 Sherraden: Work "speeds into policy" |
Spreading wealthSherraden's research develops into Clinton's 'USA' proposal |
| By Gerry Everding When President Clinton called for the creation of government-subsidized individual retirement savings accounts in his 1999 State of the Union Address, he was drawing directly on concepts first conceived and long championed by Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., director of the Center for Social Development at Washington University. |
Front-line social service workers take graduate training into community | |
| By Gerry Everding Cynthia McCarthy admits being a bit apprehensive about the notion of returning to school. She had earned a master's degree in gerontology from North Texas State University, but that was 20 years ago. Now, she had a husband, children and a full-time job with an agency providing social services in St. Louis public schools. Still, the offer was hard to resist. Her employer, St. Louis Caring Communities Programs, was encouraging her to take part in the program, which offered 17 months of free interdisciplinary training in community development and leadership skills. |
 Jewellette Donald, program site manager at the Mann School, St. Louis, discusses her work with her mentor, Melford P. Ferguson of Area Resources for Community and Human Services. |
 Mark A. Clements, a sixth-year M.D./Ph.D. student and a member of the Catholic Student Center (CSC), is interviewed by correspondent Cynthia Bowers of CBS "This Morning" for a piece about the growing number of students turning to the Catholic Church. The segment aired Jan. 26 in conjunction with Pope John Paul II's St. Louis visit. Also appearing in the broadcast: CSC members Joe Wright, a first year graduate student; senior Sarah E. Haynes; and the Rev. Gary G. Braun, the center's director. Braun was quoted in The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor and did interviews on MSNBC, KMOX- AM and KTRS-AM as well. |
Research support efforts expandingThe Research Support Services Assessment Project (RSSAP), under the direction of Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, is making strides toward enhancing research administration support services for faculty and department administrators. As a starting point, Cicero and the members of a research administration project management team developed a vision statement for research administration. |
Libraries' union catalog vastly expands resourcesBy Christine FarmerThe volume of material available through the University's libraries has more than doubled, thanks to a new state-wide catalog that allows faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from libraries at Saint Louis University and the four University of Missouri campuses. |
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