The Psychology Archives at the University of Akron will continue its fall colloquium series by welcoming psychologist Dr. Florence L. Denmark, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Student Union 312. Denmark’s lecture, “The History of Women In Psychology and the Development of the Psychology of Women,” is free and open to the public.

Denmark is an internationally recognized scholar, researcher and policy maker. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in social psychology and has five honorary degrees. Denmark’s most significant research and extensive publications have emphasized women’s leadership and leadership styles, the interaction of status and gender, aging women in cross-cultural perspective and the history of women in psychology.

On Friday, I gave a talk at Bowling Green. My drive on the turnpike cost me $7.25 each way, for a total of $14.50. That is $7.25 to drive 2 hours on the turnpike. 

Now for $7.25 I did not get to a free beer, a free coke, or a free movie. I did get to buy overpriced gas and buy an overpriced coke at an oasis.

I am sure there is some logic to this pricing structure. Maybe they are trying to get more people to drive on old-fashioned 2 lane roads. But no wonder we have trouble attracting business and young people to Ohio.

The local IPMA-HR Chapter meeting has been set for Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30am at the Brecksville Community Center. Karen Seidman, R.N., M.P.H., consultant to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, will review the basics of seasonal flu and pandemic flu and share current information about vaccine and antiviral medicine. Cost will be $10 for members and $15 for non-members which will include breakfast. If you are interested in going, you should contact esiegfried@cityofparma-oh.gov by this Friday, October 16, 2009.

I have provided a number of previous posts on the Jack Welch Management Institute. 

According to Crain’s Cleveland Business “In an interview with Fortune, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, just out of the hospital, says his Jack Welch Management Institute should be moving ahead soon. The institute is an online MBA program that will offer classes at Cleveland’s Chancellor University.”

The Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) will host Dr. Don Routh, Wednesday, Oct. 14, from noon to 2 p.m. in Student Union Ballroom E, on the University of Akron’s Main Campus. Routh’s presentation, titled “Psychology and the American Indian,” begins the AHAP’s fall colloquium series.

Routh has written numerous journal articles and edited books, and is the author of “Clinical Psychology Since 1917: Science, Practice, and Organization” (New York: Plenum Press, 1994). He received an M.S. in psychology in 1965 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1967, both at the University of Pittsburgh. Most recently, Routh attended Florida Gulf Coast University and obtained a second B.A. in history in 2006, and is currently working on completing an M.A. in history. His current research project focuses on the dialogue between professional psychology and the American Indian. He has served as professor at various institutions since 1967, but spent most of his career at the University of Miami, where he has been professor emeritus since 2002.

Routh was also president of several divisions in the American Psychological Association, and has been awarded fellowship status in many of them. He has received a variety of honors, including the Nicholas Hobbs Award, Edgar A. Doll Award and the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions in Clinical Psychology.

For more information, contact Dorothy Gruich at ext. 7285 or visit the AHAP Web site. The Psychology Archives Colloquium Series is free and open to the public.

Originally, I was going to post job openings that I received here in the blog itself. However, I found it easier to create a separate FaceBook page. So, if you are interested in both local and national job openings in HR, you can join my FaceBook group at DDoverspike Job Listing Home page.

The fall series of meetings is starting. Start marking your calendars. The next local IPMA-HR meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30am at the Brecksville Community Center. The speaker will be Karen Seidman, R.N., M.P.H., consultant to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, who has been working with the various aspects of pandemic influenza preparedness since June, 2006. She will review the basics of seasonal flu and pandemic flu and share current information about vaccine and antiviral medicine. There will be an opportunity to discuss issues and concerns related to pandemic flu in your business environment. Cost will be $10 for members and $15 for non-members which will include breakfast.

I had previously posted on the Jack Welch MBA program at Chancellor University in Cleveland. So, I thought I should post an update in that the program is now on hold.

According to Crain’s Cleveland Business:

The highly anticipated Jack Welch Management Institute MBA program at Chancellor University has been put on hold until the famed business leader’s health improves… Mr. Welch entered New York-Presbyterian Hospital on July 5 for discitis, a rare but curable spine infection…the MBA program set to begin Aug. 31 will be delayed for a yet-unannounced amount of time.

I have previously written regarding the wealth of knowledge and talent in the human resource field that can be found in NorthEast Ohio. As I have said, this is even more true when you include the Pittsburgh area. A number of graduates of the University of Akron now work with the firm DDI in Pittsburgh. DDI recently won an award for being a best place to work. So, congratulations to our friends at DDI.

For a city that needs some good news, on-the-surface this seems like an exciting development. Chancellor University is the former Myers University in Cleveland. They are going to have Jack Welch and Noel Tichy directing a new graduate management program at Chancellor. An interesting development in terms of what I feel is one of Northeast Ohio’s great strengths, the location of a lot of top researchers and practitioners in the areas of management and human resource management. The article in Cleveland Crain’s can be found here and the description at Chancellor here.