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Actual and desired factors of effective organisation and management of teaching and learning practices: a case study amongst lecturers and middle-leaders at a higher education institution in OmanREA AuditadoThis thesis explores the degree to which perceptions of lecturers and middle-leaders
about the actual and desired organisational characteristics of a Higher Education Institution in
Oman converge and/ or diverge with regard to the effective operation of teaching and learning
processes within the institution.
A study of the relationship between creativity and fieldwork performance of social work studentsREA AuditadoThis study investigates the relationship between social work students'
creativity and their fieldwork performance. Systems theory provides a theoretical
framework to explain the ambiguity, indeterminacy and uncertainty in social work
practice, and account for the need for creativity during the helping process in
fieldwork training. In this study, creativity was defined as the ability in divergent
thinking with five dimensions, which are fluency, originality, elaboration, abstractness
of titles and resistance to premature closure.
Implementing information technology in education in Hong Kong primary schools: an evaluative case study in policy analysisREA AuditadoThis is an evaluative case study in policy formulation and implementation in Hong
Kong. The main aim of the research was to investigate the impact of the Information
Technology in Education (ITEd) Strategy (EMB, 1998a; EMB, 2004a) on practice in
primary schools in Hong Kong and the factors which influenced the implementation
of the strategy. The four-stage Policy Development Model developed by Bell and
Stevenson (2006) was used as the conceptual framework for the research together
with a pedagogical framework devised by Hirumi (2002).
Towards an understanding of the staged model of predictive reasoningREA AuditadoThis study set out to examine the clinical practice of experienced occupational therapists in
mental health vocational rehabilitation service in Hong Kong. A combined qualitative and
quantitative methodological approach was used to enhance the methodological rigour of the
research. Three sub-studies were carried out including a pre-study survey; a semi-structured
interview for 6 experienced therapists and a multiple case studies to verify the model of
predictive reasoning generated in this research.
The professional lives of Hong Kong primary school physical education teachersREA AuditadoThis thesis investigates the professional lives of primary school physical education
teachers (PSPETs) in Hong Kong. It is focused on the problems arising from apparent
overload and the multiple roles of physical education teachers' worklives in Hong Kong
brought about by education and curriculum reforms. The central research question is, "How
do Hong Kong PSPETs manage their professional lives".
A study of student perceptions of teacher characteristics and its influence upon the management of student behaviour in four Malaysian secondary schoolsREA AuditadoThis study is about how student perceptions of teacher behaviour influence their own behaviour and what implications follow for behavioural management in Malaysian secondary schools. A quantitative questionnaire was administered to 120 students from four secondary schools in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Semi structured and open interviews were used with a subsample of 32 students (8 from each school) and 8 Discipline Teachers (2 from each school) selected on the basis of survey responses which explored their relationships further. Data was analysed with SPSS.
Monitoring the implementation of the Education For All Action Plan in MyanmarREA AuditadoThe present study tried to find out the implementation status of National
Action Plan (NAP) for Education for All (EFA) in Myanmar by reviewing the
achievement of EFA core indicators (CI). This was done by reviewing the
EFA reports of the two latest years available, in this instance, the NAP
2003 and the only available later report, the Mid-decade Assessment
Report 2007.
Paths towards success and failure in physics at G.C.E. advanced level: a longitudinal study of pupils' attitudesREA AuditadoIn a longitudinal study of pupils' attitudes towards physics in the fifth- and sixth-forms, it has been found that meaningful clusters of pupils exist at both levels. The criterion outcomes of physics attainment and enjoyment can be characteristically 'predicted' for each stereotype grouping. A planned, 'logical' method of teaching, which encourages discussion and speculation supported by visual media, permits attainment and attitudes to be for maximised two-thirds of the sixth-form groups.
A cross-cultural study of Taiwanese and British university students' oral narrativesREA AuditadoThis cross-cultural study investigates the structural and cultural differences and
similarities evident in 13 Mandarin (TM) and 17 English language narratives (TEFL)
produced by Taiwanese university EFL students and 17 narratives (BE) produced by
British university students. This study also explores how the Taiwanese L2 learners'
identities might affect their use of L2 discourse norms within their narratives.
The use of information technology in educational management (ITEM) and different effects on Israeli secondary schoolsREA AuditadoInformation Technology (IT) created a revolution in data collection and analysis at first in business and industry and later in schools throughout the world and in Israel. This work analyzes the implications of using IT in 11 Israeli schools and the external authorities that supervise them. The data was collected using: 1. A questionnaire distributed to a population of principals, subject coordinators, teachers and external authority staff (N=252); 2.


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Know Thyself
Many people view January as a time to start fresh and make improvements in their lives. A good way to take steps toward that goal? Pick up some helpful guides to getting to know yourself and adjusting habits, career and relationships to fit your personality better.
Gretchen Rubin--the self-help maven who wrote The Happiness Project--turns her attention to self-knowledge as a path to greater happiness. The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) (Harmony, $24) offers a framework of four types based on how people respond to expectations: Upholder, Obliger, Questioner and Rebel. A quiz helps to identify your type (and that of the people around you) to enable sounder decisions about your life and interactions with others.
Gary Chapman's approach focuses on romantic relationships in The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (Northfield Publishing, $15.99). His quiz identifies how partners give and receive love, with options like quality time, words of affirmation and physical touch. Written more than 25 years ago but recently updated, this eye-opening and insightful book provides guidance to recognize what's important to your partner--and yourself--as a way to deepen and improve relationships.
The enneagram is an ancient system, dating back to the 14th century, with nine different personality types. The Modern Enneagram: Discover Who You Are and Who You Can Be (Althea Press, $15.99) by Kacie Berghoef and Melanie Bell provides an updated and contemporary guide to applying the complex personality typing system in our modern world. This process can lead to greater self-awareness (and perception of others) when navigating the choices in your life. --Suzan L. Jackson, freelance writer and blogger at Book By Book
In this Issue...
In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World
by Lauren E. Oakes
When a group of scientists study a rare tree in remote Alaska, they discover it can teach them as much about hope as science.
Burned: A True Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
by Edward Humes
A mother's conviction of murdering her children by arson is reconsidered in this powerful true crime tale that questions the authority of forensic science.
Review by Subjects:
Fiction ⋅ Romance ⋅ Political Science ⋅ Social Science ⋅ Essays & Criticism ⋅ Science ⋅ Children's & Young Adult
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Children's Storytime - ages 2 and up
01/18/2020 - 11:00AMJoin us for this fun hour of readings from picture and storybooks... Go to the castle in the children's section...and the stories begin!
Saturday University with David Bachman
01/18/2020 - 10:00AMSaturday University Silk Roads Past and Present Lecture Series. This morning the Saturday University morning autumn series on the Silk Road in Asia concludes with David Bachman, professor of political science at the University of Washington and former chair of the China Study Program there. He will present a lecture on "The 21st Century Silk Road: China's Belt and Road Initiative." Presented by the GARDNER CENTER FOR ASIAN ART AND IDEAS, in partnership with the UNIVERSITY OF...
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Book Candy
Journaling Tips
Bustle offered "11 journaling tips for people who are absolutely terrible at keeping a journal."
"A crime reader's guide to the classics: rediscovering the queen(s) of business crime" was featured by CrimeReads.
"Find the cousins." Merriam-Webster challenged amateur lexicographers to "identify the word pairs with a common ancestor."
"This couple had the most magical Harry Potter-themed engagement that was 'riddled' with references," Buzzfeed noted.
CBC Books shared "75 facts you might not know about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and The Little Prince."
Great Reads
Rediscover: Amos Oz
Israeli author Amos Oz, "whose work captured the characters and landscapes of his young nation, and who matured into a leading moral voice and an insistent advocate for peace with the Palestinians," died December 28, the New York Times reported. He was 79. "Among a generation of native Israeli writers that included A.B. Yehoshua and David Grossman, Mr. Oz wrote richly in modern Hebrew. The revival of that ancient language was extolled by the founders of the state as a crucial element in forging a new Israeli identity."
His many honors included the Goethe Prize; the French Knight's Cross of the Légion d'Honneur; the Heinrich Heine Prize; and the Israel Prize. He was a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Oz published more than a dozen novels, including My Michael and Black Box, as well as collections of short fiction, works of nonfiction and many essays. His work was translated into more than 35 languages. A Tale of Love and Darkness, Oz's acclaimed memoir, was first published in Hebrew in 2002 and became an international bestseller. His other books include Judas; In the Land of Israel; and Where the Jackals Howl & Other Stories. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published Oz's Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land ($23, 9781328987006) last November 13.
The Writer's Life
Amanda Bouchet: A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
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Amanda Bouchet (the Kingmaker Chronicles) writes fantasy and space opera tales filled with adventure and romance. Nightchaser (reviewed below), out now from Sourcebooks Casablanca, finds Captain Tess Bailey and her ragtag spaceship crew running for their lives. Tess's only hope for survival is Shade Ganavan, whose motivations are questionable at best. Bouchet lives in Paris with her family.
Nightchaser is a departure from your earlier, critically acclaimed fantasy novels. What made you choose to write a space opera?
Oddly enough, my intention was to continue writing fantasy, with just the very beginning of the novel taking place in a futuristic setting. I started writing a novel primarily set in Atlantis. This would have continued with the Greek pantheon I used in my Kingmaker Chronicles series, although in a different location, with plans to eventually tie the two series together. This time, however, I wanted the heroine to be truly "other" to the fantasy world in which she found herself. In my first trilogy, the main character is an integral part of her world, a key player, and has a deep understanding of the political, religious and social aspects of her kingdom. I thought it would be interesting to write about someone whose life gets completely upended--a person who needs to fight to understand and be a part of her surroundings, which are totally foreign to her.
Tess, from Nightchaser, was meant to end up in Atlantis, facing the struggle of finding and accepting her new role and home. In the end, though, my agent and editor were so enthusiastic about the opening chapters set in a far distant future with the fate of the galaxy at stake that we decided to set aside the Atlantis idea and enter the world of space opera instead. That meant leaving Tess in a situation she understands, but where she's still facing plenty of difficulties and unknowns. I'm enjoying this new setting and the characters in it immensely.
Did you research scientific space elements for the galactic world you created for Nightchaser? What sources did you find most fascinating and useful?
I think what inspired me to write in an outer space setting to begin with was Cosmos, the science documentary presented in several episodes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. It was fascinating and informative, and I found myself jotting down notes and key words to look up later. I wanted to remember what I was seeing and learning, and had this feeling that I could pull some of that material together later in some creative way if I just kept it in the back of my mind for a while. All those notes piled up as ready-made research when I decided to pursue a story set entirely in a futuristic galaxy. Bouncing off my list of terms, definitions, scientists and scientific notions and discoveries from watching Cosmos, I mainly used Google and Wikipedia to deepen my understanding of anything I wanted to integrate into my story. I read various articles, mainly about black holes, types of stars and dark matter. The information all came together for a greater understanding of the setting of my novel without necessarily getting too technical in my own writing.
Can you tell us about your writing process?
I do love using my imagination. Before I start writing a book, I invent a lot of it in my head. Vivid images or words or action sequences I have swirling around in my mind will turn into entire scenes, complete with dialogue. I usually end up with a handful of fully formed scenes before I ever sit down at the computer, which is where I link them all together with the connecting material that will turn them into a complete book. I guess this is my version of plotting. The dialogue is never quite the same as what I came up with while daydreaming, but it's usually close, and sometimes I'm organized enough to write down key words or phrases to jog my memory for later, when it comes time to write.
Once my imagination is already full of the book I want to write, with the tone, atmosphere, setting, problems, quirks and characters anchored into me from playing out parts of the story in my mind, I start writing and revising.
What's next for you? Will we see another space opera novel?
Yes, definitely! Nightchaser is the first book in a trilogy and will be followed by Starbreaker and Dawnmaker, so I have at least two more space opera adventures coming. The trilogy will follow the same main characters as they attempt to stay one step ahead of both their rebel allies and their imperial enemies while they battle to free the galaxy from a vicious tyrant. --Lois Faye Dyer, writer and reviewer
Book Reviews
by Hideo Yokoyama , trans. by Louise Heal Kawai
Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama (Six Four) is an investigative thriller that focuses on the real-life tragedy of Japan Airlines Flight 123, a 1985 crash that left 520 dead, while drawing heavily on the author's experience as a reporter at a local newspaper in Gunma Prefecture after the passenger plane crashed into a nearby mountain range. The novel follows fictional protagonist Kazumasa Yuuki, an experienced reporter at the North Kanto Times in Gunma, as it alternates between the frenzy of the 1985 newsroom and 2003, when Yuuki attempts to climb the famously dangerous Tsuitate rock face on Mount Tanigawa. Nicknamed "Devil's Mountain," Tanigawa claimed 779 lives prior to Yuuki's attempt, and he is understandably nervous.
After the jet crashes, Yuuki moves quickly to coordinate his paper's coverage. Reporters sent to the mountain return shaken by the gruesome site strewn with body parts. Office politics become a major stumbling block in tackling the enormous tragedy, as Yuuki struggles with powerful personalities and factional divides that threaten to paralyze the newsroom. Perhaps Yuuki's greatest challenge in covering the disaster, however, is his strong sense of journalistic ethics, which often puts him at odds with employees of the newspaper operating under the sometimes perverse incentives of for-profit journalism.
Seventeen's most gripping moments come with Yuuki on the verge of enormous scoops, struggling to authenticate information while the deadline comes nail-bitingly close. It is a thoughtful take on the purposes good reportage should serve, as well as a meditation on how brief moments in time can shape the rest of our lives. --Hank Stephenson, bookseller, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Discover: Seventeen is a thriller that alternates between a reporter covering a Japanese plane disaster in 1985 and the same reporter's 2003 attempt to climb a famously dangerous mountain.
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
by Jennifer Robson
It's more than a year after the Allies declared victory, and the people of Great Britain are still facing the lingering privations of wartime. Princess Elizabeth's engagement to Prince Philip of Greece gives the citizenry a celebration to look forward to. For the coterie of seamstresses working under London designer Norman Hartnell, it means something else: a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work on Elizabeth's wedding gown.
Novelist Jennifer Robson (Moonlight over Paris) stitches together the story of The Gown through the narratives of two seamstresses: the young Englishwoman Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, a French refugee who becomes Ann's colleague and friend. Woven throughout is the story of Heather Mackenzie, Ann's Canadian granddaughter, who inherits a box of elaborate embroidered flowers after her grandmother's death. Puzzled and intrigued by the flowers, which bear a striking resemblance to those on Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown, Heather hops a plane to London to trace the mystery of her grandmother's life and career.
Robson constructs her narrative with the skill and precision displayed by Ann and Miriam as they work on the gown. All three protagonists are dealing with loss and heartbreak. Ann is still mourning her brother and her parents, who died during the war. Miriam carries the trauma of her family's deaths and her own experiences at Ravensbrück. Heather's grief over losing Ann is compounded by being laid off from her magazine job, and her gradual realization that her beloved "Nan" had an entire life in England that she never shared. Like the gown itself and the tapestries Miriam creates, Robson's novel stitches together disparate components into an elegant whole. --Katie Noah Gibson, blogger at Cakes, Tea and Dreams
Discover: Jennifer Robson's fifth historical novel unfurls the story of Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown and the women who made it.
Come with Me
by Helen Schulman
In Come with Me, Helen Schulman (This Beautiful Life) crafts a story about the desire to cheat the death of possibility. Amy Reed's tech wunderkind boss, Donny, has developed an algorithm that would allow people to explore their "multiverses"--alternative realities in which they made different choices and their lives played out in infinitely varied ways. Relying on a vaguely described combination of data aggregation, math and virtual reality, Donny wants to offer his customers "a personalized crystal ball" that lets them find out "what if." And he wants to beta-test it on Amy.
Amy is intrigued, but barely has the bandwidth for one universe, let alone an infinite number of them. She's keeping her family afloat on a part-time salary while her three sons struggle to thrive in the Stanford-dominated, capital-driven pressure cooker of Palo Alto. Meanwhile, her husband, Dan, an unemployed journalist, is trying to escape his reality in a more conventional way--by following a brilliant, incandescently sexy photographer named Maryam on an impulsive (and secret) reporting trip to Japan.
Overwhelmed and underappreciated, Amy gives in to the seductive pull of finding out what could have been, and what could have been prevented. Told from many shifting perspectives, Come with Me is more illustrative of the dramatically different universes that can exist within just one reality--or one city, or one family--than it is of technology's increasingly expansive role in our lives. It is a sharply observed, entertaining and occasionally heartrending novel that may help readers appreciate their own, singular, similarly flawed realities. --Hannah Calkins, writer and editor in Washington, D.C.
Discover: Set in Silicon Valley--an alternative reality all its own--Come with Me beckons with the alluring but dangerous promise of finding out "what if."
by Amanda Bouchet
Tess Bailey, rebel captain of the spaceship Endeavour, has run out of luck. Facing what she believes is certain destruction by the Dark Watch, she jumps her ship and ragtag crew into a black hole--and survives. The badly damaged craft limps to the nearest docks, at Albion Five, where she finds a handsome and dangerous starship mechanic, Shade Ganavan. Unfortunately, the man has as many secrets as Tess; Shade's primary occupation is bounty hunting, and Tess is the galaxy's most wanted fugitive, with an astronomical price on her head. While patching holes in the Endeavour's outer skin and being charmed by Tess and her crew, Shade struggles to decide if he will help Tess escape or turn her in to the authorities and claim the reward. The attraction between them is undeniable, but when they finally give in to the irresistible pull, betrayal quickly follows. Now Tess is once again running for her life, pursued by both Shade and the most powerful men in the Dark Watch. Will she survive or will luck truly desert her this time?
Amanda Bouchet (the Kingmaker Chronicles) fills Nightchaser with edge-of-the-seat adventure, steamy romance and warm humor. Bouchet's fans will be delighted with this first entry in what promises to be an engrossing trilogy. --Lois Faye Dyer, freelance book reviewer
Discover: Facing the dangers of outer space, two flawed but honorable people fight to save their world and each other.
Political Science
How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning
by George Lakey
George Lakey (Viking Economics) has been an activist in the U.S. since he was first arrested in 1963 during the civil rights movement. In 1964, he co-wrote the widely influential Manual for Direct Action. The political environment has changed substantially since then. How We Win is a new primer that draws on Lakey's decades of experience and includes contributions from three other seasoned activists.
Lakey offers "movement-building approaches that win major changes rather than small reforms." In clear prose and well-organized chapters, he lays out practical advice on how to set goals, plan strategies, create healthy group dynamics, handle attacks and avoid conflicts with groups working toward similar goals in different ways. He addresses the question of violence, the importance of vision and the value and limitations of social media. Real change, he says, is not accomplished by protests or impulsive actions, but by sustained campaigns that build into movements. "Protests are usually organized to express grief, anger, or plain opposition to an action or policy.... Campaigners, by contrast, plan from the start to do a series of nonviolent actions and continue until the goal is reached." Readers need not agree with Lakey's politics to benefit from his advice. Anyone who hopes to change the world will want to pick up this book. --Sara Catterall
Discover: A clear, practical guide to building effective progressive movements by an activist with more than 50 years of experience.
Social Science
Burned: A True Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
by Edward Humes
Late one April night in 1989, Shirley Robinson opened her door to find neighbor Jo Ann Parks framed by the orange glow of a fire behind her. Parks's converted rental apartment was engulfed in flames; she escaped but her three young children perished in the intense blaze. Fire investigators concluded that Parks set the fire with the intent of killing her children and she was sentenced to life in prison. But was she a monster or the victim of flawed science?
In Burned, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes (Garbology, Monkey Girl) questions Parks's conviction based on flaws in fire science and in the criminal justice system. Arson is "the one criminal act that consumes rather than creates" evidence, and an accidental fire can easily be interpreted as arson. Was the fact that Parks's previous house also caught fire relevant to the investigation? Did investigators ignore the damage caused by flashover, which turns "a fire in a room into a room on fire?" Is "negative corpus," which insists on the cause of a fire when other possibilities have been eliminated, valid even in the absence of physical evidence? Did investigators ignore advances in fire science and draw biased conclusions?
These questions were enough for the California Innocence Project (CIP) to take Parks's case. In 2018, under habeas corpus, Parks and CIP were granted a hearing to challenge the initial investigators' findings as discredited "junk science" that masqueraded for forensic science (but is still widely practiced). Humes shows how the story of Jo Ann Parks wrongful conviction has the power to upend arson investigation as we know it. --Frank Brasile, librarian
Discover: A mother's conviction of murdering her children by arson is reconsidered in this powerful true crime tale that questions the authority of forensic science.
Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots
by Kate Devlin
If the title of Kate Devlin's Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots is eye-catching, mission accomplished! Devlin employs a cheeky writing style to discuss the serious academic work for which she is best known: the intersection of robots and human sexuality. Turned On, far from being salacious, covers the history, psychology and philosophical underpinnings of artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to intimate relationships. "Most of all, it's about being human in a world of machines."
In the 21st century, robots can be purchased at department stores (Roomba vacuums, for example), and AI is ubiquitous (witness Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa). Humans, with a predilection to believe that any "semblance of human-like behavior" indicates a "degree of sentience," often anthropomorphize inanimate objects. If people respond emotionally to a disembodied voice, why not add a body to it? Devlin identifies the challenges and benefits of nonhuman companions as she charts the course from sex toys to humanoid sex robots. Will sex robots with AI be designed only for physical needs, or will emphasis "be placed firmly on interactions and responses"? Throughout her book, Devlin, senior lecturer in the department of computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, introduces people with sex doll fetishes and engineers who built working prototypes of sex robots. Beyond the obvious titillation of her title, she persuasively explores the need for "a serious... conversation about what it means to be human when surrounded by machines that might one day care for us and about us." --Cindy Pauldine, bookseller, the river's end bookstore, Oswego, N.Y.
Discover: An expert in human-computer interaction explores the fascinating future of sexual companion robots.
Essays & Criticism
The Patch
by John McPhee
John McPhee was born in 1931, began contributing to the New Yorker in 1963 and is still one of its staff writers. He is also the author of 32 books, all nonfiction. In The Patch, he offers six previously published essays under the heading of "The Sporting Scene," as well as a second section he calls an "album quilt" of excerpts from uncollected longer pieces. "I didn't aim to reprint the whole of anything. Instead I was looking for blocks to add to the quilt, and not without new touches, internal deletions, or changed tenses--trying to make something, not just preserve it, and hoping the result would be engaging to read."
Fishing, football, golf, lacrosse and New Jersey bears are his subjects in the first section, all viewed from characteristically unusual angles, accented by his dry humor and exact turns of phrase. McPhee has a broad curiosity, and a love of natural beauties and fine technical details. In "The Patch," he interweaves his life in fishing--fly fishing for chain pickerel in particular--with the story of his father's death. "The Orange Trapper" tells of his obsession with picking up and interpreting lost golf balls (he does not play golf). The "album quilt" is an effective and carefully composed sampler of nearly everything that has ever interested him and includes many snippets of his celebrity profiles from the 1950s and '60s. His fans will enjoy this collection, and it is not a bad introduction to McPhee's long and stellar career. --Sara Catterall
Discover: This collection offers six of the great nonfiction writer's recent published essays and an "album quilt" of uncollected excerpts that span his career.
The End of the End of the Earth
by Jonathan Franzen
The End of the End of the Earth gathers 16 of acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen's essays into a collection as introspective in tone as it is outward-facing in content. "The Essay in Dark Times," for example, reflects on the genre of the personal essay in an increasingly individualistic and self-destructive moment politically and environmentally. To that end, Franzen considers the fallout of his essay (reproduced later in the collection) that was critical of the Audubon Society, revealing intimate and thoughtful questions of subjectivity, writing and revising.
While Franzen tends to focus on his tender obsession with birding--and by extension the world's pressing environmental concerns--the collection also covers other subjects, like his friendship with author William Vollmann and his reflections on Edith Wharton as a writer and woman. The End of the End of the Earth manages both to incite and soothe as it delves into overlooked topics. Over the course of his career, Franzen has become an expert at burrowing into moments others take for granted, a literary skill that always brings up new insights, concerns and revelations. Even in his engrossing essays on birding in Antarctica, South America and Egypt, he connects large-scale destruction with quiet, personal consideration. These essays celebrate the process of internalizing the outside concern, person or species. In this way, birds are the perfect encapsulation of the collection, rejoicing in their "radical otherness.... They are always among us but never of us." --Alice Martin, freelance writer and editor
Discover: In this timely and prescient collection of essays, Franzen offers mature and trained insights on vital topics that often escape our attention.
In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World
by Lauren E. Oakes
In the last couple years, dozens of climate change-related books have been published. Some are hopeful, some despairing, some with a more scientific bent and others of a more philosophical nature. Ecologist Lauren E. Oakes's In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World combines all of these qualities in a magnificent tale about her hunt for the dying yellow cedar in Alaska's remote wilderness. It's based on Oakes's doctoral research project, how she came up with the topic and how she carried out her research. Such a premise may sound dry, but the scientist's breezy writing style and talent for storytelling makes this one of the most engaging climate-centered reads around.
It's also an enlightening look at how science gets done. The story begins with Oakes pondering which scientific questions to ask and the likelihood that she can answer them. It then focuses on team-building as Oakes interviews a diverse group of scrappy and determined scientists to assist her field research. The ambitious crew embarks for Alaska, where they live for several weeks among some of the world's oldest trees. Oakes gets the data she needs to finish her dissertation, but also learns a compelling lesson: "What I do matters in spite of how seemingly insignificant I am in the face of climate change." Engaging and galvanizing, In Search of the Canary Tree is about more than a rare tree--it's about nature's (and humanity's) capacity for resilience in a changing world. --Amy Brady, freelance writer and editor
Discover: When a group of scientists study a rare tree in remote Alaska, they discover it can teach them as much about hope as science.
Children's & Young Adult
Strange Days
by Constantine J. Singer
Seventeen-year-old Alex Mata lives an unexciting life in Los Angeles: he likes playing his guitar, tagging walls, skateboarding and hanging out with his friends. When he begins hearing ghostly music and a phantom voice, he is convinced these are signs he may be schizophrenic like his deceased uncle, and keeps them a secret from his parents.
Then, an alien murders Alex's parents in a manner similar to other recent attacks, dubbed Incursions, taking place across the world. The government denies these attacks are happening and, Alex, knowing no one will believe him, flees. Prompted by his inner voice, Alex travels to tech pioneer Jeffrey Sabazios's compound in Seattle; Sabazios believes the Incursions are real and promises security from alien hacking through his Live-Tech earpods and screens. At the compound, Alex discovers that his inner voice and music are connected to something greater: he is a "witness," a person who can move through time and change "human futures." Sabazios plans to use Alex and other teen witnesses at the compound to stop the invasion, sending them to "desired future events" where they can create the best outcome. But Alex grows suspicious of Sabazios's motives: Should he listen to those around him--or the voice in his head?
Singer's imaginative, contemporary sci-fi is perfect for fans of Marie Lu's Warcross or M.T. Anderson's Landscape with Invisible Hand. Readers will find their reality reflected in Singer's diverse cast of characters and in technology that feels authentic for use in the not-so-distant future. --Clarissa Hadge, bookstore manager, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Boston, Mass.
Discover: After his parents' murder, Alex hones newly found abilities to prevent an alien invasion.
Twilight of the Elves
by Zack Loran Clark , Nick Eliopulos
Twilight of the Elves continues the exploits of best friends Zed, a sorcerer-in-training, and Brock, a merchant's son with a talent for theft. Their friendship has become strained, however, since they were drafted into the Adventurers Guild, the city of Freestone's last line of defense against outside Dangers. Brock is engaged in a smuggling scheme to keep Zed's infernal (and illegal) magic a secret; Zed is plagued by ominous nightmares, but is too frightened to tell Brock. Additionally, Freestone has taken in dozens of elf refugees--the elves are fleeing an army of their own undead friends and relatives, risen and led by a mysterious figure known as the Lich. The Freestoners, strapped for resources, are frustrated with the shantytown and are often hostile to the refugees. Everything collides when the elven Queen Me'Shala asks the Adventurers to free the city of Llethanyl from the Lich and his army of the dead.
Twilight of the Elves, like its predecessor, The Adventurers Guild, is great fun punctuated by increasingly scary dangers. The series continues to tackles deeper issues of inclusion and exclusion: Zed, the son of a human mother and elf father, struggles to belong with either community. And while the elves resent their treatment by the Freestoners, they, too, have a history of prejudice; night elves are viewed with suspicion by the other elven clans. Authors Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos don't preach, but instead set up tense situations and let young readers watch them play out. In the end, though, there is a firm message: "You have to work with others, people who see things differently than you do, in order to overcome life's greatest challenges." --Ali Davis, freelance writer and playwright
Discover: In this sequel to The Adventurers Guild, best friends Zed and Brock must confront a refugee crisis, bigotry and an army of undead elves.
Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
by Kirsten Gillibrand , illust. by Maira Kalman
In her first book for children, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Off the Sidelines) shares the history of women's suffrage in the United States, along with the narratives of 10 individuals who fought for equal voting rights.
Gillibrand introduces readers to Susan B. Anthony, who "tried to vote for president and was arrested!" But after her death, when the 19th Amendment was passed, it became known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. The senator acquaints her audience with Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, women born into slavery who both went on to join the voting rights movement, and Alice Paul, who helped organize the first national parade for women's suffrage. Also included is Jovita Idár, a teacher, journalist and founder of the League of Mexican Women, who fought for women's rights and education. Maira Kalman's (Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything) vivid, striking paintings accompany each woman's story, the full-page portraits emphasizing the pioneers' forceful presences in the country's history. Her powerful brushstrokes and eye-catching colors fittingly mirror the actions and spirits of her subjects.
Admiration and respect emanate from the pages of Bold & Brave. Gillibrand covers some women who may already be familiar to her audience, as well as some who are more obscure but equally worthy of recognition. This reminder of valiant women from U.S. history is inspiring and sure to promote interest in voting at an early age. And in a representative democracy, one is never too young to embrace a healthy respect and appreciation for voting. --Jen Forbus, freelancer
Discover: Senator Kristin Gillibrand tells 10 stories of women who shaped the United States through their efforts in the women's suffrage movement.


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Bone damage in the spine is an unarguably serious condition. Total breaks or dislocations in the cervical spine (i.e. the neck) often result in death or paralysis, due to the extreme damage to the spinal cord they cause. However, minor fractures can be survived, but will cause chronic pain in the neck or back. The vertebral body is the main part of the bone, where the intervertebral disc is also located. This disc supports the vertebra above it. Most of the vertebral body faces into the body cavity, in front of the spinal cord.
Causes of Vertebral Body Fracture
Fractures (splits or bursts) in the vertebral body are usually a consequence of motor accidents, firearm-related injuries, or diving. Splits are single fractures through the vertebral body. Bursts are multiple fractures that appear as though the bone has shattered into small pieces. Both types most often occur in men 15-24 years and people of 55 years or older. Vertebral fractures are often the result of car accidents, falls, or other traumas. In these cases, medical treatment should be sought straight away. Fractures are also associated with some bone cancers in the body of the vertebra and with osteoporosis. This is a loss of bone density that increases the probability of bone fractures. Vertebral fractures are a source of chronic pain, and may cause spinal cord injuries and/or paralysis if left untreated.
Treatment of Vertebral Body Fracture
The main treatment for vertebral fractures is vertebroplasty. In this procedure, the area of the back above the broken vertebra is anesthetized. Then, a thin needle is inserted into the bone and acrylic cement is injected. This repairs the break and restores vertebral integrity. A variation on this procedure is kyphoplasty. In this procedure, a small balloon is inserted and inflated to support the bone or broken sections. Then, the cement is injected.
Vertebroplasties are effective in repairing spinal fractures. They have minimal risks, such as infection and bleeding at the site of needle insertion. There is also the possibility that the cement may "leak" out of the bone, causing inflammation and thus further pain. Another risk factor is that procedures carried out on the spines of older patients may increase the probability of another type of vertebral fracture—a compression fracture. These are associated with osteoporosis.
Another technique to reduce pain in conditions such as vertebral body fractures is radiofrequency ablation. This technique involves the introduction of thin probes through the skin to spinal nerves. These deliver electro-thermal impulses to destroy the pain-transmitting fibers of nerves. This prevents the pain of fractures being conducted to the brain. Much like vertebroplasty, this procedure carries the risk of infection and bleeding. Ablation may also cause inadvertent motor nerve damage that can result in paralysis.
If the fractures are not a threat to the spinal cord, other treatments that manage the pain arising from them may be considered instead. These include oral painkillers such as non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Nerve blocks are injections of steroids and local anesthetics such as lidocaine, given via needle directly to spinal nerves that are the source of pain. Targeting nerves in the lower back are effective in pain relief for patients with fractures.
Vertebral body fractures can be serious, due to their immediate proximity to the spinal cord. The vertebral body is the large part of an individual spinal bone that holds the disc located between two vertebrae. It is located to the front of the spinal cord. Fractures can come in the form of "splits," which are single breaks along the bone, or "bursts." Burst fractures are multiple fractures that give the bone the appearance of having been shattered or burst apart.
Fractures can be the result of accidental injury, e.g. in the course of car accidents. In these cases, a procedure to seal the breaks will be carried out. This is called a vertebroplasty. It involves the injection of acrylic cement into broken vertebrae to seal breaks. A variation on this is kyphoplasty, in which a balloon is inserted and inflated prior to the cement. This supports the broken vertebrae while they are being sealed.
Vertebral fractures are also associated with osteoporosis (low bone density) and with certain bone cancers, which cause weaknesses and breakage in bones. In these cases, vertebroplasty may not be advisable, due to the risk that other types of fracture may be caused by the procedure. NSAIDs and nerve blocks may be enough to manage the pain associated with vertebral fractures in these cases. Radiofrequency ablation of spinal pain fibers may also be effective in treating vertebral body fractures.
- Lee DG, Park CK, Park CJ, Lee DC, Hwang JH. Analysis of risk factors causing new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A 4-year follow-up. Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. Oct 30 2013.
- Huwart L, Foti P, Andreani O, et al. Vertebral split fractures: Technical feasibility of percutaneous vertebroplasty. European Journal of Radiology. Oct 9 2013.
- Bach SM, Holten KB. Guideline update: what's the best approach to acute low back pain? The Journal of Family Practice. Dec 2009;58(12):E1.
- Minne HW, Pollahne W, Pfeifer M, Begerow B, Hinz C. Weeks of pain, vertebral body fractures during sleep, invalidism. Save your osteoporosis patients from this fate. MMW Fortschritte der Medizin. Oct 31 2002;144(44):41-44.
- Ohtori S, Yamashita M, Inoue G, et al. L2 spinal nerve-block effects on acute low back pain from osteoporotic vertebral fracture. The Journal of Pain. Aug 2009;10(8):870-875.
- Sun G, Jin P, Li M, et al. Percutaneous vertebroplasty for treatment of osteolytic metastases of the C2 vertebral body using anterolateral and posterolateral approach. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. Aug 2010;9(4):417-422.
- Hoffmann RT, Jakobs TF, Trumm C, Weber C, Helmberger TK, Reiser MF. Radiofrequency ablation in combination with osteoplasty in the treatment of painful metastatic bone disease. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Mar 2008;19(3):419-425


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2010 Notre Dame MBA Admissions Q&A with Brian Lohr
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Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 11:59:49 AM)
Hello. My name is Linda Abraham. I am the founder of Accepted.com and the moderator of today's chat.
First I want to welcome all applicants to the Notre Dame Mendoza chat today, and I want to congratulate you for taking the time to learn more about Mendoza. Whether you are working hard on your application to prepare for Notre Dame Mendoza's Round 1 deadline on November 16th or you are doing research with the intention of submitting later this year, to make a sound application decision and gain acceptance to the school of your choice, you need to know as much as you can about the schools you are applying to. Being here today allows you to ask the Notre Dame Mendoza experts about this outstanding business school.
I also want to welcome our Mendoza guests today:
Brian Lohr, Director of MBA Admissions
- John Rooney, Senior Associate Director of Career Development
- Kristi Martinez, One-Year MBA Program Student, from Raleigh, North
Carolina. Kristi was most recently Assistant Vice President, Internal
Consulting Group with the American Kennel Club.
- Dag Brummett, Two-Year MBA Program Student, from San Diego, California. Dag was most recently a Pilot/Operations Officer with the United States Navy. He serves as President of the Notre Dame MBA Association.
Thanks to everyone for joining.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:00:38 PM)
Thank you for having us Linda.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:00:49 PM)
You're welcome, Brian.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:01:50 PM)
Brian, how has Mendoza's curriculum or program changed as a result of the recession, if at all?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:01:57 PM)
John: How is Mendoza responding to the recession in terms of career development and job placement?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:03:35 PM)
Linda, we have not changed our fundamental philosophy, but I would say our case analysis is geared to some of the more important topics of today.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:04:20 PM)
Kristi & Dag: What do you like best at Notre Dame Mendoza? What would you like to see improved?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:05:50 PM)
Linda, we are being very aggressive in reaching out to our alumni to help facilitate one to one matches with companies that are hiring. We are also adding networking events that bring students together with business leaders in hot industries (Health-care/Bio-tech, Energy, CPG, Government, etc..). In the end, we are really rolling up our sleeves and pounding the pavement to make connections in the market place.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:05:56 PM)
Linda, the professors are world class. I have been very impressed with the quality of the teaching. I also like the small class sizes & have gotten to know my classmates very well. In addition to forming lifelong friendships, they will be a great networking resource in the future.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:06:08 PM)
Thanks Brian.
Richard (Sep 24, 2009 12:06:23 PM)
Kristi: Could someone explain the schedule for the one-year summer session?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:06:44 PM)
Linda, ever since I stepped foot on campus, I knew I belonged here. The sense of community and friendliness of the people, from the students to the faculty, leads to a collaborative environment.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:07:56 PM)
Kim, we have students come to our program with a wide range of work experience. The class that just arrived averaged about 60 months of work, but we also had some exceptional students directly from their undergraduate experience. We look at the whole person when making decisions.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:07:58 PM)
Kristi & Dag: Could you tell us a little about your Immersions option?
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:08:07 PM)
Brian: Are fellowships proportionately offered to 2-year and 1-year students? I know some programs, like Northwestern, tend to grant more scholarships to 2-yr MBA students.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:08:20 PM)
Sure Linda. The summer session was 10 weeks long and included 10 courses. We took two courses at a time, and each course typically lasted two weeks. Some courses are only one week long. The two week courses were Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Management Communication, and Finance. The one week classes were Marketing, Strategic Essentials, Organizational Behavior, and Spreadsheet Modeling.
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:09:03 PM)
Kim, we stress the importance of each student to have a strong strategic and tactical plan for their career development. We help execute the plan by making connections with the right companies and the right people. In addition, we work with students to ensure they are positioning themselves correctly to recruiters. We also engage the ND alumni across the world to help support job seekers.
Ghouse (Sep 24, 2009 12:09:30 PM)
John: Hello - I am looking to specialize in Entrepreneurship and VC. What prospects or career lines do student, with these concentrations, get into after graduations? Do you know off-hand any companies that visited campus looking for these concentrations?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:09:32 PM)
Aisling, nearly 65% of both the One-Year and Two-Year students receive some form of fellowship.
Esteban Rodriguez (Sep 24, 2009 12:09:37 PM)
Brian: How heavily are professional experience and community service weighed in acceptance decisions? Is any special consideration given to students who have had to work full-time to support their family while earning their undergraduate degree?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:10:41 PM)
Linda, I have personally taken full advantage of what Notre Dame offers by traveling to China (Beijing & Shanghai) for the two-week interterm intensive and I also traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for my summer internship.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:11:24 PM)
Ghouse, community service is part of the ethos of Notre Dame, so that is certainly an important aspect. Professional experience and leadership in that experience is also a critical dimension. I think it says a great deal about a person if they can work and go to school at the same time.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:11:46 PM)
The other immersion options are Latin America and Jamaica. We also have a course called Business on the Front Lines which includes a trip to a war torn countries like Lebanon and Bosnia.
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:12:12 PM)
Can Kristi comment on why she chose the 1-year program and, in hindsight, if there are any drawbacks to doing so?
Jeff Anslinger (Sep 24, 2009 12:12:15 PM)
Brian: I'm interested in admission for the fall 2011 semester. Other than taking the required GMAT, what long term preparations can I start making now for the application process?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:13:27 PM)
Dag, do you have any advice for students on the transition from the military to student life? Any tips for those planning to make the transition?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:13:34 PM)
Ghouse - Entrepreneurship students go into three main areas: 1)Companies that value entrepreneurship (P&G, J&J, IBM are a few that come to campus. 2) They start their own ventures/businesses. 3) They work with start-ups (this is the smallest segment since start-ups look for more functional support vs. MBA graduates. The Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship is the center of this activity and the recently opened ND Innovation Park is an area of growth--be sure to check out the Gigot Center and ND Innovation Park on the web.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:14:16 PM)
Aisling: I chose the one year program because it offered an opportunity to get back into the workplace quicker. It has been a really good fit for me. If you are trying to change careers (i.e. you're an accountant now, but want to get into marketing), the two year program might be a better option because of the summer internship. If your current work experience is in line with what you look to do in the future, the one year program is a great option.
kim (Sep 24, 2009 12:14:26 PM)
John: What are the top 5 hiring companies this year?
Jeff Anslinger (Sep 24, 2009 12:14:54 PM)
To the students: Do you have part or full time jobs?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:15:42 PM)
Jeff, I think it is very important to make sure you have career progression and obtain leadership within your current work experience. You should also start thinking about your recommenders. From an academic point of view, you know your skill set better than I, so if quant is an area you struggle in, then you should think about doing some prep work in that area.
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:15:45 PM)
Kim, the top 5 are IBM, GE, P&G, E&Y and Intel.
phoenix27 (Sep 24, 2009 12:15:48 PM)
Brian: Has your school had an increase in applications or decrease of applications since the recession?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:15:55 PM)
Jeff, no, I do not have a paying job. With the class load and extra-curricular activities, it is very difficult to carry a job.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:16:19 PM)
John: What should applicants do to prepare themselves for a tough job market, if there is one, when they graduate?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:16:27 PM)
Jeff: No. It would be nearly impossible to hold a full time job while attending the one or two year MBA program. Classes are conducted during the day and many of the courses require a significant amount of group work. A part time job might be possible, but it would limit your involvement in clubs and other extracurricular activities.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:16:31 PM)
Phoenix, we had a 33% increase in our domestic applications last year.
caluen (Sep 24, 2009 12:17:20 PM)
Dag and Kristi: How would you describe the overall student body within the 2-yr MBA program in regards to diversity and learning style?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:17:30 PM)
Impressive Brian!
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:17:35 PM)
Linda, a military transition is quite easy. Since Notre Dame has a strong relationship with prior service members, you receive help from both students and staff alike. There's even a website prior service members can go to.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:19:04 PM)
Caluen: In the two year program, 25% of the class is female, 17% are minorities, and 23% are international students. About 20% of the class is married. I would say the entire spectrum of learning styles is represented.
Cynthia (Sep 24, 2009 12:20:15 PM)
Kristi & Dag: What do students like best about the curriculum?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:20:18 PM)
Linda- we stress the following: 1) Have a dream & plan and know that you can make it happen at Notre Dame. 2) Know your strengths and valuable experiences. 3) Know what companies will allow you to achieve your dream and will value your strengths/experiences. 4) Know how specifically you can help your target companies win in the market place. Once this is done - make sure you are solid in networking, interviewing, and researching companies (these are skills developed over time/repetition and you can get really good at these if you practice - we will help!).
DMarshall (Sep 24, 2009 12:20:53 PM)
John: Is career recruiting the same for the one year program and the two year program?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:21:01 PM)
If not, how does it differ?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:21:06 PM)
I feel a person's commitment to ethics and academic excellence is extremely important. Also, I feel that a good candidate would be goal oriented; understand why they need an MBA to move to the next level of their career progression, and also a sense of balance in their life. Our program is rigorous, so physical wellness is important.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:21:34 PM)
Cynthia, of course each person has a different learning style. What I like about the classroom environment is that it uses an isocratic method, case studying, as well as experiential learning, especially during the interterm intensives. Also, the class has such a wide variety of work backgrounds... from an elementary school teacher, to a person working on the floor of the NYSE!
Jason (Sep 24, 2009 12:21:45 PM)
Brian: Does Notre Dame intend to introduce a Business Ethics concentration?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:22:11 PM)
Cynthia: I think one of the primary reasons students choose Notre Dame is because of the focus on ethics. All of our classes emphasize the importance of ethical business practices, whether it is in accounting, marketing, or finance.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:22:47 PM)
Kristi, how is that focus revealed in class?
Cynthia (Sep 24, 2009 12:24:07 PM)
Kristi & Dag: How many classes are taken each semester and is the workload manageable with outside activities?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:24:08 PM)
Jason, our Business Ethics is like the fudge in fudge ripple. It is throughout our program and has been in place for over 160 years! Nearly every class has opportunities to discuss business ethics.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:24:18 PM)
Cynthia, the Mod system allows a greater range of classes for students to take. A student takes 4 classes per Mod, which allows 32 classes during your time here.
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:24:30 PM)
DMarshall, Career Development is different for one year students - it is spends less time in assessing and researching possible career paths (less career switchers) and moves more quickly into targeting companies fit with your goals. Two year students have more time to determine their career paths and have an internship opportunity. We want one year students to hit the ground running once they get on campus - we have a very robust on-boarding process before you get to campus that helps both one year and two year students.
DMarshall (Sep 24, 2009 12:26:43 PM)
All: How does one know if they will be a good fit in the one year program as opposed to the two year program, even with a business undergrad?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:27:01 PM)
Linda: It really depends on the class. For example, in my marketing class, we talk about ethical advertising to children. In my statistics class, we talk about the problems associated with presenting data in misleading ways. Ethical considerations are discussed throughout the curriculum, not just in an ethics class. An audit found that over 90 of our courses spent at least one class period discussing ethical concerns.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:27:39 PM)
DMarshall, nearly one third of our class comes from a Humanities undergraduate background, so our class is diverse in that area. Our Mod System also offers a great deal of flexibility in course selection, so candidates can work on the areas that are important to them. Bottom line is we support all of our students when they become members of the Notre Dame Family.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:27:43 PM)
Thanks Kristi.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:28:04 PM)
DMarshall, time management is of key importance for any MBA program. The balance depends on the person and what he or she wants to get out of the program. For example, I enjoy volunteering at a local elementary school and my schedule allows that. I'm active in two other clubs and still have time for social activities.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:28:17 PM)
Kristi & Dag: The school web site mentions Interterm Intensives. Can you tell us about your experiences with this?
Jason (Sep 24, 2009 12:28:27 PM)
Brian: Is there any disadvantage to applying early over the "preferred" application date?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:29:31 PM)
DMarshall: The one year program is a great fit if you aren't trying to change careers. For example, if you are currently an accountant, and would like to go into marketing, it might be a tougher transition. The two year program provides students with the opportunity to do an internship in the summer between Years 1 and 2. This is really helpful for career switchers. I would suggest the two year program to anybody that feels the summer internship is an integral part of their development.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:31:09 PM)
Linda, Interterm intensives are the way to gain great international experience, with two-week trips to China, Chile, and Argentina! Other intensives offer "Deep Dives" in real-world problems that corporations (like Boeing, GE, Coca-Cola) turn to the students for ideas. My first interterm intensive was a case competition for Coca-Cola within my class. In one week, we were presented with a problem, given the tools to effectively present the issues, and presented to members of Coca-Cola management.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:32:06 PM)
Jason, I don't know that there is an advantage from one deadline to another from an admittance standpoint, but from a fellowship standpoint there would be. There is more fellowship money available earlier in the process.
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:32:14 PM)
Brian: I read in last year's chat transcript that there is somewhat of a quantitative formula to awarding fellowships...could you comment more on this?
Cynthia (Sep 24, 2009 12:32:33 PM)
Kristi & Dag: What is unique about ND's program vs. other universities' programs?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:34:02 PM)
Aisling, all of our fellowships are merit based, so a candidate's GMAT, GPA, Work Experience are taken into account in this area. This allows us to be fair and equitable in this area.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:34:49 PM)
Cynthia: The collaborative nature of students is very unique. South Bend is a small town and our classes are small. You really get to know your classmates. The focus on ethics throughout our courses is also a special attribute. Lastly, the Notre Dame alumni network is renowned as one of the best in the world. My one year class only has 69 students. This is extremely small compared to other top schools. I love the small class size because it offers the opportunity to get to know your classmates and professors on a personal level.
tft (Sep 24, 2009 12:36:27 PM)
Brian, is it typically more beneficial to set up an interview prior to submitting an application? Also, do you evaluate applications early? For example, if an application was submitted on October 10th, would you make a decision prior to receiving the load of applications on or around November 16th?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:37:14 PM)
Kevin, we work very hard to help students land internships (last year we placed 95% of our students in the internship and our goal is 100% this year). We focus on 1) Great one on one coaching (we meet with every student at least once but usually several times) 2) World class educational programs/workshops (examples are networking, job search strategy, interviewing) 3) We aggressively reach out to companies and alumni to develop opportunities. 2nd year students also help 1st year students get jobs through Career Action Groups (which focus on specific industries like CPG, Tech, Sales/Trading, and Sports Marketing). We have a great Career Development team that was ranked "A" by BusinessWeek.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:37:22 PM)
John, how is recruiting looking for 2010 grads? Are companies reserving interview slots? How does it compare to last year or two years ago?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:37:30 PM)
Cynthia, the Notre Dame class size is considered on the small side, with 135 second-year students. As such, you really get to know the members of your class VERY well. I think it adds to the collaborative environment we have at Notre Dame.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:38:14 PM)
TFT, it makes the interview more meaningful for both parties if the application is submitted prior to the interview. We will evaluate applications prior to official deadlines.
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:38:23 PM)
Dag or Kristi: Is anyone in the room able to comment on married life at ND?
CW (Sep 24, 2009 12:38:35 PM)
Brian or John: I have a question about flexibility in the second-year curriculum: Obviously, Mendoza has concentration tracks after the first year. However, within the concentration tracks, may students select courses from other schools at ND, in order to create quasi-specialized degrees in pursuit of short and long-term career goals? How much "room" do students generally have to take classes outside a given concentration track or to create a major/minor?
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:39:44 PM)
Kristi, Dag: How willing are professors to engage in directed or independent studies?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:39:52 PM)
Aisling: I am married. There are a lot of benefits for spouses, including football tickets and access to other resources on campus (like the library, the gym, etc.). About 30% of my class is married and about 20% of the two year class is married.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:40:13 PM)
Aisling, we have a Family Life Committee that helps spouses as well as their children not only transition to Notre Dame, but hosts family friendly events throughout the year.
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:40:51 PM)
Dag, Kristi: About how much do the 2-week interterm immersions cost? Is there any outside funding available?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:42:00 PM)
Linda, it is still early, but recruiting is up vs. a year ago. Last week we had our career fair and several industry nights and there were more recruiters on campus. We are very optimistic about the number of companies coming to campus and who are interviewing. It is still too early to tell if they will take just one candidate or hire in multiples like they did when we were in a better job market. In the end, there are a ton of opportunities if you work hard and work with the ND family.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:42:15 PM)
Aisling: GA and TA positions are available every year. If you are interested in a position, I would suggest getting to know your professors well.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:43:38 PM)
John, any special advice for those wanting to explore international job prospects?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:44:00 PM)
Aisling, the immersion trips cost $1,500, plus travel costs. That covers hotel accommodations, some meals, trips and travel costs within the country. For my China trip, the air travel from Beijing to Shanghai was included. Since the immersion trips are educational in their nature, you can receive additional funds through the financial aid office. Many people chose to do that during my trip.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:44:15 PM)
Esteban: You will typically go to class and lunch with a student. You will also go on a campus tour. And of course, there will be the interview, which tends to last about an hour. As a reminder, we are on Eastern time here in South Bend.
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:46:15 PM)
Linda, the number one skill needed in any job search is networking. This is certainly true for international opportunities. We have a great rep for networking - one reason is that we teach our students how to "Network Like a Champion". In addition, we have a great network all over the world including ND clubs in many major cities around the world. It all starts with knowing how you can help companies win in the marketplace.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:46:21 PM)
Brian: ND requires at least two years of "meaningful" work experience. Is there any leeway in that requirement? Any plans to reduce it? Does "meaningful" = "full-time"?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:46:43 PM)
John, do you see any industries as being particularly active in recruiting Mendoza graduates and interns this year?
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:48:11 PM)
Kristi & Dag: What has been your best class? Professor?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:49:41 PM)
Linda, hot industries include: Healthcare (J&J, Roche, Abbott, Humana, Bayer, Lilly) Energy (Exxon, Chevron, GE, Bosch) Tech (IBM, Intel, HP, Oracle, Cisco) and CPG (P&G, Smuckers, Mars, Pepsi, Whirlpool, General Mills).
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:49:53 PM)
Linda, one of the things our recruiters look for is judgment and often it takes 4-5 years of work experience to earn this judgment. This meaningful experience would include having direct reports, budget responsibility, and exposure to high levels within the organization.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:51:21 PM)
Typically we admit approximately 30-35% of our applicants, but it all depends on the pool for next year.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:51:23 PM)
Linda, one of the best classes I've taken is Negotiation. The course focuses on live negotiation simulations and mastering negotiation techniques. The professor is outstanding, and in fact, she was just named a finalist in the 2009 Faculty Pioneer Awards by the Center for Business Education (CBE) at the Aspen Institute.
Cynthia (Sep 24, 2009 12:51:27 PM)
Brian: I'm not familiar with a lot of the financial aid processes. What should I do now to prepare for applying to the program?
Lauren (Sep 24, 2009 12:52:15 PM)
Kristi, Dag: I am applying for Fall 2010, what is the best time to visit campus, both for interviews and to see the campus?
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:52:36 PM)
Linda, I particularly like my Innovation class. The classroom environment has been top-notch, and the professor (Matt Bloom) has actual business experience in creating value through innovation in the corporate world. It has expanded my thought process and made me look at the world in a different way.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 12:52:46 PM)
Kristi & Dag: What attracted you to Notre Dame Mendoza? Has your experience met your expectations?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:53:09 PM)
Cynthia, the place to start is through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This needs to be completed in early February. Type FAFSA into any search engine and you will get all the details you'll need.
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:53:10 PM)
Lauren: It is best to come before October 6th or after October 23rd. It's also best to come on a Monday-Thursday so you can attend a class.
Cynthia (Sep 24, 2009 12:53:24 PM)
John: Do students work with advisers and/or career counselors to determine their career paths?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:54:19 PM)
Yes Cynthia, we have coaches in functional areas (marketing, finance, consulting, etc) and a coach for undecided/seeking students.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:54:40 PM)
Linda, YES! The Notre Dame experience just keeps on getting better! The people are amazing and each day brings something new.
Juan (Sep 24, 2009 12:54:50 PM)
Brian: I am interested in the 1-year MBA program. I have an undergraduate business degree (marketing) from Park University. It's an accredited university, but is not specifically AACSB accredited. Will this automatically disqualify me from the 1-year program?
CW (Sep 24, 2009 12:55:11 PM)
Dag: How flexible is Mendoza's second-year curriculum within the concentration tracks?
Jeff Anslinger (Sep 24, 2009 12:55:45 PM)
John: With an entrepreneurial focus in the 2 year program, what types of internships are available?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:56:19 PM)
Juan, please contact me about this and we can discuss it in more detail.
Aisling (Sep 24, 2009 12:56:22 PM)
Brian: Is it fair to say that those 3 areas (GMAT, GPA, and Work Experience) are equally-weighted when awarding?
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:56:41 PM)
Yes, they are equally weighted.
Jason Miller (Sep 24, 2009 12:57:01 PM)
Brian: Has the school increased class sizes to accommodate the 33% increase in applications?
JohnRooneyNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:58:00 PM)
Jeff - many E students get internships with small companies or start-ups. This does not usually translate into a full time job. Many E students have a technical background and support E ventures on web development or other tech solutions. Other E students decided to get line function (finance, project management, and marketing) experience with big companies.
BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:58:13 PM)
Jason, we have not because small classes and the sense of community that small class sizes afford are extremely important to the Notre Dame Experience.
DagBrummettNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:58:27 PM)
CW: During the second year, you have the option of selecting the classes you would like to take in your concentration track. As a General Management track, I am taking both Negotiations and Innovations this Mod. There is still flexibility to take classes outside of your concentration track.
caluen (Sep 24, 2009 12:58:30 PM)
Brian: If a letter of recommendation can not be provided by an applicant's immediate manager, will this negatively impact the applicant's chances of being admitted? Are there any options such as providing an optional essay explaining the situation?
gokul (Sep 24, 2009 12:58:35 PM)
Kristi: How big can a core class size get at Mendoza? Does it feel crowded at any point?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 12:59:56 PM)
Gokul, a core class will have 60-70 students. The classrooms have theater seating in a U-shaped format. You will have plenty of space. We pride ourselves on small class sizes at Notre Dame.
Lauren (Sep 24, 2009 12:59:58 PM)
John: Where do the majority of Notre Dame MBAs end up after the program? Is it predominantly Chicago?
caluen (Sep 24, 2009 1:00:02 PM)
For students: If you could choose one or two things that you wish you accomplished while enrolled in the ND MBA program, what would it be and why? Was there a class, event, or club you would have liked to participate in but couldn't for some reason?
KristiMartinezNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 1:00:31 PM)
Caluen: There are so many options at Notre Dame that it's hard to find time for everything.
Linda Abraham (Sep 24, 2009 1:01:01 PM)
Thank you again all for participating today. Special thanks to Brian, John Kristi & Dag for answering all these questions.
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BrianLohrNOTREDAME (Sep 24, 2009 1:01:17 PM)
Thank you Linda!
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