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Leadership seminar preps students for jobs
Sophomores and juniors are the target group for the
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In an effort to better prepare their students, the Career Services Centers in the School of Business and the School of Engineering hosted the two-day Leadership Challenge seminar on Jan. 15 and 16.
The Leadership Challenge, which has been held annually since 2001, was started by the Business and Engineering Career Services Advisory Councils, said Cathy Schwabauer, Director of the Engineering Career Center. The councils were looking for a way to bring students, faculty and employers together to introduce students into the workforce.
Assistant Director of the Business Career Center Jolene Phillips said the program originally only admitted 25 students per school. She said this year the program included 73 students and 24 employers.
program, with the hope of giving them opportunities to network early, Schwabauer said. However, any business/ engineering undergraduate could have applied, as long as he or she plans to graduate in December 2015 or later.
The selection process incorporated many of the skills students will someday need in order to acquire jobs or internships, Schwabauer said. Applicants submit a resume and many are chosen to continue onto the interview portion. From there, the finalists meet with representatives from the career center to create final resumes.
But the career and professional skills do not end there, according to Phillips. Attendees learn many valuable skills, including communication techniques, leadership and teamwork. Employers even contribute by discussing how these skills play a part in their organizations.
"Additionally, employers are
After attending the seminar, sophomore Ellie Hupp from Omaha, Neb., said she originally decided to participate for the networking opportunities it offered.
given a copy of each students' resume, with the permission of the student," Phillips said.
"I didn't expect to learn so much valuable information about leadership," she said. Hupp said the program consisted of sessions with speaker Denny Faurote, who led personal and group activities for student and employer participants. In between activities, the program included "networking breaks."
"I benefited by getting great networking experience with possible future employers," Hupp said. "I was able to meet and connect with recruiting representatives from accounting firms that I am interested in working for in the future."
— Edited by Alex Lamb
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Doctor shot inside hospital, gunman commits suicide
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, right, faces reporters during a news conference as Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, behind center, looks on at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tuesday in Boston. Police say a doctor was shot inside the prestigious Boston hospital before the shooter died of a self-inflicted wound.
PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, center left, walks through a revolving door as he departs the Shapiro building at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tuesday in Boston. A person was critically shot at the hospital Tuesday and a suspect was in custody. Boston police said.
A man shot a doctor inside a leading Boston hospital Tuesday, critically wounding the physician before killing himself.
Authorities said Stephen Pasceri, 55, entered Brigham and Women's Hospital sometime before 11 a.m. and specifically requested the doctor, who police declined to name because he is a victim.
Pascieri, of Millbury, shot the doctor twice just outside an examination room on the second floor of the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center; he then turned the gun on himself, police said.
The hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, said the doctor was in surgery as of Tuesday evening. It declined to release his name, at the request of his family.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said officers conducting a room-by-room search found the gunman dead in an exam room with the weapon. The doctor, meanwhile, suffered life-threatening injuries.
Police said Pasceri wasn't a
"We're in the process of talking to witnesses, but it's leading us to believe there was something in the past that upset this guy, that made him go in and look for this particular doctor," Evans said earlier in the day.
Police and hospital officials commended the fast response by police and hospital staff, who they said had been trained to respond to an "active shooter" situation.
patient of the doctor's and they didn't specify a motive for the shootings.
the scene within seconds after getting the first calls of shots fired and had the area secured within 15 minutes.
Evans said police were on
Betsy Nabel, the hospital's president, said Brigham and Women's will evaluate its safety protocols. She said there have been no discussions about installing metal detectors, which none of the city's hospitals have.
Tuesday's shooting prompted a temporary lockdown at the Shapiro center. Hospital staff were asked to remain in place and the building did not accept new patients.
RACE FROM PAGE 1
King Jr. celebratory events are great, they are not productive in the long term, he said.
"I think that as an educational institution, not just here but across the country, we need to have these real talks about inequality so that we are educating people in the social and cultural realm," Harding said.
Joshua Robinson, a junior from Overland Park and president of the Black Student Union, agrees with Harding. Robinson said more efforts are needed on campus to help African-American students.
"I would like to see the University put more money into programs that are helping black students," Robinson said. "I would [also] like to see more
retention from our black students."
The University of Kansas has a 45 percent graduation rate for African-American students, one percent higher than the national average, according to the U.S.Department of Education.
Gray-Little encouraged every participating member of the University to create a community that allows all students to receive the education they deserve.
"We must continue our work to ensure not only that the doors to our university are open to all who are prepared to seek a KU degree, but [also] that the resources are there to help students earn those degrees." Gray-Little said.
Woman to testify against others in Ind. explosion
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RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press
Monserrate Shirley, who had pleaded not guilty after she and two men were charged in late 2012, appeared before a Marion County judge in a courtroom filled with current and former residents of the neighborhood marked by the blast.
INDIANAPOLIS — A woman charged in a deadly 2012 house explosion in Indianapolis agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit arson and testify against at least two other people in the fiery natural gas blast that damaged dozens of homes.
Marion Criminal Court Judge Sheila Carlisle told Shirley she was taking her plea agreement under advisement and that it could be "months or years" before she decides whether to accept it. Shirley must first fulfill her pledge to cooperate with prosecutors against the other defendants.
Under her deal, the 49-year-old would plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit arson and prosecutors would drop 52 charges, including two counts of murder. Shirley would have to testify against former boyfriend Mark Leonard and his brother, Bob Leonard, as well as "any, other individuals as yet uncharged" in the Nov. 10, 2012, explosion.
The deal would allow Shirley to avoid a possible sentence of life without parole. Instead, she could face from a minimum 20-year suspended sentence with probation to a maximum 50-year prison term.
The explosion killed 34-year-old electronics expert Dion Longworth and his 36-year-old wife, second-grade teacher Jennifer Longworth. The blast damaged more than 80 homes, several so badly that they had to be razed.
Prosecutors allege Shirley and the Leonard brothers rigged the blast in her home on Indianapolis' south side as part of a scheme to collect $300,000 in insurance.
Prosecutors previously said the trio made one attempt to blow up Shirley's home that failed. But Shirley's plea
agreement states that Mark Leonard and "an uncharged individual" had earlier tried to set the home on fire.
Before all three attempts, Shirley made arrangements for her, Mark Leonard and her daughter to stay elsewhere and boarded the family cat, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
Marion County deputy prosecutor Denise Robinson said after the hearing that Shirley has provided information that could lead to charges against others and is "continuing to talk" to prosecutors.
Robinson called the deal "a fair resolution" that ensures Shirley's cooperation.
"From a prosecutor's perspective it means that we have now direct evidence of the crime. In other words, we have someone who was on the inside, who was a party to making certain observations, overhearing certain statements, who's now cooperating with the state," she said.
Tony Burnett, who lived across the street from Shirley's home, said after the hearing that he was "angry and disappointed" with the deal because it includes the possibility Shirley could get a suspended sentence.
Shirley's attorney, Jim Voyles, declined to comment following the hearing.
"She could walk out with nothing but time served? That doesn't sound right to me in any way — not to mention the deaths of two people," said Burnett, who moved elsewhere after his home was razed due to the explosion.
Court documents said Shirley was facing mounting financial woes, including $63,000 in credit card debt. A friend of Mark Leonard's told investigators Leonard said he had lost about $10,000 at a casino weeks before the explosion, according to court documents.
Robinson said she antici-pates arguing for "a significant sentence" for Shirley.
Prosecutors have said investigators determined that Shirley's home filled up with gas after a gas fireplace valve and a gas line regulator were removed. A microwave, apparently set to start on a timer, sparked the explosion.
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