Development and the Thera
peutic Goal-Setting Capacities of
Mentally Ill Adults,” in the American
Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 60,
No. 4., 2006.
Charles Cramer, Humanities
and Modern Languages, has pub
lished a book, Abstraction and the
Classical Ideal, 1760-1920, University
of Delaware Press 2006.
Kate Nace Day, Law School.
Her collaborative fiction writing
“White Devotions” and a poem
“Blue Waters” will be published in
The Legal Studies Forum. Day’s review of Catharine A. MacKinnon’s
book, Are Women Human? and Other International Dialogues, will
appear in Bimonthly Review of Law Books.
Ross Fuerman, Accounting, published “Comparing the Auditor
Quality of Arthur Andersen to that of the Big 4” in Accounting and
the Public Interest, Vol. 6, 2006.
Audrey Goldstein, New England School of Art & Design, has
two works, The Medicine Cabinets and The Generosity Generator, in
an exhibit of “SMFA Traveling Scholars” in the Foster Gallery of
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, February 10 —March 11, 2007.
She also is showing a small group of drawings based on MRIs at the
Kingston Gallery in Boston’s South End for the month of March.
Peter Jeffreys, English, will translate, edit and annotate the first
English-language edition of C.P. Cavafy’s Prose Essays as part of the
Birmingham Modern Greek Translations Series published by the
University of Birmingham (U.K.) Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman
and Modern Greek Studies.
Miguel Schor, Law School. His paper, “The Rule of Law,”
was listed on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Top
Ten Download list for the e-journals Human Rights and Global
Economy, Human Rights and the Global Economy and Law Norms
and Informal Order.
Douglas Seidler, New England School of Art & Design, had
his textbook Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to
Auto CAD, accepted for publication by Fairchild Books.
Patrick Shin, Law School. His paper, “Viva la Difference? A
Critical Analysis of the Justification of Sex-Dependent Workplace
Restrictions on Dress and Grooming,” was listed on the Social
Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Download list for the
Employment Law series.
Academic Conference Attracts 62 Presenters
The second annual Suffolk University
Academic Conference, designed to showcase
the school’s range of faculty scholarship and
celebrate its academic diversity, will be held
March 22 and March 23 in Sargent Hall.
This year’s conference theme is
“Scholarship of Application: Integration
& Connection.” The faculty committee
also has created sub-themes: “Community
Connections,” “Global Connections” and
“Technology Connections.”
The academic conference, conceived
as part of the Centennial Celebration,
presents an opportunity for faculty to
present recent research or works-in-progress
to the entire Suffolk community. Individual
and collaborative presentations will highlight
the two-day conference. There will be 62
presenters this year, up from 29 in 2006.
“Faculty leadership in defining the theme
and soliciting papers and administrative and
staff support in organizing this event have
made this conference a true University-wide
effort,” said Provost and Academic Vice
President Patricia Maguire Meservey. “I
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encourage all members of our community
to join us and celebrate the best of Suffolk
University.”
The principles of the academic conf
erence are based on a book, Scholarship
Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate,
by the late Ernest L. Boyer, former pres
ident of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching. Boyer strongly
believed that scholarship exists in all aspects
of academic work, centered on four separate
but overlapping areas:
• cholarship of discovery
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• cholarship of integration
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• cholarship of application
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• cholarship of teaching
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The 2006 academic conference, “Dis
covery: Boundaries & Connections,” focused
on Boyer’s first scholarship principle. His
second and third principles will be featured
during this year’s event, while his fourth
principle will be the main topic at next year’s
conference.
More than 250 people from all three
schools attended last year’s academic
conference, and that number is expected to
increase significantly this year.
Registration for the 2007 academic
conference will take place at noon March
22 in the Sargent Hall lobby. Online
registration is available on the Provost’s Web
page. Academic sessions will be held from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m., followed by a reception
in the first-floor function room. Check-in is
at 8 a.m. March 23, with academic sessions
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Box lunches will be
provided.
For more information, e-mail Christina
DiRico at cdirico@suffolk.edu.
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While his scholarship is internationally
recognized, he also has a gift for music.
Aman is a jazz percussionist who has been
the arranger-composer-leader of various
modern jazz groups and percussionist for
The Greenhouse Effect, The Fred Aman
Trio and the Karl Sturbaum Quartet.
“Alfred Aman brings to Suffolk University
Law School a breadth of knowledge and
experience and a deep commitment to the
values and principles upon which the law
school was founded,” said President David
J. Sargent. “He endorses the law school’s
history of providing access to excellence
and is strongly dedicated to continuing
the advancement of the day and evening
divisions. His appointment is particularly
significant in that it takes place during our
centennial year.”
Aman is married to Carol Greenhouse,
a professor of anthropology at Princeton
University.
Smith Eager to Return to Teaching
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He also has set several personal goals.
“I want to improve my Spanish and spend
some time in a Spanish-speaking country,
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he said. He’s considering a stay in Guatemala, where there are a number of Spanish-language schools, as well as fascinating historical sites.
He also plans to catch up on household
projects that have been neglected over
the past eight years.
However, the Smith household’s loss
was the Law School’s gain. Under Smith’s
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eadership the Law School has seen more
diversity in the student body and a larger
geographical draw, along with a rise in
the academic credentials of incoming law
students.
increases in academic presentations and
publications by faculty members.
And the Law School community has been
buzzing about the 90 percent pass rate for
the July 2006 bar exam—the highest pass
rate for Suffolk in 25 years.
The Law School now has its first endowed
chair as the result of a $5 million donation
from Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport and the
Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation. The October donation established the
Rappaport Center for Law and Pubic Service and the Rappaport Endowed Chair in
Law and Public Policy.
“During Dean Smith’s years of service,
he has made significant contributions to
the School and University, said President
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David J. Sargent. “His strong and dignified
Clinical and practice skills courses, such
leadership has advanced the school in nuas legal writing, have been enhanced and
merous ways and has positioned us well
strengthened, as have graduate and interfor our future.
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national programs.
There has been increased support for faculty research and scholarship, with resulting
Law Librarian
Emeritus Honored
Professor Edward J. Bander, law librarian
emeritus, has been awarded the prestigious
Edgar Award for Lifetime Achievement
from the Law Librarians of New England.
The award will be presented at a dinner
hosted at the Social Law Library on Friday,
April 20, 2007.
Bander was a Suffolk Law School
librarian and professor from 1978 to 1990.
He had been an associate librarian and
associate professor at New York University
from 1960 to 1978.
He is the co-author, with Frank S. Bae,
of Searching the Law and edited and com
piled Bardell v. Pickwick: The Most Famous
Fictional Trial in the English Language, by
Charles Dickens.
Justice Ginsburg at Law School Conference
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with Dean Robert Smith, Professor Stephen Hicks
and Kjell-Ake Modeer of the University of Lund, Sweden. Ginsburg spoke at the conference on
“Globalization and the U.S. Law School: Comparative and Cultural Perspectives, 1906-2006. She
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had previously visited the Law School in the ’70s. The conference addressed issues of international
legal education and celebrated Suffolk Law School’s nine-year partnership with the University of
Lund. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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�Potpourri
Welcome to Martha Chamallas, who
poems, Camus: Carnets, at Balliol College,
Sheriff Andrea Cabral delivered the opening
University of Oxford, England.
remarks on Nov. 3.
has joined the Law School as distinguished
Colette Dumas, Management,
Bernard Ortwein, Law School, will
visiting professor for the spring 2007 semes
Nir Eisikovits, Philosophy, and Nina
receive an honorary juris doctor degree from
ter. She is teaching Feminist Legal Theory
Huntemann, Communication and
the University of Lund, Sweden, on June 1.
and Employment Discrimination. Professor
Journalism, were named the 2007 Service
Best wishes for a happy retirement to
Chamallas holds the Robert J. Lynn Chair
Learning Faculty Fellows by the S.O.U.L.S.
Helen Logan, associate director of the
in Law at the Moritz College of Law at
Community Service and Service Learning
Law School Financial Aid Office, and to
Ohio State University and has taught at
Center.
Associate Dean Peter Sartwell, who has
the University of Richmond School of
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman,
retired after more than 30 years of service to
Law, Washington University School of Law
Humanities and Modern Languages, partic
the College of Arts and Sciences.
and the University of Pittsburgh School
ipated on the panel, “Invisible Mexicanas:
David M. Turkalo, Sarah J. Boling, and
of Law. She is a nationally known scholar
Gender Violence in the Maquilas,” at
Sabrina Holley-Williams, Moakley Law
who has written books and articles and
Brandeis University.
Library, will give a presentation, “Casting A
lectured in the areas of Torts, Employment
Magid Mazen, Management, appeared
Wider Net: The Challenges and Rewards of
Discrimination and Feminist Legal Theory.
with Larry Lowenthal of the American
Making Your Online Catalog A Useful Tool
Kate Nace Day, Law School, is a vis
Jewish Committee on the New England
Beyond The Law Library,” at the annual
iting scholar at Emory University for the
Cable News (NECN) program “Wired” with meeting of the American Association of
spring 2007 semester in Professor Martha
Jim Braude and Leslie Gaydo on January
Law Libraries (AALL) in July. They will
Albertson Fineman’s Feminism and Legal
23, 2007. They discussed former President
focus on the Law Library’s firsthand expe
Theory Project. She also presented her
Jimmy Carter’s new book, Palestine: Peace
rience in enhancing the value of the
ongoing project, “One Art: Being Feminist
Not Apartheid, and his controversial appear
University’s online library catalog beyond
in Legal Education,” on a panel, “New
ance at Brandeis University.
conventional library collection uses.
Law and Humanities Approaches to Iden
Congratulations to Liz McGovern
Suffolk University’s Board of Trustees
tity,” at the 2007 annual meeting of the
of Management on her marriage to Ian
has approved sabbaticals for the follow
American Association of Law Schools.
McBee Oct. 14 at Hartness House in
ing College of Arts and Sciences faculty
The panel was moderated by Suffolk Law
Springfield, Vt.
members for 2007-2008: Amy Agigian,
Professor Frank Cooper.
The Center for Crime and Justice
Sociology; In-Mee Baek, Economics;
Kudos to the Dean of Students Office
Policy Research sponsored “Creating
Darlene Chisholm, Economics; Jennifer
for going over the top with their donations
Fuchel, New England School of Art &
to the “Baskets of Love” holiday drive, spon a New Vision: Exploring Alternatives to
Design; Lydia Martin, New England
sored by Jumpstart and S.O.U.L.S. Starbucks, Detention for Women in Prostitution,” a
two-part conference held on Nov. 3 and
School of Art & Design; Quentin Miller,
a corporate sponsor of Jumpstart, will pro
English; Dennis Outwater, Philosophy;
vide coffee and pastries to the department in Feb. 2. Funded by the Executive Office
of Public Safety, attendees included more
Gerald Peary, Communication and
appreciation of its contributions.
than 100 Massachusetts judges, police offi
Journalism; Gerald Richman, English;
Congratulations to David Gallant,
cers, parole and probation officers, domes
Jay Rosellini, Humanities and Modern
CAS Undergraduate Advising, and his wife
Languages; Wesley Savick, Theatre; and
Kerstin on the birth of a daughter, Elena, on tic violence advocates, correction officers
and direct service providers. Suffolk County Robert Webb, Psychology.
Jan. 25, 2007.
Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Law School,
Jeremy Hayes, Office of Diversity Ser
is a Visiting Professor of Legal Reasoning,
vices, was selected to join the Boston Gay
Research & Writing at Boston College Law
Men’s Chorus. The next concert is March
School for the spring semester 2007.
24 and 25 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at
David Yamada, Law School, is creat
Emerson College.
ing the New Workplace Institute, an inde
Ruth Hegarty, Communication and
pendent non-profit research and education
Journalism and Education and Human
center devoted to promoting healthy, pro
Services. She presented a workshop on
ductive, socially responsible workplaces. For
“Attracting Confidence and Success in
Conference participants: Maureen Norton-Hawk, more information, contact dyamada suf
@
College and Beyond” to the Merrimack
co-director of Suffolk’s Center for Crime and
folk.edu. He was elected chair of the Section
College women’s basketball team.
Justice Policy Research; Marilee Kenny-Hunt,
on Labor Relations and Employment
Welcome back to Kristi Jovell, Law
executive director, Governor’s Commission on
Law of the Association of American Law
School. She has been on maternity leave
Sexual and Domestic Violence; Suffolk County
Schools for 2007 and was featured in an
following the birth of daughter Kaitlyn
Sheriff Andrea Cabral; Jamie Sabino of the
article “Fighting back against ‘bullying’
Endicott Jovell.
Administrative Office of the Trial Court; and
in the workplace” in the Jan. 8 edition of
George Kalogeris, Humanities and
Tina Hurley of the Massachusetts Parole Board
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Modern Languages, read from his book of
Women’s Services.
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�KUDOS Awards
The following employees received
award certificates at a 2006 KUDOS
Centennial luncheon featuring Assistant
Dean Mary Lally of the Registrar’s Office
as guest speaker. She told the group
how the FISH philosophy was incorpo
rated into the everyday work life of the
Registrar’s office, resulting in improved
employee morale and a higher produc
tivity rate. In addition, members of her
department have received more than 30
KUDOS awards.
Kristen Baker, Performing Arts
Jim Barrett, Law Technology
Steve Becker, UMS
Judy Benson, Retention Services
Michael Boivin, Law Support Services
Kristen Bourque, Law-Dean’s Office
Ron Brunelle, Assistant Treasurer’s Office
Dennis Bryson, Mail Services
Roxanna Canales, UMS
Mario Castrillon, Facilities Management
Usha Chandrasekhar, Physics
Department
Mara Collins, Graduate Admission
Lorraine DePeiza, Undergraduate
Admission
Mishell Fortes, Law Support Services
Brian Foster, Facilities Management
Todd Fowler, Residence Life
Marie Fratto, Law Support Services
Gerard Frawley, Facilities Management
Jackie Govoni, Economics
Lauren Grover, CIE
John Hamel, Undergraduate Admission
Greg Harris, Business Office
Nick Heath, Humanities
David Hegarty, Advancement
Shaylanna Hendricks, Law Support
Services
Paula Higgins, Law Dean’s Office
Annette Iebba, Student Accounts
Kenold Joseph, University Police
Kevin Kelly, Student Accounts
Janine LaFauci, Law Support Services
Mary Lally, Registrar
Danielle LaVita, Law Support Services
Tina Lewis, Law Support Services
Vicki Lothrop, Health Services
Joan Luke, Law Clinical Programs
Danny Luu, Student Accounts
Helen Lynch, Law Support Services
Seth Markley, Law Support Services
Andrea McEachern, Law Clinical
Programs
Patricia McLaughlin, Law Support
Services
Johanny Mejia, Mail Services
Babs Mello, Law Support Services
Cathy Mulherin, MIS
Andrew Mulherin, Sawyer Library
Rafael Muroy, Undergraduate
Admission
Jim Nelson, Athletics
John Nucci, Government & Community
Affairs
James O’Connor, MIS
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Researchers from the Physics and Biology
departments are engaged in the engineering of
environmental wireless monitoring systems. The
results of laboratory research and field tests were
reported at Pittcon 2006 and IEEE SECON 2006
conferences in the fall. New achievements will
be presented at Pittcon 2007 and CANCAM
2007 conferences.
Winners of the Sargent Hall 2006 “Deck the
Halls” Office Decorating Contest are: First Place
Team— Advanced Legal Studies; First Place
Individual— Marie Fratto, Suite 340; Second
Place Team— Sargent Hall Mailroom; Second
Place Individual— Andrea Shannon, Suite
260; Third Place Team— University Media
Services; Third Place Individual— Helen
Lynch, Suite 280.
Keith Hara, University Bookstore
Tim Neal, MIS
Andrea Ortisi, CAS Dean’s Office
John Pagliarulo, University Police
Marie Pagliarulo, Payroll
Marie Peguero-Gonzalez, Financial Aid
Migdalia Perez, Graduate Admission
Doug Peterson, Registrar
Krystle Petrie, Law-Dean
Johanna Porter, Law Support Services
Mary Ellen Potter, Dean of Students
Carolyn Potts, UMS
Meri Power, Government
Rosa Puello, Law Support Services
Janice Quinlan, Law Support Services
Joanne Rand, Mail Services
Jason Riccio, Registrar
Eulvid Rocque, Business Office
Vivian Rosado, Law Clinical Programs
Caitlin Ryan, Facilities Management
Guillermo Saldarriaga, Facilities
Management
Michael Schneider, UMS
Robert Scialla, Law Support Services
Andrea Shannon, Law Support Services
Steve Snow, Law Book Store
Ellen Solomita, Advancement
Adam Sparrow, Web Servicecs
Michael Spooner, Registrar
Isaac Stahl, CIE
Dale Vasconcellos, Facilities
Management
Anthony Voto, Mail Services
Crystal White, Registrar
Salamander
The new issue of Salamander, a literary journal
edited by Professor Jennifer Barber and housed in
Suffolk’s English Department, appeared in January.
The issue presents an excerpt from Irène
Némirovsky’s unfinished novel, Suite Française,
along with an excerpt from Jonathan Weiss’s
biography of Némirovsky.
Also featured are short stories by
Edith Pearlman and Stephanie
Dickinson, poetry and poetry in
translation by George Kalogeris,
Catherine Sasanov, Daniel
Tobin, and John Oliver Simon,
a novel-in-progress by Stephen
Eric Berry, and a portfolio of
photographs by Gary Duehr.
Learn more about Salamander
online at www.salamandermag.org.
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�Service Day Signup
S.O.U.L.S., Suffolk’s Community Service
and Service Learning Center, will hold its
10th annual Service Day and Celebration
Dinner on April 13.
S.O.U.L.S. sponsors a Service Day for all
members of Suffolk University each April,
when students, faculty, administrators
and staff volunteer for three-hour shifts at
agencies throughout Boston.
Volunteer activities will take place in
the afternoon, and individual and group
signup will take place beginning March 1
in the S.O.U.L.S. office or Web site.
In the evening, S.O.U.L.S. will host
the 10th annual Service Day Dinner at the
Holiday Inn, 5 Blossom St., Boston. All
Service Day participants, S.O.U.L.S. volun
teers and service partners are invited.
Master’s Program
in Women’s Health
The Sociology Department will offer a
master of arts in Women’s Health begin
ning in fall 2007.
Students in the master’s program will
gain knowledge of reproductive health,
HIV/AIDS, eating and body image prob
lems, and the health concerns of an aging
population.
Associate Professor Amy Agigian,
director of Suffolk’s Center for Women’s
Health and Human Rights, will serve as
program director.
According to the National Women’s
Studies Association, few U.S. colleges and
universities grant master’s level degrees
in Women’s Studies. Suffolk’s program
will be the first to focus specifically on
women’s health.
New Varsity Sport
Suffolk University Athletic Director
Jim Nelson has announced that the
University will field the inaugural wom
en’s varsity soccer season in fall 2007.
Suffolk women soccer players had
competed as a club team for two seasons.
The Rams will compete in the NCAA
in Division III and play in the Great
Northeast Athletic Conference. Open
tryouts will be held in late August.
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Emergency Info
Dial 8111 in University Emergency
The Suffolk University Police have a dedicated emergency telephone extension— 8111.
This number is for emergency use only. From telephones outside the campus network,
dial 617-573-8111.
The University police strongly encourage all members of the Suffolk community to
place stickers with emergency and University Police contact numbers on all campus phones.
For pre-printed stickers, contact the police at the general business number, 617-573-8333.
No-School Announcements
In case of snow or other emergency closings, Suffolk University will notify students, faculty,
and staff about school cancellations or delays through the University’s telephone informa
tion line, 617-573-8000, on the University’s home page and through television and radio
station announcements.
Radio Stations
WBZ News Radio 1030
WRKO 680 AM
WHJY – FM (94.1)
95.7 FM WZID
96.5 FM The Mill
Television Stations
CBS Channel 4
NBC Channel 7
ABC Channel 5
WFXT, FOX 25
WPRI FOX 12 Providence
Support Available for New E-Mail System
The University successfully made the transition to the new Mirapoint e-mail system on
Jan. 21.
While there were a few glitches, as one would expect, there were no significant prob
lems, according to Chief Information Officer Michael Pearce.
“The relatively smooth transition can be attributed to the many people throughout the
institution who worked together to make this happen,” said Pearce. “They did a great job
and should be proud of what they achieved together.”
An Information Services Support Center has been created to assist with e-mail and
network connectivity issues. It may be reached at 617-557-2000. In addition, Mirapoint
support documents and video tutorials can be found at http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/
mirapoint.html.
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March 2007
Vol. 33, No. 2
Conferences Showcase
University’s Intellectual Spirit
One Hundred Years on the Job
The Undergraduate Admission team of Bill Coughlin, Nancy Fine and
Joe Walsh has a unique perspective on Suffolk’s Centennial milestone.
When you add their combined years of service — Coughlin (40), Fine
(34) and Walsh (26)—it equals a perfect 100! And when you consider
how dedicated and passionate they are about their jobs, it looks like
that magic number will continue to grow for quite a long time.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
‘State of the University’ Forum
President David J. Sargent will address staff and admin
istrators from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at the C. Walsh
Theatre in his third “State of the University” forum.
President Sargent will address a number of important and
timely issues.
The President’s Communication Council initiated the forum
three years ago as a means of facilitating community building and
internal communication. All administrative and support staff are
encouraged to attend.
Suffolk’s students tap into the vast reservoir of knowledge at
Suffolk University every day, but this spring will see an outpouring
of information to a wider audience through a number of campusbased conferences.
The conferences focus on a variety of topics and rely on intellectual partnerships both within the University and with external
colleagues in a wide range of professional and policy-making fields.
Conferences in March and April include:
• “The Transatlantic Relationship at the Dawn of the New
Millennium,” an interdisciplinary conference including Suf
folk faculty as well as Boston-area and European scholars.
• Suffolk’s second academic conference, “Scholarship of Appli
cation: Integration and Connections,” a two-day showcase of
faculty research across the University.
• “Journalism in the Changing Media World,” a two-day conference featuring print, broadcast and Internet journalists.
• “Action for Depression Awareness, Prevention, & Treatment,”
a two-day conference designed for counseling center, health
center and student services professionals.
• “Conference on International Human Rights,” a two-day conf
erence focusing on “Legislative Strategies and Responsibilities”
and “Child Sex Trafficking.”
The Centennial provided some of the impetus for these conferences, and they are seen as helping the University attain some of
the anniversary celebration’s goals, such as creating awareness of
the University, celebrating its accomplishments and fostering pride
in the institution.
“I think conferences like this are vital to bringing together
academics, students, practitioners and activists to address critical
legal and social problems,” said Carole Wagan, director of the Law
School’s Center for Advanced Legal Studies program, who is helping to organize the Conference on International Human Rights.
“Not only are we shedding light on an important issue, we are also
providing direction and encouragement for students and others
who want to get involved.”
One of those students is Ani Ajemian, executive director of
Suffolk’s chapter of the National Women Law Students’ Assoc
iation, or NWLSA, who is working on the “Child Sex Trafficking”
component of the human rights conference. “It is always important for academic institutions to take a leading role in matters
affecting the public interest, and nothing could be more important
than working to rescue and protect child victims of sex trafficking,”
she said.
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�A Message to Readers
The SUN has long been a
source of news for the Suffolk community, but many
people on campus also are
finding their way to the Web
home page for day-to-day
updates on news and events.
The redesign of our Web
site enabled the University
to focus on providing timely
and important information.
Our new home page news and events listings
were intended to convey the intellectual and
social life of our community to prospective
students and others navigating to the site. I
encourage you to take a look! www.suffolk.edu.
Every day there are regularly changing
news stories and events listings on the home
page. News reports have included initiatives
such as the Pipeline to Public Service and
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s address to the
“Globalization and the U.S. Law School”
conference. Meanwhile, exhibits, special per
formances, lectures, athletics competitions
and student activities can be found in the
events listings.
In creating this news source, we have
provided an informative tool for our inter
nal audience. While the SUN has provided
a vehicle to communicate with people on
campus, we have found that, since the Web
site redesign, more current information is
available online. We hope you will take ad
vantage of this added benefit by browsing
the Suffolk home page every day.
Technology and education have led to
changes in how people receive news. An il
literate population depended on a town crier
to know what was going on. With education
came newspapers, television news and now
the Internet as major sources of information.
The Department of Communication and
Journalism is exploring the evolution of news
sources in a two-day conference, “Journalism
in the Changing Media World,” with guest
panelists from across the journalism spec
trum. You can read about this conference and
an array of others in this issue of the SUN.
And you’ll find additional stories on the
Suffolk Web site as these events and other
important happenings occur.
Rosemarie E. Sansone
Executive Editor
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Offices Shifting from One Beacon
Suffolk University’s newest location, the Rosalie Stahl Center at 73 Tremont
Street, will soon be teeming with familiar faces.
By June 30, all of the Suffolk administrative offices currently at One Beacon
Street will be relocated. Making the short trip across the street to 73 Tremont will be
employees from the Payroll, Assistant Treasurer, Facilities Planning, Human Resources
and Business offices. History, Economics and University Media Services also will be
moving.
“Everyone must leave One Beacon by June 30,”said Gordon King, senior director for
Facilities Planning and Management. “That’s when our lease runs out.”
The new offices entering 73 Tremont will completely fill Suffolk’s space on the fifth,
twelfth and thirteenth floors.
“I would like to give special recognition to all the people, particularly on the twelfth
and thirteenth floors, who will be making minor moves and living through the
inconvenience of nearby construction because of this project,” said King.
The new move also will involve the first floor of 73 Tremont, where the Discover
Boston store will be converted into a satellite television studio for the Communication
and Journalism Department. The storefront studio will be similar to the FOX25
Boston location on Beacon Street.
Marg Dion, an adjunct professor at The New England School of Art & Design, will
coordinate all work internally on the conversion, which is expected to begin in April.
The architect is Sasaki Associates, and Blaire Townsend of the Casali Group is project
manager.
“This latest move will represent Suffolk’s full use of its space at 73 Tremont Street at
this time,” said King.
“Further options for expansion, including student residences and a student center,
are being explored in a planning process with the city of Boston and surrounding
neighborhoods.”
Surge in Early Action Applications
Early action applications have increased by 40 percent since last year, with 1,240
prospective freshmen having applied by the Nov. 20, 2006, early deadline, compared to
885 last year and 191 in November 2003.
“Typically the better students will apply earlier,” said John Hamel, director of
Undergraduate Admission. “This gives us more time to work with them.”
The Admission team has held a series of receptions for accepted students here and in
other regions to bolster their interest in Suffolk University.
Last year, 47 percent of students accepted through the early action program enrolled
at Suffolk in the fall.
The Admission Office has encouraged students to apply earlier rather than later, and
the elimination of rolling admissions has had an effect on the numbers.
While Suffolk’s early action program is nonbinding, students are attracted to the
program in part because, if accepted, they can get a foot in the door for Suffolk’s limited student housing, and they have the reassurance of receiving an admission decision
by Dec. 20.
The 698 students accepted through early action hail from throughout the United
States. There are 14 international students among them, and nine commuters.
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�Committee Named to Advise Renamed IT Department
The former Management Information
Systems, or MIS, department has a new
name: Information Technical Services, with
the emphasis on the customer and services.
“We’re organizing around delivering
the types of services that members of the
University need to support our mission and
objectives,” said Chief Information Officer
Michael Pearce. “Our focus is being customer
centric to our students, faculty, and staff.”
To that end, Pearce has created what he
refers to as the Committee on Information Services. This group, which he chairs,
will act as the advisory board to the Admin
istrative Council, providing them with rec-
ommendations for projects, policies and
prioritizations.
The 13-member committee has representatives from across the University.
“The committee, which will meet monthly,
will discuss requirements and what needs to
be achieved to meet the institutional mission,
and how best we can accomplish that. On
key projects, like course management systems, multimedia/classroom requirements,
etc, the committee will develop subcommittees to report back findings, enabling the
committee to make an informed proposal
to the Administrative Council,” said Pearce.
As the committee begins to move forward, members of the University will be
encouraged to make requests about what
they deem to be needed to the committee
members.
The following are members of the Committee on Information Services: Christopher
Giordano, associate dean of students; Eric
Lee, assistant to the president; Gordon
King, Facilities Planning and Management;
Jack Rotondi, Advancement; John Deliso,
associate dean, Law School; John Pagliarulo,
chief, University Police and Security;
Lauren Thorman, Center for International
Education; Mike Dwyer, assistant treasurer; Ruth McEwen, professor of Account
ing; Rosemarie Sansone, director of Public
Affairs; Sebastián Royo, associate dean, CAS
and director of Madrid Campus; Walter
Caffey, dean of Enrollment.
Food for Thoughtfulness
Suffolk and Sodexho have teamed up to provide an added
incentive to recycle as part of the University’s participation in
Recycle Mania, a national 10-week waste reduction and recycling
competition running through April 7.
Coupons good for $1 off a purchase at the Sodexho cafés in the
Donahue and Sawyer buildings and Sargent Hall were being distributed at random to recyclers throughout February and March.
Anyone seen recycling has a chance of being spotted and rewarded.
“Not only does the coupon provide positive reinforcement to
those who already are recycling, we hope it will encourage others
to choose to recycle their paper, glass, metal and plastic materials,”
said Recycling Coordinator Erica Mattison. “This is one of several
methods we are using to raise awareness about recycling.”
This is Suffolk’s first year participating in Recycle Mania. After
the third week, Recycle Mania had Suffolk in the top 45 percent of
the 165 schools participating in the Per Capita Classic.
Recycling guidelines may be found on the Facilities Planning
and Management Web site.
Facilities Planning and Management also has established a
Sustainability Task Force to serve as an advisory group on research,
education and outreach in the area of sustainability. Sustainability
refers to using resources without depleting them, so that they are
available to future generations.
As part of its work, the task force will explore best management
practices for design and construction, facilities operations and
procurement.
Centennial & Suffolk on Stage
Theatre Department Coordinator Nora Long and Professor Wesley Savick
attend a pre-show reception of Centennial: about a hundred years, an
imaginative tribute to Suffolk University and the mystery of the number
100. This original performance, held earlier this month at the C. Walsh
Theatre, was written and directed by Savick. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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�ADAPT: Battling Student Depression
Journalism in the Changing Media World
The Counseling Center has successfully brought together mem-
The Department of Communication and Journalism will sponsor a
bers of the Suffolk community to address the stresses that lead to
student depression through the five-year-old Action for Depression
Awareness, Prevention, & Treatment—or ADAPT—program.
To share its successful strategies, the Counseling Center is offering the 2007 ADAPT Conference on April 13-14.
Campus personnel across the country are seeing increasing
numbers of students at risk for depression and suicide, according
to Professor and Counseling Center Staff Psychologist Paul Korn.
“ADAPT focuses on getting the entire community involved in
prevention,” said Korn, who is co-director of the ADAPT Project.
The ADAPT program reaches out to the community so that all
professionals in the system—not only counselors, but also faculty
and administrators—can understand what depression is and avoid
putting pressure on students, he said.
“Students have been responsive; professors have invited us
into their classes; and the Samaritan Awards have raised awareness,”
said Korn.
An article about the ADAPT program, “A Successful Com
munity-Based Intervention for Addressing College Student Depres
sion” was published in the Journal of College Student Development
in January 2006.
The first session of the ADAPT Conference, “Innovative
Community-based Approaches to Addressing College Student
Depression and Suicide Prevention: A Working Conference,”
on Friday, April 13, is free and open to all on a first-come, first
served basis. Participants will share information on how to be
involved as a community in addressing depression and potential
suicide.
On Saturday, April 14, 2007, the Counseling Center, in collaboration with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the
American Association of Suicidology, will present “Assessing and
Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for University and
College Counseling Center Staffs.” There is a fee for this workshop.
The conference is attracting an audience from across the region,
from Maine to New York City and beyond.
two-day conference, “Journalism in the Changing Media World,” as
part of the Centennial Partnership Series.
More than 20 noted journalists from print, broadcast and the
Internet will come together on March 26-27, 2007, in the C. Walsh
Theatre to discuss challenges and opportunities presented by major
changes in today’s news media.
“This is going to be a significant event that offers something for
everyone,” said Robert E. Rosenthal, chair of the Communication
and Journalism Department. “We are providing a forum on the
future of journalism and the impact that it has in the ever-changing
world we live in.”
Five panel discussions are scheduled, covering the future of
newspapers, Internet/online news, investigative reporting, broadcast
news and opinion journalism.
• Newspaper panel—Boston Globe Editor Marty Baron; Denver
Post Editor Greg Moore; Bob Giles, curator of Harvard’s
Nieman Foundation for Journalism; and Ellen Soeteber, a
visiting fellow at the Poynter Institute.
• Internet/online panel: Christopher Lydon, publisher of Radio
Open Source; David Warsh, online publisher of Economic
Principles; and Margo Howard, a national columnist with
Yahoo, formerly with Slate.com.
• Investigative reporting: Walter Robinson, former head of The
Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team; Jim Taricani, WJAR-TV in
Providence, who recently served a six-month federal sentence
for refusing to reveal a source; and Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Golden.
• Broadcast news: WCVB-TV, Channel 5 anchor Natalie
Jacobson; New England Cable News anchor R.D. Sahl;
and Emily Rooney, host and executive editor of WGBH’s
Greater Boston.
• Opinion journalism: Boston Globe columnists Joan Vennochi
and Derrick Jackson; Boston Herald columnist Peter Gelzinis;
and syndicated columnist Froma Harrop of the Providence
Journal.
Faculty member Bruce Butterfield, formerly of The Boston Globe
coordinated the conference, which is open to students, faculty, staff,
alumni, and the Beacon Hill community.
Academic Conference Highlights Intellectual Achievement
The University’s second Academic Conference, “Scholarship of
Application: Integration and Connections,” presented panel
discussions, posters and lectures by faculty from all three schools.
The conference celebrated
the intellectual diversity of the
University for an audience that
also spanned the entire community, from students to staff.
The wide variety of topics
addressed fell into various categories,
such as education and teaching,
careers and business strategy, the arts, and global issues.
A reception following the first day of panel discussions demonstrated the importance of the themes of integration and connection,
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as it brought together the University’s six distinguished visiting
scholars and scholars in residence. The honorees were:
• Tahir Al-Bakaa, a specialist in Iranian and Middle Eastern history and former president of Iraq’s Al-Mustansiriya University,
Iraqi Minister of Higher Education, and member of the Iraqi
National Assembly
• Sushil Bhatia, inventor and entrepreneur
• Robert Brustein, founder and artistic director of the American
Repertory Theatre
• James Carroll, Boston Globe columnist and winner of the
National Book Award
• Martha Chamallas, Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law at the Moritz
College of Law at Ohio State University
• Novelist Maxine Hong Kingston, winner of the National
Book Award
�The Transatlantic Relationship
Professor Richard Torrisi and Peter Watkins from the United
Kingdom Ministry of Defense on the “Varying Perspectives in
the Security Community” panel. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Suffolk’s Government Department celebrated the Centennial in March
with a conference that highlighted the University’s commitment to international education.
The Government Department chose “The Transatlantic Relationship
at the Dawn of the New Millennium” as the conference theme due to its
currency and pertinence to the department’s academic work.
“Since we have a campus in Madrid, this topic fits into Suffolk’s goal to
build bridges between the two continents,” said Sebastián Royo, associate
dean of the College and director of the Madrid campus. “We aimed to get
a better understanding of the transatlantic differences and discuss ways to
address them and move forward.”
The conference brought together scholars and policymakers addressing
political and economic issues, security and the future.
“At the dawn of the new century, the future of the transatlantic relationship is very much in flux,” Royo told conference participants in his opening remarks. “Economic problems, political
issues and the war in Iraq have strained the relationship and created tensions not only across the Atlantic but also within Europe. Many observers
have argued that the war in Iraq, in particular, has crystallized the most
fundamental change in the nature of the transatlantic alliance since the
end of the cold war. Some have pointed out that while the existing divide
is much more in mutual perceptions than it is in reality, the risk is that
perceptions will become reality.”
Royo said that only by better understanding the kinds and roots of
Anti-Americanism will we be able to address them, and the conference was
a step toward creating that understanding.
Conference on International Human Rights
The two-day Centennial Conference on International Human Rights was
Professor Judy Dushku listens as Charles Maier of Harvard
University makes a point during the “Divergent or Convergent
Political Views” panel discussion. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Conferences Showcase
Intellectual Spirit
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“The Transatlantic Relationship at the Dawn of
the New Millennium” conference brought leading
scholars and policy makers from other institutions and
countries to Suffolk, offering learning and networking
opportunities to the campus community, according
to Sebastián Royo, associate dean of the College and
director of the Madrid campus. “The conference also
allowed Suffolk faculty and students to share their
knowledge, research and questions on this subject,
while giving visibility to our faculty and international
relations programs,” said Royo. “And because it
was open to the public, it helped us to connect and
provide a service to the wider community.”
planned by faculty and students across the University. It focuses on two
distinct but related areas, “Implementing Human Rights in Massachusetts:
Legislative Strategies & Responsibilities” and “Hidden Epidemic: Child Sex
Trafficking.”
The April 26 implementation section of the conference, “the first in
the nation to focus on the human rights responsibilities of state and
municipal officials, is garnering a lot of positive attention within the NGO
(non-governmental organization) universe,” said Laura H. Roskos, activist
in residence with Suffolk’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights,
which has planned the day.
“On the other hand, by offering programming specifically geared to the
needs of public officials, we are building on Suffolk Law School’s existing
reputation as the place to go if you have aspirations of entering state
politics,” she said.
Two-pronged approach
While the first day focuses on implementation, the April 27 session concentrates on a particular problem, child sex trafficking.
Associate Professor Sara Dillon said she was amazed when she learned
of the millions of children around the world who are caught up by the sex
slave trade.
“This is completely off the public radar screen,” she said. “It’s the kind of
stuff that really challenges our notion of humanity. We want to believe it’s
somewhere else, that it’s a niche problem, but it’s everywhere, and it’s huge.
“Many countries have laws, but what’s missing is the widespread mobilization that comes with recognition of human rights,” said Dillon. She said
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�Potpourri
Get well wishes to Andrew Wark,
MIS, who is recuperating from open-heart
surgery. He and wife Maureen Wark,
Residence Life & Summer Programs, thank
everyone for their good wishes, thoughts,
prayers and cards during this time. The
couple said they are “overwhelmed by the
thoughtfulness of so many people.” Andy
expects to return to work in March.
Robert Allison, History, has been
named to the newly formed Heritage
Committee of the South Boston Citizens’
Association.
Carter Bishop and Charles Kindregan,
Law School, are the co-editors of the new
electronic Suffolk University Law School
SSRN Journal Research Paper Series. Legal
Reference Librarian Rick Buckingham is
the contact person for the series. The electronic publication will list five or six articles by law faculty that have been accepted
for publication or are working papers.
Distribution will be available without charge
to all college and Law School faculty and
senior administrators, Law School alumni
and educators throughout the world who
use the SSRN electronic research network.
Ken Cosgrove, Government, attended
the American Political Science Association
Annual Teaching and Learning Conference
in Charlotte, N.C., where he participated
in a working group that examined ways to
include civic education activities as part of
regular course activities.
Trish McLaughlin, Law School, is
proud of her daughters, Hillary and Melissa
McLaughlin, for their work on the renovated indoor gorilla exhibit at the Franklin
Park Zoo. Hillary was one of the main
sculptors who created the gorillas’ habitat.
She crafted a root cage to act as a playpen
for the baby gorillas. Melissa mixed thou-
sands of pounds of cement every day for
months to complete the project.
Lauren Mizock, Psychology doctoral
student, will present “Finding Our Way:
Mother-Daughter Relationships and
Working” at the 27th annual Society for
Teachers and Family Medicine Conference
on Family Health, “The Art and Science
of Relationship-Centered Practice,” in
Austin, Texas.
Jim Nelson, Athletics, was recognized
by the Panagia Soumela of Boston Society in
appreciation of his contributions to athletics
and the Greek community as a Philhellene
at a ceremony at St. Nectarios Greek Com
munity Center in Roslindale. In attendance was Suffolk men’s soccer coach Nick
Papadopoulos and men’s basketball alumnus Nick Tsiotos.
John O’Callaghan, Government, served
as chair of a panel, “Policy Discourses and
the Art of the Possible,” at the Northeastern
Political Science Association annual meeting
at the Omni Parker House in Boston.
Irene Piryatinsky, Psychology doctoral
student, presented her research, “Cultural
Narratives of Immigrant and Non-Immi
grant Mother-Child Storytelling in Israel,”
at a symposium at the Society for CrossCultural Research in San Antonio, Texas.
Good luck to Eulvid Rocque, Business
Office, who is leaving the University for
a position in the Budget Office at George
town University. He can be contacted at
erocque@yahoo.com.
Congratulations to CAS Associate
Dean and Director of the Madrid Campus
Sebastián Royo and his wife, Cristina, on
the birth of their daughter, Abigal Elizabeth
Royo on Jan. 3.
Miguel Schor, Law School, presented
his paper, “Mapping Comparative Judicial
Review,” at two conferences: “Comparative
Constitutional Law and Globalization:
Towards Common Rights and Procedures?”
at the Osgoode Constitutional Law Round
table, Osgoode Hall Law School at York
University in Toronto, Canada; and the
Michigan-Illinois Comparative Law Work
shop at the University of Illinois College
of Law.
Steven Spitzer, Sociology, and Carolyn
Boyes Watson, Sociology and director of
the Center for Restorative Justice, were panelists at the winter training, “Transitions:
Revisioning and Rebuilding,” sponsored
by the Changing Lives Through Literature
Program held at Northeastern University’s
Henderson House.
Welcome to Tu Thanh Nguyen, who has
joined the Law School as a visiting scholar
until mid-June. A lecturer in commercial
law from Ho Chi Minh City University of
Law in Vietnam, Nguyen has a master’s in
law from Lund University, Sweden, and is a
Ph.D. candidate at Lund. His thesis is entitled “Technology Transfer and Competition
Law under the TRIPS Agreement and Its
Implications for Vietnam,” and his research
project here at Suffolk will focus on the U.S.
perspective on trade with Vietnam.
Abigal Elizabeth Royo
New Faces at Suffolk
Please welcome our newest employees:
Elizabeth Bassett, Financial Aid, Colleges
Justina Chu, Law School Budget Office
Rebecca Coyne, Alumni Relations, Sawyer Business School
Julie Crowley, Law Dean’s Office
Madelyne Cuddeback, Advancement
Leslie Cummings, Sociology
Edwin Dillaby, Human Resources
Sue Downing, Enrollment
Eric Hatch, Registrar, Colleges
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James Janda, Peer Mentor Program
Nancy Kelleher, Public Affairs
Elizabeth Leary, Office of Government & Community Affairs
Michael Mello, Information Technical Services
Erin Palmer, Alumni Programs, CAS
Kinga Pastuszak, Counseling Center
Andrea Pokladowski, Advancement
Jonathan Talley, Facilities Management
Patricia Thyng, Law Financial Aid
�Faculty Publications
Barbara Abrams, Humanities and Modern
Languages. Her article, “Rousseau’s Courageous Confessions: Lessons on Domestic
Violence in 18th Century France,” has been
accepted for publication in the spring 2007
edition of the International Journal of the
Humanities.
Edward Bartick, Chemistry and Biochemistry, has co-authored an article,
“Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging for Non
invasive Detection of Latent Fingerprints,”
for the Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 52,
No. 1 (January 2007).
John Berg, Government, has published
“Conventions for the Unconventional: Minor
Party Conventions, 1992-2004” in Rewiring
Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions
in the Media Age. (Louisiana State University
Press, 2007).
Unity Week 2007:
Many Perspectives,
One Vision
Unity Week, Suffolk’s annual celebration of diversity and community, is a collaborative effort by students, faculty and
administrators. It kicked off Monday,
March 19, and runs through Thursday,
March 29, when the Unity Week Showcase
and Reception will take place at 7 p.m. in
the Regan Gymnasium, Ridgeway Building.
Unity Week’s entertainment, speakers,
dialogues, open classes, food and music
not only recognize the diversity within the
University, but affirm the value and vitality
that this pluralism brings to the individual
and collective experience here at Suffolk.
For more information, visit http://www.
suffolk.edu/campuslife/17554.html.
Bernadette Feeley, Law School. Her
article, “Exploring the Use of For-Profit
Placements in Law School Externship Programs,” was listed on the Social Science
Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Down
load list for February.
Sue Orsillo, Psychology, has co-
authored “Mindfulness and acceptancebased treatments for anxiety disorders” for
the Handbook of Anxiety Disorders (New
York: Oxford University Press). In addition,
she has co-authored three articles for publication: “The case for mindfulness-based
approaches in the cultivation of empathy:
Does nonjudgmental, present-moment
awareness increase capacity for perspectivetaking and empathic concern?” (Journal
of Marital and Family Therapy); “An open
trial of acceptance-based behavior therapy
for generalized anxiety disorder” (Behavior
Therapy); and “Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
for posttraumatic stress disorder in women:
A randomized controlled trial. (Journal of the
American Medical Association).
Eric Sullivan, Psychology, has published
an article, “Early doctoral student questions
about predoctoral internship preparation
and application: Responses from the experts,”
in The Behavior Therapist, 29, 208-210. (2006,
Winter).
Thomas Trott, Biology. He has published
two articles in Challenges in Environmental
Management in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of
Maine: “Zoogeography and changes in
macroinvertebrate community diversity of
rocky intertidal habitats on the Maine
coast,” pp. 54-73; and “Can biodiversity be
measured independent of sampling effort?”
pp. 263-266.
Job Shadow Day at the Beacon Hill Institute
The Beacon Hill Institute participates
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.
“The last time that very famous
groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his
shadow and called for an early spring was
1999. That was also the year the Beacon
Hill Institute began participating in the
Boston Private Industry Council’s Job
Shadow Day,” said Frank Conte, director of communications and information
Frank Conte and Shixin Su
systems for BHI.
This year, a junior from the Josiah Quincy Upper School, Shixin Su, shadowed Conte
for the day and helped update the institute’s archives.
“BHI has been an enthusiastic participant in Job Shadow Day,” said Conte. “Very few
things are more satisfying than helping a student learn about professional goals. I love the
opportunity to connect with students from the inner city and to introduce them to the
public policy ideas behind our work. Moreover, Job Shadow Day is a chance to showcase
the academic offerings here at Suffolk University.”
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�S.O.U.L.S. Seeks Care
Items for Troops
The S.O.U.L.S. Community Service & Service
Learning Center is collecting items for a Univer
sity-wide Troop Drive running through April 13,
Suffolk Service Day.
Morale-boosting items gathered through the
Troop Drive will be assembled into care packages by volunteers on Suffolk Service Day and
sent to military personnel stationed overseas.
S.O.U.L.S. is collecting recommended items
from a Soldier’s Wish List—www.asoldiers
wishlist.org—in partnership with New England
Caring for our Military, Inc.
Members of the University community are
welcome to supplement these items with anyt
hing else they might consider useful, fun or
tasty. As of early March, there were donations
of beef jerky, disposable razors, and a big box of
shampoo from Athletics Director Jim Nelson.
The morale-boosting items may be deposited
in designated locations marked “Troop Drive”
throughout the University.
Pipeline to Public Service
Suffolk’s Government Department is part of an initiative to prepare leaders of color for positions in public service in the Greater Boston area. Participating in the kickoff event for the
Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership are Angel Bermudez, senior director of Grantmaking and Special Projects at the Boston Foundation; Government Department Chair John
Berg; Assistant Professor of Government Teri Fair; Avi Green, executive director of MassVOTE; and Giovanna Negretti, executive director of ¿Oíste? (Photo by John Gillooly)
Conference on International Human Rights
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that, since the United States enacted childsex-trafficking laws about six years ago, it
has paid more attention to the human rights
records of other countries as it relates to this
area. Especially under former Secretary of
State Colin Powell, the other countries and
held them accountable for the human rights
of these children.
The idea of a conference focusing on
child sex trafficking came from students who
had seen the film The Day My God Died in
Professor Kate Nace Day’s Gender and the
Law class. The film profiles Maiti Nepal, an
organization that helps the victims of sex
trafficking.
Day’s class includes an empowerment
component, and students Abby Rothberg
and Meghan Grummer changed their
project after they saw the film.
“We were so disgusted about the issue
of sex trafficking and impressed with the
work of Maiti Nepal that we wanted to do a
fundraiser and raise awareness as part of our
final project,” said Rothberg, president of
the Suffolk Public Interest Law Group.
“This conference shows how much is
possible when women act on behalf of
other women,” said Day, who approached
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Advanced Legal Studies Director Carole
Wagan about a conference that would
demonstrate what women can do from the
bottom up.
The National Women Law Students’
Association, or NWLSA, also got involved
to raise interest, raise awareness and raise
money to take care of the women and
children who are the subject of the film.
“The sex-trafficking industry has been
overlooked for much too long and is
a growing problem within the United
States,” said NWLSA Executive Director
Ani Ajemian. “When we talk about
children’s issues, especially those involving
sex crimes, we must discuss how they relate
to women’s issues and the family, making it
all the more appropriate for NWLSA to get
involved.”
The Massachusetts model
“It is really only possible to mount this
seminar here in Massachusetts, close to the
State House, because of the commonwealth’s
very positive human rights record,” said
Roskos. “The commonwealth has been a
national leader in employing human rights
standards to guide its financial development
and investment strategies.”
She pointed out that the state’s human
rights record is superior to that of the
United States as a whole, even though the
Massachusetts Code makes no explicit mention of international human rights standards.
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April/May 2007
Vol. 33, No. 3
Nelson, Brown and Rauseo Selected to Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame
Suffolk Athletic Director Jim Nelson, Crime
Prevention Officer Maureen “Moe” Brown and
Associate Director of Financial Aid Robert
Rauseo may have different jobs, but they all share
one thing in common: They are part of the inaugural class of the Suffolk Athletic Hall of Fame.
Rauseo, Brown and Nelson, along with five
others and two teams, were honored during a
Hall of Fame Induction Dinner May 10 at the
Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge.
The Centennial celebration event was sponsored by the Suffolk Athletic Department and the
Alumni Association.
“The Centennial year seemed like a perfect
opportunity to institute the Hall of Fame,” said
Nelson. “Not only do I wish this to be an annual
event, but I also wish it to be an annual reunion
so former student-athletes can come together
and share time and memories with former teammates whom they may not have seen for 10, 20,
30 or 40 years.”
Nelson: Leader on and off the court
Nelson has been an integral part of Suffolk
University athletics for four decades. He began
Hall of Famers Robert Rauseo, Maureen “Moe” Brown and Jim Nelson (Photo by John Gillooly)
continued on page �
Addressing Campus Safety
Volunteer Effort Wins Award
Colleges and Universities across the nation were evaluating
Suffolk University, in collaboration with two other
their emergency preparedness in the aftermath of the April 16
tragedy at Virginia Tech.
President David J. Sargent issued a message assuring the
University community that safety has been and continues to be
a priority at Suffolk.
“We have in place an Incident Command System Committee
that meets weekly and is on the vanguard of emergency campus
planning. …We stand prepared to care for the safety of the
Suffolk community and will keep you apprised as we continue
to develop our plans,” he wrote.
He also offered the following highlights of University safety
procedures:
• Planning: Key people across the University have been
trained in the Incident Command System—an emergency
response program adopted by Homeland Security—and
have been certified by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). They are well prepared to make prompt and
appropriate decisions in times of crisis.
continued on page �
campuses, has won the prestigious Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration for
work with Jumpstart’s Roxbury School Readiness for All Initiative.
The $10,000 award recognizes exceptional collaborative work
between institutions of higher education and service organizations
for the benefit of communities.
This benefit was seen in the academic and social progress made
by 560 Roxbury preschool children as a direct result of their oneto-one work with Jumpstart mentors from three Boston-area colleges: Suffolk University, Northeastern University, and Wheelock
College.
Jumpstart’s Roxbury School Readiness for All Initiative pairs
college students from Suffolk University and two other Bostonarea colleges with preschool students from 14 early-education
centers in Roxbury.
The Jumpstart mentors work one-to-one with the preschool
students for two hours, twice each week. They also provide
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�A Message to Readers
Each year, commencement
brings a mix of emotions—
pride in the graduating students and our institution’s
role in their preparation for
the future, wistfulness at
the passing of another year,
and relief that deadlines
have been met and summer
is at hand.
We look forward to our
Centennial Commencement, which will
gather together graduating students from
all three schools. A record number of stu
dents have registered to walk across the
stage at commencement, and the entire faculty,
administrators and staff will assemble for this
spectacular event.
We will hear from NBA champion, civil
rights advocate and author Bill Russell, who
will be the Centennial Commencement
speaker on May 20.
Sports Illustrated has called Russell the
“greatest team player on the greatest team ever.”
Russell joined that great Celtics team 50 years
ago, and he has much to say about leadership
and a winning attitude.
I often feel that the Centennial Celebration
brought together one of the greatest teams
of people ever, so Russell’s words should ring
true to members of our Suffolk community.
We’ve practiced teamwork and leadership for
a full 100 years.
The Centennial Commencement marks
the finale of our Centennial Celebration. Yet
the spirit of the Centennial Celebration will
live on as we mark a new beginning this coming September. We will launch our new century on Founder’s Day, September 19, 2007,
by burying a time capsule filled with artifacts
and photos from the past year. We will honor
this special day by saying a farewell to the past
100 years and welcoming in our next 100.
Events revived or inspired by our Centen
nial will become traditions over the next century. We look forward to the heritage awards
ceremony in September, and the continuation
of the Athletic Hall of Fame and spring Academic Conference that were conceived of as
we thought about our Centennial Celebration.
The Centennial year brought out tremendous dedication throughout the University
community, and I hope it was a satisfying
journey for all involved, as it has been for me.
Rosemarie E. Sansone
Executive Editor
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Suffolk University Provost Patricia Meservey, Ashley Tarbet, Alicia Canning, Nicole Francisco,
Pearl Childs, Katy Sawyer, and Carolina Garcia.
Volunteer Effort Wins Award
continued from page �
additional support, instruction, and attention to all of the students in the earlyeducation classrooms.
In 2002, Suffolk University began a formal partnership with Jumpstart, engaging
20 students in the lives of at-risk preschool children. Over the past four years that
number has increased to 40 Suffolk students, each committing more than 300 hours
to the communities of Roxbury, Dorchester and East Boston.
The two other award finalists were Harvard University’s Phillips Brooks House
Association working with the Boston Youth Fund and the University of
Massachusetts Lowell-Peruvian Ministry of Health collaboration on the Village
Empowerment Partnership.
A Day of Caring
More than 200 members of the Suffolk community turned out for Service Day
April 13, fanning out to work at organizations or projects at 14 sites.
Some Service Day volunteers stayed on campus to assemble care packages of
items collected through the campus Troop Drive. There were 106 packages sent to
troops overseas.
During a celebratory dinner capping off Service Day, S.O.U.L.S. announced
students put in a total of 24,439 volunteer hours this past academic year.
Reader Survey
In a continuing effort to better serve
its readers, the SUN is conducting a survey about the newsletter as it is now and
how it might evolve.
The University began publishing
an expanded version of the Suffolk
University Newsletter more than four
years ago, on the initiative of the President’s Communication Council.
Early on we conducted focus groups
to learn what the community wanted
from the SUN. As we consider changes
in format and frequency, we ask you to
again give us your feedback.
Look for the SUN survey online on
the Public Affairs home page on the
University Web site.
The SUN is Published by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
Executive Editor
Rosemarie E. Sansone
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
�Campus Safety
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• Communication:
The University is able
to send voicemail messages to on-campus
offices and e-mail alerts to all members of
the community. Emergency notices will be
posted to the Web site when appropriate.
The University is implementing a new
emergency communication system to expand capabilities on and off campus. The
system, to be in place by July 1, will enable
messaging through both e-mail and cell
phone text.
• Maintaining
Students in Dakar are among the Faces and Places of Suffolk University.
(Photo by Mamadou Diong)
Photo Exhibit Features Student Work
The Faces and Places of Suffolk University exhibit, at the Adams Gallery through
June 1, grew out of a project conceived by Suffolk’s Phocus Photography Club,
which wanted to use the University as a subject.
“The student members of the club felt that there were a lot of unique places
and people around Suffolk’s campuses here and abroad worth photographing in an
artistic way,” said Ken Martin, who teaches photography.
In addition to Phocus Club members, students in photography and photojournalism classes were invited to submit work.
a Safe Community: If you
see something that concerns you, or in the
event of an emergency on campus, call
the Suffolk University Police emergency
telephone number: 617-573-8111. From
campus telephones, dial extension 8111.
Our University police maintain a close
working relationship with the Boston
Police, Fire, and emergency services and
with the State Police and will coordinate
an appropriate response. University Police
officers are on duty round the clock, and
police and security officers staff residence
hall entrance areas 24 hours a day.
Athletic Hall of Fame
continued from page �
working at Suffolk in 1966 as an assistant
director of athletics and men’s assistant
basketball coach. In 1975 he was named director of athletics. He was head coach of the
men’s basketball team from 1976 until 1995,
guiding the Rams to appearances in the
NCAA Division III Regional Tournament in
each of his first two seasons at the helm.
Nelson was inducted into the New
England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006
and received the Outstanding Service Award
from the National Association of Basketball
Coaches that same year. He was named a
Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for
International Sport in 2005 and received
the New England Basketball Coaches Assoc
iation Doggie Julian Award for Service to
New England Collegiate Basketball in 1997.
Brown: All-around achiever
Brown is the second all-time leading scorer
in Suffolk women’s basketball history, with
1,458 points. The energetic backcourt ace
played in 93 consecutive games wearing the
blue and gold, setting a school record. She
was named the team’s Most Valuable Player
in each of her four years.
Demonstrating her athletic versatility,
Brown played a key role on the women’s
softball, tennis and cross-country teams for
two years. No matter what sport she competed in at Suffolk, she gave 100 percent
effort all of the time.
“I am honored and privileged to be
elected into the Hall of Fame,” said Brown.
“This means so much to me, and it is
something I will always remember.”
Rauseo: Tennis standout:
From the end of his sophomore year
through his senior season, Rauseo won 19
consecutive matches playing at the number
one position on the Suffolk men’s tennis
team. It was a streak that is imagined by
many, but realized by few.
Rauseo enjoyed a superb four-year career
for the Rams, compiling a 35 –6 overall
record. He was the team’s captain and Most
Valuable Player in each of his last three
seasons. Combining a tremendous work
ethic with a competitive fire that burned
deeply, he led by example. As a senior, he
was an NCAA Regional quarter-finalist.
Said Rauseo: “To be inducted into the
first Hall of Fame class, along with so many
outstanding Suffolk athletes and coaches, is
the greatest accomplishment I’ve ever had.”
Suffolk’s first athletic director and men’s
basketball and baseball coach, the late
Charles Law, headed the list of Hall of Fame
inductees. He was joined by Ellen Crotty
Pistorino, who participated in women’s
basketball, softball, tennis and crosscountry
from 1984–88; Donovan Little, who played
men’s basketball from 1975– 79; Brian
Horan, who played ice hockey from
1987– 91; and George Doucet, who coached
baseball from 1959– 72.
Teams selected for induction were the
1974– 75 men’s basketball team coached
by Law and the 1990–91 ice hockey team
coached by Bill Burns, Jr.
April/May 2007
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�Potpourri
John Berg, Government, was named to
Dispute Resolution Section. The topic was
one practically any lawyer would like to discuss: “Unreasonable Clients: When Lawyers
Ask for Help—and When They Don’t—
Enrollment Research & Planning
What Can a Mediator Do?”
News: Jake Deehan was promoted to assoStephanie Hartung and Shailini
ciate director; Megan Daley is the research
George, Law School, presented “Like
analyst; and Barbara Pfeiffer is the new
Apples to Oranges: Methods of Demys
assistant director. Staff members particitifying Analogical Reasoning” at the Rocky
pating in the 2007 AACRAO (American
Mountain Legal Writing conference in Las
Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Vegas, Nev.
Admissions Officers) Conference held in
Hal Hansen, History and Economics,
Boston were: Michael Duggan, who prepresented a paper, “Built, Not Inherited:
sented a half-day workshop “Introduction
The Southwestern Origins of Small Business
to IPEDS Data Tools: A Hands-On Test
Organization in Germany,” at the Greater
Drive” and conducted a session “Designing
Washington Area Economic History seminar
Effective Questionnaires and Surveys”;
at Johns Hopkins University. He also spoke
Megan Daley, who presented a session
on “Building Industrial Strength through
on “Doing Web-based Surveys: A Review
Specialized Cities” at a conference in Abu
of Selected Products and a Demonstration”;
Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
and Michael Duggan and Rebecca
Patricia Hogan, Environmental Engi
Mathews joined AJ Meyers, Registrar’s
neering program director, served as a reviewOffice, and Jeanne Aversa, Undergraduate er for Exploring Opportunities in Green Chem
Admissions, for a session “Telecommuting — istry and Engineering Education: A Workshop
Making it Work for You and Your Office.”
Summary, a publication of the National
Dwight Golann, Law School, and forResearch Council and the National Acad
mer Harvard Program on Negotiation
emies. She also was invited to participate
Director Marjorie Aaron were tapped to
in a 30-person nationwide panel to conreplace Senator John McCain as plenary
sider how green chemistry can be incorspeaker at the annual meeting of the ABA’s
porated into the chemical industry at a
workshop held at Harvard University. The
workshop, “Green Chemistry: Integrating
Science and Policy to Promote Innovation
for Sustainable Prosperity,” was hosted
by the Belfer Center for Science and Inter
national Affairs of Harvard’s Kennedy
School of Government and the Green Chem
istry Institute. Results of the panel’s discussions will be published through the Belfer
Institute and will be part of the Green
Chemistry and Engineering Conference in
Washington D.C. in June 2007.
Marilyn Jurich, English, presented a
paper, “Beasts and Men: Madness, Morals
and Mischief in the Eighteenth-Century
English Fable,” at the Northeast American
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
annual meeting hosted by Salem State
College. She also presented a paper, “Aes
thetics and Politics in Naguib Mahfouz’s
ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS,” at the
annual conference of the International Asso
Finally, the red-tailed hawks visible from 73 Tremont St. have successfully hatched a chick,
ciation of Fantasy in the Arts in Dania, Fla.
whose tiny head peeps out from under his mother’s breast feathers. Last year the hawks’ nest
Charles Kindregan and Maureen
on the 11th-floor ledge of 6 Beacon St. was repeatedly destroyed. They kept rebuilding, but last
McBrien, Law School, discussed the legal
spring lost their eggs to a predator. Now a flock of Suffolk well-wishers is keeping an eye out
the board of overseers of the Boston Modern
Orchestra Project.
Gloria Boone, Communication and
Journalism. While on sabbatical she has
been writing a book about online advertising and public relations. She also lectured
on online advertising and new media at
the Universidad San Pablo-CEU in Madrid.
Boone said: “The students and professors
were very interested in the new forms of
online advertising that are just emerging in
Europe, such as behavioral targeting and
user-generated video advertising.”
Carolyn Boyes-Watson, Sociology,
moderated “Restorative Justice: A HowTo Guide for Legal Professionals” at
Northeastern University School of Law.
Darlene Chisholm, Economics, served
as a mentor for junior faculty in economics at a workshop sponsored by the National
Science Foundation following the Eastern
Economic Association conference in New
York City. She was a mentor for scholars in
the area of industrial organization and regulation and offered feedback on participants’
current research and advice on establishing a
professional network and identifying publication strategies.
Rachael Cobb, Government, participated in the Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop on Writing and Course
Deepening.
New Neighbors
as the hawks tend to their fledgling. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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�issues raised in their new book, Assisted
Reproductive Technology: A Lawyer’s Guide
to the Emerging Law and Science, at a grand
round at the Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School Vincent
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.
Mary Lally, assistant dean, Enrollment
& Retention Management/Registrar, was
named to the advisory board of The
Successful Registrar, a monthly newsletter.
Erica Mattison, Facilities Planning
and Management, participated in the
32nd annual conference for the Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association, held in
Boston. “The Building Energy conference
was a wonderful opportunity to make connections for Suffolk and learn about how
other institutions are incorporating sustainability principles into their work,” said
Mattison, who, in addition to coordinating
Suffolk’s Recycling Program, staffs Suffolk’s
newly launched Sustainability Task Force.
Debra Harkins, Psychology, and
Lauren Mizock, Psychology doctoral student, presented “The Relationship Between
a White Researcher and Participants of
Color: The Impact of Race on the Research
Process, Narrative Interviews and Racial
Identity Development,” at the Hawaii
International Conference of the Social
Sciences in Honolulu.
Gerald Richman, English, presented
“Boston on the Internet” at the Popular
Culture Association/American Culture
Association 2007 Joint Conference at the
Boston Marriott Copley Place in April.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean,
College, and director of the Madrid campus, presented two papers, “The EU and
Economic Reforms” and “Varieties of
Capitalism in Spain,” at the International
Studies Association annual meeting in
Chicago, Ill.
Congratulations and best wishes to
Karen Schwartz, risk manager, on her
engagement to Steve Kruppa. They are
planning an early fall wedding.
Douglas Seidler, New England
School of Art & Design, presented a paper
“Using Free Web Technologies to Increase
Understanding and Visual Learning” at
the 2007 International Conference on the
Beginning Design Student in Savannah, Ga.
Theatre Department News: Wes
Savick and Steve McIntosh had central roles in the professional play produc-
tion of Einstein’s Dreams performed recently
as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
Adapted from Alan Lightman’s novel, the
play was directed by Savick, who also wrote
it in collaboration with the artists from
Underground Railway Theater. McIntosh
was responsible for the lighting design.
Venture Magazine celebrated its 40th
anniversary with a reception at the Omni
Parker House featuring readings from this
year’s edition and remarks by former editors. Advisers to the literary/arts magazine
are Quentin Miller and Fred Marchant
of English and Dan McHugh of Student
Activities.
Camille Weiss, Humanities and Modern
Languages, presented a paper, “A Party
of Asses: The Holy League as Depicted in
the Satyre Menippee,” at the Renaissance
Conference of America in Miami, Fla.
The University is now enrolled in the
enhanced International SOS Travel
Assistance Program which provides security and medical evacuation services along
with a convenient portal for pre-trip planning. For more information, contact Risk
Manager Karen Schwartz at 617-973-1141
or kschwart@suffolk.edu.
Suffolk Fares Well in Recycling Mania
In its first year participating in the Recycle Mania competition for U.S.
colleges and universities, Suffolk placed in the top 50 percent in Per Capita
Classic, which measures the amount of material recycled per person.
The Suffolk University campus recycled 16 cumulative pounds per person.
The following shows the University’s place in other categories:
• Top 40 percent for bottles/cans
• Top 30 percent for paper
Suffolk launched its cardboard and bottle/can recycling programs in
August 2006.
More than 100 colleges and universities took part in Recycle Mania.
Winning poster
Wayne Chin practices what he preaches in his prize-winning
recycling poster. (Photo by Natalie Wombwell)
Wayne Chin of the Theatre Department designed the winning entry in the
Recycle Mania Poster Contest. More than 100 members of the Suffolk community cast votes to choose a winner from among nine finalists.
Wayne’s design is featured on the recycling Web page, on the Dateline
screen and posted in campus buildings
While the Recycle Mania organization offered posters for campus use, the
competition was devised to create a poster specific to the University.
“The competition was a way to call upon the creativity and skills here at
Suffolk to help promote recycling on campus and Suffolk’s participation in
Recycle Mania” said Erica Mattison, recycling coordinator.
April/May 2007
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�From Human Resources
Health Support Information
New Investment Funds Offered Through Fidelity
Employees who are members of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care can
The University has added seven Fidelity investment funds for the
University’s contribution on your behalf to the Standard Retirement
Plan. These changes were made to assure a variety of investment
options.
save time and perhaps money by visiting www.harvardpilgrim.org
to access a wide range of reliable health-related information that is
both secure and confidential. Among them are:
• Health Topics A to Z Healthwide Knowledgebase NEW!
• Health Links Finder
• HPHConnect
• Health Risk Appraisal
• Smoking cessation resources
• Monthly e-newsletter on personal health topics
Review of Standard Retirement Plan Investment Options
Eligible participants must contribute 5 percent of their gross
compensation to the plan. The University contributes 9 percent of
participants’ gross compensation to the plan on their behalf. Participants may contribute their 5 percent to an open list of TIAA-CREF
or Fidelity funds. Participants may allocate the University’s 9 percent
contribution on their behalf to the same open list of TIAA-CREF
funds or to a defined list of Fidelity funds, including the seven new
funds. For a full list of Fidelity funds offered for the University’s
contribution, contact Human Resources at Ext. 8415.
For more information, go to www.fidelity.com or contact a
Fidelity Retirement Services representative at 800-343-0860. Human
Resources contacts are Liz Berman, lberman@suffolk.edu, or Judy
Minardi, jminardi@suffok.edu.
New funds as of March 1, 2007
Fidelity Value Fund
Fidelity Diversified International Fund
Fidelity Mid Cap Stock Fund
Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund
Fidelity International Small Cap
Fidelity Total Bond
Spartan US Equity Index
Closed funds as of March 1, 2007
Fidelity Asset Manager Fund
Fidelity US Government Reserves
Fidelity Intermediate Bond
Fidelity Mortgage Securities.
Employees who were invested in any of the above closed funds
had to either redirect future contributions themselves or Fidelity
redirected their future contributions to an age-appropriate Fidelity
Freedom Fund based upon date of birth on file with Fidelity. Existing assets may remain in the closed funds, but the funds are no
longer available for new contributions or assets.
New Faces
New Organizations Arise from Research
Please welcome our newest employees:
Members of the Suffolk community have founded two new organizations, one focused
Kaajal Asher, Advancement
Lindy Briggette, Dean’s Office, College
Armando De los Santos, University
Police
Gerard DiChiara, Payroll
Margaret Dion, Facilities Planning
Leah Doxtader, Electrical & Computer
Engineering
Stephanie Gallagher, Advancement
Teodora Lainez, University Police
Rupesh Lama, University Police
Cynthia Martin, History
Amine Mouad, University Police
Donna Qualters, Center for Teaching
Excellence, Provost’s Office
Jeffrey Rhind, University Media and
Creative Services
Shannon Rosa, Dean’s Office, College
In Memoriam
Cathy Boyle, manager of Circulation
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on terrorism research, the other on fostering healthy workplaces.
International Society for Terrorism Research
Assistant Professor Alice LoCicero of the Psychology Department and Justin Sinclair, a
doctoral student in Clinical Psychology, have founded the International Society for Terrorism Research, an international organization that includes researchers from the fields of
anthropology, biology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology.
The Society is now accepting papers for the inaugural issue of its online journal, which
states that its mission is to “become a central reference tool in the field, serve as source
material in graduate courses, and openly engage controversial issues.”
The Society will cosponsor the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Analyses
of Aggression & Terrorism with the International Colloquium on Conflict and Aggression
(CICA). The conference takes place in September in Madrid.
For more on the society, see www.societyforterrorismresearch.org.
New Workplace Institute
The New Workplace Institute, founded by Suffolk Law Professor David Yamada, is a new
non-profit research and education center promoting healthy, productive, socially responsible workplaces.
The Institute presented “Imagining the Good Workplace” in April, the first event of the
New Workplace Forum, a series of educational programs underwritten by the Law School.
Yamada, the Institute’s president and a nationally recognized authority on workplace
bullying and abusive work environments, discussed research and advocacy aimed at the
creation of psychologically healthy workplaces that affirm employee dignity.
�Faculty Publications
Paul Bachman, Beacon Hill Institute, and Jonathan Haughton,
Economics and Beacon Hill Institute, published “Do Project Labor
Agreements Raise Construction Costs?” in the inaugural issue of the
electronic journal Case Studies in Business, Industrial and Government
Statistics. Haughton is an associate editor.
Rodney M. Barker, Law School, was the editor-in-chief
of Immigration Options for Religious Workers, published by the
American Immigration Lawyers Association (2005). He also
authored several articles for the book.
Sandra Barriales-Bouche, Humanities and Modern Languages,
has published “La voz autobiográfica de Federica Montseny en el
exilio y en el post-exilio” (“The Autobiographical Voice of Federica
Montseny in Exile and Post-Exile”) in Ernestina de Champourcin.
Mujer y cultura en el siglo XX (Ernestina de Champourcin. Women
and Culture in the 20th Century).
Christopher Gibson, Law School. His paper “Technology Stan
dards–New Technical Barriers to Trade?” was listed on the Social
Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Download list for Duke
Law School Science, Technology & Innovation; IEL: WTO Law; LSN
Science, Technology & Innovation Research Papers; and Asian Law.
Xinxin Jiang, Math and Computer Science, has published
“Testing that marginal sequences of data are not independent via
self-normalization” in Statistics, Vol. 41, No. 2, April 2007.
Quentin Miller, English, will publish “The Signifying Poppet:
Unseen Voodoo and Arthur Miller’s Tituba” in a special issue of
the journal Forum for Modern Language Studies on “Stagecraft
and Witchcraft.”
Sebastián Royo, associate dean, College, and director of the
Madrid Campus, has published “Varieties of Capitalism in Spain:
Business and the Politics of Cooperation” in the European Journal of
Industrial Relations, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2007. He also published
three articles in the Spanish newspaper Cinco Días: “Elecciones
en Francia: ¿El Final de un Régimen?” “Aló, Presidente!” and
“Perspectivas Económicas del Nuevo Año.”
Mark Schneider, History, published a book, African Americans
in the Jazz Age: A Decade of Struggle and Promise (Rowman and
Littlefield 2006).
Douglas Seidler, New England School of Art & Design, has
published his first book, Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual
Guide to Auto CAD. (Fairchild Books, March 2007).
Alex Yen, Accounting, had an article “A Content Analysis of the
Comprehensive Income Exposure Draft Comment Letters,” published in the 2007 edition of Research in Accounting Regulation.
Marketing Research Grant
Assistant Professors of Marketing Anders
Study & Service in El Salvador
Ten Suffolk University students and five faculty members traveled to El Salvador during
spring break to learn about the late Massachusetts Congressman John Joseph Moakley’s
statesmanship in the midst of civil war and to volunteer their services at humanitarian aid
agencies. Stopping by a scenic overlook are, rear, Ana Vaquerano of Law School Clinical Services, Tom Remp, Alex Finlay, Philosophy adjunct Professor Jeff Johnson, Roy De Pasquale
and Ben James; center, Olivia De Jesus, Megan MacDonald, Government Professor Judy
Dushku, Theresa Goretti, Allison Strem, Humanities and Modern Languages Assistant Professor Iani Moreno, Mario Alfiero and Hernan Merino, the group’s bus driver; kneeling, Charlene Julien, Moakley Institute Director Beth Bower and guide Kyle Ham. The delegation met
with Salvadoran government officials and visited key locations related to Moakley’s Congressional investigation of the 1989 Jesuit murders in San Salvador. Moakley’s findings about
U.S. involvement led to the end of the Salvadoran civil war.
Bengtsson and Giana M. Eckhardt received a
research grant from the Marketing Science Insti
tute (MSI) to study the social construction of
brands in China.
The project will explore how connections
between brands and consumers occur by empha
sizing the importance of social negotiation in
this process. The research results can be used to
advance the understanding of brands as cultural
resources and to help companies interested in
entering China develop relevant brand-positioning strategies that facilitate emotional connections
between the brand and consumers.
Bengtsson and Eckhart have partnered with
Dunkin’ Brands, co-sponsors of the project with
MSI. They will travel to China this summer to
begin empirical data collection.
The Marketing Science Institute is the premier
funding organization for research in marketing. It
provides intellectual leadership in marketing and
its allied fields, with the goal of improving and
influencing business thinking and practice. MSI’s
core activities consist of supporting high-quality
academic research and presenting the findings
at conferences and in working paper and monograph form.
April/May 2007
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�Save the Date:
Spring Fling
In appreciation for the hard work
of the University community during the
Centennial celebration, this year’s Spring
Fling is a special thank you event featuring entertainment by The Fat City
Band, along with many raffle prizes and
refreshments.
Date:
Time:
Place:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
4:30–8:30 p.m.
Pemberton Square (Rain location:
Regan Gym, Ridgeway Building)
Law Faculty
at District Court
Symposium
Five Law School faculty members
were presenters at the District Court
Symposium for Clerk-Magistrates held
at Cranwell in Lenox on March 29 – 30.
Discussing Massachusetts statutes and
appellate cases on small claims jurisdiction
and consumer issues were:
• Associate Dean Marc G. Perlin, who
teamed up with Attorney John M.
Connors for Civil Procedure
• Professor William L. Berman,
Landlord-Tenant Law,
• Professor Joseph P. McEttrick,
Consumer Law,
• Professor Richard M. Perlmutter,
Contracts
• Professor Michael Rustad, Torts
The law faculty members assisted in
preparing a reference manual for the
symposium. They met many Massachusetts District Court clerk-magistrates
from across the commonwealth who are
graduates of the Law School.
More than 100 District Court clerk
magistrates attended the symposium. The
two-day program included classroom presentations and an “Ask the Professors” plenary session. Participants viewed a video,
The Bad, the Good, the Ugly, produced
at Suffolk Law on proper procedure in a
small claims hearing.
A principal organizer of the symposium was Attorney Ellen S. Shapiro,
administrative attorney for the District
Court and wife of Suffolk Law Professor
Barry Brown.
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Liberia Gets Assist from Soccer Coach
Ernst Cleophat felt like he had just scored the winning goal in the World Cup when
he learned in November that the Suffolk women’s soccer team will be competing on the
varsity level in the fall.
But while eagerly awaiting the beginning of the Rams’ first women’s soccer season in
the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, the head coach took time for a humanitarian
trip to Liberia.
There he met Liberian-born George Weah, who formerly played soccer for AC Milan.
Cleophat and Weah are devising plans to help the children of Liberia.
“We want to help kids over there by maybe opening a medical center or a soccer
academy where they can also further their education,” said Cleophat.
Cleophat, a native of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, played professional soccer in his homeland
and in Brazil between the ages of 16 and 32. In America, he attended Boston English High
School, where he scored a total of 135 goals, led his team to back-to-back state championships in 1987 and 1988, and was named Massachusetts High School Player of the Year in
each of those two seasons.
Cleophat’s dominance on the soccer field continued throughout his collegiate career. He
is Suffolk’s all-time leading scorer, with 108 goals. The talented striker and team captain
also earned the school’s Most Valuable Player and Most Outstanding Player Awards, as well
as receiving Conference Player of the Year, Conference Rookie of the Year and Conference
Player of the Week honors, the latter distinction many times over.
Today, Cleophat lives in Augusta, Ga., with his wife, Verna, and their three children. He
is an entrepreneur who has his own Egyptian market business. During the college soccer
season, he moves to Boston.
Cleophat says he coaches as a way of giving back to the sport that has played such an
integral part in his life. “I coach for the love of the game and the enjoyment of teaching
and interacting with my players,” he said. “I can’t wait to get started again.”
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Vol. 33, No. 4
Wireless Internet
on Campus
The Information Technical Services
Department is working to bring wireless
Internet access and legal music downloads
to campus.
More than 90 percent of the campus
will have access to the wireless network
by September, according to Chief
Information Officer Mike Pearce.
The wireless network previously had
been available only from the Mildred
Sawyer Library at 73 Tremont St., the
New England School of Art & Design,
portions of the Law School, and the
Sawyer lounge.
Continued on page 8
It was a doubly exciting commencement for Assistant Treasurer Mike Dwyer, far right, and his family as daughter Christina received a master’s degree and son Chuck received a bachelor’s degree.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
Centennial Commencement Celebration
NBA Hall of Famer and former Boston
Models of Success
Christina DiRico, Provost’s Office; Jessica
Merenda, Public Affairs; and Kristyn O’Brien,
Government and Community Affairs, are
dressed in the height of fashion as they
model BCBG fashions at Macy’s Downtown
Crossing. The stylish trio drew an enthusiastic crowd from the Suffolk community.
(Photo by George Comeau)
Celtics great Bill Russell, a longtime civil
rights advocate, delivered the commencement address to 1,672 students from the
Law School, College of Arts and Sciences
and Sawyer Business School May 20 at the
Centennial Commencement.
In addressing the graduates at TD
Banknorth Garden, Russell stressed the
importance of living in a kind and civil
society. He also talked about how Suffolk
provided the graduates with the guidance
and direction to become respected and
caring citizens.
“I have as much regard for Suffolk
University as I have for any school on the
planet, because this school not only gave
you lessons, but tried to impart a philosophy, a philosophy on how to be a good
citizen,” said Russell. “Now, your work is
just beginning. And again, I repeat to you,
do not be afraid.
“I also ask you to take the responsibility
of trying to make this society all that it can
be. And each of you is one of the instruments of change. And so I thank you for
being here today, because it makes me think
that some of the things that we have done
in the past have made this possible. …”
Russell’s message touched the heart of
Wendy Alterno, who received her bachelor
of science degree in criminology and the
law.
“When Bill Russell talked about how
“this is the beginning” and “don’t be afraid,”
it was like he was talking directly to me,”
said Alterno, purchasing coordinator in the
Business Office. “I could really relate to
some of things he had to say.”
Alterno, 25, moved to Boston from
Costa Rica when she was a young girl.
She has a daughter, Alexus, 7. Balancing
her responsibilities as a single mom and a
student was no easy task, but Alterno persevered with hard work and determination.
Continued on page 7
�A Message
to Readers
As many of you know,
I will be leaving Suffolk
University this month.
After 13 wonderful years
I have decided to find
out what is in store as I
explore the next chapter
of my professional life.
I always will remember the great experiences I’ve had and the incredibly dedicated and caring people I have met while
I have been here. At the conclusion of a
spectacular Centennial year—thanks to
so many of you—I felt there would never
be a better time for me to start my next
professional adventure.
I have been very fortunate to have so
many loyal and trusted colleagues over
the years. Too often a person will hear
about how much others thought of their
work only after they decide to move on.
My experience has been that, through
the years, many of you have shown your
appreciation and support for my effort,
and for that I will always be grateful.
A few days ago a 5-year-old child to
whom I had recently given a Suffolk book
bag asked me about the torch in our seal.
He asked me what it was and what it
means. I said that we carry the torch of
education, and it is passed along from
one student to the next as they graduate.
He asked if I had ever touched the torch
and if it was hot! My answer was that I
hadn’t touched the torch but that I carried
the Suffolk torch for many years and
that it would be in my heart forever. I
guess that sums up how I feel about this
extraordinary place made up of so many
wonderful people, unforgettable stories
and a rich, rich history.
Thank you for letting me share the
past 13 years with you and experience the
wonders and greatness of this magnificent
institution. I will never be far away and
wish you all success and happiness as you
continue to carry the torch and pass it on
to others.
Most sincerely,
Rosemarie E. Sansone
University Data Now Available in Factbook
Eric Lee can’t help being factual when discussing Suffolk’s newest publication.
“This book has all the information you need to know at your fingertips,” said Lee,
assistant to the president. “It’s filled with facts about everything.”
The Suffolk University Factbook contains a little more than 100 pages of facts, figures,
graphs and charts spread over 14 sections. Those sections focus on a wide range of information, from enrollment, graduation rates, and University support services and resources
to faculty and staff, finance, alumni and advancement.
“The purpose of this book is to enable people in the Suffolk community to work with a
common set of facts and figures about the University,” said Lee.
The Factbook, which took nearly two years to complete, was compiled by the Office of
the Provost, Enrollment Research/Planning Office, Vice President-Treasurer’s Office and a
host of other offices throughout the University community.
“It was a collaborative effort to put this together,” said Lee.
Two hundred copies of the Factbook are scheduled for printing and distribution on
campus this month. The information also will be available online.
“This is a great step for the University as it moves forward to data-driven decision
making,” said Lee. “In the future, the Factbook will be updated each year by the end of the
fall semester.”
Theater Program Chooses Plotkins Musical
A new musical developed by Theatre
Chair Marilyn Plotkins has been accepted
into a competitive development program
run by the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in association with the Walt Disney Company.
Out of the Blue, formerly titled Begin
Again, was one of four projects chosen
from 211 applicants by the ASCAP/Disney
Musical Theatre Workshop.
The workshop, directed by AcademyAward-winning composer/lyricist Stephen
Schwartz, is part of an ongoing series
sponsored by the ASCAP Foundation to
nurture new American musicals.
Out of the Blue is a modern love story
set in New York City. It concerns Des and
AJ, young, dedicated public schoolteachers
full of hopes and dreams. Then Des begins
to collapse under the weight of her fears.
Splitting apart under the strain, Des and
AJ struggle to find their way back to each
other. The lessons they learn, through
the children they meet, will change them
forever.
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Out of the Blue was first developed with
composer Jenny Giering and librettist
Laura Harrington with director Marilyn
Plotkins in two fall residencies at Suffolk as
part of the Boston Music Theatre Project.
The workshop production premiered with
a Suffolk student ensemble in the Studio
Theatre in spring 2006 and has been
gaining momentum ever since. Giering
and Harrington are negotiating with an
off-Broadway theater for a full professional
run next season.
Plotkins founded the Boston Music
Theatre Project in 1987 as the first professional organization in the Greater Boston
area dedicated exclusively to the development of new work in music theatre.
“We are thrilled that Out of the Blue has
continued to grow and gain recognition
after our successful run at Suffolk,” said
Plotkins. “I look forward not only to the
continued development of this piece but
of new projects that will bring important
musical theater writers to Suffolk
University to work with our students.”
Executive Editor
Rosemarie E. Sansone
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
�Meservey Chosen to Lead Salem State College
Patricia Maguire Meservey is headed to
Salem State College, where she will assume
the presidency of the four-year public
institution.
Those who worked closely with her here
at Suffolk University applauded her record of
accomplishment.
“Pat Meservey has been an outstanding
provost, and I am sure she will be a great
president,” said Law School Dean Robert
Smith. “She came into a challenging situation as the University’s first provost and academic vice president. Instead of staking out
‘her turf,’ she has effectively used an inclusive
and facilitative approach to problem solving
and to planning.”
Meservey joined Suffolk University in
2004. As an academic leader, she promoted
faculty scholarship and strategic planning in
the academic and administrative realms.
Under her direction, the University instituted the Center for Teaching Excellence,
which brings together faculty members to
share best practices and provides resources
to enhance the outstanding teaching at the
University.
The provost introduced the Academic
Conference in spring 2006, with interdisciplinary presentations involving faculty from
all three schools. A second academic conference this past spring brought more than
300 members of the University community
together for two days of presentations and
poster sessions.
“She is quite unusual in that she is
someone who has a strong sense of mission
and sees the big picture, but also has a great
grasp of details and has the patience and
persistence to follow projects through to
completion,” said Smith. “She has been an
invaluable partner for the Law School and
for me personally. And deans don’t often say
that about provosts.”
Meservey also spearheaded the effort
to bring the Incident Command System
emergency management protocol to the
University and provided valuable direction
during the redesign of the University’s Web
sites.
“Pat has made many contributions to
the University in less than three years here,”
said Vice President Francis X. Flannery. “She
was involved in many efforts, including the
Incident Command team. Her work on the
budget with Maureen (Stewart) and me has
been a tremendous asset to us, and I will
really miss her.”
A new provost will be appointed at a later
date.
Students Win Robotic Competition
Teams of Electrical engineering students, under the guidance of Associate Professors
Craig Christensen and Mostapha Ziad, placed first and third in the annual Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers robotic competition held at Fairleigh Dickinson
University this spring.
The IEEE Micromouse Competition requires that students create an autonomous robot
that must travel from one corner of a 16-by-16-grid maze to a single entrance in the maze’s
middle four squares.
The robot uses infrared or ultrasonic sensors to “see” the walls, stepper motors with
wheels to provide mobility, and a microprocessor to implement the search algorithm and
keep track of the maze walls and openings as it navigates through the course possibilities.
Most maze solutions are circuitous, with many alternate dead ends.
This year’s entrants were from the College of New Jersey, Cooper Union, DeVry
University, Fairleigh Dickinson, the City College of New York, Binghamton University, and
Suffolk University.
Suffolk’s first-place team consisted of seniors Gael Hatchue, Fernanda Zulkarnain and
Ilyas Hamdi. Their robot was steady and stable, with frequent realignment corrections.
The third-place team members included Jason Lin, Alimatou Ndiaye and Danny Wang.
Their robot was more aggressive, but less stable, losing its orientation about half-way
through the maze.
This years’ team of 10 members also included Fabrice Kabore and Chris Cheng.
This year also marked the first time that Suffolk has competed in the IEEE paper competition, in which a research effort is documented and presented. Gael Hatchue provided a
polished presentation of a wireless link using a camera and computer to control the actions
of robots on a playing field. Images from the camera were processed for position, orientation, and speed of the fighting robots. This information was sent to the robots, which
subsequently implement their own strategies.
Suffolk has a long history of success in the robotic competition, winning or placing
nearly every year since 2001.
Kevin White and Leonard Bernstein (Photo
by Charles Giuliano)
Charles Giuliano: Last
Call, A Retrospective
Longtime New England School of
Art & Design faculty member Charles
Giuliano marked his retirement with an
exhibit of more than 120 photographs
selected from his long career as an arts
critic and journalist.Charles Giuliano: Last
Call, A Retrospective opened with a reception and retirement party at the New
England School of Art & Design gallery.
Giuliano taught art history at the New
England School of Art & Design for 25
years and was associated with Suffolk
University’s Humanities Department
before the two institutions merged.
He has run the New England School of
Art & Design exhibition program since
the merger.
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�Potpourri
John Cavanagh, History, and wife Beth
enjoyed watching actor Paul Benedict star in
the A.R.T. production of Harold Pinter’s No
Man’s Land. After the play they met briefly
with Benedict, who received a bachelor of
arts degree from Suffolk in 1960. “Benedict
fondly remembered Professor Ed Hartmann’s history survey classes, having apparently scored far above the ‘triple F’ grade
for which Hartmann was legendary,” said
Cavanagh.
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Law
School, presented “The Choice Between
Patent and Trade Secrets Law Protection”
at the Cambridge intellectual property law
firm of Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP.
Frank Rudy Cooper, Law School,
participated in the invitation-only Criminal
Justice Roundtable at Yale Law School.
Ken Cosgrove, Government, presented
a paper “Brand Failure: the Republican
Party and the 2006 Congressional Election”
at the Midwest Political Science Association
meeting in Chicago. At the same meeting,
he also served as a discussant on a panel that
examined the impact of newspaper endorsements on election outcomes.
Robert DeFillippi, Management,
presented “Maintaining meaningful UK-US
collaboration,” focusing on his decade of
international research collaborations with
multiple UK university research partners,
at the British Academy of Management’s
conference on International Research
collaborations in London. DeFillippi’s
symposium, “Being and Becoming a
Management Education Scholar,” has
won the Best Symposium award from the
Management Education & Development
division of the Academy of Management.
This is the second time in three years that
he has won the award, which is sponsored
by McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
The Economics Department was
represented at the International Industrial
Organization Conference in Savannah, Ga.
Darlene C. Chisholm presented a paper,
“Product Line Rivalry: How Box Office
Revenue Cycles Influence Movie Exhibition
Variety,” co-authored with George Norman
of Tufts University, at a session, “Retail
Competition in Media Industries,” which
she chaired. At the “Modeling Travel
Demand” session, Shuyi Jiang, PhD
candidate in economics, presented a
paper, “Estimating Travel Demand with
Mixed-Logit and Multiple Index Models”;
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Spring Fling Draws Enthusiastic
and Alfonso SanchezPenalver of the Beacon
Hill Institute, a PhD
candidate in economics, presented a paper
“Modeling the Household’s Simultaneous
Commuting Decisions.”
They also were paper
discussants at this session.
Best wishes in retirement to Paul Ladd,
Information Technology
Services, and Bette
Mandl, English.
Kate Matson, Law
Joining in the fun are Assistant Dean of Students John Silveria, Director
School, was selected to
of Health Services Art Klossner and Assistant Director of Health
participate in the first
Services Cathy Bieksha.
annual Cambridge Science Festival. Her group,
FILMprov, presented
her animated art films
accompanied by live
improvisational music in
the Science & the Arts
presentation, A Moment
in Chaos. Another set
of Matson’s films was
screened at the Museum
of Fine Arts with the
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra as
a part of April’s Jazz Week.
Thomas McGrath,
Mary Ann Sacks and Karen Schwartz, Budget and Risk Management Office.
Humanities and Modern
Languages, delivered
a paper, “CounterReformation Art and
Iconography in Late Sixteenth-Century
Industry Council in recognition of her
Milan,” at the annual conference of
efforts to create and pilot a program of
the Renaissance Society of America in
courses about college for Private Industry
Miami. He will serve as acting chair of
Council summer interns from Boston high
the Humanities and Modern Languages
schools.
Department for the 2007–2008 academic
Theatre News: Participating in the
year.
Boston Theatre Marathon were Ronan
Noone, with Sheet; Wesley Savick, who
Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver, Beacon
Hill Institute, attended a Heritage Foun
directed Robert Brustein’s Enter William
dation conference in Philadelphia, where
Shakespeare, a collaboration of the American
he met former Spanish President Jose Maria
Repertory Theatre and Suffolk University;
Aznar, who was the keynote luncheon
and Andrew Clarke, who wrote Vas
speaker.
Deferens, performed by the National Theatre
Bob Rosenthal, Communication and
of Allston, which is a Theatre department
Journalism, was interviewed by Fox 25
program. This summer Richard Chambers
News on the controversy surrounding the
will design for the Cape Playhouse producdismissal of radio host Don Imus.
tions of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands; Corpse!; and
Julie Schniewind, director of
Beehive.
Corporate Learning Initiatives, received
Elizabeth J. Wilson, Marketing, was
the 2007 Achiever Award from the Private
quoted in the March 5, 2007, issue of
�Crowd to Pemberton Square
Athletic Director Jim Nelson teams up with Steve Becker and Anne
Macdonald of Web Services.
Faculty Publications
Ken Cosgrove, Government, has published the book Branded
Conservatives: How the Brand Brought the Right from the Fringes
to the Center of American Politics (Peter Lang USA).
Carol Dine, English, will publish her book Wild Brush:
Poems on the Art of Vincent van Gogh (The Bitter Oleander Press
2008). Since the book includes many of the artist’s drawings,
Dine will travel to Amsterdam this summer to work with the
drawings curator at the Van Gogh Museum.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente
Marcos, Madrid campus, co-authored an article with five other
authors, “Observational templates of star cluster disruption.
The stellar group NGC 1901 in front of the Large Magellanic
Cloud,” in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 266, No. 3, May 2007,
pp. 931-941.
Kristin Polito, Executive MBA Program and Institute for
Executive Education, published an article “What is the Return
on Investment of the Executive MBA” in the online edition of
Human Resources Management Magazine.
Promotion and Tenure
The Board of Trustees has approved promotions and tenure
for the following College of Arts and Sciences faculty members
effective July 1, 2007:
Promotions
In-Mee Baek, professor of Finance
Jonathan Haughton, professor of Economics
David Gansler, associate professor of Psychology
Wallace Marosek, associate professor, New England School
The Sawyer Business School was well represented at the Spring Fling,
with Jennifer Gammon, Aneta Biernat, Caitlin Ryan and Carol Flores.
(Photos by John Gillooly)
of Art and Design.
Tenure
Craig Christensen, associate professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Banker and Tradesman on the True Blue advertising campaign
designed to reposition Eastern Bank in the New England financial
marketplace.
David Yamada, Law School. At the annual meeting of the
American Psychiatric Association in San Diego, he presented a
paper, “Regulatory Responses to Workplace Bullying: A Global
Law and Public Policy Perspective,” on the significance of employment law and employee benefits issues for health practitioners who
are treating individuals suffering from psychiatric illness due to
emotional abuse at work.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Kelly Auchterlonie University Police
Craig Capavella Dean’s Office, CAS
Karen Jasinski Student Activities and Service Learning
Kerry Laroche Office of Environmental Health and Safety
Amy Leung Business Office
Elizabeth Maia-Peterson Advancement
Wallace Marosek, associate professor, New England School
of Art and Design
Richard Miller, associate professor of English
Susan Orsillo, associate professor of Psychology
Wesley Savick, associate professor of Theater
Thomas Trott, associate professor of Biology
Dmitry Zinoviev, associate professor of Math and Computer
Science
Joseph McEttrick III Law Academic Technology
Katrina Nunez Information Technology Services
Jose Perez Facilities Management
Matthew Petrarca Undergraduate Admission
Micka Pierre University Police
Denise Strum University Media Services
Danielle Towne Public Management
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�Centennial Commencement 2007
The Distinguished Professor of Law John E. Fenton, Jr., serves as University Marshal.
President David J. Sargent is joined at the Summa Dinner by Suffolk’s
newest trustee, George Ramirez, and his wife, Kathleen.
Employee Graduates
The following Suffolk University employees were awarded
degrees at the Centennial Commencement:
Honorary degree recipient John Gardner, the University’s oldest alumnus,
who will turn 100 in September, and Maria Palomino, who returned to volunteer at commencement weeks after leaving the Advancement Office.
Alumni Marshals Robert Dugan, director of the Mildred F Sawyer Li.
brary; Barbara Wilson; and Scott Solombrino.
Photos by John Gillooly
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Wendy Alterno, Business Office, BS
Stephannie Barboza, Government, MS
Rosetta Baetzel, Law Registrar, MED
Williere Benjamin, University Police, BSBA
Alisa Berman, Dean’s Office, Sawyer Business School, BSBA
Corin Bourque, University Police, BSBA
Timothy Brown, Ballotti Learning Center, MED
Jessica Camelio, Law Library, BA
Matthew Courchene, Public Management, MPA
Leslie Cummings, Sociology, BS
Lindsey Darling, Undergraduate Admission, MED
Kelly Fitzgerald, Undergraduate Admission, MED
Racheal Galushkin, Dean’s Office, College, MS
Sarah Glassman, Economics, MS
Daniel Gottschalk, English, BS
Hang Law, Student Accounts/Bursar, BS
Katherine Landry, Advanced Legal Studies, MBA
Erica Mattison, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, MPA
Corey McGrath, University Police, MS
Jonane Nicolas, Law Library, BA
Nadia Parejo-Jean, University Police, BSBA
Darren Phaen, University Police, BSBA
Tiffanie Pierce, Center for International Education, CRT
Kathryn Rodrigues, Math & Computer Science, BA
Jessie Schloss, NESAD, BFA
�Student Government
Awards
Continued from page 1
“I set a goal for myself years ago to get
my degree,” she said.
She went to school on a part-time basis,
including summers, for six years to fulfill
her academic requirements. That’s why
walking across the stage last month was
such a rewarding experience for her.
“It is a day I will never forget,” said
Alterno, who was a member of two
national honor societies and plans to
continue her education. “It was a very
inspirational time for me, and I’m so happy
to have accomplished what I did.”
Russell received an honorary degree,
as did Attorney John J. Gardner, JD
’31 Suffolk’s oldest alumnus turns 100 in
—
September; Margot Stern Strom, president
and executive director, Facing History and
Ourselves; and the Hon. Peter T. Zarella,
JD ’75, associate justice of the Supreme
Court of Connecticut.
The Student Government Association held
its annual Leadership Awards ceremony
Thursday, April 12, at the Colonnade Hotel.
The following members of the Suffolk community were honored:
Support staff of the year
Kristen Gleason
Administrator of the year
Susan James Leyva
Business Office Purchasing Coordinator Wendy
Alterno receives her undergraduate degree.
Faculty of the year, College
Wesley Savick
Faculty of the year, Business School
William Mee
Outstanding coach of the year
Ed Leyden
Student club adviser of the year
Bessie Chuang
Outstanding unsung hero, faculty
Judy Benson
Dorothy Zahir of the Center for International
Education with her husband, Quazi, who received his MBA.
Dakar Campus Holds First Awards Ceremony
Suffolk Dakar held its
first awards ceremony to
honor students, faculty and
staff and to show appreciation to the entire Dakar
community.
“I’m pleased that the
Suffolk Dakar community
had the opportunity to
connect,” said Tricia
Dakar Executive Director Dunham Rowley with Mohamed Manga,
Lawrence-Savane, director
Mary Chunu, Yannick Ilboudo, Macode Dieng and Thomas Haslam.
of student life for the Dakar
(Photo by Tom Lighnter)
campus, who organized the
event. “It’s very important for the development of our campus that everyone feels as if they
are part of the Suffolk family.”
The award recipients were chosen for best exemplifying the character of Suffolk
University Dakar through their service, honesty, diligence and leadership.
They are:
Outstanding Administrator of the Year
Macode Dieng, assistant to the director of Suffolk Dakar Administration
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
Thomas Haslam
Outstanding Support Staff of the Year
Mohamed Manga
Outstanding unsung hero, student
Mike Miccoli
Senior of the year
Chantha Toeum
Junior of the year
Cordelia Pisacane
Sophomore of the year
Megan Costello
Freshman of the year
Trevor Livingston
Transfer of the year
Cynthia Brown
Female athlete of the year
Michelle Quinones
Male athlete of the year
Will Feldman
Campus organization of the year
Seriously Bent
Campus-sponsored program of the year
Dinner Theater
Outstanding student organization of the
year
Women in Business
Student-sponsored program of the year
Program Council – Build a Bear
Most improved student organization
Women In Business
New student organization
The Suffolk Voice
Nearly 200 people attended the event, which featured entertainment by student groups
and a buffet of American “Soul Food.”
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�Wireless Internet
Continued from page 1
Digital entertainment will be available
to Suffolk students through the Ruckus
network beginning this summer.
“Ruckus provides a legal alternative
for music sharing,” said Pearce. “It offers
nearly 3 million music tracks free of cost
to students, and movies and television
shows are available for a fee.”
Emergency communication
The University is implementing a campus
emergency communication system, which
offers multi means of contacting students,
faculty and staff by e-mail, telephone,
cell phone and text messages on or off
campus.
The messaging system will be used
only for notification of emergencies or
campus closings due to events such as
snowstorms. To facilitate implementation
of the system, the University will use
pertinent telephone, e-mail and other
information.
A major challenge in having an emergency communications system function
properly is the accuracy of the contact
information. Please update information
when changes occur.
Web Listing Form
Now Online
News and events listed on the
University’s Web site show online visitors
that Suffolk University is a vibrant, active
institution.
Members of the University community
are invited to submit information for Web
news and events listings. All submissions
will be reviewed and considered for online
publications.
A form is available on the Public
Affairs Web page—www.suffolk.edu/
offices/1003.html—to simplify the
submissions process. Look for “Request a
Web listing” on the left-hand column
You are invited to submit information
about appointments, awards, programs,
grants and other activities that would
be of interest to prospective students
and parents, alumni, the media and the
general public.
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Biologist Reports Changes in
Cobscook Bay Ecosystem
Associate Professor Thomas Trott presented research
on changes in the ecosystem of Cobscook Bay, Maine, at the
2007 meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society
(NEERS).
The intense commercial harvesting of species that require
dredging, such as scallops and sea urchins, is the probable cause
of the faunal shift detected through field sampling, according to
Thomas Trott
Trott, of the Biology Department.
The dredging directly impacts species falling under the heavy
dredge path, according to Trott. A more insidious effect is the disturbance to sediments
that become suspended in the water column and redistributed throughout the bay by
strong water currents.
“When these sediments settle out, they change the bottom characteristics,” he said.
“The animals that I study have specific requirements for hard, rocky bottoms. The areas
that I sampled now have muddy bottoms, and so the animals that are now found there are
characteristic of that type of substrate.”
Mussel beds now predominate in the bay as a result of this faunal shift, and there is a
real concern that they may overtake areas where scallops normally are found.
“Because scallops are of high commercial value, there could be a serious impact on the
economy of local fishermen. Another impact is the change in community structure of the
bay. Because communities are connected through food webs, change could bring about
unforeseen changes in the abundance and distribution of many species, some that I did not
sample,” said Trott, who conducted his research at Suffolk’s R.S. Friedman Field Station on
Cobscook Bay through grants from the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
The July issue of Downeast Magazine will include an article on Trott’s work in Cobscook
Bay and his collaboration with colleagues
on the Canadian Biodiversity Discovery
Corridor.
The Friedman Field Station is located on
one of the very few macrotidal estuaries in the
United States and is an embayment that has
the highest biodiversity north of the tropics.
NEERS is a 500-member organization
of coastal research scientists and students
from New England and Atlantic Canada. Its
2007 meeting was co-hosted by the Bigelow
Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the Maine Outer Birch Island, one of five study areas in
Department of Marine Resources.
the Cobscook Bay region.
Save the Date
The annual 5K Road Race and Family Walk to benefit the Alumni Leadership
Scholarship Fund will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at Hatch Shell
along the Charles River.
For more information contact Rebecca Coyne, rcoyne@suffolk.edu, ext. 4231.
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August 2007
Vol. 33, No. 5
Polling
Puts University
in Spotlight
The successful partnership of 7news
(WHDH), the Boston NBC affiliate, the
Suffolk University Political Research
Center and the Office of Public Affairs
will continue this year with a series of four
New Hampshire statewide surveys, eight
New Hampshire daily tracking surveys and
one Massachusetts statewide survey for the
2007–2008 Presidential election cycle.
“We’re delighted to have the opportunity to continue our polling relationship
with Channel 7,” said Mariellen Norris
of the Office of Public Affairs. “The poll
findings have been used by all the major
broadcast networks, including CNN, Fox,
ABC, CBS, CNBC, CSPAN, and hundreds
of major daily newspapers throughout
the world.”
Since its inception in 2002, the Political
Research Center, under the leadership
of Director David Paleologos, has polled
cutting-edge issues in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Virginia, Los
Angeles and New York, among others.
Political Research Center findings
have been “observed by national
campaigns, discussed by political professionals, and reported upon by national
and international media,” said Paleologos.
Among the achievements for the
Suffolk University Political Research
Center (SUPRC) are:
• Correctly predicted the outcomes of
the 2002 Massachusetts Democratic
Primary and final election in percentage and actual votes.
• Correctly predicted the outcome of
the 2004 New Hampshire Presidential
Primary in percentage and votes,
as reported by C-SPAN the evening
before the primary.
Continued on page 2
Sawyer Library Director Bob Dugan, Dean Ken Greenberg and Dr. Gerald Rizzo, who donated the
17th century African map. (Photo by Tom Gearty)
Afriterra Partner Donates Rare African Map
A strikingly illustrated 17th century map of Africa, depicting trade centers, contemporary costume, and both real and imagined wildlife, has been donated to the University by
Gerald Rizzo, M.D., executive director of the Afriterra Foundation.
The 66-by-44-inch map donated by Rizzo will be prominently displayed on the third
floor of the Mildred Sawyer Library, placed so that observers can get right up to the glass and
examine the details of the map.
The University and the Sawyer Library have supported the Afriterra Foundation in its
effort to digitize its collection of rare maps of Africa, which are viewable online at www.
afriterra.org. The original maps eventually will be housed at the library, which will make
them available to scholars and display them in changing exhibits.
“We want to stimulate open and creative interpretation” of the maps, said Rizzo. “The
History of Africa has been written by only a few people, and the entire American population
has learned this history in a limited and narrow sense.”
“It’s really very generous of Dr. Rizzo to donate this map,” said Sawyer Library Director
Robert Dugan. “The map display illustrates not only the relationship between Suffolk
University and the Afriterra Foundation, but also how higher education works to teach
students.
“There is enough information on this map to keep our students busy for ten years. Here
is another format that is just as rich as books or the Web. For the first time, I truly believe a
picture is worth a thousand words.”
The map is the work of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Sr., Alexis Hubert Jaillot and Nicolas
Berey and is titled “Nova Africae Geographica Et Hydrographica Descriptio.” In addition
to geographical information, the illustrations show the mathematical basis of the map, ships
battling and mythical figures. Informational text panels surrounding the map are in French
and Latin.
�SUN to Go Online
The sun is moving toward becoming an
online publication and expanding its coverage to include student achievements.
A recent survey of SUN readers showed
that they would be receptive to the changes,
with 67 percent saying they would read the
employee newsletter online and 74 percent
saying they would be interested in reading
about students in the SUN.
An online SUN would deliver more
timely news and present an opportunity for
more frequent publication.
Online publication also is more costeffective. This appears to be a concern for
some SUN readers, who offered negative
feedback after the summer issue was mailed
to their homes. Many faculty are not on
campus during the summer, and, as the
University takes a holiday break, a decision
was made to mail the SUN during recent
summers and winter holiday periods.
However, an online SUN will be
available to anyone, anytime, anywhere
in the world.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Staci DeNigris, Advancement
Orla Downey, Ballotti Learning Center
Colleen Foley, Undergraduate Admission
Andrew Meger, Sawyer Library
Jessica Scotti, Facilities Management
Anna Warner, Business School Dean’s
Office, Undergraduate Programs
New Issue
The Summer 2007 issue
of Salamander, a literary
journal edited by Jennifer
Barber, English.
Potpourri
In-Mee Baek of Economics has been
promoted to professor.
Robert Allison, History, participated in a debate hosted by National
Public Radio’s “Weekend America” and
“Morning Edition” on whether Boston or
Philadelphia was more important in the
American Revolution. He argued that, without Boston, the Revolution would not have
happened. On July 4, Allison was a guest
on Michael Graham’s morning talk show
on WTKK-FM 96.9, discussing the role
of Stephen Decatur in creating the U.S.
Navy. Later in the day, the Allison family took part in Provincetown’s July 4th
parade. He handed out more than 1,000
American flags to spectators, while his son
Philip entertained the crowds by playing “God Bless America” on the trumpet.
Edward Bander, Law librarian emeritus, and his daughter Lida wrote a one-act
play, The Lottery, which was performed in
June at the Amazing Things Arts Center
in Framingham. Plans are in the works for
a video presentation on local television.
Best wishes to Mary Beck, Ballotti
Learning Center, on her retirement.
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Law
School, presented “A Faculty Member’s
Perspective on the Use of Technology in
Legal Education—Is it Time to Pull the
Plug on Technology Investment?” at the
annual CALI conference in Las Vegas.
Mark S. Blodgett, director, Center
for Global Business Ethics & Law. His
article, “International Letters of Credit:
Arbitral Alternatives to Litigating
Fraud,” co-authored with Don Mayer
of Oakland University and published
in the Business Law Journal (1998),
has been cited in the annotations to
Section 5114, Assignment of Proceeds,
in the California Uniform Commercial
Code, Article 5 Letters of Credit.
Jason Carter, Communication and
Journalism. His short film, The Competition,
was accepted as an official selection to
the Long Island International Film Expo
and the Wood’s Hole Film Festival.
Victoria Dodd, Law School,
spoke on WBUR 90.9 radio discussing the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision on school desegregation.
Steven Ferrey, Law School. In August,
he was in Vietnam working on the privatization of the energy sector of the
Vietnamese economy and delivered an
address on global warming and risk mitigation in Toronto, Canada. Ferrey also was
in Tanzania in May working on an international renewable energy initiative.
Jerry Gianakas and Douglas Snow,
Public Management. Gianakis presented
the findings of their research on Local
Government Stabilization Funds at the
annual financial management conference of the Athens Institute for Teaching
and Research in Athens, Greece.
Charles Kindregan and Maureen
McBrien, Law School, delivered
a principal program at the annual
meeting of the Rhode Island Bar
Association on the evolving law of
assisted reproduction and genetics.
Cary McConnell, Athletics, was
inducted into the Medina County (Ohio)
Sports Hall of Fame. The head baseball coach has reached the 300 win mark
Polling Partnership
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• SUPRC national poll findings were cited and quoted by
Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” in a 2005 interview
with John Kerry about his future political aspirations.
predicted the outcomes of the 2006
Massachusetts Democratic Primary and final election
in percentage and actual votes. This accurate prediction was broadcast on Channel
7NEWS the day before Election Day.
• SUPRC was the first research center in the country to make all of the demographic
cross-tabulations for every poll available at no cost. All archived polls, including
marginals, press releases, internal cross-tab lation analyses and summary infor ation,
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are posted on the SUPRC Web site.
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Heather Clark
�in 12 seasons at the University and has a
career record of 355 wins in 15 seasons.
Quentin Miller, English. At the conference “James Baldwin: Work, Life, Legacies”
held in London, he presented a paper,
“Separate and Unequal in Paris: Notes of a
Native Son and the Law,” part of a larger
project he is developing on all of Baldwin’s
work in the context of the law. Miller
also chaired a panel at the conference on
“Genres and Literary Traditions” and was a
panelist at the closing plenary discussion.
Elizabeth Moes of Psychology and
graduate student Lindsay Miarmi coauthored a poster, “Awareness of the
Environment: Cross-Modal Inattentional
Blindness,” which received the best
poster award at the Massachusetts
Neuropsychological Society Annual Science
Symposium. In addition, Miarmi won
the Nelson Butters Award for outstanding scholarship. Also attending the symposium were Psychology faculty members
Edith Kaplan and Helen Kenney.
Alex Moschella, Law School,
was named corporate chairman of the
Alzheimer’s Association 2007 Greater
Boston Memory Walk to be held on Sept.
30 at Canal Park, CambridgeSide Galleria.
Susan Nichter, New England School
of Art & Design, was named an associate
at the St. Botolph Arts Club in Boston.
Michele Plott, History, was appointed
director of Women’s and Gender Studies.
Donna Qualters, Education and
Human Services and director, Center for
Teaching Excellence, presented a roundtable “Creating Pathways for Faculty
Change” at the 3rd annual international
Engineering CDIO conference at MIT and a
pre-conference workshop “Active Learning
Inventory Tool (ALIT): Quantifying Active
Learning” at the AACP national conference in Orlando, Fla. She also was a keynote speaker on “Measuring Experiential
Learning and Strategic Planning”
at the 3rd Annual Experiential
Education Symposium on Martha’s
Vineyard co-sponsored by the World
Association of Cooperative Education
and Northeastern University.
Martha Richmond, Chemistry and
Biochemistry and director of Environmental
Studies and Environmental Science, presented a paper, “Exacerbation of Childhood
Asthma Among Children Living in Highly
Trafficked Areas: An Unintended Public
Health Consequence of Diesel-Emission
Fallen Bird Gets
Loving Care
Sabina Besic of the Moakley Law Library was
watching the annual parade of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company on Tremont Street
in June when a loud noise caused a baby sparrow to topple from its nest on top of one of the
large columns in front of Sargent Hall.
Sabina saw the baby bird lying on the ground,
picked it up and brought it inside to her office.
She cleaned the sparrow and placed it in a box
of shredded paper and napkins near her desk. She kept a watchful eye on the bird all day and
asked a co-worker to watch it when she stepped away from her desk.
Sabina brought the baby bird home with her to care for it. The sparrow has grown stronger
and Sabina plans to release it soon. As a tribute to the place where she found the bird, Sabina
named it Sargent.
Control Technology,” at the 6th Global
Conference on Environmental Justice
and Global Citizenship held at Mansfield
College, University of Oxford, England.
Michael Rustad, Law School, reports
that his son James, a recent graduate of
the University of Vermont College of
Medicine, has begun a residency in psychiatry at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami,
Fla., and daughter Erica, a second-year student at Fordham University Law School, is
interning at a law firm in Madrid, Spain.
Sean Solley, New England School
of Art & Design. He and his wife
Katrin were featured in the July 2-8 edition of the Providence Business News
in an article highlighting the work of
their design practice, solleydesign.
Kathleen Elliot Vinson, Law School,
has returned to the Law School after serving as a visiting professor of legal writing at Boston College for the spring 2007
semester. At the Association of Legal
Writing Directors National Conference
held in June at the University of
Denver, she presented “Expanding Your
Thinking and Gaining a New Perspective:
Opportunities for Rejuvenation, Rewards,
Challenges, and Lessons Learned.”
David Yamada, Law School, received
the 2007 Thomas J. McMahon Award
for outstanding dedication to the student
body from the Student Bar Association.
Suh-jen Yang, Humanities and
Modern Languages, received her Ph.D.
in Chinese Literature from the University
of Washington. Her dissertation is “The
Literary Merits of the Han (206 B.C.–
A.D. 220) Stele Inscription.”
Faculty Publications
Edward Bander, Law librarian emeritus,
has published Legal Anecdotes, Wit and
Rejoinder, a collection of anecdotes that
includes material about Judge Frank Donahue and Professor Tom Lambert of the
Law School. Bander compiles anecdotes
on his Weblog—www.banderblog.typepad.com—and welcomes contributions
from SUN readers.
Susan Nichter, New England
School of Art & Design, will have her
work exhibited in “The MacDowell
Colony Centennial Exhibition,” opening Sept. 4, 2007, at the FPAC Gallery
at 300 Summer St., Boston. The show is
in coordination with the Boston Opera
Company’s Our Town, which Thornton
Wilder wrote while spending summers at
the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough,
N.H.
Donna Qualters, Education and
Human Services and director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence, is the
lead author on “Application of Item
Response Theory to Group Assessment of
the Quality of Teaching and Learning to
Improve Freshman Engineering Courses”
in the Journal of Engineering Education,
and “Ethical Leadership: The AIR Model
Empowers Moral Agency” with colleague
Perrin Cohen in the Journal of Human
Values.
Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Law School,
has published an article, “Why I Teach,”
in the spring 2007 issue of The Law
Teacher, the publication of the Institute
for Law School Teaching.
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�On the Move Again
Michael Schneider, associate director
of Web Services, has moved so many times
he feels like he’s working for Walsh Movers.
“I’ve moved my office seven times in my
six years here,” said Schneider. “It doesn’t
matter where I work as long as I have a
computer, a keyboard and access to the
Internet. That’s all I really need to do my
job.”
Many Suffolk employees have been busy
this summer packing and unpacking boxes
and moving from one location to another.
During the latest move, all of the
ad instrative offices vacated the 25th
m i
floor of One Beacon St. for other buildings
throughout the ever-growing Suffolk
campus.
While some employees were new omers
c
to the moving process, others were exper
ienced pros. Laughed Schneider, “I’ve
learned how to pack and unpack my office
pretty well.”
New Office Locations
Rosalie Stahl Center, 73 Tremont St.
• 5th floor: Human Resources, Business,
Payroll and Accounting
• 12th floor: Facilities, Planning and
Management
Sawyer Building
• 7th floor: Information Technology
Services (ITS, formerly MIS)
• 2nd floor: ITS Customer Support group
• 12th floor: Web Services, now part of ITS
40 Court Street
• 4th floor: University Media Services
One Bowdoin Square
• 6th floor: History, Economics, Beacon Hill
Institute, Philosophy
Web Listing Request
Form Now Online
Members of the University community
are invited to submit information for Web
news and events listings. A Web submissions form is available online on the Public
Affairs and University news pages.
Brenda Laymance, formerly of Athletics,
has joined the Public Affairs Office as
University Web events editor. She will be
tracking all University events and posting
listings to the University events page and
the home page, where appropriate.
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Celebration of Future Civic Leaders
Rep. Byron Rushing, Gov. Deval Patrick, Mayor Thomas Menino, and Vice President John Nucci
were on hand as 28 future public servants from Greater Boston completed training with the Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership. The University offered preparation for aspiring political candidates, public administrators, civic leaders and policymakers. The governor was the keynote speaker
at the graduation, and the mayor offered welcoming remarks. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Residence Hall Proposal Advances
The University’s efforts to convert 10 West St. into a residence hall passed a hurdle
in July when the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved the plan. The proposal awaits
review from the Zoning Commission.
The building at the corner of Washington and West streets in the Ladder District would
house about 270 students in apartment-style units.
The ground floor would be used for retail activity, in keeping with the neighborhood.
“We are working closely with the city and the neighbors to make sure that this
development works well for both the community and our students,” said John Nucci, vice
president of Government and Community Affairs.
Suffolk’s first residence hall opened 10 years ago. If approved, 10 West St. would be the
third such facility on the Boston campus.
Brustein Play to Premiere at C. Walsh Theatre
The world premiere of Robert Brustein’s play, The English Channel,
will inaugurate the 2007–2008 season at the C. Walsh Theatre.
The play, a comic and provocative imagining of Shakespeare’s coming
of age as a playwright, is being presented in association with the Vineyard
Playhouse. The professional production will be at the C. Walsh Theatre
Thursday, Sept. 6, through Saturday, Sept. 15, before moving to the theater
on Martha’s Vineyard.
Brustein, former dean of the Yale School of Drama and founding artistic
director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre, has joined the
College of Arts and Sciences as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence.
In Memoriam
Lynne Dahlborg, associate professor of Education and Human Services and for er direcm
tor of the Paralegal Studies program.
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September 2007
Vol. 33, No. 6
Changing Course
New Residence Hall Approved
College Unveils New Curriculum
The University is working to have the newly approved 10 West St. residence hall ready
for students in January 2008, even as it develops proposals for 20 Somerset St. and the
Modern Theater on Washington Street.
One option under consideration would move the New England School of Art & Design,
now on Arlington Street, to 20 Somerset St.
Meanwhile, the University is working with the Boston Redevelopment Authority on
a proposal to convert the former Modern Theater to a residence hall. The renovation also
would create a theater/performance center in the building.
The City of Boston Zoning Commission unanimously approved the University’s proposal for its third residence hall, at 10 West St., during a public hearing early this month.
Representatives from the mayor’s office went on record as supporting the project
at the hearing.
This fall, the College of Arts
and Sciences rolled out what Dean
Kenneth S. Greenberg called “the
most signifi ant curricuum change
c
l
in the history of the College.”
The radically revamped curriculum
includes new and more demanding
courses, more opportunity to connect
theory with practice and a better way
for students to adjust more quickly to
college life.
“These changes preserve the
best of the College’s old curriculum
while introducing new elements that
will make our offerings competitive
with the best liberal arts colleges in
the country,” said Dean Greenberg,
who led the four-year process that
engaged both faculty and students.
The most apparent change is the
conversion of courses from three
credits to four. According to Dean
Greenberg, this will allow students
more opportunity—and faculty more
time—to dig deeper into subject matter.
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Reengineering
the BSBA Degree
The Sawyer Business School has
unveiled a new curriculum for its Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration
(BSBA) degree.
The new curriculum provides business
students with the skills and knowledge
needed to succeed as future global business
leaders, and the significant changes will
help “build one of the best BSBA programs
in Boston,” said Dean William J. O’Neill
The curriculum, developed by a team
of Business School faculty, led by Assistant
Continued on page 2
The PEZ Collector
Michaela Masi purchased a few PEZ dispensers less than three years ago. See how her collection
has grown. Page 6 (Photo by John Gillooly)
�Changing Course
College Unveils New Curriculum
Continued from page 1
Incoming freshmen will now select a faculty adviser for their first year, based upon
their choice of one of more than 50 new Freshman Seminars. These broadly focused courses
present an opportunity for freshmen to engage in critical thinkng and include such choices
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as “Poverty and Inequality,” “Philosophy of Art and Beauty,” “Science in the Ancient
World,” and “The Problem of Freedom.” Freshman Seminar class sizes have been kept
small so that advisers can get to know their students quickly and better guide them during
their crucial first year in college.
A new requirement called the Extended Classroom Experience will ensure that all students have an opportunity to connect theoretical with practical knowledge. Students may
choose to study abroad, complete an internship in Congress or the State House, volunteer
in museums and soup kitchens or engage in an extensive assortment of other activities
linking their class work to the outside world.
This image is among the Thomas Gearty
photos selected for the project benefiting
the National Braille Press.
A “Vision”
for the Blind
Thomas Gearty, senior development
writer for the Office of Advancement, is
collaborating on a unique project to benefit
the National Braille Press.
Gearty, who also is a fine art photo
grapher, is working with 15 writers and
poets, each of whom have selected one
of his photographs as the point of departure for writing a brief vignette or poem.
The National Braille Press will then print
their words into the surface of the image
in Braille.
The resulting works offer two different
experiences for both the sighted and the
blind built around touching and seeing
the overlapping “visions.”
The project will be included in an
event at the Museum of Fine Arts in early
October and featured at the National
Braille Press’s annual Hands On gala,
hosted by Jay Leno, on Oct. 26 at the
Intercontinental Hotel in Boston.
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Boston, MA 02108
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Tony Ferullo
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Heather Clark
Reengineering the BSBA Degree
Continued from page 1
Professor of Marketing Catherine McCabe, Associate Professor of Management Laurie
Levesque and Associate Dean Morris McInnes, focuses on leadership, innovation, networking, knowledge and service (or LINKS). Students are introduced to the foundations of
business during their freshman and sophomore years.
The curriculum and cohort experiences center around six themes: globalization,
ethics and corporate social responsibility, diversity, leadership, teamwork and networking.
Cohort experiences allow students to connect with their classmates around specific topics. For example, “SU 101 — The Freshman Experience” introduces students to the culture
and diversity of Boston and the Suffolk Community. Later, students will learn about the
city on the Boston Duck Tours while analyzing a case study of Boston Duck Tours in their
Business Foundations class. And Boston Duck Tours CEO Cindy Brown will speak to
students about the company’s challenges and opportunities.
One of the highlights of the new curriculum is the online portfolio, or e-portfolio.
Students build and maintain this Web-based repository of knowledge throughout their
Suffolk careers. They can post writing samples, video clips, papers, case analyses and
reflective pieces about learning experiences while traveling or completing internships. In
the junior year, each student can create a personal Web page that will serve as a means to
present themselves effectively to prospective employers.
“Reengineering the BSBA curriculum was an enormous task that involved administrators, faculty, students, department chairs and advisory boards,” said O’Neill. “We appreciate their hard work and feel that these changes will significantly enhance our undergraduate
student experience and prepare students for the real world of business upon graduation.”
Suffolk Arts+Sciences Premieres
The College of Arts & Sciences alumni magazine, Suffolk Arts+Sciences,
made its debut this summer. The magazine is a new annual publication
produced by the College dean’s office in collaboration with faculty, staff
and students. An online version of the magazine is available at http://
www.suffolk.edu/college/22239.html.
�Gallery Roundup
Adams Gallery
The Adams Gallery will feature the following exhibits in 2007–2008.
• October
2007–January 2008, From Dairy to Doorstep:
Milk Delivery in New England, 1860–1960. This exhibit,
from Historic New England, explores the origins of
milk delivery to the home and celebrates the “milkman”
through photos, advertisements, artifacts and video.
• February–March
2008, From Solferine to Guantanamo:
145 Years of Red Cross Photography, a traveling exhibit
From Dairy to Doorstep
coming to the Adams
Gallery
from the International Red Cross. The Red Cross
has invited the University community to become
involved in activities, including panel discussions,
that it is planning to coincide with the exhibit. Please
contact Nancy Kelleher in Public Affairs: nkellehe@
suffolk.edu, ext. 1910, for more information.
• April–June
2008, A Changing World: New England in
the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972. Historic
New England has created an exhibit of the works of
a photographer who recorded important events in
New England for Life magazine during the 1950s.
6 Honored
with Heritage
Medallions
This year’s Heritage Medallion
ceremony recognized the commitment of
six significant members of the University
community.
The event took place on Founder’s
Day, Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the C. Walsh
Theatre.
The recipients were:
• Clarence Cooper, professor, administrator, executive-in-residence, Sawyer
Business School
• George A. Frost, Gleason Archer’s
benefactor and a longtime trustee
(posthumous)
• Frederick A. McDermott, Law School
dean, 1956-1964 (posthumous)
• Maria Miliora, professor of chemistry,
College of Arts and Sciences
• Daniel Perlman, president, 1980-1989
(posthumous)
• Daniel Sankowsky, professor and
chair of Management, Sawyer
Business School
Artist’s Tools Are Light & Architecture
Prints and a site-specific projected light installation from
artist John Powell are featured in The Ellipse Series, an exhibit
at the New England School of Art & Design through Saturday,
Oct. 6.
Powell uses the power of projected light to turn a space, such
as an ordinary wall, into a canvas, where he can project colors
and shapes to create art and a deeper meaning.
The light installation at the 75 Arlington St. gallery involves
spectators in the artistic process through the use of four projectors attached to a motion sensor. A complete image will be
projected only when all four sensors are activated.
Over the course of his long career Powell has worked with a
wide range of light-based media, including holography, fire and
light projections, using them in settings ranging from the sides of
buildings to underwater.
Powell’s work includes the permanent lighting installation
John Powell creates art
of the Evelyn Moakley Bridge in the Fort Point Channel and
with color and light in The the lighting for the Larz Anderson Bridge, the Weeks Memorial
Ellipse Series exhibit at
Footbridge and the Western Avenue Bridge on the Charles River.
the New England School
The exhibit is curated by interim NESADSU gallery director
of Art & Design
James Manning.
Dining in
at 73 Tremont St.
A new café is expected to open in
the Stahl Center this month to serve the
growing community at 73 Tremont St.
The second-floor dining area is
described as a “grab and go” operation
by Tom Fuller of Sodexho, which operates
the facility.
The café serves bagels, muffins,
salads, sandwiches, coffee and bottled
beverages. A small dining area overlooks
the Granary Burial Ground.
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�University Cited
for Research
Productivity
Suffolk University was cited for
its scholarly productivity in the areas
of Business, Education, and Social
Sciences, by Academic Analytics.
The University was listed by Academic
Analytics as one of the “Top 20 Special
ized Research Universities — Business,
Education & Social Sciences.”
Academic Analytics measures the
scholarly productivity of faculty based
on their publications, citations, and
financial and honorary awards.
Programs, not individual faculty, are
rated and are aggregated to produce
rankings of whole universities.
“One of the greatest challenges for academia has been finding a way to measure
and evaluate that scholarly — as distinct
from teaching — productivity,” said
Lawrence Martin, chief scientific consultant to Academic Analytics. “The Faculty
Scholarly Productivity Index allows university leadership for the first time to get a
clear picture of the comparative scholarly
strength and vitality of their doctoral programs relative to others on an annual basis.”
In its second year of analysis, the FSP
Index has expanded its data-gathering
program to include information from
nearly 200,000 faculty members based
at 354 institutions and representing 118
academic disciplines in nearly 7,300
Ph.D. programs throughout the country.
In all, the FSP Index research matched
those faculty to more than 15,000 books
authored by slightly more than 9,500
faculty, more than 1 million journal
articles, almost 7 million citations, over
6,000 awards and honors and more
than 83,000 federal research grants.
Academic Analytics, founded in
2005, is the result of collaboration
between faculty and researchers
at the Stony Brook University and
Educational Directories Unlimited.
University Makes Princeton Review “Best” Book
The University has once again been named a Princeton Review
“Best College,” because it offers students an outstanding under raduate
g
education.
Suffolk University is featured in the 2008 edition of Princeton
Review’s annual book, “Best 366 Colleges.” This is the fourth consecutive year that the University has made the list.
The two-page profile of the University discusses academics, campus
life, the student body and admissions.
Here’s what students had to say about academics in the University profile:
…“A small classroom university in the heart of a big city,” Boston’s Suffolk University
“is small enough that you actually recognize students from their pictures in the admissions
booklets [and] big enough to attract national speakers like George Bush Sr.” …Academic
life on the home campus “includes “down-to-earth professors” who “are always available
outside of class and are very helpful” and the Ballotti Learning Center, which “offers extra
help to students who want or need it.” …Academics are “incredibly student oriented” here,
“The student and [his or her] concerns come first.”
Faculty Publications
Eric Blumenson, Law School. His article, “Amnistías Naciones y Justicia Internacional” in
Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica, Vol. 8 was cited by Judge Carlos S. Fayt of the Supreme
Court of Argentina in his landmark decision on the theme of constitutional pardons.
Lydia Martin, New England School Art & Design, will have her painting, “The
Border,” on display at the juried exhibition “450 Women Have Been Murdered in
Ciudad Juarez” at Stony Brook University in New York from Oct. 4 through Nov. 2.
Following an exhibition opening reception on Oct. 4, she will participate in a panel
discussion on the missing women of Juarez, Mexico. Martin’s painting is the cover
art for a book of poetry, Young Women of Juarez, by Marjorie Agosin and translated
by Celeste Kostopulos Cooperman of Humanities and Modern Languages.
Sebastian Royo, associate dean, College, and director of the Madrid campus, has
published “The Euro and Economic Reforms” in The Euro and the Dollar in a Globalized
Economy. (Ashgate Publishing, 2007).
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Joshua Cheney, Summer Conferences
Francine Cohen, Information Technology
Senka Huskic, Rappaport Center, Law
Services
Keri Lemasters, Athletics
Edward Morgan, Ballotti Learning Center
Richard Norcott, Facilities Management
Susan Prosnitz, Rappaport Center, Law
Travis Farley, Residence Life, Miller Hall
Wendy Garay, Center for International
Education
Allyson Gill, Advancement
Renee Graham, Advancement
Elaine Hackney, NESAD
Michelle Harper, Rappaport Center, Law
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School
Jeremy Solomons, English
�Potpourri
Please be aware that the sun submission request e-mail is now
being distributed via the Suffolk Information e-mail which is
sent to faculty and staff on the 15th and 30th of each month.
Submission requests may be sent to sun@suffolk.edu at any time.
Also, the SUN is moving toward becoming an online publication
and expanding its coverage to include student achievements.
As part of the University’s observance of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, students, administrators, faculty and staff
are invited to gather in front of the Donahue Building at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 2, for a “Walk to the State
House.” Biodegradable pink balloons will be
released in support of the Massachusetts women
who will be diagnosed with breast cancer during
the month of October.
Congratulations to Eric Dewar of Biology
and his wife Greta on the birth of their son
Ronan Lee Dewar on July 26. He also is welcomed by big sister Elspeth.
Ronan Lee Dewar
Ruth Hegarty, Communication and
Journalism and Education and Human Services,
spoke at the 2007 Business & Professional
Women’s Foundation National Conference
“Workingwomen Moving Forward: Define
Your Future” held in Reno, Nev. Her workshop
focused on personal and professional networking that increases career opportunities, leadership
abilities and community resources.
Ken Hung, Information Systems and
Ruth Hegarty
Operations Management, and
co-authors received the Best Paper Award for
“Student-Manager Surro acy Revisited: An Empirical Investigation,”
g
at the 2007 Academy of Management Research Methods Division
meeting in Philadelphia.
Kathryn Jackson, Counseling Center. She presented a
paper “Narrative of the McCarthy Period: The Paradox of Public
Heroism and Private Pain” at the 7th International Conference of
the Collegium for African American Research in Madrid, Spain.
She also presented “Psychotherapy with College Student Survivors
of War and Political Trauma,” at the European Conference on
Traumatic Stress Studies in Opatija, Croatia.
Sabbaticals
Gerard Clark, professor of Law, spring semester
Sara Dillon, professor of Law, spring semester
Stephen McJohn, professor of Law, spring semester
Russell Murphy, professor of Law, fall and spring semesters
Robert Smith, professor of Law, fall semester
Leaves of Absence
Carter Bishop, professor of Law. For the 2007–2008 academic year,
he will be a visiting professor at the University of Baltimore School
of Law.
Valerie Epps, professor of Law, spring semester
Anthony Polito, professor of Law. For the 2007–2008 academic
year, he will be a visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School.
Tommy Thompson, professor of Law, fall and spring semesters
Sebastian Royo, associate dean, College, and director of the
Madrid campus, presented “Financial Integration and Economic
Reforms. What Can Emerging Countries Learn from the Case of
Spain?” at the 2007 American Political Science Association annual
meeting in Chicago, Ill.
The University Police vehicle won “Best College Vehicle
Design” at the 23rd
annual “Tuned by
Tuna” Car Show held
at Smith & Wesson
in Springfield to benefit the local Shriners
Hospital. Police Lt.
Donald Toussaint
holds the winning
trophy.
Zhen Zhu, Marketing, and co-authors received the Best
Overall Conference Paper Award for “Fix It or Leave It: Customers’
Expectation, Intention, and Reactions in Technology-based SelfService Failure and Recovery” at the 2007 American Marketing
Association Summer Educators’ Conference.
News from the Law School
Peniey McClary, Center for Advanced Legal Studies, has been
promoted to assistant director.
David Yamada announced that The New Workplace Institute,
a non-profit research and education center that he founded to
promote healthy, productive, and socially responsible workplaces,
has launched its website, www.newworkplaceinstitute.org. The
Institute’s board of directors includes Law School alumnae Evelyn
Haralampu and Ann Rudy, as well as Law School adjunct professor James Whitters III. The Institute’s advisory committee includes
Law School alumna Melissa Walsh.
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�The PEZ Collector
Michaela Masi knows something about
character building.
Evidence of that can be found in her
personal collection of more than 500
PEZ dispensers, those popular candy-toy
creations that have been part of American
pop culture for about 50 years.
You name the character, and Masi has it
—everyone from Batman, Big Bird and
Elvis to Donald Duck, Fred Flintstone and
Snow White. Her PEZ figures, which
in
clude a bride and groom from Slovenia,
range in size from traditionally small to
gi an ic, and some of them even talk and
g t
play music.
In order to keep track of her prized
collection, she has put together a detailed
catalog that she updates regularly upon
purchasing or receiving a new gem.
“There are a few people who think I’m
a little crazy, but that’s OK,” said Masi,
director of Annual & Leadership Giving in
the Advancement Office. “For me, it’s just
a fun hobby. I love the challenge of finding
new PEZ to add to my collection.”
A little over two years ago, while shopping on Newbury Street, Masi casually
spotted a wall of PEZ dispensers in a candy
store. She was working in the Advancement
Office at Simmons College at the time and
decided to buy a few PEZ as a good-natured
gesture for her staff.
She also bought one for herself, Fozzie
Bear of The Muppets.
Suffolk in the News
Shortly after noticing Fozzie Bear on
her desk, Masi’s friend, Hillary, presented
her with a number of other PEZ characters
as a gift. “She got it all started,” said Masi,
31. “I had about a dozen of them at first,
and then people at work began giving them
to me, some imes bags of them after cleant
ing out their homes. It kind of snowballed
from there.”
In addition to her many assorted
characters, Masi owns other PEZ-related
items, such as a mug, flashlight, key ring,
snow globe, lunch box, T-shirt and a
street sign: PEZ COLLECTOR PL. She is
a self-proclaimed PEZ purist, loading the
dispensers with the tiny candy provided in
each package.
“Some PEZ collectors feel strongly
about preserving the original packaging—
I disagree,” she said. “If I’m going to collect
PEZ, I’m going to enjoy them and the
candy, too!”
Masi, who received her undergraduate
degree in psychology from the College of
the Holy Cross in 1998, was in her glory
recently while visiting a PEZ Museum in
Pennsylvania. “It was a neat place to visit,”
she said. “I was excited to see that I had a lot
of the PEZ’s that they had on display.”
Masi, an avid tennis player and Red Sox
fan, says she is always searching for a new
PEZ character. “Right now I’m on the
look ut for the Pink Panther,” she said with
o
a smile.
Suffolk University faculty, staff,
stu ents and programs are featured regud
larly in local and national media. The following offers a sampling of recent Suffolk
Uni ersity media mentions.
v
Boston Globe—Sept. 3
Suffolk University President David J.
Sargent among six presidents profiled in
Globe magazine
Boston Globe—Sept. 3
Director of admissions John Hamel and
junior Catyn Piver quoted in “College
residence halls get high-tech treatment.”
Boston Globe—Sept. 3
Theater legend Robert Brustein prepares
for premiere of his new play at Suffolk
University’s C. Walsh Theatre
Boston Globe—Sept. 2
ART founder finds Suffolk a more welcoming home: Distinguished Visiting Scholar
in Residence Robert Brustein
USA Today—Aug. 8
Residence Life Director Maureen Wark
discusses parents’ use of Facebook to screen
roommates
For links to stories, please see the Public
Affairs Web site:
www.suffolk.edu/offices/1003.html
College Prep
Institute Graduates
Elisha Bray and Santo Aybar celebrate completion of the 2007 Summer College Prep Institute co-sponsored by the University and the
Boston Private Industry Council (PIC). More
than 20 Boston Public Schools seniors were
involved in the program. Partnering summer
employers — Bank of America, Boston City
Hall, JP Morgan, Sovereign Bank, and Suffolk
University — agreed to release their student
workers two mornings a week, with pay, to
attend classes at the University.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
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�Community Building for New & Adjunct Faculty
The Center for Teaching Excellence presented a full day
of activities in late August to build community among new and
adjunct faculty.
“Recent research on those new to the academy is showing that
it is a very isolating experience and that some of the most talented
new teachers and researchers are leaving for a more communal
environment,” said Donna Qualters, associate
professor and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.
“One way to ensure new faculty success and to provide a
context and a feeling of welcome, is to bring faculty together at
the very beginning to get to know each other,” she said. “This
also builds interdisciplinary connects which are so important in
today’s educational environment. It’s really the first step in helping
them succeed.”
Qualters said that adjuncts’ need for community is, in some
ways, even more important.
“Across the United States now, more and more of the teaching
is being done by adjuncts, who often come in, teach and leave,”
she said. “Some make their living by going from college to college,
almost a gypsy existence. Again, by letting them know in a tangible
way that the institution is interested in them, that their work is
important, and that there are people available to help them navigate the envi onment provides the climate to keep the best teachers
r
and help the newer teachers become the best.”
New Faculty Orientation began with a welcome and break
fast, before breaking out for panel discussions and “Great
Teaching” workshops.
Christina DiRico and Donna Qualters of the Center for Teaching
Excellence. (Photo by John Gillooly)
A “Speed Dating” component allowed faculty to quickly
meet key people in support roles across campus, from librarians
and academic support staff to designers and information tech
nology professionals.
The orientation ended with a wine and cheese reception.
The new faculty members mingled with the adjunct faculty
who were arriving for the evening sessions.
The adjunct get-together featured workshops on “Classroom
Assessment” and “Balancing Professional Responsi ilities with
b
Teaching,” presented by a seasoned adjunct professor, Judge Isaac
Borenstein. About 60 adjunct faculty members from all three
schools attended.
Professors Spearhead Green Education Initiatives
Given the anticipated needs of a burgeoning world population
and the reality of global warming, green education has captured the
interest of students, and faculty members across the University are
creating programs to fuel the interest in sustainability.
“This is the century of the environment,” said Patricia Hogan,
associate professor in the Physics Department and director of the
Environmental Engineering program. “The time to debate is over;
it’s time to act.”
Sustainability initiatives have attracted a wide range of students,
from art and design majors to those studying the sciences.
Among the projects and programs that are preparing students for
the environmental sustainability challenge:
• An Environmental Engineering Program in the Physics
Department that is incorporating principles of sustainable
design into all levels of engineering coursework. Hogan is
developing a green engineering course for seniors that will be
piloted in 2008.
• The incorporation of green chemistry into the Organic
Chemistry Laboratory curriculum.
• A Sustainable Design for Interiors course at the New England
School of Art & Design at Suffolk University that teaches
the principles, theory and practice of sustainable design in
structures and spaces.
A core science course on sustainable design offered by
the Environmental Engineering Program for non-science
majors, “The Built World: How Humans Engineer
Environments.”
• The appointment of Erica Mattison as a special projects
co r in tor for Campus Sustainability to coordinate
od a
the campus recycling program and staff an energyefficiency initiative.
• Outreach to elementary and middle school students
involving hands-on projects, using funding obtained by the
Environmental Engineering Program. These projects involve
multi-disciplinary teams of Suffolk engineering, science, and
design students.
“Students trained in sustainability at Suffolk University will be
vital to our future, no matter what career path they choose,” said
Denyce Wicht, assistant professor of chemistry, whose research
interests involve creating novel green chemistry experiments that
can be used for green organic chemistry laboratory courses.
Wicht, Hogan and Karen Clarke, co-program director of the
Interior Design Department, who teaches Sustainable Design for
Interiors at the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk
University, have brought their commitment to sustainability to a
wider audience through presentations and professional affiliations.
•
September 20 07
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�Deans’ Reception
The Deans’ Reception, a traditional
and festive event that brings people
throughout the University community
together, will be held from 6 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, at the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston. The University’s
Service Award Program will recognize
numerous colleagues on their tenth,
twentieth, thirtieth and fortieth anniver
saries of dedication to Suffolk University.
National Reading
Campaign
The University’s service organization,
S.O.U.L.S., in partnership with
Jumpstart, participated in Read for
the Record, a national campaign by
Jumpstart designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and
adults from across the United States to
read the same book on the same day.
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro
Leaf, was read on Sept. 20 in an effort to
raise public awareness about significant
disparities in early education as well as raise
money to support Jumpstart’s national
early education programs. Suffolk students,
faculty, and staff participated in the reading
event from 4 to 5 p.m. at the North End
Branch Library, 25 Parmenter St., Boston.
The University community also may
contribute online at www.readfortherecord.
com. Jumpstart was looking to break its
previous record for the largest shared reading experience, which was set by 150,000
people on Aug. 24, 2006, during the inaugural Read for the Record campaign. For
more information, contact Kelly Melcher,
site manager of Jumpstart, at the S.O.U.L.S.
office Ext. 6387 or by e-mail kmelcher@
suffolk.edu
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New Student Academic Convocation:
A Welcoming Tradition
Management Professor Magid Mazen, Assistant Professor of Finance Khaled Amira, Professor Bea
Snow of Biology and Campus Minister Amy Fisher process alongside the students at the New Student Academic Convocation held at Converse Hall, Tremont Temple on Sept. 4. President Sargent offered welcoming remarks to the students and their families to mark the beginning of the students’
academic careers at the University. (Photos by John Gillooly)
New Residence Hall
Continued from page 1
The proposal was sent to Mayor Thomas Menino for his signature and approval.
“Pending any appeal, this completes the City of Boston project approval process for
this exciting new 274 student bed/retail project for the University and we expect to be
ready for occupancy in January 2008,” said John Nucci, vice president of Government &
Community Affairs.
The 10 West St. residence hall will house students in apartment-style units featuring
full kitchens and private bathrooms.
The building will be connected to the campus network, with both wireless and wired
connectivity.
Renovations of the building meet LEED standards for sustainable building construction,
indoor air quality, and energy savings.
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November 2007
Vol. 33, No. 7
Man with a Mission:
Stopping Idle
Pollution
Richard Gregg would like to clear
the air about something he strongly
believes in.
Suffolk’s newly appointed Operating
Director of Healthcare Programs is
spearheading a campaign that would
prohibit vehicles from idling on any
school property in Massachusetts.
Sen. Benjamin B. Downing
(D-Pittsfield) and Rep. Stephen
R. Canessa (D-New Bedford), a
Suffolk alumnus who had Gregg as
a professor, recently filed a bill, “An
Act to Improve School Campus Air
Quality,” with 48 cosponsors.
“Years ago, we banned the use of
tobacco products and eliminated secondhand smoke from all school properties in
Massachusetts,” said Gregg. “Now it’s time
to ban unnecessary engine idling. This is
the best way to ensure clean and healthy
air for our schoolchildren, teachers, staff
and school bus drivers.”
Gregg’s mission began one day in 2001
in Lenox while he was waiting for his
daughter and son outside of their school.
His vehicle was shut off, but other parents
sat in their cars with the engines running.
Gregg soon noticed that people all over
town were idling their cars for long
periods.
“What comes out of that tailpipe isn’t
called pollution for nothing,” stated
Gregg. “It is highly toxic for both human
health and the environment, and many
of the chemicals are identical to those in
tobacco smoke. Motor vehicle exhaust
can cause a variety of respiratory ailments,
and exhaust from diesel vehicles has been
linked to lung cancer.”
Gregg, a healthcare professional and
environmental activist for much of his life,
Continued on page 3
Making Strides in Campus Development
The Boston Redevelopment Authority,
BRA, has approved tentative designation
of the University as the redeveloper of
the Modern Theater building at 523–525
Washington St., bringing the campus a step
closer to meeting the housing needs
of students.
The University plans to develop the
Modern Theater as a 150-to-200-bed
student residence hall. The facade will be
restored, and a first-floor gallery and performance center will bring back the tradition
of offering cultural activities at the site.
“Approval of the Modern Theater
renovation moves us closer to our goal of
housing 50 percent of our students,” said
John Nucci, vice president of Government
and Community Affairs, who has worked
closely with the city of Boston and
with neighborhood groups to bring the
University’s plans to fruition. “In addition
to the cultural contribution the renovated
Modern Theater will bring to an important
downtown historic area, the presence of our
students will support the continued vigor
of the Downtown Crossing area.”
While the University initially had sought
to convert the former MDC headquarters
at 20 Somerset Street into a residence hall,
concerns among Beacon Hill neighbors led
planners back to the drawing board. In a
matter of months, the focus turned to the
Ladder District.
Continued on page 3
The 2007 Deans’ Reception
Law Professor Charles Kindregan, second from right, celebrating 40 years of distinguished
service to the University, was joined by his daughter Patricia and son Chad and Law Professor
Richard Vacco and his wife, Jean, at the Deans’ Reception at the Museum of Fine Arts, an
annual event honoring faculty, administrators and staff. More photos, pages 5 and 6. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
�Wesley Savick’s Shrapnel at Studio Theatre
Shrapnel, an original
work for the stage
written and directed by
Associate Professor Wesley
Savick, explores the nature
of war.
The play is inspired
by the books A Terrible Love of War, by
James Hillman; War is a Force that Gives
Us Meaning and What Every Person Should
Know About War, by Chris Hedges; and
The Psychology of War: Comprehending its
Mystique and its Madness, by Lawrence
LeShan.
The production raises questions about
how we make war “normal,” whether war is
an inevitable and fundamental part of the
human condition, and whether our impulse
for war can ever be tamed.
This theatrical event incorporates
mythology, stage combat, live music and
a sweeping array of personal accounts to
explore the contradictory nature of war
within all of us.
Shrapnel will be at the Studio Theatre
Thursday, Nov. 15, through Sunday,
Nov. 18, 2007.
Musical Premieres in New York
The Boston Music Theatre Project’s
Crossing Brooklyn opened in New York
to rave reviews.
The musical, originally titled Begin
Again, was developed in residence at the
University by Theatre Department Chair
Marilyn Plotkins. It is at the Transport
Group Oct. 19–Nov. 18, 2007.
Crossing Brooklyn is a post-September 11
love story set in New York City. It concerns
a young couple, dedicated public school
teachers full of hopes and dreams. After the
events of September 11 tear their world
apart they struggle to find their way back to
each other. The lessons they learn through
the children they meet change them forever.
Crossing Brooklyn was first developed
with composer Jenny Giering, librettist
Laura Harrington and Plotkins in two fall
residencies at Suffolk as part of the Boston
Music Theatre Project. The workshop
production premiered with a Suffolk
student ensemble in the Studio Theatre in
spring 2006.
Additional Faculty projects
Assistant Professor/Set Designer Richard
Chambers is in pre-production for
Stoneham Theatre’s production of Antoine
Feval, which performs in January.
• Assistant Professor Caitlin Langstaff performed in A Baker’s Dozen in October at
the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge.
• Theatre Department Technical Director
Steve McIntosh was sound designer for
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre production
of The Devil’s Teacup. He also designed the
sound for The Nora Theatre’s production
of The Secret Love Life of Ophelia, directed
by Associate Professor Wesley Savick.
• Plotkins led a panel discussion at the
National Alliance for Music Theatre’s
annual conference in New York in
October. Other panelists included
directors of musical theatre programs
from Baldwin Wallace University, Boston
Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University,
and the University of Michigan and
former Boston Music Theatre Project
composer Mel Marvin. Marvin teaches
at New York University’s Tisch graduate
program in musical theater writing and
recently composed the scores to the
Broadway musicals Dr. Seuss’ How the
Grinch Stole Christmas! and Cymbeline.
•
Gallery Roundup
2007 Coward Lecture
Ozpirations
Sawyer Business School Executive-in-
The gallery at the New England School
of Art & Design presents Ozspirations, art
inspired by The Wizard of Oz. The exhibit,
organized by Jennifer Fuchel, will be at the
gallery Nov. 15–Dec. 22, 2007. A reception
will be held from 6–8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16.
Residence Emeritus Derek W. F. Coward;
Inspired by nature
The Nature of Invented Species explores artist
Mike Farley’s ongoing interest in nature and
the environment.
“These new hybrid species draw from
both existing and created animals,” said
Farley of his works, in paint, colored pencil
and mixed media on paper.
Farley is a senior at the New England
School of Art & Design at Suffolk University.
The Nature of Invented Species exhibit is
in the first-floor lobby at One Beacon St.,
Boston, by the Pemberton Square entrance.
The space is one of several on campus
dedicated to student works.
Adams Gallery
From Dairy to Doorstep: Milk Delivery in
New England, 1860–1960, continues at the
Adams Gallery through January.
Hollywood on Tremont
When the production crew of the
upcoming movie Bachelor No. 2 needed
to shoot classroom and faculty office
space, they turned to the Law School.
Photographers captured actor Alec
Baldwin, who plays a professor in the
comedy, leaving the Law School, and the
shot was featured in the Boston Globe.
Students Connect with Hairspray Director
New England School of Art & Design students Austin Bousley and Liz Bailey, Professor Lydia Martin and student Ryan Stranz with filmmaker John Waters at a book signing
following the performance of his spoken-word career retrospective, This Filthy World, at
Boston University. Waters told the students that he had had some art works on exhibit
in Provincetown during the summer. Waters, creator and host of the Provincetown Film
Festival, called this shot a “class photo.” The students were invited to the performance by
Martin’s husband, Christopher Martin, a National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor at Boston University.
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Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.); and
Associate Law Dean John Deliso at the
2007 Derek W. F. Coward Lecture, sponsored by the Center for International
Education. Hoar spoke on “The Middle
East: Many Problems, Few Solutions.”
Hoar, a University trustee and chairperson
of the University’s International Board of
Advisers, was commander in chief of the
United States Central Command (Centcom) from 1991-1994 and has appeared several
times before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the war in Iraq. Coward
established the lecture series in 1997. (Photo by John Gillooly)
In the Pink
President David J. Sargent receives
the first-ever Pink Tie Award from
Professors Norine Bacigalupo and Carol
Dine during the second annual Courage
and Cuisine luncheon, one of many activities marking Breast Cancer Awareness
Month in October. President Sargent was
recognized for his longtime support of
activities promoting breast cancer awareness throughout the University community.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
Idle Pollution
Continued from page 1
knew that something had to be done. After two years of his hard work, Lenox adopted
a resolution declaring it an “idle-free” community. Gregg and colleagues from the Lenox
Environmental Committee launched an education initiative, tacking up posters and
handing out fliers throughout the town.
A 35-year-old Massachusetts law prohibits idling a vehicle in excess of five minutes.
It is estimated that more than one million people would be protected by the newly
proposed legislation banning all unnecessary idling on school grounds. Violators
would face a $100 fine for the first offense and a $500 fine
for subsequent offenses.
“The goal of our “idle-free” efforts is to raise awareness for
people of all ages and from all walks of life about the need to keep
our air clean and healthy. And it’s working.” said Gregg, chairman
of the American Lung Association of Massachusetts’ “Idle-Free”
Massachusetts Campaign.
“Look, I’m passionate about clean air and the environment, and
I feel it’s my obligation to help preserve them in every possible way.
We all need to work together to make this world a healthier and
Richard Gregg
better place to live.”
Artist’s conception of the 10 West St. residence hall. The Modern Theater is to the left.
Expanding Campus
Continued from page 1
Neighborhood residents initially
opposed an initiative to convert 10 West
St. to a residence hall with first-floor retail
space, but the University worked closely
with them to allay any fears. In the end,
interested residents reached unanimous
agreement on the University’s plan.
“We’ve had great cooperation from the
city and the neighbors, and the approval
process moved fairly quickly,” said Nucci.
The University, a commuter school little
more than a decade ago, now houses more
than 750 students in its two existing residence halls. The apartment-style residence
hall to open at 10 West St. in January will
add 274 student beds. It directly abuts the
Modern Theater building, which will be
developed over several years.
Meanwhile, plans are moving forward
to bring the New England School of Art &
Design to the 20 Somerset site, along with
some science classrooms.
“Developing this new facility gives us
a great opportunity to design something
from scratch to meet our needs,” said
New England School of Art & Design
Chairman William Davis. The school’s
lease at 75 Arlington St. is up in 2010, and
the move to Beacon Hill will offer the
school proximity to the College along with
improved visibility.
The various University development
efforts are part of a 10-year master planning process, said Nucci. A master plan
spelling out the University’s expansion
needs and goals will be submitted to the
city in January 2008.
November 2007
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�Forty-Year Honorees
Paul Ezust, professor/chair, Math and Computer Science
Frank A. Feldman, professor, Physics
Charles P Kindregan, distinguished professor, Law School
.
Thirty-Year Honorees
Barbara L. Ash, professor, Education and Human Services
Stephen C. Hicks, professor, Law School
Richard P Preiss, associate professor, Communication and Journalism
.
Anthony B. Sandoe, professor, Law School
Twenty-Year Honorees
Associate Business Manager Greg Harris and his sister Cathy Mulherin, programmer/
analyst, Information Technology Services; with Greg’s daughters Jennifer, Jessica
and Courtney
The Human Resources team of Elizabeth Berman and
Carol Powers (Photos by John Gillooly)
Annual Deans’ Reception
Professor Paul Ezust, chairman of the Math &
Computer Science department, and College of Arts
& Sciences Dean Kenneth S. Greenberg
Associate Professor Robert Bellinger of
History and his wife Nailah.
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Management Professor Suzyn Ornstein, her husband John Dugger, and
Sawyer Business School Dean William J. O’Neill
Law Professor Anthony Sandoe and
Law School Dean Alfred C. Aman
Physics Professor Frank Feldman and his
wife Carol
Robert Bellinger, associate professor, History
George T. Comeau, managing associate director, University Media Services
Gina Doherty, director, PC resources, Law Academic Technology
Dianne Goguen, associate director, Financial Aid-Colleges
Shahriar Khaksari, professor, Finance
Joan Luke, manager, Law Clinical Programs
Morris McInnes, associate dean, Sawyer Business School
Catherine M. Mulherin, programmer/analyst, Information Technology Services
Suzyn Ornstein, professor, Management
Nancy Stoll, dean of students-Colleges
Ten-Year Honorees
Paul Andrade, instructor, NESADSU
Jeanne M. Aversa, associate director, Undergraduate Admission
James Barrett, manager, Web Services, Law Academic Technology
Karen Clarke, associate professor, NESADSU
Robert Drain, manager, Second Language Services
Mary M. Flaherty, associate professor, Education and Human Services
Linda A. Foley-Vinay, director, Second Language Services
Ross D. Fuerman, associate professor/chair, Accounting
C. Gopinath, associate professor, Management
Lillian M. Hallberg, assistant dean, Graduate Programs, Sawyer Business School
Debra Harkins, associate professor, Psychology
Jonathan Haughton, professor, Economics
Ann Marie Holland, manager, Payroll
Neil G. Hunt, instructor, Information Systems and Operations Management
Philip Kaplan, associate professor of legal writing, Legal Practice Skills
Lauren Mahoney, director, Undergraduate Programs, Sawyer Business School
Linda J. Nazzaro, assistant director, Undergraduate Programs, Sawyer Business School
Regina M. O’Neill, associate professor, Management
Janet Oliver, coordinator, Second Language Services
Marie E. Pagliarulo, staff accountant, Assistant Treasurer’s Office
Glory Peguero-Gonzalez, assistant director, Financial Aid-Colleges
Michele A. Rapp, associate director, Career Services/Coop Education
Sukanya Ray, associate professor, Psychology
Lori F. Rosenberg, educational consultant, Ballotti Learning Center
Sandra L. Scott, controller, Assistant Treasurer’s Office
Douglas Snow, associate professor, Public Management
Andrew P Wark, senior desktop support specialist, Information Technology Services
.
Mostapha Ziad, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Kenneth S.
Greenberg and Associate Professor Richard
Preiss of the Communication and Journalism
department
English Department Office Manager Jeremy
Solomons and his wife Dr. Alane Shanks, Bette
Mandl, professor emerita of English, and her
husband, Alex
Sawyer Business School Associate Dean
Morris McInnes and his wife Peggy
Associate Professor Karen Clarke of the New
England School of Art & Design and her
husband Bruce
November 2007
5
�Potpourri
The Accounting and Business Law
and Ethics departments of the Sawyer
Business School have moved their offices
to 40 Court St.
Barbara Abrams, Humanities
and Modern Languages. At the 12th
International Congress on Eighteenth
Century Studies at the University of
Montpellier in France, she organized
a panel, “Text, Image and Polity in
Rousseau’s Lévite d’Ephraim,” and presented a paper, “Rousseau and the Levite’s
Concubine: A Story of Hospitality Gone
Wrong.” Abrams also notes that 14 students from the University’s French program traveled to CAVILAM in Vichy,
France, for French immersion study during the summer. The students all passed
the French national test DELF, which
is equivalent to the TOEFL (Test of
English as a Foreign Language) exam.
Robert Allison, History, appeared
on the History Channel show “Save
Our History.” He joined with host Steve
Thomas in exploring Boston’s historical
treasures, including the Old State House,
the Old South Meeting House and the
Museum of African-American History. On
Constitution Day, Sept. 17, Allison spoke
at Dominican College in Orangeburg,
N.Y., on the origins of the constitution and the idea of religious liberty.
Robert Bellinger, History, presented
“Black Studies, Senegal and the Géwël
Tradition,” the first lecture in a series
of monthly lectures to be hosted by the
History Department. He is a member of
the New England chapter of the African
American Historical and Genealogical
Society and served on the planning committee for the organization’s national con-
58 Faculty Members Join the University
The University welcomed 58 new members to its distinguished faculty for the 2007–2008 academic year. They are:
Save the Date
Once again the University community will participate in the festivities of First Night. An ice
sculpture of our mascot, Hiram the Ram, will be on display in front of Sargent Hall from 3–5
p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Come join in the celebration!
College of Arts and Sciences
Ahmed Munir Akash, instructor, Humanities and Modern
Languages
Ilona Anderson, assistant professor, New England School of Art
ference “What’s in a Name? The Voyage
of Discovery!” held at the Boston Marriott
Burlington Hotel on October 25–28, 2007.
Jason Carter, Communication
and Journalism. His short film, “The
Competition,” co-directed by Paul Ceriello,
premiered at the Long Island International
Film Expo and was shown at the Wood’s
Hole Film Festival during the summer.
Mary Lally, assistant dean of
Enrollment & Retention Management/
registrar, was appointed to the 2007–2008
board of advisers of The Successful
Registrar, a monthly national newsletter for registrars in higher education.
Eric Lee, assistant to the president,
participated in the Rodman Ride for
Kids on behalf of Roxbury Youthworks,
The Center for Teaching Excellence
Inc. He finished the 25-mile cycling
Web pages link faculty to resources and
tour in 1 hour and 16 minutes.
tools that can further develop the outstandStephen O’Neill, History, was the
ing teaching that is a hallmark of the
guest curator for the exhibit, “A Short
University.The site can steer the University
Life and Merry: Pirates of New England,”
community to upcoming events and proat the Heritage Museums & Gardens in
grams, such as a Nov. 15 presentation on
Sandwich. He brought his students from
sponsored research grants. The Center for
“The History of Piracy” class to the museum
Teaching Excellence Web site can be found
for a guided tour of the artifacts on display.
at www.suffolk.edu/research/CTE.html
Bob Rosenthal, Communication and
Teri Fair, Government, attended the
Journalism, appeared on the New England
Inter-University Consortium of Political
Cable News show, “NewsNight with Jim
and Social Research Summer Program in
Braude” as a panelist on the Weekly News
Quantitative Methods of Social Research at
IQ Quiz.
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and
Richard Torrisi, International
participated in a workshop “Methodological Business, was appointed to a threeIssues in Quantitative Research on Race and year term on the Fulbright Review
Ethnicity.” At the annual meeting of the
Committee for Central Europe. He was
American Political Science Association in
recognized by the Polish-US Fulbright
Chicago, Ill., Fair presented a paper, “An
Commission in Warsaw for his outstandExamination of Mayoral Leadership in
ing contributions as a participant in the
Atlanta, 1990 through the Present,” and
2006–2007 Fulbright Program. Torrisi
participated in a focus group for a new
was a Fulbright Scholar at the Leon
American government textbook from
Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship
Thomson Wadsworth Press.
and Management in Warsaw, Poland.
Visiting Faculty
and Design
Edwin Hood, distinguished visiting professor of Law for the
fall semester
Ruth Jones, visiting professor of Law for the fall semester
Robert Keatinge, visiting associate professor of Law for the fall
and spring semesters
Ken King, visiting associate clinical professor of Law for the fall
and spring semesters
Pierre Monette, visiting associate clinical professor of Law for the
fall and spring semesters
Mary Szto, visiting associate professor of Law for the fall and
spring semesters
Melanie Berkmen, assistant professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Afshan Bokhari, assistant professor, New England School of Art
and Design
Wyatt Bonikowskihas, assistant professor, English
Simone Chun, assistant professor, Government
Brian Conley, visiting assistant professor, Government
Denell Downum, visiting assistant professor, English
Leslie Eckel, assistant professor, English
Daniel Fox, assistant professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Anna Gitelmanhas, assistant professor, New England School of Art
and Design
Angela King, instructor, Communication and Journalism
Robert Hannigan, assistant professor, History
Caitlin Langstaff, assistant professor, Theater
Montgomery Link, assistant professor, Philosophy
Larry Marchese, assistant professor, Communication and Journalism
Amy Markshas, assistant professor, Psychology
Lauren Nolfo-Clements, assistant professor, Biology
Benjamin Powell, assistant professor, Economics
Stevan Radojev, lab instructor, Physics
Patricia Reeve, assistant professor, History
Tracey Rogers, assistant professor, Psychology
David Shumaker, assistant professor, Education and Human Services
Kristopher Tapp, assistant professor, Math and Computer Science.
Law School
Dorothy Bisbee, assistant professor of Legal Writing
Christopher Dearborn, assistant clinical professor of Law
Sabrina DeFabritiis, assistant professor of Legal Writing
Jeffrey Lipshaw, associate professor of Law
Erik Pitchal, assistant clinical professor of Law
Herbert Ramy, professor of Academic Support and director
of the Academic Support Program
Ragini Shah, assistant clinical professor of Law
Honored With Heritage Medallions
SUN
Sandra Barriales-Bouche, Humanities and Modern Languages,
Sawyer Business School
Alicia D. Boisnier, assistant professor, Management
Brenda Bond, assistant professor, Public Management
Cristian Chelariu, assistant professor, Marketing
Jorge Colazo, assistant professor, Information Systems &
Operations Management
Mohamed I. Gomaa, assistant professor, Accounting
Abu M. Jalal, assistant professor, Finance
Arnold Kamis, associate professor, Information Systems &
Operations Management
Georges Désiré Tsafack Kemassong, assistant professor, Finance
David L. Manzler, assistant professor, Finance
Jamshed J. Mistry, assistant professor, Accounting
Brigitte W. Muehlmann, associate professor, Taxation
Stefan Platikanov, assistant professor, Finance
Carlos Rufin, assistant professor, Management
Lydia Segal, associate professor, Business Law & Ethics
Peter Tarasewich, associate professor, Information Systems &
Operations Management
Sheila S. Webber, associate professor, Management
Miriam F. Weismann, associate professor, Business & Law
Aimee L. Williamson, assistant professor, Public Management
Zhen Zhu, assistant professor, Marketing
Faculty Publications
The University recognized the commitment of six people who made outstanding
contributions to the life of the University through its 2007 Heritage Medallion Ceremony
on Founder’s Day, September 19. Those attending included President Sargent and
CAS Associate Dean David Robbins, chair of the Heritage Committee; honorees
Clarence Cooper, business professor, administrator and executive-in-residence;
Daniel Sankowsky, professor and chair of Management; and Maria Miliora, professor
of chemistry. Accepting medallions for the posthumous recipients were Suzanne
Siegel, widow of former University President Daniel Perlman; Kathleen Kelsh and
Eileen McDermott Fitzpatrick, daughters of former Law School Dean Frederick A.
McDermott; and George Comeau of Media Services, on behalf of George A. Frost,
Gleason Archer’s benefactor and a longtime trustee. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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Gabriel Teninbaum, assistant professor of Legal Writing
Elizabeth Trujillo, associate professor of Law
has published “Exilio y Post Exilio en Luis Cernuda” in the journal
Revista Hispanica Moderna.
Peter Jeffreys, English. His scholarly edition
of the correspondence between the British novelist
E.M. Forster and the Greek poet Constantine
Cavafy, Friends at a Slight Angle: the Letters of E.M.
Forster and C.P. Cavafy, will be published by the
American University in Cairo Press.
Quentin Miller, English, recently published
a college literature textbook, co-edited with Julie
Nash of the English department at UMass Lowell. Connections:
Literature for Composition, is an anthology of world literature from
all historical periods that reflects the complexity of the vice/virtue
dichotomy. It also contains 11 chapters on literary genre, research
and writing, including student essays from past and present Suffolk
students Sarah Himberger, Kristin Seabolt, George Scala and
Lacey Perkins.
Kristin Polito, Executive MBA program, has published two
articles for Human Resources Management Magazine: “The Executive
MBA—A Quest for Professional Development Leads to Personal
Enrichment” and “The Executive MBA—First Among Equals.”
November 2007
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�University Receives
Two Federal Grants
Providing a Safe and
Healthy Work Environment
The University has been awarded two
The new Office of Environmental Health &
federal grants to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds prepare for college
and, once enrolled, to engage in a way that
prepares them to pursue doctoral studies.
The grants are as follows:
• One million dollars through Upward
Bound to increase the rate of postsecondary education enrollment and
graduation among low-income high
school students and those whose parents did not attend college, as well as
among low-income military veterans
who are the first in their families to
pursue a college education.
• $880,000 through the Ronald E.
McNair Postbaccalaureate Achieve
ment program, with the goal of
increasing the number of students
from underrepresented segments of
society who successfully pursue Ph.D
programs.
Safety team of Manager Kerry LaRoche and Specialist
Hub on Wheels
Associate Professor of Accounting Lew Shaw
and Director of Career Services and Cooperative Education Paul Tanklefsky were the top
fund-raising team in the recent Hub on Wheels
event, raising $1,309 to support technology for
Boston Public School students. More than 3,000
cyclists pedaled 25 miles around the city. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
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Erik Francis has been busy creating a safe and healthy
work environment for everyone in the Suffolk
University community.
Formerly under the umbrella of the Facilities
Planning and Management Department, the Office
of Environmental Health & Safety is now part of the
Budget and Risk Management Department.
“I’m so pleased to have Kerry and Erik working
on Environmental Health and Safety here at Suffolk
because they are very knowledgeable and a pleasure
to work with,” said Director of Budget and Risk
Management Maureen Stewart. “In the few months
Kerry LaRoche and Erik Francis
they’ve been on board, they’ve developed relationships (Photo by John Gillooly)
with the lab staff, responded to environmental issues
in various buildings, and developed bloodborne pathogen and floor warden training
programs.”
The Office of Environmental Health & Safety is an important and valuable resource
that people can rely on when facing dangerous or potentially dangerous situations. Since
arriving at Suffolk earlier this year, LaRoche and Francis have worked closely together in
spreading the word about how helpful they can become in a time of need.
Said LaRoche: “Our purpose is to provide all students, faculty and staff with general
health and safety knowledge, emergency contact information, emergency procedures and
guidelines, and hazard awareness. We’re responsible for promoting a total safety culture in
order to prevent accidents, injuries and illnesses, and we’re committed to taking the necessary steps to comply with state, federal and local regulations.”
As part of their outreach efforts, LaRoche and Francis have created a New Employee
Orientation PowerPoint presentation, which is in the Human Resources New Employee
Handbook. By the end of the year, safety training meetings will be offered to faculty,
administrators and staff in the College of Arts & Sciences, where a safety officer has already
been designated for each department.
LaRoche and Francis frequently visit the Archer Building, where the biology, chemistry
and physics labs are located, because of its chemical-populated environment. They also
keep close tabs on the fourth floor of the Ridgeway Building, where chemicals are used in
the photo lab, and on the acrylic paint supplies and electrical machines at the New England
School of Art & Design. LaRoche and Francis also work closely on day-to-day operations
with the Facilities Department.
“We’re trying to change the culture by getting our name out there and letting people
know that we’re here to help,” said Francis. “Our number one priority is the health and
safety of all our employees, and we’re always reminding them to ‘think before you act’ when
a potential emergency situation occurs.”
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December 2007
Vol. 33, No. 8
University Receives
$1 Million Gift
Teaching the Teachers a Lesson About History
Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg
area teachers to think and act like historians
by using primary source documents in
their lessons.
Through Voices Rising: Assimilation
and the American Experience, an initiative
funded through the U.S. Department of
Education, University faculty are working
with teachers in Malden, Everett, Medford
and Revere.
These school districts, in partnership
with the Tri-City Technology Education
Collaborative, have been awarded $1 mil
lion over three years to develop training
have made a transforming $1 million gift
to the University for the creation of an
Institute for East Asian Studies.
Rosenberg is the former chairman and
chief executive officer of Bank of America
and a 1952 graduate of the College of Arts
and Sciences.
The Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies will serve as
the University’s lead platform for analyzing
important major trends in East Asian
culture, history, economics, and geopolitical alliances and initiatives. The Institute
will promote exchanges among leading
scholars, practitioners, and research and
policy analysts through a series of major
seminars each year around pertinent topics
in East Asian Studies.
“The world economy is shifting to
Asia, and we hope the institute offers a
more globally balanced presentation of the
world,” said Richard Rosenberg.
“We are tremendously grateful for
Barbara and Richard Rosenberg’s vision
and for the outstanding opportunities they
are creating by establishing this institute,”
said Kathryn L. Battillo, vice president of
Advancement. “Through the Rosenbergs’
generosity, students will be prepared
to properly engage in a region of great
strategic and economic importance.”
The History Department is training
programs to enhance American history
teaching skills.
The Voices Rising project, now in its
second year, is focused on teachers in
grades 3, 5, 8 and high school.
College of Arts and Sciences faculty,
including Dean Kenneth Greenberg and
Professors Robert Allison, Pat Reeve and
Robert Bellinger, designed and delivered a
weeklong institute and seminar series for
25 teachers last year.
These seminars also modeled skills integral to “thinking historically.” Participating
teachers learned to pose, research and presContinued on page 4
Lighting Retrofit Benefits Environment
New, brighter and more efficient lighting was installed in Suffolk University’s
Sawyer and Ridgeway buildings in October as part of the University’s commitment to sustainability and greening the campus.
The University took advantage of high-efficiency lighting technology in installing more
than 1,600 new elements, including high-performing fluorescents and ballasts and dualtechnology occupancy sensors.
Updating lighting will save both energy and money. The University will receive $20,000
in rebates from NStar. And the increased efficiency from these two buildings—which
comprise 17 percent of the campus’ gross square footage—will save about $64,000 per year,
a 50 percent savings in energy costs. In terms of environmental impact, the two projects are
projected to cut CO2 emissions by 250 tons.
First Night Ice Sculpture Becomes a Tradition
The University ice sculpture display that is fast becoming a New
Year’s Eve tradition will greet 2008 with a depiction of the Suffolk Ram.
The University community is invited to join the First Night festivities
from 3 p.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, in front of Sargent Hall, 120
Tremont St. Hot beverages will be served.
Ice sculptures depicting the Suffolk Centennial logo the past two years
attracted passers-by on their way to and from First Night activities. They
stopped to admire the display and learn a bit more about the University.
�ITS Seeks Feedback
on Portal Features
New Faces
The Information Technology Services
Jacob Allen, Information Technology
portal team is gathering information as it
plans for a new University portal, which will
replace Campus Cruiser when the contract
for that product runs out in 2009.
The ITS portal team welcomes suggestions about what users would like to have
available to them in a Web portal for internal communication. Feedback may be sent
by e-mail to portal@suffolk.edu. An online
survey about portal needs also is available
on the ITS home page: www.suffolk.edu/
offices/1058.html.
Visiting Salvadorans
Discuss War & Peace
Salvadoran politicians Oscar Santamaria and
Gerson Martinez with Moakley Institute Director Beth Bower and Associate Dean Sebastián
Royo. The Moakley Archive and Institute invited
the Salvadoran politicians to the University in
October to discuss the events that brought El
Salvador to war in the 1980s. Martinez, a member of the Salvadoran Assembly, belongs to
the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
(FMLN), which began as a guerrilla group and
continues as an opposition party today. Santamaría is a member of the incumbent Nationalist
Republican Alliance (ARENA) party. The two
met with students, faculty, staff and members
of the Boston-area Salvadoran community. A
trip to El Salvador is planned for January as part
of a course on Latin American history. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
T h e S UN is Publis h ed by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
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SUN
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Please welcome our newest employees
Services
Mary Lovejoy, Enrollment & Retention
Management
Kristina Bakas, Undergraduate Admission
Wendy Cimino, Dean’s Office, Sawyer
Jerica Mikenas, Undergraduate Admis-
Business School
Daniel Connolly, Undergraduate Admission
Nicholas Curley, Law School
Leeann Davulis, Advancement
Alane Sullivan DeLuca, Law School
Graduate Program
Alan Dillaby, Public Management
Jeffrey Farland, Financial Aid, Colleges
Julia Frost, Center for International
Education
Marc Giampetro, Law Registrar’s office
Irene Good, Academic Technology, Law
School
Lauren Hajjar, Public Management
John Hames, Center for International
Education
Amanda Hines, Sawyer Business School
Graduate Programs
Andrea Kerr, Advancement
Edward Leyden, Athletics
Brian Liberge, Information Technology
Services
Pamela Lomax, Advancement
Daniel Morrell, University Media Services
Eliza Parrish, Alumni Programs, Sawyer
sion
Business School
Gina Passmore, Physics
Kinga Pastuszak, Counseling Center
Pasquale Piscitelli, University Police
Laura Piscopo, Alumni Programs, College
of Arts & Sciences
Kathy Raymond, Executive Education/
Lifelong Learning
Katherine Schuit, Student Activities &
Service Learning
Andrea Lynn Vincenti, Dean’s Office,
College of Arts & Sciences
Natalie Watkins, Dean’s Office, Law
School
Heath Whelan, Registrar’s Office, Colleges
Joseph Edward Wolk, Registrar’s Office,
Colleges
Shannon Yaun, Information Technology
Services
John Zakrosky, Jr., Graduate Admission
Phyllis Zimmerman, Advanced Legal
Studies, Law School
Exhibit Marks Oz Centennial
The Last Thing the Wicked Witch of the East Saw, pen and ink on
paper by F Lennon Campello, is part of the exhibit Ozspirations: New
.
Art Inspired by “The Wizard of Oz, at the New England School of Art
”
& Design gallery through Dec. 21. The exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of L. Frank Baum’s classic series of books. The 30 featured
artists explore major Oz themes such as self-discovery and navigating
one’s way through life.Interim Gallery Director James Manning and
Associate Professor of Graphic Arts Jennifer Fuchel organized and
juried the exhibition.
Women Win Tennis Championship
The women’s tennis team won its first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference
championship.
Freshman Alex Hernandez was named the 2007 Great Northeast Co-Rookie of the Year.
The unbeaten Rams finished the fall season at 14–0 overall and earned a berth in the
2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships in May.
Suffolk’s Kellie Sturma and Kaitlynn Cates earned first-team all-Great Northeast honors
for their play this fall, while Catarina Rosa and Alex Hernandez were named to the secondteam all-conference squad.
�Potpourri
Robert Allison, History, was elected
president of the South Boston Historical
Society. He presented “Lafayette Returns:
Fifty Years of American Independence,”
focusing on Lafayette’s American tour
(1824–1825), at the Grand Lodge in
Philadelphia. His lecture was part of the
Grand Lodge’s celebration of the 250th
anniversary of Lafayette’s birth. He also
presented the 2007 Boston History Award
to author and historian Nathaniel Philbrick
at a gala dinner hosted by the Bostonian
Society at the Liberty Hotel in Boston.
Allison is on the board of directors of the
Bostonian Society.
Tahir Al-Bakaa, visiting professor in
the College of Arts & Sciences and former
minister of higher education in Iraq, spoke
on “Targeting Iraqi Intellectuals” at the
United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in New
York City.
Robert Bellinger, History, attended the
50th Anniversary Conference of the African
Studies Association in New York City.
Sara Chadwick, New England School
of Art and Design, attended the annual
meeting of the National Association of
Schools of Art and Design in Kansas
City, Mo., where representatives of art
schools, colleges and universities with
NASAD-accredited art and design programs exchanged information on issues
such as low-residency graduate programs,
international study programs and the
U.S. Department of Education’s stance on
accreditation.
Nancy Hackett, New England
School of Art and Design, served as
faculty organizer for the school’s entry
in the International Interior Design
Association Boston Fashion Show 2007
held at the Boston Marriott Copley
Place. Interior design graduate students Senofer Mendoza, MJ Burke and
Khaing Sabe dressed in costumes representing Light, Line and Texture. Knoll
International supplied the fabric for
their costumes. Fifteen students also volunteered at the registration tables.
Senofer Mendoza, MJ Burke and Khaing Sabe.
Nina Huntemann, Communication
and Journalism, spoke on “Armchair
Soldiers: Men, Masculinity and MilitaryThemed Video Games,” at the University
of Missouri.
Peter Jeffreys, English, was awarded
honorable mention by the Modern
Greek Studies Association as part of the
2007 Edmund Keeley Book Prize for his
study, Eastern Questions: Hellenism and
Orientalism in the Writings of E.M. Forster
and C.P. Cavafy (ELT Press, 2005). He
also presented a paper, “Performing in
Prose: Cavafy’s Peza” at the Modern Greek
Studies Association 2007 Symposium at
Yale University.
Micky Lee, Communication
and Journalism, will present a paper,
“Towards a Feminist Political Economy
of Telecommunications,” at the Fourth
International Conference on Technology,
Knowledge and Society at Northeastern
University in January 2008. Her book
review of Christine Marran’s Poison
Woman: Figuring Female Transgression in
Modern Japanese Culture will appear in
Feminist Media Studies.
Quentin Miller, English, completed
the New York Mara hon, his first 26.2t
mile run.
Patricia Reeve, History, presented
a paper, “‘Hygeia herself is ever the
companion of true liberty’: Bay State
Workingmen’s Demand for the Right of
Person in Historical Context,” at the North
American Labor History Conference at
Wayne State University.
Douglas Seidler, New England
School of Art and Design, presented a
paper, “Using Prior Knowledge to Create
Purpose in Digital Design Education:
Building Connections Between Hand and
Digital Drawing,” at the 2007 Interior
Design Educators Council East Regional
Conference in Philadelphia.
Professor Designs
“Home of the Year”
Interior Design Co-Program Director Nancy Hackett’s home
was chosen as the Boston Globe Magazine 2007 “Home of
the Year.”
Hackett, an assistant professor of Interior Design at the New
England School of Art & Design, and her husband, Michael
Doherty, designed the 1856 North Shore home, updating it for
today’s lifestyle.
They worked within the vernacular New England house style,
yet were able to connect the indoors and outdoors.
The renovated home was featured in the Globe Magazine on
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007.
Nancy Hackett’s renovated 1856 house.
December 2007
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ent significant historical problems orally
and in writing.
“These teachers were quite enthusiastic
to be here and learn as much as they
could,” said Allison. “They found the
content to be interesting and appeared to
be re-energized about teaching history.”
Allison said that one of the teachers,
an alumnus, had considered history his
worst subject when he enrolled at Suffolk.
“He said that when he graduated it was his
best… all because of one professor, John
Cavanagh, who made ‘history come alive,’”
said Allison.
Tri-City Technology Education
Collaborative Executive Director Cynthia
Fiducia also has received funding for a new
program, Laptops in the American History
Classroom, which increases teachers’ capacity for multi-media instruction.
“These projects have enabled Suffolk
University to forge productive and
potentially long-term partnerships with
area school districts,” said Reeve. “As a
result, Suffolk University students will have
increased opportunities for service learning
in the commonwealth’s elementary and
secondary classrooms.
Over the three-year span of the Voices
Rising project, 72 teachers will each receive
81 hours of intensive professional development. The project will directly impact more
than 2,000 students in their classrooms.
Partnering with Suffolk in this project
are the University of Massachusetts at
Lowell through the Tsongas Industrial
History Center, the Boston National His
torical Park, the Lowell National Historical
Park, the Saugus Iron Works Historical Site
and the Boston African American National
Historical Site.
Professor Robert Allison demonstrates a point
about history. (Photo by Robert Simpson)
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Center for Teaching Excellence
The Whole Is Greater than the Parts
There are many myths in higher education. One of the most prevalent is the
image of the professor as an independent teacher and scholar working long, lonely hours.
The reality is that we all need to work with others to accomplish our goals for student
learning.
We know that professionals learn and grow when they come
together in “communities of practice.” Communities of practice
are composed of professionals who meet together to explore
beliefs, assumptions and practice around teaching with the goal
of understanding and improving learning and practice. By working together with like-minded professionals, we not only add to
our knowledge base, but can actually reorganize and create new
knowledge through interactions with others.
This philosophy of “communities of practice” is the overarching philosophy of the Center for Teaching Excellence. The CTE
began the fall with a series of programs designed to bring faculty
together to talk about teaching, learn from each other and explore the literature on best
practices. CTE offered Teaching Excellence Workshops, New Faculty Seminars and New
Faculty Orientation. We’ve also had faculty reading groups, teaching circles, afternoon
teas and consultations. We’ve introduced a Mid-Term Feedback program and will videotape classes for consultation with a colleague.
In the spring semester we will sponsor our third annual University Wide Teaching
Luncheon and will introduce Friday Afternoon at the Movies—a series of films about
teaching, complete with popcorn and soda.
We invite you to drop by the twelfth floor of 73 Tremont St. to join your colleagues in
a community of practice.
Donna Qualters
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
Wireless Access Now Available on Campus
The University has gone wireless, and it is now possible to connect to
network resources and the Internet through more than 400 access points in 15 buildings
around campus.
Wireless connectivity also is available in Alumni Park on Temple Street, and students,
faculty, staff and guests have been able to sit outside and access the University’s network
resources while basking in the extended warm weather of this fall.
The wireless network offers access to the Internet, network printers, e-mail, shared
folders and more.
Users may gain access to the wireless network by logging in, using their Suffolk
University e-mail ID and password, after making a few simple adjustments to computer
settings. Full instructions may be found on the Information Technology Services Web page
at http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/15169.html.
Visitors to campus who would like to gain wireless access must be sponsored by a department they are visiting. Requests for guest access should be made to the ITS support center
24 hours in advance.
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January 2008
Vol. 34, No. 1
A Message
from the President
Welcome back to another promising
new academic year. I hope you enjoyed the
holidays with your families and friends and
are now ready to begin afresh the important work of educating our students.
Suffolk University again welcomed in
the New Year with an ice sculpture display
in front of the Law School. This year, First
Night celebrants saw the energy of the
University embodied by the Suffolk Ram.
Our New Year’s Eve celebration allows us
to bring together faculty, staff, alumni,
students and neighbors—all the people
who are key to the success of the University
community.
We were very pleased to see our students
move into our newest residence hall, at 10
West St., earlier this month. The University
now has the capability of housing more
than 1,000 students in our three residence
halls, and we are pleased to be able to offer
them a full university experience, including
the opportunity to live with fellow students
in affordable and safe housing.
The official opening of 10 West St.
again brought together the wider community, and we were pleased to have Mayor
Thomas Menino speak at the event.
As recent events show, we have been
hard at work planning for the expansion
of the physical campus, but, as always,
intellectual development and service are at
the heart of the University’s mission.
The College of Arts and Sciences is
preparing to offer a new master’s program
in ethics and public policy next fall, and
it once again will host an exciting array of
distinguished visiting scholars this semester,
including U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Stephen Breyer; Byllye Y. Avery, founder of
the Black Women’s Health Imperative; and
novelist Maxine Hong Kingston.
The Law School officially launched
the Rappaport Center for Law and Public
Continued on page 2
Ram Power
Celebrating First Night 2008 in front of the Suffolk Ram ice sculpture display are Brian McDermott
of University Media Services and University Police Officers Moe Brown and Greg Grande. Passersby stopped to chat and have their photos taken, as members of the Suffolk community distributed
colorful neon glow-necklaces imprinted with the University’s name. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Capital Campaign on Way to $75M Goal
“The Power to Change” campaign already has garnered $46.8 million, or 62 percent of its
$75 million goal, after just over a year of the three-year effort.
“The response from Suffolk alumni and friends has been nothing short of extraordinary,”
said Vice President for Advancement Kathryn Battillo. “This is the result of so many generous people who share our vision of ensuring that Suffolk remains a vital, vibrant school,
accessible to all.”
The Campaign for Suffolk University, launched in October 2006 during the University’s
Centennial Celebration, is an unprecedented effort to harness Suffolk’s proud heritage to a
boundless, enduring future. The ambitious campaign advances initiatives in four key areas:
student life and learning, academic excellence, evolving campus and the annual fund. It
champions every aspect of University life, preparing the University to meet the challenges
of higher education in the 21st century.
Campaign highlights have included launching the Rappaport Center for Law and Public
Service; increasing need-based financial aid through the Centennial Scholarship program;
creating the first two endowed chairs in the University’s history; and establishing the Center
for East Asian Studies.
“‘The Power to Change’ is a bold title for a bold vision,” Battillo said. “We take tremendous pride in this campaign’s progress and in the tireless commitment of our extended
Suffolk family. I call their contributions transforming gifts, as they literally transform the
University in profound ways.”
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Counseling Center Cites “Samaritans”
Continued from page 1
One individual and two teams were selected to receive this year’s Samaritan Awards.
Service, with Attorney General Martha
Coakley as keynote speaker. The Rappaport
Center weaves together the Law School’s
government, public policy, and public interest resources and initiatives as it advances
opportunities for law students and lawyers
to engage in public service.
The Sawyer Business School added 20
new faculty members this year and has two
exciting conferences planned: the Knowledge
Globalization Conference in April and the
Multi-Organizational Partnerships, Alliances
and Networks (MOPAN) International
Conference in June.
The initiatives, ideas and commitment
of the Suffolk University family are what
make our institution thrive. As we begin
this new year, I want to thank you for your
efforts and your loyalty. Together we will
continue to groom tomorrow’s leaders and
make a positive impact on our city, nation
and world.
David J. Sargent
President
These awards, part of the University Counseling Center’s Action for Depression
Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment (ADAPT) program, are presented each year to
individuals or groups that propose projects, events and activities addressing issues related to
depression prevention or treatment.
President David J. Sargent presented awards of up to $1,000 to the winners so they can
translate their ideas into action during the spring 2008 semester.
Sodexho Goes Green
The University’s dining facilities will
discontinue use of Styrofoam products in
response to a request from the Sustainability
Task Force.
The task force asked Sodexho, which
manages the University’s food services, to
replace Styrofoam with more sustainable
materials that are not as environmentally
compromising.
Sodexho will use products produced from
leftover manufacturing materials, such as
paper scraps, in University dining facilities.
The change will mean a small increase in
the price of certain items, because the nonStyrofoam packaging has a higher per-unit
price.
Customers may be able to recoup some
of this small price increase when Sodexho
introduces a discount program for those
who use reusable mugs or water bottles to
purchase beverages.
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Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Samaritan Awards recipients
“Raising Awareness and Taking Action:
The Impact of Racism on Mental
Health” was developed by Students
Taking Action Against Racism (STAAR),
a group founded by fourth-year clinical
psychology doctorate students Shana
Dangelo, Meredith Klump and Lauren
Mizock. The project seeks to educate the
University community on the relationship
of racism, discrimination and mental
health, especially depression. The group
will sponsor speakers and workshops to
address issues of racism as well as focus
on how taking a stand on discrimination
impacts emotional health.
• Visiting Assistant Professor of
Communication and Journalism Chris
Clemens will work with students in his
Media Production course to produce a
President Sargent congratulates Linh Tran.
DVD about depression and create a plan
to distribute it throughout the campus.
• The “Heightened Awareness” project was developed by Assistant Professor of Sociology
Erika Gebo and undergraduate sociology majors Chantelle Hashem, Marisa Melo and
Shawna Ortega. They will conduct a survey of undergraduate students to measure
students’ perceptions of depression and the existing University support system.
• A Samaritan Award Recognition certificate was presented to undergraduate student
Linh Tran for the “Free Hugs” project. She will put together a Free Hugs Team to be
stationed around the campus on a designated day with the goal of giving out 100 hugs.
Hugging can help relieve stress and depression.
•
The ADAPT program is co-directed by Lynda Field and Paul Korn of the Counseling
Center.
Emergency Response System Gives
Heads Up on Snow Closing
The University’s emergency response system was put to its first test on Thursday,
Dec. 13, when the University closed at 12:30 p.m. due to a snowstorm.
Employees and students who had signed up for the service received notice of the early
closing by telephone, cell phone, text message and/or e-mail in the late morning.
“We had a 95 percent success rate for delivery to staff and students who had signed
up, which is really good for the first time,” said Risk Manager Karen (Schwartz) Kruppa.
“We want to encourage employees who haven’t taken advantage of this service to sign up
through Human Resources.”
An “Employee Change of Address/Contact Info” form is posted on the Human
Resources page of the University’s Web site.
�Potpourri
Walter Caffey, Enrollment and Retention
Management, was named associate vice
president.
Robert DeFillippi, Management
and Center for Innovation and Change
Leadership, headed a panel of innovation
scholars in a session on “Exploring the Dark
Side of Creativity and Innovation” at the
Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology (SIOP) conference, “Enabling
Innovation in Organizations: The Leading
Edge,” in Kansas City, Kan.
Megan Daley and Michael Duggan,
Enrollment Research and Planning, pre-
The New England School of Art & Design’s
Interior Design department held its first alumni
reception at the Seaport World Trade Center. The event coincided with Build Boston,
the convention and trade show for design,
building and management professionals.
Waiting to board a trolley for the ride back to
NESAD are students Rachell Aguiar, Odette
Maine and Erica Leahy; Interior Design Program Co-Directors Nancy Hackett and Karen
Clarke; and Lyuba Sardanova, a newly accepted Interior Design graduate student.
sented a session on “How to do Web-based
surveys” at the 2007 NEACRAO conference
in Waterbury, Conn. Duggan also presented
a session on “What’s New in IPEDS.”
History Department Updates: Robert
Allison was re-elected vice president of
the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. At
the quarterly meeting of the New England
Historic and Genealogical Society, he
discussed his book, The Boston Massacre.
Robert Bellinger, Stephen O’Neill, Pat
Reeve, Chris Rodriguez and Yong Xue
represented the department at the 2007
Boston History and Innovation Awards
dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel
in Boston. They were joined by Julie
Schniewind of Executive Education/
Lifelong Learning and undergraduate
students Tracie Recchino, Ethan Silvers,
Rachel Plukas, Mike Nash and Sirenna
Espiritu. Matteo Casini presented “The
‘Majesty’ of Power in Seventeenth Century
Italy: Ritual, Representation, Art” at The
Center of 17th and 18th Century Studies at
UCLA. He also spoke on “‘The City is the
Queen…’ : The Republic of Venice and Her
Empire” as part of the History Department’s
monthly lecture series. Stephen O’Neill
treated his History of Piracy class to
authentic pirate food from the 17th and
18th centuries. When the class met two days
before Thanksgiving, the students feasted on
traditional ship’s biscuits, pease porridge and
salmagundi, a spiced dish popular in pirate
accounts. O’Neill and Ryan McGrale of No.
9 Park restaurant used original records and
period recipes to create the menu.
Gordon King, Facilities Planning and
Management, was elected chairman of
the Marblehead Smart Growth Advisory
Committee and also was appointed to the
Fair Housing Committee in Marblehead.
Lydia Martin, New England School of
Art & Design, visited with renowned illustrator Barry Moser at his studio and home
in South Hatfield,
where he demonstrated his methods
of printmaking in
wood engraving and
his techniques in
watercolor painting.
Quentin Miller,
English, chaired a
panel, “On the Road
Lydia Martin, Barry
at 50,” at the Jack
Moser and Ike.
Kerouac Conference
in Lowell. At the
American Studies Association Convention
in Philadelphia, he chaired a panel entitled
“Walnut Street and Beyond: The History
and Legacy of Pennsylvania Prisons.”
Marjorie Attignol Salvodon,
Humanities and Modern Languages, spoke
at Swarthmore College on “Between the
Lines: Reading and Translating French
Multicultural Fiction.”
Da Zheng, English, presented a paper,
“Chinese Calligraphy and Asian Art in the
West,” at the New York Conference on
Asian Studies. He organized a symposium
on Chiang Yee at the China Institute in
New York, where he spoke about Chiang
Yee’s art works.
Faculty Publications
Robert DeFillippi, Management and Center for Innova-
Poppet: Unseen Voodoo and Arthur Miller’s Tituba” in
tion and Change Leadership. His scholarly manuscript,
Forum for Modern Language Studies, October 2007, Vol.
“The Many Moods of Inter-Organizational Imitation:
43, pp. 438–454.
A Critical Review,” was accepted for publication in the
Steve Novick, New England School of Art & Design,
International Journal of Management Reviews.
had a solo exhibition of his art work at the OHT Gallery
Thomas McGrath, Humanities and Modern
Steve Novick’s Trophy in Boston’s South End.
Languages, had his review of “Bellini, Giorgione, Titian,
Marjorie Attignol Salvodon, Humanities and
and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting,” an exhibition at
Modern Languages, had an article, “The Mysteries of
the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., published
Belonging in The Autobiography of my Mother by Jamaica
in the November 2007 issue of Renaissance Studies.
Kincaid,” published in the September 2007 issue of The
Quentin Miller, English, has published a literary bioInternational Journal of the Humanities. Her co-translation
graphical essay on the contemporary novelist Joanna Scott
project, Tomboy, was published by the University of
in the American Writers reference volume series, Supplement
Nebraska Press in October 2007 as part of its European
XVII, pp. 183–197. He also published “The Signifying
Women Writers Series.
January 20 08
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�Children’s Theater Troupe Takes Center Stage
There is a new show in town, and it is already receiving rave reviews.
Memory of Humanity: From Solferino to
Guantanamo—145 Years of Red Cross
Photography, a traveling exhibit from the
International Red Cross, from Feb. 1
through March 31, 2008.
This powerful exhibit of photography
from across the world illustrates how
compassion and humanitarian aid can
mitigate the horrors of armed conflict. A
Memory of Humanity consists of more than
80 photographs from the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in
Geneva and offers a view of International
Humanitarian Law from its beginnings in
1859 to the present.
Among the photographs are images from
the devastating 1859 Battle of Solferino, the
Spanish-American War, both World Wars,
the Holocaust, the Spanish Civil War, the
Boer Wars, the civil wars in Sierra Leone
and Angola, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and
the Biafran Civil War in southern Nigeria.
The University community is invited
to a reception to be held from 5–7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 31.
The Suffolk University Children’s Theater Troupe—or Ready, Set, Act!—gave its premier
performance last month at the Suffolk Family Holiday Celebration. The student actors
wowed the crowd with an interactive interpretation of Aladdin.
“There were children of all ages in the audience, and the expressions on their faces were
priceless,” said April Duquette, a junior majoring in theater education who is president of
Ready, Set, Act! “Some of them were even holding hands with cast members and asking
them questions on their way down to the gymnasium for the holiday party. A lot of parents
came up to me afterwards to say how much their children really enjoyed our show.”
For Duquette, 20, who has been singing, dancing and acting since she was 7 years old,
spearheading this new venture is a dream come true. “Two of my favorite things in the world
are children and theater,” she exclaimed. “There is nothing better than putting both of your
passions together as one.”
Ready, Set, Act! is in its first year,
although at one time the Performing Arts
Office produced a children’s show each year.
The new troupe will perform throughout
the year.
“The Performing Arts Office is very
excited about the return of children’s
theater,” said Performing Arts Director
Kristin Baker. “We think this student-run
performing group will provide meaningful
student leadership opportunities in the arts Aladdin cast members Nat Steinsaltz, Jane Holmes
and be a great benefit to the community.
and Heather Maloney play to an appreciative crowd
Plus, their shows are a lot of fun!”
at the holiday party. (Photos by John Gillooly)
The traveling troupe will work with
both the Performing Arts Office and
Suffolk’s Organization for Uplifting Lives
through Service (S.O.U.L.S.) in scheduling
shows in various communities, according to
Duquette. The group is currently working
on a student-written piece targeting high
school audiences.
“We have fifteen to twenty students
involved in the theater troupe, and while
it’s a challenging job, we all share the work
and receive great support from the Performing Arts Office,” said Duquette. “We have many
creative and energetic people in the group who enjoy what we’re doing.”
Paine Scholarship Exhibit
The 2007 Stephen D. Paine Scholarship
Public Affairs to Manage Info E-mail
Sierra Leone, 2001
Gallery Presents
A Memory of Humanity
The Adams Gallery will present A
Award Winners and Honorable Mentions Exhibition, organized in conjunction with the
Boston Art Dealers Association, will be at
the New England School of Art & Design
Jan. 14–Feb. 9, 2008. A reception will be
held Friday, Jan. 18.
The Paine Scholarship is awarded annually to art school seniors and students in
BFA programs in the Greater Boston area.
James Manning, interim gallery director
at the New England School of Art &
Design, is the exhibit curator. This is
the third year that the Paine Scholarship
Exhibit will be at the New England School
of Art & Design gallery.
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The Office of Public Affairs has assumed responsibility for the Suffolk Information
e-mail. As of January 1, 2008, Karen DeCilio and Nancy Kelleher are managing the listing of events and announcements that is sent to faculty and staff on the 15th and 30th of
each month. Please direct all submissions to them at infomail@suffolk.edu. Public Affairs
will forward the event listing information to Human Resources for posting on the faculty/
staff calendar of the University portal, Campus Cruiser. The specifics for sending information through the Suffolk Information e-mail are available at http://www.suffolk.edu/
offices/13672.html. Please read these directions carefully, as this is how most Universitywide e-mail is distributed.
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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.”
Continued on page 3
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
Continued on page 2
�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
Continued from page 2
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
Continued from page 1
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
”
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.
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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.
Continued on page 6
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
Continued from page 1
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.”
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April 2008
Vol. 34, No. 4
Edith Kaplan
Honored for Lifetime
Achievement
Psychology Professor
Edith Kaplan received a
Lifetime Distinguished
Career Award from the
International Neuro
psychological Society at its
36th annual meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Kaplan, who was honored for her
contributions to the field of neuropsychology, joined the University in 1996 and is the
founder of the neuropsychology concentration of the doctoral program in clinical
psychology.
“Edith Kaplan has long served as a mentor, role model, supervisor, colleague and
friend to many fellow neuropsychologists. It
is only fitting that she receive such a distinguished award in recognition of her years of
dedication and unwavering enthusiasm for
the field of neuropsychology,” said Haley
LaMonica, a Suffolk clinical psychology
doctoral student who attended the event.
Kaplan is included in a distinguished
group of individuals who played a pivotal
role in establishing neuropsychology as a distinct clinical and professional discipline. As
founder of the Boston Process Approach to
neuropsychological assessment, she initiated
a movement in the United States that offered
a radical alternative to strictly quantitative
assessment batteries by highlighting the
importance of cognitive strategies and error
pattern analysis versus sole reliance on
outcome scores.
She has served as president of both
the International Neuropsychological
Society and Division 40 of the American
Psychological Association. Kaplan is also an
adjunct professor of neurology at Boston
University School of Medicine.
Kaplan is author or co-author of some
of the most widely used neuropsychological
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Michelle Bolser, Rich Limone and Andrew Teixeira are the technical brains behind the College
blogging program. (Photo by John Gillooly)
College Pilot Blog Proves Popular
When Michelle Bolser piloted a blogging program at the College of Arts and
Sciences, she expected that perhaps 10
people would test the waters. But six
weeks after the launch, the site already
was hosting 60 blogs. And on March 27,
the site had reached 100 bloggers.
The blogs were launched in January in
response to faculty requests, and faculty
members have built blogs that include
class materials, research and presentations.
Students are blogging under the direction
of faculty, and the dean’s office has a blog
for posting information about events
and another for the College’s alumni
magazine.
But the College blog’s popularity
has spread even beyond the campus
community.
“Many of the student blogs are
drawing comments from outside the
University,” said Bolser, educational
technology coordinator for the College.
“People stumble across the blogs, like
what they see, and subscribe.”
The College blogs, located at http://
blogs.cas.suffolk.edu, are built on the
WordPress open source platform, which is
easy to use, according to College Director
of Communications Sherri Miles. “Blogs
have so much appeal because they provide
a simple and instant way to publish
information—you can change text and
add photos any time, and the results are
immediately viewable on the Internet.”
The software uses rich text format, and
there’s no need for coding, so bloggers
can cut and paste text from a Word document, said Bolser. It also can incorporate
plug-ins, such as video files.
Lab Tech Manager Rich Limone and
Andrew Teixeira, senior Unix systems
administrator, both volunteered to set up
and administer the WordPress server for
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�New Public Affairs
Director, SUN Editor
Greg Gatlin, the University’s new director of the
Office of Public Affairs, also will serve as executive editor of the SUN. Gatlin joins the University after 10 years at the Boston Herald, where
he had risen through the ranks from reporter
to deputy business editor and, most recently,
business editor. He also has worked as a reporter at The Patriot Ledger and the MetroWest
Daily News and in production at ABC News in
New York. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Hear All about Us on iTunes U
The University is using iTunes U to bring new educational resources to both the
University community and an external audience.
Professors and staff have developed podcasts of courses, lecture series, productions and
marketing material as part of the University’s efforts to prepare a public site for iTunes U
and to offer private online content to students. Many of these files can be downloaded
for listening or viewing by accessing iTunes U through Blackboard or the Law School
Web site.
The Legal Practice Skills faculty at the Law School has launched a podcast series of
weekly legal writing tips. Subscribers can automatically download these podcasts when
new content becomes available and listen to them anywhere or anytime. They are available to the public at www.law.suffolk.edu/iTunes.
In May the Law School will launch a guest speaker podcast series, featuring legal
writing experts from around the country who will provide advice on applying the legal
research and writing skills learned during their first year of law school to summer legal
employment. The Legal Practice Skills department will host the series, but the intended
audience includes first-year law students nationwide. It will be available, free of charge,
on iTunes U.
College podcasts are primarily private and course-specific at this time, with professors
from Education and Human Services, Mathematics and Computer Science, Biology,
Theatre, Humanities and Modern Languages, and the New England School of Art &
Design offering video and audio content to students in their courses.
All schools will be developing additional public and private podcasts over the spring
and summer, with the goal of launching a comprehensive Suffolk University site on
iTunes U next fall to showcase the school’s law, business and liberal arts areas of study.
These public and private faces reflect the potential of iTunes U as both an educational
and a marketing tool based on the site’s visibility and traffic.
New Issue of Salamander
Literary Journal
The latest issue of Salamander, a literary
journal edited by English Professor Jennifer
Barber and sponsored by the College of Arts
and Sciences, features:
• Fiction by David Crouse, Rachel Klein,
Dana Kinstler and Kathryn Gahl
• Poetry by John F. Deane, Todd Hearon,
Carol Moldaw, Eric Pankey, Christopher
Siteman, Pam Bernard and Jessica
Greenbaum
• A portfolio of photographs, “Consider the Oyster,” by Emily
Hiestand
Salamander took part in this year’s Associated Writing
Programs Conference in New York City.
T h e S UN is Pub l i sh ed by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Rappaport Chair at Law School
Alasdair Roberts, a professor of public administration at the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
University, will join Suffolk University Law School this fall as the
first holder of the Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy.
“Alasdair Roberts is one of the leading scholars in law and policy
studies in the country today,” said Suffolk Law School Dean Fred
Aman. “His stellar accomplishments as a scholar and a teacher and
his creative approach to law and policy issues will ensure that the
Rappaport Center will play a leadership role in some of the most
important law and policy issues of our times.”
Roberts, the first to hold the chair, is a fellow of the National
Academy of Public Administration and an honorary senior research
fellow of the constitution unit at the School of Public Policy at
University College London.
Roberts is the author of the award-winning book, Blacked Out:
Government Secrecy in the Information Age. His new book, Collapse of
Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government, examines the Bush presidency in the larger context of recent U.S. history.
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve as the first
Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy,” said Roberts. “Suffolk
Law School has three great advantages: talented people, a tradition
of public service and a perfect location. It is the ideal place to have
conversations about the intersection of law and public policy.”
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G re e n C a m p u s
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City Honors University with
Green Business Award
the pilot project and have been adding more functionality over
time.
Except for an initial e-mail announcing the pilot, there was no
advertising to prompt the huge response, said Bolser.
Her own blogs include a wide range of technical information,
including support for bloggers and those preparing iTunes
University content. Bolser also has offered both classroom and
one-on-one training.
The College blogs are generally public, but different levels of
privacy are available to users. The S.O.U.L.S. Community Service
and Learning Center originally opted for a private blog, using it in
much the same way as Blackboard, but finding that it is easier to
use.
A move is afoot to open the blogging project to the wider
University, and a committee is being formed to look into both
technical and policy issues.
Meanwhile, various departments across campus are also
blogging, including the Sawyer Library, Admissions and Career
Services. Law professors are particularly active in the off-campus
blogosphere, and the University Web site links to blogs from
student ambassadors.
SMART Idea for Archives
The University and Moakley archives will launch an online
archive this fall, and researchers and the general public will be
able to search across all of the University’s archival holdings using
the Suffolk/Moakley Archives Research Tool, or SMART, online
catalog.
The archives staff thought long and hard to come up with a
catchy name for the database, even reaching out to and offering a
“special archives gift” for ideas.
In the end, Nicole DeAngelo
of the archives staff came up with
the SMART acronym.
“We had been brainstorming
in the office that day about the
name, and it popped into my
head as I was riding home on the
commuter rail,” said DeAngelo.
No word yet on what the
“special archives gift” will be, but
perhaps it will be ready in time
for DeAngelo’s April 27 wedding
to Dan Feeney, after which she
will adopt his last name.
Nicole DeAngelo
The city of Boston has selected Suffolk
University as a recipient of the second
annual Thomas M. Menino Green Business
Award, based on the University’s many
academic and operational sustainability
initiatives.
One of our areas of success has been
in reducing energy consumption. The
University’s electricity consumption was
reduced 9 percent in February as a result of installing highefficiency lighting, a benefit to both the environment and the
budget.
The lighting and water improvements are expected to be completed by June 2008, and Facilities is exploring additional efficiency
opportunities.
We’re also taking our energy efforts on the road. Suffolk is
now a university partner of Zipcar, which means that qualified
faculty, staff and students have access to a discounted membership.
Members also receive discounts to area attractions. Each Zipcar
takes 15 privately owned vehicles off the road. Information is available at www.zipcar.com/suffolk.
The University is participating for the second year in Recycle
Mania, a national waste-reduction and recycling competition for
colleges and universities. Suffolk has achieved a weekly average of
35 percent recycling during this year’s competition, surpassing its
goal of 33 percent. Just two years ago the campus recycled less than
5 percent of its waste stream.
The Sustainability Committee would like to remind you to be
mindful of the waste stream as you clean your office this spring.
Before you throw away a binder, book or supplies, ask yourself if
it can be reused within your department. If not, contact recycle@
suffolk.edu to make a donation. Suffolk has relationships with local
organizations such as Extras for Creative Learning, which collects
used supplies for Boston-area artists and schoolchildren.
Did you know? A glass bottle takes thousands of years to break
down if sent to a landfill, but it can be made into a new item within
weeks if sent to a recycling plant.
Gordon B. King
Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Kaplan
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tools, including the Boston Naming Test, the Boston Diagnostic
Aphasia Examination—the first of its kind for systematically classifying the aphasia subtypes, the California Verbal Learning Test, the
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Clock Drawing, qualitative analysis of the Rey Osterrieth, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence
Scale-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument and the Wechsler
Intelligence Scale in Children as a Process Instrument.
April 2008
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�Potpourri
Jennifer Barber, English. Her poem
“God Doesn’t Speak in the Psalms”
received a first prize of $1,000 for the
21st annual Anna Davidson Rosenberg
Awards for Poems on the Jewish
Experience sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco.
Julia Collins, Archives, has been named
University archivist and director of the
Moakley Institute. She has worked as the
associate archivist for the past six years.
Victoria Dodd, Law School, was
appointed to the advisory board of the
SSRN Online Education Law Journal by
the Social Science Research Network.
She also will serve as a member of the
Executive Committee of the Education
Law Section of the Association of
American Law Schools for 2008–2009.
Roberto Domínguez, Government,
served on a panel “The European
Union, The United States and Mexico:
regional integration or cooperation?”
at the Miami-Florida European Union
Center of Excellence panel presentation “The European Union, Regional
Integration and World Governance”
at the University of Miami.
Jennifer O’Connor Duffy and Carmen
N. Veloria, Education and Human Services,
attended a workshop for youth workers
and youth practitioners, “Access: Increasing
Opportunities to Higher Education for All
Girls,” at Simmons College. Participating in
a panel on “Barriers to Access,” Duffy spoke
on “Class & Gender: Barriers that Impede
Access and Success Once Enrolled,” and
Veloria presented “Culture Counts: Factors
to Consider when Working with Latina
Urban Girls.”
Bernadette Feeley, Law School. At
the Externship 4: Learning from Practice
Conference in Seattle, Wash., she presented
“Training Field Supervisors: How to be
Efficient and Effective Critics of Student
Writing” and was a panelist at a session
“Externships with For-Profit Entities.”
History Department News: The
Sawyer Library has received the first 34
volumes of 70 ordered and financed by the
Service, Northeast region, in recognition of
the work his students did in documenting
the American Revolution in Roxbury. He
also was elected to the board of governors of
the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury.
Daniel Kimmel, Communication and
Journalism, introduced the film “Beyond
the Gates” at the “Witnessing Genocide:
Truth, Reconciliation and the Media” conference at the University of Notre Dame.
He also served on a panel “The Media
Looks at Genocide.”
Samantha Moppett, Law School,
participated on a panel “Innovative
Teaching Techniques” at the New England
Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers
Regional Conference at Vermont Law
School.
Adam Nelson, Athletics. He appeared
March 13 on the New England Cable News
“Good Morning Live” show, previewing the
NCAA basketball tournament with host
Mike Nikitas.
David Paleologos, director of the
Political Research Center, was interviewed
by CN8, the Comcast Cable network, on
March 4, regarding the Ohio and Texas
Democratic primaries.
Marilyn Plotkins, Theatre Arts, and
Suffolk alumna Jill Gabbe, president of
the board of the Vineyard Theatre in New
York, attended the 80th birthday celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Edward Albee at the Vineyard Theatre’s
Annual Gala at the Rainbow Room in New
York City. Tyne Daley, Eartha Kitt, and
Stiller and Meara were among the stars seen
at the event.
John C. Cavanagh History Book Fund
which was created through donations from
the University’s faculty, staff and alumni.
Robert Allison received a Community
Service Award for Excellence in
Interpretation from the National Park
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Marilyn Plotkins and Jill Gabbe
Save the Date
for Spring Fling
4:30–8 p.m. Thursday, May 8
Sawyer Lounge
Benjamin Powell, Economics and
the Beacon Hill Institute. He discussed
the findings of his edited volume Making
Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the
Process of Development on C-Span2 Book
TV on March 30 and talked about the book
on dozens of radio shows nationwide.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean for the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
has presented:
“Globalization and Latin America:
National Responses,” at the International
Studies Association Annual Meeting in San
Francisco.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: An
Election that is Better to Lose?” at the
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European
Studies at Harvard University.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: Challenges
for the New Government,” at Georgetown
University.
“The 2008 Presidential Elections in the
US: Expect the Unexpected,” at the Colegio
Mayor Universitario San Pablo, Madrid.
“The Euro and the Challenge of
Economics Reforms,” at the IV Congresso
of the APCP-Associação Portuguesa de
Ciência Política, in Lisbon.
David Yamada, Law School, received
the Alexander J. Cella Memorial Award for
commitment and dedication to the Suffolk
University Law Review at the first Law
School Honor Ball banquet on March 28,
2008. He presented a paper “Surviving the
Nightmare: A Safety Net Project for Bullied
Workers” at the Work, Stress, and Health
Conference, co-sponsored by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, American Psychological Association
and Society for Occupational Health
Psychology, in Washington D.C.
�Music Man Bob Bellinger
To Bob Bellinger, music is life.
“The way you play that instrument is the way you live,” said
Bellinger, an associate professor of History and director of both the
Collection of African American Literature and the Black Studies
Program. “Music comes from your spirit and reflects a lot about
who you are.”
Bellinger began taking saxophone lessons in the fourth grade,
performing as a youngster primarily in middle school bands. He
again took up the sax in his early adult years, playing alongside a
good friend before any audience that would listen.
“Subways, parks, workshops, outside, people’s homes—it didn’t
matter,” said Bellinger with a slight chuckle. “We played anywhere
we could, and we had a great time doing it.”
This traveling duo continued to perform for people of all ages for
about 10 years. Then, in 1986, on his first visit to Senegal, Bellinger
purchased a drum. Less than a year later, he bought a second drum,
different from the first.
“Shortly thereafter, I came home one day and said to myself, ‘If I
have these drums, I should learn how to play them,’” he said.
Bellinger took drum lessons from Nurudafina Abena, a woman
with more than 40 years of experience as a drummer, for about
10 years.
“She was a great teacher who provided me with the foundation of
how I play,” he said.
Bellinger has been playing the drums for various groups,
including two African dance companies, at local concerts and music
festivals for a little more than 20 years. He has produced a CD with
one of the bands.
He also has played in a jazz band with a group formed by a
childhood friend. And last October, he demonstrated his talents as
a drummer in an opening act for award-winning jazz musician Dee
Dee Bridgewater at the Tremont Temple.
“I enjoy the transformative
experience that music can
be for the performer and the
listener,” he said.
Bellinger is presently working on forming a percussion
ensemble, known as Tam Tam
Gisé. “It’s in the infancy stage
and will be comprised of local
talent,” he said. “It will be a
vehicle for expressing my own
musical ideas and flexibility.”
Bellinger was instrumental
in bringing the Faye Family,
a Senegalese drumming
and dancing group, to the
University for a month as part
When he’s not teaching history, Bob
of Suffolk’s Distinguished
Bellinger enjoys following the beat
Visiting Scholars program.
of his own drummer. (Courtesy, Ken
The Faye Family was to share Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
its skills and knowledge with
people throughout the Suffolk community and beyond, presenting
a seminar on the géwël tradition; performing at the C. Walsh
Theatre; conducting workshops describing the relationship among
language, music and movement; and participated in various Black
Studies classes.
“The Faye family is an exciting and electrifying group of musical
performers,” said Bellinger. “Their visit here not only adds to the
educational experience of students, faculty and staff, but it also
helps strengthen the relationship between our Boston campus and
our campus in Senegal.”
Faculty Publications
Melanie Barker Berkmen, Chemistry and Biochemistry, had an
article, “Still looking for the magic spot: the crystallographically
defined binding site for ppGpp on RNA polymerase is unlikely to
be responsible for rRNA transcription regulation,” published in the
Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 277, issue 2, 2008.
Robert DeFillippi, Management. He has edited University
and Corporate Innovations in Lifelong Learning (2008), the sixth
volume in a management education series Research in Management
Education and Development, with Charles Wankel of St. John’s
University.
Michael Duggan, Enrollment Research and Planning, has
a chapter in the new book from the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), The
College Admissions Officer’s Guide. The chapter includes discussions
on tuition discounting and the IPEDS Data Feedback Report.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,
Madrid campus. Their article, “The Invisible Hand: Star Formation
Triggered by Runaway Black
Holes,” was published in The
Astrophysical Journal Letters,”
Vol. 677, No. 1, 10 April 2008,
pp. L47–L50.
Lydia Martin, NESAD.
Her painting Copper & Cobalt
was awarded second place for
Painting in Oil and Acrylic in
Lydia Martin: Copper & Cobalt
the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club member’s exhibition
at the Broome Street Gallery in SoHo, New York City.
Samantha Moppett, Law School, has published an article
“Research Diagnostics: An Interactive Assessment Tool” in Second
Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 22, no. 2, January 2008.
April 2008
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�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.
Boston Herald—April 7, 2008
Jeanne Aversa, associate director of undergraduate admission, discusses college fairs.
Wall Street Journal—April 4, 2008
Law Professor Joseph Franco comments on new “summary prospectus” proposed by the Securities Exchange Commission.
The Korea Times—March 27, 2008
Law Professor Valerie Epps
Op-ed—“Kosovo, Tibet: Same or Different?”
Boston Globe—March 31, 2008
Sociology Professor Susan Sered comments on the women’s health
care policy brief issued by the University’s Center for Women’s Health
and Human Rights. She wrote the brief with the help of her students.
New York Times—March 25, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on workplace bullying cases
that can fall between the cracks of existing state and federal employment law. Also appeared in:
International Herald Tribune—March 25, 2008
Chicago Tribune—April 1, 2008
Forbes.com—March 24, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on recognizing signs of
workplace bullying.
Boston Globe—March 19, 2008
Susan Prosnitz, executive director of Rappaport Center for Law and
Public Service, comments on new federal legislation to lower incomebased payments and forgive loans for graduates in any field who are
employed for 10 years in a public service position.
The Wall Street Journal—March 18, 2008
Jay Hargis, adjunct professor of Education and Human Services, suggests fields for real estate professionals to consider when contemplating a career change.
Cape Cod Times—March 13, 2008
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on prosecuting under the Protect
Act in child pornography case.
Postal Rate Increase
Campus Mail Services has been informed that the United States
Postal Service will increase its rates and fees effective May 12. This
also includes the library and non-profit rates. University departments should expect to see an increase in their monthly postage
statements beginning in May. The rate increases are posted on the
Campus Mail Services Web site at www.suffolk.edu/offices/4693.
html. For more information, contact: mailservices@suffolk.edu.
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New Sergeants
Members of the Suffolk University Police and Security Department who
have been promoted to the rank of sergeant: Betty Sanes, Sidarith Hing,
Walter White, and John Previti. (Photo by Dhan Shrestha)
Study: Health Law Leaves
Women Vulnerable
Research by the Center for Women’s Health and Human
Rights shows that many low- and moderate-income women have
not reaped the full benefits of Massachusetts health care reform
measures.
Women in Massachusetts have greater medical expenses than
men, while earning less than men. As a result, insurance programs
that require substantial deductibles, co-pays and other forms of
cost-sharing may put health care out of women’s reach, according
to a policy brief written by Sociology Professor Susan Sered and
students pursuing the Master of Arts in Women’s Health program.
Massachusetts health care reform, designed to offer health insurance to uninsured, low-income people, was phased in beginning in
summer 2006.
“While the law makes great strides in offering health care
coverage to low- and moderate-income people, it has not eliminated
gender inequalities in the health care system.” said Sered.
The full policy brief is available on the Center’s Web pages:
www.suffolk.edu/cwhhr.
�A Changing World at Adams Gallery
LIFE magazine photographer Verner
Student Showcases
Reed captured the images of a rapidly
expanding post-war economy in his work
for Life magazine during the 1950s.
A Changing World: New England in the
Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950–1972, at
the Adams Gallery through July 21, 2009, is
a retrospective of his work.
Reed recorded the transition as New
England meadows were lost to encroaching
suburbs, supermarkets replaced fruit
vendors and butchers, and small farms
gave way to agri-business. His photographs
employ warmth and humor in celebrating
New England tradition, chronicling
change, and revealing the wonder of a
moment.
The New England School of Art & Design exhibits of student work continue
through mid-May.
The Foundation and Graphic Design
exhibits were in late March and early
April.
Interior Design Undergraduate and
Master’s Exhibition
May 5–16
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, May 9
The gallery is on the second floor at 75
Arlington St.
Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibition
April 22–May 2
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 25
Clockwise from top left: Haley McLane, Interior Design; Rachelle Rickert, Fine
Arts; Carly Gordillo, Foundation; Stormi Knight, Graphic Design.
Human Resources News
Harvard Pilgrim Discount Program
The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care “Your Member Savings” program provides discounts to members on a wide range of health and
wellness-related products and services. Popular programs include fitness club reimbursements of up to $150 per year and discounts on
alternative medical procedures. Several eyewear discount programs
have been added. They are:
• Receive a free pair of prescription eyeglasses when you have a
routine eye exam at any Sears Optical location.
• Discounts on laser vision correction procedures through Davis
Vision and US Laser Vision Network
For more information: www.harvardpilgrim.org.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Betania Andoh, Student Accounts/Bursar
Melanie Becker, Enrollment & Retention Management
Devan DeLuca, Information Technology Services
Kathleen Downing, Advancement
William Feldman, Undergraduate Admission
Emily Fuccillo, Law Admissions
Stephanie Giordano, Health Administration
Krystal Jenkins, Dean’s office, Sawyer Business School
Tisha Mattews, Law Registrar’s office
Michelle McIntyre, NESAD
Renita Mendonca, Advancement
Caitlin Pumphrey, Budget Office
Christopher Roy, Advancement
Valmy Saint Louis, Information Technology Services
Valerie Spinale-Pepin, Dean’s office, College
Kaitlyn Sullivan, Alumni Programs, College
Caroline Walters, Law Library
Lindsay Yost, Theatre Arts
April 2008
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�Seminar Looks
at Olympics’
Impact on China
The Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies held its first
seminar, “Competing in Beijing: China and
the 2008 Olympics,” on April 8.
The seminar addressed the risks,
challenges, and opportunities presented
to China and the world on the eve of this
historic moment.
Robyn Meredith, senior editor, Asia, for
Forbes, was the keynote speaker.
The Institute will promote exchanges
among scholars, business leaders, analysts,
faculty and students through a series of seminars addressing vital topics in the field.
University Wins
Advertising Awards
Creative Services
was selected for three
awards in the 23rd
Annual Admissions
Advertising Awards
competition,
sponsored by the
Admissions Marketing
Report.
The department
received bronze
for the “Counselor
Calendar” in the
special publications category; bronze for the
College of Arts and Sciences graduate prospectus in the catalog category; and a merit
award for the environmental engineering
brochure in the brochure category.
The Admissions Advertising Awards is
the largest educational advertising awards
competition in the country. This year,
more than 2,000 entries were submitted
from more than 1,000 colleges, universities
and secondary schools from all 50 states
and several foreign countries. A list of the
winners was published in the March 2008
issue of the Admissions Marketing Report,
a national publication for admissions
professionals.
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Philosophical Family
Philosophy Chair Gregory Fried and his dad, the Hon. Charles Fried, former associate justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court at a lecture and discussion about philosophy and human
rights. Justice Fried joined the College as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the spring. (Courtesy,
Ken Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
Safety Team Promotes “Shelter in Place”
The Incident Command System team has begun teaching the University community
about Shelter in Place, a procedure used when the most appropriate response to a specified danger is to remain in a building rather than to evacuate.
Threats to safety requiring Shelter in Place might include severe weather, a hostile
intruder or the release of a hazardous material.
The team conducted Shelter in Place drills on four floors at 73 Tremont St. in midMarch and plans more drills across campus.
Building occupants were warned of the drill so they would be prepared to take the
following steps:
1. Stay where you are or go into the nearest room with a door.
2. Close the doors
3. Close the windows
4. Close the blinds or curtains
5. When possible turn off air conditioning/heating unit
6. Wait for the “all-clear” message from authorities
Risk Manager Karen Kruppa and Environmental Health and Safety Manager Kerry
Laroche reported that participants responded appropriately during the drills.
While there was a problem with the public address system on the 12th and 13th floors,
the team was able to use a bullhorn to announce the drill’s start and finish.
The team reminds members of the University community: To report any suspicious
activity, always call the University Police at extension 8111, or, from an outside line,
617-573-8111.
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July 2008
Vol. 34, No. 5
Mother and Daughter Graduate Together
More than 1,800 students were awarded degrees at the
University’s commencement exercises in May—and one motherdaughter team.
Law Alumni Relations Assistant Annamaria Mueller and her
daughter, Melissa Cambria, walked across the Bank of America
Pavilion stage on the same day, only minutes apart.
“I received my degree first and then got to sit down and enjoy
Melissa getting her degree,” said Mueller, who has been working
at Suffolk for nearly 10 years. “We are both very happy to have
graduated together.”
This special occasion was no fluke.
“My daughter and I made a pact a few years ago that we would
graduate at the same time,” said Mueller, who received an associate’s degree. “We had a plan, and luckily it all worked out.”
Mueller, 43, attended classes during the evening, summer and
even at lunchtime to accomplish her goal. She and her daughter
were in the same Biology I and Biology II classes.
“Melissa is very smart, and she pushed me to try as hard as I
could,” said Mueller. “She was my inspiration to finish what I set
out to do.”
She then added, with a chuckle, “We didn’t study together, but
we both got A’s in those two classes.”
Melissa Cambria, 22, who received her BSBA summa cum
laude, was delighted to share the spotlight with her mom.
“Graduating from Suffolk University was exciting to begin
with, but graduating with my mom made it even more special,”
said Cambria, who works as an annuity services representative
for John Hancock. “It was memorable because I was so proud of
Melissa Cambria, left, and mom Annamaria Mueller of Law School Alumni
Programs hold up their diplomas. See additional Commencement photos
pages 6–7 (Photos by John Gillooly)
.
her for finally accomplishing her goal, and I knew how proud she
was of me as well. I saw how hard she had worked for it and how
dedicated she was. Her commitment and perseverance inspired me
to do my best.”
Mueller isn’t done developing academic bonds with loved ones.
The youngest of her three daughters, Kimberly, 20, just completed
her sophomore year at Suffolk. A sociology major, she is scheduled
to graduate in 2010. Mueller, who is two years shy of receiving her
undergraduate degree, is planning to graduate with Kimberly at
that time.
“I begin classes in September, and the pressure is on,” said
Mueller, who has another daughter, Laura, 25. “I did this once, and
now I have to do it again.”
New Look
BRA Approves 10-Year Development Plan
See story, page 8.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s
June approval of the University’s 10-year
Institutional Master Plan paves the way for
development of the 20 Somerset St. academic building and the Modern Theater
residence hall project.
BRA approval followed a historic
agreement between the University and
the Beacon Hill Civic Association,
through which the University extended
its Beacon Hill non-expansion zone and
the Association dropped opposition to the
Institutional Master plan, including the
development of the former MDC site for
art studios and classrooms.
The Institutional Master Plan, or IMP,
sets a planning framework for University
expansion over the next 10 years, and BRA
approval allows the University to begin
work on several fronts.
Construction on the Modern Theater
project is expected to begin fall 2008, with
the combined residence hall and theater
projected to open in fall 2010.
The University also will be working on
design and permitting for the New England
Continued on page 7
�HR Steps Up With 100 Percent
Recycled Paper
Setting Campus
Infrastructure Priorities
The paper chase is over for Ryan Higginson.
A longtime advocate of improving the environment, Higginson
has led the way to making Human Resources the first University
department to use 100 percent recycled paper.
“This is something that I believe in and really want to do,” said
Higginson, the assistant director of HR. “I’ve always been a big
supporter of sustainability and recycling efforts both at work and at
home.”
According to A&G Sales Inc., Suffolk’s office supplier, most of
the University uses paper that has at least 30 percent post-consumer
material content. HR, however, has separated itself from the rest of
the pack.
“HR is the first department to commit to 100 percent recycled
paper,” said A&G sales representative Greg Morton. “What this
basically means is that they are generating new paper from 100
percent old paper.
“The whole world is going green, particularly in the office
products industry. And that is a good thing.”
Higginson is excited that his department has decided to use 100
percent recycled paper, even though it’s more expensive than other
options. “My hope is that using paper that costs more will make
people more mindful of both the budget and the environment,” he
said.
“A lot of what we do is done electronically,” according to
Higginson. “We’re always trying to move as much correspondence
off of paper as we possibly can.”
“Suffolk’s Sustainability Committee commends the HR
Department for serving as a leader and encourages the Suffolk
community to save
trees and money by
engaging in paper
conservation strategies,” said Special
Projects Coordinator
for Campus
Sustainability Erica
Mattison. “These
strategies include
double-sided photocopying, printing only
when necessary, using
scrap paper trays, and
using paper with a
high percentage of
recycled content.”
Ryan Higginson. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Facilities Management and Planning has tackled its summer
program of improvements, while engaging in an evaluation of
University infrastructure.
In late May an electrical engineer, architect
and mechanical engineer from a private firm,
VFA, escorted by a Facilities Management
staff person, began examining Universityowned buildings inside and out, according to
Director of Operations Jim Wallace.
“They start on the roof and go down,
usually one floor at a time,” said Wallace.
The team will compile a report covering
everything from sidewalks and building
Jim Wallace
envelope to mechanical and electrical systems,
with estimated costs for needed repairs.
“It will provide a great planning tool to prioritize what needs to
be done in the buildings,” said Wallace. “It looks at campus facilities holistically instead of taking a piecemeal approach.”
Meanwhile, Facilities Management crews have been painting,
replacing carpeting and sprucing up classrooms and residence halls
throughout the campus since the end of the spring semester, based
on the priorities of the deans.
Major summer projects include:
• Building additional classrooms in Sawyer
• Air-conditioning system in Archer
• Laboratory renovation in Archer
• Wash all exterior windows, inside and out
• Ridgeway lobby makeover
• Mechanical system repairs
• Ensure that critical rooms have lockable doors to enable Shelter
in Place
Wallace noted that the façade of 73 Tremont St. is under repair
by that building’s management company.
T h e S UN is Publish ed by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Moakley
Foundation
Honorees
The John Joseph Moakley Charitable Foundation honored Suffolk
University Trustees Jeanne Hession and James Linnehan with the
2008 Moakley Foundation Public
Service Award in recognition of
their lifelong commitment to public service. Their commitment to
the Foundation’s mission of continuing the public service legacy of their
longtime friend, Joe Moakley, was cited at the awards ceremony in May.
Hession and Linnehan were classmates of Moakley’s at Suffolk University
Law School, where they all were members of the Class of ’56. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
�Policy for Discarding Computers
The University has instituted a uniform policy for handling
decommissioned computers to ensure the privacy and security of
data maintained for the Suffolk community.
Deleting a file does not destroy it, so ITS is using a more
thorough method to guarantee that data stored on the computers
cannot be recovered. While some schools or departments have
been doing this on their own, this policy will ensure that everyone
adheres to a high standard of security.
The office that provides information technology support for
a department’s machines is responsible for wiping the data from
any computer it discards. Computers cannot be directly donated,
disposed of, or otherwise discarded by the user. All decommissioned
computers must be brought to the appropriate office before leaving
the University. The offices are:
• CAS (excluding NESAD): Academic Computing,
cashelp@suffolk.edu, 617-557-2002
• NESAD: NESAD IT Support, nesadsupport@suffolk.edu,
617-994-4268
• Law School: Law Academic Technology,
computinglaw@suffolk.edu, 617-573-8352
• Sawyer Business School, Cape Cod Community College,
Merrimack College: Office of Technology Management,
otm@suffolk.edu, 617-573-8524
• All other departments, Boston campus: ITS Help Desk,
helpdesk@suffolk.edu, 617-557-2000
• Madrid Campus, Raul de la Fuente Marcos, director
of Information Technology, marcosr@suffolk.es
• Dakar Campus, Seward Kollie, systems administrator,
skollie@suffolk.edu, 869-1000 ext. 307
College Magazine Gains
National Recognition
The premier issue of the Suffolk Arts+Sciences alumni magazine
received two national awards in June at the 28th Annual EXCEL
Awards in Washington D.C.
The magazine received the Gold EXCEL Award for the Most
Improved Newsletter-to-Magazine category and was one of four
overall winners to receive the EXTRA! Award for cutting-edge
publishing excellence.
EXTRA! Award winners are chosen from among the EXCEL
winners for pushing the envelope and taking bold chances to
innovate in an ever-changing publishing environment.
“It’s wonderful recognition for the magazine and for Suffolk
University,” said Sherri Miles, editor-in-chief of the magazine and
director of communications for the College. “We set out to create
an alumni magazine that didn’t look like other alumni magazines,
and we succeeded.”
Audrey Goldstein by an array of NESAD faculty prints installed in the
Munce Conference Room. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Faculty Prints Grace Munce
Conference Room
The Munce Conference Room is the newest campus venue for
viewing artwork, and an exhibit of prints by faculty of the New
England School of Art & Design is now on display.
When the room in the Archer Building was refinished this
year, Dean Kenneth Greenberg asked Fine Arts Program Director
Audrey Goldstein and Associate Dean Lauri Umansky to coordinate
artwork.
Meanwhile, Associate Professor Randal Thurston had been
talking with New England School of Art & Design colleagues about
a new, nontoxic printmaking process.
“We all wanted to try this technique,” said Goldstein, so a Fine
Arts faculty workshop was organized. “All of these prints are from
original drawings.”
The sun print process uses light exposure to make prints from
drawings, and the faculty produced an edition of prints for donation to the Sawyer Library. Some of these prints now hang in the
Munce Conference Room.
The process of creating that exhibit led to an additional exhibit,
Prints & Related Drawings, Fine Arts Faculty Print Folio, at the main
NESAD gallery through July 12.
Human Resources News
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Daniel Caparrotta, NESAD
Shirley Consuerga, Student Activities & Service Learning
Alison Cunha, Dean’s Office, Sawyer Business School
Peter Gemmellaro, Enrollment & Retention Management
Stefanie Harvey, Advancement
Todd Mook, Business Office
Jeffrey Pisani, Facilities Management
Anita Sen, Theatre Arts
Oliver Stone, Center for International Education
Levon Sukiasyan, Information Technology Services
Christopher Ulrich, Information Technology Services
Dan Wu, Center for International Education
April 2008
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�Potpourri
Tahir Al-Bakaa, History. He participated in
a Boston College panel discussion on the
effects of violence and political instability
on higher education in Iraq and Palestine.
Robert Allison, History, spoke to the
mid-year meeting of the National Court
Reporters Association on “Boston: Hub of
the Solar System.” In April, he and his family attended the Mass celebrated by Pope
Benedict XVI at Yankee Stadium in New
York City. Allison wrote a short history of
St. Brigid Parish in South Boston for its
centennial celebration dinner. Caitlyn
Morley, Dan Ryan and Kristin Kelly, students in Allison’s “Boston: Heritage of a
City” course, helped with the research.
Elif Armbruster, English, presented a
paper, “Constructing Edith Wharton: Why
the Popular Press Loves Wharton’s Houses,”
at the annual American Literature
Association Conference in San Francisco.
She also spoke on “Edith Wharton and
Martha Stewart: The Pursuit of Perfection,”
at the Edith Wharton and History
Conference in Pittsfield.
Sandra Barriales, Humanities and
Modern Languages, presented “Filming
Ghosts: Between the Dictator and Me
(2005), an Awakening to a Silenced Past” at
the 61st annual Kentucky Foreign Language
Conference.
Matteo Casini and Patricia Reeve,
History, presented “Displaying Masculinity:
Cases from Renaissance Italy and 19th
Century America” at the History
Department Seminar Series.
Renée Dankerlin, Government,
was appointed director of International
Development Studies for the CAS Dean’s
office.
Eric Dewar, Biology. He was interviewed for the program “You Are Here”
on WERS 88.9 FM, the Emerson College
radio station, about the creation-versusintelligent design controversy.
Anthony Eonas, Business Law and
Ethics, was appointed to the Plymouth
County Committee to plan and organize
the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts
Superior Court system.
Erin Evans, Law School, completed
the Mid Level Managers Institute offered
through the National Association of
Student Personnel Administrators, Region
1. This leadership institute was offered on
four days from March until June and
included 20 professionals from various
New England schools.
Teri Fair, Government, presented a
paper at the 39th annual meeting of the
National Conference of Black Political
Scientists in Chicago and has joined the
board of directors of MassVOTE. She and
the students in her “Critical Perspectives on
the Civil Rights Movement” class visited
Atlanta and general Alabama cities as part
of a study tour.
Congratulations to Kristen Gleason of
Student Activities
and Service
Learning and husband James on the
birth of their son
Conor Andrew
Gleason. He was born April 22 and weighed
8 pounds, 7 ounces.
Nina Huntemann, Communication
and Journalism, presented a paper,
“Desperate Widows: Exploring the Avid
Gamer’s Other Half,” at the Console-ing
Passions conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Kate Matson, Law Career Develop
ment, presented “Eight: Infinity on Its
Side,” a screening of her animated films
with her improvisational music, film and
poetry group, FiLmprov, at Harvard
University’s Dudley House.
Steve Novick, NESAD, served as a grant
panelist for the 2009 Fellowship in ThreeDimensional Art, Rhode Island State
Council for the Arts.
Michelle Rapp, Career Services,
received the Dean Barbara Erickson Award
Student Organizations Honor Faculty and Staff
The Student Government Association held its annual Leadership
Awards ceremony at the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel. The following members of the Suffolk community were honored:
Student Organization Adviser of the Year
Kate Schuit, Student Activities
Administrator of the Year
Kristin Baker, Performing Arts Office
Unsung Hero—Faculty/Staff
Brian Moore, Ballotti Learning Center
Support Staff of the Year
Kristen Gleason, Student Activities and Service Learning
Faculty of the Year—Sawyer Business School
Professor John McCoy, Business Law
Faculty of the Year—College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Robert Allison, History
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The Student Bar Association recognized faculty and staff members
of the Law School at the annual Dean’s Champagne Reception at
the Westin Copley Hotel. Awards were presented as follows:
The McDermott Award given to an alumnus/a who has made a
significant contribution to the Law School community
Laura Ferrari, dean of students
The Cornelius J. Moynihan Award for excellence in teaching
Christopher Gibson, associate professor of law
The Thomas J. McMahon Award for dedication to students
Joan Luke, Law Clinical Programs
The Malcolm M. Donahue Award for administrative excellence
Jim Janda, Peer Mentor Program
Lorraine Cove Spirit of Suffolk Award
Lou Brum, Dean of Students office
�for outstanding service to the University’s
graduate students.
Patricia Reeve, History, is the humanist
for “On Equal Terms,” a multi-media installation marking the 30th anniversary of the
Executive Order mandating gender equity
in hiring and training in the U.S. building
trades. The project, conceived by Susan
Eisenberg, poet, nonfiction writer, tradeswoman and Brandeis University Scholar in
Residence, is funded by the Massachusetts
Foundation for the Humanities and Public
Policy. The installation and related programming, which is sponsored by the Center for
Women’s Studies at Brandeis University, will
open in October. The installation will be at
Suffolk’s Adams Gallery in 2009.
Chris Rodriguez, History, is mentoring
Suffolk student Deborah Searfoss for her
McNair Scholar research project. She is
recording the experiences of Latin American
undocumented immigrants entering the
United States. The U.S. Department of
Education awarded Suffolk University
McNair Scholars funding designed to prepare
distinguished, first-generation, underrepresented, low-income students for graduate
school. Searfoss, who was born in Mexico
City, will be working with immigrants with
the help of Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts
(LUMA).
Sebastian Royo and Madrid student speaker
Katie McCabe.
Sebastian Royo, associate dean of the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
was the speaker at a special commencement
ceremony honoring 13 students who completed two years of study at Suffolk Madrid.
The students will continue their education at
the University’s Boston campus in the fall.
He also participated in a conference, “The
Nordic Model: Solution for Continental
Europe’s Problems?” at Harvard University.
Sean Solley, NESAD. He spoke on
“Sustainability in Interior Design” at a seminar series hosted by the department of
Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design
at the University of Rhode Island.
Jeff Stone, Athletics, the director of
District One-New England for the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association, addressed a
group of certified athletic trainers and athletic training students at the Northeastern
University Athletic Training Club’s “A Vision
for the Future: An Athletic Training
Leadership Forum.” On April 20, Stone
served as an athletic trainer on the medical
staff of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s
Marathon Trials in Boston. In addition, he
was a race official for the 112th running of
the BAA Boston Marathon, overseeing the
race at the 5-kilometer Elite Athlete Water
Station in Ashland. Stone is a past president
of the Massachusetts Track and Field
Officials Association, and lives on the threemile mark of the course in Ashland.
Camille Weiss, Humanities and Modern
Languages, presented a paper, “Revered or
Reviled; The Jesuits and Henri IV,” at the
Renaissance Society of America Conference
in Chicago.
Denyce Wicht, Chemistry and
Biochemistry, was the keynote speaker and
leader at the 8th annual Green Chemistry in
Education workshop held at the University
of Oregon June 15–21.
Suffolk University Law School placed
33rd among the top 100 law schools in the
Social Science Research Network download
rankings released on May 11. The Law
School has 50 authors listed.
Faculty Publications
Valerie Epps, Law School, has had three articles
Lydia Martin’s
Blue Vase
Steve Novick’s
Garden
published in The Korea Times dealing with
nuclear weapons, Kosovo and Tibet, and the
recently decided Supreme Court case of Medellin
v. Texas. She taught at Hongik University College of Law in Seoul, South Korea, for the spring
semester and discovered that her textbook on
international law is used by several of the leading
Korean universities.
C. Gopinath, Management, has published
Globalization: A multidimensional system.
Bernie D. Jones, Law School, has published
Fathers of Conscience: Mixed Race Inheritance in
the Antebellum South.
Lydia Martin, NESAD. Her oil painting, Blue
Vase, is at the national juried group exhibition
“Small Works” at the Bennington Center for the
Arts in Vermont through November.
Steve Novick, NESAD, has three pieces on
display at “The 183rd Annual: An Invitational
Exhibition of Contemporary American Art” at the National
Academy Museum in New York City through Sept. They are
Painting (Apotheosis), 3D, and Building. His piece, Garden, was on
display in the group exhibit “Bloom” at Mass College of Liberal Arts
in North Adams.
Sebastian Royo, associate dean for the College
and director of the Madrid campus, has published a
book, Varieties of Capitalism in Spain: Remaking the
Spanish Economy for the New Century. Also, El País
published “La Racionalidad a Prueba,” Royo’s book
review of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that
Shape Our Decision by Dan Ariely in the April 6, 2008, edition.
Lisa Shatz and Craig Christensen, Electrical and Computer
Engineering, have published an article, “The Frequency Response
of Rat Vibrissae to Sound,” in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, Vol. 123(5), May 2008.
Camille Weiss, Humanities and Modern Languages, has
published an article, “Striking a Delicate Balance, the Politique
Historians of Henri IV’s Reign,” in the journal Explorations in
Renaissance Culture, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 301–327.
April 2008
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�Commencement 2008
The following University employees were awarded
degrees this year:
Kevin Austin, Mail Services, MSCJ
Usha Chandrasekhar, Physics, MS
Katie Davis, Information Technology Services, MBA
Leeann Davulis, Advancement, BS
Loren Doucette, Dean’s Office, Sawyer Business School, MBA
Courtney Ellis, Registrar’s Office, Colleges, MBA
Willvia Francois, Registrar’s Office, Colleges, MED
Jacqueline Govoni, Economics, MED
Amanda Hark, New England School of Art & Design, BFA
Kimberly Keough, Psychology, MED
Steven Keren, Law Library, BA
Sarah Libby, Law Career Development, MED
Erica Mattison, Facilities Planning, MPA
Saul Mendoza, Undergraduate Admission, BFA
Annamaria Mueller, Law Alumni Programs, AA
Shane Murrell, Mail Services, BSBA
Jonane Nicolas, Law Library, BA
Shelagh O’Brien, Advancement, MBA
Andrea Ponte, Cape Cod Programs, MBA
Merideth Power, Government, MSPS
Caitlin Ryan, Sawyer Business School Graduation Programs, MED
Elizabeth Shaffer, Registrar’s Office, Colleges, MED
Mohammed Sharif, University Police, BSBA
Laureen Simonetti, Ballotti Learning Center, MED
Roberto Terrero, University Police, BA
Danielle Towne, Public Management, MPA
Mary Jane Walker, Finance, MED
Mohamed Zatet, Electrical and Computer Science, MBA
Advancement’s Leeann Davulis was awarded a bachelor of science
degree.
Photos by John Gillooly
Shelagh O’Brien of Advancement receives a master in business administration degree from Sawyer Business School Dean William J. O’Neill.
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College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Susan Thayer and Christine
Perry, assistant dean of enrollment and director of financial aid for the
Colleges, at the Commencement eve Summa Dinner.
Law Dean Alfred C. Aman, Jr., center, is joined at the Summa
Dinner by University Trustee Lawrence L. Cameron and Law Alumnus
Joseph G. Guerreiro.
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�Assistant Treasurer Mike Dwyer and his family with son Jeremiah, who was awarded a bachelor of science degree.
Honorary degree recipient Maxine Hong Kingston with Sawyer Business
School Dean William J. O’Neill, Kenneth S. Greenberg, College Dean, and
President David J. Sargent.
Jackie Parker of the President’s Office and Ellen Solomita, executive
director of the Alumni Association, at the Commencement eve
Summa Dinner.
Beacon Hill Agreement
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School of Art & Design project at 20
Somerset St.
“Members of the University planning
team worked closely with neighbors
in developing the IMP, and the neg
oti ted agreement with the Beacon Hill
a
Civic Association was a key factor in
moving ahead with the University’s plans,”
said Vice President of External Affairs
John Nucci.
Among the terms agreed to are:
• A cap on undergraduate enrollment of
5,000 for the duration of the 10-year
master plan
• Reduced
classroom seats in the Derne/
Temple Street area as new classrooms
are developed at 20 Somerset St. and
elsewhere
• A goal of housing 50 percent of
undergraduates on campus within 10
years, 60 percent within 15 years and
70 percent within 20 years
“The agreement was designed with the
goals of both Suffolk and Beacon Hill in
mind, and it bodes well for a peaceful coexistence for decades to come,” said Nucci.
Lori Bate, president of the Beacon Hill Civic
Association, and President David Sargent sign
an agreement extending the school’s nonexpansion zone on Beacon Hill. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
April 2008
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�Celebrating Partnership
with NECN
Suffolk University and New England Cable News (NECN) have
formed a partnership that will allow NECN to use the new television studio at 73 Tremont St. for live reports and interviews with
newsmakers from City Hall, Beacon Hill and the Financial District.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino was the first Suffolk/NECN
guest to be interviewed. He appeared with Jim Braude, host of
NECN’s NewsNight program during a special event marking the
partnership.
Meanwhile, the University is using the space for classes and
other projects. The Moakley Archive and Institute, which collects
oral histories as part of its mandate, is one department taking
advantage of the state-of-the-art facilities. It recently taped an oral
history interview with Congressman Barney Frank at the studio.
Award Cites Human Rights
Conference
The international Association for Continuing Legal Education
(ACLEA) has chosen the Law School’s Center for Advanced Legal
Studies to receive its top public interest award in recognition of the
2007 “Centennial Conference on International Human Rights.”
The conference was presented in partnership with Suffolk
University’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights,
National Women Law Student Association and Moakley Institute.
Additional supporters were the Massachusetts CEDAW Project,
the National Lawyers Guild, Northeastern University Law School’s
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, the Women’s
Bar Association, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under the
Law and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
New University Icon
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is interviewed in the studio by Professors Bob
Allison and Joe McEttrick as part of the John Joseph Moakley Oral
History Project. Frank reminisced about Moakley and briefly discussed
his own legislative career. (Photo by John Gillooly)
The University has chosen a new graphic image to replace the
Centennial seal.
Creative Services developed this mark, a depiction of the tower
and dome of the Rosalie K. Stahl Center at 73 Tremont St., with
Toronto-based illustrator Gary Alphonso.
It will be used with the existing Suffolk University word mark
on signage, stationery,
publications, and other
marketing materials. For
general University use,
the mark will feature
the University yellow.
The College of Arts and
Sciences and the Sawyer Business School will feature the green and
red of their current respective color palettes. The Law School is
resuming usage of its own mark. The next issue of the SUN will
reflect the change.
Usage guidelines will be available on Creative Services’ Web
page, www.suffolk.edu/creativeservices.
In Memoriam
Louis B. Connelly, former director of public relations and sports
information director
Nancy Croll, former director of academic computing for the
Sawyer Business School
Lab Instructor Jason Carter, Communication and Journalism Chair Bob
Rosenthal, NewsNight host Jim Braude, College of Arts and Sciences
Dean Ken Greenberg, NECN President and General Manager Charles J.
Kravetz, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, NECN News Director Tom Melville,
and Vice President John Nucci. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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Heritage Honorees
Exhibit Solves History Mystery
Archives Go Online
September 2008 • Vol. 34, No. 5
Udderly Outrageous
New Provost, VP of Academic Affairs
For Lou Greenwald, standing out in a
crowd has become a moo-ving experience.
The Super Bowl. Boston Marathon.
Major concerts. Weddings and special events.
Whatever the venue, Greenwald is certain to
be conspicuous in his habitual cow costume.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time, and
it’s a lot of fun,” said the senior assistant
director of Undergraduate Admission. “I get
quite a reaction wherever I go.”
Greenwald has been a disc jockey for 17
years and is the proud owner of Cowman
Productions.
He began dressing up in a cow costume
at public events about 15 years ago. “A
bunch of us were going to an Aerosmith
New Year’s Eve concert, and a buddy of
mine dared me to wear the costume,” said
Greenwald. “It was in the trunk of my car,
because when I first worked as a DJ, I would
wear various costumes when I played.
Greenwald has worn his cow outfit to the
2002 and 2004 Super Bowls, cheering the
New England Patriots to victory each time.
He was in costume three of the 10 times he
ran the Boston Marathon.
This summer, Greenwald, in his cow
attire, attended the Pearl Jam concert at the
Comcast Center in Mansfield. The popular
rock ’n’ roll group asked him up on stage to
The University has made two key appointments to its leadership team. Longtime Law School Professor Barry Brown has
been named provost, and Janice C. Griffith, former dean of
Georgia State University College of Law, has been selected as
vice president for Academic Affairs.
“We are very excited that these two distinguished educators
will be contributing their unique talents to the University’s
academic environment during this time of programmatic
growth both here at our Boston campus and abroad,” said
President David J. Sargent.
Brown joined Suffolk University Law School in 1976 and
Barry Brown
has taught Property, Land Transfer and Finance, Professional
Responsibility, and Biomedical Law and Public Policy.
“Professor Brown has been a superb teacher and has created exceptional programming as director of the Law School’s
concentration in health and biomedical law,” said Sargent.
Brown began his legal career with Goulston and Storrs,
Boston, then served as first assistant bar counsel and
counsel to the Clients’ Security Board as prosecutor for the
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers in a number of important cases, including the reinstatement of Alger Hiss.
He is widely published and wrote one of the first legal
works on condominium law in the nation and one of the first
Janice C. Griffith
articles concerning property interests in genetic engineering,
published by the Stanford Journal of Law and Public Policy. He also founded and is the
faculty adviser to Suffolk’s Journal of Health and Biomedical Law.
Brown holds an A.B from Harvard College, an Ed.M. from Harvard School of
Education and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
“I am proud to have the opportunity to work more closely with President Sargent
and my colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences, Sawyer Business School and
Law School. Together we will join the many currents of the University’s three academic
units for the benefit of our students,” said Brown. “We have the hope of creating true
educational and economic opportunities for our graduates and preparing them for an
increasingly complex and internationalized world.”
Griffith’s legal expertise is focused on state and local government law, regionalism and
metropolitan growth issues. She became interested in higher education administration
during a year as an American Council on Education fellow at Ohio State University.
“Dean Griffith, in emphasizing contributions to public policy as she led Georgia
State University College of Law, has shown an intrinsic understanding of the Suffolk
University spirit of service,” said Sargent.
As dean, she oversaw the development of partnerships with other institutions and the
creation of two interdisciplinary centers, one for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan
Growth and the other for Health Law community partnerships. She also established
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Lou Greenwald with Pearl Jam.
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Faculty Publications
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three new joint degree programs focused on connecting legal
studies with Philosophy, Health Administration, and City and
Regional Planning.
Griffith holds a B.A. from Colby College and a J.D. from the
University of Chicago Law School.
“Suffolk’s mission of creating opportunities for students and
access to excellence resonates with me,” said Griffith. “I firmly
believe in the University’s focus on quality teaching and strong
faculty/student interactions. Nothing is more important than
teaching students the communication, analytical and interpersonal skills they will need to become effective leaders in our 21st
century global society.”
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perform with them—the third time they’ve issued him that
invitation.
“At concerts, wearing the costume definitely helps me get
better seats,” said Greenwald, whose New Hampshire home is
filled with ceramic and cast-iron cow statuettes. “I also get to go
backstage, meet and greet people, and get music memorabilia.”
Suffolk Athletic Director Jim Nelson remembers when
Greenwald, now an assistant cross-country coach for the Rams,
competed during his undergraduate days—wearing the cow
costume. “Lou is a unique individual who was legendary as a student athlete,” says Nelson. “He was like a cult figure. Opposing
coaches would ask the Suffolk coach before every meet, ‘Is the
cow coming?’”
Asked how long he plans to slip out of his shirt and tie and
into his cow costume, Greenwald responded quickly: “As long as
I’m having fun.”
Relay Race Winners
The Suffolk team of Dan
Hassan, student athlete; Kyle
Linn MacQueen, Marketing
department; Will Feldman,
Undergraduate Admissions and
assistant cross-country coach;
Nicholas Cifuentes, cross-country
alumnus; Matt Stass, student athlete; and Isaac Stahl, alumni liaison to
Athletics and tennis coach, took first place in the “24-Hour Around-theLake Relay” at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield. Feldman organized the
relay as a fundraiser for the University’s Cross-Country program. The
group ran 175 miles in 24 hours and raised $1,300.
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism, had the article “A
feminist political economic understanding of the relations between
state, market and civil society from Beijing and Tunis” published in
the July issue of Journal of Media and Cultural Politics.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,
Madrid Campus. Their article, “Confined chaotic motion in threebody resonances: trapping of trans-Neptunian material induced by
gas-drag,” was published in the British journal, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 388, No. 1, July 8, 2008, pp.
293–306.
Ruth Ann McEwen, associate dean of accreditation and administration, Sawyer Business School, and professor of accounting, has
co-authored Asset Retirement Obligations, the portfolio guidance
issued from the Accounting Policy & Practice Series of BNA (Bureau
of National Affairs, Inc.).
Jennifer O’Connor-Duffy, Education and Human Services,
has published a book Working-Class Students at Radcliffe College,
1940–1970: The Intersection of Gender, Social Class, and Historical
Context.
Anthony Polito, Law School, published the article “Trade or
Business within the United States as an Interpretive Problem under
the Internal Revenue Code: Five Propositions” in Hastings Business
Law Journal, Vol. 4, 251, spring 2008.
Human Resources News
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Meaghan Agnew, Law School Dean’s office
Carrie Baldassari, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office
Eric Belson, NESAD
Kathleen Blanchard, Law Registrar’s Office
Christine Butler, Law Clinical Programs
Jonathan Darden, Undergraduate Admission
Richard DeCapua, Student Affairs Office
Jamie Depelteau, Residence Life, 10 Somerset Street
Annette Donahue, Law School
Kyle Dooley, Student Activities & Service Learning
Stephanie Fougy, Math & Computer Science
Brian Gowdy, Vice President–Treasurer’s Office
Karina Holmes, Budget Office
Geert Kinthaert, Information Technology Services
Martha Leibs-Heckly, Advancement
Carol Levine, Residence Life, 10 West Street
Li Li, Accounts Payable Services
Brittany Lonero, Center for International Education
and Madrid campus
Jeremiah Mankin, Academic Computing,
T h e S UN is publ ished by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
College of Arts and Sciences
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Erin McLaughlin, Public Management
Monique Mitchell, Residence Life, 10 Somerset Street
Seana Quental, Law Grad Program (LLM)
Megan Sutherland, Information Technology Services
Antonio Viola, Facilities Management
�Potpourri
John Berg, Government, was appointed to
the editorial board of Marxist Interventions,
a new online refereed journal in Canberra,
Australia. In October, he will present a
paper “Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle
over Same-Sex Marriage in the Bay State”
at the Fellows Seminar of the Rothermere
American Institute, University of Oxford.
Rachael Cobb, Government. Her comments on the presidential race appeared in
the Philadelphia Bulletin on June 12 and the
Birth
Announcements
Congratulations to
these Suffolk families
on the new additions to
their families:
Ayla Dillaby
Edwin Dillaby of
Human Resources and
wife Kim, a daughter,
Ayla Filomena, on June
13, 8 pounds, 1 ounce.
Katie Fanara of
Advancement and husMatthew
Fanara
band Matthew, a son,
Matthew Anthony, on
March 16, 7 pounds.
Karen Kruppa
of Risk Management
and husband Steve,
a son, Joshua Martin,
on April 20, 8 pounds,
Joshua Kruppa
11 ounces.
Washington Examiner on June 6. Cobb also
was interviewed about the election June 4
on New England Cable News’s “Road to the
White House.”
George Comeau, Media Services, was
elected chairman of the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners for 2009.
He has served on the commission for five
years.
Erin Evans, Law School, organized
and participated in a workshop, “Critical
Topics Facing Residence Life, Housing, and
Disability Services Professionals,” sponsored
by the National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and
the Northeast Association of College and
University Housing Officers (NEACHU)
at Rhode Island College in June. She was
joined by presenters from the Association on
Higher Education Disability (AHEAD), the
University of Connecticut, Lesley University
and Brown University.
Teri Fair, Rachael Cobb and John
Berg, Government, and Nina Huntemann,
Communication and Journalism, met
in July with colleagues from Roxbury
Community College and UMass-Boston
and with members of MassVOTE and the
Boston Election Department to discuss how
to recruit students to serve as poll workers
on Election Day.
Micky Lee,
Communication and
Journalism, and Gary
Bartos were married on
July 8 in Cambridge. Barbecue, a Welsh
Pembroke Corgi, has joined their family.
Sawyer Business School News:
C. Gopinath has been appointed chair
and associate professor of the Strategy and
International Business department.
George Moker was appointed director
of Entrepreneurship programs.
Sheila Simsarian Webber was
named chair and associate professor
of the Organizational Behavior and
Entrepreneurship department.
Kate Schuit, Student Activities, married
Andy Bauer on July 20 in Maryland.
David Yamada, Law School. In May,
he participated in a week-long tornado
storm chase sponsored by Tempest Tours.
The group covered
approximately
3,000 miles
through parts of
Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and
Tornado in northern
Texas and saw 11
Oklahoma (Photo by
tornadoes. Yamada
David Yamada)
presented a paper
“Multidisciplinary Responses to Workplace
Bullying: Systems, Synergy, and Sweat”
at the Sixth International Conference
on Workplace Bullying, hosted by the
University of Quebec at Montreal in June.
His reflective essay on the conference and
10 years of involvement in the anti-bullying
movement, “Immersion in the Twisted
World of Abuse at Work,” is found at
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~kwesthue/mtlbullyingmain.htm.
Dmitry Zinoviev, Mathematics and
Computer Science, presented the paper
“Topology and Geometry of Online Social
Networks” at the 12th World MultiConference on Systemics, Cybernetics and
Informatics.
4 to Receive Heritage Medallions
Deans’ Reception
This year’s Heritage Medallion ceremony will recognize the commitment of four
significant members of the University community. The event will take place on Wednesday,
Sept. 17, in the McLaughlin Moot Court Room.
The recipients are:
• Robert Munce, president, 1954–1960 (posthumous)
• William Coughlin, counselor, Undergraduate Admissions; retired director of admissions
• Herbert Lemelman, professor of law; associate dean, 1975–1991
• Alexandra Todd, professor and former chair of sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
The Deans’ Reception, a traditional and
festive event that brings people throughout the University community together,
will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 25, 2008, at the Museum of Fine
Arts in Boston. The University’s Service
Award Program will recognize numerous
colleagues on their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth and fortieth anniversaries of dedication to Suffolk University.
September 20 08
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�Exhibit Answers Historical
Group’s Question
When Justina Chu dropped into
the Adams Gallery on the way
to her office in the Law School,
she never expected to find the
final chapter to a story that had
intrigued her as a board member
of the Chinese Historical Society
of New England.
Exhibit designer Joe Viamonte
was in the gallery, installing the
newest exhibit, Stories in Stone:
The Historic Burying Grounds of
Boston.
“I saw the title, and it caught
This gravestone sums up the life
my interest,” said Chu, assistant
and death of “Chow Manderien,
”
budget director in the Law
probably not the young sailor’s real
School Budget Office, who asked
name, according to Justina Chu.
Viamonte about the research that
(Photo by Joseph Viamonte)
had been done for the exhibit.
“I asked if he had information about a headstone for a Chinese
man who had come to Boston on a merchant ship in the 1700s,”
she said.
“He said: ‘Come over here.’ ”
Viamonte then led Chu to a wall panel showing a photo
of a headstone inscribed with the story of 19-year-old “Chow
Manderien,” who had fallen to his death from a mast in 1798.
The stone is in Central Burying Ground, at the edge of the Boston
Common near Boylston Street.
The moment of recognition was an exciting one for Chu. “I
felt like a history detective arriving at a revelation after an elusive
search.”
The Chinese Historical Society had long had a photograph of
the old gravestone, but only part of the inscription was legible in
the photo.
“We were hoping to find the stone and went several times
looking for it in vain,” she said. “The story was incomplete until
Kelly Thomas from the Parks Department showed Joe Viamonte
the stone and they cleaned it. The entire inscription finally came to
light.
“We always knew the stone was in Central Burying Ground,
but we never were able to find it,” said Chu. “In those days, if you
weren’t wealthy, you didn’t get a tombstone at your burial site. The
master must have had high regard for Chow.”
Chu said that Chinese visitors and immigrants of the period
came to New England as students, workers on merchant ships or as
laborers.
The immigrant story is but one of those told through the
exhibit. Boston’s early graveyards hold preachers, patriots, pirates
and slaves, and their lives provide inspiration for Stories in Stone:
The Historic Burying Grounds of Boston.
The exhibit draws on artwork, archival records and photography
to paint a picture of life and culture in Boston dating from the
colony’s first settlement to today. It is at the Adams Gallery through
Oct. 20, 2008.
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Online Archives
to Be Launched this Fall
The University will launch its online archives this fall, offering
access to both the Suffolk and Moakley collections through the
Suffolk/Moakley Archives Research Tool, or SMART, catalog.
The University Archives were established in the 1950s by
Hiram Archer, brother of founder Gleason Archer. They contain
University records dating to 1906 as well as donated collections
of manuscripts, films and books. These collections include the
papers bequeathed by Law School alumnus John Joseph “Joe”
Moakley and the papers of Suffolk University’s founder, Gleason
Archer.
The archives holdings include thousands of files, photographs,
objects and recordings, so an online catalog will make it easy for
faculty, staff and students to search across all the archival holdings
of Suffolk University. The SMART catalog will be available
through the archives Web site at www.suffolk.edu/archive.
“Materials in the University Archives run the gamut from
trustee records to oral histories to photographs to transcripts of
Gleason Archer’s radio programs,” said University Archivist Julia
Collins. “If someone is researching a subject, they can get a grasp
of what’s available in all collections by using the SMART catalog.
It allows them to do initial research at their leisure while sitting at
their desks.”
Researchers will need to contact the archives to see original
documents and to get copies of digital images.
A simple search, such as “Archer and University charter,”
will bring up citations to photographs, oral history interviews,
correspondence and other documents.
Other ways SMART can be used by faculty, staff and students
include:
• Researching the history of a department by browsing through
listings of departmental files, photographs, press releases and
other records.
• Finding information about the history of Suffolk’s buildings
by browsing through building records and plans, photographs, event information and dates
• Learning about the founding of the University through the
University charter, scrapbooks from the early years, news
clippings and other primary sources
• Introducing students to primary source research
• Checking to see if the archives has copies of specific yearbooks and other University publications.
The archives staff is available to help users with their searches.
“We encourage the Suffolk community to use the archives,
whether for classroom materials, background information for
publications, personal research or other projects,” said Collins.
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Message from the President
Modern Theatre—Then and Now
The Different Faces of 20 Somerset
Employees React
Vol. 34, No. 5
Institutional Master Plan: A Blueprint for the University’s Future
Artists’ renderings show the Modern Theatre renovation and the projected view of 20 Somerset St., as seen from Ashburton Place.
T
he University celebrated a milestone this summer
when the city approved its Institutional Master Plan—a
move that sets the stage for the next 10 years of campus
growth and development.
Much of the initial focus has been on two key projects that will
move forward as a result of the master plan approval: Construction
is slated to begin this fall on the Modern Theatre and residence hall
in Downtown Crossing. And the proposed state-of-the-art academic
building and art school at 20 Somerset St. has entered its design and
permitting phase.
But the approval also paves the way for a student center, an
athletic center and more residential housing in the next phase of
Suffolk’s growth. The master plan identifies those needs and establishes a blueprint for their development in a way that benefits the
University and the city, while minimizing impacts on surrounding
neighborhoods.
“With all the needs the University has for facilities expansion,
we now have a much clearer path to getting it done,” said John
Nucci, vice president for external affairs. “This will be the first time
that the need for and potential locations of more residence halls, a
student center and an athletic center are identified in an approved
master plan.”
The Boston Redevelopment Authority board unanimously
backed Suffolk’s 10-year master plan in a June 24 vote. The city’s
Zoning Commission followed suit one month later, and the plan
was then signed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
Nucci praised the vision of University President David J. Sargent.
“President Sargent is completely tuned in to student and faculty
expectations for a 21st century university, and he has provided the
leadership to keep Suffolk ahead of the curve as technology and
infrastructure needs evolve,” said Nucci. “He is working to bring
new academic, housing and student services facilities online in a
way that benefits both the campus and the city.”
Community process
Perhaps most striking was the strong support the Institutional
Master Plan and the two development projects received from
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�A Message from the President
E
ach academic year begins with a sense of excitement and
purpose as colleagues reconnect, new community members are
made welcome, and we begin anew the mission of educating our
students.
There is an extra spark of enthusiasm this year as we embark on
new campus building projects.
Lori Bate, president of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, and President
David J. Sargent sign historic agreement as John Nucci, Elizabeth Leary
and Michael Feeley of Government and Community Affairs look on.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
At a Glance…
Suffolk University’s Institutional Master Plan:
• Creates a framework for the University’s growth and development over the next 10 years
• Includes two specific projects—the Modern Theatre residence
hall in Downtown Crossing and a state-of-the-art academic
building at 20 Somerset Street
• Outlines geographic clusters for potential growth in the downtown area so that future expansion will not be concentrated in
a single cluster
• Broadens a non-expansion zone on Beacon Hill. The University
has agreed not to add any new classroom seats in any building
on Beacon Hill. Also, no dormitory, student center or athletic
center will be built on Beacon Hill
• Caps the University’s undergraduate enrollment in Boston
at the equivalent of 5,000 full-time students over the next
10 years
This special edition of the SUN details the University’s
Institutional Master Plan, which lays out how our campus will
change over the next 10 years and describes two new building
projects that will make our campus more functional and welcoming.
Incoming students now demand housing, and by offering safe,
on-campus housing to undergraduates at a time when the cost of
living is rising, we ease their transition into the world of higher
education. We also are realigning classrooms and enfolding the New
England School of Art & Design more closely into our core campus.
Our students continue to come to us from all walks of life, and
they hail from across the nation and around the world. We offer
them the opportunity to gain a superb education with the added
advantage of easy access to the historic, business, government and
cultural resources in downtown Boston. They in turn will benefit
the city through their good works and by breathing additional life
into downtown Boston all day and into the evening.
The enormous effort that went into the Institutional Master Plan
process involved several departments across campus, particularly
John Nucci and his team in Government and Community Affairs,
and I thank them. We also owe our gratitude to the community
members and city officials who worked diligently to help us finetune the plan so that it will benefit the community as well as the
University.
David J. Sargent
President
Institutional Master Plan
Continued from page 1
Suffolk’s neighbors. During both the BRA board and Zoning
Commission hearings, public officials and neighbors lined up to
speak in favor of the plan. Not one person spoke in opposition.
That kind of support didn’t come easy.
It was the result of 18 months of close collaboration with a
city-appointed task force made up of representatives from neighborhoods surrounding Suffolk, including Beacon Hill, the West End,
the North End, Downtown Crossing and the Ladder District. Over
the course of about 20 task force meetings, the University heard
and addressed concerns, answered questions, and made modifications to the development projects and the master plan based on
input from task force members.
“This could not have been done without Mayor Menino’s and
the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s leadership and the painstakContinued on page 3
• Includes a goal of providing residential housing for 50 percent
of students in the next 10 years and 70 percent within 20 years
• Details future University needs, including a student center and
an athletic facility
• Was developed with a city-appointed task force made of up
of representatives from neighborhoods surrounding the
University
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T h e S U N is pub l is h e d by:
Office of Public Affairs Executive Editor
73 Tremont Street
Greg Gatlin
Boston, MA 02108
Managing Editor
617-573-8447
Nancy Kelleher
sun@suffolk.edu
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
�Key Master Plan Moments
March 1, 2007
June 30, 2007
City-appointed community task force
discusses Suffolk’s
priorities, recent
growth and transformation in the first of
about 20 meetings.
The University
reaches agreement
with the Millennium,
Parkside and Grandview condominium
complexes in support of 10 West.
Jan. 11, 2008
The University files an
Institutional Master Plan
Notification Form with the
Boston Redevelopment
Authority. It includes two
projects: the Modern Theatre
residence hall and the 20
Somerset academic building.
June 9, 2008
April 18, 2008
Institutional Master Plan is filed
with the BRA.
Beacon Hill Civic
Association board
votes overwhelmingly to approve a
landmark agreement with Suffolk
University.
July 23, 2008
The city’s Zoning Commission
approves the
master plan.
June 26, 2007
Jan. 9, 2008
January 31, 2008
May 15, 2008
June 24, 2008
Public meeting is
held on 10 West St.
residence hall.
10 West opens.
Public meeting is held
regarding the University’s
forthcoming Institutional
Master Plan and the Modern Theatre.
Public hearing
held regarding the
Institutional Master
Plan and the Modern
Theatre proposal.
The Boston
Redevelopment
Authority unanimously approves
the University’s
Institutional Master
Plan.
July 24, 2008
Mayor Thomas M.
Menino signs the
master plan.
Continued from page 2
ing work of the community task force,’’
Nucci said. “Their contributions created a
better master plan as well as an example of
how the community process should work.”
Road map to the future
The Institutional Master Plan provides a road
map for future growth by identifying general
areas in downtown Boston—or “clusters”—
where the University could potentially expand. The idea is that
future development will be dispersed throughout the clusters, rather
than concentrated in a single area.
Gaining support from Suffolk’s neighbors, including those on
Beacon Hill, was seen as critical to moving the master plan and its
development projects forward.
In late spring, the University reached a landmark agreement with
the Beacon Hill Civic Association. That pact, hammered out through
a series of intense negotiations, broadens a non-expansion zone on
Beacon Hill. Suffolk agreed not to expand its footprint on the hill
and will not build dorms, an athletic center or a student center there.
Beyond the proposed academic building at 20 Somerset, the
University agreed not to add any more classroom or lab seats on
Beacon Hill. The College will shift 400 seats from the Temple Street
area to 20 Somerset, once that building opens.
The University set a goal of housing 70 percent of its students in
the next 20 years and agreed to cap its Boston campus enrollment
at the equivalent of 5,000 full-time undergraduate students over
the 10-year life of the master plan. Suffolk also will make its paid
Boston Police details and neighborhood response unit a permanent
part of its operation.
In turn, the Beacon Hill Civic Association agreed to support the
20 Somerset St. and Modern Theatre projects and agreed not to
oppose the 10-year Institutional Master Plan.
Public officials praised the agreement for protecting the interests
of Suffolk’s neighbors while allowing for sensitive and well-planned
expansion.
“Universities and colleges are crucial to Boston’s economy and
prominence, but institutional expansion needs to be done in a way
that is in harmony with our great neighborhoods,” Menino said in
early June, when the pact was announced.
Meanwhile, the agreement already has eased friction between
the University and Beacon Hill neighbors. And it has been lauded
in newspaper editorials and elsewhere as a model for other expanding colleges and universities that face tensions with surrounding
communities.
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Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
�Modern Theatre: A New Building with a Familiar Face
T
he renovation of the Modern
Theatre building will not only
create a 197-bed residence hall,
but it also will keep the spirit
of the old Modern Theatre alive with a
first-floor gallery and performance space
that can be used for functions, according
to Adrian LeBuffe of CBT, the architectural firm designing the new building.
The façade of the historic building will
be taken apart stone by stone and sent to
a masonry restoration expert before the
remainder of the structure is torn down.
When the residence hall/theater opens
in fall 2010, it will be a completely new
building with a fully restored face.
Architects worked with the University
to design a building that will meet students’
needs, be environmentally sustainable
and preserve the historic landmark.
The Modern Theatre was included
on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1979 as part of the Washington
Street Theatre District. In 1995 it was
designated a Boston Landmark.
Building history
In 1876, four years after the Great Boston
Fire destroyed the nearby business district, Architect Levi Newcomb designed
the building in the High Victorian Gothic
style. It housed showrooms and warehouse
space for the Dobson Brothers, the largest
carpet manufacturers in the United States.
In 1913, when motion pictures began
moving from makeshift nickelodeons
to theaters, the Dobson Building was
converted into the Modern, the first Boston
theater designed specifically to show films.
Admission was 15 cents, and musical
accompaniment was provided on an Estey
Organ designed specifically for use in the
theater. The Modern had the first of these
organs installed in the eastern United States.
Clarence Blackall was the architect for
the Modern Theatre conversion. His firm
also designed 13 other theaters in Boston,
including the surviving Colonial, Wilbur
and Metropolitan, now known as the Wang
Center for the Performing Arts. The firm
designed many other noteworthy buildings
in Boston, including the Tremont Temple.
In 1928, the Modern Theatre premiered
the first Boston showing of a “talkie”—The
Jazz Singer. It also introduced the double
feature in an effort to compete with newer
Modern Theatre as it appeared in 1915.
Modern Theatre will enliven Downtown Crossing.
theaters showing movies and vaudeville
together.
The Modern was used as a theater
of some kind continuously until the
1980s, when it fell out of use. The
intervening years have taken their toll
on the structure, and the interior is now
considered beyond repair. But Suffolk has
stepped in to save the historic façade.
LeBuffe. “Deconstruction” of the rest of the
building will follow, probably beginning in
October and lasting as long as three months.
“By the first of the year we expect to have
an empty site,” said LeBuffe. Construction
of the new, 12-story building is projected to
take 20 months, with residence hall doors
opening to students in fall 2010. The façade
will be rebuilt in its original location, and,
after restoration, can be expected to last
another 100 years.
In addition to suite-style housing, the
building will feature a 184-seat theater that
can be converted from a classic proscenium
format to a flat-floor function room. It will
be used for performance, lectures, films and
receptions. The lobby space in front of the
theater will double as a gallery.
The building will be LEED certified.
LEED is an acronym for Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design, and
buildings that earn this certification employ
University steps in
“The University began looking at the
building as a result of suggestions from area
residents made during the University Master
Planning Process,” said Michael Feeley of
Government & Community Affairs
The building backs up to the new
residence hall at 10 West St. and is around
the block from the University’s first residence
hall at 150 Tremont St.
The Modern Theatre’s ornate façade
is cracking and will require significant
The building will feature a 184-seat theater that can be converted to a flat-floor function room. It will be used for performance,
lectures, films and receptions.
restoration work, according to LeBuffe.
The first three floors are constructed of
Vermont marble, and the four upper floors of
sandstone and brownstone.
“We’ll mark the back of each of the several
thousand stones as we remove them,” said
green design across all phases of design and
construction. The building will be sustainable not only in the materials and systems
used in construction, but also due to clean
and efficient operation when the building
comes into use.
Special Edition 2008
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�A bird’s eye view of the new building that will house art studios and classroom space at 20 Somerset St.
20 Somerset to Present Lively and Quiet Sides
D
esigners of the proposed academic building and
art school at 20 Somerset Street faced the challenge of
bringing active, public uses to one side of the building
while respecting the sanctity and the serenity of the
neighboring Garden of Peace on the other side.
The result is an emerging vision for a building that features
two distinct approaches to two different facades, said Patrick
Tedesco, principal with Chan Krieger Sieniewicz, the renowned
architectural firm designing 20 Somerset. The building, now
in its design and permitting phase, will become home to
Suffolk’s New England School of Art & Design as well as
10 general-use classrooms for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Design is in its early stages and must still go through a comprehensive public review process with neighbors and city and state
officials.
The south façade looking out onto Roemer Plaza and the Sawyer
Building would feature an active lobby, art gallery and critique
spaces for NESAD students to display their work.
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“The idea is, it’s a very vibrant façade that you can see into
from Sawyer,” Tedesco said. “It also helps enliven what will be an
improved Roemer Plaza.”
The plaza itself will be renovated with benches and landscaping,
offering students and the general public an attractive, sunny outdoor
space. The University also will use Roemer Plaza to commemorate
the venerable history of the Metropolitan District Commission,
whose headquarters were located in the now-abandoned building
for more than seven decades. That history includes the conservation
of thousands of acres of park land in and around Boston, including
Olmstead’s Emerald Necklace, the Charles River Esplanade, Castle
Island and many other sites.
On the opposite, north side of the building, architects envision
a quiet façade overlooking the Garden of Peace, the memorial that
commemorates victims of homicide. “It was an urban design goal to
respectfully try not to activate that side of the building,” said Tedesco.
The building will be no taller than the current abandoned MDC
building, so as not to cast additional shadows on the Garden of Peace.
�Plans for 20 Somerset include an improved Roemer Plaza, offering an attractive outdoor space for students and the general public.
A statement from the Garden’s board, delivered June 24 to the Boston
Redevelopment Authority, described the planning process with
Suffolk as “one of transparency and collaboration.” The Garden had
opposed a previous proposal for a high-rise dorm at 20 Somerset St.
“This time around we absolutely felt informed and consulted,
especially regarding the design, as the building serves as a backdrop
for the Garden,” said Evelyn Tobin, who chairs the Garden’s board.
“We felt our concerns were not only heard but responded to in
terms of how the design has evolved.”
Art studios will be located on the north side of the building to
take advantage of indirect light, avoiding heavy shadows and glare.
But not all New England School of Art & Design students need
to work by natural light. Graphic designers, students working with
computer-assisted-design software and others will have space in
electronic studios at the core of the building, where natural light
won’t interfere with their work.
Classrooms on the ground floor and on two floors below grade
level will serve a significant portion of the undergraduate population. They will have about 40 seats and will be used by the College
of Arts and Sciences for general purposes.
The initial design for the façade facing Somerset Street features a
mixture of glass and masonry. Chan Krieger has designed an impressive feature for that façade: a larger, tiered classroom that will slope
down the side of the building along the grade of Somerset Street.
“We were very pleased conceptually with what they have come
up with,” said New England School of Art & Design Chairman Bill
Davis. “I know there’s a lot of work left, but at the schematic phase
the architects have managed to incorporate the vast majority of what
we were looking for.”
Davis said students will get the large, unobstructed studio space
needed for classical art, such as painting and drawing. In the art and
design school’s current location at 75 Arlington Street, larger rooms
have columns in the middle, making for less than ideal space.
Plans for 20 Somerset call for an art and design library and
gallery space that is larger than what the school has today, including
a secondary gallery. “That space will become not just NESAD space,
but clearly a central point for the University as a whole,” said Davis.
“It’s very exciting in that it will give us a permanent home,” he
added. “We haven’t had that in 15 years.”
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�Voices on Campus: What will be the impact of the Institutional Master Plan?
“I’m excited about the opportunities these changes bring for
the students, especially bringing
the art students to the main
campus, but also offering more
housing. We have students
coming from afar, and now
more of them can have the
advantage of living on campus.
Centralized services also are
helpful to students; one-stop
shopping is important given all
the demands on their time.”
“It’s been exciting to be on the
ground floor of the planning for the Modern Theatre
project. Suffolk will restore this
historic space, which will give
the University and the Theatre
Department more visibility in
the city. I’m particularly enthusiastic about the professional
performing arts organizations
we may be able to partner with
in this space.”
—Dean of Students
Ann Coyne
—Nora Long, Theatre
Department marketing &
special projects supervisor
“It will be great to have more
students able to live on campus
and experience our wonderful city. When students live in
residence halls we are better
able to ease their transition
from high school by providing
more structure; we can plant
the seeds of success. And the
Modern Theatre will give us
another space on campus for
our many students engaged in
the performing arts and other
campus programs.”
—Dave DeAngelis, director
of Student Activities
“NESAD will have the best of
both worlds at 20 Somerset
Street, retaining our small,
tight-knit community while
becoming better integrated
with the main campus. The
design and construction of the
art school’s new, state-of-the-art
facility takes into consideration
the environmental impact, and
it will be a much more vibrant
place for the arts than where we
are now.”
—Suzanne John,
director of Academic &
Instructional Services,
NESAD
T
he approval of the Institutional Master Plan is a major achieve
ment for the University. With a blueprint in place for sensible growth and
development, Suffolk can look forward to a very bright future in Boston.
Many pieces had to come together to reach this point. It could not have happened without the vision and leadership of President David J. Sargent. President
Sargent has been tireless in his efforts to provide the best academic setting and
facilities for our students.
Also critical was the leadership of Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston
Redevelopment Authority in bringing together neighbors and helping to align
their interests with the interests of the University.
Thanks also go to the tremendous Suffolk team in External Affairs, including
Mike Feeley, Elizabeth Leary and Kristyn O’Brien, as well as Gordon King in
Facilities Planning and Greg Gatlin and his team in Public Affairs. And thank
you to Alex Krieger and David Gamble of Chan Krieger Sieniewicz for the
consultation expertise they brought to the community planning process.
Finally, the Institutional Master Plan is a far better document because of the
many hours of work, creative ideas, dedication and encouragement provided by
the group of neighbors and stakeholders who make up the community task force.
Suffolk University is grateful for your efforts.
John Nucci
Vice President for External Affairs
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Potpourri
Galleries
Campus alive with events
November 2008 • Vol. 34, No. 6
New Marketing Campaign Highlights
Boston-Suffolk Connection
This is Boston. This is Suffolk.
That simple but catchy phrase is the message behind Suffolk’s new marketing
campaign for Undergraduate Admission.
“It is a very specific message to a very specific audience,” said Kathleen Peets, managing associate director of Creative Services.
University Media Services departments worked closely with Undergraduate Admission
to develop the campaign. Research, focus groups and strategizing set the stage for creation of the final informational and promotional elements—a virtual tour, an interactive
campus map and a series of publications.
“This was definitely a team effort,” said Peets. “Everyone had to know our product
from beginning to end.”
The overall concept was to promote Suffolk and its strong connection with Boston and
its historic, cultural and social significance. Boston Common, Beacon Hill, Downtown
Crossing and Faneuil Hall. TD Banknorth Garden, Fenway Park and the Theater District.
“One of the key points we discovered is that people come to Suffolk because of
Boston, so we built on that fact,” said University Media and Creative Services Director
Midge Wilcke. “Suffolk is a great and exciting place to go to school because of where it is
located—in the heart of Boston. Students who come here know that, in addition to receiving a quality education, they will be only a few steps from where everything happens.”
In order to be as accurate as possible in their marketing efforts, Wilcke and her staff
had to learn about what makes today’s undergraduate student tick. “We found out what
Anne Condon gets a hug from the Suffolk
Ram during the annual Breast Cancer
Awareness Walk to the State House.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
Continued on page 2
Breast Cancer Month
Awards & Activism
The Suffolk University community
marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month
in October with an array of activities. The
seventh annual Breast Cancer Awareness
Walk to the State House brought together
faculty, administrators, staff and students,
including student-athletes representing all
13 sports teams.
The month’s events featured the annual
Courage and Cuisine luncheon, where
Athletics Director Jim Nelson and Cary
McConnell, associate director of athletics
Continued on page 4
2008 Deans’ Reception
Director of Budget and Risk Management Maureen Stewart and husband Dick; Mary Ann
Sacks, assistant budget director and husband Lee; Associate Budget Director Karan Sandhu
and wife Yvetta; Environmental Health and Safety Manager Kerry Laroche and husband Scott;
Karen Kruppa, risk manager, and husband Steve; Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
Erik Francis. More photos, pages 6–7 (Photo by PEI)
.
�Marketing Campaign
Continued from page 1
Honored With Heritage Medallions
The University recognized the commitment of four people who made outstanding contributions to
the life of the University through its 2008 Heritage Medallion Ceremony on Sept. 17 Those attending
.
included President David J. Sargent and College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean David Robbins,
chair of the Heritage Committee; honorees William F Coughlin, part-time counselor, Undergraduate
.
Admission, and retired director of Admission; and Herbert Lemelman, professor of law and former
associate law dean. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth Greenberg accepted the medallion
for recipient Alexandra Dumas Todd, professor and former chair of the Sociology department, while
Joseph H. Strain, retired dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received the medallion on behalf
of the late Robert J. Munce, president (1954–1960) and chancellor emeritus. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Campus Handles Nearly 100 Events a Month
The University is a beehive of activity year-round, and the proof is in Facilities
Management event statistics.
Since Facilities Management began using a new online work request system on April 1, it
has received 650 event requests. That’s an average of nearly 100 events per month, or more
than three per day.
Facilities Management schedules staff seven days a week and from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
weekdays to handle the load.
“Campus events put a huge workload on the facilities staff,” said James Wallace, director
of Facilities Operations. “Many events need to be set up after normal business hours,
including weekends. And for every event setup there is a breakdown afterwards, so the
workload is really doubled.”
The Law School hosted the majority of the 552 events completed as of Oct. 16, with
372 taking place there.
There were 98 active requests in the system on that date, with 60 in the Law School,
24 in Donahue and seven in Sawyer. The few remaining were spread throughout other
campus buildings.
A link to the new work request form can be found on the Facilities Management home
page, or go to www.myschoolbuilding.com.
T h e S UN is pub l ished by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
teens read, what clothes they wear, what
music they listen to and what trends they’re
interested in,” said Wilcke. “We had to put
ourselves in their shoes.”
Said Peets: “This marketing campaign is
to recruit students for our College of Arts
and Sciences and Sawyer Business School,
educating them and their parents about
what this institution is all about. We really
did our homework on who we are trying to
reach, and we continue to do so.”
Wilcke pointed out that the three
publications promoting “This is Boston.
This is Suffolk.”—An Introduction to Suffolk
University, Information for International
Students, and Viewbook 2008–09—are
smaller and more compact than marketing
materials produced in years past.
“The purpose of these pieces is to whet
people’s appetite and direct them to our
Web site. These publications, the virtual
tour and the interactive campus map are all
part of an admission counselor’s tool kit.”
Director of Undergraduate Admission
John Hamel is delighted with the new
marketing campaign. “We want the information we provide to prospective students and
families to accurately represent the University
so that students will elect to apply and
attend our school and ultimately graduate
from Suffolk,” said Hamel. “This marketing
campaign is right on target, and it enables
us to continually update information that is
important in telling the Suffolk story.”
Annual Copyright
License
The University now holds an Annual
Copyright License from the Copyright
Clearance Center. This license allows the
University community to reproduce and
distribute copyrighted content, in both
print and digital form, within copyright
laws and guidelines. The license currently
provides coverage for more than a million
titles from key publishers, with new titles
and publishers continually being added.
For more information contact:
• Bob Dugan, Sawyer Library
• Sabrina Holley-Williams, Moakley
Law Library
• Steve Snow, University Bookstore
manager
�Virtual Tour and Campus Map Speak to Prospective Students
The new marketing campaign for under
grad ate admission—“This is Boston. This is
u
Suffolk.”—includes a virtual tour and interactive campus map, giving people from all over
the world a front-row seat at the University and
its neighborhood: the city of Boston.
University Media and Creative Services
spent a year creating the communication
vehicle, working in collaboration with
CampusTours Inc., an interactive media and
software company.
The virtual tour is comprised of 11 videos,
each about 90 seconds long. The videos feature
nine Suffolk students and two professors in an
interactive, flash-based, online “experience.”
“Our goal was to create an online atmosphere
that would give prospective students the same
experience that they would have if they were on
campus,” said University Media and Creative
Services Director Midge Wilcke. “We wanted to
provide them with the best chance possible to
test drive Suffolk. A lot of schools have virtual
campus tours, but what we wanted to do was
take this to another level.”
George Comeau, managing associate director of University Media and Creative Services,
worked closely with CampusTours throughout
the project, managing a creative and technical
group of designers, video editors, flash engineers and content managers. “There was always real collaboration
going on,” said Comeau. “We would have weekly conference calls
involving people from all over the country.”
Closer to home, Comeau credits Suffolk junior Rebecca Bishop
for her role on the in-house team. “She did a great job for us,” said
Comeau. “She was a production manager, but I gave her the title of
‘director of authenticity.’” Bishop managed workflow and guaranteed that the project would speak directly to the student audience.
It took 2,031 elements—photographs, video, audio and Web
links—to create the virtual tour.
An interactive campus map, “Suffolk Univercity,” was created
by illustrator John Roman, a 1974 graduate of the New England
School of Art & Design, as part of the virtual tour.
“In this illustrated city/campus map, I wanted to show Suffolk’s
relationship to the sites and landmarks of Boston that are within
the school’s proximity,” said Roman. “My intention on this project
was to accentuate Suffolk University’s structures within the maze of
Boston’s downtown architecture and accomplish this in a way that
captures the urban spirit and fun, while maintaining a priority of
focus on Suffolk’s position amidst the bustle of the city.”
The Suffolk University Virtual Tour and Interactive Campus Map
was named the Adobe Site of the Day on October 3. Suffolk was
only the 30th higher education institution to receive this award.
Said Wilcke: “It was a wonderful honor and a tribute to all the
hard work and dedication of everyone involved in putting this all
together.”
10 West Residence Hall Wins Gold
Interior Design Accreditation
The University’s 10 West Residence Hall has been awarded
LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council, a distinction shared by just a handful of student residence halls in
Massachusetts.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is
the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing
the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high-performing
buildings.
The Interior Design Program of the New England School
of Art & Design, has been awarded a six-year term of accreditation after an extensive review by the Council for Interior Design
Accreditation, or CIDA, an international educational accrediting
council.
Both the BFA and MA programs in Interior Design were
reviewed and reaccredited for the maximum term, thru 2014.
November 2008
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�Faculty Publications
Melanie Barker
Berkmen, Chemistry
and Biochemistry. Her
fluorescence microscopy photo of bacterial
cells was chosen as the cover of the abstract
book for the Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
and Phage meeting in Cold Spring Harbor,
N.Y. At the meeting, she presented a poster
with alumna Emma-Kate Loveday on their
research on bacterial mating.
Sandra Barriales, Humanities and
Modern Languages, published the article
“The Ethical Dimension of Poetry in Exile:
Primavera en Eaton Hastings by Pedro
Garfias” in Hispanic Review (spring 2008).
Beth Bennett, English, had the essay
“Shooting Slavery’s Image in Black Power:
A Close Reading of Three Richard Wright
Photographs” published in the book Writing
with Light: Words and Photographs in
American Texts (Peter Lang, UK, 2009).
Stephanie Hartung, Law School, published the article “Using Legislative Intent
as Reasoning in Legal
Analysis” in The Second
Draft (fall 2008).
Dan Kimmel,
Communication
and Journalism, has
published the book I’ll
Have What She’s Having:
Behind the Scenes of the
Great Romantic Comedies (Ivan R. Dee,
Publisher, Chicago).
Charles Kindregan, Law School,
published “Collaborative Reproduction and
Rethinking Parentage” in the Journal of the
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
Vol. 21, p.42 (2008), and “Clarifying
the Law of ART: The New American Bar
Association Model Act Governing Assisted
Reproductive Technology” in Family Law
Quarterly, Vol. 42, p. 205 (2008). Kindregan
and Maureen McBrien, adjunct law professor, coauthored the chapter “Posthumous
Reproduction” in Assisted Reproductive
Technology: A Legal Dilemma (Amicus
Books, 2008).
Scott Lussier, Environmental
Engineering, created the conference map
for the Greenbuild 2008 International
Conference and Expo, which will be held
Nov.19–21 in Boston. The interactive online
map showcases hotel and tour information for the conference. The U.S. Green
Building Council’s Greenbuild International
Conference and Expo is the premiere
conference for those involved in the green
building movement. To view the map: www.
greenbuildexpo.org/map/hotels_default.html
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos
de la Fuente Marcos, Madrid campus,
published the article “Present-Day Star
Formation at High Galactic Altitude:
The Tidal Encounter Paradigm” in The
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 685, No. 2,
2008 October 1, pp. L125–L128.
Lydia Martin, New England School
of Art & Design. She has two paintings
on display in
national juried
exhibitions at the
Bennington Center
for the Arts in
Vermont through
November. Blue
Early Winter
Vase is at the
“Small Works Show,” and Early Winter is
included in “Impressions of New England.”
Steve Novick, New England School of
Art & Design, had a one-person exhibition of
sculpture, “Put Together,” at the Kent Place
Gallery in Summit, N.J.
Elaine Pascale,
Second Language Services,
published the book
Metamorphosis: Identity
Outcomes in International
Student Adaptation.
Sebastian Royo, associate dean of the college and director of the
Madrid campus, published “Obanomics”
and “Crisis of Multilateralism” in the
Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias.
Sean Solley, New England School
of Art & Design. His design practice,
Solleydesign, showed its first marine
commission, the refit of a 40-foot motor
cruiser at the “Open Boat” event at the
Brewer Cove Haven Marina in Rhode
Island. The practice was nominated for the
2009 Joe Knight Award, offered annually
by the Rhode Island Small Business
Administration.
Breast Cancer
Continued from page 1
and head baseball coach, received the annual “Pink Tie Award” in
recognition of their longtime promotion of breast cancer awareness
in the Suffolk community.
Carol Dine, an adjunct English professor, was presented with the
first “Angela Lombardo Person of Courage Award,” which recognizes extraordinary courage, strength and selflessness in the face of
extreme personal adversity. Dine, who survived physical and verbal
abuse as a child, has battled breast cancer three times as an adult.
Lombardo, one of the founding members of Suffolk’s annual
Breast Cancer Awareness Month committee, died earlier this year
of spinal cancer that had metastasized to her lungs. She was 38 and
head of Suffolk’s radiation oncology program.
Carolina Garcia helps contribute to the upbeat tenor of the walk by
distributing balloons to participants. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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�Potpourri
Sandra Barriales, Humanities and Modern Languages, presented
a paper “Poetics of Return: Exile and Post-Exile in Rafael Alberti”
at the international conference “Geographies of Spanish Republican
Exile” in Birmingham, England.
Sara Chadwick, New England School of Art & Design,
attended the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools
of Art and Design in Seattle, Wash., in October.
Darlene Chisholm, Economics, was a visiting scholar in the
Economics department at Harvard University while on sabbatical.
She attended seminars and lectures on industrial organization and
applied econometrics and presented her research on empirical
product differentiation in the motion-pictures industry at Harvard
and MIT. Chisholm chaired a session and presented papers at the
International Industrial Organization Conference in Arlington,
Va., and also presented at the Association for Cultural Economics
International Conference in Boston.
Erin Evans, Law School. She was selected to the planning
committee for the Mid Level Manager’s 2009 Institute for Region 1
of NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
For more information about NASPA and the application process,
contact Evans at eevans@suffolk.edu.
Shailini George and Stephanie Hartung, Law School.
They presented “Methods of Teaching and Critiquing Analogical
Reasoning” at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing
Institute at Indiana University Law School.
History Department News:
Robert Allison and Mark Schneider offered a six-part Elderhostel program on “The Wisdom of our Fathers,” which examined the
creation of the Mount Rushmore sculptures and the characters and
legacies of the four presidents immortalized there. Schneider presented his series at North Hill in Needham, and Allison was at the
Boston Home, a nursing-care facility in Dorchester for adults with
MS and other progressive neurological diseases. For his final session,
Schneider had the participants reflect on presidential elections they
remembered. Among his students were a veteran who recalled the
Army’s desegregation in 1948, the widow of a speechwriter for Adlai
Stevenson, and a lawyer who reminisced about the 1960 election,
when he worked in the New York office of Thomas E. Dewey.
Patricia Reeve presented a paper “Fabricated Bodies: Popular
Readings of 19th Industrial Hazards and Imperiled Female
Operatives” at the Berkshire Conference of Women’s Historians at
the University of Minnesota.
Yong Xue, presented “Creating Imperial Wealth: The Rise of
Jiangnan and the World’s Largest Economy in the Pre-Industrial
Age” as part of the History department’s monthly lecture series.
Health Services has changed
its name to the Office of
Health & Wellness Services
to reflect its efforts to educate
the University community on
health improvement and overall wellness as well as providing the
services of a health clinic that manages illness and injury. The new
logo combines the “Tree of Life,” which is often used to symbolize
the wellness of the whole person, with the apple, the iconic symbol of
physical health.
Art Klossner and Tobie Caron, Health and Wellness Services.
They attended the annual meeting and conference of the American
College Health Association (ACHA) in Orlando, Fla. Klossner
lectured on “Men’s Health Issues in the College Population” and
was named national chair of the Advanced Practice Clinician section
of ACHA. Caron delivered a lecture on “Breast Cancer and Breast
Health in the Young Woman” and is serving a second term on the
planning committee for the ACHA annual meeting and conference.
Charles Kindregan, Law School. He spoke to the judges of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court on
“Current Issues in Family Law” during the annual Appellate Judges
Conference. Kindregan also spoke on the “Model Act on Assisted
Reproductive Technology” at the Annual Probate and Family Court
Judges Judicial Institute.
Congratulations to Assistant Bursar Danny Luu and wife Sylvia
on the birth of their son Nathan on Oct. 13. He weighed 7 pounds,
8 ounces.
Anne Macdonald, ITS Web Services, presented “Managing
our Catalog process in our Content Management System” at the
eduWeb Conference in Atlantic City, N.J., and at the HighEdWeb
Conference in Springfield, Mo. For more information about the
Catalog project go to www.suffolk.edu/offices/30019.html.
Carlos Rufin, Sawyer Business School, has been appointed director of the Undergraduate Global Business Program.
Sebastian Royo, associate dean for the college and director
of the Madrid campus. At the 2008 annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association in Boston, he presented a
paper “Portugal and Spain in the EU: The Paradox of Economic
Divergence” and organized a panel “Portugal in the 21st Century.
He also presented “Challenges for the New Union for the
Mediterranean” at New York University.
Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Legal Practice Skills, presented
“Podcasting in LRR&W: Downloading the Greatest Hits” at the
Legal Writing Institute Conference at Indiana Law School.
Sawyer Business School Faculty International Potluck
Dinner, organized by Jonathan Frank, featured dishes from around
the world as well as entertainment. Frank said that the potluck was
suggested by the
late Professor Lee
Sutherland in the
mid-1980s, and,
although only
one dinner was
held, it was very
successful. “I
decided last year Paula Athanasion, Carlos Rufin, Alberto
after our faculty
Zanzi, Nizamettin Aydin and David Wheeler at
had increased by the third international potluck dinner for the Business
20 percent in size School faculty.
to revisit the idea
of an international potluck. I floated the idea, and the faculty was
responsive. The Business School deans also have been generous in
their support of this event,” said Frank. The potlucks, scheduled for
the beginning and end of the school year, bring together more than
80 faculty members and their families.
November 2008
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�Deans’ Reception 2008
Forty-Year Honorees
William E. Good, Chemistry
Richard P Vacco, Law School
.
Thirty-Year Honorees
Agnes S. Bain, Government
Sara Chadwick, New England School
of Art & Design
Kenneth S. Greenberg, College of Arts
and Sciences
Michael T. Lavin, Public Management
H. Thomas O’Hara, Finance
Twenty-Year Honorees
Alisa Berman, Sawyer Business School
Wilma J. Busse, Counseling Center
Mario Castrillon, Facilities Management
Michelle Ann Dobbins, Law Career
Development
Steven Eisenstat, Law School
Theresa Malionek, Sawyer Business School
Magid Mazen, Management-Organizational
Behavior/Entrepreneurship
Antonia Rizzo, Financial Aid-Colleges
Denise Rodriguez, Accounting
Priscilla J. Rosati, Executive Education/
Lifelong Learning
Michael L. Rustad, Law School
Michael K. Ryan, University Police
Lisa Vigliotta, Human Resources
Ten-Year Honorees
Christopher Argyrople, Finance
Michael A. Avery, Law School
Dennis A. Bryson, Mail Services
Wai Hing Cheng, Assistant Treasurer’s Office
Yonnie Chi Chin, Information Systems &
Operations Management
Dorothy Brooks Commons, Law Career
Development
Thomas F. Connolly, English
Charles Cramer, Humanities &
Modern Languages
John D’Alleva, Facilities Management
Frederick Depeiza, University Police
Ellen M. Driscoll, Graduate Admission
Robert E. Dugan, Sawyer Library
Charles J. Feltch III, Financial Aid-Colleges
Laura A. Ferrari, Law School
Lynda D. Field, Counseling Center
Henry Garzon, Facilities Management
Melissa Gately, College of Arts
and Sciences
Gregory E. Harris, Purchasing Services
Sidarith B. Hing, University Police
Mikhail B. Ilin, University Police
Edith Kaplan, Psychology
Steven Y. Keren, Law Library
Aykaz Klian, University Police
Danny T. Luu, Student Accounts/Bursar
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Michael J. McCartney, University Police
John D. McCoy, Business Law
Ruth A. McEwen, Sawyer Business School
Ann T. McGonigle Santos, Law School
Yeuris J. Mejia, Accounts Payable Services
Johanny Mejia, Mail Services
Rita G. Mooney, Student Accounts/Bursar
Colleen A. Murphy, Law Career Development
Julissa M. Peguero, Undergraduate Admission
Rosa Puello, Law School
Herbert N. Ramy, Law School
Mark Rotondo, College of Arts and Sciences
Sebastian Royo, College of Arts and Sciences
Roberto Terrero, University Police
Thomas J. Trott, Biology
Photos by PEI
Director of Communications and Special Events
Teri Malionek and Sawyer Business School
Dean William J. O’Neill, Jr.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth S.
Greenberg and Provost Barry Brown.
Professor of Law Richard Vacco and Associate
Dean and Professor of Law Marc Perlin.
H. Thomas O’Hara, associate professor of
finance, and Sawyer Business School Dean
William J. O’Neill, Jr.
Michael Rizzo; Antonia Rizzo, associate director, Financial Aid; and Associate Vice President
of Enrollment and Retention Management
Walter Caffey.
�Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry William Good; Associate Professor of Psychological
Services Lynda Field; Cristina Royo; Associate Professor of Psychological Services Wilma Busse;
Mark Rotondo, data analyst, CAS Dean’s Office; Professor of Government Agnes Bain; (back)
Associate Professor of Biology Thomas Trott; Sebastian Royo, associate dean, College of Arts and
Sciences, and Madrid campus director; Judi Greenberg; College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth
S. Greenberg; Robin Rotondo; Sara Chadwick, director of Administrative Services for NESAD;
Associate Professor of English Thomas Connolly; and Milena Connolly.
Associate Professor of Legal Writing Ann McGonigle Santos; Herbert
Ramy, director and professor of Academic Support, Law School; Associate
Dean and Professor of Law Linda Sandstrom Simard; Associate Dean and
Professor of Law Marc Perlin; Laura Ferrari, dean of students, Law School;
Professor of Law Michael Rustad.
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
William Good and College of Arts and Sciences
Dean Kenneth S. Greenberg.
Yeuris Mejia, assistant manager, Accounts Payable; Greg Harris, business manager, Purchasing Services; Vice President-Treasurer Francis X.
Flannery; and Lisa Vigliotta, associate director, Human Resources.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Elizabeth Armour, Law Career Development
Kirsten Behling, Office of Disability Services
Jashawn Brown-Robinson, Law School
Andrew Butler, English
Michael Carpenter, Facilities Management
Aryn Conway, Humanities
Marissa Donahue, Facilities Management
James Hull, NESAD
Matthew Kaler, Counseling Center
Casey Kennedy, Payroll
Eileen Koven, Law Academic Technology
Jessica Krywosa, Enrollment & Retention Management
Joshua Lavin, Law Dean’s Office
Brendan Loughman, Law Registrar’s Office
Sara Lischynsky, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office
Lynmarie MacMillan, Accounts Payable Services
Heather Madden, English
Stephanie McCormick, Center for International Education
Kelly Pinard, Government
Emily Pytka, Management-Organizational Behavior/
Entrepreneurship
Katherine Quinn, Psychology
Lynn Saladino, Counseling Center
Enedelia Sauceda, Counseling Center
Madelyn Soto, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office
Nylana Thome, Office of the Provost
Joseph Walsh, Undergraduate Admission
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�Connections Depicts Service Learning in El Salvador
Connections: Suffolk University Keeps Moakley
Legacy Alive in El Salvador presents a look
at the ongoing relationship between Suffolk
University and the Salvadoran people.
The exhibit, at the Adams Gallery
through Jan. 12, 2009, features photographs
from Suffolk University service-learning
efforts in Boston-area communities and in
El Salvador.
The late Congressman John Joseph
Moakley played an important role in moving
El Salvador beyond repression and rebellion
to peace. In doing so, he forged a lasting
relationship with the people of El Salvador.
Students and faculty visit El Salvador
annually, retracing Moakley’s path from San
Salvador to rural villages. Along the way
they have met officials, former guerrillas
and witnesses who assisted Moakley in the
congressional investigation that helped pave
the way to peace in El Salvador.
The exhibit also presents an encore
showing of El Congresista: Joe Moakley en El
Salvador, a display of photos and documents
from the John Joseph Moakley Archive that
explore El Salvador, the civil war and the
conflict’s impact on the Salvadoran people.
The campus community is invited to
an opening reception for the exhibit from
5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19. RSVP:
617-305-6295, lmuller@suffolk.edu.
Suffolk student Francisco Peguero in front of a mural of Archbishop Romero, who was slain while
celebrating Mass and is revered as a martyr by many Salvadorans, 2008. (Photo by Tom Gearty)
Behind the Image at NESAD
The gallery at the New England School of
Art & Design will present Behind the Image,
an exhibit of works of seven established
artists who live and work in the Boston area,
from Nov. 6, 2008–Jan. 3, 2009.
An opening reception will be held from
5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6.
Artists exhibiting are Hannah Barrett,
Dana Clancy, Lisa Costanzo, Heather
Hobler, John Guthrie, Cristi Rinklin and
Joe Wardwell.
The exhibit reveals some of the investigations, processes and inspirations these artists
used to produce specific artworks.
Their highly crafted paintings and
drawings are shown alongside the sketches,
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Dana Clancy, study for “ The Storm Outside the Window (2008)”
.
Internet and magazine sources; art history
books; and color studies that informed their
creative decision-making.
In effect, the curator attempts to re-create
the “studio wall” covered with unexpected
images, postcards and inspirational objects
that exist in each of the artist’s studios.
The finished work is given a history
through this “contextualizing” of the
artwork, with early stages of thought
and jumping-off points all in evidence.
Visitors to the gallery will learn from
seeing just what is “behind the image” in
these diverse artistic works.
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Deval Patrick at BHI
Potpourri
Celtics Partnership
December 2008 • Vol. 34, No. 7
Celebration Kicks Off Modern Theatre Project
The University celebrated the official
start of its newest residence hall project in
November, setting the stage for restoration
of the Landmark Modern Theatre façade
and injection of additional life into the
Downtown Crossing neighborhood.
The project will bring a new 184-seat
theater and a gallery to Downtown Crossing,
while creating 197 additional student
beds on campus. The building will open
in fall 2010.
The celebration also highlighted the
University’s emphasis on sustainability in
designing new buildings and retrofitting
existing infrastructure.
Suffolk President David J. Sargent,
Vice President John Nucci and Boston
Mayor Thomas Menino described the
importance of the restoration of the
Modern, the third Washington Street
theater to be preserved. The Paramount
Theatre and the Opera House are the other
recently rescued “jewels” in the area.
“We always are pleased when we can
benefit our students, whether by expanding
our academic offerings or improving our
infrastructure,” said President Sargent.
“We are particularly proud when we can
University and city officials join together to unfurl a banner marking the beginning of the Modern
Theatre residence hall building project. (Photo by John Gillooly)
also serve our city, and this building will
go a long way to advance revitalization
efforts in Downtown Crossing and the
Theater District.”
Meredith Jones, a student representative on the University’s Sustainability
Committee, also spoke, discussing the
success of “green campus” efforts.
For the second time in University history,
the building blocks of a demolished building
will rise again as part of new construction.
Continued on page 4
Law School Podcasts Climb the Charts on iTunes U
Suffolk University Law School professors are in high demand
on iTunes U, where their legal writing skills podcasts are climbing
the charts.
In fact, one of their recordings ranks among the top 10 most
downloaded law-related iTunes U podcasts worldwide.
Suffolk is the only law school in the country offering weekly
legal writing tips on iTunes U.
“The great thing about this is that students get the benefit of
being taught by 13 different professors, and we get to utilize the
talent of our entire department,” said Suffolk University Law School
Professor Kathleen Elliott Vinson, who directs the Legal Practice
Skills program. “This is a teaching tool using technology that is very
popular and familiar to students entering law school. They’re listening to these podcasts to enhance their learning experience.”
Each week, a different Legal Practice Skills professor records and
uploads a 5-to-10-minute legal writing tip podcast corresponding
to his or her academic syllabus. One week, the “Annotated Sample
Memo” ranked as iTunes U’s second-most-downloaded law-related
podcast, topping hundreds of others.
Continued on page 3
�Promotion, Tenure and
Sabbaticals for College
Promotions
Felicia Wiltz, associate
Barbara Abrams, associate
professor of Sociology
professor of Humanities and
Modern Languages
Kevin Carragee, professor
of Communication and
Journalism
Nancy Hackett, associate
professor, New England School
of Art and Design
Steven Novick, professor,
New England School of Art
and Design
Bruce Wickelgren, associate
professor of Communication
and Journalism
Tenure
Barbara Abrams, associate
professor of Humanities and
Modern Languages
Lisa Celovsky, associate
professor of English
Patricia Hogan, associate
professor of Physics
David Medoff, associate
professor of Education and
Human Services
Elisabeth Moes, associate
professor of Psychology
Sukanya Ray, associate
professor of Psychology
Marjorie Salvodon, associate
professor of Humanities and
Modern Languages
Jane Secci, associate professor
of Communication and
Journalism
Sabbaticals
Barbara Abrams, associate
professor of Humanities and
Modern Languages
Robert Allison, professor
of History
Robert Bellinger, associate
professor of History
Linda Brown, professor,
New England School of Art
and Design
Lisa Celovsky, associate
professor of English
Thomas Connolly, associate
professor of English
Edith Cook, associate professor
of Math and Computer Science
Rosemarie DiBiase, associate
professor of Education and
Human Services
Patricia Hogan, associate
professor of Physics
Vicki Karns, associate professor
of Communication and
Journalism
Frederick Marchant, professor
of English
Shahruz Mohtadi, associate
professor of Economics
Steven Spitzer, professor
of Sociology
Da Zheng, associate professor
of English
First Night Ice Sculpture
3–5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 31, Law School
T h e S UN is publ ished by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Get Organized for New Year
Human Resources is offering a training and development
course, Straighten Up!, designed to organize office workspace, at
9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, in the Law School function room. The
program begins with a half-hour demonstration by Pam Kristan,
Straighten Up! consultant and trainer. She has helped thousands
change the way they organize their workspaces and their lives.
Optional participation in the full program features at-the-desk
work during the morning, with an 11:30 a.m. send-off to help
you stay organized. Kristan will come to your desk to offer
insightful and effective interventions to help you reorganize your
workspace.
For more information on Straighten Up! : http://www.
pamelakristan.com/
To register: http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/22523.html
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Karen Corey, Office of Government & Community Affairs
Daniel D’Onofrio, University Media Services
Timothy Loiselle, Undergraduate Admission
Mick-Kelly Pierre, Mail Services
Faculty Publications
James Angelini, Accounting, has published two papers:
“Business Taxes in Massachusetts: Toward Fundamental Reform”
(with Tuerck, D., Conte, F., Sanchez-Penalver, A.); in State
Tax Notes, Vol. 49:6; and “An Exploration of Distortions in
Horizontal Equity Caused by Cost of Living Differences” (with
Noga, T.) in Tax Notes.
Susan Atherton of Business Law and Ethics and David
Wheeler of Marketing. Their article “Marketing Innovations
and the Effect of Patent Reform on Plant Patents” will be
published in the Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences.
Melanie Barker
Berkmen, Chemistry
and Biochemistry,
had a micrograph
of bacterial cells
that she obtained
through fluorescence
microscopy published
in the textbook
Microbiology: an evolvMelanie Berkmen
ing science (2008).
Christopher Buscaglia, Business Law and Ethics. His
article “Crafting a Legislative Solution to the Economic
Harm of Employee Misclassification” will be published in the
University of California, Davis, Business Law Journal (spring
2009 edition).
C. Gopinath, Strategy & International Business, has
published “Recognizing and justifying private corruption” in
the Journal of Business Ethics, 82: 747–754.
�Potpourri
Student Affairs Division news:
Beth Rosenbleet hosted the 2008 National Orientation Directors
Association conference held in Boston Oct. 31–Nov. 3. The
conference, which marked the end of Rosenbleet’s three-year commitment as host, attracted more than 900 participants. Karen
Jasinski coordinated the national pre-conference programs.
Kate Bauer and David DeAngelis were honored at the
National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) regional
conference in Hartford, Conn. DeAngelis received the Donald
L. McCullough Award, the highest honor given annually
to recognize an individual’s long-term commitment to the
organization and field of student activities. DeAngelis has
served on the regional board in various capacities over the past
10 years. Bauer was named the Staff Programmer of the Year
for exemplifying outstanding achievement in student affairs.
Denise (Strum) Lang, Creative
Services, and Jason Lang were
married May 31 at The Brookside
Club in Bourne.
Brenda Bond, Public
Management, is the principal investigator for two state-funded research
grants in Lowell and Springfield
to assess the implementation of
citywide youth violence policies.
Denise and Jason Lang
This semester she hosted Boston
Police Commissioner Ed Davis and Colonel Mark Delaney of the
Massachusetts State Police as guest speakers in her Public Service
Human Resource Management classes.
Jake Deehan and Michael Duggan of Enrollment Research and
Planning participated in the New England Association of Collegiate
Registrars and Admission Officers conference in Manchester, N.H.
Deehan co-presented the session “Using Pivot Tables in Microsoft
Excel,” and Duggan conducted “Mining for Competitor Data:
Using IPEDS Data Tools to Make Your Life Easier.”
Erin Evans, Law School, and Rich DeCapua, Office of Student
Affairs, presented a preconference session “Critical Topics Facing
Residence Life, Housing, and Disability Services” with colleagues
from Brown and Lesley universities at the annual National
Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region 1 conference in Hyannis.
Quentin Miller, English, presented “Home to Harlem, and Back
Again: James Baldwin’s Returns” at the American Studies Association
convention in Albuquerque, N.M.
Adam Nelson, Athletics, appeared Oct. 28 on the New
England Cable News “Good Morning Live” show, previewing
the Boston Celtics upcoming season.
He was on the show during the Celtics’
championship playoffs and for the NCAA
March Madness basketball tournament
last spring.
Congratulations to Jeff Rhind of
University Media Services and fiancée
Dania Swartz on the birth of their daughter
Natalya Catherine Rhind
Natalya Catherine Rhind on Oct. 29.
We’re No. 1!
Gov. Deval Patrick confers with Beacon Hill Institute Executive Director
David Tuerck at an event marking the release of BHI’s Eighth Annual
Competitiveness Report. Massachusetts ranks first among all states
in terms of its economic “competitiveness”— its ability to attract and
retain business and to provide a high standard of living for its residents
over the long run. Patrick introduced the report at a University conference. (Photo by John Gillooly)
iTunes U
Continued from page 1
In addition, the weekly Legal Writing
Tips podcast series was chosen as one
of the nine featured podcasts on the
iTunes U site. Two of the three “New
and Notable” podcasts also were produced
by faculty from the Legal Practice Skills
program.
“For today’s multi-tasking student,
this is a cutting-edge way to learn,” said
Vinson. “It’s accessible and portable—
Kathleen Vinson
you can listen and learn on the train ride
home, walking your dog, working out in the gym or relaxing in
your pajamas.”
The Legal Practice Skills podcasts launched on iTunes U in
spring 2008.
“We’re reaching out to so many people,” said Vinson. “Our
podcasts are free and available to anyone across the country and
around the world.”
Dean Alfred C. Aman, an accomplished jazz drummer, has
even jumped into the act. “He created the background music to
one of our three podcast series, and it sounds great,” said Vinson.
Some Legal Practice Skills faculty also are providing personal
podcasts to students, offering oral critiques of papers instead of
traditional written feedback.
“I just wanted to comment on how powerful the audio
critique is versus comments on a page,” wrote first-year law student Cynthia Snow in an e-mail to Professor Samantha Moppet.
“It was really great to sit here in my kitchen and listen to you talk
to me. Thanks for being so progressive and insightful.”
December 2008
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�Suffolk Scores with
Celtics Partnership
A new partnership formed with the
Boston Celtics paves the way for academic
and sports business opportunities and an ingame sponsorship.
Sawyer Business School students will
study and evaluate the NBA franchise’s business, marketing, and community programs
and needs in class. Then, working in collaboration with Celtics personnel, they will
develop marketing programs to be evaluated
and potentially implemented by the team.
The partnership also includes an in-game
sponsorship, through which the University
sponsors a popular T-shirt giveaway during
each home game.
Professor of Marketing Catherine
McCabe, who developed the academic
pro ram, said the partnership will bring
g
real-world learning in sports business and
marketing to Business School students.
At the same time, the Celtics may be the
beneficiaries of some fresh ideas.
“The opportunities for students within
the sports industry in Boston and New
England have been growing rapidly,”
said McCabe. “That includes not just
professional sports leagues and teams, but
also companies that are sponsoring and
developing partnerships with those teams.
Whether considering a career path in sports
business or some other area of marketing,
Suffolk students will be better prepared for
the competitive job market.”
Celebration
Continued from page 1
The marble, sandstone and brownstone
façade of the Modern Theatre will be taken
apart stone by stone and restored.
In the 1920s, it was brick that was saved
and reused as the Beacon Hill campus was
being constructed. When a building at
51 Temple St. was demolished to make way
for a new structure, the University made
a deal to have the brick left on site. Work
crews cleaned nearly 150,000 bricks and
used them in constructing the new building.
While making the most of its resources
in those early years, the University proved
to be ahead of its time in sustainable use
of materials.
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Ana Vaquerano, program coordinator of the Law School’s Chelsea legal clinic, University Archivist
Julia Collins and Derek Lomba, whose photos are included in the Connections exhibit, reminisce
about El Salvador. (Photos by John Gillooly)
Service-Learning Efforts Recognized
at Connections Exhibit Reception
Students involved in service-learning missions
to El Salvador were applauded at a reception for the
exhibit Connections: Suffolk University Keeps Moakley
Legacy Alive in El Salvador, which features photographs chronicling their experiences in the Central
American nation befriended by the late Congressman
Joe Moakley.
The Moakley Archive and Institute created the
Connections exhibit, which includes an encore showing
of the 2003 exhibit El Congresista: Joe Moakley en El
Salvador and is at the Adams Gallery through Jan. 12.
After describing Moakley’s first encounter with
President David Sargent and Deb
guerrillas in the wilds of El Salvador as he conducted a Searfoss, a student leader for the
congressional investigation there—a tense introduction January 2009 service-learning trip
that Moakley lightened by singing an Irish song—
to El Salvador. Students are selling
President David J. Sargent praised the students for
T-shirts and photos to raise money
their efforts.
for a Salvadoran building project
“I salute you. Joe Moakley would be proud to know that will be part of their service.
that you were going to El Salvador to help his friends
there,” said Sargent.
Sargent said the students’ efforts are particularly meaning ul for him, as he has two
f
grandchildren who were orphaned in El Salvador and adopted by his son.
Sargent’s sentiments were echoed by Frederick W. Clark, Jr., president of the John
Joseph Moakley Charitable Foundation, who thanked the students on behalf of the
foundation for “bringing our culture to El Salvador and bringing the Salvadoran
culture back here.”
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On Equal Terms Exhibit
Coin Flip Seals Coach’s Fate
Supporting Troubled Students
February 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 1
Inauguration Opens
New Chapter
The University community gathered
in offices and meeting rooms on campus to
watch the historic inauguration of President
Barack Obama, as History and Government
faculty members shared their views in media
interviews.
“There is a new chapter opening,” said
Associate Professor of History Robert Bellinger,
director of the Black Studies program, in an
interview with Fox 25. Bellinger said he always
believed there would someday be an AfricanAmerican president, but he didn’t expect it
this soon. “You see young children—AfricanAmerican children—who are aspiring to be
president, and that’s exciting.”
Assistant Professor of Government Brian
Conley, in Washington with students for a
Presidential Inauguration Seminar, recapped
Obama’s speech in an interview with New
England Cable News. Paraphrasing the
president, he noted that “this tradeoff between
liberty and security is essentially a false one.
You don’t necessarily need to sacrifice liberty
to achieve security. I thought these were
interesting comments on what has been the
prevailing paradigm for the past eight years.”
Discussing inauguration addresses since
the birth of the nation, History Chair Robert
Allison told Fox 25: “Presidential inaugurations really are special events. Every four years
we do this and it is, as President Kennedy
said, ‘not a victory of party, but a celebration
of freedom.’ And it’s a humbling thing to realize that since 1789 every four years we have
met to inaugurate a president, sometimes
a new one, sometimes one who had been
reelected. ... It is part of the continuity of
American democracy. ... a reassuring thing.”
“This is a very important day in the lives
of many people,” said Habiba El-Derini, a
management and marketing major from Egypt.
“Outside of America, we’re all excited to see a
president who can make a change for our side
of the world instead of America alone.”
Creating the Dream: Lori Cawthorne
Jacinda Felix and President David J. Sargent honor Lori Cawthorne of Human Resources with
the Creating the Dream Award at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Luncheon. Cawthorne gives
generously of her time as an administrator, instructor, club adviser and mentor to students. She
has served on the President’s Commission on the Status of AHANA Faculty, Staff, and Students;
has planned yearly events for AHANA faculty and staff; and welcomes new AHANA students
and their families to the University. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Provost Rises to New Challenges
Barry Brown is an educator above and beyond everything else.
Yet he likes new challenges, which is one reason he accepted the position of University
provost six months ago, eagerly seeking the opportunity to have a positive impact at his
“home away from home.”
“I have such a high regard for this University and the people who are part of our community,” said Brown, who has been associated with Suffolk for more than three decades.
“My challenge is to make sure that we continue to have the physical and monetary resources
available to provide a quality education to people of all ages and from all walks to life.”
One of Brown’s priorities is to recognize the importance of Suffolk’s more than 60,000
alumni worldwide.
“I’m working on helping them become more involved in the University and knowledgeable
about the extraordinary progress that our schools have made in recent years,” he said. “I would
like to create an effective and involved alumni organization and base for the entire University.”
Brown supports the efforts to develop the downtown campus with a new student
center, athletic facilities, science laboratories and student housing.
“I very much would like to see these facilities become a reality over the next few years,”
he said. “To meet this goal we will require increased alumni and private-sector support; it
is essential for our growth.”
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�Provost
Continued from page 1
Another challenge is maintaining a strong financial base for
Suffolk students and faculties, increasing financial aid, and developing
grant and support funding from private-sector and industry sources.
Brown also cited the importance of the international programs’
growth.
The provost joined the Law School
in 1976 and has taught Real Property,
Land Transfer and Finance, Professional
Responsibility, and Biomedical Law and
Public Policy. He still teaches a Real
Property class each semester, instructing 110
students with the same passion he had when
he first stepped in front of a classroom.
“I love teaching,” said Brown, who holds
Barry Brown
an A.B. from Harvard College, an Ed.M.
from the Harvard School of Education and a J.D. from Harvard
Law School. “I could be having a bad day, but whenever I walk into
a classroom and feel the energy of the students, that all changes. It’s
such a wonderful experience to interact with students who are so
engaged to learn and to use that education to benefit themselves.”
Personable and articulate, friendly and genuine, Brown has
always been innovative in connecting with students. He’ll do
whatever it takes to make them reach their full potential.
“Students need to relax and to love what they’re learning,” he
said. “My reward is seeing their faces when they succeed. There’s
nothing better than that.”
The provost’s allegiance to Suffolk is clear.
“The heritage, the culture, the relationship shared among our
students, faculties and staff are special,” he said. “It was like that
when I started working here more than thirty years ago, and it is the
same today. There are no barriers among us.”
Brown and his wife, Ellen Shapiro Brown, a Law School alumna,
live in Newton. He rises at 5 a.m. daily and reads five newspapers
with his morning cup of coffee. He enjoys skiing, sailing and
cheering on the Boston sports teams, particularly the Red Sox.
Immersing himself in a good history book or a biography is another
of his fond pleasures.
As he takes on the next challenge in his distinguished career,
Brown goes about his business with a spirited attitude.
“People are always asking me: What does a provost do? And I
tell them that it might be a shorter list to describe what a provost
doesn’t do in a growing and exciting University,” he said with a
laugh. Pausing, he added, “I have a great job and there’s no other
place I’d rather be.”
On Equal Terms Exhibit Celebrates Tradeswomen
The exhibit On Equal Terms: Women in Construction 30
Years & Still Organizing, at the Adams Gallery through
March 17, celebrates 30 years of women in construction.
On Equal Terms grew out of an effort by artist, poet
and educator Susan Eisenberg to learn from tradeswoman
pioneers about the struggle to bring women into the
construction trades. The personal testimonies of the many
women she has interviewed inform her work.
Federal policy changes in 1978 opened construction
jobs and apprenticeship programs to women, with
projections that women would make up 25 percent of the
construction work force by now. Yet today women hold
only about 2 percent of jobs in the building trades.
Assistant Professor Patricia Reeve of the History Department,
whose research interests include labor history and the histories of
gender and women, made the connection with Eisenberg to bring
the exhibit to the University.
“This mixed-media exhibit brings to light the experiences of
women in occupations with a long history of discrimination and
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exclusion,” said Reeve. “Typically their voices are absent from
statistical analyses of and policy debates about affirmative action in
the workplace.”
Programming related to the exhibit includes a poetry reading by
Susan Eisenberg and a panel discussion on Boston tradeswomen’s
history and their current campaign for enforcement of local and state
compliance laws.
Eisenberg was one of the first women in the country to achieve
journey-level status as a union electrician, and she worked on
construction sites for 15 years. She is the author of We’ll Call You If
We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction, a New York
Times Notable Book.
Her installation employs soft sculpture, found objects, poetry,
story, photography and audio to explore issues of power and social
policy.
�Coach Demands Excellence on Court & in Classroom
Heads or tails.
That’s what it came down
to when Ed Leyden was given
the choice to become the
coach of the Revere High
School girls varsity basketball
team or the boys jayvee squad
25 years ago.
“I flipped a coin to make
my decision,” said Leyden.
“Whatever came up, that’s
where I was going.”
From that humble
beginning, Leyden made
Ed Leyden
quite a name for himself in
the coaching profession, even before he joined the University as
women’s basketball coach.
At Revere High, where Leyden taught math for 37 years, his
girls teams were 84–36, a .700 winning percentage. Revere won the
Greater Boston League title his last three seasons, going 44–1 during
that time. Leyden was twice selected the Massachusetts Basketball
Coaches Association Coach of the Year and was named Boston Globe
Coach of the Year. Ten of his players went on to become captains of
their college teams.
Leyden joined the University’s women’s basketball program in
1994, facing a real challenge: The Lady Rams had had an overall
record of 85 wins and 201 losses in the previous 14 seasons.
Building on discipline, teamwork and fundamentals, Leyden has
guided the team to an average of 15 wins each season. His 1999
team holds the school record for most wins in a season, with 19; his
2000 squad won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference title; and
the Rams were ranked among the Top 20 in team defense by the
NCAA in 2003 and 2005.
“My job is to be fair and do what’s best for the University and
the team,” said Leyden, who has been named GNAC Coach of
the Year four times (1997, 1998, 2000 and 2008). “Division III
women’s basketball is very competitive, and we play to win. Each
student-athlete on the team has a role that she is expected to fulfill
to the best of her abilities. We try to create an environment where
the players work hard, play smart and have fun.”
Leyden cites the role of his coaching staff—Caitlin O’Loughlin,
Shannon Kirwan and Barry Kipnes—in the team’s success.
“I’ve made it a point to surround myself with good people,” said
Leyden. “I give a lot of credit to my assistant coaches for the energy
and chemistry they provide in making our system work.”
Leyden insists that his players reach their potential on the court,
and he also demands that they excel in the classroom. The Women’s
Basketball Coaches Association ranked Suffolk among the Top 25
Division III academic teams in 2001 and 2003.
Almost every weekend from April through August is spent on the
recruiting trail. Leyden looks at both PPG (points per game) and
GPA in searching for that perfect player.
“Ed Leyden has raised the level of accomplishment of Suffolk
University women’s basketball in a manner that distinguishes him
as one of the premier coaches in New England,” said Director of
Athletics Jim Nelson. “Ed’s quiet on-court demeanor belies a fiery
competitiveness within that provides motivation to his players and
admiration from his coaching colleagues.”
In addition to his coaching duties, Leyden is now an assistant to
the director of Athletics. While it has been a long time since that
coin flip and his coaching debut, he continues to be passionate
about the game he loves.
Potpourri
Counseling Center
Reaccredited
Wayne Bonikowski, English, presented two papers: “Ford
Madox Ford’s Wartime Impressionism” at the International
Conference on Narrative in Austin, Texas, and “The Power to
Cut and Wound and Excite: Feeling and Communication after
War in Virginia Woolf ’s Mrs. Dalloway” at the Modern Language
Association Conference in San Francisco.
Jerry Gianakis, Public Management, received a $20,000 award
from IBM’s Center for the Business of Government to produce a
monograph highlighting innovative practices in public sector supply
chain management systems.
Jagadeesh Moodera, Physics, was awarded the 2009 Oliver
Buckley Prize from the American Physical Society.
David Yamada, Law School, has started a blog for the New
Workplace Institute at http://newworkplace.wordpress.com/. It
includes commentary about work and employment relations.
His scholarship and advocacy about workplace bullying was
recognized in an AsianWeek magazine feature commemorating
the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. The article can be found at www.asianweek.
com/2008/12/10/human-rights-at-60/.
The University Counseling Center has been reaccredited
by the International Association of Counseling Services, IACS,
through 2013, at which time it will undergo a site visit by the
association.
In a letter to Counseling Center Director Ken Garni, IACS
President Theresa DiNuzzo wrote: “In addition to your high-caliber
counseling services, the Board in its review was very complimentary
of your University’s commitment to student mental health as
reflected in the size of your staff, your Center’s budget and staff
compensation, and the variety of outreach programs provided to
your students. You have met the criteria for full reaccreditation by
the Board of the International Association of Counseling Services.
Congratulations to you and your staff for a Center which maintains
a high standard of services to students at Suffolk University.
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�Guide to Working with a Potentially Troubled Student
When a student called a College fac lty member and left a
u
garbled message, stopped attending classes and could not be reached
by telephone because his voice mail was full, it raised a red flag. A
call was made to the Division of Student Affairs, and concerned
members of the team called the police where he lived and asked
them to check on him. They discovered that he was seriously ill, and
the student ended up going to the hospital.
The Division of Student Affairs has been reaching out to faculty,
staff and students to raise awareness about supporting students who
may be troubled or dealing with difficult issues, according to Dean
of Students Ann Coyne.
As part of this effort, brochures are available to the University
community offering information on how to recognize potential
problems and seek help when there is concern about a student.
“If a student on campus is troubled or has issues he or she is
dealing with, we want to offer support,” said Coyne, who said
awareness of such need has grown in the wake of the Virginia Tech
tragedy.
“We also try to let faculty and staff know they’re not alone,” she
said. “If they think there’s something going on with a student, there
probably is. Faculty and staff aren’t expected to know how to deal
with some of these issues, nor should they tackle these problems
alone. We can give them tools to talk to the student about issues or
refer them for help.”
Concerned faculty, staff or students can call, e-mail or fill out an
online form to begin the process of helping a student who may be in
distress.
“We get a good number of calls each semester, “ said Coyne, who
follows up by discussing the situation with the person reporting it
and devising an appropriate response strategy.
However, she needs tangible evidence of
a problem before she will contact a student.
Sometimes a faculty member will report that
a student is “off,” and she must draw the
hard facts out of them.
Signals that a student may be experiencing problems include:
• poor class attendance
• sporadic attendance at work-study jobs
• difficulties with roommates
• disturbing writings in homework
assignments
• changes in behavior and personal habits
“We haven’t come across anyone we think
is violent or threatening,” said Coyne. “Some
students are just eccentric, but people are
more aware of this after Virginia Tech.
“There’s nothing wrong with being odd; we have to accept everyone’s idiosyncrasies. But at the same time, there’s nothing wrong
with checking to make sure the behavior is merely eccentric.”
If further action is indicated, Coyne meets with the student and,
depending on the situation, may tell him or her how she learned
about the problem. She will first discuss this with the person who
made the report.
“Usually students appreciate that we are concerned about them,”
said Coyne, who after the discussion might refer the student to
an appropriate resource, such as the Counseling Center, Ballotti
Learning Center, Disability Services or Diversity Services.
The brochure will be distributed again in the fall and is available
online at www.Suffolk.edu/campuslife/22769.html.
Bar Pass Rate Exceeds 94%
Law School graduates taking the Massachusetts bar exam in
July 2008 were quite successful, with those taking the exam for the
first time achieving a 94.3 percent pass rate.
The average for all those taking the bar exam for the first time
was 92.1 percent.
“Bar exam passage rates fluctuate from year-to-year, but it is
clear from this year’s rate that our bar preparation and academic
programming, combined with hard work and participation from
our students, can lead to a high probability of success on the bar
exam,” said Dean Alfred C. Aman, Jr.
Happy New Year!
Ashley Gordon of Public Affairs hands out glow-light necklaces at the annual First Night ice sculpture event. A light show complemented the ice
sculpture in the shape of the new University icon, and visitors were plentiful despite the stormy weather. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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Broken Windows Initiative
Athenaeum Partnership
Service Learning Award
March 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 2
BRA Approves 20 Somerset Plan
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved the University’s
plans to build a new academic building at 20 Somerset Street to serve as a
permanent home for the New England School of Art and Design.
The decision clears the way for removing the abandoned structure that once
served as the Metropolitan District Commission headquarters. A new classroom/
art studio building will rise in its place.
The University will transform the adjacent Roemer Plaza into a welcoming
open space, incorporating a commemorative element celebrating the MDC’s
history of parkland and greenspace conservation.
The 20 Somerset development process has extended over four years, and
the University has worked closely for the past two years with a BRA-appointed
task force, neighbors on Beacon Hill and representatives of the abutting
Garden of Peace.
The proposed building’s design includes:
• A glass façade on the south side of the building designed to enliven an
improved Roemer Plaza
• A “quiet” façade on the opposite north side, designed to be respectful of the
neighboring Garden of Peace memorial to homicide victims
• State-of-the-art classrooms for students in the College of Arts and Sciences
that will feature full media technology and energy-efficient lighting and
heating
• Art studios for instruction in painting, drawing, sculpture and printing,
along with electronic classrooms for computer instruction in graphic design
and interior design
• Faculty offices
• A public art gallery displaying student and professional work
• Critique spaces
The new building is being designed by the architectural firm of Chan Krieger
Sieniewicz.
Garden of Peace board members and the University’s
External Affairs team celebrate a successful collaboration
on the 20 Somerset project. Vice President John Nucci is
joined by Garden of Peace Vice Chair Mary Lou Schaalman,
Elizabeth Leary, Michael Feeley, Garden Chair Evelyn Tobin,
board member Beatrice Nessen and Greg Gatlin. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
New Academic VP Focuses on Quality
I live to learn.
Those are the words that Janice Griffith lives by, and she credits
her mother for her abiding commitment to education.
“My mom was a wonderful person who was active in church and
the community,” said Griffith, the University’s new vice president
for Academic Affairs.
Her mother “valued an education. That’s where I get it from,”
said Griffith, who was born in Oregon, the oldest of three children,
and raised by her single mother, the late Edith Harris, in Union,
N.H. “My motto is and always has been, ‘I live to learn.’”
Griffith arrived at Suffolk University Nov. 1 after serving as dean
and law professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
“I was immediately attracted to Suffolk because of its focus on
quality teaching and strong faculty/student interactions,” she said.
She has immersed herself in her new surroundings—visiting
the residence halls, working out in the weight room and walking
through the library. She is trying to learn about Suffolk students not
only by communicating with them, but also by putting herself in
their shoes.
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�Research Boosts Broken Windows Theory
The law enforcement field is taking note of the research
efforts of Brenda J. Bond, assistant professor of Public Management,
who is co-author of a journal article documenting significant crime
drops in focused areas of Lowell where law enforcement problemsolving, public works and code enforcement had been brought to
bear.
The long-debated “broken windows” theory of social behavior
argues that crime is linked to physical and social disorder in a
Brenda Bond
community.
In Lowell, this disorder took the form of trash-strewn streets, broken street lights, abandoned buildings, public drinking and loitering. In the course of the randomized research
study, officials cleaned up half of the neighborhoods plagued by these sorts of problems.
Researchers then monitored the results and found that there were 20 percent fewer calls to
police from the spruced-up areas compared to areas receiving traditional police response.
“This study is critical in that it not only supports the theoretical aspects of Wilson
& Kelling’s ‘Broken Windows’ theory, but it generates valuable knowledge that police
practitioners can adopt as part of their policing strategies,” said Bond. “Moreover, the study
shows that engagement of non-public-safety services is critical to crime reduction. By building on the work of my colleague, Dr. Braga, the results of this experiment will inform police
strategy for years to come.”
Bond served as co-author of the research article, in the journal Criminology (8/09),
with Anthony Braga of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The Boston Globe
wrote about the study and its outcome in its Feb. 8 edition, with a follow-up editorial on
Feb. 13, 2009
Before (top) and after photos show one
of the Lowell neighborhoods that police
officers focused on as part of their problemsolving efforts. Trash was cleaned up, and
the neighborhood saw a reduction of crime
with no significant increase in crime in the
surrounding neighborhoods. (Photos by
Brenda Bond)
Job Shadow Day at Beacon Hill Institute
Save the Date
The Suffolk University
Athletics Department will
induct a coach, six athletes
and a baseball team into
its Athletic Hall of Fame
during an induction
ceremony and dinner.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge
The Beacon Hill Institute partici
pates
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.
“Nineteen 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, Gledestony Sequeira and
Daynabo Issak, juniors from Charlestown
High School, shadowed Conte as he went
about his work.
“Job Shadow Day is a great opportunity
to introduce high school students to both
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Frank Conte with Charlestown High School
students Daynabo Issak and Gledestony
Sequeira.
BHI and Suffolk University. Students who
participate in Job Shadow show a real interest
in success,” said Conte. “Curiosity about
work life and its many responsibilities is a
valuable trait, and Gledestony and Daynabo
clearly understand its importance. The institute -- through its work in economics -- is
always interested in the next generation and
how it will shape tomorrow’s workforce. To
that end I tried to underscore how their jobs
will change over a lifetime in our dynamic
economy.”
�New Academic VP Focuses on Quality
Continued from page 1
“One of my goals is to improve the quality of the academic enterprise,” said Griffith,
who works closely with the deans at all
three schools. “To accomplish this, I have
to ensure that our students have the best
learning experience and support services
possible. There is nothing more important
than that.”
Griffith’s additional goals include:
• Continuing to focus on diversity
• Energizing the commitment to inclusiveness at the University’s campuses
worldwide
• Creating the University as a hub for
intellectual discourse
• Encouraging faculty to engage and
promote scholarship and discovery of
new information
• Preserving Suffolk’s reputation as an
outstanding teaching University
She welcomes the opportunity to assist
the University in its continuing growth
in a competitive environment and tough
economic times.
Griffith, who holds a B.A. from Colby
College and a J.D. from the University
of Chicago Law School, said: “I like the
challenge of helping to move educational
institutions forward to the next level.”
Griffith stressed Suffolk’s value as an
educational resource and partner.
“A University today cannot be insular,”
she said. “What we need to do is host events
that draw people from the community with
whom we can connect. We have to bring
people together to discuss ideas and share
knowledge about a wide range of topics.”
Griffith was at Georgia State University
College of Law from 1996-2008. She also
served as professor of law at Quinnipiac
University and Bridgeport University
schools of law. She spent a year as an
American Council on Education fellow at
Ohio State University.
“I feel one of my strengths is that I have
been at various institutions and seen how
other schools operate,” she said.
One project Griffith is tackling is the
New England Association of Schools and
Colleges (NEASC) accreditation, which
occurs every 10 years, with the next selfstudy scheduled for 2012.
The furnishings in Griffith’s office on the
12th floor of 73 Tremont Street reveal something unique about her: She works standing
up. Her computer, printer and fax machine
are all lined up on a platform against the
back wall, like a technological buffet. This
setup allows Griffith to walk around as she
works, with everything at her fingertips.
“There is no special reason other than
I like working standing up,” she said. She
then added, “Besides, I sit enough during
a typical day while attending meetings.”
When she’s not busy at work, Griffith
enjoys skiing, sailing, swimming and
jogging. She also is a “political junkie,” a
big fan of Italian and Chinese food, and a
voracious reader, presently reading Albion’s
Seed, a cultural history book by David
Hackett Fischer.
Her recent transition from South to
North has gone smoothly. “Now I know
why we attract so many students from all
Janice Griffith stands while working at the
computer. (Photo by John Gillooly)
over the country and all around the world—
our location,” said Griffith with a smile.
“Boston is an exciting and historical place,
and it has so much to offer. I even like the
climate.”
College & Athenaeum Partner for Civic Discourse Series
Civic Discourse, a new initiative sponsored by The Boston
Athenaeum and the College of Arts and Sciences, was inaugurated
in February with journalist and political analyst David Gergan lecturing on “The Press—Turning Foe into Friend.”
The College and the Athenaeum will present an annual series of
lectures, panel discussions and films devoted to a topic of national
significance. Media and Democracy is the focus for 2009.
“Our goal with the civic discourse initiative is to treat
significant—and significantly complex—issues as thoroughly as
possible and from a variety of perspectives, said Dean Kenneth
S. Greenberg. “We believe the topic Media and Democracy will
provide great resonance following the recent national elections. In
addition to talks by leading national political and media figures, the
series will feature many of Suffolk’s faculty members, particularly
professors in the Communication and Journalism Department.”
“Our goal is to reactivate the role of the Boston Athenaeum as
an institution in which the most pressing issues of the day would
find a full and intelligent hearing,” said Richard Wendorf, the
Athenaeum’s Stanford Calderwood director and librarian. “We
are very fortunate to have been able to forge a relationship with
the College of Arts and Sciences at Suffolk University, a major
institutional presence in our neighborhood.”
Events are free and open to the public by advance reservation.
For a full schedule, see www.suffolk.edu/college/34193.html.
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�Potpourri
Congratulations to Elif Armbruster of
English and her husband Bill Cochrane
on the birth of their daughter Mea
Cochrane on Dec. 25, 2008.
Kirsten Behling and Elizabeth
Irwin of the Office of Disability Services
co-presented “Effective Communication
Strategies for Faculty: Highlighting
How to Discuss the Major Contract
Mea Cochrane
of the Course, the Syllabus” at the
Annual Conference on Teaching for Transformation, University of
Massachusetts Boston’s Center for the Improvement of Teaching.
Behling also presented “Universal Course Design a Model of Faculty
Development” at Northeastern University’s Faculty Development
Around Inclusive Teaching.
John Berg, Government, presented a paper “Waiting for Lefty:
The State of the Peace Movement in the United States” at the
annual conference of the American Politics Group of the Political
Studies Association at the University of Oxford.
Sara Dillon, Law School, was inducted into the St. Michael’s
College Alumni Academic Hall of Fame.
Erin Evans, Law School, was a planning member of the 2009
National NASPA Mental Health Conference committee and served
as a facilitator for a roundtable discussion on the challenges and
impact of mental health issues on campuses.
Debbie de Lange, Strategy and International Business, received
honorable mention in the 2008 Page Prize Competition for
Environmental Sustainabilty Curriculum sponsored by the Moore
School of Business at the University of South Carolina. She shared
the honor with Herman van den Berg of the Rotman School of
Management, University of Toronto, for their course, Managing for
Environmental Sustainability.
College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Sebastián Royo
presented “Spain in the European Union” for United States government officials in Arlington, Va.
Douglas Seidler, Interior Design, New England School of
Art & Design, will present a paper “Using SketchUp to Increase
Understanding of Detailing, Material, and Assembly in Interior
Design Education” at the Interior Design Educators Council 2009
International Conference March 27 in St. Louis, Mo.
Jeff Stone, Athletics,
received the Kerkor “Koko”
Kassabian Award from
the Athletic Trainers’ of
Massachusetts in recognition
of his outstanding service and
contributions to the athletic
training community in
Massachusetts. He also was
chosen 2008 Trainer of the Year
for the Great Northeast Athletic
Conference. Stone is director of
District One-New England for
the National Athletic Trainers’
Association and was named
co-medical director for the 2009
Bay State Games.
Jeff Stone
ABA Session
at Law School
Law Professors Marc Greenbaum and
Jeff Lipshaw engage in a lively discussion
during a reception following a roundtable
on the federal bailout sponsored by the
Rappaport Center for Law and Public
Service, the Law School and the American
Bar Association Business Law Section. The
event was held in conjunction with the ABA
Mid-Year Meeting in Boston. Law School
faculty participating in ABA events included
Dean Alfred C. Aman, Jr., who discussed
“The Domestic Face of Globalization:
Administrative Law in a Public/Private
World” as a luncheon keynote speaker, and
Professors Alasdair Roberts, Victoria Dodd
and Renée Landers, who moderated panel
discussions. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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�Spring Showcase
Clowning Around
Assistant Professor of Theatre Caitlin Langstaff,
front, poses with students performing in
Circa, the movement/clown piece she created
as part of Spring Showcase. With Langstaff
are Allie Barone, Andrew Scheinthal, Shaun
Bedgood, Zach Zatet, Michael Dewar, Claire Van
Riper and Arissara Chounchaisit. Through
games and improvisation, Langstaff and the
troupe created a story set on getting back to
basics in the name of survival. (Photo by J.
Stratton McCrady)
Faculty Publications
New Faces
Sandra Barriales-Bouche, Humanities and Modern Languages,
has published “Filming Ghosts: Between the Dictator and Me (2005),
An Awakening to a Silenced Past” in the journal Studies in Hispanic
Cinemas.
John Berg, Government. His chapter “Greens in the USA”
was published in Green Parties in Transition: The End of Grassroots
Democracy ?
Simone B. Chun, Government, published the article “In Search
Simone B. Chun
of a Perpetual Peace in the Korean Peninsula” in the Korea Observer,
Vol. 39, No. 4, Winter 2008.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. Their article “The
Cassiopeia Perseus open cluster family” was published in the peer-reviewed journal New
Astronomy, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 180-195 (Feb. 1, 2009).
Sue Orsillo, Psychology. Her book Mindfulness-and Acceptance-Based Behavioral
Therapies in Practice, co-authored with Lizabeth Roemer, a psychology professor at the
University of Massachusetts Boston, was published in November 2008.
Jason Peterson, Business Law and Ethics, had an article “The Big Dig Disaster: Was
Design Build the Answer?” published in the Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and
Contractors, Vol. 24.
David Yamada, Law School, published “Workplace Bullying and Ethical Leadership”
in the Journal of Values-Based Leadership, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2008). The article was posted to
the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and appeared in the top ten downloads lists
of 16 SSRN subject categories, and can be downloaded at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/
papers.cfm?abstract_id=1301554. In addition, he published an article “Human Dignity
and American Employment Law” in the University of Richmond Law Review, Vol. 43, No.
2 (2009), which was also posted to the SSRN network in the top 10 downloads lists of 12
subject areas: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1299176.
Please welcome our newest employees:
Laura Alfring, Juvenile Justice Center
Ayesha Augustus, University Police
Cheryl Azza, Juvenile Justice Center
Abie Baafi, Office of the President
Brendan Collins, Information
Technology Services
Jessica Dasilva, University Police
Anthony Delprete, Athletics
Jose Diaz, Facilities Management
Suzanne Gallagher, Office of the
Provost
John Greaney, Macaronis Institute
Alexander Green, University Police
Janice Griffith, Office of Academic
Affairs
Keith Hersh, Information Technology
Services
Rebecca Kmiec, Office of Disability
Services
Derek Lam, Information Technology
Services
Shannon Malone, Finance
Eric Sacca, Student Accounts/Bursar
Timothy Skaggs, University Police
Laverne Slawson, Law Registrar’s Office
Tyler Smith, University Police
Bijaya Tamang, University Police
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�Ford Hall Forum Spring
Lecture Series
The Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University spring 2009
speaker series began with Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week,” senior correspondent for
“NewsHour,” and author of The Breakthrough: Politics and
Race in the Age of Obama. Journalist Callie Crossley served as
moderator.
Ifill was honored with the 2009 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith
First Amendment Award.
The series continues with:
Richard Stallman
Copyright vs. Community
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March 19
C. Walsh Theatre
Karl Case and William Apgar, with Lisa Lynch
Has the American Dream Reached the End (or a New
Beginning)?: Credit, Debt, and the U.S. Economy
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March 26
C. Walsh Theatre
Charles Burnett, Frank Christopher, and Kenneth S. Greenberg
Film screening and discussion of Nat Turner: Troublesome
Property
6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 2
C. Walsh Theatre
Juan Enriquez
Financial Crises, Technology, and Why Boston Might Just Be
the Center of the Universe (at least for now)
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 16
Boston Public Library, Rabb Auditorium
Phillip Longman
The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World
Prosperity and What to Do About it
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 23
Old South Meeting House
Nicholas Daniloff
Of Spies and Spokesmen: A Cold War Correspondent Looks
at Russia Today
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 30
Boston Public Library, Rabb Auditorium
Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould, Nick Mills and Sima Wali,
with Alan Berger
Afghanistan
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 7
Boston Public Library, Rabb Auditorium
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On Equal Terms
Boston Women’s Commissioner Marie Turley, poet and artist Susan
Eisenberg, Assistant Professor of History Pat Reeve and John Laughlin
of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council
#35, gather with “Stella” at the opening reception for the On Equal Terms
exhibit, at the Adams Gallery through March 17 Among the tradeswomen
.
on hand to tell about their work was a carpenter who had installed the
trim in the gallery. (Photo by John Gillooly)
College Magazine Wins
National Awards
Suffolk Arts + Sciences, the premier issue of the College magazine, has won five national awards since its publication in 2007.
They are:
• Gold EDDIE Award from FOLIO: in the category of
Supplemental Annual, One-Shot, Full Issue.
• Bronze OZZIE Award from FOLIO: for Best Design, New
Magazine, Association/Non-Profit
• The 2008 APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the
category of New Magazines and Journals
• The 2008 Gold EXCEL Award from The Society of
National Association Publications for Most Improved
Newsletter to Magazine
• An overall Extra! Award from The Society of National
Association Publications for outstanding excellence in
publishing
�International Collaboration Inspires Adams Gallery Installations
Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating
the Art of the Future, organized by Bostonbased Transcultural Exchange, consists of
more than 60 simultaneous presentations
worldwide, including installations at the
Adams Gallery.
Transcultural Exchange brings together
artists from various cultures and disciplines.
The Adams Gallery features separate
installations by New England School of
Art & Design Fine Arts Program Director
Audrey Goldstein and Assistant Professor of
Foundation & Fine Arts Ilona Anderson.
The work they created with international
colleagues will be at the gallery April 1
Audrey Goldstein, at the DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, wears a backpack she created. Meanwhile,
through May 7, 2009.
her encounters with passers-by are recorded on video. The video will be projected onto the backpack
The installation Point to Point, by
at the Adams Gallery, and a notebook with signatures of people she met during the event also will be
Goldstein and Dennis Simms of Berlin,
displayed. A previous installation involving a backpack, right, was exhibited after it was similarly worn
Germany, consists of a sculptural backpack
on the streets of Boston.
with a soundtrack and video projected onto
its surface.
The work reflects Goldstein’s fascination with the full spectrum
of interpersonal relationships, from chance encounters and familial
ties to the disembodied and remote intimacy of the online world.
Simms’ soundtrack is a compilation of sounds culled from musicians in Berlin’s clubs, street noise and the heartbeat.
Common Ground, by Anderson; Janet Callinicos of Brisbane,
Australia; and Liza Callinicos of London, consists of a romantic
embroidered silk petticoat (Anderson), a “memory of a memory”
floating above a pile of discarded objects on the floor (Janet
Callinicos) and the sound of breath emanating from within (Liza
Callinicos).
The artists, all of whom have lived in Africa, employed the call
The multi-layered installation Common Ground, by Ilona Anderson and
and response of African musical tradition to bring to mind the
colleagues from Australia and London.
fragile balance in negotiating between cultural contexts.
University Efforts Yield CASE Awards
The CASE District I 2009 Communication Awards recognized the Suffolk University Alumni Magazine
(SAM), with gold in the magazine categories of Best Design and Best Writing. SAM is produced by the
newest members of the University Media and Creative Services team, the writers and designers working
with Advancement.
The Virtual Campus Tour, produced by UMCS for the Office of Enrollment Management, was
awarded silver in the Specialty Web Sites category.
In the Digital Media—DVD/CD-ROM category, the Our Town is Downtown DVD, produced by
UMCS for External Affairs, received a bronze.
UMCS received an honorable mention in the Special Purpose Communication category for a newstudent orientation packet produced for the Division of Student Affairs.
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.
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�University Earns
Service Learning
Seal
The University is cited in
the 2008–09 edition of the
Guide to Service-Learning Colleges
and Universities.
The annual award is given to one or
more service-learning resources recognized
nationally by service-learning practitioners
for effective and valuable contributions to the
field.
The guide profiles Suffolk and the
S.O.U.L.S. (Suffolk’s Organization for
Uplifting Lives through Service) Community
Service and Service Learning Center.
“We are very proud to have received this
distinction,” said Suffolk University Vice
President for Student Affairs Nancy Stoll.
“It confirms the wonderful work that our
students do through the S.O.U.L.S. program
under the leadership of a talented and
creative staff. Our community service and
service-learning efforts provide tremendous
benefits to our students’ educational experience and to our neighborhood and the city of
Boston.”
New Web Site
for Athletics
The University’s Athletics Department
has joined the PrestoSports College Sports
Information Network and unveiled a new
department Web site: www.gosuffolkrams.
com.
The new Web site is the home for all
information regarding the University’s 13
intercollegiate varsity sports teams.
It features updated scores, photo galleries,
student-athlete and staff biographies, as
well as information for prospective studentathletes and alumni.
Information related to the University’s
intramural programs, gymnasium schedule,
fitness center hours and the Athletic Hall
of Fame also may be accessed through these
Web pages.
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Chinese New Year Observed
The Sawyer Business School’s celebration of the Lunar New Year, “The Cultural Aspects of
Doing Business in China, was among several events held across campus to usher in the
”
Year of the Ox. Featured activities included a lecture by Jill Cheng, founder and president of
Cheng & Tsui Company, an independent publisher and distributor of educational materials
dedicated to supporting Asian studies, a traditional lion dance and a martial arts presentation.
There was also a demonstration by Chinese calligraphy writer Tian Yien Jiang. Associate Dean
Morris McInnes, Associate Professor Lin Guo and daughter Bridget, Assistant Professor
Tammy MacLean, and Professor Robert DeFillippi gather around the head of the lion.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
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Athletics Hall of Fame
Higginson in House Bid
Modern Theatre Work Begins
April 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 3
Professor’s Film
Creates Splash
at SXSW Festival
Longtime film critic, arts teacher and
film programmer Gerald Peary has moved
to the other side of the camera to create the
documentary For the Love of Movies: The
Story of American Film Criticism.
The film had its world premier in
March at the South by Southwest Film
Festival, or SXSW, in Austin, Texas.
Peary, a professor of Communication
and Journalism and author of seven books
on cinema and innumerable articles, spent
seven years working on the film. It was
featured in SXSW’s prestigious Spotlight
section alongside Spike Lee’s Passing Strange
and Greg Mottola’s Superbad.
“To finally see the finished product feels
like a dream,” said Peary. “The biggest
reward was seeing people laughing and
applauding.”
Peary directed and wrote For the Love
of Movies, which was produced by his wife
Amy Geller and narrated by actress Patricia
Clarkson.
Peary and Geller interviewed many of
America’s best-known film critics, who
speak intimately and humorously on film
about how and why they became reviewers.
They weigh in about the rich, 100-year
history of American criticism and passionately discuss the sublime and unusual
movies that thrilled them and helped form
their aesthetic.
“There is a severe crisis in film criticism
right now,” said Peary, who, in addition to
teaching, is a longtime film critic for the
Boston Phoenix. “Reviewers everywhere are
losing their jobs. Maybe this documentary
can begin to turn things around.
Continued on page 7
“Millionaire” Challenge
Mary Flaherty comes face to face with her televised image during the airing of her appearance
on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Full story, page 2. (Photo by John Gillooly)
”
Every Bookplate Tells a Story
When her bookshelves began threatening to overwhelm her living space, Nina
Allen turned from repairing and amassing distressed books to collecting bookplates.
Bookplates are miniature works of art. Historically, they have been used for identifying ownership of a book. But contemporary bookmarks are more often traded among
aficionados.
Allen teaches American Literature in the English Department, and her personal
bookplates demonstrate the importance of literature and storytelling in her life.
As a collector, she has amassed about 1,000 bookplates. Some are assembled in a
book; others are framed and hung as artwork in her home.
“When you think of it, you can have these lovely works of art, and the investment
is minimal,” said Allen, who has found some of her bookplates in her own book
collection.
Continued on page 3
�Colleagues gather with Mary Flaherty in the coffee shop in the Stahl Center as her stint on “Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire” is aired. Flaherty kept mum about the outcome of the contest until it was
revealed in the broadcast. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Professor Enjoys “Millionaire” Bid
Mary Flaherty felt more like a student than a professor, answering questions
instead of asking them, when she recently
appeared as a contestant on “Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire.”
“It was a great and fun experience, but
quite nerve-wracking sitting in that hot
seat,” said Flaherty, director of the paralegal
studies program in the College of Arts and
Sciences. “The intensity became stronger
with each question.”
In the end, Flaherty was delighted to
walk away with $16,000. The question that
stumped her was: How many faces does an
icosahedron have?
“I called my brother (as one of four lifelines), and he was trying to Google it, but
he couldn’t type fast enough,” said Flaherty.
The correct answer: 20.
Flaherty has always been a trivia buff. A
graduate of the University of Chicago and
Chicago Kent Law School, she remembers
playing trivial pursuit with her fellow law
students in the cafeteria. In 1998, she was a
contestant on “Jeopardy,” finishing second
to a five-time champion.
“I have so much useless information in
my brain, it’s not funny,” said Flaherty.
In order to prepare for “Who Wants
to Be a Millionaire,” Flaherty took the
National Geographic test every day
and learned everything she could about
“American Idol” contestants.
“It was just a blast to be part of all this,”
she said. It was an exciting time for me and
my family. And Meredith Vieira (host of the
show) was as warm a person off camera as
she was on it. She even commented on my
glasses,” which are fire-engine red.
With her winnings, Flaherty plans to take
her daughter, Winnie, 17, on a trip to Finland
and buy her daughter, Gwendy, 10, a cat.
She also would like to do something
special for her fiancé, Edward Walsh, who
encouraged Flaherty to go on “Who Wants
to Be a Millionaire” in the first place.
“He’s the main reason why I went on the
show,” said Flaherty. “He was supportive of
my doing this right from the beginning.”
Flaherty had the opportunity to watch
herself when the show aired, joined by
colleagues and students in the café at 73
Tremont Street. Asked if she would have left
her job if she had won the million-dollar
prize, she responded without hesitation.
“No way,” she said. “I consider myself
very lucky to be paid to do something I
love.”
Conference on Law, Culture and the Humanities
The Law School hosted the Twelfth
Annual Conference for the Association
of the Study of Law, Culture and the
Humanities early this month.
James Carroll, Distinguished Scholar
in Residence at the College of Arts and
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Sciences, was the keynote speaker, and
Law Professors Eric Blumenson and Jeffrey
Lipshaw presented papers.
The Association for the Study of Law,
Culture and the Humanities is an organization of scholars engaged in interdisciplinary,
humanistically oriented legal scholarship,
and the conference drew more than 200
scholars from around the world.
In his keynote address, Carroll reflected
on primitive societies’ penchant for solving
the problem of violence with more violence.
He argued that “structures of international
law are the only alternative to the worldending violence of new weapons.”
Blumenson and Lipshaw presented
papers on the panel “Responsibility and
Causation.”
Lipshaw’s paper, “Law’s Illusion:
Scientific Jurisprudence and the Struggle
with Judgment,” dealt with how “thinking
like a lawyer” fits into making difficult
decisions, with an emphasis on the business
context.
Blumenson’s paper, “The Case for
Marijuana Law Reform,” argued against the
criminalization of marijuana.
Jessica Silbey, associate professor of Law,
coordinated the conference.
�Every Bookplate Tells a Story
Continued from page 1
“Certain bookplates cost a fortune, but
I’ve never seen one on e-Bay for more than
three hundred dollars. Sometimes you
get lucky and find a bookplate worth one
hundred dollars or more, and you can get it
for five dollars.”
Allen usually trades with other collectors,
and there are bookplate societies all over the
world. They sponsor exhibits, publications,
journals and conventions. Boston was the
site of an international convention in 2000,
but, alas, that was before Allen had begun
collecting bookplates.
While mass-produced bookplates offer
a space for a bibliophile to sign his or her
name, the more interesting collectibles
have a name imprinted on them, and the
design usually reveals something about
the owner.
One of Allen’s finds— discovered
in a $2 book with the cover torn
off— is a bookplate depicting a sailing
ship and imprinted with the name
Samuel Eliot Morison. This Harvard
nautical historian retraced Christopher
Columbus’s voyages and won a Pulitzer
Prize for his biography of Columbus.
“I like to research the people who once
owned the bookplate,” said Allen, who
is particularly interested in bookplates
designed by and for women.
Her collection includes the bookplate
of research scientist Florence Reba Sabin,
which depicts a microscope with quote from
Leonardo DaVinci.
“The owners use quotes from someone
they identify with or who is associated with
their interests,” she said.
A German bookplate created for two
women academics in the early part of the
20th century tells an interesting story of
achievement at a time when there were not
many opportunities for women in academia.
“They were deported to a concentration
camp and never came back,” said Allen.
“You’re holding not only a piece of art, but
a piece of history, and I feel a connection to
the owners. Something may have happened,
but you still hold something of them in
your hand.”
Nina Allen displays Samuel Elliot Morrison’s
bookplate, one of many preserved in the book
she holds.
A Literary Life Translated Into Imagery
“Personal bookplates are a collaboration
between the artist and the client, said
”
Nina Allen, who has worked with artists
Andy English and Marina Terauds to create her own distinctive designs.
For the black-and-white bookplate
she uses to identify her personal volumes,
Allen asked English to incorporate the
words “All goes onward and outward”
from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.
”
The image on the wood-engraved bookplate depicts Whitman’s departure at the end of the poem, and Allen sent English
some lines from the poem’s last stanza:
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
“Since these lines do not easily translate into a visual im-
One Nights. The image is a copper engraving created by
Terauds in shades of green.
The panel on the left depicts Scheherazade envisioning
the story that she is going to tell the sultan. The middle panel
age, I asked the designer to substitute Whitman’s slouch hat,
is a scene from her story “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. The
”
left behind as a remembrance of the departed poet, said Allen.
”
panel on the right depicts Scheherazade and the sultan after
Allen trades her bookplate based on One Thousand and
she has told him the story.
April 2009
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�Potpourri
Communication and Journalism faculty
members Monika Raesch, David Reeder,
Gloria Boone, Nina Huntemann, Bruce
Butterfield, Dana Rosengard and Bob
Rosenthal spoke at this spring’s Media
and Democracy series co-sponsored by the
College of Arts and Sciences and the Boston
Athenaeum. Also participating were Suffolk
University alumnae Joan Vennochi and
Linda Gallant.
Lynda Field, Counseling Center, was
elected secretary of the National Latina/o
Psychological Association (NLPA). She
has presented “Hablo un poco Espanol:
Cultural Competency & Ethical Issues in
Supervision” and “Understanding Latina
Trainee and Supervisory Development
in a Cultural Context” at the National
Multicultural Conference and Summit
in New Orleans and “Top Ethical
Challenges Facing Latino/a Psychologists
and Those Who Work in the Latino
Community” at the National Latina/o
Psychological Association Conference
in Costa Mesa, Calif. In addition Field
and Counseling Center colleague Paul
Korn, presented “Treating Depression
as a Campus Community Issue” at the
National Conference of Student Affairs
Administrators Mental Health Conference,
which focused on Effective Interventions
for Student Mental Health on Campus:
Collaboration & Community.
The Legal Practice Skills department
hosted the 2008 regional conference of the
New England Consortium of Legal Writing
Teachers, “Teaching Through Technology.”
Featured were three interactive presentations by faculty members: Samantha A.
Moppett—the use of Wikis in the classroom; Shailini Jandial George—the use of
clickers in engaging and assessing students;
and Gabriel H. Teninbaum and Sabrina
DeFabritiis—the use of podcasts and
voice comments to supplement classroom
teaching. At the luncheon, Law Professor
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau spoke on the
Pedagogy of Teaching Through Technology.
Johanny Mejia of Mail Services and
Yeuris Mejia of Accounts Payable welcomed
a daughter to their family. Yariani Esmeralda
Mejia was born on February 19, 2009, and
weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. She joins
3-year-old brother Javier Mejia at home.
Jimmy Mistry, Accounting,
received the Outstanding Paper Award
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Jiwoon Kim, Kyungsue Han, Francesca Little, Walter Johnson, Polievkt Perov
Thomas Trott on the Queen Mary with fellow scientists Michael Burrows, Scottish Association for
Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom; Anne Marboe, Ph.D. fellow,
Roskilde University in Denmark; Angela Mead, Ph.D. fellow, University of South Africa, Capetown;
Suzy Ryan, Education and Outreach, Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Project, Gulf of Maine
Research Institute; Anna Redden, Biology department and director, Acadia Centre for Estuarine
Research, Acadia University, Nova Scotia; and Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, Programa de Investigacion
en Botánica Marina, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico.
Yariani Esmeralda Mejia
at the recent IADIS International
Conference—Information Systems 2009 for
his paper “The Use of ERP-Based Exercises
in Management Curricula.”
Physics Department Chair Walter
Johnson and Assistant Professor Polievkt
Perov, students Kyungsue Han, Jiwoon
Kim, and Francesca Little, and alumni Jack
Driscoll and Natalia Perova conducted
a research project to develop a wireless
system for measuring methane concentration. The group worked on the project
at the University’s Sagan Research Lab,
the environmental engineering firm PID
Analyzers in Pembroke, and the Septic Test
Facility at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod.
They presented the work at the Pittcon09
scientific conference in Chicago in a poster
session “New Developments in Analytical
Instrumentation.”
Thomas Trott, Biology, convened the
History of the Nearshore Synthesis working
group aboard the Queen Mary at Long
Beach, Calif. at the Census of Marine Life
Writing Workshop, a gathering of approximately 200 scientists from around the world
who are part of this global program of
ocean discovery. Trott’s group will produce
a synthesis of Pan-Atlantic historical data to
reveal changes in coastal fauna and flora and
possible causes.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean
Sebastián Royo presented “Spain and the
European Context” for officials of the United
States government in Washington D.C. and
“Globalization and Varieties of Capitalism
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�Modern Theatre Restoration Begins
Save
the Date
John Kineavy, Purchasing Services
Gidget Manning, Physics
Todd Stern, Law Career Development
Emmanuel Tellez, Juvenile Justice Center
Workers have begun brick-bybrick disassembly of the Modern
Theatre’s facade as part of the
University’s meticulous restoration of the historic movie house on
Washington Street.
Several thousand pieces of
marble, sandstone and brownstone
are being removed and sent off site
to a masonry restoration expert.
The University is photographing
and documenting the process, and
information will be updated regularly
at www.suffolk.edu/moderntheatre.
“There are a lot of fascinating
things about this project,” said Judith Worker separates stonework from building facade.
Selwyn of Preservation Technology
Associates, who is monitoring the masonry restoration process for the University. “This is
essentially two buildings, the post-Civil-War-era upper section, which is in good condition,
and the later Modern Theatre marble front, which is an entirely different type and style of
building.”
Selwyn said that, while the building’s structure had deteriorated to the point where
nothing was salvageable, the facade was largely intact. Most of the damage to the marble
facade was the result of alterations over the years, as marquees and signs were added to it.
“Those of us involved in this reconstruction feel that it’s a really dramatic and
interesting thing to do—to take down, restore and reassemble a facade,” said Selwyn.
“And there will be theater again on Washington Street. Without the efforts of Suffolk
University and Emerson College, what would that part of Washington Street be like?”
Potpourri
2009 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
Spring Fling
Thursday, May 21
4:45 – 8 p.m.
Details to Come
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Peter Cole, Information Technology
Services
Jeanie Fallon, Law Library
Elaine Garofoli, Sawyer Business School
Technology Management
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for Latin America” at the annual meeting of
the International Studies Association in New
York. In February he traveled to Webster
University in Vienna, Austria, as a member
of an accreditation team.
Nancy Stoll, vice president for Student
Affairs, served as a member of the New
England Association of Schools and
Colleges accreditation team to Franklin
Pierce University. She also was invited
to join the New England Student Affairs
Think Tank, a regional group of senior
student affairs professionals who discuss
best practices and research in student
affairs. The Think Tank is sponsored by
the New England Resource Center for
Higher Education at the University of
Massachusetts at Boston.
College of Arts and Sciences Associate
Dean Emeritus Joseph H. Strain was
inducted into Cambridge Who’s Who for his
leadership and excellence in teaching and
academic administration.
The Suffolk University Athletic Department will induct a coach, six athletes and
a baseball team into its Athletics Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony and dinner on
Thursday, May 7, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge.
The second class of the Athletics Hall of Fame includes:
• Joe Walsh, head baseball coach from 1982–1995. He led the Rams to a 218–167–1
record, with three ECAC tournament appearances. He also was head coach of the
women’s basketball and cross-country squads.
• Jack Resnick, one of the leading one-game scorers in college basketball history. He
scored 75 points for the Rams in a 1953 game against Burdett College.
• Christos Tsiotos, the only basketball player in University history to record both 1,000
points and rebounds.
• Kathleen Norton, the University’s all-time leading women’s basketball scorer with
1,516 points and the 2002 NCAA National Division III softball batting champion
with a .606 batting average.
• Fred Knox, a premier pitcher from 1958 to 1961.
• Brian Gruning, Suffolk’s second all-time hockey career scoring leader with 226 total
points (119 goals, 107 assists).
• Ernst Cleophat, who averaged a goal a game during his soccer career—highlighted by
his three-goal game in a 3-0 defeat of Division I Northeastern University. He now is
the University’s head women’s soccer coach.
• The 1984 Suffolk baseball team, the first Rams squad to qualify for Eastern College
Athletic Conference post-season play with a record of 15-9.
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�Higginson Pursues Political Office
Ryan Higginson, assistant director
of Human Resources, has tossed his hat
into the political arena, seeking the Third
Suffolk District House seat formerly held by
Salvatore DiMasi.
“I’ve always been interested in politics and
feel this is the right time for me to pursue
this,” said Higginson, a University alumnus
who lives in the South End. “I’ve worked on
other campaigns, but this is my first time
running for office.”
DiMasi, the former House speaker and
a Law School alumnus, held the seat for 30
years before resigning earlier this year.
“I’m not going to be the new Sal,” said
Higginson. “I’m going to be myself.”
The May 19 primary will pit him against
Democrats Aaron Michlewitz of the North
Ryan Higginson
End, DiMasi’s former constituent services
director; Susan Passoni of the South End, a former research analyst
for an investment banking firm; and Lucy Rivera of Beacon Hill, a
public defender.
Higginson has been knocking on doors,
shaking hands and attending events throughout the district.
“It has been a lot of late nights and long
weekends, but it’s worth it,” said Higginson.
“People have questions, opinions and ideas,
and they haven’t been approached for a long
time. I like to keep people informed and
engaged in what needs to be done for progress
to be made.”
He is delighted about all the positive
reinforcement he has received from his
colleagues, many of whom attended his first
official fund-raising event at the Tremont 647
restaurant in the South End.
“He’s got a lot of great ideas and an
ability to approach a situation with an eye
for innovation,” said Liz Berman, assistant
director of Human Resources. “I think he’ll
carry that spirit through to his political career; not allowing the
status quo to drive his platform, but rather listening to the needs of
his constituents.”
Suffolk In the News
The University often is featured in local and national media.
The following offers a sampling of recent Suffolk University media
mentions. To view the complete list, visit the University’s Public
Affairs Web pages.
John Nucci and Anna Quadri of the Sawyer Business School with
2009 I Migliori Award
Also appeared in:
Post Gazette, March 20, 2009
New England Cable News
March 26, 2009
Adam Nelson, head basketball coach and assistant director of athletics, weighs in on NCAA action
Bay State Banner
March 12, 2009
Journalist Gwen Ifill received the 2009 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith
First Amendment Award presented by the Ford Hall Forum at
Suffolk University
Suffolk University/7NEWS poll of March 25, 2009
Frustrated Voters Turning on Patrick and State Government
WHDH-TV 7NEWS Boston—The Hiller Instinct
Boston Herald
Boston Globe
CNN Politics.com
WTEN Albany, NY
Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University
Law School poll of March 25, 2009
Voters Voice Concerns About Ethics in Mass. Government
WBUR
Somerville Journal
New England Cable News
March 23, 2009
Law Professor Carter Bishop on “Sidebar”—Is the AIG bonus tax
constitutional?
Boston Globe—The Names Blog
March 18, 2009
The Pirandello Lyceum to honor Vice President of External Affairs
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ABC News
March 12, 2009
Laurence Stybel, executive in residence, Sawyer Business School,
comments on layoff gossip
Starkville Daily News (Mississippi)
March 10, 2009
Suffolk University students volunteer at Habitat for Humanity
annual Spring Collegiate Challenge
Reuters
March 9, 2009
Vice President for Enrollment and International Programs
Marguerite Dennis knows the ins and outs of keeping an education
affordable, even in the current economic climate.
Also appeared in:
Centre Daily Times (Pennsylvania)
Forbes.com
The Earth Times
StreetInsider.com
Yahoo!Finance
�Faculty Publications
Linda Brown, NESAD, has an exhibit,
Phenomen.illogical, at the Kingston Gallery
in Boston’s South End through April 25.
C. Gopinath, Strategy & International
Business, has published Strategize!
Experiential exercises in strategic management,
3ed, South-Western/Cengage Learning,
Mason, Ohio (with J. Siciliano).
Micky Lee, Communication and
Journalism, with co-author Anthony Fung
of Chinese University of Hong Kong, has
published a paper “Localizing a global
amusement park: Hong Kong’s Disneyland”
in the Continuum: Journal of Media and
Cultural Studies.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos
de la Fuente Marcos of Physics, Madrid
Campus, had the article “MONS OT
J004240.69+405142.0: An orphan GRB
optical afterglow candidate in Andromeda?”
published in the peer-reviewed journal New
Astronomy, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2009 April
1, pp. 214-220. The article was co-authored
with K. McGoldrick, N. Chartofillis, G.
Gómez Díez and S. Píriz Bartivas, undergraduate students at Suffolk University.
Lydia Martin, NESAD, had an oil
painting, Patch, included in the Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Spring
Exhibition at the Broome Street Gallery
in SoHo, New York City. Her husband,
Linda Brown: Thinking Hat (2009)
Lydia Martin’s Patch
Chris Martin, who is an English professor
at Boston University and teaches classes in
Shakespeare, posed as the patch, a clown of
the Elizabethan court.
College of Arts and Sciences Associate
Dean Sebastián Royo has published
three journal articles: “The Politics of
Adjustment and Coordination at the
Regional Level: The Basque Country,”
in Mediterranean Quarterly; “The Fiesta
is Over: The Impact of the Worldwide
Financial Crisis in Spain” in South
European Society & Politics; and “Las Claves
del Exito,” a book review of Malcolm
Gladwell’s Outliers in the Spanish edition
of the journal FP (Foreign Policy).
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“We felt that if audiences could get familiar with the faces and
voices behind the bylines, they might actually read more criticism
and take it seriously.”
Roger Ebert, who was interviewed for the documentary,
responded to the film with a “thumbs up,” according to Peary.
Communication and Journalism media lab coordinator
Aleksandar Lekic was co-editor of the film.
“I learned so much working with a great group of talented people,”
he said. “We had more than 200 hours of raw footage to work with,
and the final product was both informative and entertaining.”
The South by Southwest screenings marked the beginning
of an extended festival run for Peary’s production. He and his
team have been invited to bring the 80-minute documentary
to festivals in Mexico, Colombia, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and
a number of domestic venues, including the San Francisco
International Festival.
For the Love of Movies will have its local premier at 7 p.m. April
27 at the Institute of Contemporary Art as a joint presentation of
the ICA and the Independent Film Festival of Boston.
Aleksandar Lekic, Amy Geller and Gerald Peary teamed up to create the
film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.
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�Lincoln Bicentennial Tribute
The Social Law Library and Suffolk University Law School’s Macaronis
Institute celebrated the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth by
presenting The Rivalry, playwright Norman Corwin’s dramatization of the
Lincoln-Douglas debates, at the John Adams Courthouse. Actors Mary
Linda Rapelye, Christian Kauffmann and Peter Cormican join with President
David J. Sargent; the Hon. John Greaney, director of the Macaronis
Institute; and Trustees Chair Nicholas Macaronis after the performance.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
Tea, Trade and Colonialism
The Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies kicked off its spring 2009 visiting scholar series
with Professor Peter Perdue of Yale University discussing “From the Hills of the Salon White
House: Chinese Tea in the World Market. Perdue, second right, is joined by History Professor
”
Yong Xue; Ron Suleski, the incoming director of the Rosenberg Institute; Lauri Umansky,
interim associate vice president for Academic Affairs; and Dean Kenneth Greenberg. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
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Freedom and
Responsibility
Law School alumnus Edward I. Masterman greets
two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Lewis,
who spoke at the inaugural symposium of the
Masterman Institute on the First Amendment
and the Fourth Estate last month. Masterman
and his wife Sydell established the institute to
provide a forum for robust debate and exchange
of ideas on freedom of the press and its attendant
responsibilities. Law School Professor Karen M.
Blum is director of the Masterman Institute. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
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New Illustration Major
NABA Award
Athletics Hall of Fame
June 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 4
Commencement a Family Affair for University Employees
Many Suffolk employees and their
families enjoyed commencement weekend
as the culmination of the unique opportunity to learn and to work that the University
offers them.
Carol Powers, senior benefits services
coordinator in the Human Resources Office,
was but one of those who watched children
graduate from the University. Her daughters
Kristin and Kelly were among the graduates.
“Being Kristin and Kelly’s mom has been
the greatest joy of my life,” said Powers.
“No one can prepare you for motherhood,
but I knew when they were born that they
were special. When they were little they
would ask me how many years would they be
in school. I always said: ‘A minimum of 16
years.’ They knew that high school was not
the end of their educational journey. They
both did well in school so I always knew that
Carol Powers is flanked by daughters Kelly and Kristin at commencement. More photos, pages 6
college would be in their future.”
and 7 (Photo by John Gillooly)
.
Said Kristin Powers, who graduated with
a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design and international
the classes are so small,” she said. “The people at Suffolk are what
relations, “I remember all of the things that I have done in those
made my time here so wonderful.”
seven years: deciding to go back to art school; taking classes that
“Having them graduate together is great,” said their mom. “I
interested me in addition to all the requirements; finishing my
am so proud of them and excited that they are sharing this once-inundergraduate degree with two majors; and wearing a United
a-lifetime experience together. Working at Suffolk and seeing the
States Air Force ROTC uniform. I am extremely fortunate to have
environment that they have experienced on a different level is so
experienced and done so much during my time at Suffolk.”
rewarding, too.”
Kelly Powers graduated with a bachelor of arts degree magna
Award-winning journalist Ted Koppel and Massachusetts
cum laude in Psychology. “What really makes this school special is
Attorney General Martha Coakley were the keynote speakers as
the fact that you get to know your professors and classmates because more than 2,428 students were awarded degrees during the 2009
Continued on page 7
Working Toward Best Practices for Records Management
The Office of the Provost has embarked on a review of records
management procedures prompted by new state and federal regulations regarding data security.
The University has engaged Huron Consulting Group, Inc., a
national consulting firm, to assist with reviewing its current records
management procedures and developing a compliance plan, according to Suzanne Gallagher of the Provost’s Office.
“It’s a large undertaking to examine records across campus,” said
Gallagher. “As part of the process we decided to look at all records so
that we could develop standard practices that will make it easier to meet
the data security regulations and to manage records in the future.”
The first step in the review process entailed completing questionnaires about what types of records are maintained, how they are
Continued on page 2
�Moakley Foundation
Award for Service
William M. Bulger, the longest serving state Senate president
in Massachusetts history, was awarded the John Joseph
Moakley Charitable Foundation Public Service Award at the
Foundation’s eighth Annual Scholarship Award Ceremony
in May at the Law School. Here he chats with University
Archivist Julia Collins. More than $110,000 in scholarships
were presented to 28 students pursuing higher education or
vocational study. Bulger—a Moakley friend who grew up with
the late congressman in South Boston—served as a state
representative, state senator and president of the University
of Massachusetts and is a key supporter of the Boston Public
Library and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
U.S. News Cites Law
School Programs
U.S. News and World Report singled out
several Suffolk Law School programs as
among the nation’s best in its 2009 education
rankings.
The rankings included nearly 200 law
schools across the nation. The Law School
was cited for the following:
• 13th best alternate dispute resolution
program
• 13th best part-time/evening program
• 17th best legal writing program
• 20th best clinical program.
“I know I speak for the entire Suffolk
Law community when I extend our
congratulations to everyone who participates
in our alternate dispute resolution, clinical,
and legal writing programs,” said Dean
Alfred Aman. “Each program does superb
work, and this kind of national recognition is well deserved. It’s very gratifying
to see the hard work of our students and
faculty honored in this manner.”
T h e S UN is publish ed by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
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Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Illustration Major to Be Added in 2011
The New England School of Art & Design has won approval to add an
Illustration major to its menu of programs.
The major has been approved by the College’s Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee, Educational Policy Committee and Faculty Assembly and by the Board
of Trustees. It will undergo review by the National Association of Schools of Art and
Design, or NASAD this fall, according to Sara Chadwick, director of Administrative
Services for the New England School of Art & Design.
The school now offers major programs in Graphic Design, Interior Design and
Fine Arts.
It is working with consultants to put the final touches on the Illustration program,
which is expected to launch in September 2011.
Records Management
Continued from page 1
secured, and how long they are kept. Business and academic units across campus were
asked to submit the questionnaires by June 8.
“Everyone has a different records-keeping system, and we aren’t judging these procedures,” said Gallagher. “The questionnaire is only meant to gather information.”
Questionnaire answers and follow-up interviews will be used to develop policies about
data security and retention.
Huron will develop a records retention schedule for the University. Not only is it
important to maintain certain records for mandated time periods, it also is necessary to
destroy certain records after a set period of time, according to Gallagher.
Once the standards are in place, training will be offered as needed.
“We don’t want to change offices’ procedures, except when necessary,” said Gallagher.
�Faculty and Student Art Shows on Campus
Springboard, a juried exhibition from the New England School of Art & Design,
features the work of three spring 2009 graduates:
The exhibit is at the Adams Gallery through August 2, 2009.
Students exhibiting are:
• Sam Spano, winner of the 2009 Fine Arts Juror’s Award
• Bonnie Birge
• Juan Berrios
Meanwhile, the Suffolk University Art Gallery presents a Faculty Drawing Exhibition
from the New England School of Art & Design.
The exhibit, at the 75 Arlington St. gallery, runs from July 18 through July 31.
An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 18.
(Photos: Molly Ferguson, Imaginatas Photography, 2009)
Sam Spano
Juan Berrios
Bonnie Birge
Law Faculty Offer NECN Legal Analysis
Law School professors are analyzing the news from a legal
perspective each week on New England Cable News.
Through NECN’s “Sidebar” segment, the Suffolk Law professors
examine significant local, national and international stories.
“Sidebar” debuted March 23 with the segment “Is the AIG
bonus tax constitutional?”
In discussing AIG and the congressional move to tax bonuses
paid to executives of the insurance firm that had been saved by a
generous federal bailout, Law Professor Carter Bishop told NECN’s
Chet Curtis that “it is possible, but marginal whether those (tax
levies) are constitutional.”
Bishop also pointed out that AIG had no option when it came to
paying the much-maligned bonuses. Failure to pay would have been
construed as a breach of contract under Connecticut law, and AIG
would likely have lost any suit resulting from a refusal to pay the
bonuses, according to Bishop.
In other “Sidebar” segments, Professor Chris Dearborn analyzed
the Massachusetts marijuana law, and Professor Anthony Polito
discussed charges filed against funds that fed into Bernard Madoff ’s
Ponzi operation.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to showcase our
faculty and share our collective legal expertise,” said Associate
Dean and Professor of Law Linda Simard. “We hope that ‘Sidebar’
will help bring attention and increased awareness to some of the
important legal issues of our day.”
“Sidebar” airs at 4:15 p.m. Mondays during NECN’s “News
Day Live” broadcast.
NECN and the University are broadcast partners, and the
segment originates from the University’s television studio at 73
Tremont St.
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�Potpourri
Rachael Cobb, Government, and U.S. Election Assistance
Commissioner Gracia Hillman spoke on “Youth participation
in the 2008 election cycle” at the American University Center
for Democracy and Election Management. Cobb also presented
a paper, “Poll Worker Performance in an Urban Setting,” at the
Northeast Political Science Association and was a panelist at a
roundtable discussion, “Obama: The First One Hundred Days,”
held at Suffolk University.
Erika Gebo, Sociology, was awarded two Shannon Anti-Gang and
Youth Violence Grants from the Massachusetts Executive Office of
Public Safety and Security to assist the communities of Springfield,
Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner in addressing gang issues.
Heather Hewitt, Sawyer Business School, North Andover campus,
received the Dean Barbara Erickson Award for outstanding service to
graduate students from the University’s Graduate Student Association.
Karen Jasinski, Student Activities and Service Learning,
is engaged to Nathan Phillips of Camden, Maine. They are
planning a July 18, 2009, wedding at St. Catherine of Sienna
Church in Norwood.
Walter Johnson of Physics reports
that his wife, Lea Johnson, former director
of the Suffolk University Management
Education Center, has been named dean
of the School of Business Administration
and Graduate School of Management
at American International College.
Congratulations to Faith LitchockMorellato of the Ballotti Learning Center
on the birth of her daughter Julia Evani
Morellato on November 6, 2008.
Julia Evani Morellato
Ken Garni of the Counseling Center and Bea Snow of Biology were feted
by colleagues at a retirement party at the Omni Parker House. CAS
Dean Kenneth Greenberg presented them with Paul Revere bowls in
recognition of their longtime service to Suffolk University. Snow is
leaving after 44 years while Garni finishes with 40 years.
Bob Rosenthal, Communication and Journalism, discussed the
economic situation of The Boston Globe and the newspaper industry
in general on Fox 25 Boston’s morning show on May 11, 2009.
Keri E. Iyall Smith, Sociology, is the vice president of
Sociologists Without Borders.
Dmitry Zinoviev of Mathematics and Computer Science and
graduate student Vy Duong presented a poster, “Online social networks as vector spaces,” at the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference
in San Diego.
NABA Recognition
Associate Professor of Accounting Gail Sergenian received the
Educational Institution Partner Award from the Boston Metropolitan
Professional Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants
(NABA) in recognition of her work as faculty adviser for the Boston
Metropolitan Student Chapter. Presenting the award is Francois J. Assad,
NABA professional member and awards reception committee member.
“I consider NABA to be the premier mentoring organization for
people of color, from school throughout one’s career. It is open to all
business majors, whatever one’s cultural background, said Sergenian.
”
“Suffolk has had a huge presence in NABA for many years. We were
the first University in the greater metropolitan Boston area to become
an Educational Institution Partner by initiating a renewable NABA
scholarship for an incoming student of color. In addition, we hosted
the Annual Business Minority Conference and Case Competition for
the last two years. Our students become very active members of the
professional chapter upon graduation. Every year they have divided Case
Competition teams by school, Suffolk student teams have come in first,
this last year being no exception, she added.
”
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�A Theatrical Look at Censorship
For Nora Long, “the play’s the thing,”
so when she ends her day as marketing and
special projects supervisor in the Theatre
Department, she dons her second hat,
developing and directing a new production
with her fledgling theater company.
Long is the co-founder of New
Exhibition Room, which engages local
artists as it builds new work and re-imagines
traditional theatricality.
New Exhibition Room will explore
the role of censorship in a free society
when it premieres its first full-length
production, Shh!
The ensemble is building the piece
using Supreme Court cases, banned books,
current events, mythology, Sesame Street and
other sources of inspiration.
“Shh! will serve up a physical and
emotional exploration of all the things we
can’t say or do,” said Long, who is co-artistic
director of New Exhibition Room.
“I don’t think ‘smart’ and ‘fun’ are mutually exclusive,” she added. “Censorship is
timeless, whether you are talking about the
Alien and Sedition Acts or the less formal
manifestos of political
correctness. I’m
interested in exploring
these issues through
performance.”
The creative process
for Shh! is embedded
in rehearsals, which
began in late May.
Nora Long
An early entry on the
group’s Facebook page answers the question:
What’s it about?
“The truth is, we don’t know yet. The
play doesn’t exist—we are making it up in
rehearsal.” However, the New Exhibition
Room, or NXR, Facebook page offers a
sampling of books, music, film and television that will influence the work.
Long notes that the production may not
be suitable for all ages and/or temperaments
as it will likely contain nudity, violence, and
adult language and content.
New Exhibition Room will present
Shh! July 9–25 at the Boston Playwrights’
Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings. Information
is available on the NXR Web site www.
newexhibitionroom.org.
Faculty Publications
New Faces
Michael Kraten, Accounting. His article “The Big Four Audit Report: Should the
Please welcome our newest employees:
Public Perceive it as a Label of Quality?” was accepted for publication in Accounting and
the Pubic Interest.
Erika Gebo, Sociology, has published an article “Assessing Student Learning and
Undergraduate Effectiveness through a Comprehensive Exam” (co-authored with
Kimberly Tobin) in Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society.
Another article “Juvenile Justice Reform and the Courtroom Workgroup: Issues of
Perception and Workload” (2006) was reprinted in Courts: A Text/Reader.
Keri E. Iyall Smith, Sociology, has co-edited a book Hybrid Identities: Theoretical
and Empirical Examinations with Brill Publishers and authored a chapter “Rights
of Indigenous Peoples” in The Leading Rogue State. Smith also published an article
“Comparing State and International Protections of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights”
in American Behavioral Scientist.
Carolyn Boyes-Watson, Sociology, has published a book Peacemaking Circles and
Urban Youth (Living Justice Press).
Miriam Weismann, Business Law and Ethics, has published a book Crime,
Incorporated: Legal and Financial Implications of Corporate Misconduct (American Bar
Association Publishing).
Frank Barrett, Government and
Community Affairs
Victoria DeBassio, Dean’s Office, Sawyer
Business School
Kaitlyn Davis, Public Management
Victoria Finn, Law Career Development
Paul Guarino, Information Technology
Services
Stefanie Harvey, Office of the Provost
Margo Lindauer, Juvenile Justice Center
Lisa Parker, Law School
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�Michael Morris receives his juris doctor degree from his father, Trustee
Jim Morris, as Law Dean Fred Aman looks on.
Communication and Journalism Chair Bob Rosenthal congratulates his
son Tim who was awarded a bachelor of science in journalism degree.
Photographs by John Gillooly
Melissa Demir, daughter of Associate Professor
of Physics Oktay Demir, received a bachelor of
science degree summa cum laude.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley
is joined by Trustees Chairman Nicholas Macaronis
and U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.
Director of International Student Programming
R. Scott Reedy served as Alumni Marshal,
representing the 25th anniversary class.
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University Police Officer Dhan Shrestha was
awarded a bachelor of arts degree.
Esmeralda Sema of the Sawyer Business
School received a bachelor of science degree
magna cum laude.
Director of Athletics Jim Nelson shouts
instructions to the crowd.
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�Vice President for External Affairs John Nucci and son
Michael who was awarded a bachelor of science degree.
Award-winning journalist Ted Koppel with Trustees Chairman Nicholas Macaronis,
Sawyer Business School Dean William O’Neill, College Dean Kenneth Greenberg
and President David J. Sargent.
Commencement
2009
Employee Graduates
The following employees were among the Class of 2009:
Elizabeth Bassett, Financial Aid-Colleges, MPMSP
Melanie Becker, Off-campus Housing Office, MSCJ
Leslie Cummings, Sociology, MSCJ
Anthony DelPrete, Athletics, MED
Avith Ernest, University Police, BSB
Phally Eth, Sawyer Library, BSB
Jeffrey Farland, Financial Aid-Colleges, BS
Lauren Hajjar, Public Management, MPA
Amanda Hines, Sawyer Business Graduate Programs, MA
Ka Wing Leung, Purchasing Services, MSA
Isaura Medina, Undergraduate Admission, BS
Jerica Mikenas, Undergraduate Admission, BS
Katrina Nunez, Information Technology Services, BSB
Gabriella Priest, Career Services/Coop Education, MSCJ
Kathryn Rodrigues, Math & Computer Science, MED
Eric Sacca, Student Accounts, BSB
Esmeralda Sema, Business Law, BS
Mohammed Sharif, University Police, BSB
Dhan Shrestha, University Police, BA
Timothy Skaggs, University Police, BSG
Ellen Sklaver, Sawyer Library, BS
Raquel Sousa, Law Admissions, BS
Lynette Yeomans, Financial Aid-Colleges, MPA
A Family Affair
continued from page 1
Suffolk University commencement exercises.
The Law School ceremonies were held on the morning of May
17 with Coakley speaking. Koppel addressed the College of Arts
and Sciences and Sawyer Business School ceremony that afternoon.
In addition to Coakley and Koppel, the following received
honorary degrees at commencement:
• Hon. Robert L. Carter, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern
District of New York, honorary Doctor of Laws
• Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, honorary
Doctor of Laws
• U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Newton, honorary Doctor of Laws
• Peter Brooke, Advent International Corporation chairman
and CEO, honorary Doctor of Commercial Science
• Angela Diaz, MD, MPH, director of Mt. Sinai Adolescent
Health Center and Jean C. and James W. Crystal professor
of Pediatrics at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, honorary
Doctor of Science
• David Hoberman, Mandeville Films, honorary Doctor of
Humanities
• Josh McCall, chairman and CEO of Jack Morton
Worldwide, honorary Doctor of Commercial Science
The University’s graduate school ceremonies were held May
16 at the Westin Copley Place.
Josh McCall, chairman and CEO of Jack Morton Worldwide,
was the keynote speaker at the Sawyer Business School Graduate
Program commencement ceremony.
Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston delivered the
keynote address at the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate
Program commencement exercise.
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�Impressive Showing
in Recycle Mania
The University tied for fourth place in
Massachusetts for recycling and waste reduction in the 2009 Recycle Mania competition.
In the Grand Champion Category, which
measures recycling and waste reduction, the
University placed in the top 20 percent of
schools nationally, with a recycling rate of
38 percent.
Suffolk placed in the top 26 percent
nationally in the Waste Minimization
Category, weighing in at 34 pounds of waste
per person.
On the Move Again
Spring and summer have been moving time
over the past several years as the University
relinquishes leased space and settles into the
Stahl Center at 73 Tremont St.
Departments packing boxes and making
the Stahl Center their home this year are:
• History
• Government
• Economics
• Philosophy
Athletics Hall of Fame
Inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2009 include, front, basketball and softball
standout Kate Norton, basketball players Jack Resnick and Christos Tsiotos, and pitcher Fred
Knox; standing, hockey player Brian Gruning, soccer player and coach Ernst Cleophat and
baseball coach Joe Walsh. The 1984 baseball team was also welcomed into the Hall of
Fame during the second of the University’s induction ceremonies in early May. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
Sotomayor Visit
Intrigues Analysts
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
told Suffolk University Law School students
that the law “is uncertain and responds to
changing circumstances” in a 1996 lecture
that was adapted for an article in the Suffolk
University Law Review.
The article, “Returning Majesty to the Law
and Politics: A Modern Approach,” coauthored
with Nicole A. Gordon, gives a glimpse of
federal appeals judge Sotomayor’s judicial
temperament.
The article has been cited by the Wall Street
Journal and Washington Times and in other
media analysis of the Sotomayor nomination.
“What is correct is often difficult to discern
when the law is attempting to balance competing interests and principles, such as the need
to protect society from drugs as opposed to
the need to enforce our constitutional right to
be free from illegal searches and seizures,” the
article says.
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Umansky Working on Accreditation
in New Academic Affairs Role
Lauri Umansky has been appointed interim associate vice president for
SUN
Academic Affairs and is working closely with Vice President for Academic Affairs
Janice C. Griffith on accreditation and academic policy issues.
Umansky is focusing on the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
accreditation process. The most recent NEASC self-study took place in 2002, and the
University is gearing up for the 2012 review.
Umansky, a member of the University’s History Department since 1990, also served
as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences before she assumed her new duties
April 1.
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Modern Theatre & Hollywood
Awards for Publications
To Your Health
September 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 5
Technology
Evolution
Drew Meger displays the Kindle electronic reader, which is being tested at the Mildred Sawyer Library. Meanwhile,
Derrick Hart of the University Archives displays a metal disk holding a recording of Gleason Archer’s voice. The stylus
originally used to play the recording and stack of books written by the University’s founder — printed on paper, the
old-fashioned way — are by his side. Hart spearheaded a successful effort to retrieve audio from the outmoded
technology. Stories, pages 2 and 3. (Photos by John Gillooly)
New VP for Advancement Leads By Example
Christopher Mosher has been in the philanthropic business
long enough to know what it takes to be successful.
“In any workplace, I feel it’s very important to have balance,”
said the newly appointed vice president for Advancement. “You
have to work hard and have fun. And, like anything else, you have
to be passionate about what you do. You need people who want to
be here and who are high performers.”
Mosher, a 1976 graduate of the Law School, has worked for
two decades leading philanthropic and advancement programs at
Boston-area institutions. He has served as director of development
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he helped plan and execute that institution’s largest and most ambitious capital campaign.
He also has directed fundraising efforts at Northeastern University,
from which he graduated in 1970, and has held a number of leadership positions in both institutional advancement and public affairs.
Most recently, Mosher was vice president of development at Mount
Ida College in Newton.
“Chris is an outstanding fundraiser and communicator who
combines extensive experience at major Boston-area non-profit
and educational institutions with a deep connection to Suffolk
University,” said President David J. Sargent. “As a graduate of the
Law School, he brings a strong commitment to Suffolk’s mission
of access and opportunity and to fostering the growth of the
University.”
Mosher comes to Suffolk during a period of sustained growth at
the University. Suffolk’s fourth residence hall is under construction,
and plans for a new academic building are on the drawing board.
“The opportunity to play a leadership role in Suffolk University’s
Advancement program is the opportunity of a lifetime for me,” said
Continued on page 3
�Library Gives Kindle a Test Drive
Summer reading presented
an opportunity to try some new
technology this year for patrons
of the Mildred Sawyer Library,
which offered a chance to check
out the Amazon Kindle e-reader.
The library has acquired
six second-generation Kindles,
all tied to one account, according to Circulation Manager
Drew Meger.
The Kindles have proven
popular since the library publicized their
availability on its Web site, with people
of all ages and from across the University
expressing interest in trying the technology.
“Kindle made for great crowded-train
reading,” said Amber Kopp, who completed
an MS in Political Science over the summer.
“With page-turning keys on both sides
of the device, it was easy to use one-handed.
Also, with the option to
change the text size, I was able
to leave my reading glasses
at home,” she said. “Best
of all, it was a conversation
starter: People on the train
with me, at the airport, even
at Starbucks, approached me
to ask me how I liked my
Kindle.”
The Kindles are available
for a 28-day loan. Borrowers
may download a book of their choice, and
several additional books are available on
each device.
“I’ve seen people check it out for the
weekend,” said Meger. “They only want one
book, but then they keep it longer to read
other available books.”
There has been an interest on the part
of academic libraries to test the utility of
electronic readers, according to Meger. They
may prove useful in supplementing reserve
collections and supporting courses.
“The cost of textbooks is so high,” he
said. “If there is a market for electronic
textbooks, maybe more would be made
available.”
Financial accounting textbooks, for
example, can easily cost more than $100.
If the library purchases one volume, the
demand from students outstrips the supply.
However, it may one day be possible to
purchase an electronic version of a textbook
to be shared among a group of Kindles,
making more copies available to students.
The library will be testing the newer
Kindle DX soon, but as of early August,
there was a six-week waiting list for the K2.
Kindles are available by appointment.
Contact Meger at ameger@suffolk.edu, for
information.
The Modern Theatre & the Boston-Hollywood Connection
The Modern Theatre has played a
key role, not only in Boston’s historic
Washington Street theater district, but also
as an institution that helped establish a
little-known link between Massachusetts
and Hollywood.
The Adams Gallery presents an exhibit
of old and new photographs, artifacts, video
and movie posters that tell the story of The
Modern Theatre & the Boston-Hollywood
Connection.
The exhibit, to run through Nov. 30,
follows the rise of the Modern Theatre—
from the ashes of the Great Boston Fire
through its heyday as the first Boston movie
theater to show “talkies.”
The Modern Theatre describes personalities
and business innovations that reverberated all
the way to Hollywood. Present-day photos
document the University’s restoration of
the theater’s historic facade. And video clips
from films shot in Boston show that the
Hollywood connection endures today.
Cara Phillips: Singular Beauty
The Suffolk University Gallery features the
works of artist Cara Phillips in the exhibit
Singular Beauty, curated by James Hull.
The exhibit will run through Oct. 10 at
the gallery at the New England School of
Art & Design, 75 Arlington St.
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�Founder’s Voice Heard Once More
Gleason Archer’s voice rings out once again in the Law
School—through digitized recordings in the University Archives.
Derrick Hart has been working on the Archer collection since he
joined the Archives and was intrigued by a recording of a radio address
about the Mayflower descendants featuring the University’s founder.
The problem: It was preserved on a metal record, an obsolete
technology.
Hart rose to the challenge and discovered a firm that could retrieve
the audio and digitize it.
In turn, Steve Smolian, who unlocked the recording, was delighted
to engage in the project. As a radio history buff, he knew of Gleason
Archer and was familiar with his two books about radio.
“It was wonderful that we were able to find a vendor, because the
assets were so fragile,” said Hart. “Now we have two recordings of his
voice available.”
Archivists also have digitized a 1961 oral history in which Archer, then
81, discusses the founding of the University and his involvement in radio.
Archer was in high demand as a radio personality, and his many onair appearances include a series on “The Laws that Safeguard Society.”
He had a keen interest in history, and, as a Mayflower descendant,
Archer focused some of his research on these pioneers and their legacy.
The preserved recording was broadcast on Thanksgiving Day 1935 and
features Archer and several other leaders of Mayflower Chapters across
the country.
This is the only recording of an Archer radio appearance held by the
Archives.
The radio and oral history recordings are available only at the
Archives. Archivists are investigating the possibility of obtaining the
rights to make them available online.
Gleason Archer delivers one of his many radio talks. (Suffolk University
Archives photo)
New VP for Advancement
Continued from page 1
Mosher. “The legal education I
received here has made all the
difference in my professional
life.”
Looking back, Mosher is
proud to have earned his law
degree by attending evening
classes after working a full-time
job during the day. “I’m a good
example of the person who is
embraced by this institution,”
he said. “I believe in the mission
of Suffolk University. I believe
in the idea of providing access
Christopher Mosher
to high-quality education to those
who otherwise might not have the ability to afford it.”
Mosher is presently working on moving forward “The Power
to Change” campaign while interacting with President Sargent
and Provost Barry Brown to enhance participation and the philanthropic agenda.
“As Suffolk continues to grow and mature, philanthropic support
becomes more important than ever,” he said.
Mosher stresses the importance of teamwork and old-school
values, such as respect, trust, loyalty and diligence. “I lead by
example,” he explained. “My management style is participatory
decision making. I’m not a micro-manager.”
Mosher lives in Natick and is the father of two children—
Matthew and Margo. During his free time, he enjoys being with
family and friends, playing golf, riding his motorcycle and flying
airplanes. He has been a private pilot since 1982.
Facing what he describes as “an economy that is impacting
everybody and everywhere,” Mosher remains confident that he and
his staff will overcome any challenges and succeed in what they do
best. He turns to his favorite Winston Churchill quote for inspiration. “We make a living by what we earn. We make a life by what
we give.”
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�Potpourri
Patrol Officers Darren Bedgood and
Angely DeLiza graduated from the
16-week Massachusetts Special State Police
Academy.
Kirsten Behling and Elizabeth Irwin
of the Office of Disability Services co-presented a session “The Umbrella Approach
to Disability Services” at the Association
on Higher Education and Disability
Conference in Louisville, Ky. Behling
also presented a pre-conference session
Andrea Shannon-Curley and Nick Curley
Dana Rosengard
“Universal Design Made Easy for Faculty.”
Rachael Cobb, Government, spoke
at the Cambridge Election Commission on “Current Trends in
(NATPE) faculty fellow at WLKY-TV/CBS in Louisville, Ky.
Elections.”
Rosengard observed and participated in information gathering,
Best wishes to Nick Curley and Andrea Shannon-Curley of the writing and producing for the station’s five daily newscasts. The felLaw School, who were married on May 30.
lowship also includes sponsored participation in the NATPE annual
Celebrating with their reunion classes at the University’s Alumni
convention in Las Vegas in January 2010.
Weekend were Karen Blum, Law School—35 years; R. Scott
Bob Rosenthal, Communication and Journalism, was interReedy, Center for International Education, and Betsy Roberti
viewed on the June 17 FOX 25 morning news regarding the fate of
of the Law School—25 years; and Diane Demmer, Merrimack
journalists in Iran and the ongoing labor difficulties at the Boston
Graduate programs—10 years.
Globe.
Congratulations to Christina DiRico,
Lisa Shatz, Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented
Center for Teaching Excellence, and
a paper “Incorporating design into a class teaching technical comhusband Rocco on the birth of their
munication skills” at the Fifth International CDIO Conference held
daughter Ella Grace on April 6.
at Singapore Polytechnic.
Roberto Dominguez, Government,
The Student Affairs Division honored staff members with
presented a paper “NAFTA:
awards at the 19th annual year-end dinner. The recipients are:
From NAFTA-ization to North
• Dave Deangelis, Outstanding New Programs and Services
Americanization” at the European Union
• Jamie Depelteau, Rookie of the Year and exceptional support
Studies Association’s 10th Biennial
to the department
International Conference in Montreal.
• Steve Perroni, Unsung Hero
Ella Grace DiRico
Irene Good, Law School, co• Paul Tanklefsky, Consistent Leadership Award.
presented “Educational Technology Specialist – What Is It?” at the
The University was recognized for the “Best Loss Prevention/
2009 Conference for Law School Computing in Boulder, Colo.
Safety Program” in 2008 by NEEIA Compensation, Inc., the
Charles Kindregan, Law School, was reappointed to the
workers’ compensation underwriter, in a citation stating: “Suffolk
American Bar Association Family Law Publications Board for
University has taken great strides in reducing accidents and in
2009–2010. He also was reelected to the board of directors of the
providing safety/loss control training. They continue to advance
Probate and Family Law Inn of Court.
loss-control initiatives that address common risk exposures and
Dana Rosengard, Communication and Journalism. In July he
look for long-term injury and accident solutions. They are active
served as a National Association of Television Program Executives
participants in programs offered by the Group.”
Connecting on Campus Made Easy
The University has initiated new avenues for connecting
with others on campus by adding online directories and a telephone
voice-recognition system.
An easy-to-use online directory of faculty and staff is available
through the public Web site or through the Campus Cruiser portal.
To view the directory:
• Go to any University Web page and click Directory at the
bottom of the page. Type in a name.
• In the portal, log in; click on the Campus Life tab, then the
Directories sub-tab.
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The portal directory offers more information and search functions than the Web site.
Voice recognition
To connect with a co-worker using the voice-recognition system,
dial extension 8200. Callers will be prompted to say the first and
last names of the person they are trying to reach. The system then
connects them to the correct extension.
�New Faces
Faculty Publications
Please welcome our newest employees:
Brenda Bond, Public Management, has published a book chapter “Community
Perceptions of Police Crime Prevention Efforts: Using Interviews in Small Areas
to Evaluate Crime Reduction Strategies” (co-authored with Anthony A. Braga) in
Evaluating Crime Reduction Initiatives (Crime Prevention Studies Vol. 24).
Roberto Dominguez, Government. His book After Vienna:
EU-Latin American Relations (co-authored with Joaquin
Roy) was published by the Miami European Union Center,
University of Miami.
Jonathan Haughton, Economics and Beacon Hill
Institute. His Handbook on Poverty and Inequality (co-authored
with Shahidur Khandker) was published by the World Bank.
Raul and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Physics, Madrid
Campus, had an article “Double or binary: on the multiplicity
of open star clusters” published in Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Vol. 500, No. 2, June 25, 2009, pp. L13–L16.
Joyce Caruso, Undergraduate Admission
Kim Larkin, Sawyer Business School
Undergraduate Programs
Danielle Manning, Assistant Treasurer
Christopher Mosher, Vice President,
Advancement
Andrea Lynne Ponte, Cape Cod 2 + 2
Ronald Suleski, Dean’s Office—College
of Arts & Sciences
Roderick Waters, Residence Life Office
Awards Go to
Alumni Publications
The Society of National Association
Publications (SNAP) recognized the
Suffolk Alumni Magazine (SAM) with five
gold medals in the categories of General
Excellence, Design
Excellence, Cover
Photo Illustration,
Redesign, and
Most Improved.
The magazine
received The Extra!
Award for “pushing the edge of
the envelope further and taking bold chances to innovate
in an ever-changing publishing environment.” The Suffolk Arts + Sciences magazine
was awarded bronze for The Best Feature
Article, “Teaching and Mentoring, the 1-2
Punch.”
SAM also was honored by the Council
for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) as a 2009 Circle of
Excellence Award winner. The magazine
was awarded silver in the categories of
General Interest Magazine and Magazine
Publishing Improvement. In the Individual
Institutional Relations Publications category, The Suffolk Arts + Sciences magazine
received a bronze award.
In addition, the Association of
Educational Publishers (AEP) recognized
The Suffolk Arts + Sciences magazine with
a Beacon Award in the Higher Education
Materials category and a Distinguished
Achievement Award in the Design/Whole
Publication/Adult category.
Heritage Awards Set for Sept. 16
This year’s Heritage Medallion ceremony will recognize the commitment and outstanding contributions of significant members of the University community. The event will
take place on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Law School function room.
New Tool for Coordinating Events
Staff from across campus have been testing a calendar for sharing information
while planning campus events.
The centralized event-planning calendar is meant to help disparate offices coordinate
similar programming and prevent conflicts.
Those participating in the pilot enter events into a Campus Cruiser calendar during
the planning stage. The calendar is accessible to staff throughout the University who are
engaged in coordinating events.
Planners may review the calendar to seek compatible programming and to ensure that
events drawing similar audiences are not scheduled for the same time.
In a survey of administrators, faculty and staff conducted last fall, 54 percent of
respondents said they felt it was important to have access to an all-campus calendar to be
used for event planning. Many reported conflicts among campus events, with 27 percent
saying that they often saw one scheduled event conflicting with another and 65 percent
saying they sometimes experienced such conflicts.
“The small planning group came together in response to recommendations that a
centralized calendar was needed to help coordinate events,” said Mariellen Norris of
Public Affairs, who chaired the effort. “The planning group worked closely with IT to
create the calendar, which proved successful during its test phase. Now we are inviting
people across campus to start using the calendar to enter events for the upcoming
academic year.”
For more information on how to get involved with the Centralized Calendar Planning
Committee, contact the Office of Public Affairs.
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�Mailroom’s Eight of a Kind
Editor’s Note: The Office of Public
Affairs offered a SUN profile piece and
photo to the Spring Fling raffle. The
Mail Services Department won the prize.
Here is its story.
The Mail Services Department
is all Suffolk, all the time. Its eight
full-time employees share a common
bond: They all are Suffolk University
educated.
“The great thing about our
staff is that we’re really part of the
Suffolk community,” said Mail
Services Manager Anthony Voto,
who received a BSBA in 1990 and
has been a University employee
for 25 years. “We’ve all received an
education here, and we all know who
everyone is, because we deliver the
mail to them. And, in some cases,
we’ve even been in the same classes as
The Mail Services Department team includes Mick-Kelly Pierre, Anthony Voto, Johanny Mejia, Shane
our co-workers.”
Murrell, Kevin Austin, Joshua Magararu, Dennis Bryson and Matthew Salvatore. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Each one of the full-time
employees started out as a work-study
at the University for four years and finds that being an employee
student in the mailroom.
and a student, particularly in his department, has its advantages.
Johanny Mejia graduated in 2002 with a BSBA degree and
“In our line of work, you get to know so many people all over
credits her Suffolk education with helping her attain the assistant
manager position she holds today.
campus. When you need something, you know who to call,” he said.
The other staff members are: Assistant Manager Dennis Bryson,
“Managing people has always been a goal of mine and something
BSBA ’99, MPA ’04; Senior Mail Clerk Kevin Austin, BSBA ’06,
that I am proud of,” said Mejia who has worked at the University
MSCJ ’08, who is working on an MPA; Clerk Joshua Magararu,
for 11 years.
BS ’05; and Clerk Shane Murrell, BSBA ’08. Mick-Kelly Pierre, a
Senior Mail Clerk Matthew Salvatore is scheduled to receive his
mailroom clerk, expects to graduate in two years.
BS in Computer Science in December 2009. He has been working
Boston History Reaches Worldwide Audience
Professor Robert Allison, whose area of interest is American
history, has offered his knowledge and insight to a new audience—
the people of North Korea.
On July 4, Allison’s commentary was heard in North Korea
through Voice of America radio, which broadcasts news, information,
and educational and cultural programming to a worldwide audience
of about 134 million people.
Voice of America reporter Hyun Suk Kim, on assignment in
Boston to explore the city’s historical significance, interviewed Allison
at the Old State House, gathering information to put together a
virtual tour via radio.
“We talked about the importance of Boston in the Revolution, the
Boston Tea Party and the importance of independence,” said Allison,
chair of the University’s History Department.
Kim wanted to know why the Revolution began in Boston.
“I told her because of the unique system in Boston where people
have control of their own government and a voice in what their
government does” said Allison. “I also told her that people are the
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ultimate source of authority and that government serves the people,
not the other way around.”
Away from the classroom, Allison has been involved with the
recent opening of the new Commonwealth Museum in Dorchester,
working with curators and educational staff to formulate ideas for an
exhibit telling the story of Massachusetts from the Colonial Period to
the present and writing text for the galleries on the Revolution and on
the Massachusetts Constitution.
Said Allison: “One of our priorities was to display the great documents of our history—the Massachusetts Bay Charter of 1629, which
created the Massachusetts Bay Company; the Charter of 1691; the
Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, drafted by John Adams, the oldest
functioning written constitution still in use in the world; one of the
original copies of the Bill of Rights; a 1777 printing of the Declaration
of Independence; and Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre.
“More importantly, we wanted to tell the stories behind these great
documents—what made the people of Massachusetts demand the
power to govern themselves.”
�To Your Health: Campus Campaign Focuses on Wellness
Following on the heels of last year’s
successful Wellness Challenge, Human
Resources and the Office of Health and
Wellness Services have joined forces to
offer information and incentives for
employees to seek a healthy life balance.
The effort is based on the traditional
model of wellness, which incorporates
social, intellectual, physical, spiritual,
emotional and environmental wellness.
The health and wellness awareness
campaign will kick off Monday, Sept. 14,
with a brown-bag lunch and presentation by
a Warmlines nutritionist.
Each week of the fall semester will begin
with “Healthy Monday” activities. HR will
help employees start the week on a healthy
path by offering nutritious snacks and other
incentives. Sodexo also will join in the effort
by highlighting healthy food choices in its
cafés.
Healthy Monday is a national public
health campaign that encourages people
and organizations to use Monday as a day
to encourage behaviors that will increase
health awareness and actions that will end
preventable disease.
Save the Date
Deans’ Reception
The Deans’ Reception, a traditional
and festive event that brings
together people from throughout
the University community, will be
held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 24, at the Museum of Fine
Arts in Boston. The University’s
Service Award Program will
recognize numerous colleagues on
their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth and
The campaign also will publicize campus
opportunities for doing your body and soul
a favor.
There will be opportunities throughout
the year to participate in yoga, nutrition
programs, Zumba fitness, motivator e-mails
and more.
Associate Director of Human Resources
Lisa Vigliotta and Health Educator Liz
Drexler-Hines are leading the effort.
Wellness tips
Exercise on a regular basis.
• Health experts recommend at least 30
minutes of moderate physical activity
daily, if possible.
• Follow a strength-training routine, e.g.,
exercise bands, weights, two to three
times a week.
• Add an activity by taking the stairs
instead of the elevator, parking at the
far end of the lot, walking over to talk
to a coworker instead of calling or
e-mailing.
• Remember to include stretching in your
exercise routine.
Harvard Pilgrim’s Fitness Reimbursement
Program provides up to a $150 reimbursement for a gym membership. The
reimbursement process is now only a “Click”
away. Visit www.harvardpilgrim.org/fitnessreimbursement and click on the link to access
your HPHConnect account and the online
fitness reimbursement form, which may be
completed online. Your reimbursement will
arrive in the mail in about two weeks.
The Annual Health & Wellness Fair for
students and employees will be held from
11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 29,
in the Donahue café.
To learn more about the Healthy
Mondays campaign and for additional wellness tips, go to www.Suffolk.edu/health and
click on the Healthy Mondays link.
This is the first in a series of “To Your Health”
columns presenting wellness tips and offering
information about health-related activities
on campus.
In the News
Suffolk University faculty, staff, students and programs are featured regularly
in local and national media. The following offers a sampling of recent Suffolk University
media mentions. The complete list is available on the Public Affairs Web site.
New England Cable News—July 27, 2009
The New York Times—July 3, 2009
Law Professor Frank Rudy Cooper on
“Sidebar,” discussing Gates arrest controversy
Law Professor Eric Pitchal comments on
Michael Jackson children’s custody
Also appeared in:
The Boston Herald —July 5, 2009
Toledo Blade
CSPAN2, Book TV —July 27, 2009
Law Professor Michael Avery discusses his
book We Dissent
Suffolk Law Review Article Cited in Sotomayor Hearings—July 2009
Appeared in dozens of national and international media outlets
fortieth anniversaries of dedication
Law Professor Marc Rodwin’s commentary:
“The Case for Public Ownership of Patient
Data”
Christian Science Monitor—July 11, 2009
to Suffolk University.
JAMA, The Journal of the American
Medical Association, Vol. 302, No. 1—
July 1, 2009
English Professor Fred Marchant’s poetry book
The Looking House, receives positive review
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�International Sports
Collaboration
The Athletics Department hosted the Irish
National Under -18 Basketball team this
summer during the Irish all-stars’ two-week
tour of New England colleges and high
schools. Office of Neighborhood Response
Director Richard Grealish, men’s basketball
Coach Adam Nelson and Athletic Director
Jim Nelson worked closely with Irish coach
John Fitzgibbon and the players, including
tri-captains Brendan O’Riain, Padraic Lucey,
and Aodhan Hickey. (Photo by John Gillooly)
From Volleyball Player to Head Coach
In just a short time, Heather
Cox has moved up the ladder in
the University’s women’s volleyball program.
A former standout player and
then assistant coach the past two
seasons, Cox is taking the next
step in her career path as the
newly named head coach of the
Rams’ volleyball squad.
“This is like a dream come
true,” said Cox. “I’ve worked
really hard to get here, and
I’m very excited to have this
opportunity to prove myself as a
Heather Cox
coach and a leader.”
Cox earned her Suffolk degree in 2007 and works at a Boston
law firm as a paralegal.
A four-year starter for the Rams, she was named a team captain
her senior year and voted to the GNAC (Great Northeast Athletic
Conference) All-Star squad in 2007. In 2006, as a junior, she set the
In Memoriam
Attorney James Linnehan, life trustee of Suffolk University
and an alumnus of the Law School
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conference record for assists. In addition, she also served as president
of the Suffolk University Student Athlete Advisory Council her
junior and senior seasons.
Cox enters the 2009 season with a challenging task at hand. The
Suffolk volleyball team finished last season with a record of 6–23
(3–9 in GNAC play).
“We have about six returning players and a number of new
recruits coming in,” said Cox. “I’m looking to build a team based
on conditioning, hard work, dedication and unity. Everyone has to
work together for us to be successful.”
Suffolk Athletic Director Jim Nelson is confident that Cox can
steer the Rams’ volleyball team in the right direction. “Heather has
been truly dedicated to this,” said Nelson. “She brings an energy,
commitment and dedication that will serve this program well as it
competes in the GNAC and post-season championship play.”
In another coaching change at Suffolk, Steve Counihan will
return as head coach of the women’s and men’s tennis teams.
Counihan previously served as head tennis coach from 2004–2008.
He guided the women’s squad to a perfect 14–0 campaign in the fall
of 2007, the GNAC championship, and Suffolk’s first ever NCAA
appearance in tennis.
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Astrophysical Event
Spousal Dream Team
To Your Health
October 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 6
Social Media Expand Realm
of “Friends and Followers”
As modes of communication have migrated from newspapers
and television to social media, the University has embraced the
new approach.
Recent changes to the University’s Internet home page demonstrate the new communication focus, with links to Facebook,
YouTube and other social media displayed prominently.
“The University has to have a social media presence,” said
Professor Gloria Boone of Communication and Journalism, who
teaches New Media and New Markets. “Any number of studies
show that one of the most important contact points is through
Web sites and social media.”
A recent search shows more than 100 Suffolk University-related
pages on Facebook alone, from special-interest student groups
such as the Suffolk Step Team, to the Best Buddies community
service group. The University also has a presence on Twitter,
Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn and other sites, although some pages
have become inactive over time.
The official University Facebook page is Suffolk University
– www.facebook.com/suffolkuniversity – with nearly 1,000
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University Veterans Promote
Yellow Ribbon G.I. Program
Suffolk Business School Dean William J. O’Neill has and
always will be a big supporter of the G.I. Bill. Bring up the subject
and his eyes light up.
“I attended Suffolk Law School on the G.I. Bill; it means a lot
to me,” said O’Neill. “Suffolk has a history of supporting veterans,
and that goes right to the core of what we’re all about.”
Suffolk has recently joined the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education
Enhancement Program and will offer veterans enrolling in the
University up to $20,000 in grant money annually while they
pursue a degree.
“Once we learned about this, we felt it was the perfect fit for
veterans interested in attending Suffolk,” said O’Neill. “It was a
classic win-win situation.”
Through the expanded G. I. Bill, the federal government will
fund higher education for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan
Continued on page 8
Civics Lesson
Professor Robert Smith steps off the C-Span Civics Bus after an oncamera discussion of the Supreme Court and new Justice Sonia
Sotomayor. C-Span’s two Civics Buses have visited students, teachers
and citizens in all 50 states since the program began in 1993. C-Span
partnered with Comcast for the Sept. 9 session at the Law School.
(Photo by John Gillooly)
�Madrid Professors and Students Report Astrophysical Event
dents published their observations and analysis in the journal New Astronomy.
The article presents a number of possible explanations for the observed optical
transient, with the authors saying that
it is a possible orphan gamma ray burst,
or GRB.
Gamma ray bursts are brief astrophysical
events, but the afterglow may last for
extended periods of time. Some GRBs
coincide with the collapse of a star.
Professors Raul and Carlos de la Fuente
The observation was made using the
Marcos and students studying astronomy
Mons telescope of the European Northern
at the Madrid campus have observed a flash Observatory in Tenerife. The Marcoses
of light – or bright optical transient – in a
regularly take students on extended trips to
dwarf galaxy. The professors and four stuthe Canary Islands to conduct field work.
The students were engaged in a novahunting project that entailed periodic
monitorng of the M32 galaxy, a satellite to
i
the Andromeda galaxy, when the observation
was made.
The observation was registered with
the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics
Data System – http://adsabs.harvard.edu/
abs/2009NewA...14..214D.
Students K.M. McGoldrick, N.
Chartofillis, G.N. Gómez Díez, and S.
Píriz Bartivas contributed to the article,
“MONS OT J004240.69+405142.0: An
orphan GRB optical afterglow candidate in
Andromeda?” New Astronomy, Volume 14,
Issue 3, p. 214-220.
Social Media
focus a decade ago, then blogs. Along came
MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and, for the
older, professional crowd, LinkedIn.
MySpace is now in decline, while
Facebook doubled its users from this
past January to September, when it had
300 million active members. The fastestgrowing Facebook demographic is users
age 35 and older, according to Boone’s
research, and more women than men are
getting on board.
Meanwhile, the value of Twitter is yet
to be determined, but a Harvard Business
School study published in June showed that
most users sent an average of one tweet in a
lifetime.
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fans. Its purpose is to offer information to
anyone interested in learning more about the
University.
“The University page is the gateway to all
the other official pages,” said Jessica Krywosa
of University Communications, who administers the Facebook page and oversees social
media activities for the University.
Krywosa welcomes University participation in the social media sites. Posts about
campus happenings are appreciated, and
Krywosa invites members of the University
community to submit photos and videos.
She also is pro-active, with work-study
students out and about on campus tweeting
and collecting information and images for
the Facebook site.
Boone said that incorporating video and
podcasts broadens the University’s potential
audience.
“Even people outside the University who
aren’t looking for news and events might look
at videos or podcasts,” she said.
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Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
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Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Boone said that both professionally produced video and amateur efforts have value.
“The University can offer a clip from a
speaker or a class, or it can be just plain fun –
Fall Fest or something along that line,” said
Boone.
“Student videos may not be extremely
polished,” said Krywosa. “But that makes
it real.”
Communication model in flux
The social media environment is rapidly
evolving, said Boone. Web sites were the
Getting connected
Krywosa pointed out that, while there
are many Facebook pages associated with
the University, not all are active, and
University Communications would like
to avoid a proliferation of unnecessary or
duplicative pages. She suggested that those
wanting a social media presence connected to the University give her a call.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Julia Albo, Health & Wellness Services
Jodi Coochise, Counseling Center
Stephanie Day, Counseling Center
Tracy Fersan, Center for International
Education
Craig Keller, Registrar’s Office – Colleges
Maura Schiller, Psychology
Kerri Schubert, Counseling Center
Christina Stanley, Registrar’s Office – Law
School
Keren Zuniga McDowell, Academic Access
and Opportunity
�Teaching a Family Affair for Communication and Journalism Pair
For some couples, having
similar professional careers could
be a nightmare. How ver, Cindy
e
and Frank Irizarry, assistant professors in the Com uncation
m i
and Journalism Department,
find their special bond to be
more of a dream come true.
The Irizarrys not only
teach in the same department,
they teach the same courses:
Introduction to Public Relations,
Advanced Public Relations and
Communication Theory. Some
semesters they also teach a Public
Relations graduate course.
So inquiring minds want
to know: Does Frank carry his
wife’s book bag to and from
class each day?
“No, it doesn’t work out
that way,” laughed Cindy.
“We’re here on alternating
days; I teach on Monday and
Wednesday, and he teaches on
Tuesday and Thursday. We may
teach the same courses, but
our schedules are different.”
“We build off each other,”
said Cindy. “It’s nice to sit with
someone and hear or talk about
what the core ideas should be
when putting a course together.”
“I look at what we have as
a positive thing,” said Frank.
“It’s great to bounce ideas off
someone right at home.
“It is a benefit for us to come
from different schools with different course work, professors,
and pedagogical approaches
and be able to discuss things
related to our research and
our teaching that most faculty
never have the opportunity
to do with their spouses.”
While they may not agree
all the time, the Irizarrys
have similar teaching styles.
Their interactive classrooms
employ the latest technology,
and they maintain a good
rapport with their students.
“As opposed to talking at
them, we talk with them,”
noted Cindy.
The Irizarrys first met in
August 1995 while teaching
in the Communications
Department at Syracuse
University. They were engaged
five months later and married
in June 1996. This is their
second year at Suffolk.
“The transition to Suffolk
has been smooth,” said
Frank. “The people here have
been absolutely wonderful,
supportive and the embodiment of professional.”
“We are very fortunate to
have brought both Cindy and
Frank to campus to share their
expertise in public relations
with our students,” said
Communication & Journalism
Department Chair Bob
Rosenthal. “They have a strong
academic background, coupled
with significant professional
Cindy and Frank Irizarry. (Photo by John Gillooly)
experience in the field. Their
combination of theory and
practice in the classroom provides our students with an
outstanding educational experience, preparing them for careers
in public relations and also for
advanced graduate study.”
The Irizarrys, who live in
Wilmington, are the parents
of two sons – John, 12, and
Frankie, 8. On the weekends,
Frank coaches his boys in youth
football and lacrosse, while
Cindy cheers from the stands.
“Frank does things he
enjoys, and I do things I enjoy,”
said Cindy Irizarry. “But we
try and do things together
as much as possible.”
Lois E. Horton of George
Mason University will open the
symposium with an overview
of the anti-slavery movement.
Other sessions will examine the
significance of the abolitionist
community, anti-slavery music,
abolitionism in popular culture
and women in the movement.
Award-winning author
David Blight of Yale will provide the closing keynote address.
Zoe Trodd of the University
of North Carolina and state
Rep. Byron Rushing will conclude the program, discussing
the relevance of slavery and
anti-slavery today.
The Friday-evening program
is free to the public. Register for
the daylong Saturday program
at www.abolitionisminblackandwhite.com.
Abolitionism in Black and White
The University will join
a coalition of historical organizations to host the
two-day public symposium
“Abolitionism in Black and
White: The Anti-Slavery
Community of Boston and
Cambridge.”
The program, to be
presented at the C. Walsh
Theatre, will begin at 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23, with a staged
reading from a new play about
abolitionist, fugitive slave and
author Harriet Jacobs.
A panel discussion following
the reading, with Dean Kenneth
S. Greenberg moderating, will
focus on slave narratives and
how to employ drama to communicate this history.
On Saturday, historians
James Oliver Horton of George
Washington University and
October 2009
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�Potpourri
Michael Basseches of
Psychology presented his
work on Psychotherapy as a
Developmental Process at three
conferences: the Congress of
the European Association for
Psychotherapy in Lisbon; the
Conference of the Society for
Exploration of Psychotherapy
Integration in Seattle; and the
Convention of the American
Psychological Association in
Toronto. He is a member of the
program committee for the May
2010 conference for the Society
for Exploration of Psychotherapy
Integration in Florence, Italy.
In addition, Basseches taught
two continuing medical education courses at Harvard Medical
School: “Treating Young
Adults” and “The Practice of
Psychotherapy.” On August 29 he
married Angela Caterina Calero
Brandao of Almada, Portugal.
John Berg, Government,
gave a seminar on “The Obama
Administration and Civil
Society” at the Center for Civil
Society, University of KwaZuluNatal, in Durban, South Africa.
Roberto Domínguez,
Government, presented a
paper “From Vienna to Lima:
Assessment of the EU-Latin
American Summits” at the 50th
Conference of FLACSO (Latin
American Faculty on Social
Sciences) in Quito, Ecuador.
The English Department
was well represented at the 7th
Biennial Symbiosis Conference,
“Boston and the New Atlantic
World,” hosted by the College of
Arts and Sciences in Sargent Hall.
Leslie Eckel, who helped
organize the event, delivered a
paper “Losing It All in the
Atlantic: Toward a Theory of
Oceanic Emptiness.” Elif Arm
bruster presented “Art and its
Affects: Harriet Beecher Stowe
in Europe, 1852-1859,” and
chaired a panel “Transatlantic
Print Culture.” Also chairing
panels were Pamela Buck,
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Bob Allison leads Symbiosis Conference walking tour.
Krystle Petrie
“Transatlantic Narratives”;
Wittgenstein Symposium in
Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria.
Krystle Petrie, Law School,
was a guest on Boston radio
station WBMX-Mix 104.1
“The Boston Neighborhood
Forum” discussing her volunteer
organization, On Your Feet
Project (www.oyfp.org/BOS).
Sebastián Royo, associate
dean for the College and director
of the Madrid campus, was
awarded a Fulbright Senior
Specialist Grant for 2010.
He presented two papers at
conferences over the summer:
“Zapatero and the Challenges of
Economic Reforms” at the 2009
meeting of the American Political
Science Association in Toronto,
and “Consequences of the Crisis.
Keynes or Protectonism” at the
i
summer school Taller 2009 –
Obama. El Poder Internacional
del Cambio, organized by La
Escuela de Periodismo UAM-El
País in Madrid.
Ronald Suleski, director
of the Rosenberg Institute for
East Asian Studies, and Dan
Wu, Center for International
Education, met with students
from the Shanghai Institute of
Foreign Trade, who were at the
University this summer for two
weeks of intensive training in the
English language. The meeting
was featured in the Chinese
newspaper Sing Tao Daily. The
translated version can be found
Quentin Miller, “Transatlanti
cism and the 20th Century”;
Rich Miller, “Transatlantic Sym
pathy”; and Jeremy Solomons,
“Cultural Conflict in Early
America.” History Department
Chair Bob Allison led a walking
tour of Boston’s Revolutionary
sites and chaired a panel “Identity
Formations in the Early Black
Atlantic.” Symbiosis is a scholarly
journal of Anglo-American
literary relations and transatlantic
studies published in England.
This year’s event was the first in
the biennial conference series to
be held in the United States
Nancy Hackett, NESAD,
was elected to the board of
IIDA New England, the local
chapter of the International
Interior Design Association.
She will serve a two-year term
Sing Tao Daily
as director of public relations
and media communications.
Elaine Garofoli, Academic
Computing, Sawyer Business
School, co-presented “Virtual
Families as an Instructional
Strategy in an Undergraduate
Nursing Curriculum” at the
25th Annual Distance Teaching
and Learning Conference in
Madison, Wis.
Charles Kindregan, Law
School, was named to the
Advisory Board of the Project
on International Surrogacy
Arrangements of the University
of Aberdeen Law School, which
is conducted in collaboration
with the Hague Conference on
Private International Law.
Monty Link, Philosophy,
spoke on “Marks of Math
ematical Concepts” at the
32nd Annual International
�on the College of Arts
and Sciences Web site at
http://www.suffolk.edu/
college/37472.html.
Kathy Vinson,
Legal Practice Skills,
was elected to the
board of directors of
the Association of Legal
Writing Directors and
also was appointed to
the Media Committee
of the Legal Research,
Reasoning, and Writing
Section of the Association
of American Law Schools.
Fouad Yatim,
Information Technology
Services, co-presented
“Creating a Business Case
for In-Building Wireless
Solution on Campus”
at the 2009 Educause
regional conference
in Atlanta, Ga.
The University’s
Korean Summer Institute
was cited in the August
2009 Jeju Peace Island
Magazine by Kim
Tae-Hwan, governor
of Jeju, South Korea,
as a good example of
cooperation between
Jeju National University
and Suffolk University.
Faculty members who
have partici ated in the
p
program are John Berg,
Simone Chun and
Roberto Domínguez of
Government and Martha
Richmond of Chemistry
and Biochemistry.
Batter Up
Division of Student Affairs staff members and graduate
assistants got together to play a spirited game of
softball at Teddy Ebersol Field on the Esplanade. Players
included, kneeling: Dean Grubb, Diversity Services;
Keri Lemasters, Athletics; Nicole Lydon, Performing
Arts - High School PIC Program; Rich DeCapua,
Student Affairs; Kyle Dooley, Student Leadership
& Involvement; and Jamie Depelteau, ResLife &
Summer Programs. Standing: Elie Simmons, Diversity
Services - High School PIC Program; Rod Waters,
ResLife & Summer Programs; Monique Mitchell,
ResLife & Summer Programs; Jacinda Félix Haro,
Diversity Services; Isaac Hendrickson, Athletics; Rev.
Amy Fisher, Interfaith Center; Liz Drexler-Hines,
Health & Wellness; Kathy Maloney, Performing
Arts; Paul Tanklefsky, Career Services/Co-op; John
Silveria, Student Affairs; Katie Hildreth, Performing
Arts; Ben Janey, Performing Arts; Sarah Bankoff,
Career Services/Co-op; Steve Perroni, Student Affairs;
Gabriella Priest, Career Services/Co-op; Craig
Cullinane, Diversity Services; Amanda Grazioso,
ResLife & Summer Programs; and Lisa Shell, ResLife &
Summer Programs.
Carol Medina of the Sawyer Business
School Dean’s Office tries one of the
more than 50 hand sanitizer dispensers
located throughout the campus.
Greg Curtis of Information Technology
Services receives a flu shot during the
clinic offered by Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care. (Photos by John Gillooly)
First Line of Attack on Flu
In one of its many efforts to combat the h1n1 virus, the University
has placed hand sanitizer in high-traffic areas throughout the campus.
“Many of us on the ICS (Incident Command System) team have
attended numerous training sessions with regard to the H1N1 flu, and,
since washing your hands is the first line of protection to prevent getting or
spreading the flu, we felt that adding Purell dispensers was a good idea,” said
Maureen Stewart, director of Budget and Risk Management. “The ICS team
will be monitoring the H1N1 flu on campus, in our neighborhood and
within the Boston area.”
The Office of Environmental Health and Safety acquired the dispensers
and determined the best locations for installation.
A link to the most up-to-date campus and Centers for Disease Control
information on the H1N1 flu is provided on the Suffolk home page: www.
suffolk.edu.
Business School Innovation Panel
The Center for Innovation & Change Leadership is hosting “Applying
Disciplines of Innovation,” a discussion of successful innovation techniques
and the application of these techniques to industry, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 2, in the Sargent Hall first-floor function room.
Curtis Carlson, president and CEO of SRI International and co-author
of The Five Disciplines of Innovation, will deliver opening remarks. He will
receive the 2009 Global Leadership in Innovation & Collaboration Award.
The panelists include Lu Ann Reeb, president, Skyways
Communications, LLC; William Forbes, director of Supply Chain
Technology, Raytheon Company; and Sean Belka, senior vice president,
director of Fidelity Center for Applied Technology. Leonard Polizzotto,
principal director of Marketing and Strategic Business Development at
Draper Labs, will moderate the discussion.
The event is free; however, registration is required as space is limited.
To register go to www.suffolk.edu/cicl. For more information contact Anna
Quadri at ext. 4801.
October 2009
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�Faculty Publications
Barbara Abrams, Humanities and Modern Languages, has
published a book, Le Bizarre and Le Décousu in the Novels and
Theoretical Works of Denis Diderot: How the Idea of Marginality
Originated in Eighteenth-Century France.
Edward G. Bartick, Chemistry and
Biochemistry, has published “Infrared
Microscopy and Its Forensic Applications”
in Forensic Science Handbook, Vol. III 2nd
edition; “Analysis of titanium dioxide in
synthetic fibers using Raman microspectroscopy” (co-authored with Brandi C. Vann,
S. Michael Angel, James E. Hendrix, and
Stephen L. Morgan) in Applied Spectroscopy,
Cover photo is of
Vol. 63, Issue 4, pp. 407-411, 2009; and
spectral image
“Non-invasive Detection of Superimposed
obtained in the
Latent Fingerprints and Inter-ridge Trace
reported work
Evidence by Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging,”
(co-authored with Rohit Bhargava, Rebecca Schwartz Perlman,
Daniel C. Fernandez, and Ira W. Levin) in Analytical and Bioanalytical
Chemistry, Volume 394, Number 8/August, 2009.
Michael Basseches, Psychology, has published Psychotherapy as a
Developmental Process (co-authored with Michael F. Mascolo) as part
of the Routledge Mental Health Series, July 2009.
Mark S. Blodgett, Law School. His article “Foreign Direct
Investment, Trade, and China’s Competition Laws” (co-authored with
Richard J. Hunter and Robert M. Hayden) appeared in the Denver
Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 37, No.2, spring 2009.
Joseph De Quattro, English. His short story, “Exits,” from his
book of linked stories, Westlake’s Collected Interruptions, was published
in Zahir, A Journal of Speculative Fiction, Issue 20, (fall 2009).
Carol Dine, English, has published the book Van Gogh in Poems
(Bitter Oleander Press 2009).
Roberto Domínguez, Government, published a book chapter
“La Unión Europea: Actualidad y Perspectivas de un Sistema Regional
de Gobernanza Integradora,” (co-authored with Omar Espana)
in Continuidad y Cambio en los Escenarios
Regionales: Una Visión Prospectiva.
Ross Fuerman, Accounting. His article
“Bernard Madoff and the Solo Auditor Red
Flag” was published in the Journal of Forensic &
Investigative Accounting on page 1, Issue 1, Vol.1,
p.1. The article can be viewed at http://papers.
ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1434097
Nina Huntemann, Communication and
Journalism, edited Joystick Soldiers: The Politics
Save the Date
Deans’ Reception
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of Play in Military Video Games with Matthew Thomas Payne. The
book was published by Routledge in August 2009.
Peter Jeffreys, English, edited The
Forster–Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight
Angle, (American University in Cairo Press).
A Greek translation will be published by
Ikaros Press.
Shahriar Khaksari, Finance. His
paper “Determinng CEO Compensation
i
Structure” (co-authored with H. Mehran and
H. Tehranian) has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Finance.
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism. Her article “constructed global space, constructed citizenship” will be published in
the journal Javnost-The Public.
Monty Link, Philosophy, had a paper “Marks of Mathematical
Concepts” published in the proceedings of the 32nd Annual
International Wittgenstein Symposium.
Lydia Martin, NESAD, had an oil painting Tiempo included
in the 113th Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried
International Exhibition at the National
Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York City.
Melanie Maung, a former NESAD student,
posed for the portrait.
Raul and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,
Physics, Madrid Campus, had an article
“Hierarchical Star Formation in the Milky
Way Disk” published in The Astrophysical
Journal, Vol. 700, Issue 1, July 20, 2009, pp.
436-446.
Ronald Suleski, director, Rosenberg
Lydia Martin’s Tiempo
Institute for East Asian Studies, is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Modern China (Charles Scribner’s
Sons, 2009).
Georges Tsafack, Finance, has an article “Asymmetric
Dependence Implications for Extreme Risk Management” in the
Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 17, No. 1: pp. 7-20 (fall 2009).
Kathy Vinson, Legal Practice Skills, has published two articles:
“Teaching in Practice: Legal Writing Faculty as Expert Writing
Consultants to Law Firms” (with Joan Blum) in Mercer Law
Review, Vol. 60, p. 761 (2009) and “Watch, Listen, and Learn” in
the Suffolk Law School Alumni Magazine (fall 2008). The second
edition of her book Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill (coauthored with David S. Romantz) has been published by Carolina
Academic Press.
The Deans’ Reception, a traditional and festive event that brings together people
from throughout the University community, will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 24, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The University’s Service Award Program
will recognize numerous colleagues on their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth and fortieth
anniversaries of dedication to Suffolk University.
�Honored With
Heritage Medallions
The University recognized the commitment of three people
who made outstanding contributions to the life of the
University through its 2009 Heritage Medallion Ceremony on
Sept. 16. Those attending included President David J. Sargent
and College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean David
Robbins, chair of the Heritage Committee; honorees Beatrice
L. Snow, retired professor and chair of Biology, College of
Arts and Sciences; and Lorraine DiPietro Cove, assistant
dean and registrar, Law School. Paul Mason accepted the
medallion on behalf of his late wife Nancy Clemens Croll, a
faculty member and director of academic computing, Sawyer
Business School. (Photo by John Gillooly)
To Your H e alt h
Protect Your Smile … Save Your Heart
Did you know that people with gum disease are much more likely to
suffer heart disease than people with healthy gums? Some experts say plaque
buildup may contribute to swelling of the arteries. Others suggest bacteria in
our mouths may affect our heart by entering the bloodstream. Whatever the
cause may be, good oral health is not only good for your smile, but it may prevent coronary heart disease.
Oral Health Tips
Be consistent with your oral health routine.
Make sure to floss and brush at least twice a day and, ideally, after every meal.
Brushing is important, but without flossing, bacteria can build up in between
your teeth and on your gum line.
n Fluoride is not just important for kids; it also helps prevent decay in adult
teeth. Fluoride can be found in some mouthwashes and toothpastes.
n Limit sugary snacks and eat a balanced diet. Excessive sugar can break down
your tooth enamel which can lead to cavities. If you can’t brush, floss or chew
sugarless gum.
n If you smoke, quit.
n Most important, make sure to visit your dentist regularly.
While you’re fine-tuning your oral hygiene skills, make sure to pass these tips
on to the children in your life. You can play an important role in helping your
kids’ smiles stay healthy too!
This becomes especially important during the Halloween season, when all
of us are indulging in sweet, chewy, gooey treats. Why don’t you try mixing it
up a little this year? For instance, if you’re a candy corn lover, try mixing a small
amount of the candy into your favorite trail mix. Your teeth and body will thank
you for the added nutrition.
n
n
Healthy Monday Giveaway!
Human Resources will be giving out free toothbrushes around campus on Oct. 19 to help keep your
smile bright. For more information about Healthy
Monday events, such as Yoga for Everyone! on
Tuesdays, visit www.suffolk.edu/health and click on
the Healthy Monday link.
Construction Exhibit
Showcases Sculptors
Construction, a group exhibition of new sculpture
made in Boston, will be at the Suffolk University Art
Gallery through Nov. 21.
Exhibiting artists include:
n Jeff Smith
n Ellen Rich
n Peter Evonuk
n Arthur Henderson
n Isabel Riley
n Laura Evans
Widely ranging
materials and techniques
define the sculpture
of these five Boston
sculptors. The means
vary from reproductions
of recognizable objects
to abstract, expressive
assemblages or hybrids Isabel Riley, Construction in Yellow
(2009), wood, fabric, paint.
of the two. The media
employed span the
spectrum from actual trash to 24K gold.
The visual and cultural associations are many.
Renovated, reclaimed or recycled materials are
incorporated into compositions that reveal the aesthetic
strategies as well as the artistic problem solving that
these artists leave visible. The decision to use elements
from our contemporary environment instead of fine art
materials lends a directness and an innovative quality to
all of the works.
The Construction exhibit is curated by James Hull of
the New England School of Art & Design.
The Modern Theatre & the Boston-Hollywood
Connection continues at the Adams Gallery through
Nov. 30.
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�Yellow Ribbon
G.I. Program
Continued from page 1
wars at a rate equal to the tuition at public
institutions within the state where the
student is enrolled. In Massachusetts, that
amount is less than $6,000.
Private institutions typically cost more
than state colleges and universities, and
Suffolk University has made a commitment
to fund costs in excess of the minimum
for all accepted veterans studying in its
Sawyer Business School, College of Arts and
Sciences, and Law School.
Marketing professor Michael Barretti,
Director of Executive Education and LifeLong Learning, leads the Yellow Ribbon
marketing communications group. Barretti,
who served as an officer in the U.S. Marine
Corps for 20 years and is a decorated
Vietnam veteran, received his Executive
MBA from Suffolk through an earlier version of the G.I. Bill.
“The G.I. Bill and Suffolk changed my
life,” said Barretti. “Today’s veterans will
Michael Barretti with student Christopher Sweatman, a former Logistics Officer in the U.S. Navy
who was the first veteran to enter the EMBA Program under the new Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. (Photo by
John Gillooly)
see that Suffolk has stepped up to the plate
with this expanded G.I. Bill and that having
this opportunity to receive a high-quality
education will have real meaning for them.”
“We did this as a community-wide team
effort,” said O’Neill. “It was extraordinary
how everyone from various departments in
the University came together to make this
all happen.”
“I have never been more proud of this
University as we continue to create a veteranfriendly environment,” said Barretti.
$1 Million Grant Extends
History Collaboration
$410K Award Supports
Research & Teaching
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $1 million for
the extension and enhancement of the Teaching American History
grant-funded program conducted by the University’s History
Department and the Tri-City Technology Education Collaborative.
“In the past three years we as history faculty have learned a great
deal about our partners in elementary, middle and high schools and
have been energized by their ideas and commitment to getting kids
excited about history,” said History Department Chair Bob Allison.
The original program’s goals were to deepen K-12 teachers’
knowledge of American history and to foster innovative teaching,
particularly for students who are multilingual and unfamiliar with
American civic culture.
Professor Patricia Reeve and TRITEC Executive Director Cindy
Fiducia partnered to conceive Phase Two -- Becoming America: The
Defining Role of Immigration -- and to write the grant. Allison lent
his expertise to program refinement, and the project will tap the
expertise of many members of the History Department, including
Kerri Greenidge, an adjunct who will coordinate program delivery.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Honggang Zhang has been awarded a five-year, $410,000 CAREER
grant from the National Science Foundation.
Zhang will conduct research into unstructured dynamic overlay
networks, a type of computer network formed from interactions
among constantly changing strategic users. Applications include
file sharing, user-assisted media streaming, video-on-demand, and
voice-over-IP, e.g., Skype.
The research project will endeavor to develop effective
mechanisms to ensure the stability and efficiency of unstructured
networks and to provide seamless interoperation with Internet
architecture and service providers.
Grant funds also will support Computer Science graduate
students assisting with the research.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
offers some of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious
awards to help build a foundation for a lifetime of integrated
teacher-scholar productivity.
In Memoriam
Law Professor Alfred I. Maleson
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Plaudits for EMBA
December 2009 • Vol. 35, No. 7
Business School Taking
Innovative Approach
The Sawyer Business School has incorporated “innovation”
throughout its undergraduate curriculum as it focuses on providing
students with the knowledge and skills they need to make an impact
when they enter the “real world.”
“Innovation is really about change,” said Dean William J.
O’Neill, Jr. “The ability to embrace change is essential to success
in any profession. Organizations and people today must be aware
of external influences affecting their business and react to these
changes or be left behind.
“They must also be open to new ways of thinking and new
approaches to product development and services. Through our
curriculum and various events, such as the New Product Innovation
Competition, we are teaching our students to be innovative and to
embrace change so that they will have successful professional careers.”
Innovation is one component of LINKS (Leadership,
Innovation, Networking, Knowledge and Service), a balanced and
challenging educational model created by O’Neill. The LINKS
components are incorporated into faculty teaching.
“We’re trying to instill innovation across many of the core
courses throughout our curriculum,” said Professor Laurie Levesque,
assistant dean and academic director of undergraduate programs.
“We want to give students the tools, knowledge and practice to
think creatively and critically. We also want to make sure our graduating seniors are capable of being successful leaders and problem
solvers once they enter the workplace.”
Levesque, Executive in Residence Sushil Bhatia and Professors
Robert DeFillippi, Ken Hung and George Moker comprise the
Dean William O’Neill enjoys a Candy.com lollipop, presented by successful
alumni entrepreneurs. (Photo by John Gillooly)
school’s innovation and integration team. They meet every month
to discuss new ways to promote innovation to the business leaders
of tomorrow—inspiring them through a particular course, listening
to a featured speaker or participating in a competitive event.
“We look for different opportunities among multiple disciplines
at Suffolk,” said Moker, director of Entrepreneurship Programs.
“Innovation is critical for all of our students, particularly our
graduating seniors, because it creates new opportunities that lead to
economic recovery and expansion. If you unleash creativity, the sky
is the limit, and that’s the foundation of our program.”
Last month, two of Moker’s star pupils, Greg Balestrieri, 23,
and Joe Melville, 31, visited campus to tell the fascinating story of
how they launched a $3 million business in July
2009—only months after graduating from Suffolk
University. The young entrepreneurs shared the
secrets behind the recent launch of their successful
online store, Candy.com.
In October, the Sawyer Business School’s
Assistant Dean and Law Registrar
Center for Innovation and Change Leadership
Lorraine Cove, celebrating 40 years of
honored innovation guru Curtis Carlson,
dedicated service to the University,
president and CEO of SRI International, with
is congratulated by Interim Law Dean
its first Global Leadership in Innovation and
Bernard V. Keenan during the Deans’
Collaboration Award.
Reception, an annual event honoring
The New Product Innovation Competition,
faculty, administrators and staff, at the
established in 2006, has been another way to
Museum of Fine Arts. More photos,
encourage innovation. The popular competition,
pages 4 and 5. (Photo by John Gillooly)
open to undergraduate and graduate students,
The 2009 Deans’
Reception
Continued on page 7
�Faculty Publications
UP, 2009, pages 83-110) and a review essay
“Everybody’s Lost City” in The F. Scott
Fitzgerald Review (Vol. 7, 2009, 177-181). He
also contributed an essay on James Baldwin to
the Companion to Twentieth-Century United
States Fiction (Wiley-Blackwell publishers)
361-368.
James Ptacek,
Sociology, edited
Restorative
Celeste KostopulosJustice and
Cooperman, Humanities
Violence Against
and Modern Languages. Her
Women (Oxford
essay “El tapiz como metáfora
University Press,
en La amortajada” is included
Interpersonal
in the critical volume on
Violence Series,
María Luisa Bombal (Centro
2009).
de Investigaciones, Casa de
Allan Tow,
las Americas, La Habana,
Education and
Cuba 2009). The book conHuman Services,
tains a compendium of critipublished an article
cal essays by internationally
“It’s Still Chinese Food” in The Chinese
renowned authors, including
Historical Society of New England newsletter
Amado Alonso, Norah Lange
(15.1 Fall 2009, pp3-6) with Chinese lanand Gabriela Mistral.
guage translation by Da Zheng of the English
Alison Kelly Hawke,
Department.
Economics. Her article
Miriam F. Weismann, Business Law
“Modelling skewness and
and Ethics. Her manuscript “Regulating
Audrey Goldstein, NESAD, had an exhibit “Network Theory” at the
elongation in financial
Unlawful Behavior in the Global Business
Gallery Kayafas in Boston.
returns: the case of
Environment: The Functional Integration
exchange-traded funds”
of Sovereignty and Multilateralism” was
(co-authored with Sanjiv Jaggia) appeared in Applied Financial
accepted for publication in the Journal of World Business.
Economics, Vol.19, No.16, August 2009.
Yong Xue, History, had two books published in China: How
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism, will have a paper
to Be a Great Power (Beijing: CITIC Publishing Group, 2009) and
“A political economic critique of Google Maps and Google Earth”
The Hatred Against the Rich (Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing
published in the journal Information, Communication, and Society.
House, 2009).
Her article “How to think about intellectual property of open source
Da Zheng, English, published an article “Sampan, a bilingual
software from a feminist political economic perspective” will appear
bridge: An exploration of socio-political functions of bilingualism
in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society.
and ethnic press,” in the Chinese Journal of Communication (2.2 July
Quentin Miller, English, published an essay “Using the Blues: James 2009, pp. 227–267).
Baldwin and Music” in A Historical Guide to James Baldwin (Oxford
Karen Clarke, New England
School of Art & Design. A
LEED-certified kitchen that
she designed appeared on the
cover of Boston Magazine’s
fall 2009 home edition,
“Kitchen Confidential.” The
kitchen of the Lincoln home
was featured in the Boston
Magazine Home article.
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Timothy Albers, Student Leadership and
Involvement
Al Boronczyk, Information
Technology Services
Jason Brewer, Information Technology
Services
Anna Decatur, Health and
Wellness Services
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Thomas Garafalo, Environmental
Health and Safety
Jacquelyn Gerhold, Sawyer Business
School Graduate Programs
Jacqueline Oddo, University
Communications
Bryan Petit, Law Library
Jessica Soto, Graduate Admission
Derek Sullivan, Cape Cod 2+2
�Building Awareness
2009 Pink Tie Award Winners Bob Rosenthal, Communication and Journalism,
and Tony Ferullo, Public Affairs, flank Vice President for External Affairs John
Nucci at the fourth annual Courage & Cuisine luncheon. Breast Cancer
Awareness Month kicked off with more than 200 members of the University
community donning pink T-shirts and forming a human ribbon to show their
support for the fight against breast cancer. (Photos by John Gillooly)
Potpourri
The Center for Advanced Legal Studies has named Law
Professors Andrew Beckerman-Rodau and Michael L. Rustad
as joint recipients of the 2009 Charles P. Kindregan Award for
Extraordinary Contributions to Advanced Legal Studies and
Continuing Legal Education.
Frank Barrett, Government and Community Affairs, was
named to the steering committee of the Downtown Crossing
Partnership’s Business Improvement District.
Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman, Humanities and Modern
Languages, presented a seminar “Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz /
Defiant Muse or Subversive Scribe?” at Harvard University for the
International Liaison Office of Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey.
Jonathan Haughton, Economics, presented a paper “Is the
FairTax Fair?” at the fall meeting of the International Atlantic
Economic Society conference held in Boston. He also presented a
paper “Optimal Subsidies for Wind Power” at the annual conference
of the Society for Cost Benefit Analysis, in Washington D.C. In
August, Haughton spent two weeks in Thailand working with the
World Bank and the National Statistics Office on a project to measure the effects of the “million-baht fund,” one of the world’s largest
microcredit schemes. He traveled to villages to meet local committees
that manage the funds. While there, Haughton took a side trip to
Champasak in southern Laos, crossing the fast-flowing Mekong River
on a rickety boat.
Kathryn Jackson, Counseling Center/Psychological
Services, presented two papers: “Lessons Learned as a
Psychologist: Teaching the Writings of Alice Walker” at the
26th International Literature and Psychology Conference at the
University of Viterbo in Italy and “Personal and Developmental
Factors in Coping and Resilience: A Group Case Study” at the
Coping and Resilience International Conference in Dubrovnik/
Cavtat, Croatia.
Quentin Miller, English, presented a paper “Lost and...
Found? James Baldwin’s Script and Spike Lee’s Malcolm X”
at the American Studies Association (ASA) convention in
Washington D.C. In October he spoke at Western Connecticut
State University as part of the visiting lecturer series. His talk,
“No Room of One’s Own,” focused on two early works by James
Baldwin: the essay “Equal in Paris” and the novel Giovanni’s Room.
Dana Rosengard, Communication and Journalism, received a
Fulbright-Hays Award to conduct a workshop in broadcast journalism in December at the University of Zagreb in Croatia. He will
also consult with Croatian National Television (HTV).
Sebastián Royo, associate dean of the College and director of
the Madrid campus, presented “Portugal in the European Union” in
November at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C.
Joseph H. Strain, associate dean emeritus, College of Arts
and Sciences, was recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for his
leadership and excellence in teaching, academic administration,
and advocacy.
Kathy Vinson, Legal Practice Skills, was nominated as secretary
of the Legal Research, Writing and Reasoning section of the
American Association of Law Schools (AALS).
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�Deans’ Reception 2009
40-Year Honorees
Donald L. Cohn, Math & Computer Science
Lorraine D. Cove, Law School
Anthony G. Merzlak, English
30-Year Honorees
Michael B. Arthur, Strategy & International Business
Harry Bartnick, New England School of Art & Design
Warren G. Briggs, Information Systems & Operations
Management
Joseph W. Glannon, Law School
Audrey Goldstein, New England School of Art & Design
Marlene M. McKinley, English
Donald R. Morton, Sociology
Darlene F. Poplawski, Information Technology Services
David R. Wheeler, Marketing
Professor of Math and Computer
Science Donald Cohn
Professor and Chair of English
Anthony Merzlak
20-Year Honorees
Jennifer Chin, Sawyer Business School
Marguerite Dennis, Enrollment & Retention
Management
Janice Fama, Sociology
Ki C. Han, Finance
Susan G. James Leyva, Enrollment & Retention
Management
Raymond Harrison Kelton, Humanities &
Modern Languages
Dina J. Kiesel, Sawyer Business School
Denis Lee, Information Systems & Operations
Management
Lydia Martin, New England School of Art &
Design
Peter McQuaid, Career Services & Cooperative
Education
Gabriel Membreno, Facilities Management
Michele Plott, History
Robert Rauseo, Student Financial Services –
Colleges
Warren Briggs, professor of Information Systems and Operations Management; Dina Kiesel
academic adviser for Sawyer Business School undergraduate programs; Alexandros Prezas,
professor of Finance; Sawyer Business School Dean William J. O’Neill, Jr.; David Wheeler,
associate professor of Marketing; Denis Lee, professor of Information Systems and Operations
Management; Ki C. Han, chair and professor of Finance; Michael Arthur, professor of Strategy
and International Business
Frantz Salomon, Facilities Management
Mohamed C. Zatet, Electrical & Computer
Engineering
10-Year Honorees
Amy C. Agigian, Sociology
Michael L. Barretti, Executive Education and Lifelong Learning
Joseph G. Beaudette, University Police
Myriam M. Berrios, Law School
Mark Brus, New England School of Art & Design
Walter F. Caffey, Enrollment & Retention Management
Jessica N. Camelio, Law Library
Justina F. Chu, Law School
Richard A. Comeau, Facilities Management
Jeanne A. Dodge, Math & Computer Science
Anthony D. Ferullo, Public Affairs
Mishell A. Fortes, Law Support Services
David Gallant, College of Arts and Sciences
Oswaldo Garzon, Facilities Management
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Felecia D. Glover, Advancement
Lorie Graham, Law School
Youmna H. Hinnawi, Center for International Education
Leighton N. Honda, Law Library
James A. Kaufman, Theatre Arts
Jafar Mana, Information Systems & Operations Management
Karen A. McKetchnie, Ballotti Learning Center
Annamaria M. Mueller, Law School
Brendan P Murray, Law School
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Elaine L. Pascale, Second Language Services
Isabel S. Raskin, Juvenile Justice Center
Diane M. Raymond, Communication & Journalism
Robert Scott Reedy, Center for International Education
Betsy Roberti, Law School
Kristin M. Sarkisian, Office of the President
Connie L. Sellers, Sawyer Library
Elizabeth Stillman, Legal Practice Skills
�College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth S.
Greenberg and Harry Bartnick, professor, NESAD
Interim Dean and Professor of Law Bernard V.
Keenan and Law Professor Joseph Glannon
Vice President for Student Affairs Nancy Stoll and
Peter McQuaid, director of Cooperative Education
Wendy Sarkisian, Kristin Sarkisian, staff assistant,
Office of the President, and Aramene Sarkisian
Lendsey Melton; R. Scott Reedy, director of international student programming, Center for
International Education; Associate Vice President of Enrollment and Retention Management Walter
Caffey; Jose Leyva; Susan James Leyva, director of the Office of Retention Services, Enrollment &
Retention Management; Youmna Hinnawi, director of study abroad, Center for International Education
Law Professor Renee Landers; Tom Barrette, Joan Pizzano, Vice PresidentTreasurer Francis X. Flannery; Law Professor Richard Pizzano
Vice President for External Affairs John Nucci and Frantz Salomon, HVAC
mechanic, Facilities Management
Photos by John Gillooly
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�Rowers Gain Satisfaction in Teamwork
What makes an athlete get up at
4:10 a.m. and endure a long commute that
leads to two hours of grueling physical
labor?
For Craig Christensen, the camaraderie of
rowing crew on the Charles River is incentive
enough, but the opportunity to take part
in the world’s largest two-day rowing event,
the Head of the Charles Regatta, makes his
training regimen particularly satisfying.
Like Christensen, Jessica Krywosa says
she enjoys the rhythm of teamwork inherent
in crew, where four or eight rowers, guided
by a coxswain, synchronize to row as one.
“I also enjoy the quiet mornings on
the river before the world wakes up, said
Krywosa, of University Communications.
“Watching the sunrise with great friends
while getting in a pretty hard workout has
been very satisfying.”
Christensen, an associate professor in
the College’s Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, began rowing in
high school and continued while a student
at MIT. After a long layoff, a friend who is
an Olympian encouraged him to get back
in the swing of rowing. He has been rowing
at Community Rowing, Inc., or CRI, in
Brighton for two seasons.
He competed in eight-man, four-man
and pairs competitions in August at the U.S.
Masters Nationals in New Jersey, taking
Craig Christensen, third from the bow, rows
with his CRI teammates in the Head of the
Charles Regatta.
home a bronze medal. His crew of eight
also took first place in the New Hampshire
Master’s Championship in October. He
rowed in the Senior Masters Eight category
at the Head of the Charles in October, placing 11th for the second year running
“Our objective was to be in the top 10
this year,” said Christensen. “But we did
take 28 seconds off our time” in a field that
included many more international teams.
“We were very pleased that we made a
dramatic improvement.”
Krywosa rowed for Northeastern while
in college and is delighted she’s had the
chance to train and race again as a member
of Gentle Giant Rowing Club on the Mystic
River in Malden. Like Christensen, this was
her second season as a club rower and her
second straight Head of the Charles.
The Head of the Charles draws more
than 7,500 rowers from around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators line
the Charles River along a course that begins
downriver from the BU Bridge and ends
three miles upstream.
This regatta comes near the end of a
rowing calendar that begins in spring with
training for sprint races, during which
boats race side-by-side over relatively short
distances to the finish line. The head races
of the fall are essentially time trials over
longer courses of about 5,000 meters.
But the training season doesn’t end when
the local rivers freeze over. Rowers work on
ergometers—rowing machines—and do
strength training all winter long.
For Krywosa, the fall season was particularly rigorous, because, in addition to training
four mornings a week and racing once every
weekend, she was running monthly road
races in preparation for her first half marathon. Add to that her pursuit of the martial
art Krav Maga, and she was working out six
days a week, sometimes twice a day.
Holiday Enjoyment…or not?
Now that we are in the midst
of the holiday season, you may be
TO YOUR H E A L T H
filled with excitement about seeing family, celebrating with friends and reliving old traditions. On the
other hand, you may be feeling stress about hosting family gatherings,
anxiety about spending too much money and exhaustion from trying
to take everything on yourself. If you are like a lot of us, you are feeling all of the above!
You can find relief from holiday stress if you commit to making
this year different. Here are some ways to do that:
• Identify what stresses you out most so you can be empowered
to make a change. It could be something simple like getting
your holiday cards out early or choosing not to send them at all.
• Learn how to say “no” to anything that is more of a hassle for
you than a pleasure. This will allow you to enjoy the things you
choose to do because you won’t be stretched so thin.
• Try to hang on to the healthy habits you’ve worked so hard to
develop throughout the rest of the year. Overindulgence can
lead you to feel emotionally and physically unhappy. Maintain
your physical activity and try your best to get lots of sleep.
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• Reach
out to others if you need it. If you’re feeling lonely over
the absence of a loved one, see if you can become involved in
a community-based event or even volunteer your time to help
others in need. Finding a connection with others can help if
you’re having difficulty coping with the season.
• Practice relaxation techniques like yoga, exercise or listening to
your favorite music. This can help reduce tension throughout
your body and decrease anxiety and frustration. Maybe you’ll
even get a boost of confidence and energy to attack some of the
issues that are causing the stress.
• If you feel as though your feelings of stress, anger or loneliness
are persistent or worsening, seeking help from your medical or
mental health care provider could be the answer.
Here’s an idea: Why not promise to continue to use these strategies throughout the year? The ultimate gift you can give yourself is
the ability to take control of aspects of your life that may feel out
of your control. Most importantly try to focus on the parts of the
season that make you happy and allow you to feel a sense of peace.
See you next year!
�NESAD to Add Illustration Major
The New England School of Art & Design will add a BFA in
Illustration to its program offerings, with students studying everything
from the graphic novel to illustration in 3-D.
The National Association of Schools of Art and Design has given
plan approval to the program, which sets the stage for NESAD to
begin enrolling students. Plan approval—based on the proposed
curriculum, financial support, faculty and facilities—is the first step in
the accreditation process, which can be concluded only after sufficient
students have completed the program.
“One of the neat things about the program is that it’s going to
cover so many areas of illustration,” said Sara Chadwick, NESAD
director of administrative services.
Areas of study that students will be exposed to, in addition to traditional illustration, include illustration for the Web, children’s book
illustration, animation, mural design, the graphic novel, illustration in
3-D and a professional practice course that will help them determine
how to put their knowledge to work, according to Chadwick.
NESAD hopes to begin enrolling students in the new program
in 2011.
Exhibit Celebrates Historic Preservation
In honor of Historic New England’s centennial, the Adams
Gallery presents The Preservation Movement Then and Now from
Dec. 14, 2009, through March 15, 2010.
The exhibition, organized by Historic New England, traces the
history of the preservation movement in New England. The catalyst:
an unsuccessful effort in 1863 to save the Hancock House, which
was built in 1737 on Beacon Hill. It later was home to patriot John
Hancock, he of the famous signature.
Historic New England was founded to protect early buildings such
as the Hancock House from being lost to development or neglect.
In addition to panels describing the relationship of the Hancock
House to the preservation movement, the exhibit employs
photographs, artifacts, and online access to Historic New England
collections to illustrate the organization’s continuing efforts to make
the region’s heritage available and enjoyable to all.
Resa Blatman Paintings
Recent paintings by Resa Blatman will be at the Suffolk Art Gallery
Dec. 4, 2009, through Jan. 17, 2010.
Blatman navigates the territory between representation and experience by superimposing realism and dynamic, graphic fantasy. The
exuberance of the overall pattern is given a surreal believability through
Restoring old wallpaper at Historic New England. (David Carmack photo
courtesy Historic New England)
detailed rendering of the fur, feathers, and skin of a host of creatures.
The artist will be in the gallery for a talk at 2:30 pm Tuesday,
Dec. 8, and an opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12.
The exhibit was curated by James Hull.
EMBA Program among World’s Best
Business School
Continued from page 1
The Sawyer Business School’s Executive MBA program has been listed in the
Financial Times 2009 EMBA rankings as one of the top 95 EMBA programs worldwide.
It is the only ranked EMBA program in the region.
“Making the Financial Times list is a well-deserved recognition for the students, faculty, administrators and alumni of the oldest Executive MBA program in New England,”
said Professor Michael Barretti, director of the Institute of Executive Education,
academic director of the Executive MBA program and an EMBA alumnus. “Everybody
has worked very hard to get the program to this level of distinction.”
The Financial Times, an international business newspaper based in London, uses
extensive alumni surveys in preparing its rankings. This year’s list was based on interviews
with the Class of 2006, evaluating how completion of the Executive MBA program
impacted graduates’ career progress, salary growth, and realization of personal and professional goals.
as well as alumni, was founded by Bhatia,
a globally known innovator, entrepreneur,
inventor and author, who holds several
patents.
These activities and events help make
“innovation” a major buzzword at the
Business School.
“The most impressive thing is that by
bringing together faculty from various
departments, we are continually improving the business school,” said Levesque.
“Innovation has become really pervasive in
the entire curriculum. Now our goal is to
elevate its status to a higher level.”
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Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs, Wesley
Savick’s adaptation of a pair of short stories for the Central Square Theater in
Cambridge, brings together several members of the University’s extended family.
In addition to Savick, a Theatre
Department associate professor, the following members of the University community
have ties to the production::
• Theatre Department General Manager
Jim Kaufman is a Central Square
Theater board member.
• Kaufman’s daughter, Sofia, 11, plays
the title role in The Loudest Voice.
• Cathy Carr-Kelley, executive director
of the Central Square Theater, earned
her MBA from the Sawyer Business
School.
• Central Square theater staff member
Amy Leigh Frizzi is a University
alumna.
Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs runs
through Dec. 27, 2009.
Modern Theatre Topping Off
President David J. Sargent shakes hands with construction workers as they prepare to hoist
the final beam to the top of the Modern Theatre residence hall structure during a topping-off
ceremony held in October. (Photo by John Gillooly)
In the News
Suffolk University faculty, administrators, students and programs are
featured regularly in local and national media. The time and effort they give to help
promote the University is greatly appreciated. The following offers a sampling of recent
media mentions. A more comprehensive list of “Suffolk In the News” is available on
the Public Affairs Web site.
New England Cable News – Nov. 16, 2009
Associate Professor of Communication and
Journalism Nina Huntemann on “In Focus,”
discussing the anti-terrorism-themed video
game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Also appeared on: WGBH-TV “Greater
Boston” – Nov. 11, 2009
3 – 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31
at the Law School
In Memoriam
Edith Kaplan, professor, Psychology
George Steve Patterson, professor and
chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Suffolk University/7News Poll –
Nov. 12, 2009
Coakley Still Leads Opponents
Patrick remains favorite despite negative
ratings
WHDH-TV 7News Boston – “The Hiller
Instinct”
Media mentions:
Christian Science Monitor – Nov. 8, 2009 WBUR radio; Boston Herald; CQ Politics;
Law Professor Marc Rodwin is cited in
The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro
article, “Flu: why worker’s won’t stay home.” David Paleologos, director of Political
Also mentioned on: KFVE, Honolulu,
Research Center, on WGBH-TV “Greater
Hawaii
Boston” and on New England Cable News
“Broadside”
WHDH-TV7News Boston – “The Hiller
Instinct” – poll cited again on Nov. 18,
2009
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February 2010 Vol. 36, No. 1
Phase 1 of New MySuffolk
Portal Improves Access
MySuffolk, the new portal that retains the best of Campus
Cruiser while introducing a new look and enhanced organization, launched on Jan. 5.
The new iteration of the portal focuses on student and
faculty users. A version of MySuffolk geared to staff and
administrators is in the works.
Over the years, new content was added to Campus Cruiser
in bits and pieces.
“We updated the look and organized content in what we
hope is a logical way,” said Michael Schneider of the Office
of University Communications, which worked closely with
Information Technology Services on the yearlong project.
Faculty members will notice that the SAIL terminology is
gone, but content formerly organized under SAIL may be found
under the Faculty tab.
The MySuffolk portal provides a starting point for browsing
the University’s internal communication structure. In time,
forms and information pertinent only to members of the
University community will no longer be on the University Web
site, but will be accessible through MySuffolk.
For example, Public Affairs now has publicity forms for students and faculty online, easily accessible to the public. In time,
these forms will be accessible only to the internal community
through MySuffolk.
Some students were asked to test the MySuffolk portal
before it launched, and adjustments were made. However,
Schneider said further tweaks and adjustments to the portal
will be made as feedback comes in via the short survey that
appears on user dashboards after log-in.
Creating the Dream:
Carmen Veloria
President David J. Sargent presents Carmen N. Veloria, assistant
professor of Education and Human Services, with the Creating
the Dream Award at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Luncheon.
Veloria was honored for her outstanding contributions to the AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, Native American and Asian communities. (Photo
by John Gillooly)
Makeovers on the Menu at Campus Cafes
Campus dining facilities were upgraded
over the winter break through a contribution of more than $1 million by Sodexo.
Renovations have been completed to
the dining facilities at the 150 Tremont
St. Residence Hall, the Donahue Building
and the Sawyer Building, and a kiosk was
added to the first floor of Miller Hall,
offering an early-morning grab-and-go
coffee option and a late-night venue for
snacking and studying.
“Our team did an extraordinary
amount of work in just a short time to
renovate three campus cafes, and these
improvements will help Sodexo to prepare
and sell a broader spectrum of food to
students, faculty and staff,” said Gordon
King, senior director of the Facilities
Planning & Management Office, which
worked with general contractor Turner
Construction and architects Bergmeyer
Associates on the renovation projects.
The renovation at 150 Tremont Street
was the most dramatic, as the serving
area was completely redone, with new
flooring, Corian countertops and various
food stations, including one for international fare.
The Donahue Café has a new salad
bar area, soup and sushi stations, and a
renovated check-out space. The Sawyer
Café was re-visioned to be more of an
espresso café.
“The entire renovation project went
very smoothly,” said Sodexo’s director of
Dining Services Jason Laprade. “These
renovations bring a whole new level of dining to Suffolk students due to the added
options and ease of service.”
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Faculty Publications
Melanie Berkmen, Chemistry and
Biochemistry. Her article, “Polar
Positioning of a Conjugation Protein from
the Integrative and Conjugative Element
ICEBs1 of Bacillus subtilis” (with Suffolk
alumna Emma-Kate Loveday) was published in the Journal of Bacteriology, Vol.
192, Issue 1, Jan. 2010. Their fluorescence
micrograph of bacterial cells is featured
on the cover of that issue.
Brenda J. Bond, Public
Management, published an article “The
Application of Private-Sector Best Practices to Strategic DecisionMaking: Investing in Police Research and Development” in Subject
to Debate, a newsletter of the police executive research forum,
Vol. 23, No. 12, Dec. 2009.
Robert DeFillippi, Strategy and International Business, published “Dilemmas of Project-based Media Work: Contexts and
Choices” in the Journal of Media Business Studies, 6 (4), 5-30, 2009.
This was the lead article for a refereed and externally reviewed
special issue on Project Management in Audiovisual Media. He
was also the lead editor (with Refik Culpan) of a special issue on
“Multi-Organizational Partnerships, Alliances, and Networks:
Vehicles for Innovation and Change” published in the International
Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2010.
Roberto Domínguez, Government, has published “La
Regionalización de América del Norte” in Desarrollo Regional.
Estrategias y Oportunidades, Mexico: UNAM-Gernika, pp.
105-128.
Charles Kindregan, Law School, authored two law review
articles: “Considering Mom: Maternity and the Model Act
Governing Assisted Reproductive Technology,” 17 Amer. Univ.
Journal of Gender, Social Policy and Law 601 (2009), and “Dead
Dads: Thawing an Heir from the Freezer,” 35 Wm. Mitchell Law
Rev. 433 (2009). He also co-authored a book Assisted Reproductive
Technology Supplement (with Law School alumna Maureen
McBrien), published by the American Bar Association (2009).
Quentin Miller, English, published an essay “The Fire Next
Time and the Law,” in African American
Culture and Legal Discourse, London:
Palgrave, 2009 (117-130).
Elaine Pascale, Second Language
Services, published a book of short stories,
If Nothing Else, Eve, We’ve Enjoyed the Fruit
(Withersin Press).
Sukanya Ray and Debra Harkins of
Psychology have published two articles
in the Journal of American Psychological
Research, Vol. 5 No. 1: “An Exploratory
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Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
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Design
Heather Clark
Study of Resilience and Coping Strategies Among PortugueseSpeaking Immigrant Women Survivors of Domestic Violence”
(co-authored with Carla Maria dos Santos Bernardes) and “Peer
Teasing, Body-Image and Eating Problems among Women” (coauthored with Moira Traci Creedon).
Lydia Segal, Business Law and Ethics. Her article
“Independence from Political Influence—A Shaky Shield: A Study
of Ten Inspectors General” was accepted for publication in the
journal Public Integrity.
Yong Xue, History, had a book published in China: A Critique
of Peking University, Beida piping (Jiangsu Literature and Art
Publishing House).
David Yamada, Law School, published a book chapter
“The Adult Educator as Public Intellectual” in Challenging
The Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and
Contradictions in Modern Practice (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2009), and an article “Understanding and Responding to Bullying
and Related Behaviors in Healthcare Workplaces” in Frontiers of
Health Services Management, Vol. 25, No. 4: 33 (2009).
Human Resources
Retirement Updates
Employees can access their TIAA-CREF and Fidelity
retirement accounts online to view total retirement savings
assets, reallocate future contributions, change the beneficiary information and update contact information. To set
up an online account go to www.tiaa-cref.org or www.
fidelity.com.
The Internal Revenue Service places limits on the
amounts that may be contributed to the account of a participant in a 403(b) retirement plan. Please contact Human
Resources if you:
• Contribute to a 403(b) retirement plan other than the
Suffolk University plan.
• Contribute to a qualified 401(a) retirement plan
(including a Keogh or SEP-IRA) sponsored by another
employer in which you are at least a 50 percent owner.
• Make elective deferrals (including Roth contributions)
to both Suffolk’s plan and a 403(b) or 401(k) plan of
another employer.
If you fall under one of the above categories, you may
have to reduce your contribution to one of your plans in
order to remain within the legal limit for 2010.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Elizabeth Conley, Alumni Programs – College of Arts &
Sciences
Julie Elias, Registrar’s Office – Colleges
Marco Flores, University Police
Heidi Galpern, Information Technology Services
Ryan Griffin, Academic Access and Opportunity
Matthew Idzik, Academic Access and Opportunity
Rebecca Kromer, Law School Dean’s Office
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Potpourri
Robert Allison, History, taped a 36-lecture course “Before 1776: Life
in the American Colonies” for The Teaching Company, which produces lectures by the best college professors in the country. The course
explores the development of the American colonies from Jamestown to
the beginning of the American Revolution. The series will be released
on DVD and CD in The Teaching Company’s “Great Courses” series.
Afshan Bokhari, NESAD, presented a paper “In the name of
the Emperor, Princess and the Holy Spirit” for a panel “Fathers
and Daughters in Islam” at the annual Middle Eastern Studies
Association conference in Boston. An opinion column in the Gulf
News said the conference offered some “incredibly sophisticated panels that were illuminating. One that stood out addressed ‘Famous
Fathers and Daughters in Islam’.” The papers will be published in
an edited volume of The Journal of Persian Studies. Bokhari also
presented “Relevancy of Autobiographical Narratives: The Case
of Jahan Ara Begum (1614–1681)” at the international workshop
“Women’s Autobiography in Islamic Societies: Defining the Genre”
at the University of Texas, Austin, South Asia Institute. In addition
she will present “Masculine Modes of Female Subjectivity: Jahan Ara
Begum’s Sufi Piety and Authority” at the special session “Medieval
Muslim Women” of the 45th International Congress on Medieval
Studies at Western Michigan University in May.
Darlene Chisholm, Economics, presented a paper “Product
Differentiation and Film Programming Choice: Do First-Run
Movie Theatres Show the Same Films?” (joint work with Margaret
McMillan and George Norman of Tufts University) at the Screen
Economics Research Group’s Inaugural Symposium at the University
of Sydney. In November, Chisholm attended the UCLA/Bruce
Mallen Scholars and Practitioners Workshop in Motion Picture
Industry Studies at the Anderson School of Management, where
she presented “Evidence on Make-or-Buy Production Decisions in
U.S. Motion Pictures,” (joint work with George Norman of Tufts
University and research assistance by Suffolk Economics graduate
students Evgeny Vorotinkov and Denexxel Domingo).
Two Suffolk employees were honored at the annual National
Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in
Newport, R.I. Richard DeCapua of Student Affairs received
the “Continuous Service Award” and Amanda Jahnke of the
Office of University Communications was presented with the
“Outstanding Graduate Student Award.” While at the conference,
DeCapua and Michael Siegel, assistant professor and director of
the Administration of Higher Education Program, presented a
preconference workshop to higher education faculty members from
institutions throughout the Northeast to discuss the preparedness
of graduate students entering the field of student affairs.
Roberto Domínguez, Government, presented a paper “The
Foreign Policy of the Bush Administration towards Europe:
Acrimony and Diplomacy (2000–2008)” at the 2nd Global
International Studies Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was
also part of the North American Team awarded a $12,000 grant
to organize a trinational conference with scholars from Mexico,
the United States and Canada to debate the “Future of Border
Governance in North America.” The conference, held in Mexico
City in October, brought together 40 scholars from six countries.
Michael Duggan, Enrollment Research and Planning,
presented three sessions at the New England Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (NEACRAO) con-
ference in Portland, Maine, in November: “What’s new in IPEDS,”
“Using the U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Navigator System”
and “An introduction to the IPEDS Data Center.”
Heather R. Hewitt, Merrimack graduate programs, and
son Eric were among the volunteers who participated in the
fifth annual delivery of potted mums sponsored by the Sawyer
Business School Graduate Programs, North Andover campus, and
the Greater Haverhill Chamber in recognition of national Make a
Difference Day. Eight hundred and fifty mums were distributed to
11 nursing homes and elderly housing communities in Haverhill.
Charles Kindregan, Law School, was reelected to the board of
directors of the Probate and Family Inn of Court for 2009-2010
and reappointed to the 2009-2010 American Bar Association
Family Law Publications Board. He was both the moderator
and a presenter at an ABA conference on surrogacy in Montreal.
Kindregan’s work in the drafting of the ABA Model Act on
Assisted Reproduction was cited in the lead front page article
of the Sunday New York Times on Dec. 13, 2009, which quoted
him on the need for regulation of surrogacy clinics. In addition,
the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws cited his writing in its 117th Year Annual Meeting Report in
recommending changes to the Uniform Probate Code.
Karen Kruppa, Risk Management, was named a trustee on the
Non-Profit Workers’ Compensation Board.
Vice President of External Affairs John Nucci was named to
the board of directors of the Freedom Trail Foundation.
David Yamada, Law School, presented a paper “The
Dignifying Effects of Workplace Bullying Legislation” at the
annual workshop of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
Network at Columbia University in December. He was named to
the Graduate Dean’s Advisory Board at Empire State College.
Welcoming New Year
The University celebrated First Night 2010 with its traditional ice
sculpture. Joining in the fun were University Security Officer Sinidu
Woldie-Abegaz and Police Officer Pheng Reasey, right, along with
his family, including Nathan Seale, Phary Pheng, Andrew Pheng,
Sreyleakhena Pheng and Anthony Pheng. (Photo by John Gillooly)
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TO YOUR H E A L T H
Happy February!
Happy for some, but…
If you’re not a winter enthusiast, by this time, you must be
counting the days until the frost thaws and spring begins to bud.
Now that winter is in full force, how do we make it through
the next few months without letting the short days and frigid
temperatures get us down?
More than 500,000 people suffer from Seasonal Affective
Disorder (SAD), a type of depression triggered by the change
in seasons. Individuals with SAD may experience a change in
appetite, fatigue, irritability or avoidance of social interactions.
Many of us experience milder versions of this, but if you feel like
you just can’t pull yourself together, you may want to talk with
your health care provider.
Here are some suggestions that may help lift your mood
and carry you through the rest of the winter:
• Exercise – This is important year-round, but often
people cut back on physical activity when it’s cold out.
Why not try and embrace the season by taking up a
winter sport? Rent some skates at the Frog Pond here in
Boston, or try cross-country skiing. After all, exercise is
not only great for maintaining weight and staying healthy,
it’s also a great stress reliever and energy builder.
• Eat good-mood food – Sugary foods can lead to severe
highs and lows in your blood-sugar levels, which can leave
you feeling cranky and tired. Instead, opt for high-quality
carbohydrates (vegetables, fruits, lentils), soluble fibers
(brown rice, sweet potatoes, beans), and smart proteins
(poultry, fish, low-fat yogurt) to combat mood swings.
• Hydrate – When the temperature drops, we don’t always
feel the need to drink as much water as we do in the
warmer months. However, we still need to drink plenty of
water throughout the day to keep our energy levels high
and our bodies healthy.
• Get some sun – Even 10 minutes of sun exposure a day
can make a difference in the way you feel. If it’s unbearably cold out, try keeping your window shades up to let
the light in…every little bit helps.
You can always find comfort in knowing that springtime
is just around the corner. Happy winter!
Holiday Cheer
Carolina Garcia, program director of Service Learning, and husband Santiago
Comella sit with sons Santiago and David Comella as they visit with Santa
Claus at the annual holiday party. Meanwhile, Olivia Harvey sports a flowery
mask of face paint as she celebrates with mom Stefanie Harvey, Provost’s
Office, and Santa. A close look behind the beard reveals a face that’s familiar
around campus. (Photos by John Gillooly)
Student Exhibits at NESAD
The Suffolk University Art Gallery at 75 Arlington St. will present
a series of student exhibitions in the coming months:
• Master of Arts in Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition through
Feb. 7
• Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Exhibition, a juried show
of undergraduate scholarship winners from Boston-area
schools, Feb. 13–March 7
Opening Reception: 4–6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13
• Foundation Student Exhibition, March 10–April 2
• Graphic Design Undergraduate Student Exhibition,
April 3–April 16
• Fine
Arts Undergraduate Student Exhibition, April 17–May 5
of Arts in Interior Design Thesis Exhibition,
May 6–May 23
• Master
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