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The Spring 2007 Oxford debate is held on April 16, 2007, at Newman Conference Center, Room 750. The topic of the debate is: Should stock options be abolished as executive compensation?

Each debate team consists of one Baruch student, one Baruch professor, and a guest. Participants include: Jae Chung, Sophomore, Baruch student; Ravi Gill, Senior, Baruch student; Jay Dahya, Professor of Economics and Finance, Baruch College; Carol Marquardt, Professor of Accountancy, Baruch College; David Morris, President, Morris Consulting; and Gregory Libertiny, Managing Director, Beanstalk Associates, LLC.

The event is co-sponsored by Sigma Alpha Delta Honor Society, Baruch College Debate Team, and Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Mitch Cohen, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Dennis Hickey, Vice President & Corporate Controller, Colgate-Palmolive share their career experiences, talk about qualifications essential for accounting professionals, and provide insights from international business perspectives at the JobSmart Career Hour, the Executives On Campus Program.

The event takes place on April 17, 2007, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-235, moderated by Baruch student Linda Baharestani.

Michael Silvestri, Managing Director, Private Banking, Citigroup and Virginia Sermier, Managing Director, Royal Bank of Canada talk about their career experiences in the banking industry at the JobSmart Career Hour, the Executives On Campus Program.

The event takes place on April 24, 2007 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-250, moderated by Ari Jaliya, Baruch student.

Ericka Blackwell, Human Resources Coordinator, Tribune Broadcasting, WPIX/CW11 and Bret Itskowitch, Senior Vice President, Group Director, Strategic Integration and Entertainment, MediaCom talk about their career experiences and qualifications essential for professionals in the media industry at the JobSmart Career Hour, the Executives On Campus Program.

The event takes place on March 27, 2007 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-235, moderated by Gilberto Gil, Baruch student.

Dr. Lonnie D. Harvel, Vice President for Educational Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, delivers the keynote address of Baruch's Tenth Annual Teaching and Technology Conference. Stressing the different types of relationships among students, faculty, staff and other groups, Dr. Harvel discusses how technology can build and strengthen those relationships in a way that enhances teaching and learning in a distributed educational system.

Arthur Downing, CIO/Assistant Vice President for Information Technology, and Chief Librarian, Baruch College, introduces the keynote speaker. George Otte, Academic Director, CUNY Online Baccalaureate, and Director of Instructional Technology, CUNY, gives the opening remarks at the conference.

The event takes place on April 13, 2007, at Baruch's Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

Baruch celebrates Women's History Month by creating Women's Hall of Fame - an art exhibition project that displays themes related to women's lives and achievements. Baruch President Waldron speaks at the dinner party.

The event takes place on March 22, 2007 at Baruch Vertical Campus Room 1-107.

Steven Coutts, Senior Vice President, National Research Services, Studley and Joshua Weinkranz, Vice President, Northeast Region, Kimco Realty discuss about their career experiences, and share insights on real estate trends and outlooks at the JobSmart Career Hour by the Executives On Campus.

The event takes place on March 20, 2007 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-235, moderated by Mike Fedigan, Baruch student.

Baruch College benefactor Leon Weiss ('58) is honored with the dedication of a Vertical Campus classroom 3-150 in his wife's name Cilka Weiss.

Baruch College President Kathleen Waldron hosts the informal celebration recognizing their generosity and commitment to Baruch. Vice President for College Advancement Chris Cloud makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place January 23, 2007 at the Cilka Weiss Lecture Hall (VC 3-150) in the Vertical Campus building.

Eileen Cohen, Managing Director, JP Morgan Asset Management and Kathleen Costine, Head Manager, Bear Stearns Health and Education Finance Group speak about their individual career paths, job functions, experiences within the finance industry at the JobSmart Career Hour sponsored by the Executives On Campus program. The event is moderated by Nelgene Stiell, Baruch student, Marketing Director of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.

The event takes place on March 6, 2007 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-235.