April Luncheon Honors MGSM Internship Site Supervisors
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Posted by: Nicolette Toussaint
April Luncheon Honors MGSM Internship Site Supervisors
By Jeanne Cherbeneau, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty Member & Field Placement Director
On Friday, April 24, the Internship Site Supervisors of the MGSM OP Internship program were honored at a luncheon held to express appreciation for their service as supervisors, mentors and coaches of our students.
Numerous students, faculty, management and staff attended to express their appreciation. In addition, several students offered “testimonials” of their experiences working with and learning from their supervisors. Certificates of Appreciation were given to those Site Supervisors. It was a “feel good” time for all.
In addition, a delicious meal was enjoyed, as well as the opportunity to hear from the Keynote Speaker, Daniel Yankelovich, who spoke on “The New Pragmatism: Its Implications for Corporate Culture and Dialogue-based Learning.” His latest research of demographics, attitudes, beliefs and behavior of Americans reveals crucial information related to 21st Century leadership and management of today’s workforce and organizational cultures.
Daniel Yankelovich is a world renown social research scientist and pollster, who over the last forty years, has specialized in tracking social trends through polls widely utilized by public and private organizations to shape their responses to societal changes. He is Chairman and Founder of three organizations: the Public Agenda, Viewpoint Learning (specializing in dialogue-based learning) and DYG (specializing in tracking social trends). His outstanding achievements in that work, and the understanding of shifting public attitudes that he has gained, have made him a highly respected figure in academic, political and corporate circles.
Yankelovich is author of eleven books, has numerous institutional affiliations, including academic positions, is a Director of several corporate boards and has received several awards for his pioneering work in public opinion research.
His institutional affiliations have included: Chairman, Educational Testing Service (ETS); Founding President, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics; Founder, The New York Times/Yankelovich Poll; Trustee, Brown University; Trustee, The Kettering Foundation; Fellow, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member, Council on Foreign Relations, and Director of a number of corporate boards, including CBS; USWEST; the Meredith Corporation; Loral Space and Communications; Diversified Energies and ARKLA
On the academic side, he has served as Research Professor of Psychology at New York University and the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. He is currently a member of the UCSD Foundation and the Dean’s Advisory Council in the Social Sciences. Last year he endowed the Yankelovich Chair in Social Thought at UCSD.
He is the recipient of The Parlin Award for pioneering work in marketing research, the Dinerman Award of the World Association of Public Opinion Research, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the New York Chapter of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, and Distinguished Graduate of the Year Award from the Boston Latin School.
He was educated at Harvard College, Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Sorbonne.
The Keynote address and luncheon was well received and appreciated by all who attended.
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