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Benefits Fair Scheduled
for Nov. 16
Rensselaer faculty, staff, and retirees are invited to the
eighth annual Benefits Fair Friday, Nov. 16, from 9:30 am
to 4 p.m. in the Heffner Alumni House. Representatives of
the various plans and programs available to Rensselaer employees
will be on hand to answer questions.
The Benefits Fair signals the start of the
2002 Open Enrollment period and Rensselaer's annual Wellness
Program. Open enrollment continues through Wednesday, Dec.
5. During this period, faculty and staff have the opportunity
to change their health, welfare, and retirement benefit
choices including medical, dental, flexible spending, and
long-term disability.
Refreshments will be available and door
prizes will be given. 11/12/01
Economist Will Speak
on "The Awkward Economics of Higher Education"
Gordon Winston, an expert on college and university business
practices, will speak at a public lecture Friday, Nov.16,
at 3:45 p.m. in room 337 of the Darrin Communications Center.
Winston's lecture, "The Awkward Economics of Higher
Education," will explore the reasons why running a
university is different from running a business or a charity.
The economic facts that make a college different
from either a business or a charity are decidedly unfamiliar,
says Winston. He will explore these awkward economics and
respond to questions at the Nov. 16 public lecture, sponsored
by Rensselaer's Finance Division and the Department of Economics.
The Orrin Sage Professor of Economics at
Williams College, Winston directs the Williams Project on
the Economics of Higher Education, which he founded with
esteemed colleagues Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro.
The project is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
11/12/01
Lally Dean Search Committee
Named
A nationwide search for the dean of the Lally School of
Management and Technology has begun. The dean will be responsible
for providing academic leadership by strengthening all of
the academic programs and expanding the graduate program;
developing new academic initiatives for the school; and
enhancing the quality of the faculty, students and staff;
as well as overseeing the operation and management of the
Lally School of Management and Technology.
The following are members of the search
committee:
William Baeslack, (chair), dean, of engineering; Gregory
Hughes, clinical professor of management and technology
and information technology; Richard Leifer, associate professor
management and technology; Lois Peters, associate professor
of management and technology; Phillip Phan, Warren H. Bruggeman
'46 and Pauline Urban Bruggeman Distinguished Associate
Professor of Management and Technology; Robert Veryzer,
associate professor of management and technology; Christopher
McDermott, associate professor of management and technology;
Thiagarajan Ravichandran, assistant professor of management
and technology; Deborah Burke, clinical associate professor
of management and technology - Rensselaer at Hartford; Teresa
Duffy, dean of enrollment management; Robert Graves, professor
of , decision sciences and engineering systems; Charles
Harris, director and chairman of the board, Harris and Harris
Group Inc.; and Robert Schetcher '71, chair and CEO of NMS
Communications.
President Jackson also has asked Curtis
Powell, vice president for human resources, to work with
the committee on the search process and to facilitate the
retention of a search firm. "Attracting the highest
quality individual for this key Institute position will
require the effort of the entire university community, and
I enlist your assistance in this most important process,"
President Jackson said in a memo to campus. 11/12/01
Bus Trip to New York
The Womens
Club of RPI is sponsoring the bus trip to New
York City on Saturday, Dec. 1.
The bus will leave from the Hoosick Street
Shopping Center (in front of Ames) at 7:30 a.m. and travel
to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. It will depart from
New York at 8 p.m.
The cost is $25 for members of the Women's
Club and $30 for nonmembers. Reservations are required.
Send a check payable to Women's Club of RPI (be sure to
specify number of seats reserved, your name, the phone number
where you can be reached) to: Joyce Shannon, 15 Woodrow
Court, Troy, NY 12180, or call 272-5809. 11/12/01
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