the institute is an important part of umass boston, and when you join umass boston, you become part of family, and the folks at umass boston could not have been kinder or more effective in making this work, and so for all the people who are here who work were umass boston, from the baht father or mother of -- bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for what you did and what you do. [applause] by the way, when you look at the model and the renderings, one of the things you have to think about that kennedy would be so thrilled with is the building will be built entirely with union labor. [applause] we would have had a rainy day if we were not doing that. ted would have -- i think that's true. a couple people i'd like to acknowledge as we begin this morning. two of the founding mothers of the board -- members of the board of the directors, senator pall kirk and dave burke no longer on the board but deserve so much credit for what we do. [applause] our architect who, and as you look at the building, you'll see what he did. he was able to take the notion as vicky and ted talked to historian

the institute is an important part of umass boston, and when you join umass boston, you become part ofily, and the folks at umass boston could not have been kinder or more effective in making this work, and so for all the people who are here who work were umass boston, from the baht father or mother of -- bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for what you did and what you do. [applause] by the way, when you look at the model and the renderings, one of the things you have to think about that kennedy would be so thrilled with is the building will be built entirely with union labor. [applause] we would have had a rainy day if we were not doing that. ted would have -- i think that's true. a couple people i'd like to acknowledge as we begin this morning. two of the founding mothers of the board -- members of the board of the directors, senator pall kirk and dave burke no longer on the board but deserve so much credit for what we do. [applause] our architect who, and as you look at the building, you'll see what he did. he was able to take the notion as vicky and ted talked to historians ab

keith, were the students from umass boston? [laughter] i just wanted to make sure. [laughter] in the video that you saw earlier that kara did such a great job on, there's part where there's a button that vicky and ted have for governor duval patrick, and they were happy warriors and campaigns for so many people, but i think for those of us who knew senator kennedy well, the pride he took in the nomination of the democratic party of duval patrick and his election was one of the things he was incredibly proud of. .. and supporters of this extraordinary moment in incredible miles doing. i'm honored to be here to team that. i just want to thank you because i can tell you we need this institute right now. decades, decade. [applause] decades of poisonous rhetoric about how government is bad, taxes are bad, greed is good. we have begun to jeopardize the spirit of this country. my greatest disappointment is the conservative movement is that stopping the optimism out of our country. ted kennedy was an optimist. the uniquely american blind of optimism and effort hope and hard

this event is brought to you by the women in public policy at umass boston. studentings are with us tonight in the front rows playing an important part in tonight's evening. you met anne forthman, a tbix graduate and now an alumni coordinator so all the students graduating, you'll connect with anne who will continue on the relationship with you for the graduate program into the future. our center's mission is to promote women's leadership in politics and policymaking to our graduate program by conducting research that makes a difference in women's lives and serving as a resource for women in diverse communities across the commonwealth, the nation, and around the world. tonight's event is being broadcast by c-span, so i'd like to wish a hearty welcome to our national audience as well. we have a fabulous speaker tonight. evelyn murphy, an expert on the gender wage gap, and the plans are to hear from dr. murphy for about 35-40 minutes, and then we'll open it up to questions to the audience. let's get started. i want to introduce our speaker. in 1980s, she was ma

so then -- and you can say i want to go back to umass to get my degree and we pick up the tuition or i am moving from his ring feel to this job in boston and when you pick up expenses for me? all the things you think about before and beforehand that might help you. in addition to that you say things like they are one-time bargains but you know is there a signing bonus? something like that, or is there a signing bonus and are there other benefits like dental care and support that you can add on? and then, if you are still trying to push the benefits and you have some leverage against say look i want to take this but maybe you will consider since we are so far part that you will help right now by having a salary view six months rather than a year. if you put that in negotiation you have a huge step forward because if you can get reviewed six months earlier he gives you the opportunity to be that much ahead of the game later on. you have to step back and say okay here's the compensation package, my salary in my benefits. do you want to take it or not? you can be so satisfied and want to take it on the spot or you can always say i need and