October 26, 1998 Volume 21, No. 5

Malveaux is Wilson Fellow

Julianne Malveaux, Ithaca College’s 1998 Woodrow Wilson fellow in residence, will conclude a week of activities on campus with a Thursday, November 12, keynote address. Malveaux’s talk, "The Future of Work: Who Gets It," is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Park Hall Audiutorium. The talk is free and open to the public.

A noted economist, writer, and syndicated columnist whose weekly column appears nationally in some 20 newspapers through the King Features Syndicate, Malveaux has written for Emerge, Ms., and Essence magazines, and has been a regular contributor to USA Today and the San Francisco Sun Reporter.

President of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., Malveaux is also vice chair of the board of directors of the National Child Labor Committee and serves on the board of the Center for Policy Alternatives. She was coeditor of the book, Slipping Through the Cracks: The Status of Black Women, and is the author of a collection of columns entitled Sex, Lies, and Stereotypes: Perspectives of a Mad Economist.

The Woodrow Wilson visiting fellows program brings leaders in their fields to college campuses in an effort to bring together people from diverse backgrounds and with differing points of view. Fellows, who include cabinet level officers, corporate executives, newspaper editors, and other professionals, are recruited for the ability to listen as well as to articulate ideas. They are matched with colleges chosen for their commitment to the goals of the program. The goal: to equip students for the social, political, and economic environment they will be entering. The week-long visit allows fellows to express their ideas fully and provides the opportunity for students and faculty to gain a better understanding of the world outside the campus.

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has developed and conducted programs in higher education since 1945. More than 200 colleges have participated in the visiting fellows program since 1973.