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Principles of Humanics - Dr. Peter J. Polito (c. 1999)
No full textThis document titled “Principles of Humanics” is the Humanics Lecture that was given at Springfield College by Distinguished Professor of Humanics Dr. Peter J. Polito in 1999. Dr. Polito began teaching at Springfield College as a physics professor in 1970. Polito was the creator of Springfield College’s Humanics in Action Day, the first of which was held on September 10, 1998. Students, staff, faculty, and administration joined with the Springfield community to work on a variety of service projects, including reading to children, designing local community projects, painting murals, cleaning playgrounds, building picnic tables, and volunteering at local clinics. Humanics in Action Day is the modern version of early Springfield College student outreach traditions, and the day always ends with a celebratory barbecue.
Upon Polito becoming appointed as Distinguished Professor of Humanics by Dr. Malvina Rau on April 15, 1998, he immediately got in contact with Michael Laliberte, former Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Judicial Affairs, and Dale Lucy-Allen, Director of Student Volunteer Programs, since they were in the process of following up on a proposal initiated by the executive board of the New Student Orientation (NSO) to bring back an event that occurred many years ago at the College. This event, known as “Creating Hallowed Ground,” appeared in the 1918 college yearbook and involved students providing service to help improve the developing College. The NSO student leadership wanted to take this concept further and have all of the new incoming students perform service projects both on campus and off campus. Polito expanded on this concept by sharing his ideas about creating a day that would put “Humanics in Action,” that would bring “Humanics alive.” From this moment onward, Polito never stopped working towards this goal. He worked throughout the summer with the staff of the Office of Student Volunteer Programs, the Dean of Students office, and the office of Student Activities. He also attended Neighborhood Council meetings and meetings with the United Way.
After the tragic death of Reverend Childs, there was thought of stopping the planning that was underway. However, Polito’s response was “in the name of Humanics, we need to continue. To not continue would be to confirm the death of Humanics.” What happened next was the College’s first Humanics in Action Day that took place on September 10, 1998. Over 1500 volunteers from the Springfield College Community went out into the local community and provided service at 85 sites. Polito states that that day we began the year by reminding ourselves what it means to say that our institution is focused upon a philosophy we call Humanics- the education of the total person in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to humanity. At the closing ceremony of the first Humanics in Action Day, Polito challenged the volunteers to be “COOL,” that is, to be a “Community Outreach Opportunity Leader. During his Humanics lecture he issues a second challenge which is to be “HIP.” That stands for “Humanics Incarnated Person,” or in more simple terms, a “Friend in Humanics.”
Polito goes on to announce the five recipients of the very first Springfield College Friends in Humanics Scholar Awards, all students from local schools in the community. Next, as mostly all Distinguished Professors of Humanics do, Polito sought to create his own definition of what Humanics is to him and what it means in his life. Polito defined seven “Principles of Humanics” that consisted of: 1) respect for the self, in one’s self and others, and the nurturing care for the uniqueness of every human being, 2) responsibility to take charge of one’s own life, 3) reverence for life, 4) service to humanity, 5) community and unity in diversity, 6) the education of the freed mind, and 7) altruistic professionalism. The first three principles were introduced by Dr. Glenn Olds, the 8th President of Springfield College, as “the three R’s.” Polito goes on to describe each of these seven principles in detail. Polito concludes by saying, “My friends, from this day forward, let each one of us commit to being “HIP” (a Humanics Incarnated Person) and to join together as “Friends in Humanics” to become “The Team”, sound in body, alert and keen of mind, guided by our spirituality, with the will to win.”Humanics is a word that has a special meaning in the history and philosophy of Springfield College, as well as in the college’s motto of “Spirit, Mind, and Body.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines Humanics as, “the subject or study of human affairs or relations, especially of the human element of a problem or situation as opposed to the mechanical.” In 1962, Dr. Glenn Olds, President of Springfield College at the time, began to wonder why this name was given to the intended philosophy of the college by Dr. Laurence Locke Doggett, Springfield College’s first full-time president. Olds acknowledged that the practices of the faculty were in large part consistent with the Humanics philosophy, but he believed that a more self-conscious application would improve chances of its continuity and survival. To ensure this, a Distinguished Professor of Humanics position was created at the college, first filled by Dr. Seth Arsenian from 1966-1969. The purpose of this position was to catalyze a renewal of consciousness in the philosophy. This was done by annually mandating the Distinguished Professor of Humanics to give a Humanics lecture on the definition of Humanics and what the concept means to them. Arsenian started this tradition in 1967 with his speech titled, “The Meaning of Humanics,” in which he described the concept as a set of ideas, values, and goals that make our college distinct from other colleges and make commitment and unity toward commonly sought goals possible
TEKMHPIA, 1. Greci in età arcaica: istituzioni, interazioni, tradizioni. Atti del Convegno Dottorale Internazionale di Storia greca. Università degli Studi di Salerno. Fisciano, 10-12 ottobre 2023.
No full textSquarci della Grecità arcaica nel dibattito di un convegno dottorale
A note on fractional linear pure birth and pure death processes in epidemic models
No full textIn this note we highlight the role of fractional linear birth and linear death processes, recently studied in Orsingher et al. (2010) [5] and Orsingher and Polito (2010) [6], in relation to epidemic models with empirical power law distribution of the events. Taking inspiration from a formal analogy between the equation for self-consistency of the epidemic type aftershock sequences (ETAS) model and the fractional differential equation describing the mean value of fractional linear growth processes, we show some interesting applications of fractional modelling in studying ab initio epidemic processes without the assumption of any empirical distribution. We also show that, in the framework of fractional modelling, subcritical regimes can be linked to linear fractional death processes and supercritical regimes to linear fractional birth processes. Moreover we discuss a simple toy model in order to underline the possible application of these stochastic growth models to more general epidemic phenomena such as tumoral growth. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Restaurante: Polito\u27s Mexican Restaurant - c
No full textSignage of Polito\u27s Mexican Restaurant. Logo depicts a modern cartoon style of a middle aged Mexican man in various Mexican clothes. He is wearing a sombrero, a green long sleeve shirt, red pants, and white sandals.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/valleyiconography/1045/thumbnail.jp
POLITO- A new open-source, platform independent software for generating high-quality lithostratigraphic columns
No full textPOLITO is a free, open-source, and platform-independent software which can automatically generate lithostratigraphic columns from field data. Its simple and easy to use interface allows users to manipulate large datasets and create high-quality graphical outputs, either in editable vector or raster format, or as PDF files. POLITO uses USGS standard lithology patterns and can be downloaded from its Sourceforge project page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/polito/)
ΤΕΚΜΗΡΙΑ, 1. Greci in età arcaica: istituzioni, interazioni, tradizioni. Atti del Convegno dottorale internazionale di Storia greca. Università degli Studi di Salerno – Fisciano, 10-12 ottobre 2023 • A cura di C. Nastri e M. Polito. Premessa di Angelo Meriani
No full textIl volume è frutto di un incontro dottorale internazionale di Storia greca tenutosi presso l’Università di Salerno dal 10 al 12 ottobre 2023. In esso key-note speaker, dottorandi, dottori e giovani ricercatori, presidenti di sessione e docenti di diversa formazione e provenienza hanno messo in comune, ciascuno nella propria funzione, le loro esperienze di ricerca, i loro approcci e metodi sul tema della storia arcaica dei Greci. I risultati delle tre giornate dei lavori si spera costituiscano l’avvio per una serie di incontri a cadenza fissa. I temi affrontati abbracciano i più ampi campi di ricerca e si aprono all’interdisciplinarità. In alcuni casi, si possono individuare approcci metodologici e nuclei tematici che conducono a punti di arrivo e di partenza per ulteriori ricerche. Il valore aggiunto del volume, nondimeno, sta nel confronto di approccio e metodo che va al di là tanto del tema generale della Grecia arcaica, quanto dei temi dei singoli contributi, e si proietta verso una più ampia riflessione sul modo di fare ricerca nell’ambito della storia dei Greci, raccogliendone i risultati
Le istituzioni di Neapolis greca: un problema ancora aperto
No full textAd oggi le ricostruzioni moderne non sono riuscite a giungere ad una comprensione sicura del quadro istituzionale di Neapolis dai tempi della fondazione e di conseguenza alla definizione di un suo ipotetico sviluppo fino a tutto il IV secolo. Le istituzioni della polis hanno dietro le istituzioni politiche della madrepatria diretta cumana, non sappiamo se come modello da seguire o da capovolgere, e i culti della madrepatria indiretta euboica da perpetuare nelle fratrie. Esse non si presenterebbero nella forma in cui appaiono ai nostri occhi se non passassero attraverso una serie di vicende in cui Etruschi, Siracusani, Sanniti e Campani vengono ad agire, determinando compatti nuclei economici e sociali, che, in uno stretto rapporto interattivo, diventano di fatto politici ed istituzionali, nei singoli momenti della storia della città
Perceptions of Social Support as Experienced by Caregivers of Children With Special Needs
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
Perceived social support of caregivers of a child with special needs was analyzed through use of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey. Results indicate that education level, employment status, marital status, and location of residence impact social support, broadening the scope of practice in occupational therapy.
Primary Author and Speaker: Sarah Polito
Additional Authors and Speakers: Kerri Golden</jats:p
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