Welcome back to our centennial speaker series. Thank you for joining us for todays event featuring doctor jeanette scott. If this is your first time joining us. My name is donna and i have the honor of serving as the dean of the school of business. 2020 marks a very special year for the school. Its our hundred anniversary and we are celebrating 100 years of purpose driven business education. Since our inception we believed in the power of partnerships to inform and lead change. I very much like to thank the center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners the museum of American Finance and the society of new york whose cosponsoring todays conversation. One of the goals of the centennial is to shine the light on the importance that history plays in shaping the future. In the latest book black women in u. S. Finance before the new deal, she explores a period of black financial innovation in its Transformative Impact on u. S. Capitalism. Todays session will take place in thr
I would very much like to thank the Gabelli Center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners, the museum of American Finance and the cfa society of new york for cosponsoring todays conversation. One of the goals is to shine the light on the importance that history plays in shaping the future. In shennette garrettscotts latest book, banking on freedom, black women in u. S. Finance before the new deal, she explores a period of financial innovation and its Transformative Impact on u. S. Capitalism. Todays session will take place in three parts. First, my colleague and friend president and ceo of the American Museum of finance and we will introduce doctor shennette garrettscott. Then she will discuss her book banking on freedom following this discussion we will facilitate audience questions and we ask you type the questions in the q and a section near the bottom of the screen. Im also excited to share that as a participant of todays webinar will be entered into a raffle to wi
Widespread virus transmission. Only those purple counties are subject to the 10 pm to 5 am curfew. Now here are the latest numbers from across the state. Or than 15,000 new cases were reported since yesterday. Which is the second highest ever for a total of over 1,125,000 cases. 43 more people have died since yesterday and the total death toll has risen now to 18,769. Hospitalizations and icu admissions are climbing in the test Positivity Rate is up close to 6 . We are just days away from thanksgiving and state and local leaders are saying we are in the midst of a major surge. Christien kafton joining us live after talking with officials who say the actions we take now will really determine what happens in the next two months. We are seeing an increase in covid rates throughout the state and an increase in travel, and experts say that is a dangerous mix. This holiday has to be different from years past. The rising Covid Infection and hospitalization rates simply make gatherings too ris
Good evening i am the event director at the literary bookstore we are welcome to welcome our guest this evening and conversation you are muted the speaker will be the ideal space for you tonight we do ask you keep your video off as well the chat is close but you can open your chat window i will have a link out to purchase the book in the chat window you can submit questions to me directly whenever the spirit moves you please feel free to ask the question i will ask at the conclusion any of those we have received. As a reminder you can go to our website the link is in the chat if you watch the re podcast later there is a link in the description as well. Thousands of titles are available if you live in southeast michigan we do ask you consider a fivedollar donation to sustain virtual programming weather for this weeks events or in the month of september or those remaining this year make a donation. Otherwise thank you for your attendance this afternoon and this evening where we were join
Much goes into the planning of the conference, and its gratifying to see a Record Number of colleagues from across the region taking advantage of our good work. For the first time ever, we hit over 1200 registrations. Welcome to our returning attendees, new attendees, and remote viewers who may be tune in through zoom or via cspan who has asked to broadcast the recording for todays keynote. We are absolutely thrilled to reach so many colleagues, wherever you might be. It took a whole team to get us here, team of colleagues representing more than 17 campuses in the broad expanse or our metropolitan region. They and others are volunteering time and energy to ensure all runs smoothly. We would nominally ask them to stand and be rick need built that not possible this year, unless you want to do so from home, please too. So as you see them convening sessions or helping, thank them for their work. Idles like to take a moment to wreck fine tee enormous effort taken by their center for teachin