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Friday Conversations--Weekly update on the status of UUP Funding

The next weekly update is scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2009, 3:00-4:00 p.m. atrium.
On March 6 , Interim Dean Ned Hill held the fourth information session for Levin College faculty and staff on the status of UUP funding in the State of Ohio’s next fiscal budget.The Plain Dealer wrote an excellent editorial in favor of funding the UUP, “Save a Cleveland State University program that is trying to save the state”. The UUP webiste is up and contains information on the accomplishments of the UUP, history of the UUP, short talking points, and an in-depth look at the impact of research done with UUP funding. The weekly sessions called “Friday Conversations” are co-hosted by Grace Drake and Patrick Sweeney.   Molly Schnoke is heading Levin College internal communications for this effort.  

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LCUA Out and About

Dr. Sanda Kaufman was invited by the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School to be part of a distinguished panel of three experts from the fields of planning, law and international relations entitled, “Mainstreaming Mediation Pedagogy.” The Mediation Pedagogy Conference will be held on May 15-16, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Richard Klein was invited to serve on the Board of Judges for the History Day contest scheduled for March 21, 2009. The event is being sponsored nationally by National History Day and locally by the Western Research Historical Society.

 Dr. Mark Rosentraub was quoted for a story on WTHR.com Eyewitness City Beat in the article "CIB looking at ways to reduce deficit."

Dr. Mark Rosentraub was a guest panelist on Oregon Public Broadcasting for the story, "Soccer City, USA?"

The Center for Leadership Development and the Career Executive Service program (Cuyahoga County's succession planning professional development program) had the following content experts in for a panel discussion "Negotiation & Mediation":
1) Mr. Mr. Ed Morales, Cuyahoga County , Director of Labor Relations;
2) Dr. Connie Okinawa, Nationally Recognized Conflict Resolution Content Expert, Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University; and
3) Ms. Maggie Lewis, Associate Director, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution .

Tom Bier wrote an article for the Plain Dealer, "Saving Cleveland's Core: City Hall and suburbanites must recommit to downtown."

Dennis Roche ('74 MS in Urban Studies and member of the Visiting Committee) wrote in the Plain Dealer, "A new convention center is right for Cleveland."

Kathy Hexter, Dennis Keating, and Mark Rosentraub made presentations at the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Conference in Chicago March 5-7, 2009.

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Levin College of Urban Affairs Junior Faculty Mini-Grant Program

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.

Applicants are encouraged to incorporate cross-disciplinary research though it is not required.   Each application should focus on research around health disparities with topics ranging from exploring a specific disease (i.e. diabetes, hypertension), conducting qualitative research on the impact of health disparities at the individual level, exploring community health, or health policy.  Applications and guidelines can be found at http://www.urban.csuohio.edu/che and submitted through campus mail Kendra Daniel, Urban Affairs Room 127 or via email k.daniel@csuohio.edu .

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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 118 of the business school at 5:00 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.