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Outage planned for QuikPay on Aug. 11 from midnight to 7 a.m.
QuikPay services will be down from Thursday, Aug. 11, from midnight to 7 a.m. to allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance. QuikPay is the system used by students to pay tuition with a credit card. For further questions, contact the ITS…
Eva Kahana to receive distinguished career award from Gerontological Society of America
Eva Kahana, Robson Professor of Sociology, Humanities, Applied Social Science, Nursing and Medicine and director of the Elderly Care Research Center, recently was selected as the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Career Contribution Award of the Gerontological Society of America. They will…
Eleven staff members earn CAPS certificates in financial management
On July 15, 11 staff members received Certificates of Achievement in Financial Management as part of the Case Western Reserve University Administrative Professionals Series (CAPS) program. Recipients were: Nilda Baker, School of Medicine, Development & Alumni Relations; Christine Damukaitis,…
Alumni, friends help university break all-time fundraising records
Case Western Reserve University’s alumni and friends contributed $126.2 million in cash and pledges in fiscal year 2010-2011, a total that breaks the previous all-time fundraising record by nearly $3 million. The amount raised in the past 12 months also exceeds the 2009-2010 figure by more than $10…
Chris Sheridan named VP of marketing and communications, senior adviser to the president
President Barbara R. Snyder and Senior Vice President for University Relations and Development Bruce A. Loessin announced that they have named Chris Sheridan vice president for University Marketing and Communications (UMC) and senior adviser to the president. As chief of staff to the president…
New Northeast Ohio University Consortium for Middle East Studies launches
New perspectives on the Middle East WCPN: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University and Oberlin College have joined forces to educate Northeast Ohioans about Muslims and the Middle East; Pete W. Moore, assistant professor of political science, discusses the…
Urban art therapy grows in Detroit Shoreway; Richey Piiparinen gets involved
Public art project begins healing in Cleveland Rustwire.com: Urban art therapy is giving the residents of Detroit Shoreway cause for reflection after a gas explosion destroyed nearly five dozen homes and buildings in 2010. Richey Piiparinen, a researcher with the Center on Urban Poverty and…
Jerry Shuck discusses reduced duty hours for medical residents
New doctors have shorter hours, better work-life balance The Plain Dealer: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recently reduced duty hours for residents because of fatigue-related medical errors. Jerry M. Shuck, associate dean of graduate medical education at the School of…
Professor Hokenstad explains why globalization is important to social work
A Decade of Social Work Today Social Work Today: There are top trends and then there are 10 that have influenced social work culture over the last decade. M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad Jr., the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, explains why…
Voting for SAC elections closes Aug. 15
Online voting for the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) continues through Monday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m. Representatives are being elected for the School of Dental Medicine, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, School of Nursing, Academic Administration and University Administration. All staff members…