---

NEW Student Announcements on the Web

There is a "student announcements area" on the Levin Colleges website linked from the home page.  If faculty want to announce a conference, etc. you can have it posted by sending it to Caryn Eucker at c.eucker@csuohio.edu. 

---

Health Equity Advisory Committee

Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs’ Center for Health Equity has been making significant progress on its NIH grant – Project EXPORT.  The overall goal is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative program of recruitment, education, and retention designed to expand the workforce of health providers, researchers, and faculty working to reduce health disparities.  

To sustain the project’s efforts, we would like to invite faculty from across disciplines with an interest in health inequalities or health disparities to our inaugural Health Equity Advisory Committee.   This committee will develop a continuity of communication and bridge between research and academic programs that address health inequalities in the broadest sense as we look at the challenges facing our urban communities.   More importantly, through the College’s junior faculty mini-grant program, expertise and collaborations to align research interest will be explored.

Please join us on Thursday, April 9, 2009 from noon – 1pm in Parker Hannifin Hall Room 103.  Lunch will be provided. RSVP is required to Kendra Daniel at k.daniel@csuohio.edu to ensure a lunch.

---

Brown Bag Presentation

"The Homeless on Campus: Procedures and Rights," Wednesday, April 1, 2009, noon-1:00 p.m., Sweet Seminar Room (UR 241). You are invited to a brown bag presentation by CSU Police Officer Beverly Pettrey. This presentation is sponsored by the Levin College's Safety Committee. Bring your lunch, cookies and chips will be provided. Contact Lynnette Walker (687-2034) for more information.

---

UUP Forum in Columbus-"More than Money: Prospects for Health Reform," Wednesday, April 1

Join the Ohio Urban University Program (UUP) for the third in a series of discussions with experts on timely topics affecting the State of Ohio's fiscal future. Registration at www.urban.csuohio/edu/uup

Welcome Address and Moderator:
• JOHN BEGALA, Executive Director, The Center for Community Solutions, and Senior Fellow, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University.
Overview of complex problems confronting the national and state health care systems, focusing on ways to improve health status while addressing runaway costs.

Panelists:
• WILLIAM WILKINS, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospice of Central Ohio.
Former state budget director and tax commissioner, as well as retired CEO of one of Ohio’s largest nonprofit health systems. Mr. Wilkins will share observations on opportunities for strategic incremental changes in health care delivery and public finance.

• GREG MOODY, Senior Consultant, Health Management Associates.
Mr. Moody, who has held senior health policy positions in state government and advised major health systems on finance and service delivery, will discuss comparative approaches to health reform.

• MARK M. REDDING, M.D., Pediatrician, Mansfield Pediatrics, Inc.
A leading proponent of systems changes to improve access to primary health care, Dr. Redding will share his practice model of preventative care, and implications for Ohio and the nation.

---

Levin College Forum Program. "Building our Future Beyond Foreclosure: Setting the Stage, Beating the Odds"

Thursday, April 23, 2008 • 4:00—6:00 p.m. Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Atrium, Cleveland State University. Free and open to the public. To register and for more information or call 216-523-7330.

Building our Future Beyond Foreclosure The foreclosure crisis in Cuyahoga County did not happen overnight. Similarly, the strategies for moving our communities and residents Beyond Foreclosure will take time to evolve. Over the coming year, the Levin College Forum will focus on strategies, tactics and projects that are new, creative, environmentally sustainable and invigorating to the marketplace. Challenging times are not new to Cleveland, and on this issue, where no roadmap exists, we have an opportunity to create a new path to our future.

What do we want the 2020 census say about our region, our cities, our residents and our neighborhoods? What are the tactics and strategies we can employ now to make this happen? Join us as we work together, Building our Future Beyond Foreclosure. Be part of the conversation, connect with policy makers and rebuild Northeast Ohio’s cities.

Panelists
• David Beach, Director, Green City Blue Lake Institute, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Lavea Brachman, Co-Director of Greater Ohio and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
• Andrew Jackson, Executive Director, Commission on Economic Inclusion and Senior Vice President, Greater Cleveland Partnership
• Robert B. Jaquay, Associate Director, The George Gund Foundation and Vice President, Fund for our Economic Future
• Wendy Kellogg, Ph.D., Professor, Urban Planning and Environmental Studies, Blue Ribbon Task Force member, Ohio Balance Growth Vision
Moderator: Dan Moulthrop, Host and Producer, The Sound of Ideas™ and ideastream™

Save the date for the next forum in the series—Monday, May 11, 2009, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join the Forum Program in welcoming Alex Kotlowitz, an award winning author, journalist
and regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine. See his recent article about foreclosures in Cleveland “All Boarded Up” which ran on March 8, 2009.

---

LCUA Out and About

Dr. Bill Bowen was qoted in the Plain Dealer story, “Expectations too high for medical mart complex, some experts say.” 

Dr. Roby Simons is quoted in the Plain Dealer story, “CSU seminar to explore religious finance rules.”

Dr. Mark Salling has agreed to serve as the project manager for the Ohio Redistricting Competition as noted on the Government Techonology website, "Ohio Hold Public Redistricting Competition."

The Cleveland International Film Festival showing of PolyCultures: Food Where We Live features Urban Alumnus Brad Masi ('02 MS in Urban Studies). Interim Dean Ned Hill is also in the film. For more information, visit the CIFF page or the PolyCultures Blog.

Dr. Richard Klein conducted two sessions for the Levin Chair Seminar the week of March 16.  The first one "The Entrepreneurial Spirit and Nonprofit Volunteer Management" offered practical managerial suggestions to help nonprofits better utilize their volunteers.  The second one, a facilitation session "How to Cope with a Volunteer Emergency," challenged participants to come up with new managerial strategies to counter an emergency shortage of volunteers for an event.

---

Levin College of Urban Affairs Junior Faculty Mini-Grant Program- Deadline is April 1.

Applications are now being accepted.
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs is excited to announce a mini-grant opportunity for junior faculty across Cleveland State University to develop preliminary data focused on addressing health disparities with the expectation to be used for future publications or larger research projects.   Mini-grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded annually from 2009-2012.   The deadline is April 1, 2009 .   Award notification will be April 30th and the project period will be from May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010. Applications and guidelines can be found at http://www.urban.csuohio.edu/che

---

For Students and From Students

Change The World Through Business! Join the CSU Net Impact Chapter!
Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of leaders who use business to improve the world. Spanning six continents, our membership makes up one of the most influential networks of MBAs, graduate students, and professionals in existence today.  Come to our meet and greet informational session Wednesday, March 25th in BU 302 of the business school, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. For more information about Net Impact, please visit www.netimpact.org or contact Evan Langhorst at e.langhorst@csuohio.edu .

SAVE THE DATE!  2nd Annual Government Career Day! The 2nd Annual Government Career Day will be held on Friday, April 3, 2008 in the Atrium of the Urban Affairs Building, from 9:00am – 2:00pm.