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David L. Levinson, President of Norwalk Community College, is in line to take on additional responsibilities on an interim basis as Vice President for Community Colleges at the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, effective January 1.  Interim Board President Robert A. Kennedy said today he will be recommending Levinson’s interim appointment, which will be on the Board’s agenda at their December 20 meeting.

In the coming months, the Board of Regents will conduct a national search for a permanent Vice President for Community Colleges, for which Dr. Levinson will be considered.

Levinson has been president of Norwalk Community College (NCC) since August 2004. During his presidency, NCC completed a successful capital campaign for a new Science, Health and Wellness Center, became an Achieving the Dream Leader College, and was selected by MDC, Inc. as one of fifteen community colleges nationwide to receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a developmental education project.  He is currently serving a 3 year term (2011-2014) as a Commissioner on the New England Association of Schools and College’s (NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, our regional accrediting body.

“I am excited about bringing my experience leading Norwalk Community College to a state-wide level where students can pursue a seamless educational pathway in order to attain the competencies required for successful employment in a knowledge-based economy,” Levinson said.  “There is much great work to build on, but more needs to be done in order to produce the talent needed to spur job creation in Connecticut."

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12/6/2011

Melanie E. L. Bush, Associate Professor at Adelphi University, recently published  Everyday Forms of Whiteness: Understanding Race in a 'Post-Racial' World with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
The second edition looks at the often-unseen ways racism impacts our lives. The author has interviewed and surveyed hundreds of college students and reveals that even though we talk as though we live in a "post-racial" world after the election of Barack Obama, racism is still very much a factor in everyday life. The second edition incorporates new data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality. The book introduces key terms for the study for race and ethnicity, reveals the mechanisms that support the racial hierarchy in U.S. society, then outlines ways we can challenge long-standing patterns of racial inequality.
"This new edition of Bush's influential study is a deeply researched guide to the contours, continuities, and 'cracks' of modern U.S. racism. It brilliantly shows how the exemption from racial oppression that whiteness grants to some Americans, locks them into other miseries."
—David Roediger, University of Illinois; author of How Race Survived U.S. History
For a 30% off discount call 1-800-462-6420 or go to www.rowman.com/isbn/0742599973 Use promo code 4S11EFOW.
8/2/2011 

John Dale, Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University, was quoted on November 4, 2010 in the Bangkok Post/Agence France Presse. He comments on the significance of general elections in Burma (Myanmar) for U.S. foreign policy toward Burma.  To access the article, go to: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/204763/us-fine-tunes-outreach-as-burma-votes. 
11/4/2011

SSSP President A. Javier Treviño discusses the Society in an interview for Wheaton College.  He said, "One of the first papers I gave at a professional conference was at the SSSP meetings in 1988.  I have remained involved in the society because of its dedication to applying sociological knowledge in promoting social justice and solving social problems."  Read the article. 
10/31/2011