University Welcomes Largest Class in School's History
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The Scranton Record, September 2001 Page 5<br />
V<strong>in</strong>cent Carilli, Ph.D., Named<br />
V. P. For Student Af f a i r s<br />
V<strong>in</strong>cent Carilli, Ph.D., has been<br />
named Vice President for Student Affairs<br />
at the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
“An outgo<strong>in</strong>g, energetic and cre a t i ve<br />
a d m i n i s t r a t o , rDr.<br />
Carilli has re c e i ved a host<br />
of awards for his work <strong>in</strong> student affairs,”<br />
said Un i versity President Joseph M.<br />
Mc Shane, S.J. “He br<strong>in</strong>gs to his new position<br />
a wealth of experience<br />
and expert i s e<br />
<strong>in</strong> a wide variety of<br />
a reas, especially student<br />
deve l o p m e n t ,<br />
student leadership<br />
I<br />
and dive r s i t y. ”<br />
FPO Dr. Carilli over-<br />
37% sees the offices of<br />
Career Services,<br />
V<strong>in</strong>cent Carilli, Student Health<br />
Ph.D. Services, Residence<br />
Life, the Counsel<strong>in</strong>g Center, the Campus<br />
Women’s Center, the Commuter and Off-<br />
Campus Affairs Office, Student Activities<br />
and Intercollegiate Athletics.<br />
Dr. Carilli previously served as the<br />
dean of students at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Tennessee, responsible for the management<br />
of 11 departments concern<strong>in</strong>g<br />
many facets of student life. He began his<br />
service at the <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee <strong>in</strong><br />
1998 as the associate dean of students.<br />
He became the dean of students <strong>in</strong> 2000.<br />
1 1 t h Muskie Fe l l o w<br />
Beg<strong>in</strong>s MBA Studies<br />
Among the <strong>University</strong>’s <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g<br />
graduate students is Leila Nabiyeva,<br />
Azerbaijan. She is the 11th student from<br />
four former Soviet Union republics to<br />
study bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> the <strong>University</strong>’s MBA<br />
program, supported through the Edmund<br />
S. Muskie/Freedom Support Graduate<br />
Fellowship Program, which was established<br />
10 years ago to encourage economic<br />
growth <strong>in</strong> 15 republics that formerly<br />
made up the Soviet Union.<br />
Just over 500 Muskie Fe l l ows will study<br />
<strong>in</strong> the United States this ye a r, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
t h ree at the Un i ve r s i t y.<br />
In order for an <strong>in</strong>stitution to be able to<br />
e n roll Muskie Fe l l ows, the academic programs<br />
<strong>in</strong> the students’ areas of specialization<br />
must have the highest accre d i t a t i o n .<br />
The MBA program at the Un i ve r s i t y’s<br />
Kania School of Management is accre d i t e d<br />
by the rigorous standards of AAC S B -<br />
International, the Association to Ad va n c e<br />
Collegiate Schools of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess.<br />
Muskie Fe l l owships are based on academic<br />
excellence, proficiency <strong>in</strong> En g l i s h ,<br />
p rofessional aptitude and leadership potential.<br />
Upon completion of the fellow s h i p,<br />
students will return to their home countries<br />
for at least two years to apply what they<br />
h a ve learned.<br />
Other Muskie Fe l l ows <strong>in</strong> the Un i ve r s i t y’s<br />
MBA program are Ilgar Um u d ov, Aze r b a i j a n<br />
and Tatyana Ni k i f o rova, Uz b e k i s t a n .<br />
From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Carilli served<br />
as the assistant director of student development<br />
at Southern Ill<strong>in</strong>ois <strong>University</strong> at<br />
Carbondale.<br />
He was awarded the Adm<strong>in</strong>istrator of<br />
the Year Award at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Tennessee this year and the Outstand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Student Affairs Staff Member Award at<br />
Southern Ill<strong>in</strong>ois <strong>University</strong> at<br />
Carbondale <strong>in</strong> 1997.<br />
A native of New York City, Dr. Carilli<br />
earned his bachelor’s degree <strong>in</strong> secondary<br />
education from East Stroudsburg<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>in</strong> 1988. He earned a master’s<br />
degree <strong>in</strong> student affairs <strong>in</strong> higher education<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration from Kutztown State<br />
<strong>University</strong> and a doctorate <strong>in</strong> higher education<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration from Southern<br />
Ill<strong>in</strong>ois <strong>University</strong> at Carbondale.<br />
He is a member of the American College<br />
Personnel Association, the National Association<br />
of Student Personnel Ad m i n i s t r a t o r s<br />
and the National Education Association.<br />
Renowned Economist to Speak at Scranton<br />
One of the lead<strong>in</strong>g economists <strong>in</strong> the<br />
United States, Robert J. Shiller, Ph.D.,<br />
will present the <strong>University</strong>’s 16th annual<br />
Henry George Lecture. He will discuss<br />
“Progress, Poverty and the Digital Age” on<br />
13 September at 7:30 p.m. <strong>in</strong> Eagen<br />
Auditorium of the Gunster Memorial<br />
Student Center.<br />
Dr. Shiller will also speak to area bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
leaders at the Un i ve r s i t y’s Pre s i d e n t’s<br />
Breakfast at 8 a.m. <strong>in</strong> the Exe c u t i ve Center,<br />
fifth floor, Brennan Hall. He will pre s e n t<br />
“ Irrational Exuberance and the St o c k<br />
Ma rket.” Co-sponsored by PNC Bank, the<br />
Pre s i d e n t’s Breakfast Series periodically br<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
together members of the bus<strong>in</strong>ess community<br />
to hear guest speakers address topics of<br />
regional, national and <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>in</strong>tere s t .<br />
J<br />
FPO<br />
75%<br />
Liturgical Musicians’ Reunion to<br />
be held 29 - 30 September<br />
A major event is be<strong>in</strong>g planned for alumni who have participated as liturgical musicians<br />
at the <strong>University</strong>. A reunion will be held 29 - 30 September to mark the 25th<br />
anniversary of the <strong>University</strong>’s Campus Music M<strong>in</strong>istry.<br />
Over 200 Music M<strong>in</strong>istry alumni are expected to gather for the event, which will<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude a barbecue, a brunch, and, of course, a liturgy. The liturgical celebration will be<br />
held <strong>in</strong> the Houlihan-McLean Center, the music for which will be conducted by present<br />
and past directors of liturgical music: William Mulligan, Richard Shaw, Kathy<br />
Kanavy and Sister Joan Roccasalvo.<br />
For <strong>in</strong>formation, call (570) 941-6152.<br />
In his latest book, Ir rational Ex u b e ra n c e,<br />
Dr. Shiller thoroughly exam<strong>in</strong>es the enthusiasm<br />
driv<strong>in</strong>g the stock market highs,<br />
endors<strong>in</strong>g what Alan Greenspan termed as<br />
the mark e t’s “irrational exuberance.” Dr.<br />
Shiller believes the mark e t’s high is more<br />
re p re s e n t a t i ve of the optimism of millions<br />
encouraged by Wall St reet analysts rather<br />
than the realistic judgements of rational<br />
e x p e rts. His book became a New Yo rk Ti m e s<br />
non-fiction best seller, forewarn<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
potential for poorer market perf o r m a n c e<br />
and offer<strong>in</strong>g alternative <strong>in</strong>vestment options.<br />
“A superb macroeconomist, Dr. Shiller<br />
has done pioneer<strong>in</strong>g work <strong>in</strong> the areas of<br />
stock market volatility and market psychology,<br />
large-scale risk management and<br />
<strong>in</strong>come <strong>in</strong>equality,” said Satyajit Ghosh,<br />
Peter J. Danchak, President of PNC Bank, Northeastern Pennsylvania,<br />
presents a check for $6,000 to <strong>University</strong> President Joseph M.<br />
McShane, S.J., to co-sponsor the upcom<strong>in</strong>g President’s Breakfast<br />
Series. From left: Mr. Danchak, Paul J. Strunk, Vice President for<br />
Institutional Advancement, Fr. McShane and Margaret McNulty,<br />
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.<br />
Ph.D., Professor of<br />
Economics/F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
and Department<br />
Chairperson. “The<br />
Henry George Lecture<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> will<br />
once aga<strong>in</strong> provide<br />
Northeastern<br />
Pennsylvania a rare<br />
opportunity to listen<br />
to a true scholar <strong>in</strong><br />
economics.”<br />
R o b e rt J. Shiller,<br />
P h . D .<br />
An expert <strong>in</strong> market fluctuations, Dr.<br />
Shiller is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of<br />
Economics and a faculty re s e a rcher for the<br />
C owles Foundation for Re s e a rch <strong>in</strong><br />
Economics at Yale Un i ve r s i t y.<br />
Dr. Shiller has written extensively on<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial markets, behavioral economics,<br />
macroeconomics, real estate and statistical<br />
methods, as well as on public attitudes,<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions and moral judgements regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
markets. He is a research associate of the<br />
National Bureau of Economic Research, a<br />
fellow of the American Academy of Arts<br />
and Sciences and a member of the<br />
Academic Advisory Panel for the Federal<br />
Reserve Bank of New York.<br />
The He n ry George Lecture Series is the<br />
p re-em<strong>in</strong>ent public lecture series <strong>in</strong> economics<br />
<strong>in</strong> No rtheastern Pe n n s y l vania. T h ree of<br />
the previous speakers – Amartya Sen, Ro b e rt<br />
So l ow and Ro b e rt E. Lucas, Jr. – have subsequently<br />
won the Nobel Pr i ze <strong>in</strong> Ec o n o m i c s .<br />
Funded by a grant from the Ro b e rt<br />
Schalkenbach Foundation, the lecture is presented<br />
to the public free of charge. T h e<br />
Ec o n o m i c s / F<strong>in</strong>ance De p a rtment at the<br />
Un i versity and the campus chapter of<br />
Om i c ron Delta Epsilon host the He n ry<br />
George Lecture, which honors the 19th cent<br />
u ry American economist and social re f o r m e . r<br />
For <strong>in</strong>formation, call 941-4048.