Governors State Hosts First Class of Dual Degree Students

Governors State University welcomed its first class of Dual Degree Program (DDP) students to campus during a special orientation session last week. Forty-three DDP students, who are currently attending area community colleges, toured Governors State, met faculty and advisors, listened to a panel discussion by GSU students, and heard presentations on financial aid, support services, and career services. GSU President Elaine P. Maimon formally welcomed the students to campus

Governors State Hosts First Class of Dual Degree Students

Governors State University welcomed its first class of Dual Degree Program (DDP) students to campus during a special orientation session last week. Forty-three DDP students, who are currently attending area community colleges, toured Governors State, met faculty and advisors, listened to a panel discussion by GSU students, and heard presentations on financial aid, support services, and career services. GSU President Elaine P. Maimon formally welcomed the students to campus

Coupled economic-ecological models for ecosystem-based fishery management: Exploration of trade-offs between model complexity and management needs

Ecosystem based fishery management has moved beyond rhetorical statements calling for a more holistic approach to resource management, to implementing decisions on resource use that are compatible with goals of maintaining ecosystem health and resilience. Coupled economic-ecological models are a primary tool for informing these decisions. Recognizing the importance of these models, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) formed a Study Group on Integration of Economics, Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management (SGIMM) to explore alternative modelling approaches that bring the multiple disciplines of economics, ecology, and stock assessment into integrated ecosystem models. The theme session was designed to be an extension of a series of workshops and theme sessions organized by the SGIMM, but highlighted the economic component of coupled models. Although economic and ecological systems are inherently complex, models are abstractions of these systems incorporating varying levels of complexity depending on available data and the management issues to be addressed. The objective of this special session was to assess the pros and cons of increasing model complexity to incorporate linkages between ecosystem components and processes. While more complex ecosystem models may provide greater insight into how management decisions and human actions propagate through the ecosystem and impact the value of ecosystem services, the resources and information required to develop and parameterize them is greater and these models tend to require trade-offs such as the inability to quantify uncertainty or model human behaviour as accurately as can be done with models of individual fisheries. The theme session was organized as a moderated panel format representing a progression of economic-ecological models from less to increasingly complex. The panel was selected to represent a range of models from fully integrated, highly detailed and dynamic economic-ecological models such as Atlantis to models that may be less detailed or not fully dynamic or integrated. The special session focused primarily on management issues that are of a longer term strategic nature such as the implications of climate change, fundamental regime change, or the role of forage species in an ecosystem. Each panellist provided an overview of their model including the management questions the model was designed to address, the data and time requirements, as well as any lessons learned. The panellist presentations were followed by an open discussion among the panellists and the audience. The abstracts for each of the panellist presentation are provided below followed by a summary of the issues raised during the moderated discussion sessio

It Takes a System to Build an Affordable Content Program

First Name: Bradley Last Name: Severa Department: Information Technology Services UNL Campus: UNL Email: [email protected] Phone: 4024720606 Track: Emerging Technology Title: Academic Tech Support Spec Session Type: Panel Discussion Session Title: It Takes a System to Build an Affordable Content Program Availability: Anytime Presenters: Brad Severa, M.A., Academic Technology Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jane L. Petersen, Director, Academic Technology and Client Services, University of Nebraska-Kearney Dr. Kimberly Carlson, Professor & Assistant Chair, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Kearney Mrs. Betty Jacques, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Kearney Dr. Brian Moore, Professor of Music Education and Music Technology, Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Andrew J. Cano, Virtual Learning Librarian (Assistant Professor) University Libraries, University of Nebraska- Lincoln Michael R. Jolley, M.A., Instructional Design Technology Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Presentation Abstract: Since 2006, the price of textbooks has dramatically exploded, with the cost of a college text book increasing more than four times the rate of inflation. This cross-campus panel includes Faculty, an Instructional Designer, Librarian and ITS Staff discussing how to build an affordable textbook program. The UNK members will share learning outcomes from the Kelly Grant project including; using OER materials in courses, converting to digital textbooks, lessons learned and helpful hints for success. The UNL members will introduce the Digital Materials Initiative opportunities at the Lincoln campus. A UNL faculty member will discuss his years of experience in creating and using an iBook in his course, and how it has evolved over the years in his department. This is an open panel conversation for the audience to ask questions about OER and for faculty to share their experience with teaching and using OER materials in their course. It takes many people from different specialties, working across campuses to create real impact for students. This large panel represents just a portion of the many people needed to implement all the tools and methods required to create positive change for the University of Nebraska system. Importance: 1. Open Educational Resources (OERs) 2. Affordability 3. Resources for Faculty 4. Improving Learning Outcomes Suggested Audience: Faculty Presentation Needs: No special requirements for this session

Mineta Transportation Institute Report F-00-2

United States Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater, as part of his annual transportation tour for 2000, took part in a round table discussion regarding the transportation needs of the Silicon Valley. The event was co-sponsored by the California Commonwealth Club and the Mineta Transportation Institute on June 24, 2000. Secretary Slater was joined by a panel of local transportation leaders and stakeholders. This publication is a transcript of that forum, 2025 Visioning Session — Silicon Valley.” Panelists included: • United States Secretary of transportation Rodney E. Slater • Steve Berglund, President and CEO, Trimble Navigation • Larry Dahms, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission • Dr. John A. Dearien, CEO, CyberTran International • Rod Diridon, Executive Director, the Mineta Transportation Institute • Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Club of California • David Esmaili, Director, Advanced Transportation Technologies, West Valley College • Neil Garcia-Sinclair, Vice President, CyberTran International • Larry Gerston, Professor, Political Science, San José State University • Abdelaziz Hanif, Manager, Realty and Regional Transportation Specialist, NASA-Ames Research Center • Dr. Kathryn Heatley, Director, Outreach, member SVMG • The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, 16th Congressional District of California • Bill Lynch, Director of Navigation Services, Lockheed Martin Corporation • Norm McCraim, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Transportation • Norman Y.Mineta, Senior Vice President, Lockheed Transportation Systems Division • Jeff Morales, Director, Caltrans • The Honorable James Oberstar, 8th Congressional District of Minnesota • Dr. Donald L. Paul, Vice President of Technology and Environmental Affairs, Chevron Corporation • Dr. Stephen Van Beek, Deputy Administrator, U.S.Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration • Craig Van Kessell, Transportation Coordinator, Altran

Bringing Together Policymakers, Researchers, and Practitioners to Discuss Job Loss

[Excerpt] On November 18–19, 2004, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Joyce Foundation cosponsored a conference at the Chicago Fed, “Job Loss: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses,” to bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss job loss from the perspective of both firms and workers. The first day focused on new research findings, with discussion and comment from participants with backgrounds in policy, practice, and research. The second day featured an address by Michael Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and panel discussions on layoff procedures from the point of view of firms and the post-layoff experience of workers. The balance of this special issue of Economic Perspectives presents papers by our keynote speakers, Lisa Lynch of Tufts University and Henry Farber of Princeton University, and the second-day panel participants. To begin, however, we provide an overview of the research results and discussion from the first day of the conference. This day was organized into three separate sessions. The first focused on the impact of job loss on workers. The second was devoted to the intersection of regulation and job loss. The final session focused on the impacts of job loss on firms. We discuss each of these in turn and then give a brief overview of the contributions of the keynote speakers and second-day participants that are included in this volume. We conclude with an overview of some of the recurring themes of the conference