UNION INSTITUTE & UNVERSITY JULY 19 COMMENCEMENT TO HONOR GRADUATES FROM ACROSS CALIFORNIA
Dr. Hanmin Liu, president of San Francisco-based Wildflowers to deliver keynote;
fallen officer to receive posthumous degree
SACRAMENTO, CA – Learners from across California will converge at the Lionsgate Garden Pavilion July 19, in McClellan, CA, to participate in Union Institute & University’s California Commencement. The new graduates, ages 24-63, are learners from UI&U’s Los Angeles and Sacramento Centers who have earned undergraduate or graduate degrees from the private, non-profit university that provides higher education opportunities for adult learners.
Dr. Hanmin Liu will deliver a keynote address that focuses on living a life dedicated to service and community activism. His Francisco-based Wildflowers Institute, an organization he founded in 1997, believes the best way to address social problems is to help communities identify and leverage existing social and cultural assets to empower the community to take ownership of a direction and a culture that are aligned with its economy.
Dr. Liu, a UI&U Board of Trustee member, is himself a graduate of UI&U, having earned his Ph.D. from the university in 1978. He is also a former admissions counselor, who brought an innovative approach to his work as Union recruited learners on the West Coast. “Union gave me the space fundamental in the development of my life as a social activist,” said Dr. Liu. “I’m very grateful for this. It is still a platform that I grow from and it really exemplified the work I’m doing now.”
The university will also bestow a posthumous degree to the family of fallen Oakland Police Officer Mark Dunakin. Officer Dunakin was just a few months away from earning his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management from UI&U’s Sacramento Center when he and three fellow officers were fatally shot in the line of duty in March. His degree will be presented to the Dunakin family by UI&U President Dr. Roger H. Sublett.
“Sergeant Dunakin is an inspiration to the entire Union community by living Union’s mission to give back to the community in a life of service,” said Dr. Sublett. “We are honored to celebrate his life and his graduation alongside his family and fellow learners.”
UI&U, a private, non-profit university that provides higher education opportunities for adults, is headquartered in Cincinnati, and has centers in Vermont and Miami, as well as Sacramento and Los Angeles. The July 19 commencement will take place at 11 a.m., at the Lionsgate Garden Pavilion, 3410 Westover St., McClellan.
For more information contact Tahlya Cox at Tahlya.cox@myunionedu or at 800.486.7049.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
POET MARTIN ESPADA VISITS UI&U
POET MARTIN ESPADA TO VISIT UNION INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY AS PART OF PHD RESIDENCY
CINCINNATI – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a private, non-profit university headquartered in Walnut Hills, is honored to announce that poet Martin Espada will serve as artist-in-residence at the upcoming PhD in interdisciplinary studies residency. Espada will deliver a keynote address titled "The Republic of Poetry: A Keynote Reading," at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, at the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public. Reservation are required.
Called “the Latino poet of his generation,” Espada has published sixteen books in all as a poet, editor, essayist and translator, including two collections of poems last year. The Republic of Poetry, a collection of poems published by Norton in 2006, received the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Another collection, Imagine the Angels of Bread (Norton, 1996), won an American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Espada has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, two NEA Fellowships, the PEN/Revson Fellowship and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. His poems have appeared in the The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Harper’s, The Nation and The Best American Poetry. A former tenant lawyer, Espada is now a professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and the work of Pablo Neruda.
UI&U’s Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies is one of the most innovative among other doctorate programs in the county. The learners come together as members of cohorts that are formed based on the program’s three areas of concentration; ethical and creative leadership, public policy and social issues, and humanities and society.
Espada’s address is open to the public, however, reservations are required and seating is limited. To reserve a seat contact Jonathan Eskridge, academic residency advisor, 513-487-1199 or at jeskridge@myunion.edu.
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Union Institute & University is a private, accredited university that has, since 1964, redefined higher education by placing learners at the center of their own education. Union serves more than 2000, self-motivated, socially conscious adults in rigorous faculty- mentored programs without interrupting professional, family, and community commitments. UI&U offers individualized programs of study leading to the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition to its distance learning programs, academic centers are located in Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles and Sacramento (CA), Miami (FL), and in Montpelier and Brattleboro (VT).
www.myunion.edu / 440 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206-1925 / 513.861.6400 / 800.486.3116 / TDD 513.861.9968
CINCINNATI – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a private, non-profit university headquartered in Walnut Hills, is honored to announce that poet Martin Espada will serve as artist-in-residence at the upcoming PhD in interdisciplinary studies residency. Espada will deliver a keynote address titled "The Republic of Poetry: A Keynote Reading," at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, at the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public. Reservation are required.
Called “the Latino poet of his generation,” Espada has published sixteen books in all as a poet, editor, essayist and translator, including two collections of poems last year. The Republic of Poetry, a collection of poems published by Norton in 2006, received the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Another collection, Imagine the Angels of Bread (Norton, 1996), won an American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Espada has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, two NEA Fellowships, the PEN/Revson Fellowship and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. His poems have appeared in the The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Harper’s, The Nation and The Best American Poetry. A former tenant lawyer, Espada is now a professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and the work of Pablo Neruda.
UI&U’s Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies is one of the most innovative among other doctorate programs in the county. The learners come together as members of cohorts that are formed based on the program’s three areas of concentration; ethical and creative leadership, public policy and social issues, and humanities and society.
Espada’s address is open to the public, however, reservations are required and seating is limited. To reserve a seat contact Jonathan Eskridge, academic residency advisor, 513-487-1199 or at jeskridge@myunion.edu.
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Union Institute & University is a private, accredited university that has, since 1964, redefined higher education by placing learners at the center of their own education. Union serves more than 2000, self-motivated, socially conscious adults in rigorous faculty- mentored programs without interrupting professional, family, and community commitments. UI&U offers individualized programs of study leading to the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition to its distance learning programs, academic centers are located in Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles and Sacramento (CA), Miami (FL), and in Montpelier and Brattleboro (VT).
www.myunion.edu / 440 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206-1925 / 513.861.6400 / 800.486.3116 / TDD 513.861.9968
UI&U JOINS YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM
UNION INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY WILL PARTICIPATE IN NEW PROGRAM FOR VETERANS
Eligible Veterans Could Attend UI&U Tuition-Free Through Yellow Ribbon Program
CINCINNATI – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit, private university that provides higher education opportunities for busy adults, is proud to announce its participation in the federal government’s Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) Yellow Ribbon Program. Beginning, August 1, the Walnut Hills-based university will provide generous tuition assistance for master’s and doctoral degree seeking learners that qualify for education assistance under the Yellow Ribbon Program of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
As a participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program, UI&U will work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition costs above the highest in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The partnership will allow UI&U’s graduate programs’ tuition and fees to be matched by the federal government and will result in free tuition and fees for eligible veterans. It also allows for the benefit to be transferable to a spouse or dependant.
“We are very proud to be a part of this important effort and to have the opportunity to reward those who have dedicated their lives to serving others,” said Dr. Roger H. Sublett, President of UI&U. “Union strives to make higher education accessible to everyone, and in being a part of this great program, we are one step closer to making this happen.”
Veterans with active duty service after September 10, 2001 may be eligible for yellow ribbon benefits if:
They are entitled to the maximum benefit rate (based on service requirements)
Serve a period of at least 90 aggregate days
Serve a period of at least 30 days and receive a disability discharge
Individuals are eligible while on active duty after serving a period of 90 days
Please note: UI&U can award Yellow Ribbon benefits to the first 10 eligible veterans who apply.
For more information contact Lew Rita Moore, Registrar, at lewrita.moore@myunion.edu or 513-487-1105, visit the GI Bill Web site at http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_BILL_Info/CH33/Yellow_ribbon.htm.
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Eligible Veterans Could Attend UI&U Tuition-Free Through Yellow Ribbon Program
CINCINNATI – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit, private university that provides higher education opportunities for busy adults, is proud to announce its participation in the federal government’s Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) Yellow Ribbon Program. Beginning, August 1, the Walnut Hills-based university will provide generous tuition assistance for master’s and doctoral degree seeking learners that qualify for education assistance under the Yellow Ribbon Program of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
As a participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program, UI&U will work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition costs above the highest in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The partnership will allow UI&U’s graduate programs’ tuition and fees to be matched by the federal government and will result in free tuition and fees for eligible veterans. It also allows for the benefit to be transferable to a spouse or dependant.
“We are very proud to be a part of this important effort and to have the opportunity to reward those who have dedicated their lives to serving others,” said Dr. Roger H. Sublett, President of UI&U. “Union strives to make higher education accessible to everyone, and in being a part of this great program, we are one step closer to making this happen.”
Veterans with active duty service after September 10, 2001 may be eligible for yellow ribbon benefits if:
They are entitled to the maximum benefit rate (based on service requirements)
Serve a period of at least 90 aggregate days
Serve a period of at least 30 days and receive a disability discharge
Individuals are eligible while on active duty after serving a period of 90 days
Please note: UI&U can award Yellow Ribbon benefits to the first 10 eligible veterans who apply.
For more information contact Lew Rita Moore, Registrar, at lewrita.moore@myunion.edu or 513-487-1105, visit the GI Bill Web site at http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_BILL_Info/CH33/Yellow_ribbon.htm.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
M.Ed. Program Brings Top Educator to Vermont
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM J. MATHIS TO SPEAK AT UNION INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY
Mathis is Executive Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center
at the University of Colorado, Boulder
MONTPELIER, VT - William J. Mathis, Executive Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder will deliver a keynote address as part of Union Institute & University’s Master of Education summer residency. The address will be from 6:30-8:15 p.m., July 11, in the College Hall Chapel at UI&U’s Vermont Academic Center and is free and open to the public.
In his presentation, titled “Edges, Challenges, and Visions,” Mathis will consider competing visions of education held by different sectors of society; address obstacles, primarily of adequacy and equity, that educators encounter as they navigate ridgelines toward the summits of these visions; and explore the potential effects of decisions that could topple educators from the ridges, sending them sliding down one face of the edge or the other. Emphasis will be placed on recent education policy statements of President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Mathis has served as superintendent of schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, VT and has taught education finance and law at the University of Vermont. He has published extensively on the cost of adequacy, the No Child Left Behind Act, and about policy issues. He is a former state superintendent of the year and national superintendent of the year finalist.
For more information contact Shelley Matz at 802-828-8810 or email Shelley.matz@tui.edu.
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Mathis is Executive Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center
at the University of Colorado, Boulder
MONTPELIER, VT - William J. Mathis, Executive Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder will deliver a keynote address as part of Union Institute & University’s Master of Education summer residency. The address will be from 6:30-8:15 p.m., July 11, in the College Hall Chapel at UI&U’s Vermont Academic Center and is free and open to the public.
In his presentation, titled “Edges, Challenges, and Visions,” Mathis will consider competing visions of education held by different sectors of society; address obstacles, primarily of adequacy and equity, that educators encounter as they navigate ridgelines toward the summits of these visions; and explore the potential effects of decisions that could topple educators from the ridges, sending them sliding down one face of the edge or the other. Emphasis will be placed on recent education policy statements of President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Mathis has served as superintendent of schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, VT and has taught education finance and law at the University of Vermont. He has published extensively on the cost of adequacy, the No Child Left Behind Act, and about policy issues. He is a former state superintendent of the year and national superintendent of the year finalist.
For more information contact Shelley Matz at 802-828-8810 or email Shelley.matz@tui.edu.
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BRATTLEBORO CENTER OFFERS CLEP TESTING
UNION INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY’S BRATTLEBORO CENTER NOW ONE OF THREE CLEP AND DANTES NATIONAL TEST CENTERS IN VERMONT
Tests can help learners earn degrees faster
BRATTLEBORO, VT – The Brattleboro Academic Center at Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit private university that offers undergraduate and graduate programs designed for the adult learner, is now certified to administer the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) test, designed to accelerate a learner’s degree completion.
Learners take CLEP tests for a variety of reasons. Some use the computer-based tests to shorten the time it takes to earn a college degree, thereby saving money on tuition and fees. Others take them to move on to more advanced courses sooner, complete basic requirements in order to take more electives, or satisfy college requirements. Tests are available in several subjects in disciplines including composition and literature, science and mathematics, foreign languages, business, and history and social sciences.
“By offering these tests, we are furthering our mission to help adult learners in earning a bachelor’s degree through programs that are both accelerated and affordable,” said Dr. Gregory Stewart, Vice President of Enrollment Management for UI&U.
The tests are open to the public, however, registration is required. CLEP tests are $70 per test. In addition, UI&U charges a $14 administrative fee. Members of the military pay no administrative fee for CLEP testing.
For more information or to register for testing contact Robert Wubbenhorst, Assistant Director/Admissions, Brattleboro Center at 802.257.9411 ext.8914 or at Robert.wubbenhorst@myunion.edu.
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Union Institute & University is a private, non-profit, accredited university that has, since 1964, redefined higher education by placing learners at the center of their own education. Union serves more than 2,000, self-motivated, socially conscious adults in rigorous faculty- mentored programs without interrupting professional, family, and community commitments. UI&U offers individualized programs of study leading to the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition to its distance learning programs, academic centers are located in Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles and Sacramento (CA), Miami (FL), and in Montpelier and the Brattleboro Center (VT).
http://www.myunion.edu/ / 440 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206-1925 / 513.861.6400 / 800.486.3116 / TDD 513.861.9968
Tests can help learners earn degrees faster
BRATTLEBORO, VT – The Brattleboro Academic Center at Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit private university that offers undergraduate and graduate programs designed for the adult learner, is now certified to administer the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) test, designed to accelerate a learner’s degree completion.
Learners take CLEP tests for a variety of reasons. Some use the computer-based tests to shorten the time it takes to earn a college degree, thereby saving money on tuition and fees. Others take them to move on to more advanced courses sooner, complete basic requirements in order to take more electives, or satisfy college requirements. Tests are available in several subjects in disciplines including composition and literature, science and mathematics, foreign languages, business, and history and social sciences.
“By offering these tests, we are furthering our mission to help adult learners in earning a bachelor’s degree through programs that are both accelerated and affordable,” said Dr. Gregory Stewart, Vice President of Enrollment Management for UI&U.
The tests are open to the public, however, registration is required. CLEP tests are $70 per test. In addition, UI&U charges a $14 administrative fee. Members of the military pay no administrative fee for CLEP testing.
For more information or to register for testing contact Robert Wubbenhorst, Assistant Director/Admissions, Brattleboro Center at 802.257.9411 ext.8914 or at Robert.wubbenhorst@myunion.edu.
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Union Institute & University is a private, non-profit, accredited university that has, since 1964, redefined higher education by placing learners at the center of their own education. Union serves more than 2,000, self-motivated, socially conscious adults in rigorous faculty- mentored programs without interrupting professional, family, and community commitments. UI&U offers individualized programs of study leading to the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition to its distance learning programs, academic centers are located in Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles and Sacramento (CA), Miami (FL), and in Montpelier and the Brattleboro Center (VT).
http://www.myunion.edu/ / 440 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206-1925 / 513.861.6400 / 800.486.3116 / TDD 513.861.9968
Portland Info Session & Artist Talk June 15
UNION INSTITUTE TO HOST INFO SESSION AND ARTIST TALK WITH PORTLAND ARTIST LUCINDA BLISS JUNE 15
MONTPELIER, VT. – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit private university that offers undergraduate and graduate programs designed for the adult learner, will host a talk with faculty member Lucinda Bliss, followed by a general info session to answer questions about the university’s programs, from 5:30-8 p.m., Monday, June 15, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME.
Bliss, a Portland-based artist, will discuss her recent work and share images of drawings and artist’s books from the exhibit, Wonderland (March, ’09, Whitney Art Works). She will present her work in the context of collaboration and dialogue and will elaborate on what she finds to be a necessary balance between isolated creative immersion and work that evolves out of dialogue with other artists and thinkers. Work from collaborative projects done with artist Rebecca FitzPatrick and with poet/essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be presented.
Union Institute & University’s programs are rooted in learning through dialogue, and Bliss’s presentation will segue into a discussion about the generative and empowering nature of teaching and learning.
For more information contact Rachel Keach, assistant director of admissions for UI&U’s Vermont Academic Center, at 802-828-8510 or at http://www.blogger.com/rachel.keach@myunion.edu.
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MONTPELIER, VT. – Union Institute & University (UI&U), a non-profit private university that offers undergraduate and graduate programs designed for the adult learner, will host a talk with faculty member Lucinda Bliss, followed by a general info session to answer questions about the university’s programs, from 5:30-8 p.m., Monday, June 15, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME.
Bliss, a Portland-based artist, will discuss her recent work and share images of drawings and artist’s books from the exhibit, Wonderland (March, ’09, Whitney Art Works). She will present her work in the context of collaboration and dialogue and will elaborate on what she finds to be a necessary balance between isolated creative immersion and work that evolves out of dialogue with other artists and thinkers. Work from collaborative projects done with artist Rebecca FitzPatrick and with poet/essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be presented.
Union Institute & University’s programs are rooted in learning through dialogue, and Bliss’s presentation will segue into a discussion about the generative and empowering nature of teaching and learning.
For more information contact Rachel Keach, assistant director of admissions for UI&U’s Vermont Academic Center, at 802-828-8510 or at http://www.blogger.com/rachel.keach@myunion.edu.
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