CWRU Spotlight

CWRU Spotlight

CWRU Spotlight is our new alumni podcast! Each month, an episode will be available. A focus on alumni, faculty, staff or other CWRU-related topics will be showcased during the presentation.

Episodes

April 3, 2017 • 15 mins
The Health-Tech Corridor is a public-private partnership in Cleveland supporting the high-tech and health-tech industries on the city's east side. Spanning from University Circle to Cleveland State’s campus, the area is full of companies and entrepreneurs with CWRU connections. In this podcast episode, we will explore the impact that CWRU alumni and students are having on Cleveland’s innovation neighborhood, as Bradford Crews, ...
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March’s podcast highlights how the Weatherhead School of Management is leading a global movement to harness the power of business as a force for good in society. Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit representatives Chris Laszlo and Roberta Baskin discuss how AIM2Flourish, the world’s first global initiative steering future business leaders toward achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the Fourth Global F...
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November 1, 2016 • 19 mins
The 2016 CWRU Spotlight podcasts will finish the year with a special, three-part series featuring the six recipients of The 2016 Alumni Association Awards. In November, our podcast features legendary civil rights lawyer and Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Fred Gray, JD (LAW '54, HON '92), interviewed by Dean Michael Scharf of Case Western Reserve University's School of Law. Gray played significant roles in four la...
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October 18, 2016 • 23 mins

The 2016 CWRU Spotlight podcasts will finish the year with a special, three-part series featuring the six distinguished recipients of The 2016 Alumni Association Awards. October kicks things off as The Alumni Association's Senior Executive Director Bradford Crews interviews four recipients: Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya​, MD​ (MED '08) - Young Alumni Award Nancy Fink ​(WRC '73) ​​​- Daniel T. Clancy Alumni Service Award Don...

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September 6, 2016 • 19 mins

Our first guest, Christine DeSalvo (CWR '96), is the Associate Director of Undergraduate Admission and the Alumni Admission Ambassador Coordinator at CWRU. Our next guest, David Wexler (WRC '80) discusses how volunteering in this program has made an impact in his life and his children's life. Next, Robert Ontko (CWR '11) discusses his fondest memory of the program and why he became involved. Finally, Chamois William...

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July 1, 2016 • 25 mins

July's podcast features CWRU alumni who are making their mark as entrepreneurs. Chris Wentz (CWR ‘13), CEO of Everykey, Inc., established his start-up while he was still a student. Gordon Daily (CWR ‘01, GRS ‘01, computer engineering), president and co-founder of BoxCast, is focused on changing the way we communicate through live HD streaming video. Toby Maloney (GRS ‘73, English), a current investor and advisor for BoxCast, is...

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June 1, 2016 • 14 mins

June's podcast features outstanding students in the graduating class of 2016. We spoke to Alexis Attinoto, who is an undergraduate nursing major. She is also earning a global health certificate and did her capstone in Galway, Ireland. She received the Intersections Award (first place) in the SOURCE Symposium for her project. We also spoke with Rachel Broderick, who is graduating with her Masters of Nursing. She is the nursing C...

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May 6, 2016 • 13 mins

May's podcast is in honor of National Nurses Week and focuses in on Caregiving from Afar. Our special guest for this podcast is Sara Douglas, PhD, RN, who is the Arline H. & Curtis F. Garvin Professor and Assistant Dean for Research at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at CWRU. She has conducted a lot of research on caregiving from afar and is personally a long-distance caregiver. Resources for long-distance caregi...

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April 1, 2016 • 14 mins

Career Connections is an opportunity for Freshman and Sophomore year students to shadow an alumnus in the student's academic and geographical location of interest. This popular program has over 100 students express interest for 50 available spots and has been recognized by Student Affairs with a Positive Impact Award in 2014-15. With support from The Alumni Association of CWRU, the last six years has seen over 300 students shad...

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February 29, 2016 • 26 mins

In its 40 year history the world renowned Cleveland International Film Festival has had three executive directors---all Case Western Reserve University alumni!

In anticipation of the March 30 festival kick-off, The Alumni Association of CWRU conducted an interview featuring current executive director Marcie Goodman (WRC '77), previous executive director David Wittkowsky (WRC '85) and founder and first executive director Jon...

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