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OCTOBER 2, 2017
Levin News, produced by and for the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, is designed to share news about opportunities, events, programs and activities, grants, publications, and other interesting news of interest about Levin College faculty, staff, students and alumni. To submit information for inclusion in the publication, please forward to newsletter editor Kim St. John-Stevenson at inkplusllc.levin@gmail.com.
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LEVIN COLLEGE PRESENTS "IN TRIBUTE"
The In Tribute to the Public Service Scholarship and Award Event was established in 1985 to honor individuals who demonstrate exemplary leadership in public life and contribute significantly to the betterment of the community. Over the past 32 years, the program has saluted 37 individuals who have made significant contributions to public service in Greater Cleveland. Proceeds from In Tribute support scholarships for students attending the Levin College who aspire to careers in public service. For more information, click
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STAFF, FACULTY, STUDENT AND ALUMNI NEWS
According to cleveland.com, Cleveland is slowly repopulating from the inside out, with growth occurring within a 2-mile radius of downtown. Between 2 and 6 miles out from the center, where it has thinned out the most in recent decades, the city also has plenty of room to add newcomers, according to a new study released by Levin College's Center for Population Dynamics, headed by Richey Piiparinen. To read the article, click here.
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The Regional Transportation Improvement Project, which is seeking funds to extend road east to Route 11 as a four-lane highway, has hired two consultants and is looking to hire more. The three-county board that's seeking funding to extend U.S. Route 30 to the east as a four-lane highway have commissioned Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs to perform an economic impact study. Here's an overview from the Canton-Repository.
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Levin's Tom Bier has a new e-book: Can tax growth sharing save Cleveland, Northeast Ohio? To read a write up on the book in The Plain Dealer, written by Levin grad Steve Litt, click here.
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Levin Professors Joe Mead, Rosie Tighe, and Megan Hatch recently organized a free workshop on working with the news media on Tuesday. The training was conducted by Shira Rascoe, Director of Communications for Scholars Strategy Network, a national coalition of university-based scholars that was created to help connect researchers and their research to civic leaders. The workshop was open to any faculty member at any university, and more than a dozen scholars attended. This is the first step of an initiative coordinated by Professors Hatch, Mead, and Tighe to better connect researchers from area universities with local journalists and policymakers. This effort is not limited to a single university or discipline. It is conducted with the support of Scholar Strategy Network, a national coalition of university-based scholars that was created to help connect researchers and their research to civic leaders. Scholar Strategy Network has no political agenda or specific policy positions, except to connect faculty knowledge with policymaking and civic institutions. You can find out more about Scholar Strategy Network at www.scholars.org. Levin College is partnering with Scholar Strategy Network, a national, nonpartisan group that seeks to increase scholarly engagement with policymakers and journalists.
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Bill Bowen, Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Levin College, was elected to the position of President of the CSU Faculty Senate. According to Bill, "It's really very humbling and quite an honor to be elected to this position." The Faculty Senate is the shared governing body of the university responsible to (1) initiate all of the educational and academic policies of the university, (2) adopt rules necessary to effectuate the educational and academic policies of the university, (3) consider and decide proposals on matters pertaining to the general welfare of the university, (4) make recommendations to the administration relative to buildings, budget priorities, and new proposals and developments, (5) act upon matters of routine faculty business in pursuance of already established University policies and (6) elect members to the Equal Opportunity Hearing Panel. Congratulations Bill!
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Sanda Kaufman, Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Environmental Studies Program at Levin, attended the 30th conference of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) in July. She presented an article and organized a theory session which she led. She received IACM's first Leadership Award. In September, she was invited again by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy/Dominion to evaluate watershed improvement grant proposals.
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Levin alum Susan Vincent recently provided Levin News with an update on what she's been up to: "I am working in the Mayor's Office in Regional Development under Chief Edward Rybka. During my final year at CSU, I was offered a Fellowship with the Economic Development Department. I quit my full-time job to gain experience in my field and was fortunate to have a full-time position open up in the Mayor's Office right before I graduated. I was encouraged to apply and was hired in May - right before graduation. My connections at CSU made my transition from a student working in an unrelated field to a graduate with a full-time job in a planning-related setting possible."
Dominion Energy Ohio and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation will award $110,000 in unrestricted grants to area non-profits that have made a difference in the communities the company serves. The awards recognize community organizations that have made major contributions toward the economic and social revitalization of communities located in Dominion Energy's service area in Ohio. The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, recognizing the company's commitment to workforce development, also is presenting the third annual Workforce Development Impact Award of $10,000 to recognize a unique project or initiative. The entry deadline is Nov. 30, 2017 - for more information go to www.DominionEnergy.com, search: impact.
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Attention Levin College Faculty, Staff, and Students: Levin College maintains a site license for Qualtrics Online Survey Software. The software is easy to use and provides basic reporting (tables, charts, etc.) on survey results. Please contact Sharon Bliss by email at s.bliss@csuohio.edu if you would like to create an online survey. She can set up access so you can build your survey.Note: Only current faculty, staff, and students can use Qualtrics under the College account.
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Calling all leaders! The Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs is now accepting applications for Leadership Academy 27! The Leadership Academy is the premier public sector leadership development program in the region and we are proud to celebrate over 26 years of service. The program has over 600 graduates representing major governmental and nonprofit organizations throughout northeast Ohio. The program is a great fit for appointed and elected officials, nonprofit administrators, and aspiring leaders.
The program consists of 11 modules that showcase subject matter experts. It provides networking opportunities with peers and graduates along with an opportunity to engage in a community based project. The program runs from Thursday, October 26, 2017 through May 19, 2018. It is designed to develop leadership skills at individual, organizational, and community levels. For more information, please contact Rob Ziol at r.ziol@csuohio.edu or click here for additional details.
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EVENTS AROUND CAMPUS AND AROUND TOWN
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Steven J. Diner, Professor and Former Chancellor,
Rutgers University
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Coming soon: A Levin College Forum Event: Universities, Cities, and Urban Higher Education in America, featuring Steven J. Diner, Professor and Former Chancellor, Rutgers University. The event will be held Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Steinbacher Atrium at Levin College. For more information or to register, click here.
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2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the election of Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city. Shortly after the election and in an effort to initiate sweeping changes to improve the lives of Clevelanders, Mayor Stokes created Cleveland NOW! as his signature proposal to address the challenges of his time. Many of the challenges that motivated him then still face the city today.
As part of the year-long initiative, Carl and Louis Stokes: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future, the City Club has put together a panel featuring the authors of a new policy document that examines the legacy of Mayor Stokes' signature efforts in housing, health, safety, education and economic parity. Their findings help us understand the past, how far we've come as a community, and what possibilities the future holds. The event will be held on Friday, November 3, 2016 in Ballroom A & B at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland at 300 Lakeside Avenue East in Cleveland.
Panelists include:
- John R. Corlett, President and Executive Direct, The Center for Community Solutions
- Ronnie A. Dunn, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Levin College
- Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio
- Randy McShepard, Vice President of Public Affairs, RPM International, Inc.
- Richey Piiparinen, Director of the Center for Population Dynamics, Levin College
This conversation will be moderated by ideastream senior host/producer Rick Jackson. For more information, click here.
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