College of Business Administration alumnus
chosen for job with Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Northeastern College of Business Administration graduate Patrick Gaston was named to a one-year post with the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

Gaston, who received a master’s of business administration in 1992, will serve as executive in residence for the group starting Monday. He is also president of the Verizon Foundation.

“I have always wanted an opportunity to contribute to Haiti in a larger and impactful way, and I think this is the greatest opportunity for me to do that,” Gaston said in a news release issued this week by Northeastern.

He will be responsible for global outreach for the fund, as well as generating continued support for Haiti relief.

Gaston was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, before he and his family moved to the United States when he was 9 years old.

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund was founded in January 2010, when President Barack Obama collaborated with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to establish an organization to help Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake last January.

– Zac Estrada, News Staff

Graduate student explains ‘Buzz About Bees’

Northeastern Ph.D. student Sean Kent will speak at an event Tuesday called Uncovering the Buzz About Bees: The Ecology of Bees in Eastern New England. Kent’s lecture will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with refreshments offered beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the university’s Marine Science Center, 430 Nahant Road in Nahant. It is free and open to the public.

– Zac Estrada, News Staff

Professor receives grant to compose musical work

Ron Smith, an associate professor of music, was awarded one of 12 commissions from the Fromm Music Foundation Jan. 7 to create a musical work of his choice and have it performed live. Smith will create a piece for keyboardist Vicky Chow, of the New York based Bang on a Can All-Stars. Smith is the first Northeastern faculty member to win an award from the Fromm Music Foundation.

– Colin Young, News Staff