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November 28, 2007
Duquesne University Recognizes Mind, Heart and Spirit Award Recipients

	Featured Programs:   A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration

Duquesne University honored 10 distinguished alumni recipients of its Mind, Heart and Spirit Awards with a reception and dinner on campus on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The awards are a partnership between Duquesne and the Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network. The team’s founder, the late Arthur J. Rooney Sr.; his son, Chairman Dan Rooney; and grandson and President Art Rooney II are all notable Duquesne alumni. The Mind, Heart and Spirit Award emphasizes the five pillars of Duquesne’s mission—academic excellence, moral and spiritual values, ecumenism, service and world concerns. One recipient is recognized at each Steelers exhibition and regular season home game. Honorees receive game tickets, their names are displayed on Heinz Field’s Jumbotron scoreboard, and recipients are mentioned in Duquesne’s Steelers radio broadcast advertisements.
The 2007 Mind, Heart and Spirit Award winners include:
Patrick J. Molyneaux, Mount Lebanon, Business 1987
Moral and Spiritual Values
A partner in a family-owned floor covering business, Molyneaux was honored for building the Catholic Men’s Fellowship (CMF) program in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. As co-executive director, Molyneaux has organized scores of parish-based fellowships in which men gain a greater understanding of their Catholic faith and how to apply its principles to the challenges they face in their daily lives. CMF also organizes an annual conference that draws thousands of men to the Palumbo Center for speakers and worship.
Dr. Vincent J. Morreale, Gibsonia, Arts 1989
Moral and Spiritual Values
After earning a degree in social communications, Morreale went on to study chiropractic medicine and now owns and operates a thriving Pittsburgh practice. His strong work ethic, steadfast family values and selfless community involvement testify to the bedrock principles the Catholic faith imparts and Duquesne seeks to extend. Morreale actively supports Christian Sports International, Christian radio station WORD-FM and Catholic education at all levels, including North Catholic High School and Duquesne University.
Ingrid Kanics, New Castle, Graduate Health Sciences 2001
Service
Kanics was permanently disabled by an accident while training to become an Army medic. Having previously served as a church volunteer and health care worker, she found a new healing vocation in the field of occupational therapy. Her Duquesne class project—integrating therapeutic exercises with children’s play—grew into a national movement that is revolutionizing the profession. She is vice president at Pittsburgh’s Center for Creative Play.
Gary R. Ritter, Etna, Business 1985
Service
Ritter owns and operates a Pittsburgh-area funeral home and led recovery efforts in Sharpsburg and Carnegie after the floods caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Last year, he spearheaded a plan to rebuild a devastated park in Carnegie. Marshaling forces ranging from the Carnegie Action Network to Home Depot employees and the Duquesne University Volunteers, Ritter helped to assemble a small army of workers that installed thousands of dollars worth of donated playground equipment in just six hours.
John A. Gannon Jr., North Hills, Business 1964
Ecumenism
Gannon is a retired vice president with Mellon Financial Corp. Together with his college buddy and fellow honoree George D’Angelo, Gannon has spent much of the past five years traveling around the world and meeting with religious leaders to promote the United Nations International Day of Peace. His tireless efforts have enhanced interfaith understanding and dialogue, and have inspired millions to join in mediation and prayer.
Samuel Spanos, Sewickley, Business 1980
Ecumenism
A vice president with Merrill Lynch in its Beaver, Pa., office, Spanos is active in the Greek Orthodox Church and is helping Duquesne establish a Center for Eastern Christian Studies that will provide new opportunities for interfaith teaching and research.
Linda B. Hippert, Ed.D., Upper St. Clair, Graduate Education 1997
Academic Excellence
Hippert is a graduate of Duquesne’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Educational Leaders and now serves as an adjunct professor in the School of Leadership and Professional Advancement. For the past 10 years, she has been the superintendent of the South Fayette School District in McDonald, Pa. During her tenure, South Fayette students have exceeded all proficiency standards and have consistently scored among the highest in Pennsylvania’s required academic achievement exams.
Susan M. Simmers, Green Tree, Graduate Arts 1992
Academic Excellence
Simmers is a science teacher at Beechwood Elementary School in the Pittsburgh Public School District. She was recognized for developing innovative, hands-on exercises that teach very young children scientific facts while encouraging their natural curiosity. Her methods help students to become more engaged and interested in science, preparing them for further study and perhaps even scientific careers. Simmers’ work was also honored with a 2007 Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence in Education.
Anthony W. Accamando Jr., Eighty-Four, Arts 1966
World Concerns
Accamando served in the Army during the Vietnam War, witnessing the ravages wrought upon an already impoverished nation. He later founded Friends of Da Nang, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build schools and clinic,s and to provide medical treatment for the poor and injured left behind. A retired Adelphia executive, he also worked tirelessly to help fellow Vietnam veterans find jobs in the cable industry.
George D’Angelo, Ph.D., Mount Washington, Arts 1965
World Concerns
A retired Air Force Colonel who flew fighter jets in Vietnam, D’Angelo remained in the military until 1990 as a military-political officer. After retirement, he worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Nations. He was the principal coordinator and founder of the UN-sponsored International Day of Peace, which promotes worldwide spiritual observances supporting nonviolence and harmony on Sept. 21 of each year.
Source: Duquesne University, Pennsylvania

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November 14, 2007
Wentworth Students Win Regional Construction Management Commercial Building Competition

	Featured Programs:   Bachelor of Science in Management   Engineering Programs

Wentworth Institute of Technology today announced six students in the Institute’s construction management program placed first in the Commercial Building division at the 2007 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) and Associated General Contractors (AGC) Regional Student Competition in Fairfield, NJ. The Wentworth students utilized their training in construction, engineering technology, presentation, and group projects to propose a four-story parking garage building, which included extensive site work, to be constructed on the campus of Yale University with an estimated cost of $11-12 million. The students earned the opportunity to represent the region at the national championship in Las Vegas in March 2008, and they won a cash prize of $2000, which will help defray the cost of attending the championship. The competition required the participating teams to prepare a construction plan, estimate, construction schedule, safety plan, key issue analysis proposal and formal presentation to the clients. The judges were representatives of the actual project at Yale University and were impressed how well the Wentworth team answered their difficult questions. The students were sequestered in a hotel room for 12 hours to prepare their project from a set of construction documents given to them at the start of competition. The team of Wentworth students fulfilled the requirements of the project within the allotted time. Team members include Mike Gawendo, Adam Wood, Steve Gelinas, Joe Wayne, Nick Rouleau, and Jared Crowley. Professor Scott Sumner of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environment served as the team’s coach. “The Wentworth students clearly demonstrated their knowledge and skills in the development of their project,” said Dr. Craig Capano, department head for the Department of Civil, Construction and Environment. “I am impressed with their level of sophistication and I am confident these students will be leaders in their respective fields.” This competition included eight regional teams including Wentworth, Roger Williams University, University of Maine, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Central Connecticut State, Rochester Institute of Technology, Old Dominion and Alfred State. The event was co-sponsored by the ASC and the AGC and through generous donations by local construction companies, and the competition was conducted by Whiting-Turner Construction, a major commercial contracting corporation.
Source: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts

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November 11, 2007
Alfred State College: Career Fair 2007

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Alfred State College students recently were given the opportunity to meet with prospective employers, research information about different careers, and learn how to interact with those folks in the "real world" who may become their future bosses during a Career Fair, sponsored by the Career Development Office on the Alfred campus. Two sessions were scheduled-one on the Applied Technology campus in Wellsville, and another on the Alfred campus. Students were not the only ones who benefited. Participating employers were also afforded the opportunity to build and maintain relationships with Alfred State College, "brand" the company, raise the company's profile among ASC students, and get to know ASC students from majors that are pertinent to the company, without the pressure of filling a job. When the company is ready to hire, Alfred State College wants to be the first source employers think of for quality employees. Alfred State students represent a wide variety of backgrounds, and all of them need quality information about career options and what they need to know about what employers require and expect of new employees. Participating businesses this year included Alstom, Hornell; Anderson Equipment Co., Bridgeville, PA; Borg Warner Morse TEC, Ithaca; Corry Manufacturing Co., Corry, PA; Dalrymple Gravel and Contracting/Chemung Contracting, Pine City; Dresser-Rand, Olean; Edger Enterprises, Inc., Elmira Heights; FRA Engineering, P.C., Henrietta; Graham Corporation, Batavia; Hardinge, Inc., Elmira; LMC Industrial Contractors, Inc., Dansville; Monroe Tractor & Implement, Henrietta; Northtown Automotive Companies, Amherst; Penn Detroit Diesel-Allison, Philadelphia; Plumbers and Steamfitters Local #22, Orchard Park; Praxair Inc., Tonawanda; Schweizer Aircraft Corp., Horseheads; Select Door, North Java; Seneca Allegany Casino, Salamanca; SKF Aeroengine North America, Falconer; Sutherland Global Services, Rochester; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., West Winfield; Thru-way Spring, Rochester; and Waste Management, West Seneca. Employers who would like to recruit at Alfred State should contact Elaine Antonioli, director, Career Development, at (607) 587-4061.
Source: Alfred State College, SUNY College of Technology, New York

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November 7, 2007
London Times Names Alliant International University Prof Marshall Goldsmith to Top 50 Thinkers Worldwide List

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The London Times today named author, executive coach and Alliant International University Professor Dr. Marshall Goldsmith #34 on the bi-annual “Thinkers 50” list – a guide to “which thinkers and ideas are in – and which have been consigned to business history.” It’s the first time that Goldsmith has made the list.Goldsmith was a pioneer in the use of customized 360-degree feedback - confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and manager - as a leadership development tool. His early efforts in providing feedback and then following-up with executives to measure changes in behavior were precursors to what eventually evolved as the field of executive coaching. During a recent keynote speech at Alliant, George Borst, CEO of Toyota Financial Services, commented on Goldsmith’s feedback process saying, “Marshall could get people to say bad things about Buddha!” Borst, who has himself been coached by Goldsmith, testified to the success of Goldsmith’s methodology at the kickoff of fundraising effort for building new headquarters and a conference center for the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, Alliant’s school of business and organizational psychology, which was named for Marshall in April of 2006. Faculty in the school are teaching Goldsmith’s executive coaching methodology to students, and students also enjoy classes and connections with a cadre of “Thought Leaders” that has been assembled by Dr. Goldsmith. Generally regarded as a world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive lasting change in behavior for themselves, their people and their teams, Dr. Goldsmith received his first national recognition in 1993, being ranked as on of the top ten executive educators in the Wall Street Journal. His work has been described in a: New Yorker profile, Harvard Business Review interview, Forbes feature story and Business Strategy Review cover story (from the London Business School). This spring, Marshall Goldsmith’s new book "What Got You Here Won't Get You There" became number-one best-seller among Amazon’s 779,000 business books and climbing to #8 overall among Amazon’s 8 million titles. In it, he writes about the process he uses with CEOs: My job is to help them to identify a personal habit that’s annoying their coworkers and to help them eliminate it so that they retain their value to the organization. My job is to make them see that the skills and habits that have taken them this far might not be the right skills and habits to take them further… First, I solicit “360 degree feedback” from their colleagues—as many as I can talk to up, down, and sideways in the chain of command, often including family members—for a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and weaknesses. Then I confront them with what everybody really thinks about them. Assuming that they accept this information, agree that they have room to improve, and commit to changing that behavior, then I show them how to do it. I help them apologize to everyone affected by their flawed behavior (because it’s the only way to erase the negative baggage associated with our prior actions) and ask the same people for help in getting better… According to Thinkers 50 authors Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer, the compilation of the Thinkers 50 list “is not an exact science.” The authors used 3,500 votes cast on the www.thinkers50.com website establish a short list of names of 100 names, then asked a panel of experts then evaluates the names against 10 criteria by a panel of experts. The 10 criteria were: originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, presentation style, written communication, loyalty of followers, business sense, international outlook, rigor of research, access to ideas and a “guru factor.” Produced by Suntop Media and published in the London and India Times, the Thinkers 50, “the definitive bi-annual guide to business thinkers” was first issued in 2003, and was updated in 2005 and now 2007. Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is one of the few consultants who have been asked to work with over 80 major CEOs and their management teams. In 2004, he was recognized by the American Management Association as one of 50 great thinkers and business leaders who have impacted the field of management over the past 80 years. In 2005, he was elected as a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources – and recognized in Business Week as one of America’s 50 great leaders, one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development and an icon in the field of executive coaching.
Source: Alliant International University, California

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November 6, 2007
Alfred State College: Ed Foundation Names Maryanne Cole to Board

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Dr. Maryanne Cole, Bradford, PA, assistant professor of English at Alfred State College has been named to the board of the Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc. As a board member, Cole will contribute her skills to the management of the property affairs, business, and concerns of the corporation; she will also participate in the adoption of resolutions and regulations for the conduct of the management of the affairs of the corporation. The Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc., is a private foundation representing faculty, staff, and friends of Alfred State College dedicated to improving the ASC community through the support of educational programs. The Foundation provides monetary support to enhance learning opportunities for students through scholarships, work grants, and academic club activities. The Applied Technology campus in Wellsville is owned and maintained by the Educational Foundation. The Foundation funds the house projects used as hands-on laboratories for many applied technology students. As part of the community outreach, the Foundation supports student projects, which provide real world experiences and enhance local properties and facilities. The activities pursued by the Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc., are governed by the board of directors made up of representatives from the following groups: alumni, ASC College Council, faculty and staff, and friends of the college. All directors serve three-year terms and may be re-elected. Foundation officers and members serve without compensation. Cole was hired in 1985 to teach courses in composition, literature, and professional writing. Prior to joining the ASC faculty, Cole served as the coordinator of GOAL studies and as an instructor at North Park University, Chicago; a faculty associate at Arizona State University; and an assistant professor at Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV. Cole holds a PhD in English from Case Western University (Cleveland, OH), an MA in English from Kent State University, and a BA in English from UCLA.
Source: Alfred State College, SUNY College of Technology, New York

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November 5, 2007
Tavis Smiley’s Talented Tenth HBCU Tour To Visit Prairie View AandM University, Nov. 9

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Prairie View A&M University is set to host the final tour stop of Tavis Smiley’s acclaimed Talented Tenth HBCU Tour. The tour will be on campus Fri., Nov. 9, 6 p.m.-8p.m. Influenced by the teachings of W.E.B. DuBois, television and radio talk show host Tavis Smiley targets youth for the future of Black leadership and hopes to inspire new leaders from five of the nation’s universities. The Talented Tenth HBCU Tour presented by the U.S. Navy kicked off this fall with visits to Florida A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, Tennessee State University and Morehouse College. “I created this tour to enlighten, encourage and empower students to think about what their own leadership legacy will be. That is what they can do today that will echo throughout their communities, careers and ultimately throughout history,” said Smiley. “I’m convinced that the students who attend these institutions of higher learning are the scholars, the exceptional – the leaders of the future. They possess the courage and talent to set the standard for the next generation of leadership for our country.” While at PVAMU, Smiley will lead a two-hour interactive discussion on the characteristics of successful role models in the areas of business, public service, religion and academia. He will also challenge students to develop their leadership guiding principles. The title sponsor, the U.S. Navy, will host a special session to examine how leadership skills developed within its organization has helped many achieve a lifetime of success. The special session will be open to students on each campus.
Source: Prairie View A&M University, Texas

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November 1, 2007
Honors Program of Pace University's Lubin School Receives $25,000 Grant from Goldman Sachs Foundation

	Featured Programs:   Lubin School of Business

The chamber musicians of the Shanghai Quartet spoke and performed last year for undergraduates in the honors program at Pace University's Lubin School of Business. Their appearance typified the program's unusually-broad range of high-powered presenters that also included more familiar business luminaries like Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School and Joel Birnbaum, the special technical advisor to the chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The program's enhancements will expand still further this year, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Goldman Sachs Foundation to support skills training workshops on topics like leadership development, communication, and team building. The practical touch. "These funds let us enrich the down-to-earth, practical emphasis that's a Pace hallmark," said Eric Kessler, Ph.D., the professor of management who has directed the program since its establishment in 2002. Added Joseph Baczko, the former president of Blockbuster Entertainment and Toys "R" Us International who is dean of the Lubin school, "The Goldman Sachs grant will enable us to expose our students to some of the leading-edge concepts in leadership development and provide them with the opportunity to experience their applications first-hand." This year alone, the firm hired 18 Pace students for internships and full-time positions. Approximately 240 Pace University alumni are employees. Pace's downtown Manhattan campus is just blocks from Goldman Sachs headquarters. Hot-button seminars. The Pace business honors program takes special advantage of the University's prime locations amid the executive suites of New York City and Westchester County. Recent US field visits and seminars have taken place at PricewaterhouseCoopers' corporate headquarters, a Kraft Foods pilot plant, the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, City Hall, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. International field studies explore hot-button topics and locations - high technology in Japan two years ago and economic and financial development in India last year. Next stop: Brazil this spring to study sustainable enterprises. Fraud, Kathmandu. Honors participants must prepare a senior thesis. Last year one student co-authored a paper on nanotechnology that appeared in a refereed scholarly journal; others found ways to motivate inner city students, documented the effects of beverage packaging on consumer attitudes and looked at the role of stock options in producing fraud. Yet another of last year's participants is researching the alleviation of poverty in Nepal through the use of microcredit, supported by a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. Raj Shrestha is studying the socio-economic impact of the Nepalese private banking system's partnerships with rural cooperatives and cottage industries to provide microcredit to poor communities in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. While there, he is also taking graduate courses at Kathmandu University and interning at Everest Bank. The business honors program typically enrolls about 150 students on the University's campuses in downtown New York City and Pleasantville, in Westchester County, New York. Focused mainly on the junior and senior years and known as the Lubin Leaders and Scholars Program, it also includes advanced sections of core courses and generates strong group camaraderie. Professor Kessler, an expert on the management of innovation and former President of the Eastern Academy of Management, is attuned to hot topics himself. His most recent work has involved co-editing the new "Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom" (Sage), the first comprehensive effort to apply to business some of the rapidly-developing social scientific research on the elusive topic of wisdom. The Goldman-Sachs Foundation's funding adds to Pace's just-announced, $100 million capital campaign - the most ambitious in the University's 100 year history - which already has raised more than $70 million and is set to run through 2010. Double accreditation. Pace's Lubin School of Business holds an elite distinction shared by fewer than three percent of business schools worldwide - accreditation for both business and accounting by AACSB International. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled in the school's undergraduate and graduate programs in Downtown and Midtown New York City and Pleasantville and White Plains in Westchester County, New York. www.pace.edu/lubin. The private metropolitan university of which Lubin is part, Pace University enrolls more than 13,500 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, School of Law, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. www.pace.edu.
Source: Pace University, New York

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