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St. Louis
to Host Women’s Marathon Trials for 2004 U.S. Olympic Team
A century after hosting the first Olympics on American soil and
the first marathon west of the Mississippi River, St. Louis will
again welcome distance runners on their way to Olympic glory. The
St. Louis Sports Commission, Spirit of St. Louis Marathon, and St.
Louis 2004 partnered on the successful bid to host the 2004 U.S.
Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials. The 2004 Trials will be a cornerstone
to the region’s year-long celebration marking the centennial of
the 1904 Olympics and World’s Fair, and bicentennial of the Lewis
and Clark expedition.
Above:
Participants in last year’s Spirit of St. Louis Marathon are
looking forward to the 2003 USA Women’s Marathon Championship and
the 2004 U.S. Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials both to be held in
St. Louis.
The Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials will take place April 4, 2004.
Organizers plan to stage the race in Forest Park, site of the 1904
World’s Fair. Approximately 200 runners are expected to compete
in the Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials.
The St. Louis local organizing committee also intends to develop
ideas and activities that will fuel spectator interest and generate
community-wide involvement in the Trials. Many of the events affiliated
with the St. Louis Marathon—such as the Children’s Read & Run Marathon,
5K race, Health and Fitness Expo and Children’s Fun Runs—will be
incorporated into the Olympic Marathon Trials weekend. Additionally,
local organizers have discussed the idea of retracing the 1904 Olympic
Marathon course as part of a commemorative run that would include
32 sets of runners representing the 32 athletes that ran in the
race.
Just as the Marathon Trials become part of St. Louis’ Olympic tradition,
the Trials also join a lineup of sporting events that will be part
of St. Louis’ civic celebration in 2004. That year, the region hosts
the NCAA Wrestling Championships March 18-20; the NCAA Men’s Basketball
Midwest Regional March 25-28; and golf’s U.S. Senior Open July 29
- Aug. 1.
As part of its selection, St. Louis also will host the USA Women’s
Marathon Championship in 2003. That event is also scheduled for
April, but an exact date is still to be determined. The St. Louis
Marathon—which took place in October—will not host a race in 2002
so that it can move to a spring date and coincide with the Championship
and Trials in 2003 and 2004.
ASIS and Webster University Launch Online MA in Business Security
Management
Above:
The partnership of Webster University and the American Society for
Industrial Security (ASIS) has created an online degree program
in Organizational Business Security Management. Gathered for the
announcement of the partnership are (Front from left): Michael
Stack, ASIS executive director; Richard Meyers, Webster University
president; (Back from left): James Staley, associate vice
president of academic affairs at Webster; John Robinson, Ph.D.,
management department chair, School of Business & Technology, Webster
University; Neil George, executive vice president of academic affairs
at Webster; Charles Davidson, ASIS director; Benjamin Ola. Akande,
Ph.D., dean of Webster University’s School of Business & Technology;
Randy Wright, associate vice president and director of military
programs, academic affairs, Webster University; and Richard St.
Clair, regional academic director of Webster University in Kansas
City.
The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) and Webster
University have teamed up in developing an online graduate degree
program in Organizational and Business Security Management (OBSM).
The concept derived from the ASIS position that security is a function
of business, requiring business professionals to assume security
responsibilities.
This new, 36-credit hour graduate program is adapted from the current
ASIS/Webster campus-based degree that began in 1986 and has more
than 400 graduates. The curriculum encompasses a variety of courses
including asset protection, information security, emergency planning,
legal and ethical issues.
“Today’s realities demand that companies as well as communities
be prepared to protect themselves,” says Sandy Davidson, director
of research and development at ASIS. “For the past two years, ASIS
and Webster have been working together to make advanced education
available to security professionals anywhere in the world.”
According to ASIS, the OBSM is unique to Webster and represents
a break from security’s traditional affiliation with criminal justice.
In fact the core courses and electives focus on the business aspects
of security management. Webster and ASIS are targeting their new
graduate degree program to both mid-career security managers and
law enforcement or military personnel seeking to transition to security
careers outside of government.
Jay Leno Helps Jewish Federation Kick Off Second Century in St.
Louis
Above:
Mayor Simon Alfassi (left) of Partnership 2000 city, Yokne’am
in the central Galilee in Israel, visits with Thomas Green who was
honored at a private reception prior to the centennial celebration
for the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.
More than 2,000 people gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis at a December 2001 gala featuring
Jay Leno. Dignitaries at the event included Sen. Jean Carnahan,
Gov. Bob Holden, St. Louis County Executive Buzz Westfall, and a
delegation from the St. Louis Partnership 2000 region of Yokne’am-Megiddo
in the state of Israel, led by Yokne’am Mayor Simon Alfassi. Prior
to the gala 300 invited guests paid tribute to St. Louis philanthropist
and civic leader Thomas Green.
Above:
Gov. and Mrs. Bob Holden (left) chat with entertainer Jay Leno
before the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ 100th anniversary celebration.
Leno performed for one hour before a sold out crowd of 2,000 at
the Chase Park Plaza.
A century ago, 100 members of the Jewish community representing
a group of seven charitable agencies joined to form the Jewish Federation
of St. Louis. In uniting, the Federation has met many community
needs and streamlined a fund raising process that is expected to
raise $70 million in three years. The Federation’s efforts are directed
to 26 local, 20 national and three international Jewish organizations.
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