Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

‘Bus Stop’ to Be Staged

“Bus Stop,” by William Inge, will be presented in October by the visual and performing arts department in Dreyfuss Theater, Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham. Performances are Wednesday, October 11, through Saturday, October 14, at 8 p.m.; Thursday, October 12, at 11 a.m. for high school students; and Sunday, October 15, at 2:30 p.m.

First presented in New York City in 1955, “Bus Stop” ran for several months and has since become a staple of the American classical repertoire, with countless revivals in New York and around the country.

The play is set in Grace’s Diner, a small restaurant just outside Kansas City, that doubles as a rest stop for bus passengers traveling across the country. On this particular winter evening, a bus has pulled in carrying a load of trouble. Bo, a young, headstrong cowboy, has abducted Cherie, a sexy nightclub singer he met at the Kansas City rodeo, and is determined to take her back to his ranch in Montana and marry her. Despite the objections of the other passengers plus the local sheriff, Bo is determined to have his way, and the resulting conflicts make for a wholly entertaining and amusing evening.

Tickets are $5 for students and the FDU community, $10 for others. To purchase tickets in advance call 973-443-8644, ext. 4. For further information, call 973-443-8467 or e-mail hollis@fdu.edu.

Annual Shakespeare Colloquium

Four Shakespeare scholars will share their insights into Shakespeare and lead discussions at the 14th annual Shakespeare Colloquium titled “Shakespeare: Inside and Outside: Love, Women’s Wealth, Cross-Dressing and Portraiture.”

The sessions, which are free and open to the public, will run from 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., on Saturday, October 28, in Room S-11, Science Building, College at Florham.

This year’s speakers are Corrine Abate, English, Morristown-Beard School, who will discuss “‘What is Love?’ in Twelfth Night?”; Celestine Woo, English, Empire State College, Westchester, N.Y., who will lead a session focusing on the cross-dressed performances of Hamlet by 18th-century British actress Sarah Siddons; Elizabeth Mazzola, English, City College of New York of the City University of New York, who will speak on “Women’s Wealth and Shakespeare’s Women”; and June Schlueter, BA’70 (R), Charles A. Dana professor of English at Lafayette College and former FDU trustee, who will lead a session on “Facing Shakespeare.”

For more information contact Harry Keyishian, English (Flor), at 973-443-8714 or harry_keyishian@fdu.edu.

Silberman College of Business

Silberman College Listed in Best 282 Business Schools

The Silberman College of Business has been selected as one of 45 new additions to the Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools publication. The 2007 edition of the publication, Best 282 Business Schools, will be available in bookstores in October.

According to Robert Franek, vice president and publisher of the Princeton Review, “We select schools for this book based on several criteria covering three areas: our regard for their academic programs and other offerings, institutional data we collect about them, and opinions of students attending the schools. We are very pleased to feature Fairleigh Dickinson University in our book. We highly commend it to readers of the book and users of our Web site as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA.”

Best 282 Business Schools has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services. The book also has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 business schools in various categories from “Toughest to Get Into” to “Best Career Prospects.” The book’s ratings and rankings are based on institutional data from the schools and student surveys conducted by the Princeton Review.

Seminar on Sustainability

Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of one of the world’s largest interior furnishings companies, Interface, Inc., headlines this semester’s first Institute for Sustainable Enterprise/Center for Human Resource Management Studies breakfast seminar. The seminar, titled “Mid-course Correction, will be held on Friday, September 15, from 8–10:30 a.m., in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham.

He will discuss how he went from a “plunderer of the earth” to the leading architect of sustainability, saving his manufacturing company, Interface Inc., nearly $300 million in the process and helping to ensure a bright future for both the business and natural environments. His presentation at FDU will look at his awakening to the importance of environmental issues and outline the steps his Atlanta-based petroleum-dependent company is taking in its quest to become a sustainable enterprise — one that is never having to take another drop of oil from the earth.

Anderson’s book, Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model, has been called a blueprint for corporate responsibility.

The seminar is presented by Silberman College’s Institute for Sustainable Enterprise and is co-sponsored by the Corporate Communication Institute, Rothman Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and by US Green Builders-New Jersey Chapter, New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors.

After a short break, the presentation will be followed by a kickoff “sustainable campus retreat” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The objective of the retreat is to help launch a series of specific, grass-roots, action-oriented initiatives that “groups of us can commit to and all of us can learn from. As a result, we will create a better campus experience and do our part in contributing to a more sustainable world,” said Joel Harmon, management (Flor). Those who cannot attend but who want more information about this initiative can contact Maura Pniewski at 973-443-8577 or pniewski@fdu.edu.

New Appointments

The following administrative appointments have been made: James Almeida, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), as associate dean; Ethné Swartz, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), as chair, marketing/entrepreneurship; Rajesh Chandrashekaran, marketing (Metro), as academic director of graduate/global programs; Sorin Tuluca, economics/finance (Flor), as academic director of executive programs; Daniel Wischnevsky, management (Metro), as academic director of undergraduate programs; Peter Caliguari as administrative director of executive programs; Karin Hamilton as administrative director of graduate/global programs; and Janette Shurdom as administrative director of undergraduate programs and director of student services.

2006 Open Innovation Conference

The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies is hosting “Open Innovation Conference: Transforming Your Organization,” at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27, in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham. The half-day conference will feature a talk by Henry Chesbrough, author and executive director, Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

An interactive panel, featuring innovation leaders from Novartis, P&G, PRTM and AT&T, will follow. The panel will focus on how their organizations have managed innovation and talk about trends and the outlook for innovation in a variety of industries. Panelists include Lynn Dolan, new products and portfolio strategy, Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Mark Thut, product innovation practice, PRTM (Pittiglio, Rabin Todd & McGrath, Inc.); Jeff Weedman, external business development, Proctor & Gamble; and Joseph Weinman, Jr., strategy and emerging services, AT&T.

Conference cost is $245 but there is a discounted registration fee of $150 for Institute for Sustainable Enterprise and Center for Human Resource Management Studies members. To register, call 973-443-8842 or e-mail rothman@fdu.edu.

ISE Achievement Report

The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) published its 2005–2006 End-of-Year Achievement Report. Only 24 hard copies were printed, but the report is available online. Visit http://www.fdu.edu/ise and click on “ISE Publications” or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4284.

Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies

Summer Enrollment Increase

Petrocelli College had the highest summer-credit enrollment in its history. Summer I enrollment increased by 17.3 percent from 1,251 students in Summer I 2005 to 1,467 students in Summer I, 2006. Summer II enrollment increased by 25.1 percent from 758 students in Summer I 2005 to 948 students in Summer II 2006. The largest increases were in the master of administrative science program, the master of public administration program, the bachelor of arts in individualized studies program, the online degree-completion program and the Puerta al Futuro program.

School of Administrative Science Updates

Because of increased demand, the School of Administrative Science added a Summer II (June–August) term this year for the master of administrative science (MAS) program. This modifies the trimester schedule to a four-term format for year-round offerings. The MAS program currently has more than 600 students and approximately 2,000 have graduated since 1998.

The School of Administrative Science has added Holy Name Hospital as a new site to conduct the MAS and bachelor of arts in individualized studies (BAIS) programs starting in fall 2006.

Two new 12-credit graduate certificates in the MAS program will be implemented this fall. These certificates include: Certificate in Forensic Accounting and Certificate in Intelligence-Led Policing. This brings the total number of specializations in the MAS programs to 25.

Paulette Laubsch, administrative science (Metro), is traveling in September to Cyprus with Christopher Capuano, psychology and director, psychology (Metro), and Barbara Heissenbuttel, director, international admissions (Metro), to provide orientation and recruitment for the online MAS program that was recently approved by KYSATS (Cypriot Council for the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications), a regional accreditation body in Cyprus.

The School of Administrative Science is offering a Global Citizenship Seminar course in the Dominican Republic from October 8 through October 14. This course, facilitated by Paulette Laubsch, will be a blended model offering. Part of the course will be online, and there will be site visits in the Dominican Republic to complete the course.

The MAS Alumni Association has scheduled its first fund-raiser — a bus trip to the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City — on Sunday, September 24, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person and include a $22-buffet voucher and $5 in coins. Pick-up and drop-off locations are FDU’s Metropolitan Campus in Hackensack, and the Monmouth Rest Area and Forked River Rest Area off the Garden State Parkway. For reservations and to purchase tickets, call 201-692-7171.

Eamon Doherty, administrative science (Metro), will be conducting a three-hour training session titled “Personal Digital Assistants” (PDAs) on September 19 at the New Jersey Human Resource Development Institute in Trenton, N.J., and on September 27 in the Continuing Education Suite, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus. The course includes creating an e-mail account, connecting to the Internet, using a search engine and synchronizing with a notebook or desktop computer. The cost is $100, and those interested may call 201-692-6500 to register.

Puerta al Futuro

After completing the largest registration in its history in July 2006 with 85 new student applications, the Puerta al Futuro program has approximately 200 students this semester. Now in its fourth year, the program began with 56 students.

Puerta al Futuro is committed to providing a global education to the Latino immigrant student. Puerta students come from approximately 20 Latin-American countries. Many have achieved advanced degrees in their own native countries in various fields from law and accounting to dentistry and engineering.

Last May, 36 Puerta students graduated with BAIS degrees, 13 with associate degrees and 15 with MAS degrees emphasizing diplomacy and international relations.

Puerta also conducted a successful summer course, Special Topics: Advanced International Negotiation Strategies, in Wroxton, England, for the MAS Diplomacy Program. The attending students represented 16 countries from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

Fernando Alonso, Puerta al Futuro (Metro), was appointed director of the Puerta al Futuro program. For the last three years, he had been teaching Spanish and English in the program. He has served as faculty adviser to the Association of Latin-American Students.

Society for Human Resources Management Certification

Christopher DeGisi, program director for the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Certification, continuing education (Flor), announces an on-site SHRM Certification and Payroll Certification course at Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), in Roseland, N.J. This is the second year that continuing education has worked with ADP in these subject areas.

Israeli Law Specialization

Fairleigh Dickinson University has announced a new specialization in Israeli law as part of its bachelor of arts in individualized studies (BAIS) degree. The new program has been established in cooperation with Ono Academic College, home to Israel’s largest law school.

According to David Rosen, anthropology (Flor), “This program provides a broad legal education in addition to helping students analyze events, develop written and verbal competency, and enhance negotiation and decision-making skills. Graduates of this program will be able to work in a wide variety of disciplines.” Rosen, who is fluent in Hebrew, will direct and teach in the new program.

The program’s three-year course of study encompasses 120 academic credits; including 30 credits in Israeli law and another 60 credits in law-related courses that will be taught in Hebrew. The remaining 30 credits in general and interdisciplinary studies will be taught in English. All classes will meet on Sundays and Wednesday afternoons on FDU’s Metropolitan Campus.

Ranan Hartman, left, chairman of the board, Ono Academic College, and President J. Michael Adams finalize a new partnership. In back row, from left, are Yishai Katz-Schonfeld, marketing and registration manager, Ono; Christopher Capuano, director, psychology (Metro); Carl Viola, executive vice president (Metro/Flor); Willard Gingerich, University provost and senior vice president for academic affairs (Metro/Flor); and Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor).

“According to the agreement,” said Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor), “Ono Academic College will advise Fairleigh Dickinson University on course content for Israeli law and other law-related courses so that these courses are comparable to those studied in Israel. Moreover, Ono Academic College will grant academic credit for certain courses studied at FDU so that students who choose to do so may return to Israel and enter law studies at Ono Academic College, earning their LLB following one additional year of study.”

Graduates of the program will receive a bachelor’s degree (BAIS) with a specialization in Israeli law from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Graduates of Ono Academic College who hold an LLB are eligible for internships in Israel and, upon completion of their internships, are eligible for the Israel Bar Association examinations.

For applications, admissions counseling and assistance with registration, e-mail ilaw@fdu.com.

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

New Filmmaking Concentration

A new concentration in filmmaking, part of the bachelor of arts in communication, is being offered by University College’s School of Art and Media Studies in conjunction with the New York Film Academy, one of the most innovative and dynamic film schools in the world, starting this fall.

Classes are held at the Metropolitan Campus and also at the New York Film Academy’s Manhattan location. In addition to the Manhattan campus, the New York Film Academy, whose philosophy is “learn by doing,” also offers nondegree programs at Princeton University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Universal Studios, Disney-MGM Studios and other international locations. Jerry Sherlock, founder and president of the academy, was on campus to sign the agreement with President J. Michael Adams.

“We are delighted to be partnering with New York Film Academy, which has an international reputation for its rigorous practical approach to the study of filmmaking,” said Jason Scorza, philosophy/political science and director, art/media studies (Metro).

Students in the program will experience both the “hands-on” technical approach in the morning at the New York Film Academy and the academic classroom elements at FDU in the afternoon and evenings. As part of the bachelor’s degree, students will complete the New York Film Academy’s one-year filmmaking program over the freshman and sophomore years and the academy’s screenwriting program during their junior year. As seniors, students will complete an undergraduate thesis in film.

“Filmmaking is above all about telling stories,” said Scorza. “This program, which includes classes in screenwriting, motion picture production, sound and video editing, and cinematography, will teach students how to bring their stories to life.”

‘Remembering September 11’

“Remembering September 11,” an exhibit of acrylic paintings on canvas by Ed Rath, will be held at University College Art Gallery, Room 11, University Hall, on the Metropolitan Campus through October 6. Exhibit hours are Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. A reception for the artist will be held on Tuesday, September 19, from 3–5 p.m.

Rath’s work centers on his personal narrative and is composed of distorted forms, dynamic compositions and expressionistic color.

Rath’s personal experiences and his reactions to the events of September 11 are echoed in his paintings. He remembers, “I watched the twin towers burn from upper Manhattan. My daughter was attending Stuyvesant High School, just a few blocks from ground zero and I spent the day looking for her. I was greatly relieved when we both finally made it to Brooklyn safely. The whole family was united again.”

Wroxton College

The 16th annual Lord North lecture was held on April 20 at Wroxton College. The lecture, titled “The Ethics of War,” was given by Sir Michael Quinlan, former permanent under-secretary of state, Ministry of Defense, and special adviser to Parliamentary committees on international security issues.

The Lord North lecture is held annually to commemorate Lord North, prime minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782.

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