#Fairfield University School of Engineering

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On March 8th 1824, John Elder, the Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder, was born in Glasgow.

The son of the famous marine engineer David Elder, John was educated at The High School of Glasgow and attended classes at Glasgow University. In 1852 he became a partner in Randolph, Elder & Co, millwrights, which sought his expertise to enable them to branch out into marine engineering and in 1860 acquired the Govan Old Shipyard. Three years later, the firm moved to the new Fairfield Shipyard, employing 4,000 men there. In 1868 Elder became sole owner of the business.

Elder's greatest achievement was the development from the 1850s of the marine compound engine, which consumed far lower quantities of coal than other engines of the day. Refinements in the design allowed further reductions in fuel consumption, greater power and a diminution of friction in the firm's marine engines, all resulting in greater efficiency and performance. His experiments in developing the triple and the quadruple expansion engines were to have a profound influence on marine engine design after his death.

Following her husband`s untimely death, Isabella Elder used her wealth and status to support many charitable causes and she was active in promoting education for women. She also financed the creation of Elder Park and in 1885 gifted the 37 acre site to the people of Govan. Her statue also stands in the park, within a walled garden.

More on John Elder here http://www.engineeringhalloffame.org/profile-elder.html

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In Memoriam: A Eulogy for Professor Walter J. Petry Jr. 

Professor Emeritus Walter J. Petry Jr. died on August 13, 2024, at the age of 92. The first Black professor to join the faculty of Fairfield University, Professor Petry taught history in the College of Arts and Sciences for 48 years, from 1957 to 2005.  He served as inaugural director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award in 2003. 

Donations in memory of Professor Petry’s many contributions to the University community may be made to the Fairfield Bellarmine Fund. 

By Lee Penyak ’84, PhD

Photo: Professor Walter Petry teaches class on "Modernization in the West."

Walter J. Petry Jr., professor of history at Fairfield University from 1957 to 2004, died on August 13, 2024, at the age of 92. He was the only child of Walter J. Petry Sr. and Lois Petry (née Gairy). His father moved from New Iberia, Louisiana, to New York City in 1921. His mother’s parents, originally from the Caribbean islands of Grenada and St. Kitts (now both tiny independent nations), settled in New York in the late 19th century. Walter Petry Sr. worked for several years in the U.S. Postal Service, was one of the founders of the Catholic Layman’s Union of New York, and, in 1989, received from Cardinal John O’Connor the prestigious Pierre Toussaint Medallion – awarded to a member of New York City’s Black community for demonstrating an active commitment to freedom, human rights, and spiritual values. Lois Gairy graduated from Hunter College in 1930 with a major in Latin and Greek, and eventually taught English, earth science, and mathematics to junior high students in the New York City Public Schools system for many decades. To a significant extent, Professor Petry followed in his parents’ footsteps by combining their commitment to education and social justice into an extraordinary academic career at Fairfield University that spanned nearly 50 years.

Born on June 30, 1932, Walter Jr. and his parents first lived on the top floor of a brownstone with extended family on East 130th Street in Harlem. Among his earliest recollections and frustrations was working on his basic Lionel train set which needed to be equipped with a transformer to allow the AC locomotive engine to run on the DC current then dominant on Manhattan’s East Side. In 1943, his parents bought an 1890 brownstone on 418 West 160th St. in Washington Heights which had a magnificent view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest (1765) surviving residence. Walter lived with his parents, maternal grandfather, and aunt (his mother’s sister, Aunt Dorie) and was proud to call 418 home for the rest of his life. When reminiscing about his dwindling childhood in the Heights, he mentioned being walked by his mother to school, taking the five-cent subway ride by himself once he turned 13, and the historic 25-inch snowstorm on December 26, 1947, that allowed him to sleigh ride from the bottom of his stoop to Edgecomb Avenue. Walter spent parts of every summer until he was 16 years old at the Catskills home of his beloved godmother Harriet Baltimore. Daily hikes instilled in him a deep appreciation for nature and advocacy for the protection of the environment.

The Petrys were members of the Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family on West 125th Street and Convent Avenue, and traveled there by subway for Sunday Mass. Now known as a Catholic church with mostly Black parishioners, the parish was originally established for German Catholics and had become predominantly Irish by the 1940s. St. Joseph’s parochial school accepted Walter as a student in 1938 (he had been denied entrance at other parochial schools in upper Manhattan and the Bronx based on race) and he studied there until graduating from eighth grade in 1945. He recalled being one of about six Black students in the graduating class of 30. He was a member of the small student choir that sang daily Mass before school, and he kept his books of Gregorian chants as prized mementos. 

Before graduating from grammar school, Walter took a competitive exam and earned admission and a scholarship to attend Manhattan Prep in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, about four miles north of his home on the Number 1 IRT Subway. This school (closed in 1971), run by the Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching congregation, emphasized the liberal arts and a commitment to Christian ethos as envisioned by its founder St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719). Walter always exaggerated saying he spent more time tackling the challenging readings he was assigned in high school than he did as an undergraduate student. He admired his intimidating and demanding teacher of physics, Brother Alphonsus, and the equally difficult and engaging teacher of English and history, Charles Winans, who also served as moderator of the school’s forensic team, where he pushed Walter to become an effective debater. Walter ran cross country in the Van Courtland Park flats and woods and the half mile as a member of the indoor track team.

Walter made the seamless transfer from the Prep to Manhattan College by walking across campus in September 1949. Beginning that year, Manhattan implemented an experimental four-year core curriculum for students in its liberal arts school focusing on literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts during the ancient world (year one), the medieval period (year two), early-modern Europe (year three), and the 20th century (year four), with additional coursework dedicated to a student’s major — mathematics, in Walter’s case. Manhattan’s faculty quickly recognized the dearth of important coursework in the hard and social sciences and promptly initiated curricular changes for all subsequent students of the liberal arts. The 35 members of Walter’s cohort of 1953, however, stuck to the original four-year plan. Despite flaws in its design, Walter eventually considered that unique pedagogical approach critical to his intellectual and professional formation. He particularly enjoyed the history courses taught by Brother Gabriel, PhD, and Dr. Morrison Swift, and credited them with helping him decide to pursue an advanced degree in history.

The Korean War (June 1950 – July 1953) corresponded to Petry’s undergraduate years at Manhattan College; he and his fellow students had received deferrals before graduating. Once he graduated in May 1953, he was promptly inducted into the U.S. Army and served stateside until June 1955, first being sent to Camp Kilmer in New Jersey and then completing basic training at Camp (now Fort) Gordon in northwest Georgia. His most vivid memories of Camp Gordon were the never-ending mounds of mud in which he trained and his difficulty completing the number of pull-ups required to pass. Notwithstanding these challenges, he enjoyed getting into the best physical shape of his life and meeting young Americans from all over the country. After basic training, he was sent to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where Petry and other privates were assigned KP duty, usually washing mess trays if they arrived early and garbage cans if they arrived on time. He made it a point to arrive early. After being promoted to corporal, he worked exclusively as a clerk in the medical service corps. Walter and other members of his unit took advantage of San Antonio’s proximity to Mexico to travel by bus to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, where they spent a few days eating delicious “foreign” food, exploring neighborhoods, and trying to converse in Spanish with the local population. This would be his first foray outside the U.S. and seems fitting since he would later become deeply interested in Latin American history.

Walter completed his military service in June 1955 and that fall began the master’s program in European History at Columbia University. There, he especially enjoyed classes taught by Jacques Barzun and Garrett Mattingly. Barzun’s publications and the courses he taught focused on European ideas and cultures and emphasized the themes of power, ideology, class, and race, synthesized in his From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present. Mattingly had recently published Catherine of Aragonand Renaissance Diplomacy and was finishing his brilliant manuscript, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada. 

In 1957, with his master’s degree in hand, Walter contacted several universities within commuting distance from Manhattan, including Fairfield, which had only been in operation for fifteen years and which Walter had never heard of prior to applying. He was delighted to be asked to join its faculty and commenced his nearly five-decades' routine of commuting to Fairfield via the New Haven Line every Monday morning, walking from the train station to Canisius Hall, up and down Bellarmine Road daily to his rented room near the University, and then back to the train station each Friday evening for the return trip to the city. (He never learned to drive and bragged to others — who frequently shuttled him to and from important engagements — that, as a New Yorker, he had no need for a driver’s license or a car.) As a new history teacher at Fairfield, Walter taught four sections of basic Western Civilization each semester. Upper-level European history classes at the time had usually been taught by Francis A. Small, S.J., but when he was tasked with directing the library and moving the main collection from Xavier Hall to Canisius Hall (where it remained until 1968), Walter was given the opportunity to teach courses on the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and Romanticism. Fairfield’s history department was decidedly Euro and Americentric during Walter’s first two decades; changing times and student prompting slowly convinced the department to diversify its offerings. In the late 1970s, James Murphy, S.J., chair, asked Walter to consider a reduced courseload to take classes in Latin American history at Yale University with a view toward teaching the same at Fairfield. Walter accepted the challenge and traveled to Yale every Monday for a year to study under renowned Brazilian historian Emilia Viotti da Costa, famous for her work on slavery and abolition. Henceforth at Fairfield, Walter became most known as its Latin American historian. Until his retirement in 2005, he regularly taught courses on Latin America’s colonial and modern periods and frequently served as faculty historian on seminars offered by the Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, which he periodically directed. As professor emeritus with expertise on church and politics in Nicaragua, he was frequently invited as a guest speaker in classes where he continued to entrance students by his lively performances.

Petry was a demanding, inquisitive, intimidating, animated, and unforgettable teacher. Forever fascinated with ethnicity and family origin, he frequently referred to students solely by their surname. One needed to arrive to class prepared since Petry did not suffer fools lightly. His lengthy and challenging readings for class — mostly primary sources — forced students to analyze on their own and think independently. It wasn’t uncommon for students to spend an entire class examining two or three sentences from a single document.

Read it again,” he would bellow, after a student made a feeble attempt at analysis. “Okay, you’re getting there, but what’s the author really saying?” His follow-up questions might include: Does the author have an agenda? What school of thought does he belong to? Who is the intended audience? What’s the author conveniently leaving out? What would his detractors say? One’s head hurt from thinking so much after a Petry class. He received Fairfield’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 1983 a Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004.

Petry also made his presence felt outside the classroom. Students from the ’60s and early ’70s will particularly remember his role in seminars, protests, and sit-ins against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He helped lead the (unsuccessful) charge against the granting of an honorary degree to Secretary of State Alexander Haig in 1981. At university events he frequently brought attention to repressive military dictatorships and structural violence in Latin America and to U.S. interventionism and revolutionary regime change in that region. Fairfield student newspaper articles from the 1950s to the 2000s regularly mention him and include letters to the editor written by and about him.

Petry was an inveterate traveler. Summer vacations found him visiting the British Isles, western Europe including Spain after Franco died in 1975, and many Latin American countries, including Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. He made his first trip to Nicaragua in July 1981 to observe the second anniversary of the Sandinista triumph and visited the country annually from 1983 to 1992. He methodically collected and preserved materials of the Sandinista revolutionary project for analysis by future scholars. These documents, journals, newspapers, propaganda, posters, and photos now form part of the “Walter J. Petry Collection—Nicaragua: The Sandinista Years (1979-1990)” at the DiMenna-Nyselius Library. He donated some 400 books from his personal collection to the library’s main collection.

Petry was co-editor of two Orbis Books on religion in Latin America. The first book, Religion in Latin America: A Documentary History (2006), won 1st Place in the category of “Reference Work” by the Catholic Press Association. The second book, Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretive Essays from Conquest to Present (2009), contains his provocative co-authored chapter titled, “The Right to Appropriate, The Duty to Evangelize,” which analyzed the core set of assumptions that 16th-century Iberians brought with them to the New World. His final publication, “Roman Catholicism in Latin America,” appeared in Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions (2019) and includes valuable sections on church-state relations during the long 19th century and the emergence of a reinvigorated church since the middle of the 20th century. Petry examined topics he cared about: the human tragedy of captured and enslaved Africans, the misery and desperation of the poor, the recalcitrance and belligerence of elites, and defenders of human rights such as António de Vieira S.J. (1608-1697), Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1909-1999), and Samuel Ruiz (1924-2011). His complex prose sometimes made emotional appeals. For example, when writing about Gustavo Gutiérrez O.P. (b. 1928), the “father” of Liberation Theology, he provided the following contextual analysis and questions: “What does the Christian minister (of any denomination, time, or place) mean when he/she proclaims, ‘God loves you?’ Are not the implications of that apparently simple message that each person is worth something, has dignity, can free him or herself from base instincts, is capable of achievement, even transcendence, and is certainly capable of freeing him/herself from the snare of ‘sin,’ that is, self-indulgence, selfishness, and isolation? But is not this also true of one’s neighbor, and of all ‘neighbors,’ i.e., the entire human community?” (2006, p. 272).

Walter forged strong personal and professional relationships with former students and colleagues who could count on him for advice and wonderful tours of Manhattan. He enjoyed sharing meals and traveling with them, and appreciated the innumerable times friends chauffeured him to and from events. He spent his retirement years in much the same way he tried to spend his weekends while still teaching at Fairfield. The perfect day would have included a thorough reading of The New York Times, listening to classical music, such as cantatas by Bach (whom he considered music’s greatest genius), harpsichord compositions by Rameau, chamber music by Schubert, and nearly anything by Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven, then going to an independent movie theater to see an alternative or foreign movie he boasted could only be seen by New Yorkers, followed by a late lunch or early dinner at an Indian restaurant on East 6th Street (“take your pick, they’re all good,” he’d say), and topping off the day by seeing an opera by Mozart at The Met where he had a subscription for a seat in First Row, Balcony.

To honor Walter’s many contributions to the University community, please consider donating in his memory to the Fairfield Bellarmine Fund on the university’s website at Fairfield.edu/bellarmine-give. 

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The McConnell siblings

Heather Miyuki McConnell

Rustling Pines Elementary, Lakewood Michigan, 1999 (school picture)

Date of birth: June 17, 1990

Place of birth: Lakewood, Michigan

Parents: Michael and Kazuko (Ito) McConnell

Siblings: Jason Hideaki McConnell, Jess Akiko McConnell

Spouse: Andrei Alexandrovitch Nazarbayev

Children: Annika Jessalyn, Lilia Isabelle

Place of residence: Sun Valley, Texas

Occupation: bookkeeper, Ladd & Company (furloughed due to COVID)

Education: Lakeview Ridge High School, class of 2008; licensed bookkeeper, Fairfield Community College; attended University of Kansas for 2 years, majoring in journalism

Hobbies: writing, yoga

Q: What was your dream job when you were a kid, and how did you become interested in it?

“I wanted to be a journalist since I was about 10, I think? My parents watched a lot of news and documentaries, and I was fascinated by the reporters and narrators. I took my first journalism and yearbook courses in middle and high school. It sounded exciting – I wanted to be able to go to exotic locations and report on what I found. I suppose I wanted to be famous, too. What girl doesn’t want to be?”

Q: How did you and your significant other meet?

“I met Andrei in one of our required freshman courses at U of K, I can’t remember which. He was kind of nerdy-but-sweet looking, with crazy long eyelashes behind his glasses. I thought he would be shy, but he asked me out while we were working on our first group project. We’ve been inseparable ever since!”

Q: Why didn’t you finish college?

“I didn’t finish college because life got in the way. Pregnancy, marriage…suddenly we had 2 babies and just couldn’t keep up!”

Q: Do you regret your choice?

“My family is my life. I would rather have them over a degree any day, no matter how hard it is. Even though it’s been hard not to have the income, I have been glad to have more time to spend with my girls.”

Q: What is your most ardent wish?

“I wish my parents were closer. Andrei’s parents live next door and it’s wonderful, but I’d like to see my parents and brother and sister more often. I’m going to be an auntie and I’m not sure when I’ll get to meet my niece or nephew, and I’m afraid my sister’s graduation may have to be online. I really want to be there for those things.”

Jason Hideaki McConnell

 Rustling Pines Elementary, Lakewood Michigan, 2002 (school picture)

Date of birth: October 3, 1993

Place of birth: Lakewood, Michigan

Parents: Mike and Kazuko (Ito) McConnell

Siblings: Heather Miyuki Nazarbayev, Jess Akiko McConnell

Spouse: Laura Katherine Barber

Children: unknown, due May 2021

Place of residence: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Occupation: architect, Goliath Construction (furloughed due to COVID)

Education: Lakeview Ridge High School, class of 2010; Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, University of Utah; Master’s degree in architecture, Washington State University

Hobbies: skiing, snowboarding, hockey, soccer, hiking

“I like art, and geometry, and useful things. Architecture pays better than being a PE coach or shop teacher somewhere, and most of the time we can go on vacation and do all the sports Laura and I love.”

“Winter break, 2011. I was in Utah, snowboarding at Snowbird, and this other snowboarder was showboating, so I started showing off and, like the idiots we were, kept trying to one-up each other. I ended up crashing, breaking my ankle AND dislocating my shoulder. I didn’t even know she was the guy I had been competing with until the next day, when we ran into each other on the bus back to campus and she offered to buy me drinks as a way of apologizing. She’s a knockout, quite literally, and 5’11” to boot. Best worst date ever.”

“I’ve got it pretty good. I don’t know what I’d wish for. Olympic gold in snowboarding. Yeah.”

Jess Akiko McConnell

Place of birth: Lakewood, Michigan

Parents: Mike and Kazuko (Ito) McConnell

Siblings: Heather Miyuki Nazarbayev, Jason Hideaki McConnell

Spouse: engaged, Henry David Campbell

Children: none

Place of residence: Lakewood, Michigan

Occupation: student, pursuing doctorate in marine ecology, University of California (on hiatus due to COVID)

Education: Lakeview Ridge High School, class of 2014; Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in marine biology, University of Texas at Galveston

Hobbies: soccer, snowboarding, wildlife rescue volunteer

“My parents took me to Belize with them when I was ten, and although we were there for an archaeological dig, I ended up taking care of this orphaned baby parrot. That got me interested in animals, and tropical wildlife, and then ocean life, and now here I am.”

“He was my TA while I was an undergrad. We didn’t start dating until the following year, when he wasn’t anymore, but I’m pretty sure everybody knew. We flirted kind of a lot.”

“I wish I could explain…or just have people understand and stop the damage we are doing to the world. Millions of tons of garbage, plastics, in the ocean, corporations spewing out carbon and chemicals… It doesn’t just affect others. It’s all of us. It’s you. It’s me. It’s the animals, the marine life, it’s everything. We’re driving ourselves to extinction.”

I tried to make Heather’s and Jason’s photos accurate to the late 90s. We had laser backgrounds for our school pictures back then, and Heather’s bangs are similar to what girls would have worn. Since they’re pictured as elementary schoolers, I dressed them how a parent might have, instead of in the grunge or baggy styles. 

Some parts of the photos are edited, and the one of Jess is not mine.

Also, he’s not a McConnell, but Heather’s husband (and Annika and Lily’s dad), so I did one for Andrei, too.

Andrei Alexandrovitch Nazarbayev

Houston Texas, 1998

Date of birth: April 26, 1990

Place of birth: Moscow, Russia

Parents: Alexander Mikhailovitch Nazarbayev and Anna Sergeievna (Semyonova) Nazarbayeva

Siblings: none

Spouse: Heather Miyuki McConnell

Children: Annika Jessalyn, Lilia Isabelle

Place of residence: Sun Valley, Texas

Occupation: linesman, Satterfield Energy

Education: West Caddo High School, class of 2008; attended University of Kansas for 2 years, majoring in engineering and piano performance

Hobbies: drawing, piano, biking

“Ever since I can remember, I wanted to an engineer. And a famous pianist. I never could make up my mind. I was actually supposed to be majoring in piano because I had a piano scholarship, but I ended up being more interested in engineering. There’s this beauty in mathematics, and it’s hard to explain to most people, because they think math is hard. It’s beautiful, and orderly.”

“I met Heather in our mandatory US history class. She sat at the front, and I sat at the back. When she walked in, she had this glow, you know? I knew she was the one but couldn’t figure out how to approach her until we were put together for a group project. I knew it was then or never, so I asked her out and she said yes.”

“I never got my degree because I met the girl of my dreams, and when I had to choose between her and our family, or school, I chose her. How could I regret that?”

“It would have been nice to finish, and we’ve talked about my going back to school once this whole pandemic is past, now that our girls are able to take care of themselves a bit. My parents have even offered to pay, but I’m working so much overtime right now to cover for coworkers out due to COVID, I just don’t have the time.”

“I wish…hmm. I wish I was a millionaire and could travel the world with my family. Maybe we could buy a boat and sail around the world for a few years. I would definitely take my parents, wife, and daughters to Russia…Moscow, Omsk, St. Petersburg…and show them where I was born and where their grandparents grew up. Family is important.”

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This kid is amazing. Little terrifying, but amazing. Hes getting a spot in the guinness book of world records because this has literally never been seen before.

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Neil Armstrong’s Heirs Split Over a Lucrative Legacy https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/neil-armstrong-heirs.html

Neil Armstrong is a 'NATIONAL TREASURE' and it's sad 😔 😢to know that his death could have been prevented, especially as we celebrate the 50th Aniversary of their historic Moon🌚 landing and walk on the 🌚Moon. And now the family division over many Neil Armstrong's belongings and mementos are being auctioned off to private buyers that we, our children or grandchildren, may never see again. I remember so vividly, as a child, watching to news coverage of that period and it remind me of a period AWE but also a time of UNCERTAINTY.

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‘Would Dad Approve?’ Neil Armstrong’s Heirs Divide Over a Lucrative Legacy

By Scott Shane, Sarah Kliff and Susanne Craig | Published July 27, 2019| New York Times | Posted July 27, 2019 |

Last fall, Neil Armstrong’s two sons began a round of media appearances to promote a venture that would make them millions of dollars: a series of auctions of about 3,000 mementos from their father’s moon mission and NASA career.

“One Giant Sale” was CNBC’s headline, playing on the astronaut’s famous line, as Mark and Rick Armstrong talked up the items — an American flag that had flown to the moon on Apollo 11; a flight suit their father had worn earlier in his career; and many possessions that had nothing to do with space, including Mr. Armstrong’s childhood teddy bear and a preschool report card he signed.

“You just hope that people get positive energy from these things,” Mark Armstrong told “CBS This Morning.” He told The New York Times they had “struggled with” what their father might think of the auctions. “Would Dad approve? Let’s see what positive things we can do with the proceeds,” he said.

The auctions would prove lucrative amid the rising wave of publicity leading up to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this month: $16.7 million in sales to date. The Dallas auction house calls the memorabilia the Armstrong Family Collection, though it includes a small number of items from other sources, including the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Another auction, the fourth, is set for November.

Those sales by the brothers, who also pursued a newly disclosed $6 million  wrongful death settlement over their father’s medical care, have exposed deep differences among those who knew Neil Armstrong about his legacy — and what he would have wanted.

Some relatives, friends and archivists find the sales unseemly, citing the astronaut’s aversion to cashing in on his celebrity and flying career and the loss of historical objects to the public.

“I seriously doubt Neil would approve of selling off his artifacts and memorabilia,” said James R. Hansen, his biographer. “He never did any of that in his lifetime.”

The astronaut had stopped signing autographs in 1994, after he discovered that many of those requesting his signature were then selling them. His personal lawyer, Ross Wales, said his client resisted the idolatry focused on his signature and possessions in part because he considered himself only the frontman for a huge NASA enterprise.

“His feeling was that he was not special because he was the first person to walk on the moon, and that he wouldn’t have done it if it weren’t for the thousands of people who worked on the mission,” Mr. Wales said.

By contrast with the astronaut’s sons, Carol Armstrong — his second wife, whom he married in 1994 after a divorce initiated by Janet Armstrong, Rick and Mark’s mother — is not known to have sold anything. Instead she has lent and donated a collection of memorabilia to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington; such loans often convert to donations in an arrangement intended to avoid gift taxes. People who know her say she and her adult children, Andrew and Molly, believe her husband would have opposed the commerce in the trappings of his work and life. (Carol and her children declined to comment.)

Mark Armstrong said that the question of what’s best for posterity and what his father might have wanted is not so simple. He said that he and his brother had already donated to museums more than $500,000 in cash and artifacts worth about $1.4 million, and that they had lent items worth several million more.

But he said donations, which offer the donor tax benefits, do not guarantee public access. “Museums can choose to store items out of sight or unilaterally decide to sell them,” he said in an email forwarded by his wife.

As for his father, Mark said, “I think he would judge us not on whether we auctioned items or not, but rather what we do with the proceeds and how we conduct our lives. Dad said that he wanted to leave the world a better place than he found it. I intend to follow his example and teach my children to do the same.”

Mark and his wife, Wendy, said they were using auction proceeds to create an environmental nonprofit in honor of Mark’s parents, called Vantage Earth, that Wendy said would work “to preserve and protect the earth from the damage done to it by its own population — a concern raised by Neil upon looking back at the earth from the moon.”

Tensions are common in any family affected by divorce. When it is the family of the first human being to step onto the moon, with global fame and a large estate, relations get only more complicated.

After leaving NASA in 1971, Mr. Armstrong taught aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati, served on multiple corporate boards and accepted speaking fees, accumulating a fortune worth many millions. But he turned down many opportunities to make even more money, friends say.

At the time of his death, most of Mr. Armstrong’s assets, including the memorabilia, were left in a trust, the beneficiaries of which could not be determined by The Times. His sons may have received some items from their father through the trust, and they received other keepsakes when their mother died in 2018, according to Wendy Armstrong. The first auction was held five months later.

Strains between Mr. Armstrong’s first and second families came to a head after his death in 2012, at age 82, of complications after heart surgery. The Times reported this past week that Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital, outside Cincinnati, had secretly paid the family $6 million to settle a claim that his treatment had been deficient. The family also sought changes in hospital protocols to prevent such deaths in the future.

Papers sent anonymously to The Times described how the removal of pacemaker wires installed during surgery had caused bleeding that could not be repaired quickly because no cardiac surgeon was on duty. The resulting loss of oxygen to Mr. Armstrong’s brain left him in a vegetative state; he died 11 days later after life support was withdrawn.

While there was some friction over when to remove life support, the real clash came later, over the medical malpractice claim, which the sons pushed for and Carol, his widow, declined to participate in.

“In the end, strong feelings ripped apart Neil’s loved ones over the hospital’s handling of Neil’s care,” said Mr. Hansen, who became close to the family while writing his 2005 Armstrong biography, “First Man.”

Mr. Hansen called the medical crisis “a terrible, traumatic situation” made worse by the fact that “Neil essentially had two distinct families that were not, if they ever had been able to before, thinking and feeling as one.”

Carol Armstrong, who knew her husband had considered the cardiologist a friend, “felt strongly that Neil would not have wanted her to sue the doctors or the hospital — he would not want anyone to take advantage of his name in such a way,” Mr. Hansen said.

Court records show Ms. Armstrong as receiving “zero — not participating,” by her own choice. Neither did her children, the astronaut’s stepchildren, seek any payment.

Mark Armstrong, a 56-year-old retired software engineer, and Rick, 62, a onetime animal trainer who has a software consulting business, got the bulk of the hospital’s payment, about $2.6 million apiece. Neil’s surviving brother and sister got $250,000 each, and the six children of Rick and Mark got $24,000 each.

One court filing in the case, by a lawyer arguing for a greater share for the grandchildren, discussed the uneasy equation between familial relations — even love — and cold cash. While acknowledging that Mr. Armstrong’s siblings might get a larger payment because “they loved him the longest, depended on him the most” and found his loss “most painful,” the lawyer, Bertha G. Helmick, wrote that the “opposite is equally true.”

“The minor grandchildren, having had the least time with Decedent, have suffered the greatest loss of time, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel and affection.”

The grandchildren, she wrote, “lost their universally beloved and revered grandfather, who could magically open any door, innocently pave ways into college admissions, and who would have always carried a de facto hero element to any school or athletic or workplace function.”

Rick and Mark Armstrong, represented by Mark’s wife, Wendy, a lawyer, got the settlement after threatening to announce their concerns about their father’s treatment at a gathering at Kennedy Space Center for the 45th anniversary of the moon shot.

The brothers would use the 50th anniversary this month for a different kind of leverage. They were far from the first to sell an astronaut’s possessions — Heritage Auctions in Dallas has sold such collections for 20 other astronauts and their families, said Greg Rohan, the company’s president. But none had the status of Neil Armstrong.

“This is really the holy grail,” Mr. Rohan said in a promotional video.

“Neil Armstrong holds a special place in the space history enthusiasts’ world,” said Robert Pearlman, editor of CollectSpace.com, a website devoted to space memorabilia.

The prices reflected that reverence. Items fetching the highest prices tended to be those that traveled with Mr. Armstrong to the moon, such as a rare gold medal that sold for $2.04 million this month — the highest price in the lot. The American flag that had flown aboard Apollo 11 got $275,000.

Personal items, from Mr. Armstrong’s own childhood and early years of parenting, also sold well. The teddy bear sold for $3,500. A letter that Mr. Armstrong wrote to the Easter bunny as a child, asking it to “please hide our baskets” and signed “Neil,” sold for $4,000. A postcard sent to his parents from Paris in 1962 (“Having a fine time and not working too hard,” it reads) went for $1,375. The preschool report card Mr. Armstrong signed for his son Mark went for $750.

Even Mr. Armstrong’s personal collection of magazines and vinyl records — most bearing no relation to his journey to space, such as his copies of The Family Handymanand Sports Illustrated — found buyers, mostly for $200 or less.

Many of the items sold at auction — ranging from photographs in his spacesuit to personal checks — included Mr. Armstrong’s handwriting and signature, though he’d been loath to see his autographs sold when he was alive.

“He went out of his way not to make his signature available,” said Mr. Wales, the lawyer, who worked for Mr. Armstrong for more than a decade. “He realized that, yes, there were young kids who just thought it was great to get an autograph, but there were young kids who had parents who went about taking their kids’ autographs and selling them. He just didn’t like to be made a fuss over.”

In 2005, Mr. Armstrong learned that a barber had sold his hair clippings to a memorabilia collector for $3,000. He directed Mr. Wales to propose that the barber either “return the hair to Mr. Armstrong” or “donate, to a charitable organization of his choice, an amount equal to the proceeds you realized on the sale of his hair.”

In a letter to the barber, Mr. Wales cited a 1998 Ohio law that bars the unauthorized use of someone’s persona for profit, either while they are that person is alive or for 100 years after his or her death. The astronaut John Glenn, also an Ohio native, had urged the state legislature to pass the law. Mr. Armstrong felt similarly, Mr. Wales said.

When the first auction approached last year, archivists at Purdue University, Mr. Armstrong’s alma mater, issued a mild public protest. In a letter to The Times, the archivists noted that Neil and Carol Armstrong had donated more than 400 boxes of his papers to Purdue, where they had been consulted by scholars and students; used to produce books, dissertations, films and exhibits; and included in a dozen courses.

“Auctioning off historical treasures into private hands at the expense of providing access to the public is problematic,” they wrote. “Archives exist to make the remnants of history accessible and long lasting so that current and future generations have access to them.”

Mr. Pearlman, of the space memorabilia site, who said he corresponded with Mr. Armstrong before his death, said he understood the mixed feelings about such auctions, despite his own avid interest in collecting.

“I understand those who frown upon selling these items,” he said. “But what do you do with them?” He said there was no perfect path for such an inheritance.

“I can’t say Neil would or wouldn’t have wanted these auctions to happen,” Mr. Pearlman said. “I can say I don’t think there’s a clear right or wrong here.”

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Fwd: Job: SacredHeartU.1yr.EvolutionaryBiology

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Job: SacredHeartU.1yr.EvolutionaryBiology > Date: 7 July 2022 at 07:46:00 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > > Job Description: > The Sacred Heart University Department of Biology invites applications > from qualified candidates for an appointment to a one year visiting > position in the field of Biology at the rank of Instructor or > Lecturer. Applicants are expected to demonstrate excellence in > undergraduate teaching and a strong appreciation for the mission of the > University and its student-centered focus. We are seeking a candidate > with broad expertise in biology. Preference will be given to those > with experience teaching evolution, genetics, microbiology, or related > fields. In addition to teaching specialized courses in our Biology > program course offerings, the successful applicant may also teach in > the introductory course sequence for Biology majors. > > Requirements: > - A PhD in Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, Cell/Molecular Biology or >  another relevant area in the biological sciences is preferred > - Individuals that are soon finishing their PhD or with a Master’s >  will also be considered > - Teaching experience is also preferred. > > The successful candidate will actively promote a collegial environment and > consciously apply our mission and values to create a culture of inclusion > and belonging; a safe space where all may thrive and succeed. They will > also participate in developmental activities to increase understanding > and awareness of issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion and > then apply that understanding to guide their approach to all aspects > of their job and the community as a whole. They will demonstrate that > we are "Stronger Together" as described in the Office for Diversity & > Inclusion's Mission and Vision statements. > > About Sacred Heart University: > As the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, > and one of the fastest-growing in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is > a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU > offers nearly 90 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate > programs on its Fairfield, Conn., campus. Sacred Heart also has satellites > in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland and offers online programs. More > than 9,000 students attend the University's nine colleges and schools: > Arts & Sciences; Communication, Media & the Arts; Social Work; Computer > Science & Engineering; Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington > College of Education and Human Development; the Jack Welch College > of Business & Technology; the Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N., & Richard J. > Henley College of Nursing; and St. Vincent's College. Sacred Heart > stands out from other Catholic institutions as it was established and > led by laity. The contemporary Catholic university is rooted in the > rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts, and at > the same time cultivates students to be forward thinkers who enact > change-in their own lives, professions and in their communities. The > Princeton Review includes SHU in its Best 387 Colleges-2022 Edition, > "Best Northeastern" and Best Business Schools-2021 Edition. Sacred > Heart is home to the award-winning, NPR-affiliated radio station, WSHU, > a Division I athletics program and an impressive performing arts program > that includes choir, band, dance and theatre. > > To Apply: > https://ift.tt/c45QKe3 > > Full Ad: > https://ift.tt/iLJWpAm > > "Woronik, Prof. Alyssa"

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John Elder, the Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder was born on March 8th 1824 in Glasgow.

Born the son of the famous marine engineer David Elder, John was educated at the High School and attended classes at the University. In 1852 he became a partner in Randolph, Elder & Co, millwrights, which sought his expertise to enable them to branch out into marine engineering and in 1860 acquired the Govan Old Shipyard. Three years later, the firm moved to the new Fairfield Shipyard, employing 4,000 men there. In 1868 Elder became sole partner in the business.

Elder's greatest achievement was the development from the 1850s of the marine compound engine, This made long-distance steam shipping both possible and economic, and also improved the economics of shorter-haul steam navigation. It allowed the extension of steam power to cargo liners and tramp ships, and greatly accelerated the substitution of steam for sail in the world's shipping. To this should be added his patent for triple and quadruple expansion marine engines, foreshadowing later 19th century developments.His experiments in developing the triple and the quadruple expansion engines were to have a profound influence on marine engine design after his death.

The conception of the modern heavy engineering workshop, with overhead gantry cranes, as embodied in his Centre Street works extension, and developed, probably on his initiative, in the still-existing Fairfield Engine Works in Govan.

The conception of the modern integrated shipbuilding yard. With only minor alterations the plan of the present Govan Shipyard survives largely as John Elder conceived it. It was the foremost yard on the Clyde until the great liners were built at John Brown's, and has outlasted most, including the builder of the "Queens". As one of BAe Systems' yards, it is still a highly effective production unit, notable for building the largest elements of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.

Elder was also a model employer of his 4,000 workforce, with a real concern for the well-being of his men and their families. At his funeral, as reported by the Rev. Norman MacLeod "a very army of workmen, dressed like gentlemen, followed his body - column after column. Respectful crowds lined the streets, as if gazing on the burial of a prince; and every one of us .. felt that we had left a friend behind us."

His statue in Elder Park, Govan, erected by public subscription in 1888, carries the inscription: "By his many inventions, particularly in connection with the compound engine, he effected a revolution in engineering second only to that accomplished by James Watt, and in great measure, originated the developments in steam propulsion which have created modern commerce" and: "His unwearied efforts to promote the welfare of the working classes, his integrity of character, firmness of purpose, and kindness of heart, claim, equally with his genius, enduring remembrance".

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How to Train the Next Generation of InfoSec Pros Through Real-World Threats

Fairfield University has opened a new cybersecurity lab that gives students hands-on learning experiences.

by Amelia Pang, Journalist and editor at EdTech

Originally published Sept. 22, 2020 by EdTech.

In an increasingly digital world, cybersecurity has become more important than ever. But according to Cybercrime Magazine, the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs is expected to reach 3.5 million by 2021. Surveys have found that fewer than 1 in 4 current cybersecurity job applicants are qualified for the positions they are applying to. What lies at the heart of the issue is that many university students who desire a career in cybersecurity often lack hands-on experience. And Fairfield University is working toward changing that.

This fall, Fairfield’s School of Engineering launched a new master’s-level cybersecurity program. It includes two semesters of training at Fairfield’s new cybersecurity lab, where students use real-world security applications from vendors such as Pulse Secure.

To learn more about the lab, EdTech spoke to Justin Hickey, CISO at Fairfield; Dr. Adrian Rusu, chair of computer science and engineering at Fairfield; and Scott Gordon, certified information systems security professional at Pulse Secure.

For the full story and interview click here.

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CANTLON: CT HOCKEY 2021 OFFSEASON VOL 1

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -The offseason has begun for the Hartford Wolf Pack and the rest of the AHL, except for the Pacific division, which has a playoff. Teams are very busy planning and signing players and coaches for the upcoming 2021-22 season.

PLAYER AND COACHING MOVEMENT

All of the AHL teams not in the Pacific Division have begun to send players to their respective ECHL teams for some post-season experience. The Toronto Marlies sent four players, Bobby McMann, Jeremy McKenna, Noel Hoefenmayer, and Gordie Green, to the Wichita Thunder. The Colorado Eagles sent Sasha Matala to the Utah Grizzlies. The Ontario Reign sent Nick Boka to the Ft. Wayne Komets while Josh Ingham and Jack Sadek packed their bags for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Doyle Somerby of the Tucson Roadrunners heads to the South Carolina Stingrays. The Manitoba Moose sent Peter Kreiger to the Indy Fuel, while the Rochester Americans sent Brendan Warren to the Jacksonville Icemen. Nelson Nogier, Cole Kehler, and C.J. Suess were sent to the Tulsa Oilers.

MORE MOVES

Henderson heading to the Pacific Division after eliminating  San Jose on the strength of a two-goal and three-point effort from ex-Pack Danny O’ Regan has sent three players to the Vegas taxi squad in Dylan Sikura and Cody Glass. Henderson will play with the Bakersfield Condors for the Pacific Division post-season title and the John Chick Trophy. The Condors eliminated the San Diego Gulls in OT Monday. Brad Malone, the nephew of former Hartford Whaler, Greg Malone, and the cousin of ex-Pack, Ryan Malone, scored the game-winner. The first AHL player to Europe, David Kase of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, signs with HC Sparta Prague (Czech Republic-CEL). A former Quinnipiac Bobcat, Karlis Cukste, who played with the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) and the Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) this past year, heads home to Dynamo Riga (Latvia-KHL). According to the Swedish hockey website, SportsExpressen.se, ex-Pack Dale Weise has signed a deal to be announced shortly with IK Oskarshamn (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Ex-Pack/New York Ranger, Tim Erixon, goes from Växjö HC to  Timrå IK (Sweden-SHL) for next season. Ryan McKiernan (Brunswick School), fresh off winning the  German DEL championship, leaves Eisbaren Berlin to Rogle BK (Sweden-SHL).

COLLEGE NEWS

Former UCONN Husky, Ruslan Iskhakov, moved from TPS Turku (Finland-FEL) to Adler Mannheim (Germany-DEL). Also, in UCONN news, the University announced a new five-year extension for its head coach Mike Cavanaugh and had the groundbreaking for the new 2,600 seats $70 million arena-ready between September 2022-January 2023. The Maine Black Bears selected Ben Barr, the assistant coach from the national champion, UMASS-Amherst, to replace the late Dennis “Red” Gendron over the ex-Bridgeport Sound Tiger (now Islanders) and Maine associate coach for the last six years, Ben Guite. Replacing Barr at UMASS-Amherst is Penn State's assistant coach for the last 10 years, Matt Lindsay. Previously, he was an assistant at Princeton and was a volunteer assistant at Colorado College. He started at Division-III at Hobart College (SUNYAC) and Utica College. Lake Superior St. (NCHC) Damon Whitten’s contract was extended six years. Former Sound Tiger, Peter Mannino, gives up his head coaching job with the Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) and signs on as an assistant coach with Colorado College (NCHC).

MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Jamie Arniel, the nephew of former New Haven Nighthawk player and Rangers Assistant Coach,  Scott Arniel, leaves EC Bad Nauheim (Germany-DEL-2) and heads to HC Bratislava (Slovakia-IceHL). A trio of ex-Sound Tigers finds themselves on the move. Joey Martin departs Stavanger (Norway-NEL) and will skate next season for EC Graz (Austria-IceHL). Matt Mangene leaves ESV Villacher SV (Austria-iceHL) for EHC Wolfsburg (Germany-DEL). The new head coach there is a former Rangers draft pick, Mike Stewart. Sebastian Collberg exits Löwen Frankfurt (Germany-DEL-2) and returns home to BIK Karlskoga (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Former Wolf Pack and Ranger Steven Kampfer heads from the Boston Bruins to AK Bars Kazan (Russia-KHL). Former QU Bobcat goalie Michael Garteig leaves ERC Ingolstadt (Germany-DEL) and returns to HIFK Helsinki (Finland-FEL). Ex-Wolf Pack, Ville Meskanen, departs Illves Tampere (Finland-FEL) to go to KooKoo (Finland-FEL) next season. Ex-Wolf Pack and Sound Tiger Chris Bourque signs with ERC Ingolstadt (Germany-DEL) for next season, leaving EHC Munich.

ALL KINDS OF NEWS

Nick Dineen (Selects Academy at South Kent Prep), who played with the Amarillo Bulls (NAHL), commits to Stevenson University (UCHC) for next fall. In the fall, the return of the CCHA conference names its regular season and playoff trophy names they will be handing out to the winners in the spring. The playoff title will honor the late CCHA great coach of Michigan State, Ron Mason, with the Mason Cup. The regular season title winner will be awarded the McNaughton Cup. USA Hockey let several coaches go, including Kenny Rausch (Danbury/Immaculate High), the Director of USA Youth Hockey.

TRANSFERS

Goaltender Evan Fear departs Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) and transfers to Northeastern (HE), making 57 school transfers this collegiate off-season and 47 grad transfers. Tobias Fladeby finishes at AIC (AHA) and signs with Tingryds AIF (Sweden-Allsvenskan), making 80 college players sign pro deals in North America and Europe. Emil Öhrvall departs Sacred Heart University (AHA) for BIK Karlskoga (Sweden-Allsvenskan). The Pioneers were his third school in three separate conferences in his collegiate career. Nick Rheaume, the son of ex-Pack/Ranger, Pascal Rhéaume, has committed to UMASS-Lowell (HE) for 2022-23. Rhéaume played with the Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) this year. His cousin is Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) transfer goalie Dylan St. Cyr, the son of former New Haven Senators player Gerry. St. Cyr.

COMMITS

Two CT Division-III commits as William Pond (Wilton/CT Roughriders-EHL) heads to Western New England College (CCC). Ponds' Roughrider teammate Connor Sullivan (Brunswick School/CT Jr. Rangers - NCDC) heads to Lake Forest College (NCHA). Joining him at Lake Forest is Mattias Derraugh (Danbury-NAHL), who committed to the Illinois-based school.

IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The IIHF World Championships are underway in Latvia. There are many familiar names dotting the roster landscape. In Group A, the 3-0 Slovakian team has current Wolf Pack goalie Adam Huska and ex-Pack/Ranger Marek Hrivik. Huska has yet to play, and Hrivik has four points in three games. Slovakia engineered an early upset beating Russia 3-1 on Monday. Denmark has ex-Pack Niklas Jensen, who scored a hat trick in their first game and had a goal and two assists against Great Britain in a 3-2 overtime win Tuesday. Sweden had ex-Pack/Ranger player Oscar Lindberg and ex-Wolf Pack Carl Klingberg. The Czech Republic has ex-Pack and current Rangers defenseman Libor Hajek. They also have Adam, and David Musil, the nephews of former Whalers and Rangers player Bobby Holik. Ex-Pack and current Ranger Filip Chytil and former Beast of New Haven Jaroslav Spacek are the assistant coaches, plus former UCONN Husky recruit Matej Blumel. Belarus has an ex-Sound Tiger, Shane Prince, who has citizenship. Switzerland has a pair of ex-Wolf Pack players in Andres Ambuhl and Raphael Diaz; Great Britain has goalie Jackson Whistle, nephew of former New Haven Nighthawk, Rob Whistle, plus Ben Lake (Sacred Heart University-AHA).

MORE IIHF

In Group B, the US squad features Ryan Donato, the son of ex-Wolf Pack/Sound Tiger, Ted Donato. They also have a  current Ranger, Kevin Rooney, and the nephew of former New Haven Nighthawk, Steve Rooney. Current Ranger, Zac Jones and Tage Thompson (Milford/UCONN), a son of the current Bridgeport Islanders head coach, Brent Thompson. The head coach is former Sound Tigers bench boss Jack Capuano. The team General Manager is current Rangers President/GM, Hartford GM Chris Drury (Trumbull/Fairfield Prep). Canada has shockingly lost its first three games to Latvia, Germany, and the US. Canada has a current Wolf Pack, Braden Schneider, and former Sacred Heart University (AHA)/Sound Tiger product Justin Danforth. Germany has Tom Kuhnhackl of Bridgeport, and Italy has former Ranger Peter Andersson as one of the assistant coaches, and he is the father of ex-Pack, Calle Andersson. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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9 Great Places To Study If You Want A Career In The Music Industry

Whether you spend your time wistfully imagining you’re the frontperson of Paramore or if being a music producer juggernaut à la Jack Antonoff is your most secret, sacred desire; studying music is the first step to making those pipe dreams a reality.

That’s why we decided to piece together a list of tertiary institutions around Australia that provide a multitude of short-courses, certificates, diplomas and bachelors that best prepare young Aussies for the wonderful and crazy world that is the music industry.

School of Audio Engineering (SAE)

Want to proudly say “I attended the world’s first audio engineering school?” well, look no further than SAE Institute of Australia.

This mammoth of higher-education first swung its doors open in 1976, growing exponentially since to house over 2500 students in Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and online. If you think those numbers are impressive, SAE Institute is one of Australia’s most internationally recognisable music-based colleges with 53 campuses in 27 countries around the globe.

Courses are as expected, very audio engineering based. One can study a Bachelor of Audio, a Diploma in either Studio Sound Production, Live Sound Production or Electronic Music Production or a Cert III in Electronic Music Production.

With the ability to connect with partner Universities from Asia, Europe and North America, SAE is definitely a wise choice of further education.

Check out http://sae.edu.au for any required information.

Australian Institute of Music (AIM)

AIM is an incredible destination for those wishing to extend their musical studies beyond high school.

One of the largest music-based education institutions Australia which is spread over two locations of Sydney and the brand-new campus in Melbourne that includes a vast variety of music diplomas, music degrees and graduate music studies, as well as offering Acting & Theatre Making through Dramatic Arts, AIM High Senior Secondary HSC studies, individual music lessons & Short Courses.

AIM wields a strong list of courses one can study, including Contemporary Performance, Music Theatre, Classical Performance, Audio Engineering, Composition & Music Production, Entertainment & Arts Management, and Dramatic Arts.

If this university sounds like it’s for you, jump over to  and take a look at AIM has got on offer.

Polytechnic

Do you have an interest in music but not entirely sure which avenue you want to take? Or are you after flexible, not as heavy study periods? Then Polytechnic could be the perfect gateway into the scene for you.

The Victorian-based learning centre boasts of over 20 different music courses, from preliminary typed qualifications such as Certificate III and IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Associate Degrees and Bachelor Degrees in Music. Additionally available are Music Business, Music Industry, Events and Sound Production.

The best part of Polytech outside its supreme facilities is that these courses can be studied in Melbourne campuses of Prahran, Fairfield and Preston, giving the huge education group an edge over its over competitors.

Find Polytechnic intriguing? Waste not another moment and hop over to their site and see if they’ve got the course that suits you on 

JMC Academy

Leaders of the pack for nearly 31 years, JMC Academy is held in the highest regard within education of the music industry.

With campuses in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the creative institution boasts of a plethora of courses available to prospective students who are looking to crack into audio engineering and sound production, entertainment business management, contemporary music and performance, songwriting as well as supporting youngsters with VET courses.

Naturally, the long-list of highly sought after courses are available in Diploma or Bachelor certifications.

If you’re keen to attend one of the most revered and celebrated music industry schools within Australia, jump on over to  and make your dreams a reality.

Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)

Australia’s leading screen arts and broadcast school. The Sydney based education centre is regarded as one of the top 25 broadcast schools within the world according to The Hollywood Reporter, and is actually the only Aussie institution to be placed within the prestigious list.

AFTRS prides themselves on a very “hands-on” style of teaching that emphatically applies to their radio and screen music courses.

For those seeking a career in radio or screen music, AFTRS offer an introductory skills typed course as well as two different undergraduate diplomas as well as their special advanced diploma for scoring music for screen.

This institution is only continuing to grow, and with FEE-Help available, your position at AFTRS is only an application away. Click  to check out all further details.

Collarts

Are you the kind of person that prefers to study in a tight-knit group, where you’ll more than likely recognise every face around campus? Well, we may have the perfect school for you.

Introducing Collarts, a smaller, more intimate high-education institution that’s based in South Melbourne.

Specialising in the Bachelor level of accreditation, Collarts offers three degree opportunities in the fields of Entertainment Management, Music Performance and Audio Production.

The ultra hip warehouse-style campus boasts of a 120-seat auditorium, world-class recording studios, post-production rooms, two fully-equipped Mac Pro labs and multiple practice rooms.

Want to be involved with this unique University? Simply go to https://collarts.edu.au and find the course for you.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

More and more students are gravitating toward RMIT for their tertiary education in music and one cannot blame them. With their iconic Melbourne CBD campus that was designed by students, RMIT quite literally screams art.

RMIT offer a Bachelor in Arts (Music Industry) as well as Certificate IV in Sound Production.

Outside of their world-renown facilities and reputation as one of the finest Universities in Australia, RMIT is an attractive option for prospective students due to the ability to HECS availability for students.

Take a glance at  for any additional information.

Oxygen College

Got a burning desire to study in the field of music and love the breezy lifestyle of living on the coast? Look no further than Oxygen College.

Located in Victoria’s second largest city, Geelong, this institution prides itself on the spread of courses available to both beginner and advanced levels of study.

From Certificate I and III in Technical Production and IV in Sound Production to Audio Professional, Artist Preparation and Artist Development Programs available, Oxygen works to foster musical talent and interest from ages 17 years and above. A perfect starting point for an aspiring music head.

For your foray into the creative industry on the pristine location of the beach, visit  index and find the course for you.

Southern Cross University

Offered at both the Lismore and Coomera campuses of Southern Cross University, SCU’s Bachelor of Contemporary Music explores the multi-faceted pathway that helps students prepare a portfolio for a future career in music, “whether it’s production, performance, songwriting or other professional areas of the music industry.”

SCU also offers state-of-the-art facilities with on-campus recording studios, keyboard labs, music production labs, rehearsal studios, and even professional-standard performance spaces, you’ll be working with the best of the best in equipment that will, in-turn, equip you for your perfect career in music.

Rolling Stone Australia actually has a $15,000 music scholarship available with SCU which you can apply for below, but be quick! Applications close this Sunday.

Check out the Rolling Stone Australia Music Scholarship here!

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Watch 4 Decades of Inequality Drive American Cities Apart

In 1980, highly paid workers in Binghamton, N.Y., earned about four and a half times what low-wage workers there did. The gap between them, in a region full of I.B.M. executives and manufacturing jobs, was about the same as the gap between the workers near the top and the bottom in metro New York.Since then, the two regions have diverged. I.B.M. shed jobs in Binghamton. Other manufacturing disappeared, too. High-paying work in the new knowledge economy concentrated in New York, and so did well-educated workers. As a result, by one measure, wage inequality today is much higher in New York than it is in Binghamton.What has happened over the last four decades is only partly a story of New York’s rise as a global hub and Binghamton’s struggles. Economic inequality has been rising everywhere in the United States. But it has been rising much more in the booming places that promise hefty incomes to engineers, lawyers and innovators. And those places today are also the largest metros in the country: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Houston, Washington.This chart, using data from a recent analysis by Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz of the New York Fed, captures several dynamics that have remade the U.S. economy since 1980. Thriving and stagnant places are pulling apart from each other. And within the most prosperous regions, inequality is widening to new extremes. That this inequality now so clearly correlates with city size — the largest metros are the most unequal — also shows how changes in the economy are both rewarding and rattling what we have come to think of as “superstar cities.”In these places, inequality and economic growth now go hand in hand.Back in 1980, Binghamton’s wage inequality made the region among the most unequal in the country, according to the Fed analysis. It ranked 20th of the 195 metros shown here as measured by comparing the wages of workers at the 90th percentile with those at the 10th percentile of the local wage distribution, a measure that captures the breadth of disparities in the local economy without focusing solely on the very top. In 1980, New York City was slightly less unequal, ranking 44th by this measure.Forty years ago, none of the country’s 10 largest metros were among the 20 most unequal. By 2015, San Francisco, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas and Washington had jumped onto that list, pulled there by the skyrocketing wages of high-skilled workers. Binghamton over the same period had become one of the least unequal metros, in part because many I.B.M. executives and well-paid manufacturing workers had vanished from its economy.In effect, something we often think of as undesirable (high inequality) has been a signal of something positive in big cities (a strong economy). And in Binghamton, relatively low inequality has been a signal of a weak economy. (The Fairfield-Bridgeport, Conn., metro stands out in either era because the deep poverty of its urban core is surrounded by particularly rich suburbs.)These patterns are hard to reconcile with appeals today for reducing inequality, both within big cities and across the country. What are Americans supposed to make of the fact that more high-paying jobs by definition widen inequality? Should New Yorkers be O.K. with growing inequality in New York if it’s driven by rising wages for high-skilled workers, and not falling wages for low-skilled ones?“That’s more of a political question,” said Nathaniel Baum-Snow, an economist at the University of Toronto. “That’s a question of what we decide our values should be as a society.”Tom VanHeuvelen, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota who has also researched these patterns, said: “It seems obvious to me that it doesn’t need to be the way that it is right now. This isn’t the only inevitable outcome we have when we think about the relationship between cities, affluence and inequality.”Economists say that the same forces that are driving economic growth in big cities are also responsible for inequality. And those forces have accumulated and reinforced each other since 1980. High-skilled workers have been in increasing demand, and increasingly rewarded. In New York, the real wages for workers at the 10th percentile grew by about 15 percent between 1980 and 2015, according to the Fed researchers. For the median worker, they grew by about 40 percent. For workers at the 90th percentile, they nearly doubled. That’s partly because when highly skilled workers and their firms cluster in the same place today, they’re all more productive, research shows. And in major cities, they’re also tied directly into the global economy.“If you’re someone who has skills for the new economy, your skills turn out to be more valuable in bigger cities, in a way that wasn’t true 30 to 40 years ago,” Mr. Baum-Snow said.It’s no surprise, then, that high-skilled workers have been sorting into big, prosperous cities, compounding the advantages of these places (and draining less prosperous places of these workers).At the same time, automation, globalization and the decline of manufacturing have decimated well-paying jobs that once required no more than a high school diploma. That has hollowed out both the middle class in big cities and the economic engine in smaller cities. The result is that changes in the economy have disproportionately rewarded some places and harmed others, pushing their trajectories apart.Add one more dynamic to all of this: Inequality has been rising nationally since the 1980s. But because the Bay Area and New York regions already had more than their fair share of one-percenters (or 10 percenters) in 1980, the national growth in income inequality has been magnified in those places. “We’ve had this pulling apart of the overall income distribution,” said Robert Manduca, a Ph.D. student in sociology and social policy at Harvard who has found that about half of the economic divergence between different parts of the country is explained by trends in national inequality. “That overall pulling apart has had very different effects in different places, based on which kinds of people were already living in those places.”Mr. Manduca says national policies like reinvigorating antitrust laws would be most effective at reducing inequality (the consolidation of many industries has meant, among other things, that smaller cities that once had company headquarters have lost those jobs, sometimes to big cities).It is hard to imagine local officials combating all these forces. Increases to the minimum wage are likely to be swamped — at least in this measure — by the gains of workers at the top. Policies that tax high earners more to fund housing or education for the poor would redistribute some of the uneven gains of the modern economy. But they would not alter the fact that this economy values an engineer so much more than a line cook. “If you brought the bottom up, it would be a better world,” said Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto who has written extensively about these trends. “But you’d still have a big rise in wage inequality.” Source link Read the full article

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Fwd: Job: SacredHeartU.1yr.EvolutionaryBiology

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Job: SacredHeartU.1yr.EvolutionaryBiology > Date: 7 July 2022 at 07:46:00 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > > Job Description: > The Sacred Heart University Department of Biology invites applications > from qualified candidates for an appointment to a one year visiting > position in the field of Biology at the rank of Instructor or > Lecturer. Applicants are expected to demonstrate excellence in > undergraduate teaching and a strong appreciation for the mission of the > University and its student-centered focus. We are seeking a candidate > with broad expertise in biology. Preference will be given to those > with experience teaching evolution, genetics, microbiology, or related > fields. In addition to teaching specialized courses in our Biology > program course offerings, the successful applicant may also teach in > the introductory course sequence for Biology majors. > > Requirements: > - A PhD in Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, Cell/Molecular Biology or >  another relevant area in the biological sciences is preferred > - Individuals that are soon finishing their PhD or with a Master’s >  will also be considered > - Teaching experience is also preferred. > > The successful candidate will actively promote a collegial environment and > consciously apply our mission and values to create a culture of inclusion > and belonging; a safe space where all may thrive and succeed. They will > also participate in developmental activities to increase understanding > and awareness of issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion and > then apply that understanding to guide their approach to all aspects > of their job and the community as a whole. They will demonstrate that > we are "Stronger Together" as described in the Office for Diversity & > Inclusion's Mission and Vision statements. > > About Sacred Heart University: > As the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, > and one of the fastest-growing in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is > a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU > offers nearly 90 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate > programs on its Fairfield, Conn., campus. Sacred Heart also has satellites > in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland and offers online programs. More > than 9,000 students attend the University's nine colleges and schools: > Arts & Sciences; Communication, Media & the Arts; Social Work; Computer > Science & Engineering; Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington > College of Education and Human Development; the Jack Welch College > of Business & Technology; the Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N., & Richard J. > Henley College of Nursing; and St. Vincent's College. Sacred Heart > stands out from other Catholic institutions as it was established and > led by laity. The contemporary Catholic university is rooted in the > rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts, and at > the same time cultivates students to be forward thinkers who enact > change-in their own lives, professions and in their communities. The > Princeton Review includes SHU in its Best 387 Colleges-2022 Edition, > "Best Northeastern" and Best Business Schools-2021 Edition. Sacred > Heart is home to the award-winning, NPR-affiliated radio station, WSHU, > a Division I athletics program and an impressive performing arts program > that includes choir, band, dance and theatre. > > To Apply: > https://ift.tt/c45QKe3 > > Full Ad: > https://ift.tt/iLJWpAm > > "Woronik, Prof. Alyssa"

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Three ITS Student Techs to Exclusively Serve the Egan School of Nursing

ITS is excited to announce we have added three new student techs to our team. They will be working exclusively in our new state of the art School of Nursing and Health Services building.

Matthew Franks is a sophomore from Southborough, MA who is studying Psychology here at Fairfield University. Matt has a strong passion for cars and loves technology.  He is also the Secretary for Club Wrestling.  When asked why Matt chose to work for ITS he said, “I chose ITS after I saw a job opening in the new Nursing building. Having a strong interest in Technology I thought I’d be a good fit!”

Nicholas Jensen is a sophomore from Mount Sinai, Long Island who is double majoring in Computer Engineering and Software with a double minor in Mathematics and Physics. Nick chose to work for ITS “to become more versatile in other spectrums of Engineering.”  Nick said, “The new robotic systems and simulation rooms in the school of nursing interested me, I️ am eager to learn all about computers and how they work. Also, another reason was because I️ wanted to give back to Fairfield by assisting the staff in any way possible.”

Tai Nguyen is a junior from Bridgeport, CT and is a Nursing Major. When asked why Tai chose ITS he said, “because it will benefit my future as technology is growing in the health field I am going to enter. ITS is a great place to start, especially this one (job), because I’ll work specifically in the nursing school.” Tai is also looking forward to helping the professors out when they need it.

Our new student techs will have an office in NHS 408. They can be reached by dialing x 4069 option #3 or directly at X3689. Matt, Nick and Tai have hit the ground running and are ready and able to assist faculty in NHS.  

Welcome aboard Matt, Nick and Tai!

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"I promise to always be by your side. Or under you. Or on top.”

NAME: Adrian Cipriani AGE: 18 GRADE: Senior  BIRTHDAY: January 19th FACECLAIM: Austin Butler

b a c k g r o u n d .

“Adrian Cipriani” was born Alesso Colombo in Sicily, Italy. When he turned one, his family had relocated to New York City.

His childhood wasn’t entirely interesting having been forever in the shadows of his two older brothers. One brother was great at engineering and the other was great at law, which left the empty slot of being a doctor for the youngest Colombo. He didn’t mind biology and all but he refused to accept that this was he only thing he could do. Being told to do something was definitely the way to get him to not do it. He kept in mind that as soon as he finished high school, he’d defy his parents and study psychology or something that wasn’t related to being a doctor.

Even though he had his own run-ins with trouble, Alesso never had a hand laid on him, as well as his brothers, unless it was from their father. You see, their family was one of the five that made up the Mafia. This meant rides to and from places in black cars with heavily tinted bulletproof windows. Whenever they weren’t in uniforms, they had to make sure they looked formal, even if it were just a trip to the grocery store; white shirt and dress pants with loafers. Family functions were more of a hassle, seeing as their family, as well as the other four, liked to make sure everyone knew the Mafia were in town for something. This meant a big group of black cars sticking together and dodging traffic lights if need be just to remain as one. Sometimes, the children of the Mafia had to be escorted to places with at least two guards in the car, guns at the ready for anything, if their parents weren’t present. Most children of the Mafia were close with one another, almost like one big family. They were all spoiled by their parents, money not being an issue in any way.

Stefano, their father, was almost always never at home, forever taking care of business with the other heads of the four remaining families, leaving the boys with their mother most of the time.

Alesso’s eldest brother, as soon as he turned eighteen started working with his father for extra cash and within six months had more than enough money for his college tuition. With no hesitation, he left for Harvard. His second brother did the same thing when he came of age, but instead worked for two years with their father until something went terribly wrong. A mission threatened to have the second Colombo in prison and Stefano did not want that. Instead of finding a way to get him out and let the other members remain off the hook, he decided to testify against those who were involved. This was unforgivable.

Realising too late that there were insiders in the police force, Stefano knew there was not going back so fleeing was the way to go; he didn’t really have a choice if he wanted to live. Under the witness protection programme, they became Ciprianis and all had aliases to keep from being found. Scotland was the last place the mob would investigate so that’s where they relocated. The eldest brother relocated to Oxford University while the second enrolled in the University of Edinburgh. Alesso, now named “Adrian”, was sent to Fairfield Prep and it’s clear to see that he actually likes it.

p e r s o n a l i t y .

Adrian is a charmer. Everyone knows it; it’s like general knowledge. He can be dark and brooding but can also be suave and sweet. He is one of those jocks who actually does his own homework and isn’t as shallow as the others when it comes to victories in the teams. Adrian knows how to stand his ground and will stand up for those who are close to him; close enough to know the real him. He doesn’t really let others in as easily as he does into his bed, but that’s all because he’s alone. Secrets can never be spilled if only one person knows.