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Felix Rohatyn, Former U.S. Ambassador to France (1997-2000) and John Brenkman, University Distinguished Professor of English discuss the meaning of American identity and citizenship as well as the relationship between the United States, Europe and the world.

The conversation take place as part of the U.S.-Europe Seminar program at Baruch College program dedicated to exploring issues relating to U.S.-European relations and study the United States within an international context.

Ambassador Rohatyn and Professor Brenkman are introduced by Baruch College President Kathleen Waldron. The event takes place April 25, 2006 at the William and Anita Newman Conference Center at Baruch College.

"A distinguished panel of National Urban Fellows and School of Public Affairs alumni discuss their careers and experiences beyond Baruch, the value of their education, and offer career advancement advice, particularly in the public and nonprofit sectors. A lively question and answer session with the audience follows.

The event is introduced by Jodi Brockington, Director of Alumni Affairs for the National Urban Fellows, Inc., and by Kathleen Waldron, President of Baruch College. The panel is moderated by David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs.

Panelists include: G. Scott Anderson, 96’, Vice President of Administration & Planning

Borough of Manhattan Community College; Kevin D. Carr, Director of Player Development

NBA Development League; Guillermo Franco, Vice President Deutsche Bank, Community Development Group; Melissa Mark-Viverito, 95’, City Council Member; and Dr. Debra Joy Perez, 95’ Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The event takes place March 24, 2006 at the William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus."

Abraham J. Briloff '37, retired Emanuel Saxe Emeritus Professor of Accountancy and namesake of the Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics speaks of his early days at Baruch and the value ethics and integrity plays in the profession of accounting and beyond.

Professor Briloff is introduced by David Dannenbring, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Baruch College as part of the 2006 Briloff Prizes in Ethics event held April 3, 2006 at Baruch College.

Jim Russell, Director of Instructional Technology at Baruch presents a lecture about establishing an ethical environment and codes of conduct for online courses.

The lecture takes place April 6, 2006 as part of Ethics Week.

Madeleine Fix of BCTC hosts a roundtable discussion on the topic of podcasting for educational purposes. Related hardware, software and copyright and workflow issues are covered.

Guests include: Professor Kathleen P. King Program Director of the M.S. in Adult Education and Human Resource Development at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education; and Dorian Devins, independent writer, producer and radio host on WFMU.org.

The event takes place April 7 2006 in conjuction with the 2006 Baruch College Teaching and Technology Conference at the William and Anita Newman Conference Center.

A panel of distinguished executives and Baruch alumni talk about their personal experiences concerning ethics in the business world.

Speakers include: Andrew M. Sternlieb, President, Salem Realty Capital LLC; Norman Brust, Vice President, Corporate Communications (retired), Contel Corporations; Harold Friedman, President/CEO of National Elevator Cab & Door Corporation; and Paul Koren, Consultant to RSM McGladrey, Inc.

The event takes place April 5, 2006 and is sponsored by Baruch's Jewish Business Leaders Club, under the Baruch Chapter of Hillel as part of Ethics Week 2006.

Ethical issues related to doing business with China are explored by a distinguished panel of Baruch College professors. Google's recent entry into the Chinese market and agreement to uphold content restrictions imposed by Chinese laws and regulations is examined. Issues related to globalization, free speech, and international legalities are discussed. A question and answer session follows.

The discussion is moderated by Danielle Lenmberg of the Baruch College Debate Team.

Panelists include: Stephanie Golub, Professor of Political Science; Karl Lang, Professor of Statistics/ Computer Information Systems; and David Opderbeck, Professor at Law.

The discussion is sponsored by the Baruch College Debate team, taking place April 4, 2006 in the Wiliam and Anita Newman Vertical Campus.

Recruiters provide advice for job seekers in discussing the importance of honestly and accurately representing one's self during the job interview process.

Topics discussed include the importance of being prepared for interviews, example interview questions, what constitutes lying, appropriate and inappropriate behavior while interacting with recruiters, and tips for effective business correspondence with recruiters.

The event is moderated by Barbara Lambert, Deputy Director and Manager of Corporate Relations, Baruch College.

Panelists include David Feinerman, Human Resources Manager, formerly at Greenberg Traurig LLP and Eisner LLP; Josh Irushalmi, Director of Client Services at Resources Global Professionals, formerly at Ernst & Young; and Perren Wong, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley.

The event is hosted by Baruch College's Career Development Center and takes place April 4, 2006 as part of Ethics Week 2006.

Former investment banker Laura Rittenhouse, president of andBeyond Communications Inc. discusses the importance of ethical corporate communications and links the candor language in shareholder letters to company performance.

Professor Trudy Milburn of the Department of Communication Studies introduces Ms. Rittenhouse.

The event takes place April 3, 2006 as part of Ethics Week at Baruch College.

Former top-ranking Wall Street telecom securities analyst Dan Reingold discusses many of the ethical issues he encountered working in the booming 1990s stock market. The talk takes place as part of Baruch College's Ethics Week and in promotion of Reingold's book Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst: A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market.

Reingold served as a Managing Director and telecom analyst for fourteen years at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Credit Suisse First Boston. He is currently Project Director for Telecom Finance at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia's Graduate School of Business.

The event is hosted by Baruch College's Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and takes place March 30, 2006.