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February 5, 2009 TheT Ithacan Volume 76, Issue 17 Junior William Gotshall-Maxona repairsp a computer at Information Technology SServices yeyyesterday.e Dean accepts LAUREN DECICCA/THED ITHACAN off er for new employment BY ELIZABETH SILE NEWS EDITOR Susan Engelkemeyer, dean of the School of Business, has ac- cepted an off er to become dean of the Earle P. Charlton College of Business at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Engelkemeyer will start at Char- lton College on June 1, according to the Offi ce of Media Relations. Engelkemeyer said she will leave to take a dean- ship at a larger institution with more majors and students. She said the new position will allow her to be closer to her family in Mas- ENGELKEMEYER sachusetts. said working at the Engelke- college was a posi- As the nation faces layoff s and unemployment, some industries stay steady tive experience. meyer said the transition to a public college will be More than 700,000 people have been laid off neers, demand for workers trained in computer “Th ey’ve got a lot of positions opening up for challenging because just as private since America slipped into a recession in late 2008, technology is increasing rapidly. them and they have to fi ll them,” he said. “Lock- schools are facing problems with according to Th e Associated Press. With the country’s drive to advance fur- heed came to us once needing 100 computer enrollment, public schools are try- But jobs in industries such as technology, law ther in the computer industry, a strong, well- scientists. Companies always come to us saying ing to deal with increased demand. enforcement, health care, maintenance and educa- educated workforce is needed nationwide. Th e their need is so big.” Kathleen Rountree, provost and tion often bypass layoff s and cuts, said Laurence U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated jobs in Even on a local level, workers trained in the vice president for academic aff airs, Shatkin, a career information expert and author of computer science to grow 37 percent from 2006 inner and outer workings of computer systems said Engelkemeyer has been invalu- “150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs.” to 2016. are heavily relied on. Th omas Hardy, president able to the college. Career experts say hands-on jobs and jobs in Th is decade of rapid expansion in the fi eld of Data Momentum Incorporated, located in “Her list of accomplishments mandatory fi elds will likely ride out the recession. is also tagged along with jobs paying anywhere Ithaca, said even as a relatively small fi rm, his would be outstanding for someone “Th e common thread that these industries have from $50,000 to $116,000 a year. company is still a go-to place for people with ba- who had been in the position of … is that they serve some vital human function Some entry-level jobs only require a two- sic or advanced technological needs. dean for many years,” she said. that we depend on every day and can’t easily be re- year associate’s degree, while the higher-paying “When an economic downturn occurs, other Engelkemeyer has served placed,” he said. professions necessitate training from a four- business opportunities come up, and you need as dean since 2005. Under her Of some of the more recession-proof jobs, he year institution. computer software to run those things,” he said. term, the school moved to its said teachers and police offi cers are necessary for John Barr, associate professor and chair of Shatkin said the structure put in place by present location, the Dorothy D. the country, while doctors, plumbers and comput- the Department of Computer Science at the col- the “tech-bubble” is now being fulfi lled, despite and Roy H. Park Center for Busi- er technicians are necessary for people’s daily lives. lege, said even in the nation’s economic reces- the economy. ness and Sustainable Enterprise, sion, he is still receiving requests from employ- “Computers have become part of our daily which opened in 2008 and was TECHNOLOGY ers like Lockheed Martin, an advanced global life and computer applications are being used in the fi rst building at the college to security company, looking for computer science earn Leadership in Energy and From software developers to computer engi- majors to work at their fi rms. See JOBS, page 5 Environmental Design, or LEED, status. Th e college also received accreditation by Th e Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business under her term, College to participate in national teach-in Engelkemeyer said. Rountree said these changes and accomplishments will be a last- BY MATT BIDDLE Climate Change Teach-In, held in ing reminder of her time as dean. STAFF WRITER Emerson Suites, brings the campus “Th e new business building will Today, Ithaca College joins more community together to discuss cli- serve faculty and students for many than 500 institutions participating mate change and sustainability. years … and AACSB accreditation in the National Teach-In On Global “Climate change is just one of refl ects positively on the entire col- Warming, an all-day learning event our most pressing sustainability lege,” she said. held as part of the fi rst 100 days of challenges,” she said. “People need Jeff Lippitt, associate professor the new Obama administration de- a greater understanding of the and chair of the accounting depart- signed to educate on global climate breadth of issues related to cli- ment, said Engelkemeyer has been change issues. mate change and global sustain- good for the school but losing a Nationally, the teach-in incor- ability and how people can have dean is never easy. porates recommendations from the an important part in creating a “It always creates uncertainty President’s Climate Action Project, better alternative future.” when a dean leaves,” he said. “But which was drafted by several orga- Th e teach-in serves as a follow- it also [creates] the possibility for a nizations — including the Univer- up to last year’s “Focus the Nation” new start and a new direction.” sity of Colorado — to focus the at- event, held at the college and more Engelkemeyer said her time at tention of leadership on the reality than 1,900 institutions nationwide Susan Swensen, associate professor and chair of the biology department, the college has been both a learning of global warming and greenhouse to brainstorm clean-energy solu- holds a poster for the Climate Change Teach-In yesterday in her offi ce. experience and an opportunity. gases. According to its Web site, tions to global warming. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN “It was a great experience and it the national teach-in hopes to join “Focus the Nation,” held in Jan- was my fi rst dean position here at more than 1 million Americans in uary 2008 with Cornell University, their daily actions aff ect the envi- said these environmental issues Ithaca,” she said. “It was the institu- solution-driven conversation. was also part of a national sustain- ronment and global warming. affect everyone across campus. tion that gave me the fi rst chance Marian Brown, special assistant ability event. Locally, the event at- Beth Ellen Clark Joseph, to be a dean, and I’ll always fondly to the provost, said the college’s tempted to show participants how associate professor of physics, See CLIMATE, page 4 remember that.” find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING 2 The Ithacan Thursday, February 5, 2009 THIS Nation&World WEEK US praised for Iran negotiation plans 5 THURSDAY Countries leading the drive to resolve con- cerns about Iran’s nuclear program welcomed “Bird Flu, Birds, and Us: the new U.S. administration’s readiness to en- Insights into the Spread of the gage with Tehran as they met yesterday, a Virus and Disease in Birds,” a German offi cial said. biology seminar by Cornell Uni- Foreign Ministry offi cials from Germany and versity professor Karel A. Schat, the fi ve permanent members of the U.N. Security at 4 p.m. in CNS 115 Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the U.S. — met in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt, for their Open Mic Night, sponsored by fi rst meeting since President Obama took offi ce. the Student Activities Board, Th e new U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Susan from 7 to 10 p.m. in IC Square Rice, has said Obama’s administration will en- 360 Degrees Magazine Rush gage in “direct diplomacy” with Iran. In his inau- Night at 7 p.m. in Ithaca Falls gural address, Obama spoke to leaders of hostile Meeting Room nations by saying, “We will extend a hand if you “The Audacity of Work: The are willing to unclench your fi st.” Politics of Hope at a Presiden- Th e U.S.