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June 23, 2014 | VOL. 50, No. 25
RIDING THE RAILS Progress and more to do for metro-North … 5
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ASK ANDI andi Gray addresses the management team … 7
BY BIILL FALLON Bfallon@westfairinc.com
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GOOD CAUSES a managing director at U.S. Trust assesses socially responsible investing … 13
he atrium of the Hyatt Regency Greenwich on East Putnam Avenue in Old Greenwich is a football field long and four stories high, dating to November 1986. Within its glass-roofed confines, palm, fig, ficus and bamboo photosynthesize along the banks of a recirculating stream with a filter tucked unseen in the hummock beneath the fig tree. An occasional finch finds its way in, said Anne Farb, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, “But they are not encouraged.” In her 18-plus years’ tenure at the Hyatt, Farb said nothing more exotic has
FCBUZZ Staying artistically relevant around the office … 14
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anne farb in the Hyatt regency atrium.
DEMAND GROWING FOR ADVANCED NURSING KNOWLEDGE FAIRFIELD U. OFFERS MASTER’S, DOCTORATE PROGRAMS TO STAY COMPETITIVE BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com
NURSES NOWADAYS are putting down the stethoscopes and picking up a full load of courses. With millions of new customers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many medical practitioners may not have trouble job hunting. However, they may find that job-seekers with advanced educational
degrees almost always qualify for positions more than those without one, especially in the nursing field. Despite the burgeoning demand for nurses, who can often fill the role of primary care physicians, it’s all about the credentials, said Meredith Wallace Kazer, dean and professor of Fairfield University’s nursing school. “To meet the demands of the increasing number of Americans seeking health care in the primary health care sector,
nurse practitioners can fill that role,” Kazer said. “Nowadays, you need that advanced degree in order to become credentialed as a nurse practitioner. We have 20 percent of our undergraduate students come back for advanced degrees.” The nursing school at Fairfield University has changed over the years. As advanced degrees in nursing become a must-have to land a job as a primary care physician, the school is ramping up and improving the » Nursing, page 3
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