Op-eds By Charles Garris May 24, 2021 1:13 AM
Charles Garris is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, a member of the Faculty Senate and a former Chair of the Faculty Senate executive committee.
It is with great sadness that I learned of University President Thomas LeBlanc’s decision to retire from his position at the end of the 2021–22 academic year. At the beginning of his presidency, there was a palpable excitement that he would build on the upward trajectory of excellence left to him by the administrations of predecessors Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Steven Knapp. LeBlanc was provided by the presidential search committee with a detailed analysis which defined a series of major historical challenges that had prevented GW from joining the top tier academic institutions of the nation and limited the future trajectory of the institution.
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Robert Fitzpatrick, longtime dean at Curtis Institute, dies at 75 Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Robert Fitzpatrick, 75, clarinetist and conductor, a fixture at the Curtis Institute of Music, and a member of the administrative team that failed to act on sexual-abuse claims by a teenage student at the famed music conservatory, has died.
Mr. Fitzpatrick died Monday in France after an illness, a Curtis spokesperson said.
“During his 23-year tenure, Fitzpatrick was central to numerous academic and technological developments at Curtis,” the school stated in an email this week to students, alumni, and others.
“While Fitzpatrick’s tenure as dean was marked by many achievements, it also was clouded by actions with which we are still reckoning,” the statement continued, citing a report it commissioned after an Inquirer investigation detailed allegations by violinist Lara St. John that, as a 14-year-old student at the school, she was sexually abused and
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NORTH EAST, Md. – Cecil College is celebrating four decades of excellence in the education of future nurses for the Mid-Atlantic region. This year is the 40th anniversary of the nursing program at Cecil, which is one of the most coveted nursing schools in the State of Maryland, with its graduates highly recruited for employment in the region. Community College nursing programs are critical to meeting the workforce need for nurses in Maryland. Cecil College is preparing nurses to meet the challenges of today s health care environment, said Cecil College President Dr. Mary Way Bolt.
Cecil College s nursing program is fully approved by the Maryland State Board of Nursing and nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Cecil College is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
May 11, 2021
Jay Branegan ’72 and Joe Connolly ’72 had the kind of college friendship that doesn’t end at graduation. They were fraternity brothers, traveled Europe by Eurail one summer and lived together their senior year in college and again after college when they both worked in Chicago.
Joe Connolly ’72 (left) and Jay Branegan ’72
“We were good friends sophomore year, but best friends after that summer in Europe,” Branegan said. The relationship continued throughout their lives, with one flying off to visit the other in their newest city and the pair staying in touch through letters.
So, when Connolly died suddenly last June, Branegan knew he wanted to honor his friend in some way at Cornell. He worked with Connolly’s friends and family around the world to develop the Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes, which will be awarded to students starting in the spring of 2022. The prizes support students who want to look at the intersection of religion, politics
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