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Metropolitan College News

2007

Pablo Friedmann, Art History lecturer for the Prison Education Program, was profiled in the Boston Globe: Freeing trapped voices.

Tom Nolan, Associate Professor for the Department of Applied Social Sciences, is quoted extensively on the manipulation of police data and the alarmist way politicians and news media misinterpret crime trends in an LA Weekly: Ganging Up On City Hall.

The Metropolitan College and Extended Education Department of Marketing and Publications has won four awards from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), which will be presented at the annual meeting in Vancouver this April: 1) Electronic Marketing and Communications (over 25,000 enrollments) Website, Gold for the Summer Term website; 2)Electronic Marketing and Communications (over 25,000 enrollments) E-Communication, gold for the Brussels Pay Per Click Campaign; 3) Promotion/Publicity: Media Release, silver for CPE Professional Investigation Print; 4) Advertising: Single outdoor, transit, other (over 25,000 enrollments), silver for the CPE Interpreter Transit Car Cards.

Daniel Ranalli, Associate Professor and Director of the Arts Administration Program, published a remembrance on photography dealer Carl Siembab for Boston.com: Carl Siembab, Rememberance

Sara Moulton, longtime friend of MET’s office of Lifelong Learning and host of Sara’s Secrets on the Food Network, is interviewed in BU Today: Deconstructing Dinner. Moulton demonstrated recipes during Lifelong Learning's International Conference on Food Styling and Photography.

Offering Intensive International Courses in MET - Dan Ranalli, Director of the Arts Administration Program, discussed how his department has developed intensive courses and curriculum that are offered abroad. The Arts Administration Program has offered courses in Cuba, London, and Barcelona over the past several years. The colloquia took place on Thursday February 22, 2007.

Tom Shawshak, directory for CPE's Professional Investigation Program, was featured on Fox News regarding a missing persons case: New England's Unsolved: Miguel's Last Steps

MET's community college efforts were mentioned in The Daily Free Press: Four-year degrees rare among community college graduates

Greg Salyer, Associate Professor and Chair of Liberal Studies, made two presentations at the annual meeting of the Southern Humanities Council in Louisville, Kentucky. The first presentation was titled meaning.online.edu/criticalreflections and examined the relationship between discussion forums, blogs, and wikis on the web and in the online classroom. The second presentation was the keynote address titled Making and Unmaking Meaning in the Twenty-First Century.

Beth Forrest, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning, edited the abstract of the Annual Joint Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) conference hosted by Metropolitan College in June. This abstract is published in Appetite: Research on Eating and Drinking (November 2006) and includes summaries of presentations by two Gastronomy faculty, five MET Gastronomy students, and two other Boston University graduate students.

Our sixth community college partner – Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts – invited us to a formal signing of an agreement with QCC’s president, Gail Carberry. Several faculty from MET and QCC participated throughout the day in an exchange of online best practices. MET partners with area community colleges to provide merit-based scholarships for associate degree graduates to complete their bachelors degree at MET. This agreement was announced in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette: BU Offers QCC Scholarships and then broadcast on NECN last evening: Worcester school joins forces with high profile schools

Sargent Center’s Adventure Camp is featured in BU Today - Into the Wild Sargent Center Adventure Camp offers summer fun for 10- to 17-year-olds

Boston Magazine had a blurb on Four Tricks for Teaching Old Dogs one of which was to go back to school: "Around here, degrees are status symbols. Thankfully, Boston is a continuing-ed mecca... Boston University’s Metropolitan College advertises more than 800 [courses]." The article also included the MET URL.

Paul Greene, Assistant Dean of International Initiatives, was featured in two BU Today articles: Tonight: The View from Iran - U.N. ambassador answers questions via video and Iranian Ambassador Denies Intent to Build Nuclear Weapons

MET’s Publishing Program was featured in the Boston University Free Press, where CPE director Ruth Ann Murray, instructor Lissa Warren, and program director Richard Cravatts were quoted: Publishing program teaches tools of the trade

Dr. Richard Cravatts published an article in a recent edition of American Chronicle: The Challenge for Yankee Magazine?: Retaining Loyal Readers While Re-Positioning Its Brand

BU Today features our celebration of City of Boston MET students, which Mayor Thomas Menino attended: Skills That Shape the City

Connie Phillips, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, and the CityLab Academy are featured in BU Today as part of an effort to recruit BU employees from the community: Boosting Careers, Building Community - BU seeks local hires at job fair

Professor Greg Salyer's essay, Rediscovering Leslie Marmon Silko: Stories, Books, and Meaning, has just been published in The Dos Passos Review literary quarterly.

Professor Barry Unger was quoted in a Boston Globe article on the challenges of bringing innovative products to the marketplace. The article also features Ralph Grabowski, who has been a guest speaker in Barry's classes: Why good products fail

The BU Daily Free Press wrote a feature on a MET event we held, organized by our Outreach office and attended by Mayor Menino -- honoring City of Boston employees enrolled, on scholarships, in Metropolitan College: Mayor honors city employees enrolled in BU's MET program

MET is featured in BU Today: Tradition Meets Innovation at Post-Merger MET - New programs seek to fill industry needs

The Sargent Center for Outdoor Education is featured in BU Today: Destination: Sargent Center Winter Family Camp - Mild temperatures won't dampen outdoor fun

Arts Administration students James Manning and Lydia Ruby were quoted in a Boston Globe article on an outlaw graffiti artist: Pixnit was here.

Arts Administration alum Phaedra Shanbaum and her gallery were featured recently in the Globe: Their new station in Llfe.

MET’s Gastronomy Program was recently recognized by the Julia Child Foundation with one of its first grants.

Fred Raskin, who has taught finance part-time for MET over the years, recently passed away. His obituary can be found on Boston.com.

Greg Salyer, associate professor and chair of MET liberal studies, presented at BU’s Winterfest – a major BU alumni weekend. His presentation about religion and Native American literature was on Saturday, January 20th at 1pm.

2006

On Friday, October 27, 2006, Metropolitan College undergraduates who received scholarships, made Dean’s List, or were inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda—an Honor Society for adults in continuing education programs—were honored at the Dean’s Reception. The event was hosted by Dr. Carl Sessa, Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs. The speaker was Dr. Tanya Zlateva, Associate Dean of Academic Programs. Six students present at the reception are enrolled in MET’s online Undergraduate Degree Completion Program. Nanci Maxim, a student from California, won a MET backpack for traveling the longest distance to be present.

Dean's Reception

Richard Smith, a former Prison Education student, now on campus, was featured on WBUR on December 18th. He works for Partakers, which helps our prison program by preparing students for their academic courses.

Richard Cravatts, who heads the Book and Magazine Publishing Program offered by the Center for Professional Education, wrote an opinion piece for the New York Sun: High School Propaganda, and an article for Front Page Magazine: I'm Offended.

The December 2006 issue of Brookline Magazine has an article called Higher Education: What is the actual value of undergraduate and advanced degrees? where we are featured throughout.

Alfred Santino, an Administrative Sciences lecturer in Project Management, is profiled in BU Today: Project Management at the South Pole.

Bob Stott, a member of the MET Dean's Advisory Board, was featured in an article in The Boston Globe: Career spans from wired to wireless.

Daniel Ranalli, director of the Arts Administration Program, is profiled in Maverick Arts Magazine: Photographer Daniel Ranalli: Beer and Burger. The article also mentions Metropolitan College and the Arts Administration Program.

Richard Cravatts, heads our new Publishing Program in the Center for Professional Education, wrote an opinion piece for the online American Thinker on the scandals and slippery slope of modern book publishing: Money and Morals in Book Publishing

MET professor Tom Nolan appeared on Fox News (Legal Analysis: Police Shooting at NYC Wedding) in front of Marsh Chapel and also in Newsday (Why so many shots?), discussing a current controversy in NYC where police employed deadly force with tragic consequences.

The Evergreen Program was mentioned in The Daily Free Press: College classrooms making room for more retirees

Kristen Roman, one of our online MCJ students, from Madison, Wisconsin, is featured in BU Today: Respecting Police Officers as Individuals, as a result of her op-ed piece in Newsweek (in the My Turn column) on The Officer's Pledge: To Serve and Deflect?

Daniel Ranalli, director of the Arts Administration Program, will have a number of works in the December exhibition at Gallery Kayafas titled Pictures Outside The Box: Photography Without a Camera from November 27th through December 1, 2006. The show includes a number of artists from the U.S. whose work is made without benefit of a camera.

Two articles appeared in the BU presses regarding the President's Council on BU and the Global Future: Shaping BU's place in the world and BU may offer aid to foreign students

Roger Warburton, associate professor for Administrative Studies, had research papers accepted in the International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE) and in the Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences (JIOS).

Tom Shamshak, who heads our Professional Investigator certificate program, was featured on Fox 25 - New England's Unsolved: What Happened to Jane Park?

Professor Carla Romney has been appointed to the Massachusetts Department of Education's Mathematics and Science Advisory Council. Professor Romney's successful NSF grant was also featured in BU's Daily Free Press: SEP program gets $500K in scholarships

Roger Warburton, associate professor for Administrative Studies, has two papers that were recently accepted in professional journals: one in the International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE) and the other in the Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences (JIOS).

The Technology Course Enhancement Symposium took place on Monday October 30, 2006 in the George Sherman Union Second Floor Auditorium.

Heidi Marston, an Arts Administration student and inaugural artist in our Metropolitan Gallery, is cited and quoted in this Boston Globe article: Tea party gets students into the act

In the fall issue of edibleBOSTON, our culinary, wine, and gastronomy programs are mentioned throughout. One article, Spilling the Beans, mentions the the Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center – and scholarship support for African-American women to pursue advanced studies in wine.

John Sullivan, associate professor of Administrative Sciences, is featured in The Marblehead Reporter: BU promotes Sullivan to associate professor

Assistant Dean Judy Marley was quoted in The Daily Free Press regarding our work with the defense industry: BU teams up with defense contractors

John Sullivan, recently promoted to Associate Professor, is featured in BU Today: MET administrative sciences lecturer promoted

The Metropolitan College has received the biggest grant in its history, thanks to Professor Carla Romney. This achievement is featured in BU Today: Helping MET freshmen succeed in science

The newest Certificate Program in Book and Magazine Publishing, offered by CPE, is mentioned in BU Today: MET launches book and magazine program

Vijay Kanabar, Associate Professor for Computer Science and Administrative Studies, graces the cover of PMI Today, the monthly Project Management Institute newsletter, along with an article on our recent accreditation. We are also featured in www.pmi.org.

Robert Cadigan, Director of the Prison Education Program, was quoted in an article in the Lowell Sun, which raised some of the more provocative public policy questions about the Prison Program: Murderer earns two college degrees while behind bars

Yvette Jusseaume, the Director for BU Global, is the newest artist to show in the Metropolitan Gallery (755 Commonwealth Avenue, room 103). Her photography exhibit - Nature, Man, and Paris - will be on display throughout the month of September.

Tracy Slater, a lecturer for the Prison Education Program, had an essay published in the Chronicle Review that details her experiences teaching within the prison system: Teaching Gender Issues to Inmates

Andrew Epstein, a part-time faculty member for Arts Administration, was quoted in the Boston Globe: US Court of Appeals deals blow to artist's fight against Fidelity

Daniel Ranalli, Associate Professor of Art History and Arts Administration, is highlighted in the Boston Globe calendar for his exhibit at ArtStrand in Provincetown as a "Gallery Pick" along with a large color photograph of his work, Lachan Strand #1.

The accreditation of MET programs is featured again in BU Today: Making Better Managers: Three MET grad programs earn international accreditation

The accreditation of MET programs is featured in BU Today: Boston University Metropolitan College Graduate Programs earn accreditation in Project Management

"Team BU", a bowling team raising money for the pediatric ward of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, competed against other university teams at Lucky Strikes on August 10, 2006. They are still accepting donations for this fundraiser.

Ruth Ann Murray, Director of the Center for Professional Education, is featured in the Weston Town Crier: Resident leads program

The expanding program for interpreters, run by the Center for Professional Education, was recently featured in BU Today: BU's interpreter certificate program: opening doors to a booming field

Bruce Berman, a longstanding lecturer in Administrative Sciences, appears in BU Today: Bostonians and Tourists Rediscover Boston Harbor Islands

In the July/August issue of MedCenter News, an article on CityLab Academy’s Graduates Celebrates Success quotes Connie Phillips, the program’s director and a member of our faculty

Andrea Silver, a graduate of MET's Culinary Arts Program, is featured in the July 20th issue of the Brookline TAB: Home Cooking, At Your Service. She is credited in the article for her ability to turn her passion into a career opportunity

Shannon Bennett, an instructor for the Summer Challenge Program, is featured in a recent BU Today article Taking the Summer Challenge

Brad Kay.Goodman, an instructional designer in Office of Distance Education, was featured recently in BU Today, anticipating his 175-mile/2-day charity bike ride in August for AIDS organizations: Biking for AIDS charities

Eric Braude, associate professor in the Computer Science Department, is featured in the Boston Globe: So You Want to Be...a Software Engineer

Paul “Hutch” Hutchinson, the assistant conference coordinator of Sargent Center’s Conference Programs, was featured in an article for BU Today:
The Searchers, GPS-guided scavenger hunts teach new students about the city

Greg Salyer, associate professor and chair of the department of Liberal Studies, was featured in an article for BU Today: Getting Native American culture right -
An online course hopes to set the record straight.

Carl Sessa, Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs, is quoted in an article for CenterPoint regarding Metropolitan College's recent announcement of the Bryan Willard Scholarship: In Support and Remembrance.

Susan Kryczka, director of Distance Education, was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Marketing Will Be Key to Growth as Enrollment Patterns Shift, Conference Speakers Say.

BU Today features Rich Maloney, Assistant Professor of Arts Administration, in a recent article: Richard Maloney’s summer course meets in Boston — and London.

Susan Kryczka, director of Distance Education, was featured in an article in the Boston Herald: Online courses offer flexibility but require hard work.

Two articles appeared in BU Today regarding the Metropolitan College Ceremonies that took place on May 14, 2006: MET celebrates 40 years at convocation & Verizon Wireless New England Region President Challenges Metropolitan College Graduates to Make Tomorrow Better.

Rich Maloney, Assistant Professor of Arts Administration, was elected for a three-year term to the Board of Directors of the Center for Arts in Natick, which supports the arts in Metrowest.

Arts Research Initiative: The Department of Arts Administration held a symposium on Research, Policy, and Practice in the arts. Events took place May 16. Learn more...

Dan Ranalli, Associate Professor of Art History and Arts Administration, is featured in the Spring 2006 issue of Bostonia, discussing art museums and their struggle to stay true to their mission.

The Project Risk and Cost Management Conference took place on May 15, 2006, at 8 a.m. in the Photonics Center. Learn more about this conference.

Heidi Marston, the first artist to show in the Metropolitan Gallery (755 Commonwealth Avenue, room 103), is featured in BU Today: The MET museum of art: New gallery opens in dean's office

Museums alter pact: Rich Maloney, Arts Administration Professor at MET, commenting on the MFA's Japanese partnership in the Boston Globe.

Nineteen months and counting: No murders in Lawrence: Dan LeClair, Criminal Justice professor at MET, offers his analysis to the Boston Globe.

Gerry Lewis’s new book is due for release in March 2006: Organizational Crisis Management: The Human Factor, published by Auerbach Press (Part of Taylor Francis Group).

Inquiring Minds: The Sunday Boston Globe featured the new noncredit Professional Investigation certificate program, run by MET's Center for Professional Education.

Students from the Arts Administration's "Art World" class organized and curated a gallery show of artwork created by boys and girls incarcerated in the state juvenile system. Temporary Walls: The Visual Voices of Detained Youth - The exhibition ran February 10 through March 4, 2006.

2005

On wine Glasses: Think functional, not fussy: Sandy Block, Master of Win and professor at BU's Elizabeth Wine Resource Center, is featured in Boston Globe

He performs dual roles as playwright, arts lobbyist: Playwright and Arts Administration Professor, Dan Hunter, is featured in Boston Globe Article

Prison programs offers inmates BU education: MET's Prison Education Program, and Professor Bob Cadigan, were featured in the Daily Free Press

Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan appeared in a recent CNN video clip discussing the "cell phone bandit". (See the video clip embedded in the full article)

Boston Globe food writers offer Thanksgiving recipes: Our culinary arts program (Lifelong Learning) was featured on the BU Today website

Prison Education Program expands with new grant: Bridge to College program helps prepare inmates for degree programs

Federal probe sought in Falmouth officer's shooting: MET Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan is featured in a recent Cape Cod Times article

MET offers classes at Hanscom Air Force Base: Course in military acquisitions expands to a degree program

Boston University Metropolitan College Honored for Excellence in Online Programming

MET honored for excellence in online education

MET hires five new faculty, launches online liberal arts program

Boston University Opens New Brussels Campus: New campus is in the heart of the city’s university district

MET provides 10 community college graduates academic scholarships

BU holds emergency registration for Tulane students

The artists' last stand: Arts Administration Director Daniel Ranalli is featured in a recent Boston Globe article

For many adults, the first step toward campus can be the hardest: MET Dean Jay Halfond is featured in this Boston Globe article on adult education

Merger Mania: MET Professor John Sullivan is featured in The July 2005 issue of Nephrology News and Issues

Read the latest news in the Metropolitan College Commencement 2005 Newsletter (pdf)

Are we hoax-proof? : MET/CAS History Professor Joe Boskin is featured in The Standard Times

Greater Boston - WGBH: MET criminal justice professor Tom Nolan is featured in a WGBH television interview discussing new tracking system for sex offenders

Any Name is a Vessel: forming artSTRAND: Provincetown Arts Magazine features an interview with Daniel Ranalli and his wife, artist Tabitha Vevers, co-founders of their new gallery, artSTRAND.

Alumni Reception in Vilvoorde, Belgium — April 20, 2005.
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Selling the Stage: MET instructor Janet Bailey is featured in Boston Magazine

Poetry in Commotion: MET instructor Allison Adair is featured in the Boston Globe

Can a small museum still think big?: Rich Maloney, assistant director of Arts Administration at MET, comments on fundraising in the arts

The Case for Culture by part-time faculty member Dan Hunter

More young women in Hub pursuing careers in wine

P&G and Gillette to Merge - Professor John Sullivan discusses the Gillette merge

Experts: Winning insanity plea very difficult

MET's Prison Program Featured in the Christian Science Monitor

2004

Instructor Sandy Block, sommelier and Legal Sea Food vice-president, is featured in Boston Business Journal.

Classes are a mouse-click away: distance education programs expand degree possibilities, meet growing market