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THE VANGUARD VOLUME LVII ISSUE XV
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
Prospect Hill Community Center opens to the public News editor
On October 15th, Bentley University students and staff helped unveil the brand new community center at Prosect Hill Terrace, a low-income housing development in Waltham. Prosect Hill is the city’s largest development of its kind. The project itself has been an ongoing process for over a year, involving Brandeis University, Waltham residents, officials, agencies and corporate partners. The project involved converting a 5,000-square-foot empty building and lot into a community service for both Prospect Hill Terrace residents and the Waltham community as a whole. The large project was guided by both Jeannette MacInnes of Bentley and Lucas Malo of Brandeis. MacInnes is the Senior Associate Director of the Bentley Service Learning Center, while Malo is the Director of the Brandeis Department of Community Service. “This community center,
which will enrich the lives of so many families, truly shows the power of student leadership from Brandeis and Bentley. They helped to make this happen by applying their perseverance, skills and creativity,” said Bentley president Gloria Larson. The thoughts were echoed by Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence.
“The collaborative efforts between the city of Waltham, the Prospect Hill Tenants Association, Bentley and Brandeis have shown all of us how much we can accomplish when we put our resources together,” said President Lawrence. The center itself will be used for afterschool activities and various enrichment
opportunities like job skill set training courses, resume writing workshops, tutoring, computer programming classes, English language learner instruction, and fitness and health education classes. “This facility and its programs will serve as a valuable resource for the Prospect Hill community for years to come,” said President Lawrence.
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BY Michaela Stephenson
The Prospect Hill Community Center grand opening ceremony was held on Oct. 15.
The center itself will include a director and several volunteers and student coordinators from Bentley and Brandeis. They will partner with the Prospect Hill Tenants Association to create specific programs and a curriculum for the different students helped at the center. The plan is to tailor these programs to age and cultural background, so each student is given the best opportunity. The entire center was made possible by a variety of different efforts from around the community. More specifically, the City of Waltham supplied the project with $230,000 of grant money in the Community Development Block Grant. The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community also supplied an extra $40,000 of financial aid. From the beginning Bentley and Brandeis students have stayed actively involved by developing programs and helping receive grant money. Professor Joan Atlas of Bentley wrote the grant for the Community Development SEE Prospect, PAGE 5
Mass. task force reports on gender equality in the workplace BY michaela stephenson news editor
This past month, a Massachusetts task force came together to gather and record suggestions on how to bridge the wage gap between genders. The “Successful Women, Successful Families” task force outlined these suggestion in a special report presented at the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University. It’s all part of a greater movement to achieve wage equality between women and men nationwide. The Center for Women and Business was founded by Betsy Myers and is concentrated on supporting women in reaching their potential within the workplace. The recent movement aligns nicely with the ideals of the center. The task force also looks to create more opportunities for women in leadership roles and create more family-oriented ideals within the workplace. This includes flexible schedules and paid leave for those in the private sector. The task force itself was created
Of the 100 largest Massachusetts companies, women hold less than 14 percent of the seats on boards of directors. by Governor Deval Patrick, a strong proponent for wage equality. “If the Massachusetts economy is going to continue to thrive, employers must design a workplace that maximizes their talent and potential by eliminating the wage gap and focusing on family-oriented practices and benefits,” said Patrick in a statement. The report found that women only earn 77 cents for
every dollar earned by men in the state of Massachusetts. While this is a smaller gap than recent years, it still amounts to a $12.2 billion difference. Not only this, but women also occupy fewer positions in upper-level management. According to the report, of the 100 largest companies in Massachusetts, women hold less than 14 percent of the seats on the board of directors
despite making up almost 50% of the total workforce. One of the task force’s goals is to work with the education department to find trends in the educational path that girls tend to take. This includes specific courses and subsequent performance. From these trends, the department can then create a plan to encourage girls to take courses that may help lead to
those high-income careers. Courses in subjects like science, math and technology have been known to prepare those better for higher-paying careers. So far, fourteen companies in the state have bought into the movement. They all will be participating in the current challenge of increasing the number of women on the board of directors.
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