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RU in the Community - February 2007

Schaumburg Village President Al Larson addresses a crowd of more than 220 people at the Schaumburg Campus on Feb. 15 during a symposium titled “Inside-Outside Japan: Three Unique Perspectives on Japan and the Schaumburg Area.” A panel featuring executives from Japanese companies located in the northwest suburbs spoke about the Japanese economy and business development. Carl Witte, associate professor of marketing, welcomed the attendees. Other Roosevelt speakers were President Chuck Middleton and Provost Pamela Reid.

A photo exhibit exploring the relationship between photography, technology and human identity opened at the Schaumburg Campus last week. The opening reception featured a lecture by the photographer, Richard Gray, associate professor of photography and director of the Center for Creative Computing at the University of Notre Dame. Visiting with Gray (third from right) are Cornelius Watson, associate professor of biology, Mike Ensdorf, associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Toni Potenza, vice president and dean of the Schaumburg Campus.

Roosevelt University’s new Writing Center opened on Feb. 14 in room 650 of the Auditorium Building. At the Center, students work with 35 trained undergraduate and graduate student tutors who can assist with any writing task. The Writing Center is open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and is available to anyone who wants to be a better writer. Carrie Brecke (standing) is director of center. Three of the peer tutors are (from left) Justine Bartels, Joshua Watson and Ashley Mouldon.

China. Four visiting scholars from Shenyang University, one of Roosevelt’s partner schools in China, will be conducting research at Roosevelt. Additionally, 21 students from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics will be pursuing the Executive Master of Public Administration degree. Pictured above are guests, faculty and staff who attended a welcome reception hosted by President Chuck Middleton, Provost Pamela Reid and Dean Lynn Weiner on Thursday, February 8 in the Spertus Lounge. Among those attending the reception was Jiang Jiajie, vice consul for education from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago.

Roosevelt University begins the New Year with a stronger connection to China. Four visiting scholars from Shenyang University, one of Roosevelt’s partner schools in China, will be conducting research at Roosevelt. Additionally, 21 students from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics will be pursuing the Executive Master of Public Administration degree. Pictured above are guests, faculty and staff who attended a welcome reception hosted by President Chuck Middleton, Provost Pamela Reid and Dean Lynn Weiner on Thursday, February 8 in the Spertus Lounge. Among those attending the reception was Jiang Jiajie, vice consul for education from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago.

A standing-room-only crowd came to hear the late Emmett Till's cousin, Simeon Wright (second from right), speak during Roosevelt's Black History Month film and lecture entitled "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till." Above, Wright is pictured on stage with (from left) President Chuck Middleton, Lynn Weiner, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Doria Dee Johnson, the president of the Roosevelt University History Club, which organized the Feb. 8 event

Irshad Manji (right) author of the best-selling book, The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith, had a conversation with Roosevelt students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in the Spertus Lounge. Manji is celebrated and condemned around the globe as a maverick Muslim who stands up for women, gays, lesbians, religious minorities, atheists and the values of an open society. With Manji is Laura Kehoe, research analyst in institutional research, who organized the event.

A CNN news crew was at the Feb. 1 opening of Roosevelt University’s new photography exhibit, titled “Inside Out, Photographs by Iraqi Civilians and Farah Nosh.” The photos, which vividly document how war has ravaged ordinary Iraqi families, will be on display at the Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Avenue, through April 27. A story about Nosh, a Canadian-born freelance photographer who moved to Iraq in 2002, will be broadcast March 3 on the CNN International program “Inside the Middle East.”

Roosevelt University’s Institute for Politics has received a $30,000 grant from AT&T. The institute, headed by Paul Green, an internationally known political commentator and Roosevelt’s Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies, will use the grant to conduct non-partisan analyses of elections. Holding the “check” at a reception on Feb. 1 are (from left) Dan White, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Green; Paul La Schiazza, president of AT&T Illinois; and Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton.