Contents

From the Editor

• Continuity and Connection
  
Christopher Queen

Features

• The Drama as a Secular Faith
  Delivered by Robert Brustein, Founding Director and Creative Consultant, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard University
• Gaining a Competitive Edge
  by Henry H. Leitner, Assistant Dean for Information Technology for Continuing Education
• A City Cop Makes the Grade
  by Christopher S. Queen, Dean of Students and Alumni Relations
• Trauma and the Beat Reporter
  by Dante S. Spetter, Research Advisor in Behavioral Sciences, Master of Liberal Arts Program
• The Value of Collaboration
  by Suzanne Spreadbury, Director of Undergraduate Degree Programs
• Building World Peace through the Extension School
  by Nadija Mujagic-DeSimone, ALB 03, CSS Candidate
• Journalism Students Make Headlines
  by Pat Bellanca, Director of the Writing Program
• President Summers Pays a Call
  by Christopher S. Queen, Dean of Students and Alumni Relations
• Can Poetry Be Taught at a Distance?
  by Sue Weaver Schopf, Assistant Dean of University Extension and Director of the Master of Liberal Arts Program
• Distance Education: A Student's Perspective
  by Lindi von Mutius, ALM in Environmental Management Candidate

Extension in the News

• Election Daze
  by Anne Barnard, Boston Globe
• Crimson Turns Blue as B. B. King Visits Harvard Extension School Class
  by Beth Potier, Harvard Gazette staff
• Students Fly in NASAs Weightless Environment
  by Beth Potier, Harvard Gazette staff
• Case Study: Arlington
  by Les G. Masterson, Arlington Advocate staff
• Making Institutions Greener
  by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette staff
• O'Connor Enjoys Musical Send-Off
  by Ken Gewertz, Harvard Gazette staff
• Dean Michael Shinagel Receives Prestigious Nolte Award
• News Briefs

Commencement

• Open Gates
  by Catherine Rahaim, ALM 04
• Gravitational Pulls
  by Leslie Busler, Managing Editor
• In Triplicate
• Degree Prize Recipients
• Teaching Awards Presented to Extension Faculty
• Leadership as a Learning Experience
  by David A. Spina, Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation
• Certificate Prize Recipients

Alumni(ae) News

• A Few Reflections on Teaching and Learning at the Extension School
  by Dr. Ellsworth Lapham Fersch, 25-Year Honorand
• Nine 25-Year Honorands Fêted at HEAA June Banquet
• 2003-04 HEAA Year in Pictures
• Alumni News
• In Memoriam
• 2003-04 HEAA Annual Giving
• HEAA 2004-05 Events
• Officers and Chairpersons 2003-05

Credits

• Staff and Contact Information