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September
23, 2005
DH 05 RH13
Contact: Russ Hudson,
Media Relations Coordinator
(310) 243-2455/2001
rhudson@csudh.edu
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
CSUDH Hosts International Conference of
Urban Universities
Hundreds to
address universities’ roles in preparing workforce
for changing workplace on Oct. 1-4 at CSUDH-sponsored conference
to be held at the Torrance Marriott
What role will metropolitan and urban universities, like
California State University, Dominguez Hills, play in preparing
the workforce
in the future? What role will those kinds of universities—institutions
that largely serve adult-age working students and re-entry students—play
in providing upgraded skills, new skills, and preparation
for new careers? Also, how do universities engage their communities
to
address mutual problems?
Addressing those questions will be among the main thrusts
of the Dominguez Hills-hosted International Conference
of Urban
and Metropolitan
Universities (CUMU), which is drawing hundreds of university
chancellors, presidents, superintendents, administrators
and faculty. The conference
begins Saturday, Oct. 1, and runs through Tuesday, Oct.
4, at the Torrance Marriott Hotel.
A highlight of the conference will be an address by the
coalition president on how each urban and metropolitan
university might
customize its approach in its own community to address
economic, social,
and environmental needs. The title of that presentation
is “Advancing
the American Promise: Stewardship of Place,” and will
be given by CUMU President James C. Votruba, who is the president
of Northern Kentucky University.
Among others who will also make presentations and/or participate
on panels are California State University Chancellor Charles
Reed, California Community Colleges Chancellor Marshall
Drummond, Los
Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Roy Romer,
Dominguez Hills President James E. Lyons,
Sr., internationally
known
author and former presidential advisor John Eger, Los Angeles
County Economic
Development Corporation Chief Economist and Senior Vice
President Jack Kyser, award-winning actor and educator
Tony Plana,
Special Assistant to the UC Riverside Chancellor for Excellence
and
Diversity Yolanda Moses, and Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities
President and Chief Executive Officer Antonio Flores.
For details on the conference schedule and the other speakers,
presenters and panelists from across the U.S., go to http://www.csudh.edu/CUMU/
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