piper1/10 issue 2 Everett Tademy Works To Keep Opportunities Knocking 5 Graduate Students Bring Green Take the Fitness Challenge Plan from Copenhagen 7 2009 Review — Readers Submit Favorite Photos 10 Tech Transfer Casts Wider Net Your Green is Going Green paperless payrOll initiative begins n Bruce Gerson You can soon say goodbye to direct deposit notices and paper paychecks. Carnegie Mellon’s payroll system is going green in 2010. r e y o Colleen Bendl, assistant vice presi- D dent for payroll and benefits administra- tion, says payroll is going paperless for several reasons. “It’s environmentally friendly; it creates efficiencies in payroll hotos by ken an administration by eliminating the tasks p of check sorting and check distribution; d o n n a m o r o s k y ( i n s e t ) , d i r e c t o r o f f i t n e s s a n d it reduces the possibility of check fraud; h e a Lt h , L e d f a c u Lt y , s ta f f a n d s t u d e n t s i n a n e x - and it provides employees access to their e r c i s e s e s s i o n i n W i e g a n d g y m d u r i n g t h e r e c e n t pay in the event of a disaster or business h e a Lt h y c a m p u s k i c k o f f , t h e c e r e m o n i a L o p e n - disruption,” she explained. i n g f o r t h e 2 0 1 0 f i t n e s s c h a ll e n g e . s p o n s o r e d The paperless payroll initiative will b y t h e d e pa r t m e n t o f a t h L e t i c s , t h e c h a ll e n g e be implemented in two phases. The first e n c o u r a g e s participants t o b e a c t i v e 2 0 m i n u t e s a d ay , f o u r t i m e s a W e e k , f o r s i x W e e k s t h r o u g h phase began Jan. 29, when individuals on m a r c h 7 . s i g n u p f o r t h e c h a ll e n g e at t h e u c the monthly payroll who currently have e q u i p m e n t d e s k . C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e s i x Readers Carnegie Mellon Launches iPhone App Respond n Heidi Opdyke (developer), Stephen M. Chabassol house,” Brown said. “We’ve been (designer) and Jay Brown (project leader), brainstorming about an app since the iPhone ads tout there’s an app for that as well as School of Computer Science iPhone debuted. Interestingly, so too Favorably — even Carnegie Mellon has one. student Isaac D. Lim (developer). was Isaac. We ultimately teamed up, The university recently unveiled n Heidi Opdyke “While other universities have their knowing the staff and student perspec- a free iPhone application that ties into own apps, we’re one of the first universi- tives would complement each other Two hundred thirty-eight staff and the university’s directory, my.cmu. ties to develop an app completely in- C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e s i x faculty from colleges, departments and edu and more. It includes access to administrative units across the univer- up-to-the-minute updates on news sity, including Silicon Valley, Qatar, feeds, homepage stories and YouTube Australia and Portugal, participated in content, as well as map features de- the Piper’s recent readership survey and signed to help newcomers and visitors the vast majority gave it a “thumbs up” navigate campus. as a valuable resource for the university The application was created by a community. team including Marketing Communi- C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e t h r e e cations staff members John Przyborski O n e Everett Tademy Works To Keep Opportunities Knocking n Bruce Gerson about diversity at Carnegie Mellon — cil (DAC). There’s also the Summer how it has improved and what lies ahead. Academy for Math and Science, which After graduating from Reed College in aims to increase the number of very tal- Portland, Ore., in 1974 with a degree in Why is diversity important? ented college-bound minority students. political science, Everett Tademy saw a It pushes us forward. I still think Dr. Our Leadership Academy, which aims sign touting opportunities in Pittsburgh. Cohon’s 1992 statement (www.cmu.edu/ to develop middle-management staff, So, he traveled east, fell in love with the diversity-guide/overview/) is the most so to speak, into senior managers, is City of Champions, and 36 years later compelling argument for why diversity another important accomplishment. e m y the Oakland, Calif., native is touting D is important to Carnegie Mellon. It talks The Admissions Department took and creating opportunities for others about institutional excellence — bringing some ideas from the Human Relations as assistant vice president for diversity together a broad group of people to help Commission, the precursor to the DAC, and equal opportunity services at push this place further more quickly. Dr. and now uses leadership qualities and Carnegie Mellon. Cohon says diversity “is essential for the skills — not just SAT scores — as ad- Tademy says his role at the uni- university’s quality to be able to recruit mission criteria. Our students are still versity is four-fold. He drives equal and to retain the very best students, smart, but they’re more engaged. opportunity through affirmative action; faculty and staff.” He says “excellence I think the biggest thing that Dr. he assists President Jared Cohon with photo courtesy of everett ta is not limited to a single race, gender, Cohon has done as a leader around the all diversity initiatives; he works to e v e r e t t t a d e m y h a s b e e n a p a r t o f ethnic group, religion or sexual orienta- issue of diversity is to get people to take make sure the university is compliant c a r n e g i e m e ll o n f o r 3 5 y e a r s . tion.” He also says “diverse perspectives ownership of it. The college advisory with access issues in accordance with and backgrounds breed the intellectual boards are now asking each college the American Disabilities Act; and as vitality essential for the health and prog- and department what they’re doing to be inclusive and to practice mutual university Ombudsman, he facilitates the ress of the university.” He talks about for diversity. Our colleges have taken respect. grievance process to ensure university contributing to social progress. Diversity ownership of diversity initiatives. policies are upheld. is everyone’s responsibility. We all have One of the things I’m most proud of tell me about the new “guiding Each year Carnegie Mellon cel- a role to play. is that in the university’s last two strate- principle for university culture.” ebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with gic plans (www.cmu.edu/strategic-plan/) (you can download the document afternoon programs honoring the late at www.cmu.edu/diversity-guide/ What’s the general state of diversity we were able to make diversity and great civil rights leader’s legacy. Part of community/index.html.) at carnegie mellon? community success a high priority for the annual celebration is the release of President Cohon charged the DAC to We have a lot of work to do, but we’ve the university. It continues to be part of the university’s annual State of Diversity update the 1992 Diversity Problem made some progress. I think we mirror our strategic planning initiatives and gets Report (www.cmu.edu/diversity-guide/), Statement into something much more our larger society. We’re a microcosm us on track in our Stages of Diversity in which Tademy plays a major role motivating and actionable. This docu- here. Development. We need to get to what I developing. ment will hopefully get people thinking What sometimes is a problem is call the notion of mutualism. It requires Prior to this year’s MLK celebra- about a few things. First, bringing a getting folks to talk across their affin- the ability to collaborate with people and tion, we caught up with Tademy to talk broad talent base or representation to ity groups. Where I see this problem the enterprises that are different. It combines Carnegie Mellon. Then, once we get that most is in the classrooms. But, when we diverse elements to create new ideas, broad representation, how do we get that have professors that get their students and it converts diversity into innovation representation to have meaningful and out in the field working on a particular and innovation into wealth.