June 12, 2007
Simmons's 102nd Commencement received an array of media coverage. On May 19 (graduation day), a
story ran on the Associated Press wire service, and an interview
with Commencement speaker
John Prendergast ran on WBZ-AM
(CBS Radio, Boston). On May 20, a Boston Sunday Globe
article focused on Prendergast's address and included photos of Prendergast and student speaker
Darline Tunis '07. And before graduation, the May 16
Boston Metro ran a spotlight on Commencement, including bios of
Prendergast and the honorary degree recipients, as well as a map of the campus and "fun facts" about the
college.
Coverage about the new partnership
between the School of Management (SOM) and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta appeared in
several media outlets, both foreign and domestic. The May 17 Economic
Times of India described the venture — which is designed to give faculty and women MBA
candidates at both schools international business experience while encouraging more women to engage in
entrepreneurial activity and advance into leadership positions — as "a partnership geared to give
a leg-up to womanpower." The partnership also was announced in the May 23 issue of
Inc.com, the May 25th edition of
New England Cable News' New England Business Day, on the
WBZ-AM morning news May 28, and in the June 8 issue of
The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Bob Coulam, research professor in
Health Care Administration, was quoted in
a May 30 New York Times article about the Bush administration's use
of interrogation techniques in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks. Coulam was one of the specialists
commissioned by the Intelligence Science Board to advise the intelligence agencies.
Education and
Africana Studies
Professor Theresa Perry was quoted in a May 24
Christian Science Monitor article about a native New Yorker who
became the first white graduate of a Birmingham, Ala., high school.
Zach Abuza, associate
professor of international
relations, was quoted in a June 3 Associated Press article
about Thai rebel Muslims' use of beheadings to promote fear. Abuza said that Islamic militants in Southeast
Asia are trying to pull that region into the Islamic core as part of their global jihad.
Simmons School of Health Sciences Associate Dean
Judy Beal was quoted in a May 13
Boston Sunday Globe article about the "Hot Jobs of 2007." Beal
discussed job growth in the nursing field and career and salary trends for Simmons nursing graduates.
Simmons College was mentioned in a highly positive May 31 Boston
Globe book review of Spelman College President Beverly Tatum's
"Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation" book. The review explains
that the book is based on Tatum's essays on race and education originally delivered at Simmons (as part of
last year's Simmons College/Beacon Press Race, Education and
Democracy Lecture and Book Series).
Roxanne Jackman, assistant director of
career counseling, was interviewed in a May 13
Boston Sunday Globe article on how job hunters should read job
descriptions. She said that job candidates need to read between the lines when they see certain buzzwords and
phrases.
Teresa Nelson, the Simmons
School of Management's Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor in Entrepreneurship, was quoted in a May 13
Boston Sunday Globe article about the growth of minority women
entrepreneurs. Nelson discussed the findings of a report issued by the Center for Women's Business Research
and the Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College.
Sophie Freud, professor emerita of
social work, was interviewed by
Boston's National Public Radio affiliate WBUR June 4 about her new
book, Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family (Greenwood Press, 2007). Freud also discussed how she entered
the psychology field by way of social work, including a career as an SSW professor.
Next Step magazine quoted
Simmons School of Social Work Associate Dean
Carol Bonner in an article about "Majors that Help," in which she
discussed social work as a helping profession. Next Step is a
college-prep magazine distributed to more than 900,00 high school students nationwide.
Lyndy Johnson,assistant dean of
general education, was
interviewed in a May 7 Lowell (Mass.) Sun article about the
Commonwealth's exodus of teachers due to retirement and the decrease of recruitment efforts for new
teachers.
A May 14 Worcester Business Journal (Mass.) article about the salary
gap between men and women quoted Deborah Kolb, the
Simmons School of Management's Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for
Women and Leadership. Kolb suggested that women have a clear understanding of their value to a company when
they negotiate their salaries.
