Weekly Bulletin

Three-day conference focuses on corporate rules change

Hedrick Smith, author of “Who Stole the American Dream,” along with a special pre-recorded video address by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, will kick off a three-day summit conference on corporate “rules change” on Friday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium.
 
“Rules Change: Resetting the Playing Field for Corporations, People and Democracy,” is a three-day gathering organized by the UMass Donahue Institute at the request of U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern and four other non-profit policy groups. McGovern will be a special guest at the event.
 
Warren will deliver – by pre-recorded video – a

Achieving Diversity in Nursing Celebration and Conference is April 25

More than 300 students from Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Amherst are scheduled to attend the first Achieving Diversity in Nursing Celebration and Conference to be held Thursday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
 
The keynote speaker will be Judy Jones of Springfield, the daughter of the late Springfield City Councilor Morris Jones. Jones attended the School of Nursing where she received her baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees.
 
Professor Jean Swinney, principle investigator and director of the Achieving Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach

Flags lowered for victims of Boston Marathon attacks

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States and Commonwealth flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, April 24 in honor of the victims of the acts of violence perpetrated in Boston on April 15.

New course proposal

The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment. Comments on any new course proposal should be submitted to Ernest May, secretary of the Faculty Senate, at senate@senate.umass.edu.

PSYCH 662, “Improving Group Relations,” 3 credits; Instructor: Dr. Linda Tropp; This course examines social psychological research on strategies to improve relations between groups, and potential strengths and weaknesses depending on the relative statuses and conflict histories of the groups involved.

STEM talk gives overview of Project Lead the Way

Carolyn Malstrom of Project Lead the Way (PLTW) will discuss her program in a STEM talk on Tuesday, April 30 at 4 p.m. in 138 Hasbrouck Lab.
 
PLTW program are among seven programs endorsed by the Massachusetts Governor's STEM Council as an @scale STEM program. Malstrom will provide a one-hour overview information session about the three PLTW programs: Gateway To Technology, Pathway To Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences.
 
The Gateway To Technology program is for middle schools and consists of eight separate units that introduce students to the engineering design process, automation,

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