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Campus Notes
Spence keynotes parley on China
ale Professor Jonathan Spence, the internationally known
expert on China, gave the keynote address at the Association
of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences convention,
co-sponsored by UB and the Ford Foundation and held
at UB in late October. Spence spoke on the various attempts
to chart China’s recent history, noting a number
of the problems and the interpretations. The event drew
scores of Chinese scholars from across the country and
from China. UB’s President Neil A. Salonen spoke
at the opening session. Participants were impressed
with his Chinese and with his leadership role in international
cultural exchanges. Cen Jianjun, the education consul
with the Consulate General of the People’s Republic
of China in New York, also spoke. He congratulated the
scholars for bridging the gap between China and the
United States. Dr. Yanmin Yu, head of the communications
program at UB and executive vice president of the association,
chaired the conference.
City as a history lab
. T. Barnum will lead the parade as the citizens of
Bridgeport’s past come to life in the public school
classrooms as students study history in its most relevant
terms. That’s the aim of Theresa Carroll, head
of the school system’s Social Studies, and Bridgeport’s
teachers in working with Lamont Thomas, a UB history
professor, and Richard C. Harper, a UB professor of
education, in their collaboration to tie the grand themes
of America and its heritage into people and events the
students are familiar with.
The initial efforts will focus on the American Dream and on The Promised Land. Thomas and Harper will tie the themes to local developments, as well as provide research assistance. The program is keyed to students, grades 8 and 11.
The American Dream looks at the successes and failures of Barnum, Benjamin Franklin, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Horatio Alger. The Promised Land includes movement and immigration, looking at 19th and 20th century Bridgeport and how that experience relates to similar ones all across America.
The Bridgeport Board of Education won a $725,000 federal grant, one of only 20 awarded nationwide. Carroll, who wrote the grant proposal, said the social studies faculty is excited by the opportunities and cannot wait to begin the project in January.
Sonia Diaz Salcedo, Bridgeport’s superintendent of schools, said the grant gives the city the chance to teach history in a way that students today can relate to by tying in historical events to their impact on Bridgeport.
Changes
Dr.Hans van der Giessen is now associate
provost. He previously served in that position on an
interim basis.
Dr.Jennifer Brett heads the new Acupuncture Institute in the College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Dr.Joshua Berry has joined the faculty of the College of Naturopathic Medicine as an assistant professor of clinical services.
Allison W. Carboni has been appointed head of access services in the Wahlstrom Library.
Honors
Ambassador Philip V. Sanchez, a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, became a Clovis, Calif., "Living Legend" in November. Sanchez, a former U.S. ambassador to Honduras and Columbia and a top official in the Nixon Administration, was born in Clovis. The Clovis Historical Society is presenting the honors. Sanchez is now publisher of "Noticias del Mundo," a Spanish-speaking newspaper published.
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