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Volume CIX, Issue 1
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Jocelyn Visnov Senior Writer
Bridget Chalk, Ph.D., has recently been appointed associate dean of the Kakos School of Arts and Sciences to assist faculty and students in adapting to the merger of the former School of Liberal Arts with the Kakos School of Science. As a long-term faculty member of the former School of Liberal Arts (SoLA), Chalk is very familiar with the inner workings of various liberal arts programs as well as the core curriculum. “There was no associate dean position before, and so I was brought on,” Chalk said. “I think I was primarily there to support Dean Kelly [because she] became the dean of a very big school, and she was used to it [the School of Science].” Chalk has been a faculty member at the college since 2009. She’s a member of the English department and specializes in 20th and 21st-century British literature. Throughout her career as an English professor at the college, Chalk has taught a plethora of classes including Written Communication, the Contemporary Global Novel, Introduction to 20th-century Irish Literature, the Modern English
Novel and Literature and War. Chalk has also previously served as a director of the Advanced Placement Summer Institute and created a curriculum for an English minor specifically designed for students in the O’Malley School of Business. Chalk also noted that she was offered the associate dean position to support programs and opportunities that have previously operated under SoLA. “Specifically when we discussed the position, I was brought on to work on things like Branigan grants and the Costello award, as well as articulation agreements with graduate schools and community colleges,” Chalk said. “But we agreed that as time goes on, we’re going to see what is needed.” According to manhattan. edu, “As associate dean, Chalk will play a pivotal role in shaping the academic identity of the Kakos School,” the article stated. “Her responsibilities will include spearheading curricular development and program revisions and ensuring academic rigor and relevance.” In an interview for the manhattan.edu article, Dean Marcy Kelly, Ph.D., noted her optimism for Chalk’s new position. __________________________
The Manhattan College Federal Reserve team was named a regional finalist in the Fed Challenge, marking a milestone for the team since its creation at the college. The Fed Challenge is a national competition in which students create a monetary policy recommendation and present it to a panel of judges within the Federal Reserve. The team submitted a 15-minute presentation to the Federal Reserve in early October and received a spot among the top 18 teams out of more than 100 competing colleges nationwide. The 2023 team was com-
posed of five students, one of whom is Rehan Mehta, a senior economics and mathematics double major and the president of the Fed Challenge team. Mehta explained that his role as president involved the use of both quantitative and qualitative skills, with the need for research skills as well as data analysis. “My biggest task is previewing and looking over all that the analysts on the team did, which was conducting the literature review, reading all the academic papers that were assigned,” Mehta said. “[Tasks that I conducted] which includes data analysis such as making regressions as well as logistic regression, hypothesis testing and statistical infer-
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ence.” Cara Loganadhan, a sophomore finance and global business double major, is also a member of the team. She told The Quadrangle that the preparation for the competition involves research that connects various sectors of the economy and team meetings that happen throughout the year. “We read many different articles, listen to the Federal Reserve meetings and try to figure out what the current state of the economy is,” Loganadhan said. “We then look at factors like GDP, the labor market and financial markets
Bridget Chalk is Newly Appointed Associate Dean of Kakos School of Arts and Sciences
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