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ACM Chicago Programs update
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Application deadlines extended Fall 2008 Chicago Programs: Applications for all three Chicago programs (Urban Studies, Arts, and Business, Entrepreneurship, & Society) for fall 2008 are being accepted on a continuing basis until the programs are filled. Spring 2009 Chicago Programs: The application deadline for Spring 2009 has been extended to October 15, 2008. If you have any questions, please contact Meghan Beltmann at ACM (312-263-5000). |
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The Madison (IN) Courier profiles Robyne Hart, the new Director of the Business, Entrepreneurship and Society program. Link to the article May 8, 2008 |
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New staff join the Chicago Programs Sally Noble named Executive Director ACM is very pleased to announce that Sally A. Noble has accepted the position of Executive Director of the ACM Chicago Programs. As Executive Director, Ms. Noble will provide academic and administrative leadership for the programs, and will work closely with the three Program Directors to insure distinctive academic excellence in each program and connections across the programs. She will also provide oversight of daily operations for the three programs, including hiring, facilities management, housing, and internship placements. Ms. Noble will work closely with ACM officers and faculty advisory committees from ACM campuses to coordinate recruitment efforts, shape curricula, and assess program effectiveness. Ms. Noble received her BA from Kalamazoo College and her PhD from the University of Chicago in South Asian Languages and Civilizations. She gained extensive experience in academic administration as Associate Director of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies and the South Asia Language and Area Center at the University of Chicago. As coordinator of a Fulbright-Hays Groups Project at Chicago, she led educational projects in India for Chicago-area K-12 teachers. She also has served as Program Coordinator and Adult Education instructor at Wright College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, and previously worked with the ACM as assistant director for a one-year grant program initiated through the former ACM Urban Education Program. "Sally Noble brings strong administrative experience and a unique understanding of Chicago's neighborhoods and many of its cultural, business, and community institutions to the leadership of the Chicago Programs" said ACM President Christopher Welna. She anticipates contributing to the curriculum of the ACM Chicago Programs particularly in the area of the historical roots of Chicago's neighborhoods and cultural organizations as traced through patterns of migration to the city. Ms. Noble will join ACM on January 29, 2008. Searches for Program Directors of the Chicago Arts and the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Society programs are currently underway, and we anticipate appointments in the near future. Mary Scott-Boria continues as Program Director of Urban Studies. January 14, 2008 |
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Dave Amrein and Robyne Hart are named Program Directors ACM is pleased to announce that Professors Dave Amrein and Robyne Hart have accepted appointments to join the ACM's Chicago Programs this spring. Dave will direct the restructured Arts Program. He is currently Visiting Instructor of Music at Lake Forest College and Conductor of the Lake Forest Chamber Orchestra since 2005. Robyne will direct the new Business, Entrepreneurship, and Society program. She is currently Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Business Preparation at Hanover College in Madison, IN. They will join the Urban Studies Program staff and Sally Noble, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Chicago Programs, at the end of the spring semester. While they finish their current commitments, each will be involved with some Program activities on a limited basis. As Director of the Arts Program, Dave Amrein will teach an Arts seminar course, most likely focusing on the creative process across the arts disciplines. He will also contribute to the Chicago core course shared by the three Chicago Programs (which also include Urban Studies), and develop internship and independent study opportunities for students. Amrein sees Chicago as a wonderful and "affordable place to take an artistic risk," a city marked by a tradition of "do-it- yourself" art. He is particularly excited about introducing students to this rich "playground" of entrepreneurial and experimental art making. Dave received his BA from the University of California, Davis, double majoring in English literature and music composition and theory, with honors and both areas. He went on to receive his MA from UC, Davis in music conducting. While at Davis, he was both the student and faculty director and conductor of the California Aggie Marching Band, participated in a variety of music ensembles, and won awards for his work in music, notably the UC Davis Department of Music Faculty Award "for outstanding graduate accomplishment in musical performance." Since moving to Chicago, Amrein has plunged into its art scene, studying improvisational acting at iO Chicago, participating in experimental music and instrument building workshops with jazz percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, and conducting a score he collaboratively composed with a student for Alfred Hitchcock's iThe Loder at the Portage Theater in conjunction with the Silent Film. Robyne Hart will teach the seminar course for the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Society program. Like Dave, she will contribute to the Chicago core course shared by the three programs, and work with students to develop internships and independent study projects. Robyne founded Hanover's innovative Center for Business Preparation (CBP). In the Center she designed a program to provide liberal arts majors with fundamental concepts, skills, and experience required for any career. She helped to secure funding from the Lilly Foundation and built the program into the largest on Hanover's campus, engaging over 50 students in summer internships. Under Robyne's direction, the Center developed an innovative model for connecting students with the college's alumni, for enhancing students' liberal arts studies with courses in management and business strategies, and for involving students in a variety of workshops on leadership, self-assessment, and career development as well as project- based internships. Robyne earned her MBA from Indiana University, South Bend, and her BS in Business Administration and Finance from Butler University. Prior to developing the Center for Business Preparation, she was Assistant Professor of Business at Hanover from 2000-2003 and worked for in the financial service industry, most recently as Vice President of Operations at River Valley Financial Bank from 1997-2000. February 7, 2008 |
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Business, Entrepreneurship, and Society is now officially the name of the newest of the ACM Chicago Programs, which will be launched this fall. The change -- adding "Entrepreneurship" -- came at the urging of the ACM Board of Deans, who endorsed the Faculty Advisory Committee's advocacy for entrepreneurship as a key element of this program. "The study of entrepreneurship is in many ways the essence of the liberal arts," says Bruce Dalgaard (Executive Director of the Center for Experiential Learning and Professor of Economics, St. Olaf), a Committee member who has been closely involved in discussions leading to the creation of the program. "Entrepreneurship truly combines the liberal -- educating one's mind with a sense of responsibility -- and the arts - working to put theory into practice in a creative way." We at ACM are pleased about this change, for we think it will help build enthusiasm for the program, sharpen the curricular focus, and forge strong academic links among the three Chicago Programs. For students, the emphasis on entrepreneurship will lead especially to internships in start-up enterprises and smaller companies, with more access to people at the head of the organization and more opportunities for substantive, hands-on experiences. Program participants will be encouraged to be entrepreneurial in finding and cultivating resources in the city as they develop their independent study projects. At its core, entrepreneurship encompasses creativity, connections, and innovation -- elements that have been central to Urban Studies and Chicago Arts through the years. Whether it is a social service organization developing new ways to approach urban problems, activists building coalitions, or artists bringing their visions to public view, entrepreneurship is a fundamental theme running through the Chicago Programs. January 14, 2008 |
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updated 5/8/08