On Monday, August 19, 2013, faculty, staff, current students and alumni greeted the incoming Milano students at the Welcome Reception for the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy. Interim Dean Mary Watson opened the reception:
“The journey you are embarking upon is one that I hope will challenge you in the best sense of the word: to meet peers and faculty who will become your lifelong learning community, to help you find insights to the burning questions that brought you to graduate school and to this room tonight, and — most importantly — to explore questions about things you have not even thought of yet. If we are successful, and if you stretch and grow, the alchemy of your New School experience will shape your life in ways you cannot yet imagine.”
Other speakers included The New School president David Van Zandt, Executive Dean of The New School for Public Engagement David Scobey, Director of Student Affairs Lauretha Slaughter, and several Milano alumni:
Drew Curtis, URB, 2010
Community Development Program Manager, Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark, NJ
Americorps Member
Ally Dommu, NPM, 2013
Strategist, Big Duck
Project Manager Social Innovation Initiative
IFP Hong Kong 2012
Olivet Hinds, OCM, 2012
Management OD/HR Consultant
Jacquelin Kataneksza, GPIA 2012
Consultant, Millennium Development Goals Gap Taskforce, UN-Dept of Economic and Social Affairs
Entering Milano Ph.D. program in Public and Urban Policy
Jordi Llopart, GPIA, 2004
Chief, NY Office, UN Volunteers
James Mannarino, EPSM, 2013
NYSERDA (NY State Energy Renewables and Environment), Multifamily Programs/Cleaner Green Comm.
Bernadette Phillips, OCM, 2012
Manager Global Learning and Development, IFF
Previously Korn Ferry Intl Sr. Associate Talent Acquisition and Executive Assessment
Eddie Summers, PhD 2013
Chief of Staff and Director of the Kelly Adirondack Research Center, Union College
Watson closed with reception with a few inspirational words:
“The opportunities are here at The New School, and your education is what you make of it. Reach out. Meet people in unexpected places. Connect with faculty. Work on research projects. Engage with field projects, practicum, and lab work. Take courses across the university. Work hard. Take risks. And most of all… Enjoy.”
