MET in the News

The faculty chose Convicer for many reasons says Phyllis Hoffman (CFA’61,’67), a College of Fine Arts professor of music and director of BU’s Tanglewood Institute.

Not only is he a leader in CFA in terms of student government and his support of his fellow students, but he has worked in three units of the University—Admissions, Summer Term, and as an RA for two years—so his relationship to the University is exemplary

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MET’s Masters of Project Management and Masters of Gastronomy programs highlighted in Boston Globe Money and Careers Section. In a down economy many professionals are turning to alternative degree programs to gain the competitive edge.

Terry Robbins, 45, a director of operations technology at a major insurance company in New Jersey, peered into the future and realized he had many years of work ahead of him. “I was looking at the market and said to myself, ‘How can I make myself more competitive?’ ’’ said Robbins, who already has a bachelor’s degree in management information systems. The answer was BU’s part-time master’s program in project management, described as an “alternative to MBAs.’’ Robbins started his graduate studies in 2009. … A resident of New Jersey, Robbins has taken all of his courses online and expects to complete his degree later this year.

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BU Today took a look at this year’s winners of the John S. Perkins Distinguished Service Awards. Among them is MET’s assistant Finance Director, Zhuyuan Zhang.

Zhang (MET’04) has worked at MET since 1998. Dean Jay Halfond praised her efforts to implement BUworks, the University’s massive software upgrade, during MET’s busiest season last summer, when the college was immersed in a marketing campaign and its summer term. In addition, Zhang launched a partnership with a Chinese university that has brought 20 full-time undergraduates to MET in the last two years through the college’s international study program.

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Ask Jason Sobocinski about a cheese and he’ll tell you a story. Take Point Blue for example. He’ll tell a tale of salty Pacific breezes, coastal pastures, and a herd of Holsteins that ends with a blue cheese with a yummy saltiness.

The MET Alum is the host of The Big Cheese, a show dedicated to cheese that debuted last fall on the Cooking Channel. Find out more about Sobocinski’s show and his other projects in BU Today’s feature.

Rob Haley, a member of Metropolitan College’s Office of Distance Education, has received a Bronze Telly Award for the video, “A Day in the Life: Paul Shihadeh.” The Telly Awards are an annual national competition that “honors the very best film and video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.”

The video explores a typical day for Paul Shihadeh, the Music Director at O by Cirque du Soleil and a Distance Education student earning his Master of Music in Music Education online. The video is the first in a series exploring a “A Day in the Life” of online students.

Watch the award-winning video below.

The New York Times covers the growth of food studies in higher education and cites BU Gastronomy as a pioneering department in this new academic field.

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Congratulations to Zhuyuan Zhang, MET’s Assistant Director of Finance, for winning the Perkins Award from the University’s faculty leadership for her distinguished service to Boston University. She is one of just three in the entire university to earn this year’s coveted award. The award will be presented to all three recipients at a ceremony on May 1  in the Trustee Ballroom.

As the city of Brockton wrestles with a recent spate of armed home invasions, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Shea Cronin reassures the community.

I wouldn’t see this as a sign that criminals are becoming bolder than they have been in the past

According to Cronin, violent burglaries usually are not random but tend to involve some personal connection. This seems to reflect the situation regarding these particular crimes in Brockton.
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Robert Nahigian, who teaches Commercial Lease Analysis, in the Center for Professional Education, is quoted in Commercial Property Executive, a national publication. Referring to the challenges that real estate associations face in developing relevant professional education curriculum, Nahigian asserts:

You can’t make 100 percent of the people happy 100 percent of the time. The reality is that everyone has a different need.

Associations must address trends in technology, regulation, and economics in addition to generational preferences. Read the full article.

Rufus Faulk works for the 10 Point Coalition as Coordinator for their Gang Mediation and Intervention Program, and was interviewed for the Boston Globe on street codes and gangs. See the article in the Boston Globe, The truth about the ‘code of the street’ and listen to “Radio Boston” The Code Of The Street.