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Part of an ongoing discussion spearheaded by the Baruch College "Dare to Engage" Task Force, Baruch College continues the "Dare to Engage" conversation focused on LGBT safety and inclusion on its campus with a frank discussion on religious acceptance and prohibition.

Mark Spergel, Director of Student Orientation and Freshman Year Incentive at Baruch College, introduces the panelists which include interfaith community leaders, Baruch campus ministries and students:

Richard Landman, long term member of the Congregation of Beth Simchat Torah;

Jamiel Terry, LGBT activist and son of anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, Wolfman Productions;

Faisal Alam, founder of the Al-Fatiha foundation;

Boyanna Grubeshich, the Israel Fellow in Baruch College Hillel;

Samer Araey, Chaplain at Baruch College;

Kevin Ng, member of Baruch G.L.A.S.S.;

Daniel A. Seda, graduate student at School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

The event takes place on March 24, 2011, at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Mary Martinez, CFO of EXSIF Worldwide, Michael Katz, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sterling American Property, Inc. and Bennett Theimann, Chief Financial Officer at TargetSpot, Inc., share their career experiences and offer tips for Baruch students at the JobSmart Career Hour by Executives On Campus.

The event takes place on March 22, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-245.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity hosts a luncheon discussion on conducting business with integrity in emerging markets. The discussion is led by Seth Lipner, Professor of Law at Baruch College. Participants include Jason Lamin, a partner at Lenox Park - an independent marketing and advisory firm for alternative investments and Michael Buenger, Senior Counsel at the National Center for State Courts. Both have experience with risk issues in emerging markets.

Donald H. Schepers, Director, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, introduces the event.

The event takes place on March 29, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

This is a teaser video of the presentation "Publishing with Blogs@Baruch"to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

Luke Waltzer, Assistant Director for Educational Technology, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute

Presentation Description:

This presentation will detail the range of publishing modes currently explored on Blogs@Baruch, and their implications for the future of communication and technology at Baruch College. We'll discuss course-based publishing, extra-curricular publishing, social publishing, and administrative publishing.

This is a teaser video of the presentation "E-Book Initiatives at Baruch College" to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

Kannan Mohan, Professor of Computer Information Systems (CIS)

Presentation Description:

This presentation will cover a variety of projects that support the use of electronic books and e-readers, such as providing students with multiple digital formats, adopting e-textbooks from an existing library full-text collection, supplying preloaded Kindles to classes, loaning e-readers in the library, and supplying access to books on demand.

This is a teaser video of the plenary speech "Evolution and Current State of Hypercities (hypercities.com)" by John V. Maciuika, Associate Professor of Art & Architectural History, Baruch College to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

This is a teaser video of the presentation "'Stream of Consciousness': Taking Psychology into the Digital Age through an Online Streaming Talk Show " to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

David Sitt, Deputy Chair of Psychology

Presentation Description:

This presentation will focus on the innovative ways in which a weekly streaming broadcast is integrated into an advanced course on Positive Psychology at Baruch College. The presentation will showcase several segments produced for "The Sitt Down" radio show by undergraduate students through group collaboration. Various technology tools are woven together to create this novel pedagogical experience, including a full radio broadcast studio, Flip Cams, Snowball microphones, UStream media outlet, Live365, ProTools, podcasting, and more. Discussion will touch upon the impact of students' ability to digest, create, and share their developing knowledge of Positive Psychology through technology.

This is a teaser video of the presentation "Screen Casting, Presenting, and Archiving Dynamic Worked Examples using Tablet Technology" to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

Sarah Harney, Lecturer in Mathematics; Peter Gregory, Instructor in Mathematics; Mona Zamfirescu, Masters Program in Financial Engineering; Aloke Ghosh, Professor of Accountancy, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Accountancy, & Director of Executive MS in Financial Statement Analysis

Presentation Description:

The presentation will demonstrate the use of tablet pc technology to leverage hand writing material in class and through online course delivery by Baruch Faculty. Examples will include producing lecture notes, calculations for Math and Accounting, and integrating materials into Blackboard. Advantages of this technology and possible extensions will be highlighted.

"This is a teaser video of the presentation ""Producing a Documentary on Mathematics to Engage Students"" to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

Laurence Kirby, Professor of Mathematics

Presentation Description:

This session will feature and discuss the creation of “Plimpton 322: The Ancient Roots of Modern Mathematics"", a short documentary film produced by Baruch Media Services, with the aim of inspiring students to pursue mathematics. Set in New York City, this film demonstrates how fundamental aspects of the modern world are driven by mathematics with ancient Middle Eastern, Asian and African origins: timekeeping, compound interest, accounting, spreadsheets, positional notation, algebra, and algorithms."

This is a teaser video of the presentation "Developing, Deploying, and Sharing the Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool (VOCAT)" to be delivered at Baruch College's 14th Teaching and Technology Conference on March 25, 2011.

Presenter:

Mikhail Gershovich, Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute

Presentation Description:

Following a brief demonstration of the Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool (VOCAT) focused on some of its newest features, the session panelists will discuss the evolution of VOCAT and will consider its pedagogical potential, and the ways in which it has been deployed for a variety of purposes at Baruch College. The discussion will also focus on the implications of sharing the tool with other institutions and the development associated with preparing the tool for wide dissemination.