Children's behavior workshop; Saipher completes training; Dailey on obesity discussion panel; M.U.M.

Life Solutions offers free children?s behavior workshop

Bryan Range, a therapist with Life Soutions Behavioral Health, a division of Optimae Lifeservices, will present a second workshop on ?Understanding Misbehavior in Children and Adolescents? 6-7 p.m. April 8 at Fairfield Middle School.

The free program is open to parents, educators, clergy and anyone who cares about children.

Participants will learn different ways to handle misbehavior and be able to talk with others about their methods and what has and has not worked for them.

Light refreshments will be served.

To register, email name and phone number to Range at brange@optimaelifeservices.com.

For information, call 472-5771.

Saipher completes training

Paul Saipher, president of Saipher Accounting Solutions, has completed training as a certified Agiliron Business Solutions partner.

Agiliron is an Intuit-certified Software as a Service program that integrates QuickBooks with multiple sales channels, including direct sales, ?brick and mortar? store and online point-of-sales systems, web stores and web marketplaces like eBay and Amazon. It fills an urgent need for product-based businesses to end the pain of multiple data sources and a hodge-podge of programs by managing their physical store and e-commerce activity all together in one place.

Daley invited to join panel discussion on obesity

The Iowa Cancer Consortium has asked Maharishi University of Management professor Ken Daley to be part of a four-person panel discussion on obesity as part of the Annual Spring Meeting of the Consortium March 27 at Mercy Medical Center?s Hallagan Education Center in Cedar Rapids.

The mission of the ICC is to reduce cancer incidence and mortality in Iowa through collaborative efforts that provide services and programs directed toward comprehensive cancer prevention and control.

?I am pleased to be asked to join this panel,? Daley said. ?ICC is a partnership that stretches from researchers, legislators, health care providers, faith-based organizations, public health agencies, family caregivers, cancer survivors to volunteers. One of the ICC?s major concerns is obesity, and it?s connection to many kinds of cancer. A powerful preventive link has been shown between increases in physical activity and reductions in several types of cancer.?

Daley also serves as the executive director for the Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Professor, student receive award for best case study

Maharishi University of Management doctorate student Lin Lin Shi and professor Andy Bargerstock recently won an award in a national competition for authoring the best case study.

They received the 2014 Carl Menconi Award for Best Case in Ethics from the Institute of Management Accountants. They will be presented with a plaque at the institute?s national conference in June.

Their case study will appear in the Strategic Finance Journal in July.

Three features of their case study made it stand out. The main character is a specialist in extensible business reporting language, the moral dilemma she faces involves a possible violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which is a contemporary issue, and the situation she?s involved in is full of ambiguity and reasons to avoid action, similar to what happened at Enron.

? Reprinted with permission from The Review, Maharishi University of Management?s electronic newsletter.

Bargerstock receives award

Maharishi University of Management professor Andy Bargerstock recently was honored by the Fairfield Rotary Club when he was named a Paul Harris Fellow, along with Mayor Ed Malloy and Pat Hurley of First National Bank in Fairfield.

The award was presented ?in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.?

Among other initiatives, Bargerstock, a member of the Rotary Club, has been involved in a project to build a well for a community of 10,000 people at the base of the Himalayas in Chitwan province in Nepal.

? Reprinted with permission from The Review, Maharishi University of Management?s electronic newsletter.

Artists? works on display

Artist Rachel Hayes is exhibiting site-specific textile creations through April 5 in the Unity Gallery of Maharishi University of Management Library.

Examples of Hayes?s work can be seen on her website at www.rachelbhayes.com.

Hayes has shown her work at the Sculpture Center, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and BravinLee Programs in Manhattan.

Most recently, she completed a large outdoor commission from the Rosslyn Business Improvement District in Rosslyn, Va.

The mother and daughter team of Caroline and Kate Larson are exhibiting their paintings in the M.U.M.?s west library foyer.

The paintings by Caroline Larson are suggestive of landscapes, architecture, interiors and views coming into focus. They were created in sessions at ICON gallery classroom during the past five years. She is employed at M.U.M. and is responsible for the university?s payroll.

The watercolors by alumna Kate Larson were made for her master of fine arts thesis at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vt., in 2013. Her thesis focused on updated versions of well-known fairy tales such as ?Sleeping Beauty,? ?The Little Mermaid? and others.

Maharishi School art teacher Greg Thatcher has had one of his drawings from his series of yew trees accepted into the 38th Annual Rock Island Fine Art Exhibition sponsored by Augustana College in the Quad Cities in Illinois.

The exhibition will run from March through April in the Augustana College Museum.

? Reprinted with permission from The Review, Maharishi University of Management?s electronic newsletter.

100 students arrive to study computer science at M.U.M.

Coming from 26 different countries, 100 students arrived on campus earlier this month to pursue a master?s degree in computer science ? the largest number since the spring of 2008.

Greg Clarke-Johnsen, head of computer science admissions, attributes the rise to his dedicated and experienced staff and to effective marketing strategies.

In addition, the improving U.S. economy also likely played a role, he said.

?More than 98 percent of our students have been successful in finding employment in paid practicum positions,? he said. ?Those who apply are encouraged by this high rate of employment.?

Students in the Computer Professionals Program study on campus for eight months and then work in paid practicum positions in companies throughout the U.S. for two years. They complete their degrees via distance education during that two-year period.

Clarke-Johnsen said the social media marketing efforts of staff member Craig Shaw have been especially effective in recent years. LinkedIn and Facebook, in particular, have been effective tools for reaching potential students.

The group includes 23 students from Ethiopia, 13 from Nepal, eight from Bangladesh, seven from Egypt, seven from the Philippines, six from China, and six from Mongolia. Other countries represented include Cambodia, Colombia, Eritrea, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Moldova, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam.

? Reprinted with permission from The Review, Maharishi University of Management?s electronic newsletter.