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VOL. 29, NO. 14
IN THIS ISSUE:
Community Supported Agriculture
APRIL 30, 2014
New Administrators
Yogic Flying
American Heart
Association Expert
to Present on
Meditation
Actor Jim Carrey, who has appeared in 38 films, will deliver the 2014 commencement address
May 24 in the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome.
Actor Jim Carrey to Deliver 2014
Commencement Address
A
ward-winning actor Jim Carrey will be the commencement
speaker at the 2014 graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 24,
at 1:00 p.m. in the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome.
The community is warmly invited to attend.
In recognition of his significant lifetime achievement and the joyful
gifts he has given to the world, the University Board of Trustees will
present Mr. Carrey with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Honoris
Causa.
Last fall Mr. Carrey spoke to students in the new David Lynch Master’s in Film program at Maharishi University of Management. He has
actively supported the David Lynch Foundation’s campaign to bring the
Transcendental Meditation® technique to at-risk young people, veterans
with PTSD, and women and children who are survivors of domestic
abuse.
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Robert Brook, MD, chair of the American Heart Association committee that
concluded the Transcendental Meditation
technique may be considered in the a treatment of high blood
pressure, will give a free presentation on
May 5 sponsored by the Maharishi College of Perfect Health as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
In addition to authoring the AHA
statement on alternative approaches to
blood pressure, Dr. Brook chaired the
committee on air pollution and heart disease.
His presentation is titled, “Meditation
and Alternative Approaches to Hypertension and Air Pollution-Related Cardiovascular Disease: Lessons from Two
American Heart Association Scientific
Statements.”
“Hypertension and air pollution are
leading causes of death worldwide,” said
Dr. Brook, associate professor of medicine
at the University of Michigan Medical
School. “Nonpharmacologic approaches
to management of high blood pressure
and air pollution-associated heart disease
are important strategies to combat these
rising global public health problems.”
His presentation will be Monday, May
5, at 8:00 p.m. in Dalby Hall in the Argiro Student Center. It will be webcast
on www. mum.edu/mumtv. Everyone is
invited.
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In addition, last year he spent a number of days in Fairfield and Maharishi
Vedic City when he took advantage of
the Maharishi Ayurveda® treatment offered by The Raj health spa.
In 2013, Mr. Carrey released a children’s book, How Roland Rolls, which
received the Gelett Burgess Children’s
Book Award for contributions to children’s literature.
“Mr. Carrey’s wisdom, deep clarity, and
compassion — as exemplified in his profoundly charming book — has captured
and inspired many of us in this meditating community,” said Dr. John Hagelin,
MUM professor and trustee. “The classical message of Vedanta, of enlightenment and universal love, so charmingly
told and accessible to children, is a precious contribution to humanity in its own
right.”
Mr. Carrey is also a celebrated painter
and sculptor. He won rave reviews from
critics at his debut art exhibit Nothing To
See Here in Palm Desert in 2011.
Mr. Carrey will next be seen on film
starring in the comedy Dumb and Dumber To, the long-awaited sequel to Dumb
and Dumber.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Carrey has been recognized numerous times
by the MTV Movie Awards, People’s
Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon Kids’
Choice Awards.
He won a Golden Globe Award for
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama,
GPSUIFUJUMFSPMFJO1FUFS8FJSTThe Truman Show. He won his second Golden
Globe, for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, for his portrayal of comedian Andy Kaufman in
Milos Forman’s Man on the Moon.
Other film credits include I Love You
Phillip Morris, Yes Man, Bruce Almighty,
Liar, Liar, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The
Mask, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for which he received Golden
Globes and BAFTA Award nominations
for best actor in 2004.
In 2005, Mr. Carrey founded The Better U Foundation, which addresses global
food security and helps rice farmers earn
a better living for their families by supporting the System of Rice Intensification.
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FROM THE FOUNDER
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be the ruler of the world, the silence that rules the
universe, that silence which is experienced by the people in
their Yogic Flying.”
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, October 19, 2005 press conference
Student Organic Farm to Offer
Community Supported Agriculture
Fresh organic produce from the new
Student Organic Farm on campus will be
available at a discount beginning in June
for those who participate in the community supported agriculture (CSA) option.
The one-acre MUM greenhouse six
miles north of campus has been sold, and
farming has relocated to the small campus greenhouses on the east side of campus and the land north and east of the
Punj Tennis Center.
The new location will make it easier
for students to work on the farm, as interns or as students in courses in the Sustainable Living agriculture track, or as
volunteers.
From June through October, those interested in purchasing produce from the
farm will have the option of participating in a CSA, said Steve McLaskey, who
heads the farming project.
Unlike a traditional CSA, the MUM
option will be more flexible. Individuals
will pay up front for five months’ worth
of vegetables, and receive a 5–6% discount, depending on whether they purchase a quarter, half, or full share.
The produce will be sold at the weekly
farmers market in Fairfield. Anyone will
be able to purchase the produce, but those
participating in the CSA will receive the
discount.
“Agriculture has a lot of expenses up
front, with income later, so a CSA helps
with the expenses,” Dr. McLaskey said.
“It’s like buying a share of the farm, and
sharing in the abundance and challenges.”
He said the new location will have
many advantages. In addition to being
more convenient for students, it will also
be easier for community members to roll
up their sleeves and get some healthy
outdoor activity during the summer.
The shares will have three levels, costing $235 for a $250 credit toward produce, $355 for $375 of credit, and $470
for $500 in credit. Shares can be purchased at the farmers market, which is
held at Howard Park one block north of
the Courthouse May through October
and in the Senior Citizens Center November through April. A limited number
of shares are available.
Some 30–40 of the most common
vegetables and herbs will be available, depending on the weather, including chard,
kale, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, basil, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Although the CSA will only be June
through October, vegetables from the
greenhouses will be for sale at the farmers market through the winter.
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Administrators
Appointed to New
Roles
A number of long-time administrators at
MUM have recently accepted new roles
at the University.
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Todt has moved into this position, having most recently served as vice-president of expansion, where he led MUM’s
strategic planning effort. His new position entails overseeing many facets of
campus, including ongoing renovation.
He takes over for David Streid, who is
on a leave of absence from MUM.
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Brooks, who has held many administrative positions at MUM, has recently
returned and will be taking the role of
vice-president of expansion, with a special focus on expanding those academic
programs with high-growth prospects
— particularly new master’s degree
programs.
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— Ellen Jones will fill this newly created position, with a focus on making
the University as streamlined, highperforming, and customer-satisfying
as possible. Most recently she was dean
of student life followed by work on
MUM’s endowment campaign.
t3FHJTUSBS ‰ Mary King, having most
recently served as graduation director,
will assume the role of registrar at the
beginning of the new academic year in
July. Current registrar Tom Rowe will
continue to work in the Enrollment
Center, assisting Ms. King with administrative duties and reporting functions. He will also focus on bringing the
Enrollment Center services more fully
online to better serve both Fairfield and
distance education students.
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Jiang, having worked as assistant director of students activities, and then as
assistant director of students accounts,
became director of student accounts last
October.
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Wasielewski recently returned to
MUM having first worked for MUM
for over a decade beginning in 1975.
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student financial aid director.
“I’m excited about these moves, and
I think we’re going to see some great
things come from these people in their
new positions,” said MUM executive
vice-president Craig Pearson.
Yogic Flying
Competition To Be
Held This Weekend
A Yogic Flying® competition open to
the public will be held on Sunday, May
4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Maharishi Patanjali
Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge.
MUM students and Invincible America Assembly participants will compete
for honors in several events: 25-meter
dash, 25-meter hurdles, high jump, and
long jump. Everyone is invited to watch
the competition. Cookies will be served.
The Ultimate Flying Club, a student
club at MUM, revived Maharishi’s Yogic
Flying competition in 2013, and has organized a number of events this year to
promote the Yogic Flying program.
i8FBSFIPQJOHUPJOTQJSFNBOZTUVdents to take up Yogic Flying, and experience all that life can be: unbounded bliss
and infinite intelligence,” said Dimitrios
Karasis, president of the Ultimate Flying
Club. “I strongly believe that the TMSidhi program, including Yogic Flying,
is the most valuable thing one can gain
from one’s education. It can give anyone
the ability to fulfill one’s desires without
effort, and to live life free from mistakes
— this is what education should be able
to provide to any student.”
Yogic Flying competition T-shirts designed by the Ultimate Flying Club are
being sold at the MUM Store for $10.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be
awarded to the first-, second-, and thirdplace winner of each event. Before the
competition begins, there will be a brief
introduction to Yogic Flying, and a live
EEG brainwave demonstration during
Transcendental Meditation practice.
Dr. Herriott to
Publish Book on
Sustainable Tech
Management professor Scott Herriott
recently signed a contract with Business
Experts Press to publish a textbook titled
Sustainable Technologies: An EngineeringEconomic Perspective.
The book will be published as part
of their Sustainable Business collection
edited by Chris Laszlo, the well-known
author of Embedded Sustainability.
The inception of Dr. Herriott’s book
project was in 2010 when he created an
MBA course on sustainable technologies,
but was unable to find a textbook for the
subject. He wrote out his lectures and
printed the notes for students to read.
He then continued to add text to his
lecture notes and homework exercises
from past exam questions each time he
taught the course. The result is a 200-page
textbook. He will submit the final version
to his publisher in July, after teaching his
sustainable technologies course in June.
Business Experts Press will also publish a European edition that will use metric units for all examples and will describe
public policies for sustainable technologies in a European context. It will be coauthored by Sharon George, director of
the MSc program in environmental sustainability and green technology at the
University of Keele in England.
Dr. Herriott is also working on a book
titled Metrics for Sustainability based on a
course he has been teaching since 2011.
It describes ways to measure the sustainability of products, processes, and organizations.
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Security Joins MUM
Faculty
has lived, studied, worked, and traveled
in Europe, North America, East Asia,
the South Pacific, and the Middle East.
He has worked with people from around
the world and communicates in 15 languages.
He has been an invited speaker at
prestigious institutions such as Cambridge University and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Dr. Babulak’s special interest is the increasing ubiquity of smart devices, such
as in clothing, houses, cars, and appliances. He says it will be necessary to ensure
this “fully automated cyberspace” will be
safe and secure for everyone, at anytime
and everywhere.
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Eduard Babulak, DSc, PhD, a renowned
scholar in areas such as computer security
and next-generation computer networks, has recently
joined faculty and is teaching a course this block on
network security.
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was born in Czechoslovakia and educated in the United Kingdom, Dr. Babulak
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