Next week is final issue of semester

Next week's issue will be the Reporter's final issue of the spring semester. Summer issues will be published June 28 and July 26. Publication of the newspaper for the fall semester will resume Aug. 23.

WSJ ranks SOM as one of top schools in world

The Wall Street Journal has ranked the School of Management as one of the "top business schools" in the world, according to a report released Monday within the newspaper's domestic and international editions.

The School of Management (SOM) was ranked 43rd among the top 50 business schools in the world. Among schools in the United States, the UB business school ranked 37th.

In two categories used in the ranking, based on surveys of 1,600 corporate recruiters worldwide, the SOM ranked fourth among all schools when it came to the highest number of perfect scores given by the recruiters for their career-services office and when ranked on the "overall value for the money invested in the recruiting effort."

It is the first time The Wall Street Journal has produced a ranking of top business schools. The journal's ranking is the only one among several others that focuses solely on the opinions of corporate recruiters who hire MBA students.

"This ranking is a great testimony to the vision and dedication of our faculty, staff, students and alumni," said Lewis Mandell, dean of the SOM. "It's a ringing endorsement from the business world: In their view, our students are extremely talented, eager and good investments-an unbeatable combination.

"Much of the credit for this honor goes to the leadership and staff of our outstanding Career Resource Center," he added. "They continually prove themselves to be one of the best and most innovative career offices in the world."

The recruiters were asked to rate which business schools produce the "most marketable" MBA students based on 27 attributes for measuring the quality of the business schools and their students.

Correction

John Wright will continue to serve as dean of the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, in addition to his new responsibilities as senior associate vice president for curricular affairs in the Office of the Vice President for Health Affairs. Wright's status in the medical school was misstated in last week's issue of the Reporter.

“UB Today” sets lineup for May show

An interview with Adnan Qureshi, assistant professor of neurosurgery with UB’s Toshiba Stroke Research Center, about his recent study on strokes and sleep patterns will be among the highlights of the May edition of “UB Today,” the monthly Adelphia cable television program showcasing UB faculty, staff, students and programs.

The show is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association.

Also on the docket for May will be an interview with R. Nils Olsen Jr., dean of the law school, about the new courtroom in O’Brien Hall that will be used by Western New York judges to hear cases; an interview with Sandra Olsen, new director of the University Art Galleries, about the interactive exhibit on display in the UB Art Gallery, and an interview with head football coach Jim Hofher about the upcoming football season.

Each new program runs throughout the month at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays on Channel 18 International and Channel 10 in Lancaster, Clarence, Orchard Park and Elma, and at 9 p.m. on Mondays on Channel 18 International.

UB Women’s Club to install officers

The UB Women’s Club will install officers for 2001-02 at its spring luncheon, to be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

Twenty-five-year members Joan Ryan and Carol McIsaac will be recognized, and the Hellenic Dancers will perform.

Slated to be installed as officers for 2001-02 after the luncheon will be Carol Greiner, honorary president; Maria Coburn, president; Lucille Gasparini, vice president and program chair; Eugenia Smith, president-elect; Julia Cohan, treasurer; Ardis Stewart, recording secretary; Joan Ryan, corresponding secretary, and Carmella Hanley, Barbara Meenaghan and Geraldine Ryder, members-at-large.

Membership in the UB Women’s Club is open to all women who have a commitment to UB and the purposes of the Women’s Club. For membership information, contact membership co-chairs Connie Rao at 634-8428 or Marilyn Pautler at 634-2549.

WBFO’s Chautauqua signal project nears completion

WBFO 88.7 FM, a National Public Radio affiliate and a major public service of UB, soon will complete a project to expand and improve the signal of WUBJ 88.1 FM, its repeater station serving the people of Jamestown and Chautauqua County.

The project involved moving the WUBJ transmitter to a more central location—from Gerry to a tower at Ellery Center owned by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office—and increasing its power approximately seven-fold.

The signal now reaches a potential audience of 90,000 in Mayville, Chautauqua, Cassadaga, Sinclairville, Brocton and Panama in New York, and Sugar Grove and other areas in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The signal strength has improved throughout the present service area in and around Jamestown, with improvements particularly noticeable around Chautauqua Lake. There will be a greatly improved signal in the area along Lake Erie from Westfield to Fredonia, which will receive a secondary area signal for the first time.

Support for the project was provided by the Gebbie, Sheldon, Johnson and Hultquist foundations. Support from the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation and the Baird Foundation will help promote the new service and enhance Chautauqua County programming produced for broadcast on WBFO, WUBJ and WBFO’s other Southern Tier repeater station, WOLN 91.3 FM in Olean. WOLN and WUBJ completely and simultaneously “repeat” WBFO’s broadcasting service.

Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager, noted that the “spirit of Chautauqua—the encouragement expressed and support contributed by our listener-friends in the Southern Tier, and also by those who are looking forward to hearing us for the first time”—kept spirits at the station high during the long signal-improvement project.

REV-UP to recognize volunteers

Eighty-one members of the Emeritus Center will be recognized for their work with the REV-UP program during the 11th annual REV-UP Recognition Program, to be held during the monthly meeting of the Emeritus Center scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in the South Lounge of Goodyear Hall, South Campus.

The program is open to all members of the UB community.

The meeting also will feature a performance by the Effiny Saxophone Duo, composed of Mark Engebretson and Susan Fancher. Engebretson is on the faculty at Fredonia State College; Fancher is a member of the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, artists-in-residence at UB.

The Emeritus Center members being honored have given more than 3,100 hours of volunteer service to 34 UB departments and programs during the past year.

More than 33,000 volunteer hours have been credited to REV-UP since the program was instituted in March 1990, said director Lee Baker.

For further information, call the Emeritus Center at 829-2271.

Art names award winners

Fourteen students in the Department of Art have received 2000-01 departmental awards for their work.

Kathryn Cielewich and Kathleen Parzych, both juniors in the photography BFA program, were selected to receive the Rumsey Award.

Established through the generosity of Buffalo painter Evelyn Rumsey Lord, the award is to be used for travel for artistic and personal enrichment or for tuition assistance for a summer studio art program outside of UB.

Cielewich will visit Greece to investigate classical culture and how it has dealt with female archetypes. Parzych will create a photo documentary of the evolution of the Chautauqua Institution from its simple beginnings to the elite cultural center it has become.

Karen Loria, a junior in the photography BFA program, has received the Sally Hoskins Potenza Memorial Scholarship.

Christopher Corbett, Catherine Lanham and Sarah Banasiak, all juniors in the painting concentration, were selected to receive the Philip C. and Virginia Cuthbert Elliott Painting Scholarship for their outstanding ability and interest in the area of artistic painting. The cash award is based on the ability and overall merit of the student.

Elizabeth Massa, a junior in the communication design program, is this year’s recipient of the Julius Bloom Memorial Scholarship for excellence in typographic study.

Rose Lazar, a senior in the printmaking concentration, and Brenda Stynes, a junior in computer art BFA program, are recipients of the Eugene L. Gaier Printmaking Awards established last year by Gaier, UB professor emeritus who has had a long-time interest in the arts.

Adam Werth, a junior double-major in art and English, is the recipient of the Eugene L. Gaier Excellence in Drawing Award.

Jeffrey Hesser, an MFA candidate in the sculpture program who will graduate this year, and Ann Marie Lepkyj, a senior in the BFA program in computer art who is minoring in art history, received the Carl E. and Virginia W. Sentz Memorial Award.

Jeffrey Jarvis and Kevin Karn, both juniors in the BFA program in communication design, have received the Dennis Domkowski Memorial Scholarship, awarded to juniors who show excellent potential for design.

Shulman to speak at senior alumni lunch

The involvement of the School of Social Work in research and service through its community partnerships targeting at-risk youths and senior citizens will be the topic of the UB Senior Alumni Luncheon, to be held at noon Wednesday in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

Social work Dean Lawrence Shulman will discuss areas of common concern, such as substance abuse and violence in home and society, often shared by these two disparate groups.

The cost is $15 per person. For reservations and information, call 829-2608. The deadline for reservations is Monday.

The senior alumni luncheon series is sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations.

Comic Joyce to read from new book

Tim Joyce, a South Buffalo-born stand-up comic, actor, playwright and author, will read from his new book, “Life: The Final Frontier,” at 8 p.m. May 18 in Allen Hall on the South (Main Street) Campus.

The appearance will be co-sponsored by Talking Leaves bookstore, just buffalo Literary Center and WBFO 88.7 FM, a National Public Radio affiliate and major public service of UB.

The event, to be hosted by Bert Gambini, will be broadcast live on WBFO.

Now living in Chicago, Joyce co-authored “Life” with Carl Kozlowski. Scheduled to be in bookstores in June, the book is a series of comedic essays based on the presumption that all college graduates are destined to fail.

For more information, contact WBFO at 829-6000.

ALANA to honor graduating students

African-American poet, teacher and lecturer Nikki Giovanni will be the guest speaker May 11 at a program honoring the academic achievement of 100 graduating African-American, Latino, Asian and Native American (ALANA) students.

The ALANA Celebration of Achievement will be held at 11 a.m. in the Student Union Theatre, North Campus.

Student speakers will be Lucinda Acquaye, Steven Cosme, Nancy Liang and Teah Sievers.

The graduating students being honored will receive a stole featuring keys on a royal blue background with alternating magenta, green and gold stripes. On one side are the words, “UB Graduate,” on the other, “SMA” (Student Multicultural Affairs).

Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tenn., grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Fisk University, her grandfather’s alma mater.

She is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech.

The ALANA celebration is sponsored by the Office of Student Multicultural Affairs.

CAS to offer scholarships

The College of Arts and Sciences has a limited number of MA/MS Scholarships, valued at $1,000, to extend to UB graduates pursuing graduate study in the college this fall.

Applicants must have received their baccalaureate degrees on either Feb. 1, 2001; June 1, 2001, or Sept. 1, 2001, and have earned a minimum undergraduate QPA of 3.0 or better. They must be accepted into a master of arts or master of science program in the CAS for first-time graduate enrollment in Fall 2001.

Students who register for a minimum of 12 CAS credits in the fall—after drop/add—will receive an initial tuition scholarship of $500. A second tuition scholarship will be applied to a student’s account if she or he is registered for a minimum of 12 CAS credits in Spring 2002, also after drop/add.

Graduating seniors who have not received an invitation to apply for the scholarship should contact Munroe Eagles, associate dean of graduate studies in the CAS, at eagles@acsu.buffalo.edu.

To be considered for the scholarship, students must complete their applications to their CAS graduate programs no later than July 1.

Students must sign and return the letter of invitation for the scholarship with the completed application. Once students are accepted into their programs, the department will forward the signed letter to the Dean’s Office for enrollment verification. The Dean’s Office then will submit a request to the Office of Student Accounts for the scholarship to be applied to the students’ accounts.

Siemering to give talk

William Siemering, one of National Public Radio’s founding members and a former general manager of WBFO FM-88.7, UB’s NPR affiliate, will give a talk and slide presentation on developing radio in new democracies at 7:30 p.m. May 11 in the auditorium of Allen Hall, South Campus.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Siemering is visiting UB to receive a SUNY honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the general commencement ceremony May 13.

As a special adviser to the Media Program of the Open Society Institute—a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development and maintenance of open societies around the world—Siemering has assisted in developing local radio, often working with young people who are just discovering the power of the medium to help build community, improve health and entertain.

In his talk at UB, entitled “Radio at the Ends of the Earth,” he will show slides from Mongolia, South Africa, Mozambique, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.