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Events
First
Summit on the Development of
University/Business Partnerships
On December
12‚ 2001‚ the four colleges in Newark (Essex County
College‚ Rutgers University-Newark‚ New Jersey Institute
of Technology and UMDNJ) that comprise the Council
for Higher Education in Newark (CHEN) convened the
Mayor’s Summit on the Development of University/Business
Partnerships. The panelists‚ Linda Dennery‚
Publisher‚ The Star Ledger‚ Dr. John Petillo‚
President‚ Newark Alliance‚ Cruz Russell‚
Director of Policy and Planning‚ Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey‚ Dr. Clement Price‚ Professor
of History‚ Rutgers University-Newark Campus analyze
how all sectors working together could successfully move the
city forward in the next decade. The Summit was moderated
by Gus Heningburg‚ President‚ Heningburg
Associates.
Click
the photo below to see photo gallery from the First Summit:
Following
the Summit‚ was CHEN's release of its Economic
Impact Report Together‚ the four public insitutions
of higher learning in spent billions of dollars in 2001 educating
students and through their collective efforts, have fueled
the city’s renaissance. If the four CHEN schools were
viewed as a business‚ they would be a $1.1 billion corporation
with more than 11‚800 employees‚ $480 million in
payrolls and 26‚000 students. In addition to the colleges’
economic impact upon the city‚ the four schools also
revitalize the community‚ improving the quality of life
and turning it into a college town. Thousands of students
graduate each year from the colleges‚ joining the workforce
as doctors‚ dentists‚ engineers‚ architechts‚
computer scientists‚ lawyers‚ teachers and executives.
Additional information about CHEN is available at the CHEN
website.
Minority Health Symposium at UMDNJ
In recognition
of National Minority Health Month at UMDNJ‚ a Minority
Health Symposium was held on Friday, September 13‚ 2002
at the University's Newark campus.
Dr.
Harold M. Davis was the Keynote Speaker who provided an
e xtensive
discussion entitled "Our People Are Dying." Dr.
Davis, who is retired, is anattending Physician in the Department
of Medicine at New York University Medical Center. He was
previously Dr. Davis also served as Vice President for Employee
Health Services at Prudential Insurance Company of America.
There‚ he served in a number of capacities focusing on
the establishment of education and discussion forums to enhance
the understanding‚ practices and outcomes of future and
current leaders to achieve the highest levels of ethics standards
in the company’s various activities.
In addition,
workshops were convened to examine a host of health issues
affecting minorities such as strokes‚ hypertension‚
diabetes‚ asthma‚ cancer and other disparities in
the healthcare of minorities.
Co–sponsored
by the Department of Urban and Community Development‚
Board of Concerned Citizens‚ the Department of Government
and Public Affairs and the Institute for the Elimination of
Health Disparities at UMDNJ‚ and Planned Parenthood of
Metropolitan New Jersey‚ the event was free and open
to the public.
UMDNJ
Receives Aid to Fight Disparities in Health Care
Friday‚ February 1‚ 2002 – the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey received a total of
$200‚000 in federal funding for the Institute for the
Elimination of Health Disparities to help researchers study
and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
Senator Jon Corzine (D–NJ) and Representative Donald
M. Payne made the check presentation to Dr. Stuart D. Cook‚
President of UMDNJ. The Institute was announced in June 2001
and will operate out of the School of Public Health in Newark.
Click
the photo below to view photo gallery from the Press Conference:
Black
Heritage Program
February 1, 2002 – C. Alan Simms, Director of
Urban Communications and Community Relations acted as the
Moderator for the Black Heritage Day Program. The event, hosted
by the UMDNJ Board of Concerned Citizens presented awards
to: Theodore Barrett, Jr., M.D. Medical Director, Associate
Chief of OB/GYN and Women's Health at New Jersey Medical School;
James E. DuBose, Deputy Director, Office of the Essex County
Sheriff; Vivian M. Gaunt, Councilwoman, City of Orange, NJ;
James Gonzalez, CHE, President/CEO, Broadway House for Continuing
Care; Linda J. Holmes, Executive Director, Office of Minority
and Multicultural Health, New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services; Tiffany L. Smith, Community Marketing
Coordinator, UMDNJ-University Hospital; and Dorian Wilson,
M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical
Liver Transplantation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
Click
the photo below to see photo gallery from the Black Heritage
Program:
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