St. Ann’s to hold Mass through October
St. Ann’s University Parish on St. Stephen Street, one of over 60 churches ordered in June to close by the Boston Archdiocese, was granted an extension, allowing it to remain open through the beginning of the academic year. St. Ann’s will hold a Sunday mass at 6 p.m. from Sept. 5 to Oct. 31, Brandy Purcell, administrative assistant in the Spiritual Life Office said. For more information, please call Father John Unni in the Newman Center at 617-266-2635 or the NU Spiritual Life Center at 617-373-2728.
Commencement speaker set for fall
Jackie Jenkins-Scott, president of Wheelock College and former president and CEO of Dimock Community Health Center, will deliver the keynote address at Northeastern’s fall commencement. Jenkins-Scott helped carry the Roxbury health center out of bankruptcy and create 110 new programs geared towards the urban and culturally diverse community. She assumed her Wheelock presidency in July. Jenkins-Scott was also appointed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to Boston’s Health Commission. The commencement is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 in Matthews Arena.
Sport center hosts anniversary gala
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Northeastern Center for Sport in Society will be hosting the “True Heroes of Sport Awards Gala” on Friday, Oct. 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Gala, honoring 2004 Hall of Fame Inductee Richard E. Lapchick, will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston and includes festivities such as dinner, awards, dancing, live music and an auction. Among the list of invited guest are past honorees: Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, Rachel Robinson, Wilma Rudolph, Trish Shcaap, Rafer Johnson and Red Auerback. For more information, please call 617-373-4975.
Provost names interim SOTE dean
An interim dean for the newly created School of Technology Entrepreneurship (SOTE) has been named, according to a letter to the university community from Provost Ahmed Abdelal. Thomas Cullinane, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, began his new duties as dean July 1. A month into his job, Cullinane said he is in the process of putting together the curriculum and getting ready for the first course entitled, “The Languages of Technology in Business.” The course, taught by one designated business and one engineering professor, will be offered to freshmen in the spring of 2005. The course will be “team-taught” with the lecture workload divided between two professors, Cullinane said. The school will offer more courses gradually, hoping to offer up to six courses by 2006, he said. He said the emphasis of SOTE would be on interdisciplinary studies crossing the boundaries of all schools at Northeastern. Cullinane is in the process of determining where the courses will be held, depending on space availability. Cullinane has been at Northeastern since 1981, and has been an educator for 25 years.
STA travels across CSC
STA Travel has moved from its office across from the Starbucks Cafe on the first floor of the Curry Student Center to a larger office adjacent to the art gallery on the first floor. STA Travel was set up over 25 years ago by a group of young Australian travelers, whose aim was to enable other young people to discover the world without breaking the budget, according to their Web site. They have 450 locations world wide. For more information about their services, please call 617-373-7900.
