President Stephen J. Friedman announced that the Board of Trustees (BOT) appointed Interim Provost Geoffrey Brackett to a three-year term as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. The term runs from Sept. 1, 2007 through Aug. 31, 2010, according to a release on the University Web site.
The University recently announced the amount of next year's required commuter meal plan from $125 to an incorrect $775. The mistake was detected soon after it was made public. It is unknown who discovered the error. The meal plan mix up was posted on the new admissions for undergraduates Web site, the tuition and fees Web site and also on the freshman online application, which can still be seen at the University website.
Simmering Spanish cuisine, countrified soul food and social commentary lured masses to the Student Union Thursday, Feb. 28 for "Platanos and Collard Greens," a Between the Line Production's play layered in complexity. The off-Broadway show exposes the internalized civil war between Latino and black cultures with seasoned, contemporary humor, serving a reality necessary and easy to swallow.
In explaining the University to others, I like to point out that for more than 100 years the University has been in the business of helping our students transform their lives. That is a deep responsibility, but it is also the source of tremendous pleasure for the faculty and staff.
Bruce Bachenheimer, Lubin School of Business' director of entrepreneurship program, along with 15 Masters of Business Administration (MBA) will be traveling to Tanzania to study with community leaders. They depart March 13 to spend 10 days learning about entrepreneurship in a social and commercial context; this is considered a field study course.
Undergraduate summer courses were recently changed from $845 to $650 per credit, a cost reduction of 23 percent for students. To take a three-credit course in prior summer sessions, students paid $2535 for tuition alone. This year's rate change will bring the tuition of a three-credit course to $1950.
Students of the physician assistant (PA) program spent the winter months volunteering their time and contributing to three major community service events. Between Dec. 2007 and Jan. 2008, students volunteered at the Mount Sinai Children's Hospital, the St.