#new college alumni association

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New alumni board will operate outside the New College Foundation

A group of alumni have begun the process of starting a new board independent of the New College Alumni Association (NCAA), with the primary goal of separating from the New College Foundation. Although the average student’s tenure on New College’s campus only lasts four years, the community formed in that time lasts much longer. A primary way that alumni stay connected with one another is through…

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Here's your daily reminder that...

Jews are only 0.2% of the worlds population but...

Jews make up 14% of the World Total and 38% of the United States of America total winners for the Nobel Prize for Literature (source).

Of the 965 individual recipients of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences between 1901 and 2023, at least 214 have been Jews or people with at least one Jewish parent, representing 22% of all recipients. (source)

Jews make up 14% of the total winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 18% of the total winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; 53% of the total winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction (source).

Jews make up 39% of the total winners of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play; 54% of the total winners of the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (with 62% of all Composers and 66% of all Lyricists of Best Musical-winning productions being Jewish) (source).

Jews make up 40% of the total winners of the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Screenplay; and 34% of the total winners of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (source).

Although Jews constitute only 3% of the U.S. population...

80% of the nation’s professional comedians are Jewish (source).

90% of American comic book creators are jewish (source)

38% of the recipients of the United States National Medal of Science are Jewish (Source).

Jews are very successful, with educational levels higher than all other U.S. ethnic groups with the exception of Asian Americans, and income levels the highest of all groups. Six out of ten Jewish adults have college degrees, and 41% of Jewish families report a household income of $75,000 or more” (source)

Jews are a minority across the globe. We've been historically opressed and hated. But these key figures from history are all Jewish and loved, yet many don't even know they're jewish (or they don't know these people in the first place!):

Stan Lee (birth name: Stanley Martin Lieber) - An American comic book writer and editor, Former executive vice president and publisher of marvel Comics, creator of iron-man, spider-man, and more.

Albert Einstein - a Theoretical physicist, Received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, developed the theory of relativity and the "worlds most famous equation"  (E = mc^2), and more.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, co-authored the initial law school casebook on sex discrimination, co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the ACLU in 1972, and more.

Jack Kirby (birth name: Jacob Kurtzberg) - an American comic book artist, co-creator of Captain America, one of the most influential comic book artists

Harry Houdini (birth name: Erich Weisz) - a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.

Emma Lazarus - An American author remembered for her sonnet "The New Colossus," Inspired by The Statue of Liberty and inscribed on its pedestal as of 1903.

Julius Rosenthal, Lillian Wald, Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, Stephen Wise, and Henry Moskowitz - Jewish activists that helped form the NAACP along with W.E.B. Dubois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell.

Mark Zuckerberg - Founder and CEO of Meta, a businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook, and within four years became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire Harvard alumni.

Joseph Pulitzer - a politician and newspaper publisher, his endowment to the Columbia University established the Pulitzer Prizes in 1917, he founded the Columbia School of Journalism which opened in 1912.

Jacob William Davis - a Latvian tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans and who worked with Levi Strauss to patent and mass-produce them, died.

Irving Berlin - drafted at age 30 to write morale-boosting songs for military revues (including “God Bless America”). Many Berlin songs remained popular for decades, including “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better),” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and two celebrating Christian holidays: “White Christmas” and “Easter Parade.”

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel - received his doctorate in Berlin. He was arrested by the Nazis in 1938, moved to the U.S. in 1940, and became an influential figure in the 1960s, marching with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and speaking out against the Vietnam War.

Elie Wiesel - Romanian-American writer and professor, holocaust survivor, nobel laureate, political activist. Authored 57 books including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps

Bob Dylan - an icon of folk, rock and protest music, won the Nobel Prize in literature for his complex and poetic lyrics.

J. Robert Oppenheimer - ran the Manhattan Project, considered the "father of the atomic Bomb," presented with the Enrico Fermi Award by President Lyndon Johnson.

Betty Friedan - co-founded the National Organization of Women and became its first president, wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963) and helped spark the second wave of feminism.

Gloria Steinem - one of the most prominent feminists of all time, launched Ms. Magazine and co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus with Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan and Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers.

Sergey Brin - an American businessman best known for co-founding Google with Larry Page, president of Alphabet Inc.

Judith Heumann - a founder of the disability rights movement, led a 26-day sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco. The protest spurred implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a precursor to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Larry Kramer - co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis in response to the AIDS epidemic but was soon ousted over his confrontational activism. He went on to help launch a more strident group, ACT UP, and wrote a critically acclaimed play, The Normal Heart, about the early AIDS years in New York City.

Steven Spielberg - released his critically acclaimed epic film Schindler’s List, based on the true story of a German industrialist who saved Jews during the Holocaust. The movie won seven Oscars and led Spielberg to launch the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California, which filmed interviews with 52,000 survivors of the Holocaust and genocides in Nanjing and Rwanda.

Calvin Klein - made designer jeans and the infamous ad starring Brooke Shields revolutionized the fashion industry, sold his company to Phillips-Van Heusen (now PVH) for $430 million. Klein was the first designer to win three consecutive Coty Awards for womenswear.

Daveed Diggs - an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of Hamilton, he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year.

And so much more. (a pretty decent list is available here)

Not only that, but the following are all Jewish inventions...

The Teddy Bear - made by Morris and Rose Michtom in honor of Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.

The Ballpoint Pen - *the first commercially sucessfull ballpoint pen was made by Lazlo Biro, a Hungarian-Jew, and his brother.

Mobile Phones - made by Martin Cooper, nicknamed the "father of the cellphone", and was born in Chicago to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.

The Barbie - made by Ruth Marianna Handler, born to Polish-Jewish immigrants.

Power Rangers - made by Haim Saban, a Jewish-Egyptian

Video Games - made by Ralph Baer, a German-Jew

Peeps - made by Sam Born, a Russian-Jewish immigrants who came to the United States in 1909.

Cards Against Humanity - created by a group of Jewish boys from the same high school

Many Superheroes including Superman, Ironman, spider-man, batman, and more!

and more! (an illustrated list available here.)

Conclusion: If you're Jewish, be proud. You come from a long line of successful people. No matter what happened to them, Jews persevered, and they strived for sucess. Be proud of your culture, your history, these are your people. You're Jewish.

(feel free to reblog and add more, or just comment and i'll add it!)

Last Updated: June 25, 1:35 AM EST

[dallasgallant]

Time period post: Soc’s

I just did one of these recently going over greasers and so I thought I’d go over Soc’s! Something to keep in mind is they aren’t really a subculture(really neither are our greasers) but are a defined group, clique might be the best word.

Ponyboy explains soc himself in the book by explaining its short for ‘Socialite’

Socialite:

is a person from a wealthy background who is prominent in high society. Who generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditional employment.

Rich > popular

Soc does not automatically mean popularity and shouldn’t be seen as a stand in for a “popular kids”, however there’s an overlap and high likelihood they are popular but it’s not a requirement or the only aspect. The Soc’s are the rich kids.

In the sixties that likely means a two story house, two car garage, full kitchen, finished basement, central air etc. Nice new clothes and a nice car, they’re able to keep up with modern trends in just about everything. They’ll get records and stuff they like with relative ease.

There’s also the social aspect to being a social!

Being social-

Their entire life is about knowing the right people and being in the proper circles, they’re being reared to be the next proper socialites. Typically the women, men too but they’ll get a marketing, sales or board job that’s also primarily knowing people and cutting deals.

They throw ragers now but it’ll soon turn into garden parties and charity luncheons or company picnics. Building relationships and passing money around to each other and to whatever cause of the week they’ll pretend to care for or perhaps genuinely do but are so separated from everyone else it’s still tone deaf. We’re talking that kind of rich here.

For now Soc’s are still young, they may attend family events when needed but are largely left on their own to throw their own things… beer blasts, ragers. Getting in the news for their insanity but being praised in it the next day like cherry says. It’s a weird duality.

Appearance

To be a soc one has to be hyper-vigilant. One has to be presentable. One can never really be themselves or even know themselves. It’s hard to turn it off even when they’re alone, is there anything beneath that smile? Has it ever got a chance to develop? Bringing up Cherry again because she describes it so perfectly in a book that they’d talk without listening to themselves, just to talk, don’t even really know any of their friends but they’re friends because well— no one remembers.

They keep ramping up their antics just to feel something, anything. So you’re jumping greasers. You’re getting wasted. Wreckless, violent etc. might as well get it all out of your system now, it’s harder to burry when you age. They’re losing their minds a little constantly before they learn to completely harden. This is something still prevalent today amongst upper class kids.

Which, again don’t misunderstand me. They do have feelings and they are people I’m just explains how the pressures and demands of who/what they are often leads to completely losing yourself to the collective (there’s so many movies on this lol). Or just simply are lead not to care, too busy either networking or having fun to have a chance to think. Cherry mentioned something on this too, I think if they ever had a moment to stop, for silence or a sunset they’d explode. Need to fill themselves with noise and action to feel.

A lot of their more general behavior, that’s not influenced by the pressures of being Uber rich, overlaps with just plain and regular ‘popular’ kids in school. Not really knowing your friends or what you’re doing but you’re young and hot and you have fun so who cares really?

Soc = prep

While a soc isn’t interchangeable with Popular, they do tend to be. A better synonym would be the Preps/Preppies of the 1980s

Prep:

an American subculture associated with the alumni of college-preparatory schools in the Northeastern United States.

A prep is essentially a soc, just with more focus on the style of clothing and less the social aspect. It’s sort of the overlap with Soc and popular, as if you’re middle/upper middle class but popular and dress in the style you’d be considered a prep.

In the end, Soc refers to the “rich bully” whereas a Greaser is the “working class bully” as specified in my post on them. This is speaking in the stereotypical sense as the entire point of the story is people are more than the surface or stereotypes.

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Mayor Byron William Brown II (born September 24, 1958) is a politician who is the current mayor of Buffalo, New York. He has served as Buffalo’s 62nd mayor since January 2006 and is the City’s first African American mayor. He served Western New York as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council. He was the first African-American politician elected to the New York State Senate to represent a district outside New York City and the first member of any minority race to represent a majority-white New York State Senate district.

He rose to elected office after serving in a variety of political roles. He began his political career performing as an aide to local representatives in several legislative bodies (Buffalo Common Council, Erie County Legislature, and New York State Assembly) and became involved in a regional political organization. After several roles as a legislative aide, he was appointed to the Erie County cabinet-level Director of Equal Employment Opportunity post.

After graduating from August Martin High School, he attended Buffalo State College. He played a year as a Junior Varsity basketball guard. While he had considered a potential medical career, he graduated with a dual BA in political science and journalism. He completed a certificate program for senior executives in state and local government at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

While mayor, he has performed at least one wedding ceremony at the church. He is a chapter president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, a past President of the Buffalo State College Alumni Association Board, and at the time of his mayoral inauguration, he sat on the Board of the Boy Scout Council of Western New York and the Community Action Organization of Erie County. He collects tropical fish and maintains an aquarium in his Buffalo Mayor’s office. He is a member of the Erie County Democratic Committee. He was a delegate to the 1992, 2000, and 2004 Democratic National Conventions. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

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A long but good read on antisemitism at universities and what could/should be done on campuses. Really good, especially for those of us in academia. Full article below, but a few highlights I wanted to share:

Many students today have little exposure to ideological diversity on campus, and most agree on most politically fraught topics, such as abortion or transgender rights, said Eitan Hersh, a professor of political science at Tufts University. Since issues in the Middle East are so divisive, even among groups that otherwise tend to align politically, students don’t know how to talk about them. They are “not equipped to know how to deal with that,” Hersh said.

“Students have been entirely left alone to sort this out for themselves with zero institutional support, with zero attempts to organize any kind of rational discussion or conversation about the issue,” [Tyler Austin Harper, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College] said. “It’s not a big surprise that they’re floundering when adults have been too cowardly to do their jobs.”

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator asked [Jared Levy, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Austin] how he could defend Israel. “I sat there in the rain for an hour and a half talking to students about why I supported Israel,” Levy said. He talked about the importance of a Jewish homeland, about his conviction that Hamas was a terrorist organization, and that Israel had made mistakes but had a right to defend itself. Some of the students with the pro- Palestinian group, he said, didn’t understand what Hamas was and had just been told by friends or social media that Israel was committing genocide and was an apartheid state.

“A lot of students have been eager to engage in dialogue and weren’t just here to yell in my face,” Levy said. At the local Hillel, a Jewish campus-life organization with chapters on many campuses, he said they’ve discussed organizing a “neutral- ground dialogue.” But despite Levy’s success in engaging with students one on one, he doesn’t feel the campus is ready for group discussions. “We came to the conclusion that things need to cool down first,” he said.

A Jewish student’s nose is broken in a melee sparked by attempts to burn an Israeli flag. Messages declaring “Glory to our Martyrs” and “Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now” are projected onto the façade of a campus building. Jewish students huddle inside a campus library while protesters shouting “Free Palestine” bang on the glass walls.

With each new headline and video snippet that goes viral, the pressure on colleges to respond forcefully and quickly to incidents of antisemitism is building. So too is the pressure to resist calls from politicians, donors, and alumni to crack down on protesters in ways that stifle protected speech.

College leaders, who’ve been lambasted over the past few months for failing to tackle antisemitism with the same ardor they’ve confronted other forms of prejudice and hate, are having to make quick judgment calls under the harsh glare of the national spotlight and the war between Israel and Hamas.

The questions are complicated, and backlash is certain. What counts as antisemitism? How can campuses help Jewish students feel safe? And perhaps of greatest consequence for colleges, where is the line between protected speech and prohibited harassment, and how should students who cross it be disciplined?

College leaders today “face tremendous pressures from competing groups of students, faculty, alumni, and administrators,” said Ethan Katz, associate professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of California at Berkeley, one of several universities facing lawsuits over alleged antisemitism. “The number and intensity of those pressures is pretty widely underestimated by the public.”

The Chronicle spoke with more than 20 scholars, free-speech experts, faculty members, and students — all of whom echoed a similar message: Battling antisemitism is one of the most pressing challenges facing campus leaders today, and it is also one of the most difficult.

Many colleges have taken a typically academic approach to the situation, forming or expanding task forces on antisemitism, and often, Islamophobia. To protect students who feel threatened, these groups have proposed tightening security, clarifying reporting procedures, and improving mental-health supports. They’re examining speech codes and student-conduct policies to ensure they’re being applied evenly and fairly. The task forces themselves are proving controversial, especially when it comes to who should be appointed to them.

When campus leaders are called on to intervene in a dispute, the terrain can turn treacherous. If they discipline pro-Palestinian protesters over chants many consider antisemitic, they’re accused of trampling free-speech rights. If they defend the right to demonstrate, they’re accused of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. Impartial stances are attacked as weak, sparking debates about whether campus leaders should comment at all.

In Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox has made it clear he doesn’t want the leaders of public colleges speaking out about the Israel-Hamas war, or any other current events. “I do not care what your position is on Israel and Palestine. I don’t,” he said on December 1 after the Utah Board of Higher Education passed a resolution requiring colleges and their leaders to remain neutral on such topics. The board also called on colleges to spell out the protections and limitations of their speech policies.

Punishing protesters has only stoked anger on some campuses. When the president of George Washington University, Ellen M. Granberg, denounced pro-Palestinian messages projected onto the library in late October as antisemitic and the university suspended the group responsible, Students for Justice in Palestine, demonstrators formed a new coalition. Declaring that “the student movement won’t be silenced,” they marched to the president’s home.

Tightening restrictions on when and where students could protest has often resulted in even rowdier clashes. At the entrance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, known as Lobby 7, pro-Palestinian protesters went ahead with a demonstration in November even after the area was left off a list of approved sites that the administration released the night before the planned event. Students clashed, some were suspended, and outrage followed.

In early December, that anger erupted on the national stage, when three university presidents testifying before a House congressional hearing on antisemitism appeared to waffle on a question about whether students should be punished for calling for the genocide of Jewish people. The backlash led to the resignation of one of the presidents, the University of Pennsylvania’s Elizabeth Magill, and was a factor in the resignation of another, Harvard University’s Claudine Gay.

Nationally, colleges have been accused of doing too little, too late. Between October 7 — when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostage — and December 7, the Anti-Defamation League recorded more than 2,000 antisemitic incidents in the United States, compared with 465 during that period in 2022. At the same time, the free-expression group PEN America points out that there’s been a significant uptick in harassment of Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian students since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. Students have reported being called terrorists and having hijabs pulled off. Some politicians, including former President Donald J. Trump, have called for international students to forfeit their visas for participating in pro-Palestinian rallies. Three Palestinian American students were shot and injured — one seriously — on November 25 in Burlington, Vt., during their Thanksgiving break.

Pressure is building on colleges, and it’s coming from both Republicans and Democrats. Republicans have seized on rising antisemitism as evidence that the culture of higher education has dangerously liberal leanings. They’ve accused colleges of more aggressively enforcing speech and harassment codes when Black or Hispanic students accuse people of being racist and looking the other way when hateful, or even violent, speech is hurled at Jewish students.

More than two dozen colleges are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education over complaints of antisemitism or Islamophobia. The vast majority of the investigations began after the October 7 Hamas attacks. The Education Department reminded colleges in November of their legal obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “take immediate and appropriate action to respond to harassment that creates a hostile environment.” That extends to discrimination against people based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including Jewish, Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian students.

Students complaining of antisemitism have sued several universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California system and its Berkeley campus, New York University, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Eyal Yakoby, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania who spoke at a news conference before the House hearing, is one of two students who sued his university, calling it an “incubation lab for virulent anti-Jewish hatred, harassment, and discrimination.” The lawsuit contends that Jewish students have been subjected to antisemitic chants, slurs, and graffiti, including a spray-painted swastika in an academic building.

Yakoby says the university has ignored his complaints, while aggressively disciplining those who harass other minority groups. “When it comes to the protection of Penn’s Jewish students,” the lawsuit states, “the rules do not apply.”

Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union joined a pro-Palestinian group in suing Florida higher-education officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis after the Republican governor ordered public colleges in the state to “deactivate” campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, and Chancellor Ray Rodrigues of the State University System of Florida conveyed that message to system presidents. That order, the plaintiffs said, violated the First Amendment.

Threats are also coming from state politicians, including Democrats. On December 9, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said in a letter that a call for genocide made on a public-college campus would violate state and federal law, as well as codes of conduct. Colleges that failed to discipline students for engaging in such behavior, she wrote, would face “aggressive enforcement action.”

To Jeffrey Melnick, an American-studies professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston whose research interests include Black-Jewish relations, reports of antisemitism have turned into a “moral panic”: They have roots in a real situation but have been heightened out of fear. Colleges need to carefully distinguish, he says, between true instances of antisemitism and those he believes shouldn’t be considered antisemitism, such as chanting “Intifada revolution.”

If phrases like that make Jewish students uncomfortable, colleges need to help them understand their history and what they mean to the Palestinian movement, said Melnick, who is Jewish.

“Our main job as university instructors is ‘teaching the conflicts,’” he said. ���You don’t shy away from them. You say: ‘This is complicated. A lot of people feel really invested in this, and now we need to kind of drill down and figure out what it all means.’”

While antisemitism needs to be confronted, Melnick said, the “panic” is distracting from the continuing violence in Gaza as well as other forms of hate on campuses. When college presidents are called on to condemn antisemitism and “no questions are asked” about how they’re handling Islamophobia, he said, “that silence speaks really loudly to me.”

Kenneth S. Stern, now director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, in 2004 drafted what became known as the “working definition” of antisemitism as a way to help data collectors identify trends in such incidents. Stern identifies antisemitism as “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews.” He goes on to say, “Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

The definition also provides examples of antisemitic acts, including “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination,” “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis,” and “holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.”

Though other definitions of antisemitism exist, Stern’s is one of the most widely accepted, having been adopted by the U.S. Department of State and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. In 2019 then-President Trump required all federal agencies, including the Education Department, to use Stern’s definition when assessing violations to Title VI.

The move drew widespread criticism, especially from Stern, who considered it an attack on free speech. Using the definition in Title VI enforcement has a “chilling effect” on administrators, who may try to over-correct speech violations out of fear of being sued, he told The Chronicle.

Such controversies have surfaced repeatedly in recent months. Chants like “Globalize the Intifada” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” have become staples of pro-Palestinian protests.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, demanded a yes or no answer during the House hearing in December about whether calling for genocide — which she’d earlier equated with such pro-Palestinian chants — would warrant discipline. None of the presidents pointed out that the meanings of those phrases, and whether or not they’re antisemitic, are contested. The impression they left in those deer-in- the-headlights moments, when they all insisted that context was important, was that they wouldn’t immediately condemn actual, explicit calls for the elimination of the Jewish people.

Many Jews and their supporters do see the chants as calling for violence, the destruction of Israel, and the genocide of Jewish people across the world. But to many of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including students, the calls are for the liberation of Palestinians and the return of land they believe belongs to them.

Problems arise when definitions of antisemitism, such as Stern’s, are used as speech codes, said Will Creeley, legal director at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a free-speech advocacy group. Many of the examples listed under Stern’s definition are protected speech under the First Amendment, as are pro-Palestinian chants, even some cases when one calls for “horrific acts, including genocide.” Other acts, especially ones that are true threats or incitements to violence, go beyond the bounds of the First Amendment, Creeley said.

“To impose a blanket ban on certain sentiments or phrases,” he added, “would imperil a great deal of constitutionally protected expression.”

In an initial hearing on antisemitism, in November, House Republicans spent much of the time blasting campus offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion, accusing them of dividing students and fomenting hatred, especially against Jewish students. Some argued that such offices actually encourage anti-Jewish sentiments by dividing groups of people into oppressors and oppressed and failing to see Jews, whom many regard as relatively privileged white people, as among those oppressed. In the second hearing, with the college presidents, Republican representatives repeatedly raised questions about whether Harvard was disciplining students for racist acts but not antisemitic ones.

A recent article on Jewish Insider.com described deep rifts within the current and former leadership of prominent Jewish communal organizations about whether campus diversity offices can be partners in combating antisemitism. Two former longtime heads of the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee argued that those offices and the infrastructure they support only worsen problems for Jews. Leaders of those organizations have recently urged members to work with diversity offices to better incorporate Jewish concerns into the DEI structure.

Meanwhile, lawmakers have taken advantage of the spotlight on antisemitism to intensify attacks on campus diversity offices. U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, introduced a bill in December that would strip federal funding for any university that requires students to write diversity statements, blaming them for the spread of antisemitism on college campuses.

“Make no mistake — the DEI bureaucracy is directly responsible for a toxic campus culture that separates everyone into oppressor vs. oppressed,” he said in a news release announcing the legislation, which also bans diversity statements as a condition of employment.

Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, calls such critiques “an orchestrated attempt to discredit and dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education.” She added that “these attempts by individuals, well-funded organizations, and legislators who have leveled such criticisms and misrepresentations stand in opposition to higher education’s efforts to create more diverse and inclusive campuses and experiences for all students.”

Many diversity offices, Granberry Russell said, provide opportunities for cross- cultural dialogues and encourage students from various racial and cultural groups to collaborate on community-service and other projects.

Georgina Dodge, vice president for diversity and inclusion at the University of Maryland at College Park, said her office is working closely with a task force on antisemitism and Islamophobia created in November at the main campus in College Park.

“Within our department, we have a unit dedicated to supporting any member of our community who has experienced hate or bias, which includes antisemitism,” Dodge wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “This has been a key element of our work for years, and recent events have only underscored the importance of this kind of care on our campuses.”

Granberry Russell agrees. “What is evident today is that there is much more work ahead,” she wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “But to ignore the work, and the evidence-based research that informs the work, of offices specifically designed to respond to the needs of a diverse campus, and to conclude that such offices” contribute to antisemitism is “ill-informed and short-sighted.”

Some, however, question whether diversity offices are equipped to handle the complexities of antisemitism and Islamophobia, especially at a time when their work is under siege from right-wing groups that have succeeded in getting many banned.

“Antisemitism doesn’t fit with what is generally DEI’s focus today — on structural issues of equity and inclusion,” said Berkeley’s Katz, who’s also faculty director for the UC flagship’s Center for Jewish Studies. In 2019, he co-founded the university’s Antisemitism Education Initiative, which has worked closely with campus groups, including the university’s DEI office, to educate people about the roots and different forms of anti-Jewish bias and hatred. That kind of close cooperation with diversity offices, he said, is somewhat of a rarity across higher education, as well as corporations.

“It’s clearly very difficult for DEI professionals to figure out what to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Katz said. “When attacks are coming from white nationalists shouting ‘Jews will not replace us,’” in Charlottesville, Va., “it’s much easier to wrap your head around it and get on board.” But when the hostile language is coming from the left, and the terminology is disputed, the connections to hatred and exclusion might be harder for diversity officers to grasp without additional training and education, Katz said.

Many students today have little exposure to ideological diversity on campus, and most agree on most politically fraught topics, such as abortion or transgender rights, said Eitan Hersh, a professor of political science at Tufts University. Since issues in the Middle East are so divisive, even among groups that otherwise tend to align politically, students don’t know how to talk about them. They are “not equipped to know how to deal with that,” Hersh said.

Colleges have failed to help students navigate “one of the most complicated geopolitical issues in the 21st century,” said Tyler Austin Harper, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College who frequently writes about issues involving politics, culture, and race.

Part of an administrator’s job is encouraging open debate about complicated topics, he said. Rather than censoring student speech, colleges should be encouraging faculty members to model how to have conversations with people who disagree with them.

“Students have been entirely left alone to sort this out for themselves with zero institutional support, with zero attempts to organize any kind of rational discussion or conversation about the issue,” Harper said. “It’s not a big surprise that they’re floundering when adults have been too cowardly to do their jobs.”

That’s assuming that students are ready to have those conversations. “A lot of campuses are struggling with what to do now,” said Todd Green, director of campus partnerships at Interfaith America, which works to promote greater understanding among people of different religious backgrounds. “Do you try to bring students together now, or wait?”

In a different time, his group might have suggested bringing people from different faiths together in a room to try to find some common ground. To many, though, the issues at a time of daily bloodshed are too fraught, the emotions too raw. People from opposite sides may be shouting at each other, but there’s little talking, Green said.

Interfaith America, he added, “isn’t traditionally a crisis-response group. But we’re in the midst of a crisis that, in my years of higher education, is the most tense it’s ever been on campuses — even compared with post 9/11. In this moment, it’s very difficult to bring students together to try to build relationships.”

Some students, like Jared Levy, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, are doing their best to connect. Levy went to a Jewish boarding school in New York City, where his parents are both rabbis. In November, hundreds of UT students walked out of class to join in a large pro-Palestinian demonstration. Levy, with an Israeli flag pinned on his backpack, noticed a small group of Jewish students standing quietly off to the side. “People are being very cautious. You don’t want to be the next student to get punched in the face,” Levy said, referring to an incident at Tulane University where a Jewish student was smacked with a megaphone during a tussle over an Israeli flag.

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator asked him how he could defend Israel. “I sat there in the rain for an hour and a half talking to students about why I supported Israel,” Levy said. He talked about the importance of a Jewish homeland, about his conviction that Hamas was a terrorist organization, and that Israel had made mistakes but had a right to defend itself. Some of the students with the pro- Palestinian group, he said, didn’t understand what Hamas was and had just been told by friends or social media that Israel was committing genocide and was an apartheid state.

“A lot of students have been eager to engage in dialogue and weren’t just here to yell in my face,” Levy said. At the local Hillel, a Jewish campus-life organization with chapters on many campuses, he said they’ve discussed organizing a “neutral- ground dialogue.” But despite Levy’s success in engaging with students one on one, he doesn’t feel the campus is ready for group discussions. “We came to the conclusion that things need to cool down first,” he said.

Other students, like Katie Halushka, a Jewish senior at George Washington University, also wouldn’t be comfortable participating in an open forum or other type of civil discourse. While she hasn’t felt threatened much on campus, even after Students for Justice in Palestine projected messages on a campus building, she’s still tried to avoid talking about the war out of fear that it could permanently sever some of her relationships.

“It’s been sort of a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situation,” Halushka said. “If you say anything, someone will be upset with you.”

A popular move among college administrators has been to establish advisory groups to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia. They are typically made up of faculty members, experts, and sometimes students.

Most of the groups, often called task forces, lack the authority to make changes or respond directly to incident reports, but they meet multiple times a week to evaluate campus policies and climate.

Following its creation in early November, Columbia University’s 15-person Task Force on Antisemitism first met in full in mid-December. Columbia has been one of the most tumultuous campuses in recent months, with several tense rallies, dueling faculty statements, and clashes between students. It’s one of the colleges under investigation by the Department of Education for incidents of alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia. The university also banned two pro-Palestinian groups — Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace — saying the groups held “unauthorized” events that included “threatening rhetoric and intimidation.” The following week, 400 students and 200 faculty members protested the suspensions.

One of the group’s main goals is to evaluate the university’s policies on free speech and demonstrations, said Nicholas Lemann, a co-chair of the task force. When Columbia suspended the student groups, many on campus were unclear whether it was on the grounds of an existing campus policy or if the administration had created a new one. Once the group understands the specifics of the policies, Lemann said, they’ll recommend how to revise them.

He also hopes the group can study the root cause of discomfort among Jewish students, evaluate where antisemitism is present in classrooms, and include lessons on antisemitism in orientation programs for incoming freshmen.

“This is not an easy moment at our campus and many other campuses,” Lemann said. “But I do think that our charge from the president and the way we have been working so far makes me optimistic that we can produce something useful.”

Some task forces have had a rockier start, though. Ari Kelman recently resigned as co-chair of a Stanford University subcommittee on antisemitism, bias, and communication, after some controversy about his writings on the difficulties of defining antisemitism.

David Wolpe, a rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, arrived at Harvard University’s Divinity School as a visiting scholar planning to do research and teach a class on Jewish spirituality. But since October 7, combating antisemitism has become his “full-time job.”

Amid a whirlwind of complaints over her response to the war and a highly publicized statement from a coalition of student groups solely blaming Israel for “all unfolding violence,” Gay, who was then Harvard’s president, called Wolpe asking for help. She was “clearly shaken,” Wolpe said, and he agreed to join a new advisory panel to help her respond to antisemitism on campus.

Wolpe’s inbox has since been filled with reports of antisemitism at Harvard, and he’s spent much of his time talking with administrators, donors, and alumni about the problem. But following Gay’s testimony during the House hearing this month, Wolpe met a breaking point. In a now-viral X thread, he announced his resignation from the panel.

While Wolpe anticipated that the university would make changes to campus, he said it wasn’t moving fast enough to discipline students, define antisemitism, enforce current regulations, or begin “serious education about Judaism and antisemitism.” Gay’s testimony was the final straw. “I saw what was going on as a five-alarm fire,” Wolpe said. “The way it was being treated was a sort of slow- burning flame.”

The focus, he said, should be on creating civil discourse and communication. Many campuses have become “screaming echo-chambers” where students find it impossible to have a conversation with someone whose view is different from their own, he said.

“If you can’t model civil discourse at Harvard University, where do you expect it?” Wolpe said.

There’s no sign that the political, cultural, and legal pressures on colleges over their handling of antisemitism will let up anytime soon. In addition to investigating the responses to antisemitism at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has set up an email address to report antisemitism on college campuses.

Wealthy donors will continue to flex their muscle, and faculty groups will continue to push back. The president of the American Association of University Professors, Irene Mulvey, issued a statement on December 12 saying that universities are obliged to protect both student safety and free expression. “We must not allow partisan actors to exploit this moment to demand further control over university curriculum and policy in order to shape American higher education to a political agenda,” she wrote.

Student protests continued to reverberate as the semester came to a close. Many of the demonstrators’ tactics have become increasingly disruptive — sit-ins, occupying buildings past normal hours of operation, and directly targeting campus programs and partnerships with Israel.

Colleges have ramped up their consequences as well. On December 11, 41 Brown University students were arrested after holding a pro-Palestinian sit-in at a university building and refusing to leave before 6 p.m. The next day, Rutgers University suspended a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine on its New Brunswick campus for “disrupting classes, a program, meals, and students studying” and “allegations of vandalism,” according to a letter an administrator sent the organization. The student group accused the university of applying a “racist double standard” and attempting to silence Palestinian voices. Rutgers is the first public college to suspend the group.

As war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, those who are pleading for a free exchange on campus of even sharply divergent opinions worry it may never come. Melnick, the professor from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, said that despite his “annoyingly optimistic” nature, he’s never seen the campus climate as grim as it has been over the past few months. And, with no easy solutions, some fear the turmoil could deepen in the new year.

An incident at Syracuse University in December underscored just how fraught things have become. Even a seemingly innocuous event — in this case an advertised study session before finals — can become a flashpoint. Students were gathered in the student center on December 14, three days after the university’s chancellor had released a statement saying that calling for the genocide of any group of people would violate the university’s conduct code. One student had taped a flier to her laptop that read “globalize the Intifada.” Some students complained they felt threatened. A campus administrator asked the student to remove it and she refused, a video posted on Instagram showed. The administrator told her the word called for genocide, and constituted harassment. She told him the word meant uprising and did not call for genocide.

A campus spokeswoman said other students had similar fliers that they were told to put away in their notebooks or book bags and that when they didn’t, they were told such refusal violated the student-conduct code. It’ll be up to the university’s Community Standards office to determine what, if any, punishment they’ll face.

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Portrait of violinist Kemper Harreld, on right, posing with a group of unidentified men and women on building steps. Embossed on front: "A.P. Bedou, New Orleans." Label on back: "Kemper Harreld. Two programs bearing the name of Kemper Harreld in two of his roles -- as a concert violinist and as a discover and presenter of Black artists. For forty-five years was head of the music department at Morehouse College in Atlanta and through its alumni, and the alumni of associated Spellman college, his musical influence spread through the nation. After his retirement Mr. Harreld was a vigorous participant in the musical life of Detroit where his daughter Josephine Harreld Love, a pianist and director of Your Heritage House, resides. Kemper Harreld was a protégé of Mme. Hackley and active in the founding of the National Association of Negro Musicians." Handwritten on back: "Harreld, Kemper. Lower right hand side, glasses."

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

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The Four Seasons Academy

Undersociation Masterpost here

The Academy has two main goals: to adequately prepare and educate students for the future; and to adequately prepare future Association employees.

The Academy is basically a prerequisite to working at the Association. It’s not a requirement, but it would greatly benefit the potential employees’ chances.

Students of high school age are in attendance.

However, it has a separate department with adults. This department is also where any employees of the Association receive training. As such, the Disciplinary Department of the Association operates here regularly.

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Dorms

The four dorms of the Academy are named after the four seasons.

There are eight dorms in total: two of each season, one for the high schoolers and one for the college age students.

Each dorm has a warden and vice head.

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Magic

Depending on the dorm a student is in, they are all taught to wield some form of elemental magic.

Winter: ice and temperature manipulation

Most students use this temperature manipulation to make the area colder, but they are also capable of making the area warmer, although students seem to struggle with that.

Spring: earth and generally things to do with nature

Summer: fire and water, more proficient students are able to manipulate the temperature as well

Autumn: wind and some other wild cards

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More info

Students are still able to use any magic they knew prior to joining a dorm, as well as learn any new magic other than their respective dorm elements.

The students are all given basic combat training so that they can handle the types of entities that the Association contains.

Students can get more training if they so wish, or if their desired division requires it.

Seniors (4th years) are able to choose between on-field internships or continuing their studies at the Academy for their last year of school.

There are few occasions where a graduate of the Academy does not wish to work at the Association. These alumni are allowed to live normal lives, under the condition that they do not leak any secrets about the Association. If this is violated, they are silenced.

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By: John Sailer

Published: Sep 9, 2023

What happens in California usually doesn’t stay in California — and that’s bad news for higher education. 

In his latest piece for the New York Times, Michael Powell catalogs just how extensively the Golden State’s universities have embraced mandatory diversity statements when hiring faculty. From junior college to prestigious research university, scientists and scholars throughout the state must demonstrate their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to remain in good standing.

By now, this should come as no surprise, but it is striking to see some of the most egregious ways the policy plays out. In 2016, the piece notes, at least five University of California (UC) campuses decided to initially screen faculty job applicants based only on diversity statements. For one large hiring initiative at UC Berkeley — the Life Sciences Initiative — the faculty search committee eliminated three-fourths of the applicant pool on the basis of diversity statements alone. Berkeley’s rubric for assessing diversity statements, moreover, dictates a low score for candidates who speak positively about diversity but in vague terms. Even more remarkably, it gives a low score to candidates who say they prefer to “treat everyone the same.” 

All of this is especially notable because of what California represents to American public higher education. Out of any state, California best embodies the American vision of universal higher education — its promises and perils.

In 1960, UC System President Clark Kerr spearheaded the “California Master Plan for Higher Education,” an attempt to modernise the state’s system of higher education. The Master Plan institutionalised a rigidly tiered system for California’s colleges and universities, reserving the UC system for the top 12.5% of the state’s graduating high school students, the California State system for the top 33.3%, and the California Community Colleges system for everyone else.

The plan captured the country’s strong faith in higher education, its aspiration to send virtually every young person to college. Kerr once jokingly quipped that the mission of the university is “to provide sex for the students, sports for the alumni, and parking for the faculty” — an amusing, and functionally accurate, description. 

No doubt, California set the example. Today, it remains a powerhouse; according to the U.S. News and World Report rankings, the UC system includes six out of the top 10 American public universities.

California still sets the tone for American higher education. And for that reason, we might add one more item to Kerr’s tongue-in-cheek summary of the university’s mission: “DEI initiatives for the administrators.” The trend Powell describes — whereby enthusiasm for DEI, whatever that might mean in practice, has become a virtual job requirement for scientists and scholars —has trickled down. 

Berkeley’s Life Sciences Initiative, for example, was designed to test whether universities could use a method known as “cluster hiring” to advance the goal of diversity. Basically, the approach involves hiring multiple faculty at once with a heavy emphasis on DEI. In a forthcoming National Association of Scholars report, I describe how DEI-focused cluster hiring has boomed since Berkeley undertook its Life Sciences Initiative.

In 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center carried out a cluster hire — hiring researchers in cancer, infectious disease, and basic biology — which heavily weighed DEI contributions. In 2021, Vanderbilt University’s Department of Psychology undertook a cluster hire; it eliminated approximately 85% of its candidates based solely on diversity statements. And the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allocated $241 million in grant money for cluster hires at universities around the country — with the condition that every search committee must require and heavily weigh diversity statements.

Berkeley’s rubric — the one that gives a low score to anyone who espouses race-neutrality — is likewise ubiquitous. Two of the universities receiving NIH money for cluster hires are the University of New Mexico and the University of South Carolina. Through a public records request, I acquired both universities’ rubric for assessing diversity statements, which was published earlier this year. Both universities use the Berkeley rubric verbatim.

As a consequence of these measures, trust in higher education will likely continue to fall, owing in part to a sense that some views are simply not tolerated. But DEI litmus tests do not merely diminish the public’s trust in higher education. They degrade higher education itself. Clark Kerr knew that the mission of the university isn’t sex, sports, or parking. It isn’t social justice, either. It’s the pursuit of truth, which, following California’s example, all too many universities seem to forget.

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There are still some people who say stupid things like, "how can you be against equality and diversity?" Except, we all know at this point that these are ideologically-charged words. The rubrics themselves tell you that liberal principles of equality are unacceptable; rather, contested and ideological notions about the world. This makes "DIE statements" ideological loyalty oaths.

It would be like saying something stupid like, "what, are you not against people being bad and doing bad things?" when people object to making commitments and oaths against "sin."

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The myth of work-life balance and finding your peace

The myth of work-life balance and finding your peace https://ift.tt/fNKpB5e Blogger Amrita Patel, D.D.S. (left), is a general dentist in private practice in Westchester County, New York, and an adjunct faculty member in the dental hygiene program at the University of South Dakota. She graduated from the New York University College of Dentistry in 2011 and completed a general practice residency immediately afterwards. From 2018-20, she chaired the New Dentist Committee of the New York State Dental Association. She was the recipient of a 2021 American Dental Association 10 Under 10 Award, which recognizes 10 new dentists from around the country for excelling in their work and inspiring others, as well as a Denobi award in 2022. She serves as the social media manager for ICD-Global, on the board of the NYU Dentistry Alumni Association, as the leadership columnist for the Academy of General Dentistry Impact magazine, and on the editorial board of Dental Economics. During my journey in dentistry, one of the phrases I’ve heard ad nauseum refers to work-life balance — this mystical and mythical concept of being able to juggle it all. Much is asked of us in this profession. We are expected to be business owners, practice leaders, team players, role models … and that’s before you add in the personal life component and all that goes along with it. It can seem overwhelming — and it is. I have accidentally overcommitted myself to meetings and Zooms and speaking engagements where I’ve realized almost too late that I had to be in multiple places at the same time. Aside from the stress of unwinding my schedule, the feeling of guilt over not being able to split up myself, and my time, started to really wear on me. I got to the point where it became apparent that I had been running my life this way (and running on fumes) for the better part of a decade, often to the detriment of my own sanity, health and stability. It was time to make a change. That change was hard; it took time and a hefty dose of introspection. What was I really looking for? What was my purpose? Were my actions helping me to fulfill my goals and hopes and dreams? This reorganization of priorities led to a serious reduction of stress, headache and heartache and an increase in my overall mental and physical well-being. Realizing that I didn’t have to do everything for everyone all the time and learning to lead my team better at work were the two biggest wins for me. But I get it. We’ve all been stuck behind a computer screen for the better part of the last 36 months, watching social media, analyzing what everyone else around us is doing and sometimes unfairly judging ourselves based on what we see. If you were to look at my Facebook and Instagram pages, a life that seemed glossy and happy was actually one that was bringing me no peace. The travel, the awards, the fun, even the private moments I didn’t share with the world, none of these made me happy anymore. Striving towards homeostasis was only depleting my emotional reserves as fast as I could build them up. Part of the introspection I forced myself through taught me that there is sometimes peace to be found in chaos when you realize that it’s not forever. Dentistry can be incredibly isolating, but with a village around you (friends, family, hobbies, pets, therapy — whatever), we have the capacity to be incredible providers, caregivers, leaders and contributors to society. Make sure to stay authentic to your own self on your journey and find your peace. via New Dentist Blog https://ift.tt/Q6W2LfM May 09, 2023 at 05:19PM

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I wrote about Ted Mercer back in 2012 -- eleven years ago.

He was the 1951 Vintage dedicatee. Over the years that's always a tell. If they dedicate a Vintage to you, you'll be on the way out. It's a love bomb. Watch for them to dedicate the 2023 Vintage to Steve Pettit.

The first time I heard about Mercer was ~1993 when I was listening to my first graduate audition in the Division of Speech. A young man from Bryan College was applying for a graduate assistantship. And one of the senior, hoary-headed members of our faculty said to us all (something like), “Are we sure we should let him in? He is, after all, from Bryan.” Her words were pregnant with a mysterious and sinister meaning.

That was Dottie Harris.

Now I was the youngest faculty member in this group. And . . . I’m a little bit clueless as I’ve said before. So, in typical fashion, I just asked earnestly, “What do you mean? What’s wrong with Bryan?” Another less-junior-than-I colleague -- it was Lonnie Polson -- nodded and agreed, “Yeah, I’d like to know too! I have no idea.” And the senior member just sighed and shook her head, disappointed with these children these days about how they know nothing of the past. . . . I think. I don’t know why she was sighing. But I never heard the details that day.

Mercer graduated from BJU in 1943 -- president of the Senior Class. Immediately BJC made him the Dean of Men, and soon after he was the "Assistant to the President" through 1953.

But then it all fell apart. Something happened to piss off Bob Sr. so badly that he raged at Mercer -- raged so loudly that it's still in Dan Turner's official history. To explain his side, Mercer sent this “Statement Concerning my Dismissal from Bob Jones University” to BJU Board of Trustees after his firing on June 15, 1953.

If you’ve ever found yourself on the other side of a BJU administrator’s desk feeling the ax hovering above your neck, the statement reads eerily prophetic.

The litany of accusations against him are mostly familiar. We’ve all been called the same whether in front of or behind our backs — “avowed enemy of the school,” unfaithful, inefficient, deceitful, “one of the greatest crooks in the history of the school,” demon-possessed, “the devil.” Mercer euphemizes the most intense accusation of homosexuality under the term “my moral character” — an accusation that still lingers.

You’ll want to look at the list of BJU Board Members near the end. It’s at the very least intriguing. There’s Homer Rodeheaver and Jack Wyrtzen. There’s Mordecai Ham and Ernest Reveal. And you see some familiar fathers there. Look. There’s Ted Mercer’s dad, Jim. And John MacArthur, Sr. (father of the John MacArthur, Jr.). and William Piper (father of John Piper).

BJU apparently was undergoing an enormous faculty turnover in the 1952-53 school year — a movement that would only continue into the years to come. Mercer includes one letter of resignation in the end of his pamphlet from Karl E. Keefer. We who have been associated with BJU since 1952 don’t know Dr. Keefer. We do know his replacement very well — a 24-year-old Dwight Gustafson.

Then there's an additional statement to the Alumni. Read it. Notice Mercer’s description of faculty salaries and treatment, the Joneses’ attitude toward accreditation, their capricious and egocentric rule, their tendency for hyperbole, and their habit of playing good-cop-bad-cop with the younger Jones vs. the elder Jones.

Just change the dates and the people or the suffix on the end of the administrator’s name.

Nothing has changed at BJU.

If you're surprised at the John Lewis & Bob Jones III behavior, you haven't been paying attention. This is really old news.

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MIT in the media: 2024 in review

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MIT in the media: 2024 in review

From a new Institute-wide effort aimed at addressing climate change to a collaborative that brings together MIT researchers and local hospitals to advance health and medicine, a Nobel prize win for two economists examining economic disparities and a roller-skating rink that brought some free fun to Kendall Square this summer, MIT faculty, researchers, students, alumni, and staff brought their trademark inventiveness and curiosity-driven spirit to the news. Below please enjoy a sampling of some of the uplifting news moments MIT affiliates enjoyed over the past year.

Kornbluth cheers for MIT to tackle climate change Boston Globe reporter Jon Chesto spotlights how MIT President Sally Kornbluth is “determined to harness MIT’s considerable brainpower to tackle” climate change. Full story via The Boston Globe

MIT’s “high-impact” initiative  The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative is a new effort designed to “spur high-impact discoveries and health solutions through interdisciplinary projects across engineering, science, AI, economics, business, policy, design, and the humanities.”  Full story via Boston Business Journal

A fireside chat with President Sally Kornbluth President Sally Kornbluth speaks with undergraduate student Emiko Pope about her personal interests, passions, and life at MIT. Sally “is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to society’s problems,” writes Pope. “She loves that you can get a daily fix of science because you are surrounded by such amazing people and endeavors.” Full story via MIT Admissions 

Nobel economics prize goes to three economists who found that freer societies are more likely to prosper Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu and Professor Simon Johnson have been honored with the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in memory of Alfred Nobel for their work demonstrating “the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity.” Full story via Associated Press

MIT to cover full tuition for undergrads from households making below $200,000 “We really want to send a message that coming to school at MIT is affordable and that cost should not stand in the way of a student applying,” says Stuart Schmill, dean of admissions and student financial services. Full story via WBUR

MIT adds another architectural standout to its collection The new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is described as “the most exciting work of academic architecture in Greater Boston in a generation.”  Full story via The Boston Globe

Free roller skating rink open all summer long in Cambridge  WBZ NewsRadio’s Emma Friedman visits Rollerama, a free, outdoor pop-up roller skating rink that was “all about bringing the community together and having fun in the space.” Full story via WBZ News Radio

Three actions extraordinary people take to achieve what seems impossible, from the co-founder of Moderna “I’m utterly unreasonable and an eternal optimist,” said Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 during his commencement address at MIT, adding that to tackle improbable challenges having “a special kind of optimism” can help. Full story via NBC Boston 

Applying AI

How AI could transform medical research treatment Professor Regina Barzilay discusses how artificial intelligence could enable health care providers to understand and treat diseases in new ways.  Full story via Babbage, a podcast from The Economist

What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex “alphabet” Using machine learning, MIT researchers have discovered that sperm whales use “a bigger lexicon of sound patterns” that indicates a far more complex communication style than previously thought. Full story via NPR

“SuperLimbs” could help astronauts recover from falls Researchers at MIT have developed a “set of wearable robotic limbs to help astronauts recover from falls.” Full story via CNN

Tiny batteries for tiny robots that could deliver drugs inside our bodies Professor Michael Strano delves into his team’s work developing tiny batteries that could be used to power cell-sized robots. Full story via Somewhere on Earth

Origami and computers? Yes, origami and computers. “We get stuck on a science problem and that inspires a new sculpture, or we get stuck trying to build a sculpture and that leads to new science,” says Professor Erik Demaine of his work combining the art of origami with computer science. Full story via The Boston Globe

Creating climate impact

This map shows where the shift to clean energy will most affect jobs MIT researchers have developed a new map detailing how the shift to clean energy could impact jobs around the country. Full story via Fast Company

Climate change in New England may scorch summer fun, study finds  Inspired by his daily walks, Professor Elfatih Eltahir and his colleagues have developed a new way to measure how climate change is likely to impact the number of days when it is comfortable to be outdoors.  Full story via WBUR

Solving problems with Susan Solomon Professor Susan Solomon speaks about her latest book “Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do it Again.” Full story via The New York Times

MIT ice flow study takes “big” step towards understanding sea level rise, scientists say MIT scientists have developed a new model to analyze movements across the Antarctic Ice Sheet, “a critical step in understanding the potential speed and severity of sea level rise.” Full story via Boston Globe

Meet the MIT professor with eight climate startups and $2.5 billion in funding Professor Yet-Ming Chiang has used his materials science research to “build an array of companies in areas like batteries, green cement and critical minerals that could really help mitigate the climate crisis.”  Full story via Forbes

Hacking health

A bionic leg controlled by the brain New Yorker reporter Rivka Galchen visits the lab of Professor Hugh Herr to learn more about his work aimed at the “merging of body and machine.” Full story via The New Yorker

From inflatable balloons to vibrating pills, scientists are getting creative with weight loss Professor Giovanni Traverso speaks about his work developing weight loss treatments that don’t involve surgery or pharmaceuticals. Full story via GBH

MIT scientists want to create a “Lyme Block” with proteins found in your sweat MIT researchers have discovered a protein found in human sweat that holds antimicrobial properties and can “inhibit the growth of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.” Full story via NECN

Wearable breast cancer monitor could help women screen themselves Professor Canan Dagdeviren delves into her work developing wearable ultrasound devices that could help screen for early-stage breast cancer, monitor kidney health, and detect other cancers deep within the body. Full story via CNN

The surprising cause of fasting’s regenerative powers A study by MIT researchers explores the potential health benefits and consequences of fasting. Full story via Nature

Spooky and surprising space

Planet as light as cotton candy surprises astronomers Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have discovered an exoplanet that “is 50% larger than Jupiter and as fluffy as cotton candy.” Full story via The Wall Street Journal

Two black holes are giving the cosmos a fright Researchers at MIT have discovered a “black-hole triple, the first known instance of a three-body system that includes a black hole, which is not supposed to be part of the mix.” Full story via New York Times

Astronomers use wobbly star stuff to measure a supermassive black hole’s spin MIT astronomers have found a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins, observing the aftermath of a black hole tidal disruption event with a telescope aboard the International Space Station. Full story via Popular Science

Are some of the oldest stars in the universe right under our noses? Researchers at MIT have discovered “three of the oldest stars in the universe lurking right outside the Milky Way.” Full story via Mashable

Waves of methane are crashing on the coasts of Saturn’s bizarre moon Titan New research by MIT geologists finds waves of methane on Titan likely eroded and shaped the moon’s coastlines. Full story via Gizmodo

Mastering materials

A vibrating curtain of silk can stifle noise pollution Researchers at MIT have created a noise-blocking sheet of silkworm silk that could “greatly streamline the pursuit of silence.” Full story via Scientific American

This is how drinking a nice cold beer can help remove lead from drinking water Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a new technique that removes lead from water using repurposed beer yeast.  Full story via Boston 25 News

Some metals actually grow more resilient when hot A new study by MIT engineers finds that heating metals can sometimes make them stronger, a “surprising phenomenon [that] could lead to a better understanding of important industrial processes and make for tougher aircraft.” Full story via New Scientist

The human experience

The economist who figured out what makes workers tick Wall Street Journal reporter Justin Lahart spotlights the work of Professor David Autor, an economist whose “thinking helped change our understanding of the American labor market.” Full story via The Wall Street Journal

If a bot relationship feels real, should we care that it’s not? Professor Sherry Turkle discusses her research on human relationships with AI chatbots. Full story via NPR

AI should be a tool, not a curse, for the future of work The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative is a new effort aimed at analyzing the forces that are eroding job quality for non-college workers and identifying ways to move the economy onto a more equitable trajectory. Full story via The New York Times

Phenomenal physics

Physicists captured images of heat’s “second sound.” What? MIT scientists have captured images of heat moving through a superfluid, a phenomenon that “may explain how heat moves through certain rare materials on Earth and deep in space.”  Full story via Gizmodo

Think you understand evaporation? Think again, says MIT Researchers at MIT have discovered that “light in the visible spectrum is enough to knock water molecules loose at the surface where it meets air and send them floating away.” Full story via New Atlas 

Scientists shrunk the gap between atoms to an astounding 50 nanometers MIT physicists have “successfully placed two dysprosium atoms only 50 nanometers apart — 10 times closer than previous studies — using ‘optical tweezers.’”  Full story via Popular Mechanics

Making art and music

Composing for 37 Years at MIT A celebration in Killian Hall featured recent works composed by Professor Peter Child and honored the musician as he prepares to retire after 37 years of teaching and composing at MIT. Full story via The Boston Musical Intelligencer

MIT puts finishing touches on new music hub The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building will serve as a “hub for music instruction and performance” for MIT’s 30 on-campus ensembles and more than 1,500 students enrolled in music classes each academic year. Full story via The Boston Globe

MIT art lending program puts contemporary works in dorm rooms The MIT Student Lending Art Program allows undergraduate and graduate students to bring home original works of art from the List Visual Arts Center for the academic year. Full story via WBUR

Michael John Gorman named new director of MIT Museum Michael John Gorman, “a museum professional who has created and run several organizations devoted to science and the arts,” has been named the next director of the MIT Museum. Full story via The Boston Globe

Engineering impact

A Greek-Indian friendship driven by innovation Dean Anantha Chandrakasan, MIT’s Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, and Pavlos-Petros Sotiriadis PhD ’02 discuss MIT’s unique approach to entrepreneurship, the future of AI, and the importance of mentorship. Full story via Kathimerini

Metabolizing new synthetic pathways “The potential to educate, encourage, and support the next generation of scientists and engineers in an educational setting gives me a chance to amplify my impact far beyond what I could ever personally do as an individual,” says Professor Kristala Prather, head of MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering. Full story via Nature

MIT’s biggest contributions of the past 25 years? They aren’t what you think. Boston Globe columnist Scott Kirsner spotlights Professor Mitchel Resnick, Professor Neil Gershenfeld, and the late Professor Emeritus Woodie Flowers and their work developing programs that “get kids excited about, and more proficient in, STEM.” Full story via The Boston Globe 

Barrier breaker shapes aerospace engineering’s future Professor Wesley Harris has “not only advanced the field of aerospace engineering but has also paved the way for future generations to soar.” Full story via IEEE Spectrum

Amos Winter: MIT professor, racecar driver, and super tifosi Lecturer Amy Carleton profiles Professor Amos Winter PhD ’11, a mechanical engineer driven by his Formula 1 passion to find “elegant engineering solutions to perennial problems.” Full story via Esses Magazine

New documentary features African students at MIT and their journey far from home Arthur Musah ’04, MEng ’05 and Philip Abel ’15 discuss Musah’s documentary, “Brief Tender Light,” which follows the life of four African-born students on their personal and academic experiences at MIT. Full story via GBH

Putting pen to paper

Strong universities make for a strong United States President Emeritus L. Rafael Reif cautions against treating universities “like the enemy,” pointing out that “without strong research universities and the scientific and technological advances they discover and invent, the United States could not possibly keep up with China.” Full story via The Boston Globe

To compete with China on AI, we need a lot more power Professor Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL, makes the case that the United States should not only be building more efficient AI software and better computer chips, but also creating “interstate-type corridors to transmit sufficient, reliable power to our data centers.” Full story via The Washington Post

“Digital twins” give Olympic swimmers a boost “Today the advent of sensor technology has turned this idea into a reality in which mathematics and physics produce useful information so that coaches can ‘precision-train’ 2024 Olympic hopefuls,” writes master’s student Jerry Lu. “The results have been enormously successful.” Full story via Scientific American

The miracle weight-loss drug is also a major budgetary threat Professor Jonathan Gruber, MIT Innovation Fellow Brian Deese and Stanford doctoral student Ryan Cummings explore the health benefits of new weight-loss drugs and the risk they pose to American taxpayers. Full story via The New York Times

What if we never find dark matter? “Although we can’t say exactly when or even whether we’ll find dark matter, we know that the universe is filled with it,” writes Professor Tracy Slatyer. “We’re optimistic that the next years of our quest will lead us to a deeper understanding of what it is.” Full story via Scientific American

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Welcome Back, Arianne Reyes--Yani graduated from the UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (Political Science), the UP College of Law (JD), the New York University (LLM) and the Hertie School, Berlin (Master of Public Policy), where she focused on international law, digital governance, corruption and health inequality, with a thesis on Dissecting the "disinfodemic": Regulation of fake news in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. She worked as Lead for Policy and Interagency for CHED and USAID STRIDE and as a Consultant for the Asian Development Bank and the Department of Transportation and Communication. She served as the Research Editor of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, as a consultant at the Senate of the Philippines, and as an attorney with the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

She likewise worked for several years in a law firm where she gained experience in litigation and corporate practice.

Supreme Court Justice and the 1st Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) President J.B.L. Reyes is her paternal grandfather. Besilda Mueler Ocampo-Buencamino is her maternal aunt, the first Filipina Miss Universe semifinalist (1954).

Currently, Yani is based in Berlin where she is chapter president of the UPAA - University of the Philippines Alumni Association in Germany 🌻🌻🌻

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Chiel Petty Officer George W. Gibbs, Jr. (November 16, 1916 - November 7, 2000) was the first person of African descent to set foot on Antarctica. He was a civil rights leader and WWII Navy gunner. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He moved to Brooklyn, where he enrolled in Brooklyn Technical School and received his GED. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

He served on Admiral Richard Byrd’s third expedition to the South Pole (1939-41). He was among the 40 chosen in this history-making expedition, sailing on the USS Bear. He was a member of the crew that supported the ice party. He was the first person off the ship to set foot on Antarctica on January 14, 1941.

During WWII, he served as a naval gunner in the South Pacific. He remained in the Navy after the war and served for 24 years before retiring in 1959 with the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He returned to college and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Education.

He married Joyce Powell (1953). They moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he worked for IBM. He was a corporate housing administrator and international assignment representative. He managed his employment agency until his final retirement in 1999.

He helped organize the Rochester Chapter of the NAACP and worked for civil rights both locally and nationally. He served as president of the Rochester Kiwanis and the Rochester chapter of the Minnesota Alumni Association. He was presented with the George Gibbs Humanitarianism Award by the Rochester branch of the NAACP.

He applied for membership in the Rochester Elks Club. He made national news when the Club denied him entry. He was the first African American to apply to the local club and helped break the color barrier at service clubs in Rochester.

George Gibbs Elementary School opened in Rochester, named in his honor. Rochester’s West Soldiers Field Drive was renamed in his honor. Gibbs Point in Antarctica was named after him on September 2, 2009. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Top Medical Billing and Coding Schools in Louisiana: Your Path to a Rewarding Healthcare Career

Top Medical Billing​ and Coding Schools‌ in Louisiana: Your Path to a rewarding Healthcare Career

Are you passionate about healthcare and looking for a lucrative career path? Medical billing and coding ⁤may be the perfect fit for you! As the healthcare industry continues to⁣ grow, so does the demand for skilled professionals in medical billing and coding. In Louisiana, a variety of schools offer programs designed⁢ to equip you with the ⁤knowledge and skills needed to thrive in this field. In this article, we will explore the top medical billing and coding schools in Louisiana, provide practical tips, and discuss⁤ the benefits of ⁤pursuing this rewarding career.

Why Choose a Career in Medical Billing and Coding?

Before diving into the list of schools, let’s take a closer look at why a⁣ career in medical billing and coding is a great choice:

Growing Job Market: ‌The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects continuous growth in the healthcare sector, resulting in numerous job opportunities.

Good Salary​ Potential: ⁤Medical⁣ coding specialists earn a competitive ⁢salary, often exceeding $50,000 annually.

Flexibility: Many positions in this field offer remote work opportunities, allowing for a better work-life balance.

Essential Role: Medical billing and‌ coding professionals are crucial in ensuring healthcare providers are reimbursed for ‌their services.

Top Medical⁢ Billing and Coding Schools in Louisiana

here are some of the leading schools that offer medical​ billing and coding programs ‌in Louisiana:

School Name

Location

Program Offered

Duration

Accreditation

Louisiana State ⁢University

Baton Rouge

Certificate in Medical Coding

6 months

CAHIIM

Nunez Community College

Chalmette

Medical Coding Technical Diploma

1 year

ACCSC

Central Louisiana‍ Technical Community College

Alexandria

Medical Billing ⁤and Coding ​Program

1 year

ACCSC

Cox College

Monroe

Associate degree in Health Information Management

2 years

CAHIIM

South Louisiana Community College

New iberia

Technical diploma in Medical Billing

1 year

ACCSC

Benefits of Medical Billing and Coding Programs

Choosing to study medical billing and coding can offer⁣ several advantages:

Complete Curriculum: Programs ‍typically cover critically important topics like healthcare laws,‍ ethics, and coding systems (ICD-10, CPT).

Hands-On​ Training: Many schools provide ⁤practical training thru ‍labs or internships, ⁤giving students real-world experience.

Certification Readiness: most programs prepare students for necessary certifications such as the CPC (Certified Professional Coder).

Networking Opportunities: ⁤Attending these schools can connect you‌ with industry⁤ professionals and alumni.

Practical Tips for‍ Aspiring Medical Coders

Here are some practical tips to consider as you embark on your journey toward becoming a medical coder:

Research Program Options: Different schools offer various⁤ programs—some may focus on billing while others may emphasize coding, so choose accordingly.

Consider Online Classes: If you have a busy schedule, many schools offer online learning options for flexibility.

Get Certified: Certification can significantly ​enhance your job prospects ‌and earning potential.

Stay Updated: The healthcare landscape is constantly changing; staying current with industry trends is essential.

Testimonials and⁢ first-Hand⁤ experience

Don’t just take our⁢ word for it! here are ​some testimonials from students who have embarked on their medical billing and coding journey in‍ Louisiana:

“Attending Nunez Community College was one‌ of the best decisions I ‍ever made.The instructors were knowledgeable,​ and I landed a job ​within weeks of graduation!” – Sarah L.

“The program at Louisiana ‌State ‌University was rigorous yet rewarding. I feel ​completely prepared⁤ to take my certification exams and ​start my career.” – Mike T.

Conclusion

Pursuing a career in medical billing and coding in Louisiana can lead to a fulfilling and financially rewarding future. By enrolling in one‍ of the top medical billing and coding schools, ​you’ll gain the valuable skills and knowledge needed to succeed in this vital field. With a growing job market and numerous ⁣opportunities, ⁣now is the⁤ perfect time to take the first step⁢ in your healthcare career. Invest in your future by choosing the right program and becoming a part of ⁣the ever-evolving healthcare system.

https://medicalbillingcertificationprograms.org/top-medical-billing-and-coding-schools-in-louisiana-your-path-to-a-rewarding-healthcare-career/

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Campus Culture and Extracurricular Offerings at the Premier B.Sc. Colleges in Noida

B.Sc.: A Brief Introduction 

A B.Sc. is an academic undergraduate degree offered by universities and colleges around the world. It gives a strong foundation in the fields of science, technology, and engineering and covers a wide range of subjects within these areas. 

Common subjects include:

Physical sciences - Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Computer science

Human science

Medical science

Environment science

Maths

Engineering

About The School of Basic Sciences (SBS) @Galgotias University

The School of Basic Sciences (SBS) at Galgotias University, situated in Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), is a premier institution for students seeking a strong foundation in the fields of basic sciences. It is considered as one of the Top B.Sc. colleges in Noida. Its purpose is to provide a strong educational base in various scientific disciplines to students pursuing degrees in science related fields. The school comprises three domains, namely Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The School has 200+ students from all parts of the country which brings out the diverse culture of India. There are 70+ faculty members who are well qualified masters / doctorates from institutes of repute including IITs, NITs, central universities, IACS, GB Pant University, Delhi University, AMU with international exposure on working/ scientific visits to different countries like USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK etc. The alumni of the school are working as entrepreneurs, analysts, research associates, academicians in various reputed national and international government and non-government organisations. Many graduating students are pursuing higher education from China, UK, Israel., etc.

Committed to providing a stimulating academic environment, the school offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in various fields of basic sciences including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Environment Science. The undergraduate and postgraduate programs are designed and implemented as per NEP (2020) (UGC) with multiple and entry and exit options. The school offers a 3 year B.Sc. (Gen) programme which can be extended to a 2 year post graduate (M.Sc.) program in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. As per NEP 2020 (UGC), the school also offers 4 year B.Sc. Honors with research programs in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics which can be extended to 1 year M.Sc. program in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics respectively. The school is equipped with state of the art laboratories and facilities which helps to deliver hands-on training and experimentation, an experiential learning experience that prepares students for successful careers in academia, research, and industry.

Some of the  events occurring in the Department of Basic Sciences at Galgotias University are briefly enlisted below:

Industrial Visit to National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)

National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida is a centre of excellence in weather and climate modelling under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India. The centre develops advanced numerical weather prediction systems with increased reliability and accuracy over India and neighbouring regions through research, development and demonstration of new and novel applications.

The centre especially hosted a program for Galgotias University, which had two major sessions: Introductory session and visit to Super Computer Centre.

Industrial Visit to National Council for Cement and Building Material (NCCB), Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, Haryana

An industry visit for UG and PG students of the division of Chemistry, SBAS, Galgotias University was organised and they visited the National Council for Cement and Building Material (NCCB) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India. The objectives of the visit were to bridge the gap between theoretical training and practical learning in a real life environment. 

IIT Delhi Visit - 2022

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the 23 IITs created to be the centre of excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India. Seven students from MSc (Mathematics) semester III, accompanied by one faculty member Dr. Meenu Khatkar went for an industrial visit to IIT Delhi, where they had a look of their well expanded library and had quite a visit to the Department of Mathematics.

 Expert Talk Series 3 on Innovative Approaches for Energy Conservation on the Occasion of National Energy Conservation Day

Institution Innovative Council (IIC) and School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Galgotias University successfully organised “Expert Talk Series 3 on Innovative Approaches for Energy Conservation on the Occasion of National Energy Conservation Day”. A  total of 72 participants including UG and PG students and faculties of Galgotias University attended the session.

Career Enhancement Workshop on IPR Processes and Leveraging IPR for Business Advantage (Case Studies)

Institute’s Innovation Council (IIC), School of Basic and Applied Sciences, and School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), successfully organised this workshop, with participants from UG and PG students, PhD Scholars, and faculty members.

4th National Symposium on Next Generation Science and Technology Based Career Paths on the occasion of National Science Day

More than 40 participants including UG and PG students and faculties of Galgotias University attended the session. During this event, eminent experts from Industry and academia guided the participants on various aspects of research in Science and Technology. The queries and concerns raised by the participants were well received and addressed by the speakers.

NTPC Industrial Visit

An industrial visit was arranged for the students of Basic and Applied Sciences, to NTPC in Malakpur, Uttar Pradesh and were given a whole industry tour for better understanding of production.

Five Days FDP cum Workshop on “Frontiers in Multidisciplinary Research” 2023

An insightful and engaging Five Days FDP cum Workshop was organised by Physics 

Division, SBAS Galgotias University. The prime objective of this workshop to provide a platform for academic and professional growth among faculty members, professionals and students.

Five Days FDP cum Workshop on “Advances in Sustainable Materials”

This workshop was organised by Division of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences Galgotias University. The prime objective of this workshop were to provide a platform for academic and professional growth. It aims to enhance research skills and learning environment among faculty members, Industrialists and students.

Concluding Words  

These are some of the events which occur on a regular basis in School of Basic Sciences, Galgotias University, which makes the students even sharper in their ideas and thoughts. And,  this is just one of the several reasons why this university is ranked as one of the Top B.Sc. Colleges in Noida by making its mark in the world of knowledge and providing students with remarkable education! To know more about it all, you may click on this link below: https://www.galgotiasuniversity.edu.in/p/schools/school-of-basic-sciences

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Leading Nursing Programs: Your Comprehensive Guide to Colleges Offering Nursing Degrees

Top Nursing Programs: Your Comprehensive Guide ⁣to‌ Colleges Offering Nursing ⁣Degrees

Embarking on ‍a career in nursing is not only rewarding but ⁣also essential ⁣in today’s healthcare landscape. With a growing need for qualified ‌nurses, pursuing a nursing ⁤degree from a reputable ⁣college ​can set you on the path⁣ to success. This article⁣ will explore the top ⁣nursing programs, provide insights into the various types⁣ of nursing degrees, ⁤and offer practical tips for‍ choosing the right program.

Understanding Nursing Degrees

Nursing degrees come in various forms, ⁢each tailored to specific career ⁤paths within the nursing profession. Here’s a brief overview:

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN): Typically takes 2–3 years and prepares graduates for entry-level clinical roles.

Bachelor of Science in ‍Nursing (BSN): A⁣ 4-year degree that offers a comprehensive education in nursing theory and practice, increasingly favored ⁢by employers.

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN): This degree, which generally takes 1-3 years, allows for specialization ‌in areas ⁢such as nurse practitioner or clinical nurse leader.

Doctor of ⁣Nursing Practice (DNP): A terminal degree focusing on clinical practice, leadership, ‌and advocacy in nursing.

Top Nursing Programs in the U.S.

Here ⁣are some of the top colleges offering nursing‌ degrees in the⁤ United States, known for ‌their rigorous curriculum, esteemed faculty, and​ strong‍ job placement rates:

College/University

Degree Offered

Location

Notable⁢ Features

Johns Hopkins University

BSN, MSN, DNP

Baltimore, MD

Top-ranked nursing school known for research and innovation.

University of Pennsylvania

BSN, MSN, DNP

Philadelphia, ‍PA

Pioneering curriculum with⁣ an ⁢emphasis‍ on evidence-based practice.

Duke University

BSN, MSN, DNP

Durham, NC

Robust clinical training ⁤experience and leadership development.

University⁤ of California—San Francisco

MSN, DNP

San Francisco, CA

Research-oriented with‌ strong ⁣community health programs.

New York ⁣University

BSN, MSN

New ​York, NY

Diverse clinical ‍placements in a global city.

Benefits of Pursuing a Nursing⁢ Degree

Choosing to pursue a nursing degree‌ comes with numerous advantages:

High‌ Demand: The nursing profession is expected to grow significantly ‌due to an aging‌ population and increased healthcare needs.

Career Flexibility: ⁤Nursing offers a variety of‌ specialties, allowing ‍you to focus on areas you’re passionate about.

Job Security: ​With a nursing degree, you’re likely to find job opportunities nationwide.

Competitive Salary: Nursing positions typically offer competitive salaries and‍ benefits.

Practical Tips for Choosing the Right Nursing Program

Selecting the ⁢right nursing program can be daunting. Here are some tips to help ⁢guide your ⁣decision:

Accreditation: Ensure the program​ is accredited by a recognized body, such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

NCLEX Pass​ Rates: Research the program’s NCLEX‌ exam pass rates,‍ which⁢ can indicate the quality of ⁣education.

Clinical Opportunities: Look for programs that offer strong clinical ⁤placements to gain hands-on experience.

Support Services: Consider schools​ that ​offer academic ​advising, mentorship, and career services.

First-Hand Experiences

Hearing from current students ‌or alumni can provide valuable insights into specific nursing programs. Here are some testimonials:

“The nursing program at Johns Hopkins challenged me‍ academically while providing immense support from faculty. ⁤I felt prepared for my clinical rotations!” ⁢– Sarah, BSN Graduate

“Duke’s⁣ MSN program equipped me with ⁣leadership⁤ skills and ​real-world experience. The faculty truly care about ⁣our professional growth.” – Mike, MSN‌ Graduate

Conclusion

As the demand for skilled nurses continues to rise, selecting the right nursing program is crucial for ⁢launching your career in healthcare. This comprehensive guide has highlighted some⁤ of the top colleges offering nursing degrees and provided key insights into the benefits of pursuing ⁢this noble profession. Remember to consider factors such as⁢ accreditation, NCLEX pass rates, and personal fit when choosing your program. With​ dedication and the right ‍education, you can make a significant impact in the world of nursing.

https://nursingcertificationcourses.com/leading-nursing-programs-your-comprehensive-guide-to-colleges-offering-nursing-degrees/