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News from the Center for Leadership Development

The Center for Leadership Development hosts the Career Executive Service Program Track #4, Negotiation & Mediation on January 30, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - noon, Bonda Community Board Room. The Track Coordinator is Kenneth Kovach, Assistant Track Coordinator is Dr. Sanda Kaufman.

On Thursday, February 5, the Center for Leadership Development hosts NEO-Smart Cohort #1 "Customer Service Skills" in Wooster, Ohio. Dr. Sanda Kaufman of the Levin College will facilitate.

You are invited to a panel discussion on "Regionalism & Economic Development" on Friday, February 6, 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the atrium as the Center for Leadership Development hosts Leadership Academy XVIII's Module #4. Panelists include: Bruce Akers, Mayor, City of Pepper Pike; Bob Bowman, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development, City of Akron; Howard Maier, Executive Director , NOACA; Tracey Nichols, Director of Economic Development, City of Cleveland; Brad Whitehead, President, The Fund for our Economic Future; and a representative from Team NEO. The moderator is Edward W. Hill, Interim Dean, College of Urban Affairs. To RSVP and for more information: Zoe Tyler at 687-2206 or z.tyler@csuohio.edu

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LCUA Out and About

Mark Rosentraub was quoted in The New York Times in the article "A Coveted Team, a Tangled Web, a Tough Sell."

Jeffrey L. Brudney, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, will participate at the international Invitational Symposium on Involved Learning, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on January 23-24, 2009. Dr. brudney will give a presentation on "Volunteer Management and the Different Modules of Involved Learning."

Kathy Hexter was quoted in the Tribune Chronicle for the story "Study: Some school collaboration OK." The story contins information from the survey "2008 Northeast Ohio Barometer of Economic Attitudes" that was conducted by the Levin College at CSU and Wright State University for The Fund for Our Economic Future.

Interim Dean Ned Hill is quoted in the Crain's Cleveland Business article "Asset privatization talk heats up." The article is available to online subscribers here

Nancy M. Emerick, Levin College Fulbright Scholar, has reached Presov University in Slovakia to begin the spring semester. Both Nancy and her cat Abby arrived safely and are looking foward to this new experience.

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Urban Alumni News

Check out the alumni updates that are posted for January 2009. It is exciting to see what our graduates are doing and where they are going.

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UUP Forums in Columbus

Registration here. Join the Ohio Urban University Program (UUP) for the first in a series of discussions with experts on timely topics affecting the State of Ohio's fiscal future. "Innovative Bond Finance in a Credit Crisis" Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The Athletic Club of Columbus, OH | Crystal Room | 136 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 | 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception immediately following.

Participants include: Lee Fisher, Lt. Governor, State of Ohio and Pari Sabety, Director, Ohio Office of Budget and Management (invited). Panelists include: Raymond C. Headen, Bond, Structured, and Public Finance Practice Group, Brickler & Eckler L.L.P., Columbus, Cincinnati, and throughout Ohio; Kevin O'Brien, Executive Director, Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center, Center for Public Management, Ohio Urban University Program, College Fellow, Levin College of Urban Affairs, CSU; and Michael Curley, Founder and Executive Director, International Center for Environmental Finance, Lutherville, Maryland.

Questions about registration—Barbara Benevento at b.benevento@csuohio.edu. Questions about the UUP Forum Programs in Columbus—Claudette Robey at c.robey@csuohio.edu.

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Maxine Goodman Levin Discretionary Fund 2009 Award Proposals

Download the form at http://urban.csuohio.edu/news/mgl_proposal_09.pdf
In accordance with the wishes of Maxine Goodman Levin to enhance the careers, advance the scholarship, and support research and professional development for women at the Levin College, proposals are now being accepted for discretionary fund awards. The intent of these awards is to assure that women at the Levin College have equal access to funds for research, scholarships, and professional development such as professional travel, equipment, or research project seed funding, etc. Recipients of the funds will be expected to submit a summary of how the funds were used.

Deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2009. Award Notification expected by Friday, March 27, 2009. Proposals can be dropped off at UR 322 or directed via campus mail to Jane McCrone, UR 322.