Centers and Institutes

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management of the School of Public Affairs presents the seminar on recently enacted New York State legislation: the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), and other legislative initiatives, such as the federal Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act.

John Casey, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, moderates the panel. Speakers include:

Liz Krueger

New York State Senator

Vice-Chair of Senate Finance Committee and Chair of the Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform

Jon Small

Senior Consultant for Government Relations,

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

Doug Sauer

Chief Executive Officer,

New York Council of Nonprofits

James Krauskopf, Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on November 15, 2010 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

A panel of speakers discusses "Arguing the World", an enthralling film that tells the story of four brilliant and engaging men caught up in the central struggles of our time, and creates a vivid picture of intellectual life in the 20th century.

Panelists include:

Joseph Dorman, Producer and Director of Arguing the world

Russell Jacoby, Professor of History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Mitchell Cohen, Professor of Political Science at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Eric Cohen, Executive Director of the Tikvah Fund

Jordan B. Bell, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Hunter College

Jeffrey Peck, Dean of Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, makes the opening remarks, followed by remarks by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History & Women's History.

The discussion is moderated by Robert A. Friedman (1967 graduate of Baruch College, retired partner of Goldman Sachs, and founding principal of Robeco-Sage Capital Management, LLC).

The event takes place on October 14, 2010 at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College.

Clay Shirky, writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies, delivers a keynote address at the Tenth Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction.

Mikhail Gershovich, Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, moderates the event. Baruch President Stan Altman makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on April 30, 2010, at the Baruch College Conference Center, 14th floor.

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management of the School of Public Affairs presents the seminar "The Future of New York's Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)."

A panel of executives discusses about alternative directions for BIDs in shaping the city in the future.

Panelists include:

Robert Walsh

Commissioner

New York City Department of Small Business Services

Tim Tompkins

President

Times Square Alliance

Max Javier

Executive Director

Grand Street BID in Brooklyn

Lawrence Houstoun, Jr.

Consultant and author of Business Improvement Districts

Jerry Mitchell, Professor, Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, moderates the event. David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on September 28, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Lynne Luxton, a vision rehabilitation teacher with Helen Keller Services, walks the audience through a day in the life of a visually impaired individual and gives a demonstration of some of the products that make the day move just a little bit smoother.

Konstandinos Chalkias, Coordinator of CCVIP Demo Center, introduces the speaker.

The event takes place on September 27, 2010 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-270.

The New York chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI-NY), in cooperation with the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Baruch College, presents a special summer session to discuss the Dodd-Frank bill and its provisions regarding issues including corporate governance, proxy access, executive compensation, market regulation, disclosure and more.

The panel is moderated by Jeffrey D. Morgan, NIRI President and CEO.

Panelists include:

Clarke D. Camper, senior vice president and Head of Government Affairs at NYSE Euronext;

Carol B. Stubblefield, partner, Baker & McKenzie;

John M. Yetter, vice president of NASDAQ's General Counsel's Office.

Bernard Kilkelly, Executive Vice President of Programs, NIRI, makes the opening remarks. Donald H. Schepers, Director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, introduces the moderator.

The event takes place on August 11, 2010 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Baruch Performing Arts Center presents the July 2010 Steel Drums Musical: The Pan Man.

The cast is led by:

David Duncan (Crossroads, Sons of A Preacher Man/Caribbean tour) playing Rufus.

Karen Holder (one-woman shows) playing Josephine.

Playing their son, the musically talented young teen whose ideas land him in trouble is Ryan Joseph, making his debut in The Pan Man.

The Pan Man is directed by Michelle Mannette-Gomez, author of the book Memoir to Grandma.

The performance takes place on July 9, 2010, at Nagelberg Theatre.

Konstandinos Chalkias, Coordinator of CCVIP Demo Center, and Lisa Saunders, Marketing Assistant, give a demonstration of the EZ Read, a device that attached to a television monitor and projects magnified images and print on the screen so that a user with low vision can access printed material.

The event takes place on July 28, 2010 at the CCVIP computer lab, 6th floor.

Lynnette Tatum, Training Specialist at Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), and Konstandinos Chalkias, Coordinator of CCVIP Demo Center, give a demonstration of the highlights of their first year. Included in this presentation are favorites: eye Pal solo, Victor Reader Stream, NLS Digital Book Reader and the Jitterbug Cell Phone. Karen Luxon Gourgey, Director of CCVIP, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on July 22, 2010, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 2-140.

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric is interviewed by Baruch Journalism Professor Sarah Bartlett.