Eastern Bank honors nonprofits with $750,000 in grants at the 10th Annual “Community Quarterback” celebration

Eastern Bank honors nonprofits with $750,000 in grants at the

10^th Annual “Community Quarterback” celebration

Eastern Bank CEO Richard Holbrook and former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie recognize 66 Massachusetts non-profit organizations

BOSTON, May 7, 2014 – Doug Flutie tossed autographed footballs to representatives from 66 nonprofits, as the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation donated $750,000 in grants at the 10^th Annual Community Quarterback celebration.

Eastern Bank chairman and CEO Richard E. Holbrook and Flutie, the bank’s spokesman, honored the organizations before about 100 guests inside the bank’s corporate headquarters in downtown Boston. Among this year’s honorees was former WCVB-TV consumer reporter and news anchor Susan Wornick, who was recognized for her dedication to championing the interests of consumers living throughout eastern Massachusetts communities. 

 “Eastern Bank is proud to honor 66 local organizations that work tirelessly every day to put the needs of our communities first,” said Holbrook.  “We began the ‘Community Quarterback’ program in 2005 when we honored 10 local nonprofits.  It’s very rewarding – for my colleagues at Eastern Bank and the communities that we serve – to see this event grow every year.”  

“It’s hard to believe that the Eastern Bank ‘Community Quarterback’ event is celebrating its 10^th year,” said Flutie, who has quarterbacked every event.  “It’s great to be part of a team like Eastern Bank’s, which recognizes the importance of giving back to the community.”

The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation made a special $5,000 donation to the “Susan Wornick Journalism Scholarship Fund,” which is given to a student at her alma mater, Natick High School. Wornick recently retired after 34 years from WCVB-TV, where she worked tirelessly on behalf of consumers as their advocate and watchdog, thereby serving the interests of everyone in the community.

Today’s grants were among the more than $5 million donated last year to more than 1,500 non-profit organizations by Eastern Bank and the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation. In 10 years, the “Community Quarterback” program has honored close to 500 organizations with more than $7.0 million in grants.

The 2014 Community Quarterback recipients are:

Organization Name	Amount	City
826 Boston	$10,000	Roxbury
A Baby Center	$10,000	Hyannis
A Better Tomorrow Services, Inc	$10,000	Everett
Asian Community Development Corporation	$10,000	Boston
Associated Early Care and Education	$10,000	Boston
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology	$10,000	Boston
Bethel Institute for Social Justice	$15,000	Boston
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston	$10,000	Boston
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.	$10,000	Roxbury
Boston Employment Services, Inc. STRIVE	$10,000	Dorchester
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program	$10,000	Boston
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem	$10,000	Salem
Bridgewell	$10,000	Lynnfield
Brockton Area Multi-Services, Inc. - BAMSI	$10,000	Brockton
Brockton Day Nursery	$15,000	Brockton
Cambridge Community Services-CCS	$10,000	Cambridge
Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation	$10,000	W. Barnstable
Cardinal Cushing Centers	$10,000	Hanover
Career Collaborative	$10,000	Boston
Carroll Center for the Blind	$10,000	Newton
Children's Law Center of MA	$15,000	Lynn
Children's Services of Roxbury, Inc.	$10,000	Roxbury
City Connects Program at Boston College	$15,000	Chestnut Hill
Coaching for Change, Inc.	$10,000	Brockton
Commonwealth Tenants Association	$10,000	Brighton
Community Health Center of Cape Cod	$10,000	Mashpee
Community Provider of Adolescent Services, d/b/a COMPASS, Inc.	$10,000	Dorchester
COMPASS for kids	$10,000	Lexington
Endicott College	$10,000	Beverly
Falmouth Housing Trust	$15,000	Falmouth
FamilyAid Boston	$10,000	Boston
FUEL	$10,000	Boston
Grow Associates, Inc.	$10,000	Randolph
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod	$10,000	Yarmouth Port
Harborlight Community Partners	$10,000	Beverly
Health Law Advocates	$10,000	Boston
Historic Boston Inc.	$20,000	Roxbury
Home for Little Wanderers	$10,000	Boston
Housing Families	$10,000	Malden
Jewish Vocational Service	$10,000	Boston
LEAP Self-Defense, Inc. (d/b/a Girls' LEAP)	$10,000	Dorchester
Lenny Zakim Fund	$10,000	Boston
Lynn Community Health Center	$15,000	Lynn
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance	$10,000	Dorchester
Mayor's Office of New Bostonians	$10,000	Boston
New Lease for Homeless Families	$15,000	Boston
Newton Community Service Center	$10,000	West Newton
North Shore Medical Center	$10,000	Salem
Northeast Arc	$15,000	Danvers
Old Colony Elder Services	$10,000	Brockton
Pine Street Inn	$10,000	Boston
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts	$10,000	Boston
Plummer Home for Boys, Inc.	$15,000	Salem
Project Hope	$10,000	Roxbury
Project Place	$10,000	Boston
Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc.	$10,000	Quincy
Raw Art Works	$15,000	Lynn
Shelter Legal Services Foundation, Inc.	$10,000	Newton
Signature Healthcare	$10,000	Brockton
South Shore Habitat for Humanity, Inc.	$10,000	Weymouth
South Shore Hospital	$25,000	Weymouth
St. Francis House, Inc.	$10,000	Boston
The Neighborhood Developers, Inc.	$15,000	Chelsea
Town of Salisbury	$10,000	Salisbury
Wellspring House, Inc.	$10,000	Gloucester
Youth Design Boston	$10,000	Boston

陸克文建議中國用手機來普及教育

澳洲前總理陸克文（Kevin Rudd）二日晚在哈佛中國教育論壇中強調，全球化是世界未來趨勢。要因應世界的全球化，人們就必須了解世界的複雜性（Complexity），致力了解對方（他國）的思維、文明，並形成一樣的，全球的，世界的價值觀。教育是達成這目標的根本做法，精通數種語言是不可避免的要求。

            陸克文更為中國教育提意見，指能夠上網的手機，將是中國可用以在偏遠地區推廣教育，提高教學水平的最佳工具之一。

            十八歲開始學中文，曾到台灣師範大學進修，能說流利中文的陸克文，2013年十一月第二度卸任澳洲總理一職後，今年二月來到哈佛大學甘迺迪政府學院，做“中美關係”研究。

            陸克文曾於四月底在“哈佛中國論壇”中直指中美關係穩定，彼此友好，對全世界都好。他認為21世紀是全球化世紀，中美這兩個世界大國應求同存異，搞好經濟，改善自然環境，穩定地方。他也透露自己曾去過中國一百多次，在那住過二、三年，兒子，女兒，女婿現在都住在北京。

他也有意藉著自己迄今是全世界唯一中英雙語流利的曾任國家領導者這身份，從客觀角度來探討中美關係及世界發展。

            二日晚，陸克文在哈佛中國教育論壇中進一步闡述，全球化是人類社會中的經濟，文化互動，在時間，空間上都壓縮得更短，更近，對彼此影響更大，有如“牽一髮而動全身”的現實情況。

他指出，中國當年在大清末期開始推動現代化，其實是被“老外”逼的。那時的現代化，主要有兩個方向，一為瞭解西方經濟，政治體系如何運作，二為學習西方科學，技術。大清在學習科技上，極有成就，但並未能拯救大清的命運。如今習近平談到中國未來，提出“中國夢”。但他認為當晚的座中各人，得問問自己，做的是什麼夢，遠渡重洋來美，是否“個人夢”與“中國夢”不謀而合了。

陸克文認為，要因應世界的全球化，東西方，各國領導人，以及普羅大眾都應該增加對彼此的了解，溝通。在體認世界局勢複雜，不斷變化中，以謀求全人類福祉為前提，發揮創造力來找出因應現實方法。

他直指中國歷史悠久，文化底藴深厚，老子，孔孟等哲學思想比西方更為豐富，深入，但沒有多少西方人懂得。他在“哈佛中國論壇”的演講中，曾引用三字經的“人之初，性本善，性相近，習相遠”來形容世界各地人儘相同，又有不同。他笑指有些西方人，甚至哈佛學子，想要不必實地去到中國的來“廉價”了解中國。他告訴那些人，他們是在“做夢”，做的大概就是“美國夢”，可絕不是中國夢。

陸克文強調，語言與文化有密不可分關係。要瞭解另一種文化，不可不學形成該文化的語言。他還申斥英文是全球語言的說法，指二次世界大戰以後，英文才成為世界上流通較廣的語言。未來世界，人們必將同時精通數種語言。

  

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            澳洲前總理陸克文（Kevin Rudd )二日晚以他對中國，世界局勢的了解，揮灑自如的闡述他的未來世界觀。（菊子攝）

            陸克文（右）日前應趙小蘭（左），哈佛大學之邀，為哈佛大學商學院趙朱木蘭中心破土動工儀式致詞。（菊子攝）

哈佛中國教育論壇全方位探討中國教育未來

哈佛中國教育論壇在五月二、三兩日，以“國際化視野下的中國教育與領導力”為主題，舉行年會。哈佛中國基金主席柯偉林教授在會中指出，如果將來中國引領世界，大家要問的可能是誰來領導中國？企業家，還是諸如座中學子的有能力定義中國未來方向者。

哈佛中國教育論壇是哈佛校內的學生組織，旨在推動各界關注中國教育，並為有心改善中國教育的思考者，實踐者，提供一個分享信息，彼此認識，切磋的平台，今年由張小菲擔任會議主席，會場實況在網上直播。

從2010年迄今，哈佛中國教育論壇每年舉辦會議，並於2013年八月首度出版了厚21頁的“中國教育論壇”雜誌。

五月二、三兩日在哈佛教育學院大樓舉行的會議，邀有曾任哈佛費正清中心主任的柯偉林，傅高義，裴宜理，哈佛大學副教務長包弼德等名教授，探討“高等教育與人才國際化”，“科技與教育創新“，”早期教育政策、研究與實踐“，”基礎教育：當東方遇上西方“，”全民教育“等議題。

柯偉林以他今年二月出版的“中國能領導嗎（Can China Lead）？“一書為引，細數中國近年轉變，包括中國基礎設施，從高鐵到通訊信號質量，從清華，浙江大學等的校舍更新，從萬向集團，重慶正大，伊利牛奶這些企業的跨國，先進發展，到高鐵建造，都有到2020年時，要通車台灣的宏大計劃等等。

中國從1977年恢復高考後，大學生人數增加速度驚人，從1999年的二百萬，竄升至最近的三千一百五十萬。西安外事學院，昆山杜克大學，南京約翰霍普金斯大學等中國大學與海外高校攜手，也彰顯了中國教育的國際化走向。

柯偉林表示，中國境內這種種令世界震驚的更新，轉變，都佐證著中國怎能不是世界領導者。唯一可能挑戰這未來領導地位的，應是造成諸如薄熙來案等的司法體制與社會貪腐。
            傅高義從他去年出版的“鄧小平傳”引述，指毛澤東蔑視知識份子，但從未正式受過高等教育，但16歲時被送往法國留學，在法國工廠打工，並結識了周恩來等人的鄧小平，卻尊重知識份子，不但有位在高校任教的妻子，還因此在1977年時下決定恢復高考，重視包括三名獲得諾貝爾獎的李政道，李遠哲，楊振寧等在海外留學的中國人。鄧小平在訪問西方國家時，瞭解到中國實力遠落在西方國家之後，歐洲國家願意借錢給中國培訓人員後，才推動了中國的向外開放，學生開始出國。

在“科技與教育創新“座談中，在網上開課的哈佛大學EdX課教授包弼德，果殼網創始人嵇曉華，友成企業家扶貧基金會常務副理事長湯敏，密西根州立大學榮休教授Sai Wah Chan等人，從各自的經驗談經辦網上開放教育。

            華東師範大學副校長任友群， 南京大學與約翰霍普金斯大學中美文化研究中心聯席主任Jason Patent，Ｍinerva項目大中華區執行總裁羅凱(Kenn Ross)，麥可思公司副總裁王可與裴宜理教授等人談“高等教育與人才國際化”。裴宜理指美國的教育模式，非常多元化。她對中國教育走向感到擔心的是，各校在追求成為世界一流大學之際，整個中國的教育體系變得標準，單一化，阻礙了可能有的發展。

            出席會議的講者還包括聯合國教科文組織駐華代表辛格（Abhimanyu Singh），芬蘭教育家Pasi Sahlberg，曾任哈佛大學教育學院發展與心理方向系主任的Robert L. Selman等多人。

  

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            左起，密西根州立大學榮休教授Sai Wah Chan，友成企業家扶貧基金會常務副理事長湯敏，哈佛大學副教務長包弼德，果殼網創始人嵇曉華等人座談“科技與教育創新“。（菊子攝）

            左起，麥可思公司副總裁王可，哈佛大學燕京學社社長斐宜理，華東師範大學副校長任友群，南京大學與約翰霍普金斯大學中美文化研究中心聯席主任Jason Patent，Ｍinerva項目大中華區執行總裁羅凱(Kenn Ross)等人談““高等教育與人才國際化”。（菊子攝）

            傅高義指鄧小平尊重知識份子。（菊子攝）

            柯偉林認為中國怎麼可能不領導世界。（菊子攝）

哈佛中國教育論壇會議主席張曉菲。（菊子攝）

一萬元可修得南方新罕布夏大學文學士學位

上大學，拿學士學位，只要花一萬美元學費？在美國公私立學費都高漲的這年頭，南方新罕普夏大學（Southern New Hampshire University）五日宣布，該校網上美國學院，提供全美第一個獲完全認證的一萬元文學士學位。

南方新罕普夏大學的該一做法，上週獲紐英崙大專院校協會批准。

該校這一新項目，汗該校現有的副學士學位項目類似，經由企業主提供給在業成人學生，而且沒有傳統的課程，教師或級別。

取而代之的是，學生們按照自己的速度來學習，並將接受掌握技能程度的測驗。

該校將首先提供的為醫療護理管理，以及傳播這兩種學士學位。

南方新罕普夏大學座落在新罕布夏州的曼徹斯特市（Manchester），是一所已有80年歷史的非牟利大學，提供實地學習或網上學習學位。

法國商學院添兩中國大學夥伴

SKEMA Business School announces new partnerships with two Chinese universities

SKEMA creates Engineering & Management double diploma and opens new sustainable development incubator for start-ups

April 2014. As part of its development in China, SKEMA Business School has announced two new partnerships with the prestigious University of Science and Technology of China (USTC，中國科技大學) and with Xi'an Jiaotong University（西安交通大學）.

With USTC, SKEMA will offer a double degree in Engineering & Management which will provide both technical and management skills to students looking to work in senior positions in the high-tech sector. The technical components of the program will be taught on USTC’s campus in Suzhou during the first year, followed by management courses at one of SKEMA’s campuses in France or the US during the second year.

SKEMA also recently announced the opening of its second incubator in China, XJ-SKEMA Park of Sustainable Development in association with Xi'an Jiaotong University. The 6,000m² space, located in the historic Gusu neighborhood of Suzhou, will host up to 50 start-ups specialized in sustainability and luxury management.

These two partnerships are testament to SKEMA’s growing presence in China which, besides its campus in Suzhou, also includes the original XJ-SKEMA Incubator, a 38,000m² facility for start-ups, opened in March 2013 with Xi'an Jiaotong University and Suzhou Research Institute Science & Education Development Co. Ltd (SISED).

USTC is recognized as one of the best universities in China and is considered the "cradle of the scientific elite". USTC has a very selective recruitment: only 0.3 to 0.5% of graduates can enter. It is part of the prestigious league C9, the nine top universities in China. Among its alumni are many professors from the best universities in the world: Berkeley, Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Cornell and Yale, as well as the Vice-President of Microsoft China, the CEO of Haier and the former CEO of Lenovo.

Xi'an Jiaotong University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher learning, founded in Shanghai in 1896. Today, Xi'an Jiaotong University is a comprehensive research university offering programs in ten areas, including science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, art, law and philosophy, with a major emphasis on science and engineering. It includes 23 schools with around 30,000 full-time students, has a faculty and staff of about 5,600, of which 2,686 are full-time teachers, including over 1500 professors and associate professors.