UNIVERSITY NEWS
Park University Online programs ranked a "best buy"
A number of Park University distance learning and Online programs were recently ranked "best buys" by the national editorial review team from "GetEducated.com." Four concentrations within Park's Master of Public Affairs program -- public management, nonprofit and community services management, disaster and emergency management, and management of information systems -- were ranked fourth. Park was ranked only behind the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Troy University and the University of Texas system. Read more at http://news.park.edu/pub/news_00948.shtml.
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| Adrienne Barr |
Student participates in FBI Honors Internship Program
Adrienne Barr, a Park University senior majoring in English and psychology, participated in the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Honors Internship Program this past summer. Barr's internship at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Va., led to an opportunity of a lifetime as she was offered a job with the Academy as a program analyst in the International Training and Assistance Unit. Read more of the story at http://news.park.edu/pub/news_00980.shtml.
Student receives scholarship from International Trade Council
Amiran Gelashvili, a junior majoring in business administration/international business, was selected by the International Trade Council of Greater Kansas City to receive its 2008 Seven Pillars Consulting Scholarship. Gelashvili, who was recognized during the ITCGKC meeting on Sept. 17, received a $1,200 scholarship.
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| Courtney Goddard |
Goddard profiled in Missouri law school magazine
Courtney E. Goddard, assistant general counsel, was recently profiled in the Fall 2008 edition of the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Law's Transcript. The biannual magazine is published to inform alumni and friends about activities and events at the School of Law, including news about alumni, and to help recruit new students. Only a handful of alumni were recognized. Goddard's profile can be viewed at www.law.missouri.edu/alumni/transcript.html.
New University event calendar available Online
A new Online calendar system on Park University's web site, www.park.edu/calendar, includes all Academic Affairs, Student Life, Athletics, Civic Engagement and Access to the Arts events for the coming year. Visitors can even select events to be added directly to their Outlook calendar and get a weekly e-mail of upcoming events.
Cell phone donations to help soldiers overseas
Park University's Telecommunications Office, a division of the Office of University Advancement, has organized a program that allows the Park community to drop off old cell phones to provide talk time for soldiers abroad. The cell phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays the "Cell Phones for Soldiers" campaign for each donated phone -- enough to provide an hour of talk time. The program, founded by two Massachusetts teenagers, has raised $1 million in donations and has distributed more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
On the Parkville Campus, there are two drop off boxes -- one located next to the PirateConnect store in Millsap Foyer (at the main entrance to the Mabee Learning Center/Academic Underground) and outside of the Telecommunications Office, Room 202 in the Mabee Learning Center. For more information, visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com.
Park campus centers participate in International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Park University campus centers across the nation participated in the annual "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" festivities -- an annual "holiday" on Sept. 19 that was started in 1995 by two Oregon friends.
Students, faculty and staff at Park's campus centers displayed their "Pirate pride" by dressing and talking for the occasion, and wearing Pirate "booty." View photos of the celebration from a number of Park's campus centers at www.park.edu/studentlife/pirateday.aspx.
Election memorabilia displayed in McAfee Memorial Library
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Park University Archivist Carolyn Elwess decided to display her collection of political memorabilia to encourage students to become involved in the election. To augment her supply of buttons, clothing, posters, bumper stickers and other items, she invited faculty and staff who had political items to loan them for the display.
This year's exhibit, located in the McAfee Memorial Library, will be on display until the end of November. To read more about past displays Elwess and other Park faculty and staff have contributed to, visit http://news.park.edu/pub/news_00975.shtml.
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| Peter deSilva |
Park trustee deSilva speaks at new University lecture series
Peter deSilva, president and chief operating officer of UMB Financial Corp., and chairman of UMB Fund Services, and a member of the Park University Board of Trustees, talked about the mortgage crisis in the U.S. on Sept. 29 in a new lecture series sponsored by Park's School of Business and Management. deSilva, who spoke to a capacity crowd in the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, also added comments regarding the $700 billion financial bailout package passed by Congress. The event marked the inaugural lecture in the Park University School of Business and Management's Distinguished Lecture Series, which is designed to bring leading business executives, policy experts and respected scholars to address major issues concerning industry, economic environment, entrepreneurship and globalization.
ICCE co-sponsored nuclear weapons discussions
Park University's International Center for Civic Engagement, along with the International Relations Council and the Kansas City Public Library, sponsored the discussion, "A Chain Reaction: Nuclear Weapons, Policy and People," Sept. 18 and 19. The event featured Lt. Gen. Robert Gard (Ret.), chair of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Ira Helfand, M.D., co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. They presented a brief history of U.S. nuclear weapons policy and current controversies surrounding nuclear weapons. They also touched on the potential humanitarian and environmental effects of a limited, regional nuclear war.
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumni encouraged to participate in Alumni Association programs
Graduates of Park University are reminded that they automatically become members of the Alumni Association. Members receive the Alumniad magazine, notification of events, including the annual Alumni Weekend and Harvest Fest, invitations to regional receptions/reunions, access to the Online Alumni Directory and representation on the Alumni Council. Alumni are encouraged to participate in the many programs and committees available to Alumni Association members.
To keep your membership in the Alumni Association active, you must keep your contact information up-to-date with the Office of Alumni Relations. For more information, visit www.parkalumni.org or e-mail alumnioffice@park.edu.
ATHLETICS
Newland, Ali Tagba earn NAIA national soccer honors
Park University senior goalkeeper Megan Newland and Tazou Ali Tagba, a junior forward, were recently honored by the NAIA as national players of the week. Read more at www.parkathletics.com/wsoccer/park_001904.shtml and www.parkathletics.com/msoccer/park_001901.shtml.
Park soccer teams nationally ranked
Through Oct. 11, both of Park University's soccer teams were ranked in the top 15 of their respective NAIA polls. The men's squad, ranked seventh, has a record of 7-2-3, while the women, ranked 15th, have a record of 8-1-2. Read more at www.parkathletics.com.
IN THE NEWS
• The Copley Quad on the Parkville Campus was featured in a WDAF-TV (FOX-4 in Kansas City) story on Aug. 27. The story focused on the housing boom on campuses in the Kansas City region. Clarinda Creighton, vice president for enrollment management and student services, and Chris Kuchenbrod, a sophomore majoring in social studies and Copley Quad resident, were interviewed in the story. A text version of the story and the video can be viewed at www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=AF1579D32FACC8FB247C3537B940940A?contentId=7301538&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1.
• A photographer from KSHB-TV (NBC affiliate Channel 41 in Kansas City) shot video of Parkville Campus students, faculty and staff participating in International Talk Like A Pirate Day for a "kicker" story at the end of the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on Sept. 19.
• Scott Klann, director of development, and Jennifer Ingraham, director of corporate and foundation relations, Office of University Advancement, along with Jacqueline Clark, M.P.A. '00, director of communications and public affairs at Ash Grove Cement, were all recently featured in the "Career Ladder" section of The Kansas City Star..
• Peter deSilva, Park University Board of Trustees member, was interviewed and featured in stories on two Kansas City area television stations, KMBC (Ch. 9) and KSHB (Ch. 41) on Sept. 29. deSilva, president and chief operating officer of UMB Financial Corp., and chairman of UMB Fund Services, spoke to both stations about the bailout package for struggling banks prior to his lecture on the U.S. mortgage crisis during the School of Business and Management's Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series. In addition, Anthony Hardwick, a senior communication arts/public relations major, was interviewed by Ch. 9.
UPCOMING EVENTS
View a comprehensive schedule for all events, including athletics, at www.park.edu/calendar/parkville.html.
