ON THE BOULEVARD GOING GREEN, GOING GLOBAL 39TH ANNUAL REGENTS BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM BREAKS FUNDRAISING RECORD
Going Green, Going Global: The Costs and Benefits to Business, this grated sustainable practices into its business model and thrived. year’s theme for the 39th Annual Regents Business Symposium, “There is a spiritual aspect to business, that as you give you also drew robust attendance and also set a new record. The signature receive,” Greenfield said. Among its many environmental initiaevent, which serves as a fundraising opportunity for scholartives, Ben & Jerry’s was the first publicly-traded company in ship support and other College the U.S. to sign the Ceres initiatives, broke all previous Principles that requires the sponsorship records and raised enterprise to submit a report a total of $112,345, an increase of its environmental perforof 15 percent compared with mance every year. the previous record. Sustainability was espeTop business and academic cially germane for the leaders shared insights on the 2010 Regents Business opportunities and challenges Symposium. Since signing of running more environmenthe American College and tally friendly and sustainable University Presidents’ Climate businesses at the event, held Commitment in 2008, Saint on November 2, 2010, at the Peter’s College has reduced Hyatt Regency Jersey City on its impact on the environthe Hudson. Speakers included ment by purchasing all Ralph LaRossa, president electricity for the Jersey City and COO of PSE&G, Dawn campus from a wind farm, Murray, director of United Left to right: J.B. Wilson ’70, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and utilizing electric vehicles for Universities in New Jersey (AICUNJ); Pat Sheehan H ’77, Saint Peter’s College trustee States environmental sustain- emeritus; William Gutsch Jr., Ph.D. ’67, distinguished professor of the College of Arts campus security, eliminating ability for ING, and William and Sciences at Saint Peter’s College; Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Styrofoam in the dining Gutsch Jr., Ph.D. ’67, distin- Homemade, Inc.; Eugene Cornacchia, Ph.D., president of Saint Peter’s College; Dawn halls, and holding annual guished professor of the Murray, director of United States environmental sustainability for ING; Robb Santos ’91, waste reduction and recycling chairman of the Saint Peter’s College Board of Regents. College of Arts and Sciences at competitions among the seven Saint Peter’s College. residence halls. Keynote speaker Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & The keynote speech and further details about the event are Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., spoke about how the company inteavailable online at spc.edu/businesssymposium.
LECTURE FOCUSES ON ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE The generosity of a Saint Peter’s alumnus has translated into a heightened emphasis on Jesuit values within the College’s School of Nursing. The nursing program held its inaugural School of Nursing Annual Distinguished Lectureship on November 1, 2010, which was funded through a gift from Saint Peter’s Trustee James J. Daly, Esq. ’59 and the McKeen Fund. Well-known speaker and author Amy Haddad, Ph.D., presented the lecture titled “The Ethics of Nursing and Health Care: A Legacy and a Vision” at both the Jersey City and Englewood Cliffs campuses. Dean of Nursing Ann Tritak, Ed.D., said the annual lectureship is enriching the education of nursing students. “Nurses play such an important role in supporting patients and families in their decisions of care,” she explained. Following the inaugural lectureship, “students became more aware about the importance of having nurses involved in ethics committees. They also realized that they have a responsibility to go on to graduate school and conduct research on ethics so that more nurses have a place at the table.” Amy Haddad, Ph.D. 2