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The Dec. 19 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Cynthia Morrow, Onondaga County health commissioner.

Morrow will share findings from the 2013 Onondaga County Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan. She has served as Commissioner of Health for Onondaga County since 2005. She is also an assistant professor of public health and preventive medicine and an assistant professor of pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University.  In addition to leading a large health department, Morrow is committed to educating future physicians and public health workers and to developing and fostering community partnerships that address a wide range of public health concerns.

IRP meetings are held on every first and third Thursday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 5833 E. Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville.

For more information, visit http://uc.syr.edu/irp, call 315-443-4846 or e-mail cmkarlho@syr.edu.

IRP is a community program of University College of Syracuse University, dedicated to the principle of lifelong learning.

University College’s Dean Bea González and Senior Associate Dean Geraldine de Berly traveled to Barranquilla, Colombia, in November to attend the 2013 Global Leaders for Global Engagement conference; the fifth Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Conference on Internationalization.

Following the conference in Barranquilla, de Berly went on to lead a delegation of 22 UPCEA, AIRC and AIEA members representing 16 American universities to visit 11 universities in Bogóta and Medellín.  Working in conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education Office of Internationalization and joined by González, de Berly led the delegates on planned institutional visits, as well as hosting two well-attended receptions for Colombian university administrators, U.S. State Department personnel and private school academic counselors (one in Bogóta and the other in Medellín).  The  delegation promoted international education exchange and collaboration and to that end, de Berly and González were able to highlight the range of opportunities available at Syracuse University.

The No. 7 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Merike Trier, executive director of the Downtown Committee.  Trier will discuss renovations taking place in downtown, including the Pike Block. She will also describe why young professionals and “empty nesters” are leaving the suburbs and moving downtown and how locally owned and operated businesses are also finding their way to the city’s center.

Trier graduated from SUNY Binghamton and the State University of New York College at Geneseo.

Meetings are held on every first and third Thursday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 5833 E. Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville.

For more information, visit http://uc.syr.edu/irp, call 315-443-4846, or e-mail cmkarlho@syr.edu.

IRP is a community program of University College of Syracuse University, dedicated to the principle of lifelong learning.

Website: http://uc.syr.edu/irp

 

Contact Person: Colleen Karl-Howe

University College

315-443-4846,

cmkarlho@syr.edu

National Non-traditional Student Week is Nov. 4-8, and we plan to celebrate. After all, it’s also our 95th anniversary and we consider non-traditional students our focus and our greatest asset. UC students and alumni are invited to stop by UC this week  between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.to pick up a thermal lunch cooler and enter to win basketball tickets, an SU blanket and other great prizes.

Website: http://www.uc.syr.edu

Contact Person: Eileen Jevis
ejevis@uc.syr.edu
443-3527

The Oct. 31 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature Rob Simpson, president and chief executive officer of CenterState CEO. Since 2011, Simpson has served as co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council (CNY REDC), a commission responsible for coordinating economic development for Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.  The CNY REDC was awarded the top prize in the state in 2011 and 2012 for the development and implementation of its five-year strategic plan, securing a total of $197.5 million for 147 projects in the region. He has also actively engaged the Brookings Institution to work with the region to develop a Metropolitan Business Plan and a Metropolitan Export Initiative – the region’s most sophisticated planning efforts to date.

In recent years, CEO has received national attention for its innovative, integrated approach to business, economic and community development.

TMR meets from 8:15-9:15 a.m. at Drumlins, 800 Nottingham Rd., Syracuse.

TMR is a community program of University College of Syracuse University. For further information, contact Sandra Barrett, director of community programs, 315- 443-4846, email cps@syr.edu, or visit www.uc.syr.edu/community/tmr.  The TMR program is broadcast on WCNY-FM, 91.3 on Sundays at 8 p.m. and at www.wcny.org/radio/thursday-morning-roundtable.