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What's News at Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC What's News? Newspapers 12-8-2003 What's News At Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news Recommended Citation Rhode Island College, "What's News At Rhode Island College" (2003). What's News?. 44. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news/44 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in What's News? by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. What’s News at Rhode Island College Vol. 24 Issue 5 Circulation over 50,000 Dec. 8, 2003 Highlights RIC’s Poverty Institute chosen as In the News an SFAI grantee Poverty Institute chosen for SFAI grant award by Jane Fusco • First symposium Dec. 16 What's News Editor • Ellen Frank named new senior economic analyst The Poverty Institute joins 24 other organizations as part of Educator Dennis Littky the National State Fiscal Analysis addresses ‘Promising Initiative (SFAI) sponsored by Practices’ conference the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. RIC offers seminar for disabilities mentors he Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College has received American Cancer Society Tfunding to become Rhode praises RIC’s anti-smoking Island’s State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) to increase its capac- efforts ity to engage in tax and budget anal- ysis. It is one of 24-member organi- Features zations from around the country, Friendship Doll exchange and the only Rhode Island agency to represent the state in the national documentary filmed at HBS POVERTY INSTITUTE MEETING includes (clockwise) Peg Brown (back to camera), initiative. Karen Davie, Herb Kaplan, Nancy Gerwirtz and Dick Silverman. Steve Imber tells of getting State SFAI organizations analyze published in professional journals Poverty Institute to hold Foundation/Alumni first symposium News The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island dents and the health of our economy,” College will hold its first annual policy said Nancy Gewirtz, director of the Call for Alumni Award symposium on campus on December Poverty Institute. Nominations 16 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Ellen Frank, The event, a fundraiser for the newly appointed senior economic Poverty Institute, is sponsored by The 3 RIC alums honored on analyst for the Poverty Institute, will Rhode Island College School of Social National Philanthropy Day be the keynote speaker. Her Work in honor of its 25th Nov. 25 talk, “Planning for Rhode anniversary. Island’s Fiscal Needs,” will A reception at the Helen Sesquicentennial quiz address revenue and spend- Forman Theatre will take ing issues that affect Rhode place at 5:30 p.m. before Sports Island’s budget problems. the speaking program at 7 The annual symposium is p.m. in Sapinsley Hall in Winter sports on a roll intended to educate govern- the Nazarian Center for the NANCY GEWIRTZ ment, business and com- Performing Arts. Arts/Entertainment DIRECTOR, POVERTY INSTITUTE munity leaders on economic Tickets for the lecture budget and tax proposals from the issues facing the state. are $25; $10 for students. Winter choral concert viewpoint of low- and moderate- “Dr. Frank’s training and expertise Lecture and reception $100. Dec. 12 income level citizens to help shape will be enormously helpful to com- George Metrey, dean of the School public policy debate at the state munity organizations and state policy of Social Work, said that MSW degree Works of Sung Jin Park at level. makers who are concerned about the holders will earn one continuing edu- Bannister Gallery The Poverty Institute received impact of federal and state tax, and cation credit by attending the sympo- funding to become Rhode Island’s budgetary issues that have a dramatic sium. Jeffrey Siegal’s Keyboard impact on the well-being of a very For sponsorship or additional infor- Conversations Part II Jan. 22 Continued on page 2 large proportion of this state’s resi- mation, call 401-456-8512. Newport Jazz Festival stops at RIC Jan. 27 Education innovator Dennis Littky offers lesson Index for student success at Promising Practices conference Then and Now… 2 by Rob Martin menting his ideas in cities across the “We’re a much more varied Foundation/Alumni News 4 country. culture than ever before,” said What’s News Associate Editor Education reformer Dennis Littky Littky, director of the Metropolitan Sesquicentennial shared his nationally recognized Regional Career and Technical Memories 5 is nickname is “Doc,” a good “one student at a time” model with Center in Providence. “We have to Academically Speaking 5 fit for someone who has 300 area K-12 teachers, teachers- acknowledge that and do something Hdevoted over 30 years to in-training and the community at about it.” The problem, according to Faces of RIC 8 improving the health of public edu- large at the sixth annual Promising Littky, is that high schools and col- Marriages Made at RIC 9 cation in America. His prescription Practices Multi-Cultural Conference, leges work on the assumption that for student success – personalized, held November 15 at the College. everyone is alike. The reality is that Sports 12-13 real-world learning – has yielded The conference’s theme was “every student has a story and every Arts/Entertainment 14-15 positive results and the support of “Conversations in the Classroom: a major foundation that is imple- Language, Culture, Diversity.” Continued on page 6 Page 2– Whatʼs News, Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 Then and Now… In keeping with the Sesquicentennial celebration, we will feature a series of paired photos showing the College “Then” and “Now.” Then Now CHANGING TIMES: In our “then” photo we see a women’s gym class in 1957 IN CONTRAST: Our “now” photo shows the College’s present women’s bas- taken at the downtown campus of Rhode Island College of Education (note name ketball team, one half playing against the other, during the recent “Midnight on the floor). We believe this may have been an exercise in learning to square Madness.” dance. their research and analysis through Poverty Institute fact sheets, newsletters, and organi- Continued from page 1 zational bulletins to opinion leaders Focus on the Faculty and Staff SFAI through a partnership between and policy makers, while participat- the Annie E. Casey Foundation (with ing in coalitions and activities to engage in public education and have Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit items of information RI KIDS COUNT) and the Stoneman Family Foundation, for a total of become reliable media resources. about their professional endeavors to What’s News, Office of News The Poverty Institute at Rhode and Public Relations, Building 10 or email them to [email protected]. $75,000. The SFAI project began in 1993 Island College was founded in 1998 when the Ford, Charles Stewart Mott by Nancy Gewirtz, professor of Anne K. Session” and featured Ron Smith and Annie E. Casey Foundations social work, and Linda Katz, Esq., to Petry, professor ’66, director of admissions at joined forces to strengthen the con- promote policy change that reduces of elementary Quinsigamond Community College, tributions of state-level, non-profit income inequality and promotes education, pre- Myrna Garcia-Bowen, director of organizations to debate policies by the well-being of all low-income sented a session admissions at Central Connecticut improving their ability to provide people through research, analysis, at the National State University, and Shadoian. reliable budget and tax analysis. training and advocacy. Gewirtz and Council for Theirs was a unique workshop in The initiative was developed in Katz have had long-standing careers Geographic that it presented practical tips for part to respond to continuing reduc- advocating for low- and moderate- Education new and seasoned professionals tions in government services for income Rhode Islanders, which has meeting in through music. low-income and vulnerable popula- led to new policies and changes that Salt Lake city Tomoji Shogenji, associate tions, which began at the state level help families work and meet their on Thursday, professor of philosophy, was an in the mid 80s as the lagging econ- basic needs. Gewirtz said that their ANNE K. PETRY October 9. invited speaker at the workshop omy was no longer able to compen- work has also helped to make the Co-present- “Coherence” held in conjunction sate for cuts in federal programs. state budgetary process more trans- ers were Linda S. Wojtan, National with the fifth triennial meeting Activities intensified as welfare parent and accountable. Consortium for Teaching about of Gesellschaft für Analytsche reform increased states’ responsibil- In the five years since its incep- Asia, and Lynn Parisi, Program for Philosophie in Bielefeld, Germany. ity for social programs with reduced tion, the Poverty Institute has Teaching East Asia, University of He presented his paper “The Role federal funds. become a respected authority on Colorado. The session was “Cultural of Coherence in the Non-Dynamic Since the project started, grantees policies and programs that promote Borrowing: Japan and the World.” Model of Confirmation.” Shogenji have produced major reports on economic security for low-income Petry's contribution was “Loanwords also participated in the sympo- state fiscal problems or the impact families. It works on behalf of this in Japanese Language.” sium “Skepticism in Contemporary of federal proposals on state fiscal population to ensure that
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