Baruch Community

This is an alumni dinner event held by Baruch's student club, the National Association of Black Accountants.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at the Baruch College Zicklin School of Business presents "Academic Integrity" as part of Baruch College's Ethics Week 2013. Moderated by Professor Glenn Peterson for the Ethics Weeks 2013, this year's program was lead with discussion from the following panelists of Baruch professors including Donald Schepers, Douglas Lackey, Terrence Martel, and Alan Evelyn.

ts of Baruch professors including Donald Schepers, Douglas Lackey, Terrence Martel, and Alan Evelyn.

To celebrate Baruch community’s new pedestrian plaza, called the 25th Street Interim Plaza, Baruch College holds a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in February 15, 2013 on the 25th Street, between 3rd and Lexington Avenues. The ceremony begins in multi-purpose room with President Mitchel Wallerstein who opens the program with salutations and greeting. President introduces chancellor Matthew Goldstein, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Charles Meara, Speaker Quinn’s Chief of Staff with remarks. Other speakers include Baruch College Fund Trustees Lawrence N. Field, Dan Clivner, and USG President Chris Catalano. The reception is held in multi-purpose room.

The 7th Annual Burton Kossoff Business Leadership Lecture Series features Richard Parsons. Introduced by Dean John A. Elliott of Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business and Dean David Birdsell of School of Public Affairs, the speaker for the 7th Annual Burton Kossoff Business Leadership Lecture features Richard Parsons, a Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners Inc. specializing in media, communications and information companies and also Chairman of the Board of Citigroup, Inc. Prior to serving in those roles to share perspectives on the most pressing issues in business.

The 17th Annual Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture presents Doctor Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English at Syracuse University and the former director of its Latino-Latin American Studies Program. He is also the founding director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at the City University. Dr. Torres-Sallant has authored and edited numerous books, including An Intellectual History of the Caribbean. The title of his lecture is, “Dominican Blackness, Unforgivable Haiti, and Western Modernity.”

The 17th Annual Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture presents Doctor Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English at Syracuse University and the former director of its Latino-Latin American Studies Program. He is also the founding director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at the City University. Dr. Torres-Sallant has authored and edited numerous books, including An Intellectual History of the Caribbean. The title of his lecture is, “Dominican Blackness, Unforgivable Haiti, and Western Modernity.”

The 17th Annual Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture presents Doctor Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English at Syracuse University and the former director of its Latino-Latin American Studies Program. He is also the founding director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at the City University. Dr. Torres-Sallant has authored and edited numerous books, including An Intellectual History of the Caribbean. The title of his lecture is, “Dominican Blackness, Unforgivable Haiti, and Western Modernity.”

Each year, a committee of faculty, students, and administrators selects a book for the entire Baruch community to read and discuss. The freshman text for 2012-2013’s selection is Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. The novel is about a young woman who immigrates to New York to study accounting at Brooklyn College. Today’s keynote address is presented by the Colm Toibin, the author of the book. Brooklyn was also the subject of the keynote address by another Irish author, Belinda McKeon, at Freshman Convocation, scheduled for Thursday, August 23rd.

Baruch College presents the Tenth Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarship & Creative Achievement on March 26, 2012 at the Newman Vertical Campus Simon Conference Center, Room 14-220. Event date is March 26, 2012.

Program

Greetings

Mitchel Wallerstein, President

Welcoming Remarks

John Brenkman, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Keynote Address

Raquel Benbunan-fish, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems

Recognition of Honored Faculty

Honorees of the William and Anita Newman Library

Presenter: Arthur Downing, Assistant Vice President and Chief Librarian

Honorees of the School of Public Affairs

Presenter: David Birdsell, Dean

Honorees of the Mildred and George Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Presenter: Gary Hentzi, Associate Dean

Honorees of the Zicklin School of Business

Presenter: Linda W. Friedman, Associate Dean

Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics

Presenter: John Brenkman, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Faculty Winner

Douglas P. Lackey, Department of Philosophy, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Graduate Student Winner

Nicholas Oberly, MS Program in Statistics, Zicklin School of Business

Closing Remarks

Abraham J. Briloff, Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor of Accountancy Emeritus

Welcome to the Class of 2016. The ceremony includes feature remarks by President Mitchel Wallerstein, Interim Provost John Brenkman, Vice President Ben Corpus, the incoming Student Government President, as well as a keynote address by Belinda McKeon. Her keynote address is based on this year’s freshman text, "Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin. It concludes with a rousing sing-along of the Baruch Alma Mater, led by Baruch Chorus Director Teresa Parker.