April 2014

Faculty Newsletter

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Message from the Dean

University Teaching Aw ard to

Tova Olson Sanders

Faculty Member's Cancer Battle

Inspires Book

Langdon Clough Named to Rhode

Island State Advisory Board of

Federal Civil Rights Commission

Celebrate w ith a POP

Discovering New Ways to

Measure Healthcare Performance

New bury College Names

Northeastern Student as New

President

Faculty and Students RISE to the

Occasion

How Do We Respond to School

Violence?

Global Leadership Graduate

Publishes Guide for

Organizations to Grow and

Change

NU Online Update: Training

Calander

Rites of Passage, 2014 Edition

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Message from the Dean

As we move deeper into the Spring term,I can sense the pace and intensity of thistime of year for faculty and students,starting with what's in my email inboxand the conversations I'm having in thehallways.

Your ambitious efforts for our studentsare bearing fruit - I am getting almostdaily notes or having conversations aboutthe success of our students and alumni,

from two earning Fulbrights to another being named president ofa local college. These successes are yours. I know from manyconversations over the months and years how devoted you are,and the joy you take in these accomplishments, as well asthose less celebrated, but just as important.

This College was formed with the notion that all modalities oflearning are important, so it is rewarding to see us succeedingacross all of these modalities. Our faculty who teach in thephysical classroom are equal to our faculty who teach fullyonline. We celebrate hybrid learning and are enthusiastic abouttaking the Northeastern style of teaching to other regions of theUnited States and abroad. Throughout my career, I havechampioned adult education, distance education andinternational education. As dean, I will continue to ensure that allteaching modalities are valued equally and celebrated for theirrespective strengths.

I want to remind those of you who are eligible to vote in theNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election regardingunionization that the NLRB will be mailing ballots to your homeon Friday, April 25. This election is important because it requiresyou to make a fundamental decision about your relationship withthe College of Professional Studies and the university. Thedecision is yours to make. I encourage all eligible voters to maketheir voices heard by completing their ballots and returning themto the NLRB by May 14.

As always, if you have questions or would like to discuss this, Iwould like to hear from you. Please contact me atcpsdean@neu.edu.

Sincerely,

John LaBrieDean

University Teaching Award to Tova OlsonSanders

Northeastern recognized Tova OlsonSanders with the Excellence inTeaching Award at the recentAcademic Honors Convocation;Sanders was one of two recipientsfor the 2013-2014 academic year.

A member of the Graduate Educationfaculty and leader of theOrganizational Leadership Studiesconcentration, Sanders' talents weredescribed this way: "She providesexceptionally well-organized and

rigorous courses in online formats to graduate students who areworking professionals, making deft use of technology to provideextensive feedback. Students praise the organization of hercourses for truly scaffolding their learning, especially important inonline formats."

Read more about the Excellence in Teaching selection criteriaand the Academic Honors Convocation.

Faculty Member's Cancer Battle InspiresBook

CA and Cade Tolchinsky. Source: Plantation Town Times

Sports Leadership faculty member, CA Tolchinsky, recently co-

authored 'Dear Cancer, You Messed with the Wrong Mom' withher son, Cade Tolchinsky, as a result of the difficult questionsand conversations that followed her diagnosis of breast cancer.Plantation Town Times, a Florida based sports communitymagazine, featured Tolchinsky and her son in "Mom's CancerFight Prompts Plantation Youngster to Co-Author Book." Thebook is described as "a factual, yet easy-to-read conversationbetween mother and son, where Cade asks the questions thatwere troubling him, while giving his mom a chance to respond."

Tolchinsky has leveraged the success of her book and herexperience as an educator to speak at several elementaryschools about the importance of expressing feelings throughwriting and use of a journal. She has also been able to integrateher book with her passion for sports through several booksignings at various universities and elementary schools,including her most recent appearance at Nova SoutheasternUniversity for the Baseball "Take a Bite out of Cancer" SharkNights event, on April 11, 2014.

Through the book's website, Tolchinsky's daughter Bryn began ablog in an effort to update their friends, family, and fans onTolchinsky's condition. The blog chronicles her journey torecovery, with contributions from Bryn, Cade, her husband, Larry,and Tolchinsky herself. The book can be purchased on Amazon,with proceeds going to the Memorial Hospital Breast CancerServices in Hollywood, FL, where Tolchinsky received treatment.

Langdon Clough Named to Rhode IslandState Advisory Board of Federal Civil RightsCommission

Congratulations to faculty memberLangdon Clough who was selected bythe United States Commission on CivilRights to serve a two-year appointmenton the Rhode Island State AdvisoryBoard. Each State Advisory Board ischarged with providing research onissues and advice on policies to thecommission. As noted on the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights website,

"The members assist the Commission with its fact-finding,investigative, and information dissemination functions."

With a professional background in environmental protection,municipal and regional planning, affordable housing andeducation, Clough has worked in fields involving public policy andcivil rights. Clough has been an instructor at Northeastern forover 15 years and is currently teaching undergraduate courses inEarth and Environmental Sciences.

Celebrate with a POP

The world renowned Boston POPS orchestra, conducted byKeith Lockhart, and Grammy Award winning band Train will takethe stage for one night to present Northeastern POPS. OnThursday, May 1, Matthews Arena will welcome all Northeasternstaff, students, alumni, family, and friends to enjoy a night ofamazing music and excellent company as part of the annualuniversity commencement weekend. Over 20 sponsors, includingBarnes and Noble, Bank of America, and Coca-Cola havecontributed to make this night a success. Seats are limited andtickets are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Five dollars ofyour total registration fee will benefit The Northeastern Fund.

For information about tickets, please contact Krista Landry at617.373.8529 or k.landry@neu.edu. For information onsponsorship opportunities related to the concert, contact MollyCole at 617.373.3187 or a.cole@neu.edu.

Discovering New Ways to MeasureHealthcare Performance

Many of the success factors inhealthcare are intangible andresist easy quantification. ForDr. Francesca Grippa, leadfaculty in the Bachelor ofScience in Managementprogram, some of the morechallenging questions revolvearound the effectiveness ofclinical care teams and the

creation of intellectual capital in hospital settings.

Last summer, Dr. Grippa presented her latest findings on thesubject at a workshop at the University of Pisa in Italy. Thepresentation discussed research she conducted with twocolleagues, which will be published this year by the peer-reviewed Management Control Journal.

Dr. Grippa's team has sought to address two primary questions:how to measure the effectiveness of clinical care teams; andwhat are the metrics and predictors of successful creation ofintellectual capital in pediatric clinical care teams? The answersto these questions are helping them develop an integratedframework that extends the current models of intellectual capitalso that they can be applied to health care interdisciplinaryteams.

The topic is an important one because interdisciplinary teamworkis widely advocated as a preferred way to organize delivery ofcare, and has been shown to result in shorter patient stays andhigher perceived quality of care.

Based on Dr. Grippa's study of clinical care teams working withchronically ill children in a Boston research hospital, theresearch seeks a framework that enables the optimization ofoutcomes, experience and value for children with complex andchronic health conditions.

Newbury College Names NortheasternStudent as New President

After a four month search for acandidate to build upon andcommunicate its mission andvision, Doctor of Law and Policy(DLP) student, Joseph L. Chillohas been named the fifth presidentof Newbury College in Brookline,MA. Chillo will take office on June1st, succeeding retiring presidentHannah M. McCarthy. NewburyCollege notes in its announcement

press release that Chillo will "further define the College's role inproviding a career-focused education that will meet the needs ofthe 21st century."

Newbury College's announcement noted that Chillo, as theformer executive vice president, demonstrated exceptionalleadership skills with contributions to student financial planning,enrollment, marketing, and much more. Chillo holds a Master'sof Public Administration from Long Island University, College ofManagement, a B.A. from State University of New YorkBinghamton, and is currently on track to receive his Doctorate inLaw and Policy from the College of Professional Studies inSeptember.

Faculty Director of the Law and Policy program, Dan Urman,celebrates the success of his student stating, "The Doctor ofLaw and Policy program helps produce thought leaders in theirfields, and Joe is a great example of this. We have watched Joeapply what he has learned in the classroom to his career, andvice versa."

Urman further notes this success "makes [Chillo] the fifth DLPalum to lead a college or university. It brought me great pleasurewhen Joe told me that he applied what he learned in his Lawcourses to his conversations with inside and outside counsel.Hefelt like he could speak more credibly about Law & Policy issuesas they affect higher education."

Faculty and Students RISE to the Occasion

From left: Francis Griffin, Becca Berkey, and JulieMiller

International Programs faculty member and Service-LearningCoordinator, Julie Miller participated in the annual NortheasternUniversity Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE) onThursday, April 10, with College of Professional Studies BostonBased Pathway Programs Assistant Director, Francis Griffin,and Northeastern University Center of Community ServiceAssociate Director and Service- Learning Coordinator, BeccaBerkey. Together, the three presented "Coming to America:Examining Interplay and Impact of Service-Learning with ESOLStudents through 'Global Experience'" a study exploring theAmerican Classroom Program's Global Experience two pilotsemesters, and addressing the question "How does participationin Global Experience, a social justice, service-learning course,impact international student development and learning?" Keyfindings from the study are expected to be published in severalacademic journals focused on service-learning and internationalstudent development.

In addition, three students, representing various degreeprograms, presented at RISE this year including Corporate andOrganizational Communications graduate student Peng Zhang,who presented "Na+: the NGO spreads ideas for NGOs." Zhangpresented his startup nongovernmental organization (NGO), Na+,as a branding communication institution, providingcommunication strategy, campaigning workshops, public interestdesign, and public relations services to other organizations.

Doctor of Law and Policy, student Laurie Lenkel presented "TheLaw Governing Organ Donation; Legislating Altruism" exploringways to increase the number of available transplant organs,including solutions that would fundamentally change the U.S.system of voluntary organ donation.

And, Doctor of Education student Catherine Rymsha presentedher study "Can leadership be taught?: An evaluation of a healthcare provider's leadership development program" to answer thequestion "To what extent does a leadership program in the healthcare industry prepare managers with the competenciesnecessary to lead in that industry?"

How Do We Respond to School Violence?

"Sandy Hook, Columbine, VirginiaTech, Oak Creek, Jokela, Finland,Winnenden, Germany, Dunblane,Scotland, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... Thepartial list of sites of school shootingsrecalls painfully vivid, tragic events thatpresent us with questions of how wemight respond to the unending string ofviolence that continues to plagueeducation," said Harvey Shapiro,faculty member in the Department ofEducation, who is conducting research

on school shootings. His article, "Exposing and Deposing theNexus: School Shootings and the Sovereign Exception," isslated for publication in Philosophy of Education in 2014.

Shapiro seeks to "respond to the recent growth both in thefrequency of these disturbing, shattering events and in theirlethality." He explains that "there is a pattern of relegating schoolshooters to the status of 'exceptions.' Our educational task then,involves exposing and deposing the language of non-responsibility and exceptionality when it comes to schoolviolence and violence's other forms and contexts."

Shapiro delivered a paper on this topic at the national conferenceof the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) lastyear, and also presented at the national conference of thePhilosophy of Education Society (PES) and the AmericanEducational Research Association (AERA) conference.Additionally, he's working on editing a reference volume entitled,Handbook on Violence in Education: Forms, Factors, andPreventions.

Shapiro teaches courses on curriculum design and assessment,teaching history and social studies to middle and high schoolstudents, educational ethics, and Jewish studies.

Global Leadership Graduate PublishesGuide for Organizations to Grow andChange

Global Leadership program alumnus Dr. Sahab Sabri has co-authored a book dedicated to equipping professionals with thetools and knowledge required to implement critical change withintheir organization. 'Organizational Development and StrategicChange' incorporates theoretical knowledge and practicalapplication on topics such as organizational learning,technology, leadership roles, and management techniques. Dr.Sabri notes that the technology industry's demand fororganizations to become "versatile, innovative, and adaptive tosudden changes" along with an interest in "organizational

development, learning culture, andchange" are what inspired him to co-author the book.

Dr. Sabri earned two master's degreesfrom Northeastern University andSwinburne University of Technology, uponcompleting the Global Leadershipprogram in 2008. Of his time spent atNortheastern and Swinburne University ofTechnology, Dr. Sabri notes"experienced, knowledgeable, and caringlecturers from diverse backgrounds broadened my insights onthe role of a leader as a change agent, and inspired me to write abook chapter dedicated to leadership." Dr. Sabri is currentlywriting another book intended to offer leaders ways to improvesubliminal cognition, and rejuvenate innovation and creativity, andis conducting a global study with his co-author to exploreorganizational development, learning culture and change.'Organizational Development and Strategic Change' is availablethrough the Amazon Kindle Store and Google Play Books.

NU Online Update: Training Calendar

Visit our training calendar for a look at our upcoming trainings-offered both here in Belvidere and virtual:

Blackboard Collaborate: Learn how to use Collaborate as aweb conferencing tool using audio, video, whiteboard, andapplication sharing.Captioning with Camtasia Relay: Learn about making yourlectures accessible for all students by adding captions toCamtasia Relay. Grade Center Overview: Join us for a webinar that discussesbest practices for using the Grade Center efficiently.Video Everywhere: Learn how to personalize your course usingVideo Everywhere. Record video using a webcam and postmessages in discussion board forums or as a welcomeannouncement to students.

Learn more about trainings and register here: http://www.northeastern.edu/nuolirc/training-and-support

Rites of Passage, 2014 Edition

College of Professional Studies Doctoral Hooding CeremonyThursday, June 5

Ceremony start time: 10:30 AMSheraton Boston Hotel (New location)

Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor39 Dalton Street

Boston, MA 02199

College of Professional Studies Graduation CeremonyFriday, June 6, 9:00 - 11:30 AM

Matthews Arena238-262 St. Botolph Street

Boston, MA 02115

We look forward to seeing all members of the faculty who haveregistered to march in the faculty procession of the graduationceremony on June 6. Watch your email inbox in May for more

details.

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