At a press conference in the Sullivan Room on Tuesday, Miguel del Valle, Chicago's City Clerk, thanks Paul Roldan (far right), president of the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, for making a $100,000 contribution to Roosevelt University to provide scholarships for Latino students interested in attending Roosevelt's Chicago School of Real Estate. Also at the press conference were (from left) John Murphy, chief development and marketing officer of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities; Jon DeVries, director of Roosevelt's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate; and President Chuck Middleton.

Sue Fay, assistant vice president of Human Resources, talks about the Team One initiative at a luncheon on Oct. 17. Under the new program, representatives from throughout the University will be designing and implementing a state-of-the-art integrated human resources and payroll system.

Members of the Chinese delegation representing the Beijing Statistical Bureau visited Roosevelt University on Oct. 18 to meet with University administrators and faculty to discuss the current partnership. The cohort of 21 employees of the Beijing Statistical Bureau has been living in Chicago and studying at Roosevelt, earning their Master of Public Administration degree. The cohort will graduate in December. The partnership with the Beijing Statistical Bureau exemplifies the University's global outreach and its far-reaching impact for international relations in the future.

University Archivist Laura Mills (second from left) discusses the Roosevelt archive collection with visitors during the National Archives Week open house. Getting a behind the scenes look at the RU collection on Thursday, Oct. 18 are Carrie May (far left), Greg MacAyeal (second from right) and Deb Morris (far right). Photo courtesy of Laura Mills.

Cozette Buckney, adjunct professor of Educational Leadership, describes how Hurricane Katrina has impacted the education of children in New Orleans. Dr. Buckney is currently working in New Orleans with Paul Vallas, former Chicago Public School CEO, to reopen schools there. The event took place in Roosevelt's Spertus Lounge on Oct. 18 with the collaboration of the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice.

On Oct. 18 Roosevelt hosted a seminar for Illinois colleges and universities on environment and green initiatives. Albert Manshum (left), director of design and construction for Advocate Health Care, and Dave Bartolai (right) of Power Construction were among those making presentations.

Trustee Anna Roosevelt (left) presents speaker Wendy Puriefoy, president of the Public Education Network, with a gift following her address at the 15th annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Lecture held last Thursday. The lecture, attended by a capacity audience in Ganz Hall, was titled "Building a Constituency for Quality Public Education." It was sponsored by Roosevelt's Center for New Deal Studies and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York.

Brendan Flanagan shows off a t-shirt that was given out during Roosevelt's Homecoming Week festivities. He and Leslee Esparagoza stand next to the Mr. and Ms. RU Homecoming poster promoting the king and queen contestants. Homecoming events, sponsored by SPEED, conclude with a midnight boat cruise on Friday, Oct. 19.

Lynn Weiner, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, welcomes math and science teachers from all over the nation to Roosevelt University for the first Midwest Symposium on Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science, held at the University Oct. 12 through 14.

Carlos Rios, secretary of RU Proud, moderates a discussion during which Roosevelt faculty and staff shared their coming out experiences. The Oct. 11 event was sponsored by RU Proud and the Counseling Center.

Roosevelt University’s Theatre Conservatory this weekend presents An Unkindness of Ravens from the creepy writings of Edgar Allen Poe. Professor Joel Fink adapted and directs the production which will be held in O’Malley Theatre on Oct. 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. and on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. Shown here during rehearsals are Kevin Crowley (kneeling) as Montressor and Stacy Asaro as Annabel Lee in Annabel Lee. Photo courtesy of Joel Fink.

President Chuck Middleton gives opening comments at a Town Hall meeting on Oct. 9 sponsored by the Chicago Campus Redevelopment Committee. The meeting was an opportunity for the Roosevelt community to discuss the principles that will be used in determining how to allocate space within existing buildings and proposed new buildings. Paul Reis (seated, second from left) and Tanweer Hasan (standing, far right) are co-chairs of the 19-member committee.

Thirty-two people attended the annual luncheon for Roosevelt University retirees on Oct. 3 at the Greek Islands Restaurant. Among those returning to reminisce about the good-old-days were (around table from upper left) Roger Clery, associate professor emeritus of computer science and telecommunications; a friend of Hal Bland; Hal Bland, former vice president for business and finance; Adrian Jones, university librarian emeritus; Jim Hedegard, professor emeritus of management; and Norman Leer, professor emeritus of English. Photo courtesy of Fred Turner, professor emeritus of chemistry.

Gina Evans (right) from Roseland Community Hospital speaks with a group of Roosevelt students during a Breast Cancer Awareness session Oct. 4. Students asked questions and received information on proper self examination techniques. Students were also able to register to participate in the Breast Cancer Awareness march which was held on Saturday, Oct. 6.

Rabbi Doug and President Chuck Middleton discussed Roosevelt's history on "Taped with Rabbi Doug," a weekly cable television program shown in the Chicago area. [Running time: 33:55]

Glyke Zguris (center) flew back and forth from her home in Detroit to Chicago for two and one half years to earn her doctorate in education from Roosevelt University under the guidance of Gregory Hauser (left), associate professor of educational leadership. Zguris, who was in Chicago last week for the oral defense of her dissertation, attended Roosevelt at the urging of David Whale (right) (MA, '88; EdD, '96), associate professor of educational leadership at Central Michigan University.

Goldie Wolfe (BSBA, '67) returned to her alma mater last week to discuss her career and the field of real estate at a luncheon for women leaders in real estate, sponsored by the Roosevelt's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate. Earlier this year, Wolfe, one of the country's most successful real estate brokers, made a generous contribution to Roosevelt University’s Chicago School of Real Estate to provide new opportunities for women in commercial real estate.