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Off the Shelf: Lord of the Flies (1990) (Blu-ray)
by Patrick Bromley
Sucks to your ass-mar.
In 1990, a filmmaker with whom most people were not familiar (Harry Hook) took a cast of unknown young actors and remade the classic Lord of the Flies for an audience of seemingly no one. Though it appears to be directed at younger viewers, they couldn't see the R-rated film. Older audiences raised on the book or previous film adaptation would likely find little to like in this glossier, dumbed-down version. Like so many remakes, it feels like an update with the interesting subtext removed -- a copy of a copy. And yet it's also a little better than its reputation suggests, with two effective performances and some nice photography (itself a problem; more on that in a second). If nothing else, at least its heart is in the right place.
Based on William Golding's 1954 novel and previously adapted as a critically acclaimed, stark black and white film in 1963, the 1990 Lord of the Flies opens immediately after a plane carrying a group of military school cadets has crashed into the ocean off the shore of a totally remote island in the Pacific. One of the pilot's is injured and is of no use, leaving the boys to fend for themselves as they attempt to survive in the wild. Eventually, two factions split off: the first is led by sensible Ralph (Balthazar Getty), who wants to organize the boys and get them rescued. The second is led by Jack (Chris Furrh), who leads a group of boys who want to hunt, hurt one another and act like savages. Naturally things end well for everyone.
When Lord of the Flies was originally released in 1990, I remember a lot of critics making a big deal out of the fact that the kids have a brief -- brief -- conversation about Alf. This was all the evidence many of them needed that the attempts to "modernize" the movie -- and, by extension, the movie itself -- were terrible. There are much more significant changes to the source material made here, including changing the kids from British boarding school students to American military school cadets and the addition of the plane's pilot, who remains injured and less than lucid on the beach for a majority of the running time before escaping to the caves. And, yet, for some reason Alf was the thing that bothered critics. Pick your battles, people.
Truth be told, I like the Alf bit (not the fact that the show they're talking about is Alf, because it forces me to remember that for a brief time America made a show about a shitty wisecracking alien puppet a huge hit) because it's one of the things in the movie that actually rings true. Kids this age would be talking about what they're missing on TV. It's how they connect back to the life they remember. It's how they connect to each other. It's one of the rare moments that the movie feels like its own thing for the better, as well as being one of the only observations made about humanity by the 1990 version that doesn't feel like it came from the book. Much of this adaptation rings false; that scene does not.
There are two major factors that hold Lord of the Flies back from being a totally successful telling of Golding's novel. The first is that director Harry Hook doesn't really have a take on the material; he approaches it in a very straightforward way, neither comfortable enough to let the text simply speak for itself nor daring enough to take chances with his interpretation. The second and perhaps more damaging shortcoming is the acting, which isn't all that good even by child actor standards. Balthazar Getty, in his first major role, is as good as can be expected -- it's easy to see why he was the one breakout of the cast and went on to have a career -- but almost everyone else is lacking. Chris Furrh's Jack isn't nearly as strong as Ralph, and that's a problem. He's supposed to be the charismatic counterpart to Getty, able to guide others towards savagery and even murder. When Furrh (who did all of his acting in 1990 and has been in nothing since) is on screen, the movie feels like a high school play.
He's not alone, as much of the acting in this Lord of the Flies is amateurish. It's obvious that Hook used a lot of inexperienced actors either because he thought it would be more authentic or because it's all the production could afford, but most of the kids aren't capable of doing the dramatic heavy lifting the required by the screenplay. A few of them aren't even to convincingly play kids. The non-Getty exception is Danuel Pipoly as Piggy, the chubby, bespectacled boy who is the subject of everyone's ridicule and who eventually becomes the island's first sacrifice. For the film's first half, Peppily reads as inexperienced as everyone else, but it works for his character. When he finally breaks down in front of Ralph after the boys have broken his glasses, it is utterly devastating. There is no acting in the scene; just a real, scared and sad boy whose lifetime of torment has rushed to the surface in a single outpouring. It's the best scene in the film, and the one that alone gives weight to the plight of these boys. It's too bad his last scene is so badly mishandled.
The jungle photography is quite beautiful, particularly on Blu-ray, which might not always be to the movie's benefit. There is a disconnect between the film's themes and its depiction of paradise, which could work for the movie if it seemed intentional. It does not. That's the remake in a nutshell: it occasionally stumbles on to something that might be interesting but never knows what to do with it.
1990's Lord of the Flies is totally watchable and even serviceable at times, with a handful of good scenes and some lovely scenery that's striking in 1080p. Unfortunately, it never shakes the feeling that it's a YA version of Golding's novel that, aside from some language and violence, might as well be made for TV. If this is "your" version of Lord of the Flies because it's the one you grew up with, you'll likely be very happy with Olive Film's Blu-ray. Everyone else will probably stick to Criterion's release of the original '63 film.
Blu-ray release date: April 28, 2015
90 minutes/1990/R
1.85:1 (1080p)
DTS HD 2.0 Master Audio (English)
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Joseph Finn May 21, 2015 at 12:33 PM
A movie like this lives and dies by the casting, and I think it's a bit of a sign that the best known person out of it is Balthazar Getty.
Gabby Ferro May 24, 2015 at 5:41 PM
I remember there was a showing of this and the original film when we were studying the novel. I opted out of it and went to re-read the novel as I didn't want to see a film version so close to the exam on it. I eventually got around to the original and really thought it was a great interpretation. I never got around to this version. You do sell me on that moment with Piggy as that is a character I really liked. Jack was the one I found fascinating though so it is as hame about his casting. Can I ask what you thought of Simon?

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In a new qualitative clinical study published in the September-October issue of the journal Ambulatory Pediatrics, pediatrician Elizabeth Miller and her research colleagues report that a quarter of the teenage girls interviewed for the study — all of whom had histories of abusive relationships — say their partners were actively trying to get them pregnant. The study, available online today, is the first in the general adolescent health literature to document the role of abusive partners in promoting teen pregnancy.
Seven years ago, Elizabeth Miller was a volunteer physician in a community-based clinic in Boston, Mass., which offered confidential services to teens. She is still haunted by the memory of a 15-year old girl who asked her for a pregnancy test. It was negative, but two weeks later the girl was treated for a severe head injury in a nearby emergency room. The girl's boyfriend had pushed her down a flight of stairs.
"I assumed all she needed was to be educated about her contraceptive options," Miller recalled. "Later, I wondered what I had missed. Could I have asked a question that would have identified that she was in an abusive relationship""
That nagging question inspired Miller, now a pediatrician with UC Davis Children's Hospital, to dedicate her career to trying to understand the unique characteristics of adolescent partner violence.
In a new qualitative clinical study published in the September-October issue of the journal Ambulatory Pediatrics, Miller and her research colleagues report that a quarter of the teenage girls interviewed for the study – all of whom had histories of abusive relationships – say their partners were actively trying to get them pregnant. The study, available online today, is the first in the general adolescent health literature to document the role of abusive partners in promoting teen pregnancy.
"Physicians are trained to think about domestic violence in adult terms," said Miller, a physician trained in both adult and pediatric medicine who specializes in treating adolescents. "Our study suggests that health-care providers who come in contact with teens, especially those seeking pregnancy testing and emergency contraception, should ask about the possibility of abuse in the relationship and specifically whether the young woman's partner may be trying to get her pregnant."
Miller's study is based on interviews with 61 girls from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds with a known history of intimate partner violence living in the poorest neighborhoods in Boston. The analysis included 53 girls between the ages of 15 and 20 who reported being sexually active and involved in relationships that included recurring patterns of physical, sexual or emotional abuse from a male partner. Twenty-six percent of these girls reported that their partners were actively trying to get them pregnant by manipulating condom use, sabotaging birth control use and making explicit statements about wanting them to become pregnant.
"We were floored by what these girls told us," Miller recalled. "You think of forced sex as an aspect of abusive relationships, but this takes that abuse a step further to reproductive control of a young woman's body."
Despite the small sample size, Miller describes the current study as a critically important first step toward understanding the nuances of control in intimate relationships and its role in teen pregnancy.
"Our study suggests that those providing care, especially reproductive care, to adolescent girls need to ask questions that reveal the complexities of partner violence, specifically whether a partner is actively trying to get her pregnant when she doesn't want to be," Miller said. "Historically, assessments in clinical settings have focused on physical and sexual violence – and for good reasons. However, our data argues for including questions, for instance, about whether a boyfriend is flushing birth control pills down the toilet or saying he used a condom when he didn't. And pregnancy prevention programs should include discussions about reproductive control as a form of abuse in relationships."
"This study demonstrates for the first time that abusive boys and men often actively promote pregnancy including contraceptive nonuse in their relationships," said Jay Silverman, director of Violence Preventions Programs for the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author on the study. "The implications are clear – when we see girls who cannot consistently use contraception, who are requesting frequent emergency contraception or who seek repeat pregnancy testing, we need to be asking very directly about abuse from male partners and find ways to support them and promote their safety."
Miller added that she and her colleagues will next look at the phenomenon of reproductive control in a larger study and at the population level. They just completed a clinic-based survey of 825 youth in the Boston area designed to address the prevalence of intimate partner violence and related behaviors among boys and girls seeking confidential care, and they are in the process of designing a national study to address these same issues.
Miller has also designed a study that would test interventions for partner violence in family planning clinics among women ages 16 to 24 years, and she is planning a study of dating violence intervention to be conducted in school-based clinics in California and Massachusetts. These interventions involve identifying intimate partner violence through screening questions and include a protocol for providing referrals to appropriate resources, such as advocacy groups, shelters, counseling and agencies that can address safety.
"Our work is aimed at documenting the severity and prevalence of intimate partner violence in teens," Miller said. "Ultimately, we want to reduce teen pregnancy and the devastating effects of partner violence."
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History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Jájome Alto barrio was 1,246.

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Mike Laidlaw, the former creative director of Dragon Age, has established a new development studio alongside other industry veterans. Called Yellow Brick Games, the independent studio is located in Quebec City and aims to create "original, new games of high quality".
Laidlaw is joined by Thomas Giroux, Jeff Skalski, and Frédéric St-Laurent B., meaning the studio is comprised of EA, BioWare, and Ubisoft veterans, with a body of work covering Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Watch Dogs, and Assassin's Creed.
Laidlaw takes on the role of Chief Creative Officer, while Skalski acts as Chief Operating Officer, and Giroux as Chief Executive Officer. Frédéric St-Laurent B., meanwhile, will take on the position of Game Director for the studio's first project. St-Laurent B. was previously Lead Game Designer for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate at Ubisoft Quebec.
The studio currently numbers 15 staff, but is expected to grow in the coming months and years. The goal is to create an original game that will "leverage the capabilities of the next generation gaming platforms", done so with a "craftsmanship approach".
"The market for independently produced games is growing rapidly and the technology is keeping pace," said Laidlaw in a press release announcing the studio. "Small, diverse teams can now create high-quality experiences. For veterans of big-studio productions like myself and much of our team, this is the perfect time to get back to a small, agile, and highly motivated group. We want our games here at Yellow Brick to take potentially millions of players on wonderous journeys, and we want every member of our team to have a direct impact on the new worlds we're creating."
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academic freedom for individuals and for groups
One type of academic freedom belongs to individuals. A teacher, researcher, or student either has freedom or not. The question is whether academics may say what they wish to say.
This form of freedom is very important, and I am an avid defender of it, although it has some limits. First, academics shouldn't be able to say literally anything as part of their jobs, including making demonstrably false statements. Second, it is not always clear when this right should become a positive one. Although I shouldn't be fired for adopting a controversial position, do I have a right to be hired, published, or invited to speak after I've done so? (If I have a positive right to speak, then I want my invitation to the University of Hawaii right now.)
Although academic freedom in the individual sense is important, it is not the only kind. I have worked at universities for 29 years. Only for the last three have I had individual academic freedom, safeguarded by tenure and a right to earn my salary primarily by teaching. Before that, I was always involved in collective efforts–team projects–that had funders, staff, and partners. These projects involved communication and advocacy as well as research. I always had to be careful what I said because that could affect my colleagues and allies. On occasion, I said things that had negative consequences for our fundraising or other goals. Much more often, I held my tongue.
Only very rarely did I experience this situation as a lack of freedom. Generally, I thought of myself and my colleagues as being free in the political sense of the word. We could collaboratively develop and implement strategies to influence society. People who opposed us weren't violating our freedom; they were freely acting at odds with us. Much more common than actual opposition were decisions not to support us for various reasons. If (for instance) someone chose not to approve a grant proposal that we had submitted, that was not a violation of our rights. The alternative would have been to fund us and reject someone else. We operated in a controversial space with numerous decision-makers and finite resources. To the extent that I complained about limitations on our liberty or rights, it was only when arbitrary–from my perspective–bureaucratic rules interfered. I suppose I would have cried foul if administrators within our own institution had blocked us because of their beliefs, but then I would have been complaining about their overstepping their specific responsibilities. More generally, I expected opposition and competition and didn't think of those as threats to our freedom.
If you want a classic framework for this distinction, Benjamin Constant's will serve. Normal academic freedom is an example of what Constant called the "liberty of the moderns." The freedom to collaborate in a contested space is the "liberty of the ancients."
I think there are epistemological as well as ethical reasons to enhance collaborative, applied forms of research as complements to individual scholarship.* These approaches come under such headings as "transdisciplinary research," "civically engaged research," "community-based participatory research" (CPBR), and "participant-action research" (PAR). For such efforts, we need a robust account of academic freedom as the ability to build things together, often in the face of opposition that is legitimate. The question cannot be whether an individual is permitted to say what is in that person's mind. It should become a question about the resources and rewards available to groups of people who seek to co-create knowledge and thereby change the world.
According to this theory, when the NIH, the Ford Foundation, or the American Political Science Association increases its support for engaged research, freedom is enhanced. (Support can mean money, training–like ICER–or recognition.) However, there will never be enough resources to allow every group to undertake every project it wants to do. Many applicants will be rejected; in fact, competition is desirable. Freedom of this kind is not a yes-or-no matter but an outcome of wise institutional design and allocation of resources.
*See civically engaged research in political science; how to keep political science in touch with politics; methods for engaged research; what must we believe?; civically engaged research in political science; what gives some research methods legitimacy?; etc.
This entry was posted in academia on December 13, 2021 by Peter.
Society is corrupt? Found a new college!
I have all kinds of (unoriginal) doubts about the new venture called University of Austin. The promise to create a novel financial model sounds empty until they actually describe it. (Since more than 3,500 US colleges and universities compete today, I would guess that great ideas for saving money have already been tried.) At least in Bari Weiss' version, the case for a new university rests on a damning portrait of the existing ones that doesn't match what I observe. And, as someone who values freedom of expression and robust debate, I don't see a serious effort to grapple with the challenges to freedom, such as directives by donors and foundations, state regulations, the decline of tenure, and shrinking liberal arts enrollments. (Liberal arts courses are the most natural homes of vibrant debate.)
On the other hand, there is nothing more traditional than a group of Americans issuing a jeremiad against their doomed and corrupt society and founding a new college as a solution. That describes Calvinist pilgrims, Jeffersonian democrats, Catholic immigrants, Midwestern progressives, formerly enslaved people, Mormons in Utah, boosters of new Western states, sixties idealists, fundamentalist revivalists, and more.
If anything, it is disappointing that the rate of founding new colleges and universities has slowed so much. Many of the new ones appear to be conventional branch-campuses of existing state systems–important for meeting demand but not necessarily innovations.
Fig 1, shows that the total number of colleges and universities rose rapidly from 1918 to 1998 but peaked around 2013 and has fallen since.
Data from Thomas D. Snyder, 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993 (to 1970) and NCES Digest of Education Statistics, 2019 (NCES 2021-009) after that date
That graph does not adjust for population growth. If we value choice and innovation, we might like to see more colleges and universities per capita, which would mean fewer people per existing colleges (shown in my second graph).
The nineteenth century actually exhibited a worsening of this measure, because population growth outpaced even the rapid formation of new institutions. Much of the 20th century saw improvement, although the number of new institutions could not quite keep up with the Baby Boom in the 1960s. Of late, we have seen more people per college.
Same data as fig. 1, with population adjustments by author
The total number of colleges and universities that are open in a given year doesn't quite indicate the rate of foundings, because older institutions go out of business. Tewksbury (1932) estimated that four out of five antebellum colleges failed. I can't find continuous data on new foundings for US history as a whole, but the third graph indicates a rapid increase in that measure from 1820-1860.
Data from Snyder, table 27
I would place University of Austin in that tradition. I am not enthusiastic about their diagnosis or plan, but I think it's appropriate for disaffected people to start new institutions so that we (and they) can find out what their ideas would really mean in practice. That is how we got the array of colleges and universities that we see today, from Oberlin College to Liberty University, from UCF (with 66k students) to Deep Springs College (with fewer than 30), from Notre Dame to Naropa University in Boulder, CO. I've mentioned some outliers, but the overall trend is increasing similarity or "institutional isomorphism." I'm for innovations that mix things up.
See also: the Harper's letter is fatally vague; the ROI for philosophy; rationales for private research universities; the weirdness of the higher ed marketplace; what kind of a good is education?; a way forward for high culture etc.
This entry was posted in academia on November 12, 2021 by Peter.
the ROI for philosophy
In Monday's Washington Post, Jon Marcus writes that "one of the most basic measures of student success" is whether a degree in a particular subject "will provide [graduates] with the gainful employment they need to make it worth the price." As an example of a bad outcome, he notes that "a philosophy degree from Oberlin costs $142,220 and graduates two years later make $18,154, on average."
This fact comes from a study by the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREO), which "conclude[s] that more than a quarter of programs — including most of those in art, music, philosophy, religion and psychology — leave students financially worse off than if they'd never enrolled." I'll raise a few methodological questions later, but first–how should we think about the values at stake here?
Preston Cooper of FREO writes:
This isn't to say that lower-earning majors are worthless. Society needs artists and musicians. But low incomes for these majors signal a supply-demand mismatch. Universities are producing too many art majors and too few engineering majors relative to the number of jobs available in each of these fields. As a result, employers bid up the wages of engineers while surplus artists flood the labor market. The answer is not to eliminate low-earning majors nationwide, but to reduce their scale.
Many (not all) art majors want to be artists, and if artists' earnings are very low, that suggests a problem. One solution would be to reduce the number of art majors. Another would be to expand society's demand for artists (which doesn't necessarily imply government funding for arts, although that could be one strategy). A third response is to expect artists to tolerate low pay–as we have long done. Which solution we prefer depends on how important we think art is for the society as a whole.
Liberal arts majors are different. Few philosophy majors, for instance, ever enter the job market for philosophy. They end up as lawyers, k-12 educators, business people, founders of LinkedIn–and of course, the proverbial taxi drivers who can quote Kant. The purely economic question is not whether we are producing too many historians, philosophers, and literary critics, but whether a liberal arts education has sufficient value in the general job market.
If philosophy majors get good jobs, that is because employers value clear writing and good reading skills, or because completing a liberal arts degree signals "cultural capital" and membership in an elite.
If, on the other hand, the data show that fields like history and philosophy produce low wages, that suggests two significant problems. First, if majoring in these disciplines is financially costly, they will be luxury goods that only wealthy families can afford–which is bad for the disciplines and unfair to young people of other backgrounds. Second, if we assign most of the society's work of historical and philosophical inquiry and art criticism (etc.), to professors of those subjects, and if the number of jobs for professors is affected by the number of majors in their disciplines, then these social functions will be limited. We won't get a very impressive culture under those circumstances.
We need philosophical inquiry, historical depth, cross-cultural understanding, and aesthetic excellence. Those ideals would not, by themselves, justify liberal arts majors that turn out to be costly for individuals. After all, there are other ways for a society to inquire into philosophical questions than to educate a very small number of undergraduates as philosophy majors. I am especially interested in strengthening the liberal arts outside of academia. (See a way forward for high culture.) We could consider organizing undergraduate education in ways that did not depend on majors. However, as long as we are not actually implementing any alternative strategy for producing excellent forms of culture, then poor financial returns to liberal arts majors would be a problem.
But is the empirical finding correct? The lifetime returns for a philosophy degree vary enormously by institution. According to the FREO study, majoring in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania would net you a handsome $1,250,711 over your lifetime, but a philosophy degree from Loyola University Chicago would cost you $419,352 compared to not having a degree at all. From those two examples, one might hypothesize that philosophy pays at highly prestigious institutions, but if that's a trend, it admits much variation. Philosophy majors from Illinois State do pretty well (ROI = $197,864), while graduates of the excellent NYU department are $259,265 worse off for having obtained a BA. This looks like noise.
One solution would be to combine the people with a given major from all universities. Apparently, 80% of philosophy & religious studies programs have negative returns if you remove financial aid and assume that students must pay the whole cost. But with a variance among philosophy programs of nearly $1.7 million–from very profitable to very costly–I am somewhat skeptical about the meaning of this aggregate statistic.
Also, the FREO study assumes (with some grounding in previous research) that 80% of the benefit of a graduate degree over a BA is attributable to the graduate degree. But it could be that majors in subjects like philosophy help students to obtain valuable professional degrees next. If that is true, the study underestimates their economic returns.
In any case, the economic question is not the only one to consider. To me, the really important question is how our society as a whole addresses ethical, interpretative, aesthetic, and conceptual matters. Offering liberal arts majors and using the revenue to fund scholarship in those disciplines is only one model. It may be a flawed one. But if it is flawed, we need better ways to accomplish the task.
See also: rationales for private research universities; the weirdness of the higher ed marketplace; David Brooks/Pierre Bourdieu; what kind of a good is education?
This entry was posted in academia on November 3, 2021 by Peter.
rationales for private research universities
The Atlantic's Emma Green begins her interview with Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber by asking, "Why should Princeton exist?" He answers by talking about "talent." He says, "the idea of a place like Princeton is that you can identify young people who have extraordinary talent and will benefit from an intensive academic experience. Over the space of years and decades, they will blossom in ways we can't even predict, and they will be able to address problems that matter."
In order to accept this rationale, you would have to accept some version of four controversial premises: 1) Princeton attracts talent, as opposed to various forms of capital (financial, social, cultural). 2) Talented people learn more at Princeton than they would at less selective institutions; they do not merely receive credentials with high market value. 3) Graduates of Princeton are trustworthy and accountable to other human beings. And 4) Social change depends on small numbers of talented people.
Persuasive evidence for these claims cannot be anecdotal. Eisgruber cites Justice Sotomayor, who is genuinely talented, probably learned a lot at Princeton (she talked about it when she visited Tufts), serves the public good, and wields influence as a Supreme Court justice. But one example does not make the case. What is the net impact of Princeton on society? (For instance, what is the impact of one Sonia Sotomayor minus one Ted Cruz?)
I would offer a different justification, cautiously because I think it only goes so far. You could call it "one cheer for Princeton."
Justice is extraordinarily important. It is a contestable concept and it should be complex, encompassing various values that may not fit together comfortably. For instance, it should probably encompass both individual freedom of choice and also equity. Regardless of how you define justice, highly selective and fabulously endowed US universities are not likely to be consistent with it. That is why they should face constant pressure from democratic institutions as well as competition from public higher education and from other entities here and abroad.
But I don't think that justice is the only good. Here I would also mention truth and beauty. Highly selective and well-funded universities generate a lot of those goods–and not only for their own members. As Eisgruber notes, five of this year's Nobelists have Princeton connections, and their research is in the public domain. David Card's work on the minimum wage is research that should promote both truth and justice. He conducted it with Alan Krueger while they were both at Princeton, which is a good example of the benefits of concentrating expertise. Princeton also produces beauty in the form of natural science and scholarship. At Tufts, we add a school of fine arts.
Although highly selective private institutions generate truth and beauty, they don't–and shouldn't–monopolize those functions. For one thing, public universities produce a vast amount of the same goods. (But US public universities are often effectively private institutions.) More importantly, truth must come from beyond the academy.
Indeed, universities have weaknesses as producers of knowledge and beauty (apart from their questionable impact on justice). They are not particularly good at valuing the ideas and insights that come from the margins of society. My job is to try to address that problem at Tufts and in some national networks. Whether I succeed is a different question, but I work on it every day. I think my underlying motivation is the belief that by combining the kinds of knowledge that come from places like Tufts and Princeton with very different kinds of knowledge, we might be able to enlighten and empower people beyond our walls.
See also how to keep political science in touch with politics; the weirdness of the higher ed marketplace; a way forward for high culture
This entry was posted in academia, Uncategorized on October 13, 2021 by Peter.
Civic Studies at Tufts
In this summer's issue of Jumbo Magazine (which is sent to prospective Tufts students), I say that Tufts offers "the best mix of experiential [opportunities], like internships and service learning, with academic rigor about civic engagement."
In this public forum, I should apologize for my competitive claim. If other campuses do more or better than we do, that is good news. But I can elaborate on what I meant.
Virtually every US college or university offers experiential civic education, in the form of student-led groups, service placements and internships, and projects assigned in courses.
Meanwhile, all colleges and universities offer courses relevant to being an effective and responsible citizen, from "Intro to American Government" in political science to courses on specific social issues, to courses that help one to understand cultural identities and differences. Indeed, the liberal arts curriculum as a whole is civic education, if it is done well. (It can be civic mis-education, if it is done very badly.)
However, there is typically a gap between students' civic experiences and the curriculum. When they are engaged in civic activities, students–like all human beings–usually interact with finite numbers of other individuals within voluntary groups and networks, formal organizations, or enterprises. As individuals and collectively in these groups, they make value-judgments: What counts as a problem? What would be a good outcome? They create and enforce (or undermine and revise) norms that influence their collective behavior. They work together in various ways, producing products and outcomes. And they face characteristic challenges. Some people may slack off, some may misinterpret the purpose of the group, some may mistreat others, and so on.
These issues are addressed in the curriculum, but in a scattered way and not as a major focus. One can learn about ethical judgments in philosophy, about free-rider problems in economics, and about voting procedures in political science. But a student would be hard pressed to identify these relevant aspects of many different courses from various disciplines and put them together.
Hence the Civic Studies Major at Tufts. Our introductory and capstone courses and the electives (including internships) are specifically designed to address the problems of acting together in voluntary groups. These problems have practical significance, and one can learn how to manage them from practical experience. But these problems are also intellectually complex, and one can learn from theory, history, and empirical studies. Our aspiration is put those forms of knowledge together.
See also civic education and the science of association.
This entry was posted in academia, Uncategorized on July 7, 2021 by Peter.


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After Years Of Supporting The Palestinians Over Israel, The Vatican Shows They're In Full Control Of The West Bank City Of Bethlehem On Christmas Eve
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head Catholic cleric in Israel and the West Bank enters Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 2019 showing Vatican control. ...
King Abdullah Of Jordan Tells Israel To Divide Their Land And Give It To The Palestinians Or You'll Never Be A Part Of The Middle East
King Abdullah of Jordan said on Friday that Israel must divide up their land and give it to the Palestinians or not be a part of the Middle East. ...
Palestinians Unleash Largest-Ever Barrage Of Incendiary Balloons From Gaza Strip On Southern Israel Sparking Dozens Of Fires Throughout The Area
Massive waves of incendiary balloon devices were launched from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel Thursday, sparking over two dozen fires in the area....
DEAL OF THE CENTURY: Jared Kushner Just Released His Middle East Plan For 'Peace To Prosperity' And The Saudi Kingdom Is Urging The Palestinians To Accept It, They Just Might Do It
The 'Peace To Prosperity' Middle East peace plan by Jared Kushner seems to be little more than giving the Palestinians an obscene amount of money, or is it?...
Madonna At Eurovision In Israel Performs As Antichrist Mocking The Sacrifice Of Jesus Christ At Calvary Sending An End Times Message Of Warning To The Jews And Palestinians
Madonna's performance at Eurovision is a warning to the Jews first, the Palestinians second, and the world at large last, prepare for Antichrist!...
As White House Reveals First Part Of Its Middle East Peace Plan, It Appears Jared Kushner Has No Understanding Of What The Palestinians Actually Want
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President Trump's 'Deal Of The Century' Middle East Peace Plan Would Have Palestinians Become Citizens Of Jordan And Egypt
President Donald Trump will push for Jordan to grant citizenship to one million Palestinian refugees as part of his "Deal of the Century," according to the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar. ...
1 Dead, 312 Wounded As Palestinians Riot And Burn Tires At The Gaza Strip Border In Israel On Friday
One Palestinian was reported killed and at least 312 were wounded as some 10,000 Palestinians protested on the Gaza Strip border in Israel on Friday....
3 Killed And Scores Wounded As 12,000 Palestinians Riot On Gaza Strip Border With Israel, Burn Tires And Hurl Rocks At Israeli Soldiers
Around 12,000 Palestinians participated in weekly demonstrations along the Gaza Strip border with Israel Friday evening. The army said rioters burned tires and hurled rocks at Israeli soldiers....
Netanyahu Says Palestinians Should 'Abandon The Fantasy' That They Will Destroy Israel And Conquer Jerusalem
In the Golan Heights he's dealing with a new and forceful threat from Iranian targets in Syria. He's also facing condemnation from Monday's killings of Palestinians at the Gaza border. VICE founder Shane Smith met with Netanyahu to discuss the violence on the border with Gaza and new threats...
DAZED AND CONFUSED: Erdogan Says Turkey Will Not Allow Israel To Steal Jerusalem From Palestinians. Huh?
Erdogan said his chief of staff's office & foreign ministry were working to evacuate injured from Gaza, and said that Turkey would stand by Palestine "no matter what the price". "We will continue to be with our Palestinian siblings with our hearts" he said. "We will never allow Jerusalem...
Place The Blame For The Dead And Wounded Palestinians At Gaza Border Yesterday Squarely At The Feet Of Terror Group Hamas
United Nations Human Rights official called for an independent probe into the Israeli killing of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border after the United States squashed a bid for a Security Council investigation. On Monday, there were 58 deaths and 1,360 demonstrators were injured with live ammunition in Gaza riots....
As 40,000 Palestinians Rush Gaza Border, Israeli Snipers Kill 38, Wound 1,000 Ahead Of US Embassy Opening
Israeli snipers have killed 25 Palestinians and hundreds more have been injured as 35,000 joined protests over the opening of America's embassy today. At least 900 more have been injured with about 450 of them by live bullets, according to Gaza's Health Ministry....
HAMAS PROVOKES ISRAEL: 1 Dead, 49 Wounded As Palestinians Rush The Gaza Border Forcing Israel To Engage
Israeli troops fired live bullets and tear gas Friday across a border fence into Gaza where Palestinian protesters threw stones, burned tires and flew kites with burning rags attached. One protester was killed and 49 were wounded by Israeli fire, Gaza health officials said....
10,000 Palestinians Gather On Israel Border With Kite Bombs And IEDs As Protest Continues For Second Week
Palestinians tried to fly a Molotov cocktail attached to a kite over the border between Gaza and Israel as more than 10,000 protested along the fence for a third straight Friday. The daring plot did not go as planned as the kite was instead blown into Gaza before it crashed to the ground...
Israel On The Brink Of All Out War As Palestinians Vow To Continue Protests Until US Embassy Move To Jerusalem On May 14
The Palestinians "will never recognize the Zionist entity and will never give up on Palestinian land, and on Jerusalem; the city is ours and there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without the 'right of return,'" Haniyeh said, according to a Hebrew translation by the Walla news site....
6 Dead, 500 Wounded In Israel As Thousands Of Palestinians Rush Gaza Border In 'March Of Return' Riots
Six Palestinians were killed and some 500 were wounded by Israeli rubber bullets and live fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a series of massive protests intensified along the security fence surrounding the Hamas-controlled enclave, Palestinian sources said. ...
Chances Of Jared Kushner Delivering A Peace Covenant Between Israel And Palestinians Gets Big Boost From Saudi Arabia
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Pence Says US Embassy Will Open In Jerusalem Next Year As Jordan Demands East Jerusalem For Palestinians
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Temple Mount In Jerusalem On High Alert As Palestinians Violently Call For 'Day Of Rage' Against Jews
Muslim leaders and Palestinian political factions have urged the faithful to gather for a 'day of rage' against the new security policies....
John Kerry Gives Hate-Filled Speech Calling Israel Illegal 'Occupiers Of Palestine' Says Jerusalem For Palestinians
Obama flunkie John Kerry gave an inflammatory speech this morning where he called for an "end of the Israeli occupation" of Palestine....
Obama Administration Secretly Worked With Palestinians To Craft Anti-Israel Resolution At UN
The Obama administration secretly worked with the Palestinian Authority to craft a "shameful" United Nations resolution behind Israel's back....
As Palestinians Launch Rocket That Hits Sderot, Israel Responds With Tanks And Jet Fighters
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Exploding Bus Bomb Terror Attack By Palestinians In Jerusalem Israel Wounds 21
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Support your fellow Chamber members and help strengthen the ties of the Aurora business community by participating in our member-to-member discount program. Find out which members are providing discounts and other benefits already in our Members Only section and consider helping us expand the list. If you submit a member-to-member discount to info@aurora-chamber.com by Aug. 15, we will highlight that discount on our social media outlets.
Thursday, July 31, at 8:00 a.m.
Friday, August 1, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 5, at 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, August 12, at 7:15 a.m.
Wednesday, August 13, at 8:00 a.m.
Thursday, August 21, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Save a life by participating in Heartland Blood Centers Aurora facility's Foxfire District Scouting for Life Blood Drive this week. Not only is every Boy Scout able to earn a "Blood Donor Day" patch by recruiting two blood donors, but each donor also receives a $5 Subway gift card. To schedule an appointment, please call 1 (800) 786-4483 or go online to www.heartlandbc.org.
Community Career Center invites you to attend their "Career U: Talk to the Grads" Q&A on Tuesday, July 29, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and/or "Dress for Success" seminar on Thursday, July 31, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for members and $15 for non-members per event. Interested in becoming a member? Come Thursday, July 31, at 9:30 a.m. to learn what services and resources are available to you. Tour the Center and optimize your search efforts today.
Are you new to planning meetings, events, or conferences? Consider attending Waubonsee Community College's Meeting and Event Planning Boot Camp on Wednesday, July 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the downtown Aurora campus. For this class only, the price is $79. Register here or contact Elizabeth Hurley at (630) 906-4152 and ehurley@waubonsee.edu.
Concert in the Park, put on by the Fox Valley Park District, continues with Centerfold at McCullough Park on Thursday, July 30, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Centerfold delivers everything from rock classics to pop favorites of today. Audiences of all ages will enjoy songs from Journey, Heart, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood and more. Admission is free and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.
Attend 95.9 FM The River's Smart Target Seminar at the Bolingbrook Golf Club on Wednesday, July 30, or Thursday, July 31, from either 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., or 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Presented by Patrick Combs, Smart Target will teach you how to identify your best prospects and use a total marketing approach to engage and retain customers. For more information or to register, contact Sally Gaigalas at (630) 849-2877 or sgaigalas@digity.me.
Learn more about Aurora University's adult degree completion programs in accounting, business administration, communication, criminal justice, marketing, nursing (RN to BSN), psychology and social work at the Adult Degree Completion Open House on Thursday, July 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission representatives, faculty and financial aid counselors will be available to answer your questions. Bring your transcripts for an evaluation of prior credit. Register today at www.aurora.edu/adcopenhouse.
Join Deborah A. Hall, MD, PhD, a movement disorder specialist with Parkinson's disease at the Movement Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, for an evening program focusing on balance and fall related issues in Parkinson's and other movement disorders on Thursday, July 31, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Rush-Copley Heart Institute. Registration is required. Click here to sign up.
Come to If These Walls Could Talk Framing and Gallery's "Gallery Night" on Friday, August 1, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Enjoy free drinks and appetizers while perusing the new "Tree Bark" paintings by artist Janet Wickham. Make sure to check out the other venues participating in First Fridays in Downtown Aurora as well.
Attend a fun-filled day at a Kane County Cougars Baseball game on August 3 to benefit Family Counseling Services of Aurora and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Tickets are $30 each or $125 for five, and can be purchased at www.aurorafcs.org or by contacting Donna Magin at (630) 844-8216 or dmagin@aurorafcs.org. The price includes a game ticket and an all-you-can-eat buffet on the left field Party Deck. Food will be served from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., with the game starting at 1:00 p.m.
Join the fun at the 26th Annual Compassion Foundation Golf Outing on Monday, August 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Aurora Country Club. Attendees receive a round of golf, lunch, and a sit down dinner with an open bar for $300. Non-golfers are welcomed to come at 6:00 p.m. for cocktails, dinner, prizes, and an auction. Featured is a Rich Harvest Farms Golf Raffle. For $50 per ticket, enter to win an all-day event for you and your guests featuring 18 holes of golf, lunch, and a private tour of the renowned Rich Harvest auto museum—a $4,000 value! Sign up by going to https://secure14.hostek.net/compassionfoundation-org/contribute.htm.
The City of Aurora Police Department and city officials are encouraging community groups and other organizations to participate in the 31st Annual National Night Out on Tuesday, August 5, which protests crime, drugs, and violence. Groups and organizations planning events should contact Aurora Police Commander Joe Groom at (630) 256-5710 or groomj@apd.aurora.il.us so officials can visit as many gatherings as possible. To find out more, go to http://natw.org/.
Rush-Copley Medical Center invites expectant fathers to attend their Boot Camp for New Dads, held the second Saturday of every month through December from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Taught by veteran fathers, this class enables new dads to step up to the challenge of being a father and feeling confident in caring for a newborn. Click here to register.
Join the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora—the club that fights Diabetes—for a free picnic at Prairie Point Park in Oswego on Saturday, August 9, from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. This family-friendly event will include popcorn, lemonade, a bounce house, games, prizes and more! There will even be an opportunity to meet a Freedom Paws diabetic alert service dog. Bring your own lunch in a decorated basket—a special prize will be given for the most creative one. Visit www.cosmopolitanpicnic.weebly.com to find out more.
There is no better way to spend a lazy, hazy summer day than at Naper Settlement's Hometown Picnic on Saturday, August 9, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Enjoy old-fashioned games, contests, and an apple pie baking contest. Food will be available for purchase from Belgio Catering. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (62+), and $8 youth (4-12). Visit www.napersettlement.org or call (630) 420-6010 for details.
Last column, "Aurora chamber finding pathways to career opportunities," I detailed the process the city of Aurora, Waubonsee Community College, School Districts 129, 131, 204 and 308 were pursuing with the Aurora Regional Chamber to generate career pathways for our area students as part of our workforce development efforts.
In addition to the Pathways to Prosperity initiative, the Chamber has a number of other initiatives in place to improve our region's employment.
The Manufacturing Careers Internship Program (MCIP) is another. It is an industry-driven youth program that offers train-to-hire internships for out-of-school youth between 18 and 21 years of age an opportunity to learn about manufacturing careers. The program includes a three-week "Manufacturing Boot Camp" that includes tours of manufacturing facilities in the area, development of work acumen and work-readiness skills, mentoring and a 10-hour OSHA certification training.
Following the boot camp, participating employers will provide a six-week, 240-hour internship to the students. During the internship, Business Career Services, in partnership with the Kane County Department of Employment and Education (KCDEE) serves as the employer of record. As a result, they are responsible for employee wages, liability and insurance during the internship.
The employer has the opportunity to train the intern for specific job requirements in the company. Following the internship, the manufacturer has the option of hiring the intern. Through the collaboration, we work to create a pipeline of motivated, skilled employees who are ready to start work or gain additional training and certifications.
The program received the 2013 Innovation Solutions Award from the Illinois Workforce Partnership and was featured as a best practice by the National Association of Workforce Board Professionals.
Results of previous program sessions are impressive. For example, according BCS and Medusa Consulting Group, 70 percent of the interns are now employed in or pursuing additional education and training for manufacturing careers.
The Aurora Chamber is currently partnering with the BCS and Medusa to secure local manufacturers interested in partnering to provide tours, mentoring, and internships for the youth. For more information, employers may contact Sid Hussaini at (847) 809-8901.
In addition, youth between 18 and 21 who are interested in learning more about the program and manufacturing careers can contact Eddie Perez at (224) 358-1039 for more information.
We are excited by the number of workforce development initiatives we have at the Aurora Chamber. We believe that our focus here will benefit our employers as well as our community. Of course, as you can see from the Pathways to Prosperity and the MCIP, we are not alone in these efforts. We appreciate our partners for their commitment to the efforts. We look for forward to great successes and to sharing more of our workforce development programs with you.
If you have questions or would like more information on the Chamber or its programs, please feel free to contact the Aurora Chamber office at (630) 256-3180.
At its July meeting, the Board of Directors of the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomed Laura Newman of Mitutoyo America Corporation as its new chair. She will serve a one-year term through July 2015. She succeeds Keith Wheeler of Responsive Network Services who now becomes Immediate Past Chair. Alex Pope, Rush-Copley Medical Center, was named chair elect of the board.
In addition, the following directors were seated: Joan Boldan, Imagetec; Doug Buis, McKesson; Chad Knapp, Rasmussen College; and Ed Hunter, Presence Mercy Medical Center.
They replace Michael Morcos, Sarah Russe, Roger Schnorr, Jack Lynch, and Mike Krzus who have completed their three-year terms.
The Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce has been named a recipient of a Lumina Education Attainment Award, a one-year $40,000 stimulus to increase regional higher education attainment. The award program is part of a promising new partnership between the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) and Lumina Foundation to engage the business community in efforts to increase postsecondary education attainment.
Tuesday, July 22, at 7:15 a.m.
Wednesday, July 23, at 8:00 a.m.
The Chamber would like to thank the 2016 LPGA International Crown at Rich Harvest Farms for sponsoring last week's Coffee & Connections networking event. It is thanks to contributions like theirs that the Chamber can keep the cost of membership to a minimum.
The Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce was on hand to celebrate various milestones for several area businesses this past Wednesday. Among them, Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora had an official groundbreaking for their 290,000 sq. ft. expansion. The $110 million project will enlarge the mall by nearly two-thirds.
A ribbon cutting was held to commemorate the start of the 2014 Kane County Fair. The fairgrounds will remain open throughout the year in order to host events like flea markets, dog shows and other festivals.
Sunnymere, Inc. has been providing quality, affordable, all-inclusive independent and assisted care for the elderly for 75 years. They celebrated this milestone with tours, a business after hours and a ribbon cutting.
Congratulations to Idea Marketing Group on celebrating their 5th Anniversary. May they offer award-winning web design, web development, and marketing services to clients nationwide for many years to come.
Donate to Heartland Blood Centers' Aurora facility between now and the end of July to receive a $5 Subway gift card. Learn about Heartland's Student Saving Summer Scholarship Opportunity as well, where five lucky students will win a $1,000 school scholarship! To schedule an appointment, please call 1 (800) 786-4483 or go online to www.heartlandbc.org.
Community Career Center invites you to attend their "Salesforce Software & How I Landed a Job By Creating My Own Position Using Sales" seminar on Tuesday, July 22, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; "Career U: Talk to the Grads" Q&A on Tuesday, July 29, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; and/or "Dress for Success" seminar on Thursday, July 31, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for members and $15 for non-members per event. Interested in becoming a member? Come July 24, 26, or 31 at 9:30 a.m. to learn what services and resources are available to you. Tour the Center and optimize your search efforts today.
GiGi's Playhouse Fox Valley is excited to host another Open Play on Tuesday, July 22, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Any family is invited to come and participate. Please RSVP at foxvalley@gigisplayhouse.org.
State Senator Linda Holmes, with State Representatives Stephanie Kifowit and Linda Chapa LaVia, presents the Senior Resource Fair at the Prisco Community Center on Wednesday, July 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. At the fair, attendees can renew their driver's license or get a new state ID from the Secretary of State's office, receive warnings on senior scams from the Attorney General's Office, take advantage of screenings and services provided by Walgreens, receive current information on senior programming and benefits from the State Department and information on aging from the Department of Public Health, and more. Questions? Contact Senator Linda Holmes' Office at (630) 801-8985.
Learn more about freshman admission, academics and campus life at Aurora University at the Freshman Summer Open House on Wednesday, July 23, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Presentations on university admission, academics and student life will be given. Campus tours and an ice cream social will follow the presentations. Register at www.aurora.edu/summeropenhouse.
Register now for the Metro West City Council of Government's Second Annual Golf Outing at Bowes Creek Country Club on Thursday, July 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be a breakfast at 9:00 a.m., golf at 10:30 a.m., and a reception to wrap everything up at 4:00 p.m. The fee is $110 for golf and $25 for the reception. Contact Mary Randle at (630) 859-1331 or mrandle@metrowestcog.org with questions.
Concert in the Park, put on by the Fox Valley Park District, continues with Aurora American Legion Band at McCullough Park on Thursday, July 24, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Aurora American Legion Band is an eclectic mix featuring all ages—veterans, non-veterans and student musicians—playing patriotic, classical, and popular music. Admission is free and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.
Naper Nights Concert Series continues with "The History of Rock," July 25-26. On Friday, Think Floyd will perform from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. On Saturday, the gates are open from 3:00 – 10:00 p.m. and will features performances by Dead Yet Alive, One More Time, The Ents, and headliner ARRivAl. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for this opportunity to enjoy music under the stars on the beautiful grounds of Naper Settlement. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 youth (4-12), free for members and children under 4. Tickets are available at www.napernights.org.
The award will support the Aurora Chamber's established goals to increase the percentage of high-quality credentials held by community residents after high school, including certificates, associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees.
Along with Aurora Regional Chamber, the winning chambers include: Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber; Metro South (Mass.) Chamber; Greensboro (N.C.) Chamber; Greater Sarasota (Fla.) Chamber; Birmingham (Ala.) Business Alliance; and Greater Omaha Chamber.
Wednesday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Chamber would like to thank Christopher Bennett, President of Winfree Business Growth Advisors, for speaking at last month's Fox Valley Networking Professionals event. We hope everyone in attendance was able to learn a few things about Sales and Profitability Culture.
We would like to extend our thanks to Hopvine Brewing Company as well for their fantastic Business After Hours last Thursday. The event was a great way to unwind after a long day, and lots of connections were made in a low-key atmosphere.
If any member would like to present at or sponsor one of our upcoming networking events or host a Business After Hours, please contact Jane E. Abe, IOM, ACE, Director of Membership.
Promote your summer events and book now! E-Blasts Ads are available on Wednesdays and Fridays for our members to communicate with fellow members. Your exclusive ad is emailed to more than 2,200 e-mail addresses. Dates are filling up fast! Contact Jane E. Abe, IOM, ACE, Director of Membership, to find out which days are still available and for special pricing.
The Fox Valley Park District has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for a fitness center expansion and improvements at the Prisco Community Center near downtown Aurora. The project will essentially create a new fitness center in Prisco and triple the current space (about 1,500 square feet) to over 5,000 square feet on two levels. The added space will allow for greater group and senior fitness facilities, renovated locker rooms, accessibility improvements and increased early childhood classroom areas for the Creative Play Preschool program.
Approximately 1,200 Aurora schoolchildren, grades one through five, will take part in the Aurora Regional Fire Museum's Youth Firefighter Challenge at the historic Aurora Regional Fire Museum. The inaugural camp, a partnership with Communities In Schools of Aurora, will host students from 12 East Aurora District schools, each for one half-day, between June 30 and July 23. The purpose is to teach fire safety, physical fitness and important life skills.
On behalf of Naper Settlement and the Naperville Heritage Society, Alford Executive Search is pleased to announce that Macarena (Rena) Tamayo-Calabrese has recently been appointed as its next President and CEO. She will work closely with the Naperville Heritage Society Board of Directors and the Naper Settlement Museum Board to bring about visionary and strategic leadership for the museum.
Donate to Heartland Blood Centers' Aurora facility between now and the end of July to receive a $5 Subway gift card. Learn about Heartland's Student Saving Summer Scholarship Opportunity as well, where five lucky students will win a $1,000 school scholarship! Donate today or tomorrow and receive a $10 Target gift card on top of everything else. To schedule an appointment, please call 1 (800) 786-4483 or go online to www.heartlandbc.org.
Community Career Center invites you to attend their "LinkedIn: Just the Basics" workshop on Tuesday, July 15, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; "Microsoft Office 365" workshop on Thursday, July 17, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; and/or "Salesforce Software & How I Landed a Job By Creating My Own Position Using Sales" seminar on Tuesday, July 22, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for members and $15 for non-members per event. Interested in becoming a member? Come July 17, 19, or 24 at 9:30 a.m. to learn what services and resources are available to you. Tour the Center and optimize your search efforts today.
The community is cordially invited to attend Sunnymere, Inc.'s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday, July 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. There will be a continental breakfast and history presentation at 8:30 a.m., a Business After Hours from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. with an Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m., and an open house with tours and information throughout the day. If interested, please contact Cecelia Sanders at (630) 898-7844 or cecelia@sbcglobal.net.
Complete your bachelor's degree at Aurora University. Find out how at their Transfer and Adult Summer Event on Wednesday, July 16, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Explore traditional undergraduate and adult degree completion programs, and discover easy transfer of credit and courses that build upon your previous studies. Faculty, financial aid counselors, admission representatives and current students will be available to answer your questions as well. If interested, register at www.aurora.edu/transferevent.
ServPro of Aurora is holding a free Ethics C.E. Credit Course at their facility on Thursday, July 17, from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. This class is perfect for agents, claims mangers, claim departments, adjusters, mitigation vendors, and anyone in the insurance field. A complimentary breakfast will be provided. Call (630) 862-3930 to sign up.
Join State Representative Stephanie Kifowit and the Kane County 'Growing for Kane' Initiative Program to learn about Urban Gardening at the Aurora Public Library, Eola Branch, on Thursday, July 17, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The goal of Kifowit's seminar is to increase the amount of fresh food grown in Kane County. Presenters will be Janice Hill, from Kane County Farmland Protection, and Janie Maxwell, from the Kane County Health Department. Contact Sally Erickson at (630) 585-1308 or sally.erickson84@gmail.com for more information.
Summer Stage Theatre presents 'Hairspray' at West Aurora High School this upcoming weekend. Show times are Friday, July 18, at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, July 19, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, July 20 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the Prisco Community Center or online at www.seatyourself.biz/foxvalleyparkdistrict.
The Growing Place in Aurora, with the help of the Naperville Garden Club, is hosting a Downton Abbey Flower Faire on Saturday, July 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Throughout the day, visitors to the Flower Faire are invited to partake in festivities reflecting the Edwardian era, such as floral arranging, flower competitions, and croquette. Call (630) 355-4000 for more information.
The second annual Naperville Ale Fest will be held at Naper Settlement on Saturday, July 19, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. It will feature over 180 unique beers from craft breweries around the country. Some of Naperville's best restaurants and catering companies will also be in attendance. A portion of the proceeds from the festival benefit Naper Settlement and the Naperville Heritage Society. Admission is $45 for those 21 and over; $15 for designated drivers. Purchase tickets at www.napervillealefest.com.
This past June, we welcomed the following to the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce. As always, we encourage you to get to know your fellow members. It is only through collaboration that we will be able to move our region's business community forward.
Walbridge Industrial Process: One of the largest privately owned construction companies, Walbridge is the nation's #1 manufacturing industry design builder, general contractor and construction manager, specializing in steel, aluminum, manufacturing, and automotive facilities.
PM Music Center: PM Music Center has been in business since 1982, serving school music programs and specializing in band and orchestra rentals, accessories, sales and service.
The Oasis Christian Fellowship of Aurora: The Oasis Church is a gathering of believers of Jesus Christ who are devoted to the Word of God and the fellowship of the believers.
Flawless Painting & Remodeling, LLC: A residential painter and contractor, Flawless Painting & Remodeling strives to exceed customers' expectations by providing quality workmanship, professional service, and affordable pricing.
M E Computer Systems: For over 25 years, M E Computer Systems has offered award-winning support, innovative IT solutions, and intelligent software applications.
Victory Packaging: The architects of packaging solutions, Victory Packaging creates a solution that meets individual requirements by focusing on unique needs.
K-Rise Systems, Inc.: K-Rise Systems offers EASYProcess (TM), a platform for enterprise development as well as SCM, HR and eCommerce Software built with it.
The Manufacturing Career Internship Program (MCIP) is designed to help employers find and hire young adults interested in manufacturing. At the same time, it provides out-of-school youth ages 18 – 21 with the opportunity "try out" and enter into a manufacturing career.
The MCIP starts with a 3-week "Manufacturing Boot Camp" followed by a 6 to 8-week paid internship at local participating manufacturers. At the end of the internship, employers can decide to hire the interns at no charge.
Launched in 2011 to help fill the critical shortage of young adults entering manufacturing, the MCIP has introduced manufacturing to over 130 young adults in 5 counties, with over 70% of them finding employment or pursuing additional education and training. The MCIP is a collaborative partnership between Business and Career Services (BCS), Medusa Consulting Group and the Kane County Department of Employment and Education (KCDEE).
BCS serves as the employer of record and covers all wages to the interns and liability insurance during the internship.
70% of the interns are now employed or pursuing additional education and training.
50% of the interns are now employed in manufacturing.
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Paris, 8 October 2014 — Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and Orange have concluded a multi-year agreement for C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite that broadens Orange's satellite capabilities across Africa. The capacity will support a fast response to enterprises by Orange Business Services for communications anytime, anywhere as well as serve Orange's own internal requirements.
The newly leased resources complement C-band transponders already leased by Orange Business Services on the EUTELSAT 5 West A and EUTELSAT 10A satellites. The additional capacity will notably benefit enterprises operating in Africa who need reliable VSAT connectivity between geographically dispersed offices, including offshore sites.
C-band satellite communications benefit from two key characteristics that make them central to Africa's telecommunications environment: strong performance in all climate zones, including equatorial Africa, and availability of wide service areas. Both features ensure that users can benefit from secure and robust connectivity solutions in rural and remote locations across the world that are unserved by terrestrial networks, including equatorial Africa.
Launched in May 2014, the EUTELSAT 3B satellite was designed to increase and diversify Eutelsat's resources and footprint at its 3° East orbital position and reach Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Brazil. The first commercial satellite to assemble C, Ku and Ka payloads in a single platform, its innovative tri-band configuration enables users to select the frequency band and service area adapted to the services delivered.
Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world's leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 37 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.
Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 32 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.


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