International Expert Reza Mahdavi to Speak at Comencement

Marlboro College Graduate Center is delighted to announce that Reza Mahdavi will be our featured speaker at this year's Commencement on Sunday, August 20th.

Reza Mahdavi is Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and General Manager of Cisco Systems, Inc. A position he has had since August of 2004.

Reza Mahdavi is responsible for creating the vision, architecture and the go to market strategy for The Cisco Global Learning Network (GLN) solution Business unit. GLN is a highly scalable e-learning architecture that integrates instructional methods, content and assessment.

Prior to this move, Reza Mahdavi was the Vice-President of Cisco Systems for Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA), a position he held since 2000.

With responsibility for running over a Billion dollars of Cisco's field Sales operations, technical engineering and marketing for emerging and developing countries, Reza Mahdavi has managed and grown Cisco's business in 96 countries and overseen the establishment of Cisco operations and offices in more than 33 countries.

Reza Mahdavi is considered a trusted advisor for many senior government and business leaders in countries including Bahrain, UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and Russia. Amongst other distinctions he has been a permanent member of the Presidential and Advisory Council for President Mbeki of South Africa for the last 5 years.

He is a frequent speaker at industry and government events throughout EMEA and is a regular commentator in business and broadcast media throughout the region on ICT issues of relevance to the emerging and developing markets.

We look forward to your joining us for this very special opportunity. Because seating is limited, we request that you inform us of your intentions by notifying Kathy Urffer at kurffer@gradcenter.marlboro.edu.

Summer Open House, Saturday, August 5th

We're finishing a super year and looking forward to another one. You can help a co-worker or friend be part of that by urging someone you know to attend our Open House on Saturday, August 5th. As a supportive alum, you are the best spokesperson the GC can have.

The event will kick-off at 10:30 a.m. and will run until 1:00 p.m. including lunch with students, alums, and faculty.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Learn about our programs
• Tour our facilities
• Talk about their career plans
• Meet with faculty, student, and alums
• Discuss their plans with admissions counselors
• Learn about financial aid

For more information, see http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/news/openhouse.html.

Carol and students tackle project management

The round of applause and enthusiastic comments that ended the Project Management workshop last Saturday told the story. Gradcenter instructor Carol Forsythe had done an outstanding job of covering the topic and interacting with the participants. During the two-hour session, Carol combined a lecture, PowerPoint, and student activities that focused on three keys to successful project management:

• Communication
• Work breakdown structures
• Risk management

Carol has been a certified Project Management Professional since 1998, and she is President of the PMI Keene, NH Monadnock Region Chapter. She brings over 18 years experience as a project manager in the Services supply chain for Hewlett-Packard. Currently, Carol is Project Leader with Newsbank, Inc for the publishing of digital products of historical governmental papers.

July at the Gallery

When you're in the Gradcenter area, don't miss the latest show in our gallery. "Graphical Wonders of Brattleboro" features the work of three local artists: Dalia S. Shevin, Saturn Milner, and Brad Roth. The show includes comic paintings, screen printing and three dimensionality that we guarantee you will find imaginative, entertaining and thought-provoking.

Class Notes

Erin Weisburger, MSIT '05, sent us the following:
Hello fellow GC people! I have WONDERFUL news! I GOT A JOB! A real job! As of this coming Tuesday, I will officially be THE web developer for the NYS Office of Courts Administration! (www.nycourts.gov)... The dept is very small: there's a graphics guy, a programmer and a designer... I'm the incoming developer! It's a grunt job; I'll be doing nothing but hand-coding content to add to the 30,000 + pages of the NY Courts website. Oh my god, I'm working for the government! I attribute everything to my experience at the GC, and if it wasn't for my awesome training in HTML, XHTML and CSS with Jen, I wouldn't be where I landed today. I'm sooooo happy and we'll be celebrating tonight! Thanks, guys, for everything! I'll keep you posted on the upcoming accomplishments! All the best.

Justin Grotelueschen, ISM '03, recently caught up with us:
Hey y'all, In case you didn't know, I just returned from Peru and 2.5 weeks of leisure. Here are the fruits of my trekking; about 400 photos in reverse-chronological order for some reason -- just happened when I uploaded them. http://flickr.com/photos/jugrote/sets/72157594145522700/

In addition, a few videos from the digicam:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1uBLLXEg4aI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHl83jjxlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMOHdrCe3Vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsHtyRmVk5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKc7wHfbJU

Also, I recorded about 40 minutes of audio that I'll probably be mixing into some sort of sound collage. Buzz me if you're interested in hearing the results. Everything is swell in Beantown. Hope it's the same where you're at. Rawk, JustinG

Andrew Jackson, ISM '99, has let us know:
After eighteen years, I will be "retiring" from Vermont Life Magazine where I founded and developed VermontLife.com and VermontLifeCatalog.com. The reason for the quotes is that I have already begun to develop my next career, a consulting service magazine publishers. I'll be offering several services around the business operations of publishing including, in particular, Web design for the special needs of periodicals. For more information see Sensible-Strategies.com .

Diane Hafter, ISM '02, shared this news:
I just launched a new website: www.pirnie.com. Lots of people contributed to the effort, including Jen Kramer and her team at Lucidus who developed the backend templates for the Joomla content management system.

Career Opportunities

Network Systems Administrator
Marlboro College

A critical member of the IT department, this position will be responsible for maintaining and developing our network and related services. We rely extensively on open source solutions, and experience in, and enthusiasm for, working in a linux environment is essential.

Candidates should have sound knowledge of:

• unix/linux administration
• IP routing and networking
• security, IDS
• DNS, mail system administration

Creative problem-solving, diligence, a spirit for innovation, and engagement working in an educational environment are essential.

To apply, please submit resume, cover letter, and three references to
Ian Kozak
IT Director
Marlboro College
Marlboro, VT, 05344
or iank@marlboro.edu

Academic Resource Coordinator
Granite State College
Twenty hour per week position at Granite State College's Concord and Manchester Centers overseeing academic resources, including staffing student resource centers, administering skills assessments, providing workshops and individual help with learning skills, tutoring, and assistance with ADA compliance; related support for faculty. Also provide online academic resource assistance with the Bachelor's Online Degree (BOLD) students. Master's degree plus experience in developmental student services or related field (or Bachelor's degree with significant relevant experience); strong interpersonal and presentational skills; computer systems and online learning/educational technology experience. Some evening hours. Position is non-benefited; access to limited medical and retirement benefits. Send resume to Dottie Anderson, 325 Mt. Support Rd., Suite 2, Lebanon, NH 03766, or email to dottie.anderson@granite.edu. Resumes will be reviewed starting July 31 .