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UT www.utnews.utoledo.edu Oct. 17, 2005 Volume 6, Issue 5 Students have ‘Twist of Faith’ showing chance to invest at UT Oct. 21-23 $1 million gift Deanna Woolf By Jon Strunk he Oscar-nominated documentary he College of Business Administra- “Twist of Faith,” chronicling a tion has long taught students to suc- Toledo man’s journey through the cessfully navigate the stock market Taftermath of sexual abuse, will be shown in Tand manage finances once they begin their Doermann Theater Friday-Sunday, careers. Oct. 21-23. Now students will no longer have The movie will begin at 7:30 p.m., to wait to enter the job market to test the and tickets are $7 at the door. skills they are learning. Using $1 mil- Tony and Wendy Comes, the film’s lion allocated by the UT Foundation’s subjects, will attend the Saturday, Oct. 22, investment committee, students taking the Quilt trip showing and take part in a question-and- Security Analysis and Portfolio Manage- page 5 answer session afterward. ment class will have the ability to invest in The screenings are presented by the the market and will be treated just as any department of theatre and film and UT’s investment manager. Sexual Assault and Prevention Program. According to Dr. Thomas Gutteridge, More than 20 years ago, Tony Comes dean of the College of Business Adminis- was sexually abused as a teenager by a tration, this experience will not only give priest who taught at a local Catholic high students investment experience, but also school. Years later, the film begins as will give them a “leg up” on the competi- continued on page 2 tion when they look to enter the work force. “This type of experience is invaluable President discusses collaboration, to employers in this arena,” Gutteridge competition with Chinese counterparts said. “A lot of business schools do ‘mock- Now seating trading’ exercises, but the UT College of page 6 By Jon Strunk Business Administration is taking it to a “There are cranes everywhere. They’re whole new level by letting our students ne of the first things President Dan like trees,” he said of the Chinese cities of oversee real dollars.” Johnson noticed about China was Beijing and Shanghai at a talk sponsored John Neff, a UT alumnus and finance the incredible level of economic by the UT Asian Studies Institute last legend, agreed with the dean. Neff, a Odevelopment, construction and community week. He discussed the UT delegation he $1 million donor who helped create the growth that seems to pervade the country. led to China in August to help enhance and college’s state-of-the-art trading floor that continued on page 4 bears his name, said he believed “this ex- posure will hopefully produce some good portfolio managers.” David Van Hooser, the UT Founda- tion’s investment chair, said he was excited by the opportunity. “We decided we could Bumped up meet our fiduciary responsibility to our page 8 donors — while still giving students this real-world opportunity — if we treated the students like any other investment man- ager,” he said. Campus Town Hall With Student investors will need to have an President Dan Johnson understanding of their fiduciary respon- Thursday, Oct. 20 sibility and compliance procedures. They will need to meet and exceed appropriate 3-5 p.m. benchmarks and report to the investment committee on a quarterly basis. Students Student Union Room 2592 President Dan Johnson and Yanshan University President Liu Hongmin signed the UT/Yanshan University Cooperative Exchange and Recruitment Agreement Aug. 8 in will work with faculty and the UT Founda- Qinhuangdao, China. tion as it makes its investment decisions. 2 News People 3 Oct. 17, 2005 Oct. 17, 2005 UT kicks off 2005 Community Homecoming snapshots Excellence Office Get to know … director steps down Charitable Campaign By Jon Strunk r. Helen Cooks recently stepped By Jon Strunk down from her position as director he events of the last few months of the Office of Excellence and have served to accentuate the Dassistant vice president, a position she held importance of charitable groups in for 16 years. Tour society. While the aftermath of the Gulf She will continue doing research work Coast storms has been the focus of much at the University. of these efforts recently, local groups also “The devotion Dr. Cooks has to the need assistance to continue helping those work of the Office of Excellence has who are less fortunate in northwest Ohio. been key, especially in providing college One week into The University of opportunities for students who might not Toledo’s annual Community Charitable have been able to attend otherwise,” said Campaign, more than $43,336 has been Dr. Alan Goodridge, provost and execu- raised as of Friday. Ronald S. Davis tive vice president for academic affairs and “The UT Community Charitable Photo by Daniel Miller enrollment services. Campaign is so important because the Ohio Sen. George Voinovich talked about the transportation monies he helped secure Ronald S. Davis is a visiting assistant Photo by Daniel Miller He added the transition has been results are so immediate,” said Dr. Martin for Toledo at an Oct. 4 press conference at One Maritime Plaza downtown. Key among professor of early childhood, physi- Breakfast to go: Brianna Nelson, a sophomore in the College of Health and Hu- smooth with David Young as interim direc- Ohlinger, UT assistant professor of these was $2 million over four years for the creation of a University Transportation cal and special education, a position man Services, reached for a bagel piece as Jennifer Vojta, left, and Jennifer Ice, tor of the Office of Excellence. Pam Rogers he started this semester. In June, he both seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences, handed out free breakfast to start pharmacy practice and campaign co-chair. Center at The University of Toledo. The UT center will research intermodal and logistics has been named interim director of Upward transportation issues. retired from Toledo Public Schools, Homecoming week festivities. Bound and Student Support Services to “You can give to the charity you want to where he worked 35 years as a school replace Young. give to and you can see the positive results to donate. In addition to a message and psychologist. The Pittsburgh native has driving through your community.” information about the campaign, the e- taught part time at UT for 10 years. Young first met Cooks as an un- President Dan Johnson agreed. mail will contain a link that enables UT ‘Twist’ Davis graduated from Ashland College dergraduate student at UT and said it “This campaign is critical because your community members to pledge money continued from page 1 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology was Cooks’ passion for students that he support stays in the area, helping those electronically through a payroll deduction. and from the University of Akron with a respected most. Comes realizes the same man lives down their struggles to the cameras. I think it’s master’s degree in educational psychol- who need it most,” he said in a video The minimum pledge for payroll deduction “What I admired so much was that she the street from his family. He files a lawsuit a story that the whole community should ogy. message to the UT community available at is $24. was a warrior for students,” Young said. against the Catholic Dioceses of Toledo have the opportunity to see, and I’m proud http://rocketvideo.utoledo.edu/unitedway/ While the United Way distributes Family: “I am married to Dianne for 32 “She would fight tooth and nail for students and goes public with his story. that we’re the ones who got the chance to unitedway.html. the e-mails, donations also can be made years. She was a first-grade teacher for both inside and outside her program.” The film follows Comes for nearly screen it for the Toledo area.” Oregon City Schools for 35 years. Our Last year, UT gave back $148,000 to to groups working with Northwest Ohio But in addition to the academic and fi- two years, showing intimate moments with For more information, contact the son is 29 and a social worker with Flower the community and Ohlinger said he hopes Community Shares, Community Health nancial support offered to students through his family, his trip to the first SNAP (Survi- department of theatre and film at Ext. 2202. Hospital in the psychiatric department.” to break the $155,000 mark this year. Charities of Ohio and Earth Shares of Ohio. the Office of Excellence, Cooks challenged vors Network of those Abused by Priests) Pet: “Our dog, Bosco, is a wire-haired Dan Saevig, associate vice president Combined, the four groups represent more her students as well. conference, and Comes’ meeting with two fox terrier who is very lively and probably for alumni relations and campaign co- than 200 organizations. For a complete list, “It was important that I be firm, loving other men abused by the same priest. has ADHD!” chair, said, “Last year we had more people visit www.charitablecampaign.utoledo.edu. and caring, but demanding,” Cooks said. No movie theaters in Toledo have Hobbies: “Working in my yard and our involved than in a long time and if we can For those who would rather use a “The truth of the matter is that minority carried the film for the general public to water garden, and community theater.” keep increasing our participation, I have no paper pledge card, these can be obtained students don’t have the luxury of losing.” see.