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The FDU Alert emergency notification system was tested on Wednesday, February 27, 2008. Between 3:29 and 3:39 p.m., almost 29,000 notifications via cell phone, home or office phone, text message and e-mail message were sent to the 11,000 participants. That represents 17,832 phone calls, 11,067 e-mails and 2,649 text messages — all delivered in about 10 minutes.
“While in many ways this test was a real success, there were certain aspects that could be improved with the University community’s help,” said Neal Sturm, vice president and chief information officer (Flor/Metro). According to Sturm, 3,169 messages were undeliverable, mostly because of invalid information in the database. Additionally, while text messaging is the quickest and most common method of emergency notification, there are only 2,649 valid text message (SMS) numbers in the system. Only 2,337 of the roughly 11,000 members in the system have put their contact information in the text message category. Sturm reminded community members that snow closing information is only sent through text messaging, although the information does appear on the University’s home page on the Web and a voicemail message is left on individual FDU office phones.
FDU Alert will be tested again in the fall 2008 semester. “We strongly encourage everyone to update their contact information as soon as possible,” said Sturm. How the FDU community is notified of FDU Alert messages is under each person’s control. “More than 1,000 participants have updated their contact information since late 2007, and the winter weather season is not over, so please consider reviewing your FDU Alert registration,” he said. To register for the FDU Alert system, or to change or add contact points, go to http://www.fdu.edu/alert . For more information on the FDU Alert system, see http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5074 . For more information specifically on scheduled tests, see http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5509 .
FDU Mobile announces the release of a unique, personal-safety device feature, Rave Guardian, that is now available to those students using their FDU Mobile phones. “Rave Guardian is simple,” said Neal Sturm, vice president and chief information officer (Flor/Metro). “It is an application that uses GPS (global positioning system) technology allowing students to share their locations with the department of public safety if they ever feel unsafe or in distress.”
For example, if students walking across campus late at night feel uncomfortable or unsafe, they can activate Guardian from their University cell phone. Once they arrive at their destinations, they can deactivate the timer, and no one will be dispatched. If the alert is not turned off within the required time period, an alert is triggered at public safety so officers can be dispatched immediately. A display at public safety shows the student’s name, picture and general profile information along with a map depicting the student’s current location. Should a student hit the Panic Button, an officer is notified immediately.
Guardian is one part of a larger group of options and applications available through the FDU Mobile Program. FDU Mobile is designed to replace the existing landline phones in the residence halls that have seen decreased use as students rely more and more on mobile devices. As part of the launch in the fall, all full-time resident students were provided a base phone and calling plan at no additional cost for the 2007–2008 academic year. The program also offers phones and calling plans at a deep discount to all students, including nonresident students who choose to participate.
Sturm said, “Fairleigh Dickinson continues to enhance the student’s campus experience through use of this type of innovative technology.”
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David Miles, director, public safety (Metro), demonstrates Rave Guardian’s capability, when activated, of locating a student with the display showing the student’s name, picture and general profile information.
Funding to help faculty design and develop curriculum, purchase scientific equipment or host a professional conference is available from many sources, according to Laurie Treleven, University director of grants/sponsored projects (Metro/Flor). “Many faculty are now applying for institutional rather than research grants. State and federal grants can help faculty teach more creatively,” said Treleven.
These kinds of grants benefit FDU students, too, by giving them the chance to work with state-of-the art research equipment or by providing them with scholarships. A recently awarded National Science Foundation grant demonstrates this goal.
Patricia Melloy, cell biology (Flor), won a major instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a fluorescence microscopy system this year. Her co-investigators are Eric Iannacone, physiology and director, allied health sciences (Flor), and Michael Avaltroni, chemistry and chair, chemistry (Flor). This equipment will enable the students to participate in the research of these three faculty members while learning to use this state-of-the-art equipment.
How can faculty find these grants? The Office of Grants and Sponsored Research (Web page http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=1372) works closely with faculty interested in applying for grants. Regular announcements of new grants are sent to faculty as they are released. Faculty should contact the office for information at 201-692-2221.
In addition to applying for grants, faculty who have fully developed their research ideas can be sponsored to attend NSF workshops or meet with NSF project officers in Washington, D.C., at their invitation. More information is available from the FDU grants office. “On average, we submit about 24 proposals a year and are awarded about four grants annually,” said Treleven.
To promote interest in research grants, the University Provost’s Seed Grants offer support to faculty of up to $4,000 per individual or up to $5,000 per team for pilot research projects to collect preliminary data or advance existing research protocols. Grant recipients are required to submit a grant application to a state or federal agency after receiving the grant. Faculty can apply for seed grants in the spring and fall.
John Schiemann, political science (Flor), and a seed grant recipient, said, “I’ve started experiments with a colleague at Rutgers that will jump start my research in a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary area between neuroscience and political science.” He intends to submit a proposal to the NSF this summer.
Geoffrey Weinman, dean, Becton College (Flor), said, “I have really encouraged faculty to develop and submit interdisciplinary projects, and we have seen unique collaborations from psychology and theater faculty, education and science faculty and social sciences and business faculty.”
Faculty who apply for grants are honored annually at a Grants Reception hosted by the University provost. This year’s reception is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, in the Orangerie, College at Florham Library.
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Michael Avaltroni, center, chemistry and chair, chemistry (Flor), points out a particular item projected on the monitor from the fluorescence microscope (positioned by the wall) to Eric Iannacone, left, physiology and director, allied health sciences (Flor), and Patricia Melloy, right, cell biology (Flor).
This spring, theater fans will be treated to an array of productions — from a cult musical and a comedy-drama-romance hit to an imaginative world of fairy tales and fables.
At the College at Florham, the visual and performing arts department will stage “The Rocky Horror Show,” a cult musical originally produced in 1974, from Wednesday, April 2, through Saturday, April 5, and on Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. A special matinee for high school students will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 4, while a special performance for fans of “The Rocky Horror Show” will be staged at 11 p.m. on Friday, April 11. The performance is under the direction of Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor).
Written by Richard O’Brien, the play begins with innocent young lovers, Brad and Janet, who are stranded when their car breaks down. When they are forced to seek refuge in a castle inhabited by the bizarre Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the play takes many twists. For more information go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/rocky.html .
The department’s next production, “The Graduate,” will be staged from Wednesday, May 7, through Saturday, May 10, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 11, at 2:30 p.m. Robert Barron, theater (Flor), will direct the play.
Both plays will be performed in Dreyfuss Theater, Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham. Ticket prices are $5 for students and the FDU community and $10 for all others. Tickets can be booked in advance by calling 973-443-8644 (ext. 4) or purchased at the door. For further information contact Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor), 973-443-8467 or hollis@fdu.edu.
At the Metropolitan Campus, the University Players is staging “Story Theater and Other Tales” on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 8 p.m., in the Russell H. Ratsch Experimental Theatre, University Hall.
The play invites audience members to enter the imaginative world of fairy tales, fables and folk tales. With scenes drawn from Paul Sills’ famous work Story Theater and some scenes developed by University Players from classics such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, the production presents a modern twist on familiar stories.
The cast is composed of Metropolitan Campus faculty, staff and students, among them Nestor Melendez, assistant dean of students; Nyssa Schmidt, records/graduate specialist, enrollment services; Thomas Swanzey, English and associate dean, Petrocelli College; Kandy Turner, international student adviser, international student services; and Erich von Salzen, operations specialist, management information systems. Ellen Spaldo, English, and James Rana, art/media studies, are co-directing the play.
Ticket prices are $8 for the general public; $5 for FDU faculty, staff and students; and $3 for children and senior citizens. No reservations are necessary and tickets are available at the door. For information call 201-692-7155 or e-mail spaldo@fdu.edu.
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Stephen Hollis, left, theater and director, theater arts (Flor), goes over a script with a student.
This semester, the Fairleigh Dickinson University Libraries were awarded the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections Bookshelf and received books from alumnus and author William Marks, BS’73 (Flor). In addition, the libraries are hosting the Politics on the PublicMind Series, a variety of art and photography exhibits and a conference on trade and foreign direct investment.
IMLS Connecting Collections Bookshelf
The FDU Libraries were selected to receive the IMLS Connecting Collections Bookshelf, which includes an essential set of books, online resources and a user’s guide that can help the library care for its important collections. Among the publications selected were The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping, the Field Guide to Emergency Response and Essentials of Conservation Biology. Topics range from philosophy and ethics of collecting and collections management and planning to emergency preparedness and culturally specific conservation issues.
Patricia Murray, coordinator, collection development, Weiner Library (Metro), and Brigid Burke, technical services/digital projects librarian (Flor), worked on the application submitted to the IMLS.
Books for Library Collection
Alumnus William Marks, BS’73 (Flor), well-known water expert and water advocate, donated copies of his books — Water Voices from Around the World and The Holy Order of Water: Healing Earth’s Waters and Ourselves — to the College at Florham Library. James Marcum, University librarian (Metro/Flor), and Eleanor Friedl, reference librarian, College at Florham Library (Flor), received the books from Marks and his daughter, Sarah Adams, a graphic designer who helped present his books.
College at Florham faculty, staff and students also joined Marks in an informal discussion about worldwide water problems, the politics of business interests, which drive water policy-making; and what individuals and groups can do to make a difference. The informal conversation was continued over lunch in the cafeteria where among water issues discussed were the question of who gets to own natural resources and the residency life of water in plastic bottles. Green Club representatives invited Marks to return to campus to speak to a larger audience or possibly hold a workshop as part of this year’s Green Day.
While only a sophomore at FDU, Marks decided to devote himself to researching water pollution and to making clean water his life’s mission. See http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/03su/marks.html . For more about Marks, see his Web site at http://williamemarks.com/watervoices . For information about the film (a 2008 Sundance Festival official selection) in which Marks is featured, see http://www.flowthefilm.com .
Politics on the PublicMind
PublicMind, the University’s research polling institute, and the College at Florham Library are co-sponsoring a Politics on the PublicMind discussion series on Friday, March 28, 7:45 a.m. in the Orangerie, College at Florham Library. Christopher Christie, U.S. attorney general for the state of New Jersey, will discuss “Political Corruption in New Jersey.” Seating is limited and RSVP is necessary by Wednesday, March 26. To RSVP and for information, call 973-443-8954 or e-mail publicmindga@student.fdu.edu. On February 7, Karen Kominsky, senior New Jersey strategist and former New Jersey political director for the Hillary Clinton campaign, spoke on “The Agony and Ecstasy of the New Early Primary Schedule” as part of the Politics on the PublicMind series.
Art, Photography Exhibits
The College at Florham Library is holding a free exhibit titled “Collecting Photobooks: Twenty-one Examples Drawn from the Douglas Lloyd Kahn Collection,” which will run until Friday, April 11. The library’s exhibit hours are Monday–Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–11 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2–10 p.m.
New Jersey artist Andrea Placer will showcase her highly detailed realistic drawings in an exhibit titled “My View” on the second floor of the Weiner Library at the Metropolitan Campus through Friday, April 11. Placer’s work has been exhibited at galleries and national juried shows in New York City, Rockland and Westchester Counties, New Jersey and Connecticut. She has received awards from the Salmagundi Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Audubon Artists, Hudson Valley Art Association and Manhattan Arts International. The library’s exhibit hours are Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–11 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon–10 p.m.
Photographer Connie Fox will showcase her works on the second floor of the Weiner Library from Monday, April 14, to Friday, May 30. A delegate to the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs, her work has been accepted and shown at the Grounds for Sculpture in Princeton, N.J., and has received numerous awards.
Photographer Bun Chan’s works are on exhibit in the Metro Writing Studio, Second Floor, Weiner Library until Wednesday, July 30. Exhibit hours are Monday–Thursday, 8–10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon–10 p.m.
For information on the Weiner Library exhibits call 201-692-2140. For information on the College at Florham Library exhibit call 973-443-8515 or 973-443-8516.
Global Enterprise Network Conference
Save the Date! The FDU Libraries and the FDU Global Enterprise Network in collaboration with the New Jersey Trade Council will host a full-day conference on trade and foreign direct investment, “Understanding the European Union — and Seizing the Opportunity,” on Wednesday, May 21, at the Metropolitan Campus. Designed to increase regional awareness and understanding of international business, the conference will focus on the European Union as a place for New Jersey businesses to seek new business and investment opportunities. Expert panels will include: “What is the EU?” “Understanding the Challenges of the EU” and “Where are the Opportunities?” Keynote speaker will be Ambassador Fernando Valenzuela, head of the delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations. For information contact Colleen Di Gregorio at 973-443-8530, e-mail colleend@fdu.edu or visit http://library.fdu.edu/GEN/EUConference.html . Herbert Ouida, Core (Metro), is director of the Global Enterprise Network, 201-692-2278 or houida@fdu.edu.
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Alumnus William Marks, BS’73 (Flor), second from right, and his daughter, Sarah Adams, second from left, a graphic designer, present copies of Marks’ books to the College at Florham Library. Accepting the books are James Marcum, left, University librarian (Metro/Flor), and Eleanor Friedl, right, reference librarian, College at Florham Library (Flor).
Karen Kominsky, right, senior New Jersey strategist and former New Jersey political director for the Hillary Clinton campaign, speaks with Peter Woolley, left, political science and director, PublicMind (Flor), and John Elias, center, councilman, Madison, N.J., after her presentation.
Left photo: “Bar Harbor” by Bun Chan.
Right photo: “Heron Take-off” by Connie Fox.
Several study-abroad opportunities are being offered this spring and in the summer to help broaden the students’ international academic experiences. Trips will take students to the Dominican Republic, England, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, China, Canada, Brazil, Chile, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Japan
Spring Abroad
During spring break, 16 students will travel to the Dominican Republic for a Laboratory: Animal Behavior class with Marion McClary, biological science and co-director, natural sciences (Metro). They will be joining marine biology students who have been taking classes at FDU’s marine science laboratory on the Samana Peninsula on the country’s northeast corner since February 22. The marine biology courses, which are taken entirely in the Dominican Republic and culminate in a research project, are Beach Ecology with Irwin Isquith, executive director for global partnerships and biological sciences (Metro); Tropical Marine Vegetation with Hector Miguel Ramirez Crespo, a professor in the Dominican Republic; Tropical Marine Invertebrates, with McClary; and Tropical Marine Vertebrates with Crespo.
Also during spring break, students of the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will travel to Switzerland and Italy as part of their undergraduate Global Issues in Hospitality Management course.
Highlights of the Swiss trip include visits to Mount Titlis, the highest peak in central Switzerland with the world’s first revolving cable car; a “back of the house” tour at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel and Spa, a member of the five-star Leading Hotels of the World chain; wine tasting in the Cellier Du Chateau; and a visit to Hotel L’Aubier, a “green” hotel where ecological considerations are paramount. Students will stay in the family-owned Edelweiss Hotel, where the owner, Peter Kuhn, will share insights on the hotel’s marketing practices. Iris Gersh, hospitality management (Metro), and John Hughes, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), will accompany the students in Switzerland.
Other students will travel to Italy on a weeklong trip with Aixa Ritz, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), and Joseph Tormey, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro). The group will go on a “back of the house” tour of the Grand Hotel Baglioni in Florence; visit the Academia Barilla gastronomic library in Parma; go on a guided tour of the Barilla Pasta factory; and enjoy a wine tasting at Villa Di Corlo, a local winery in Modena. Students will also attend lectures on the history of Hotel Posta, where they will stay, and on the gastronomy and products of Emilia-Romagna, a region in northern Italy that includes the provinces of Bologna, Modena and Parma. The group also will have a food-and-wine pairing class at the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence.
For the third year, the theater arts program at the College at Florham has arranged an eight-day trip to England during spring break for the undergraduate London Theater Experience course. Under the leadership of Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor), students will see plays such as “Days of Significance,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Billy Elliott” staged by professional theater companies. The group will also attend lectures by actors and be part of an “Acting Shakespeare” workshop at the Globe Theater.
On March 30, students will travel to Mendoza, Argentina, where they will spend a week as part of their Global Leadership for Public and Not-for-Profit Organization graduate course and Government Political Systems undergraduate course. While in Argentina, students will attend lectures on topics such as tourism and gastronomy, Argentine history and dictatorships of the 20th century and commerce and trade. Trips to the Casa de Gobierno Palacio Political (state government capital and state police headquarters), Banos Termales Cacheuta (mountain spa and hot springs in the Andes mountains), national parks Cerro de la Gloria and Parque Central de Mendoza and to the local brewery Cerveceria Andes are also planned. Paulette Laubsch, administrative science and director, MS in homeland security (Metro), will accompany the students.
From May 16 to 27, students in the Pacific Worlds class of Gary Darden, history (Flor), and students in the Cross-cultural Perspectives class with Patricia Bazán-Figueras, languages (Flor), will travel to China as part of their undergraduate classes.
Summer Study Abroad
Overseas study will also be available to students over the summer.
Students in the MBA in management for executives program have several overseas opportunities. They will go to Brazil and Chile from May 31 to June 13 (with students in the MBA in management for global business administrators), to Brazil and Argentina from June 14 to June 27 and to the Netherlands and Czech Republic from July 6 to 18. For information contact Peter Caliguari, administrative director, MBA executive programs (Flor), at 973-443-8977 or peter_caliguari@fdu.edu.
A study-abroad program for undergraduate Italian language courses and a film course — Beginning Italian I and II and Italian Conversation II and Italian Film and Culture — is being offered from May 26 to June 14. The class will stay in Alassio, Italy, a seaside town on the western side of the Riviera, from May 26 to June 11, where classes will be conducted. The remaining three days (June 12 to 14) will be spent in Milan, where the group will tour the city and its museums, take a day trip to Venice and go to Lake Como or Bergamo. For information contact Gloria Pastorino, French/Italian (Flor), at 973-443-8648 or gpastor@fdu.edu.
The undergraduate Japanese Culture and Civilization course includes a two-week trip to Japan from June 2 to 15. For information call Rie Haggerty Yoshimura, modern languages/literature (Flor), at 973-443-8466 or 973-443-8465.
Several summer courses are being offered in FDU-Vancouver on the week of June 23, which coincides with the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The first module of courses for undergraduate students are Jazz Then and Now, with Allen Cohen, music (Flor); and Beach Ecology (lecture and laboratory), with Marion McClary, biological science and co-director, natural sciences (Metro). The second module includes the undergraduate courses Human Relations in Business with Kent Fairfield, management (Metro), and Leadership of the Founding Fathers, with William “Pat” Schuber; and the graduate course Global Citizenship Seminar, also with Schuber.
Graduate students can also choose to take one or two Orton-Gillingham courses training teachers in Project Read, a research-based, multisensory language arts program for struggling readers, from August 11 to 14 in Vancouver. The first course, Project Read: Story Form, teaches multisensory strategies and techniques for reading narrative text. The course teaches literary elements by making them concrete and meaningful through symbols. The second course, Project Read: Report Form, teaches multisensory strategies and techniques for gathering, organizing and synthesizing information when reading expository text. The course moves systematically from identifying the subject of a report to teaching a process for identifying key facts and supporting details. Both courses will be taught by Barbara McAuliffe, an FDU-certified Orton-Gillingham teacher trainer and an approved Project Read trainer.
For more information about study-abroad courses in FDU-Vancouver go to http://www.fdu.edu/vancouverstudyabroad .
Wroxton College in England will be the location of several courses. They include the undergraduate courses Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: United States and United Kingdom, contact Robert Vodde, director, criminal justice (Metro); and Exploring Museums of Great Britain, contact Kristin Baxter, art (Flor); and the graduate courses International Corporate Communication and Culture, contact Gary Radford, communication (Flor); and New Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society, contact Lorraine Nienstedt, assistant director, administrative science (Metro).
Viorela Ciucur, assistant professor of piano accompaniment at the Bucharest Music Academy in Romania and FDU Global Virtual Faculty (GVF) member, visited the Metropolitan Campus on March 4 during her short stay in the United States.
She met with faculty, staff and students, with whom she had previously corresponded via the Internet and gave a talk on “George Enescu and Cultural Globalization” and performed a special piano recital on campus.
Ciucur joined the Global Virtual Faculty program six years ago, not long after its inception. Most recently she has worked with Mihaela Leonida, chemistry (Metro), and her Global Challenge course, and Christopher Devine, chemistry/philosophy (Metro), and his Technology and Its Critics course.
The GVF program brings academics and practitioners from around the world into the classroom through online participation. The program’s primary goal is to bring a global dimension to the learning experience by offering different perspectives and observations to students on the issues being studied. Communication and participation is Web-based, with the GVF remaining in his or her home environment.
At present, there are 64 distinguished scholars and practitioners as Global Virtual Faculty. They range from a professor of English literature at the University of Mumbai in India to a European liaison officer for the British Medical Association in Brussels, Belgium, and from a historian at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies at the University of West Indies, Jamaica, to an associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Rhodes, South Africa. To view the wide range of resources visit http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=270 .
FDU faculty are encouraged to include GVF in their courses and are invited to discuss interests and questions they might have with representatives from the Office of Global Learning. A variety of participation models are available, and new opportunities for collaboration exist including Webcams and class-to-class interaction through the Global Virtual classroom on http://www.gig.org — contact Diana Cvitan, 201-692-7161 or dcvitan@fdu.edu. For information on requesting a Global Virtual Faculty member go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4347 . For the fall semester, request forms need to be in the Office of Global Learning between May 1 and May 31, 2008.
The Global Virtual Faculty main page is http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4344 .
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Global Virtual Faculty member Viorela Ciucur, third from left, met with Mihaela Leonida, right, chemistry (Metro), and Christopher Devine, third from right, chemistry/philosophy (Metro), two FDU faculty members she has corresponded and worked with via the Internet. Also greeting Ciucur are Diana Cvitan, second from left, director, global learning (Metro); Brian Swanzey, second from right, director, Wroxton study abroad; and Elise Salem, right, associate provost for global learning (Metro/Flor) and English (Flor).
Global Virtual Faculty members include, from left, Kumar Ketkar from India, Velma Pollard from Jamaica, Jacob Lomranz from Israel, Anna Varkonyi from Hungary and John Lennard from the United Kingdom.
Knights men’s basketball Head Coach Tom Green will never forget the night of March 1, 2008 — an evening in which his team pulled out a 72-70 victory against visiting Saint Francis University, Pa., in thrilling style, en route to earning his 400th career win in his 25th season.
With 2.5 seconds left in overtime, Manny Ubilla grabbed an inbounds pass, slid to the floor, maintained his composure, drew to one knee and made the shot. Immediately after his release the horn sounded amidst dead silence, and moments later Stratis Arena (Rothman Center, Metropolitan Campus) erupted in excitement.
Green is Fairleigh Dickinson’s all time winningest coach, having led the Knights to four National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament appearances and two National Invitation (NIT) Tournament berths, in addition to four Northeast Conference (NEC) championships (the most of any NEC coach) and nine NEC championship games.
He is the all-time leader in wins in the Northeast Conference and 32nd in the nation among active Division I coaches, in addition to being one of only 20 active Division I coaches to have logged at least 700 career games. He has consistently been honored as one of the best in his ranks, having been named NEC Coach of the Year twice, New Jersey Division I Coach of the Year three times and Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Sportswriters twice and by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association once.
A citation presented in honor of his 400th win by FDU’s Board of Trustees reads, “Coach Green’s quest for victories is only matched by his loyalty to the institution (he is third on the list of most seasons by active Division I coaches directing only one program) and his dedication to the all-around development of the student-athletes, as he demonstrates impeccable standards and admirable virtues, epitomizes integrity and professionalism, and inspires academic excellence and public service.”
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Knights men’s basketball Head Coach Tom Green in action.
Before the last game of the season, David Langford, right, director, athletics (Metro), presented Tom Green with a watch in honor of Green’s 25th season.
For the second straight year, College at Florham “goes green” as it celebrates Green Day on Monday, April 14. A variety of activities highlighting the University’s venture into environmental sustainability are planned for the afternoon affair — from student presentations and workshops to an address from FDU President J. Michael Adams and a reception and award ceremony.
Among the presentations are an investigative report on “Eco-friendly Organizations: Communicating ‘Green,’” posters highlighting student research on greener organic chemistry experiments that will be incorporated into the laboratory curriculum and samples of green poetry. Students will likewise create interactive and informative multimedia presentations to generate greater awareness about being green. The University community will also be treated to a performance by the Melodies of Heaven Gospel Choir. The presentations will be held in the Student Center and in Hennessy Hall (Mansion) from 1 to 3 p.m.
The presentations will be followed by workshops in the Orangerie at the College at Florham Library and in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), from 3 to 5 p.m. Penny Jones, recycling education specialist, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority, Mendham, N.J., will conduct a workshop on the details of recycling; Monika Hannemann, coordinator, Discovery Garden and Family Programs, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, will discuss “Everything You Need to Know About Composting”; and chemistry students Dana Patterson and Tim Lamb, biology student Danielle Odom and history student Doug Lally will talk about “Biodiesel: From Gourmet Dining to the Tractors in Facilities.”
John Cinco, computer graphics (Flor), designed and won the logo contest, see this page. Several faculty members have assigned Green Day projects in their classes. They are Gloria Anderle, chemistry; Peter Burkholder, history; Christopher Caldiero, communication; Amber Charlebois, chemistry; Janet O’Neil, computer graphics; and Neelu Sinha, computer science (all Flor). Biology student Erika Baldino has come up with the slogan for Green Day 2008 — “One Day on Campus, Everyday for the Environment!” Many students are working together with the faculty to organize Green Day 2008. They include Dana Patterson, Danielle Odom, Priyal Patel, Dean Chamberlain, Tim Lamb, Erika Baldino, Jessica Hlinka and Andy Koneski.
At 5:15 p.m., the celebration moves to Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), where President Adams will deliver remarks. Green Day culminates in Lenfell Hall with a reception and award ceremony recognizing the best student projects,
Charlebois and Caldiero are co-chairs of this year’s Green Day. For information about Green Day and its activities, contact Charlebois at 973-443-8761 or charleb@fdu.edu, Caldiero at 973-443-8733 or christopher_caldiero@fdu.edu or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4910 .
If you are a student or staff member on the Metropolitan Campus, the Gene Barnett Literary Society invites you to publish your work in Knightscapes Online, the new Internet extension of the Metropolitan Campus’ literary journal!
The deadline is Tuesday, March 25. Submissions must be typed into the body of an e-mail, that includes your name, telephone number and e-mail, and sent to knightscapes54@gmail.com. Paper submissions will not be accepted.
For poetry, submit as many as you like; for short stories and creative nonfiction, submit up to 4,000 words; and for art, one must inquire by e-mail.
For questions, contact Kerri Majors, English composition (Metro), at 201-692-2621 or kerriks@fdu.edu.
The holiday and time-off schedule for all nonfaculty employees for the fiscal year from June 30, 2008, through July 1, 2009, has been announced, and features the following:
Labor Day — Monday, September 1
Thanksgiving — Wednesday, November 26; Thursday, November 27; Friday, November 28
Christmas — Wednesday, December 24; Thursday, December 25
Shut-down Days — Friday, December 26; Monday, December 29; Tuesday, December 30
New Year — Wednesday, December 31, 2008; Thursday, January 1, 2009; Friday, January 2, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Monday, January 19, 2009
Spring Recess — Thursday, March 19, 2009; Friday, March 20, 2009
Memorial Day — Monday, May 25, 2009
Four-day Work Week (8 weeks) — Beginning Friday, June 13, 2008, through the week ending Friday, August 1
For the 2008–2009 academic calendar go to http://www.fdu.edu/academic/0809academic_cal.html .
Note: Public safety officers do not participate in the four-day work week, but they participate in the shutdown days (Friday, December 26; Monday, December 29; Tuesday, December 30).
Update
Daniel Twomey, management and director of institutional partnerships, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (Flor), was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the State University of New York at Cobbleskill School of Business. Inductees were recognized for their outstanding achievements in a specific field of endeavor, in civic affairs, in humanitarian affairs and/or in activities, that merit special recognition. Twomey is co-founder of FDU’s Center for Human Resource Management Studies and has created several innovative courses for the Silberman College of Business.
Harvey Winters, emeritus, biological studies (Metro), is scheduled to speak on “Critical Feed Pressure for Sustainable RO Operation for Seawater and Brackish Water” in the Water Convention, part of the first Singapore International Water Week 2008, to be held from June 23 to 27.
Gerhard Haas, natural sciences, and Mihaela Leonida, chemistry (both Metro), with students from the School of Natural Sciences, co-authored “Positive Antibacterial Co-action Between Hop (Humulus lupulus) Constituents and Selected Antibiotics,” published in Phytomedicine.
Daniel Cassino, political science and associate, PublicMind (Flor), was the guest speaker at the Saddle River Republican Club, where he discussed political polls.
On March 2, Vincent Varrassi, director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), led Session I for a two-part educational program series, “Successful Transition to College for Students with Learning Disabilities: What Every Family Needs to Know,” in New York City.
J. Michael Adams, president, is among a select group of leaders from higher education, business and government invited by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to attend the Higher Education Summit for Global Development at the State Department in Washington, D.C. The goal of the summit, which will be held from April 29 to 30, is to expand the role and impact of higher education institutions worldwide in social and economic development. Approximately 100 college presidents from across the nation (including four from New Jersey institutions) were invited to attend. Adams’ article “Who Cares About the Mission: Creating and Leading Through a Meaningful Mission Statement” was published in the March 2008 issue of University Business magazine, a publication for presidents and other senior officers at two- and four-year colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Robert Francoeur, emeritus, biological sciences (Flor), was awarded the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal for Sexual Reform for 2008 by The German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research. Francoeur is founder/editor of the Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality. He also is a global pioneer of cross-cultural sexuality education via the Kinsey Institute Web site.
As part of Black History Month, Randall Westbrook, education and campus coordinator, enrollment management (Metro), talked about the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, athlete, actor, singer and civil rights activist, at the Flemington (N.J.) Presbyterian Church.
In February, Alice Shumate, biology (Flor), and Aixa Ritz, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), conducted a roundtable discussion on “Making the Most of Short-term, Faculty-led Programs” and shared their study-abroad experiences at the American Council on Education’s Internationalization Collaborative Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
During spring break, Craig Mourton, director, student life (Metro), and James Om, director, campus ministry (Metro), will accompany 11 students from the Metropolitan Campus to Miami, Fla., where they will help restore a house in the Little Haiti section of Miami as part of a Habitat for Humanity project. The FDU group will work alongside 30 other college students from across the country.
“Nature Tales III: The Poetry of Nature,” an art and photographic exhibit by R. Gordon Perry, biological sciences (Flor), and his wife, Jean Perry, visual/performing arts (Flor), is on display at Davis R. Chant Realtors in Lords Valley, Pa., until March 30.
Govindasami Naadimuthu, decision sciences (Flor), wrote “Application of Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System to Thermal Comfort and Group Technology Problems,” published in Computers and Mathematics with Applications. He also wrote articles for four conference proceedings, which have been published. They are “Optimal Control of a Production and Inventory Problem” and “A Generalized Approach to Fuzzy Multi-attribute Decision Making,” both for the 36th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute; and “Application of Dynamic Programming to the Modeling and Optimization of Industrial Management Systems” and “Optimization of a Production Scheduling Problem,” both for the 38th Annual Conference of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute.
Ellen Spaldo, English (Metro), has been selected to receive the 2008 Steven J. Rosen Mentor Award, which recognizes New Jersey College English Association (NJCEA) members who had served as a mentor to faculty members who are beginning their careers. The award will be presented to Spaldo at NJCEA’s annual conference on March 29 at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
In the News …
Herbert Ouida, Core and director, Global Enterprise Network (Metro), was featured in the article “Back in Business: Herb Ouida Directs Newly Formed Trade Unit at Fairleigh Dickinson University” in the February 25 issue of Shipping Digest.
Marion McClary, biological sciences and co-director, natural sciences (Metro), was interviewed on My9News (Channel 9) on the diminishing number of honeybees.
J. Michael Adams, president, was interviewed for the article “Embracing Global Education,” published in the March/April issue of International Educator, a publication of NAFSA, the Association of International Educators.
Jonathan Schiff, accounting (Metro), was quoted in the article “Why is CFO Turnover So High?” which appeared online at CFO.com.
Peter Woolley, political science and director, PublicMind (Flor), was quoted in several articles — “Corzine to Propose New Jersey Budget That Cuts Jobs” (Bloomberg.com, phillyburbs.com, pressofatlanticcity.com, South Jersey News, nbc40.net, 1010 Wins and WNYW-FOX); “Christian Voters Swing It” (The Sydney Morning Herald); “Evangelicals Give Huckabee a Boost” (twincities.com); and “Race for Atlantic City Mayor Down to Two Contenders” (The Press of Atlantic City). Woolley also was interviewed for “A Poor Idea to Make People Left Out,” a column by Joan Whitlow in The Star-Ledger. The PublicMind poll was cited in the article “New Jersey Budget Aims to Cut Up to 3,500 Jobs,” published in washingtonpost.com, The US Daily, Yahoo! News Canada and Asbury Park Press.
David Flory, physics (Metro), was quoted in the article “Leap Year Babies Share a Notable Birthday,” published in the Daily Record.
Findings in a study on torture conducted by Roger Koppl, economics/finance and executive director, Institute for Forensic Science and Administration (Flor), were mentioned in the article “McCain is Down for Torture,” published in VetVoice, an online publication for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Jonathan Wexler, associate vice president for admissions/financial aid (Metro/Flor), was interviewed for two articles — “Funding Future Harder Now: For College-bound, Rising Loan Rates Troubling,” in Herald & News, and “Colleges Wrestle with Surge in Applicants: Volume Adds to Anxiety for Students and Officials,” in The Star-Ledger.
Xiomara Guevara, Puerta al Futuro (Metro), was featured in the article “Director of Agency for Hispanic Affairs Has Big Plans,” published in the Daily Record.
Krista Jenkins, political science (Flor), was quoted in the article “There’s More Than Indifference at Work When Youth Sit Out an Election,” for Newhouse News Service.
Khyati Joshi, education (Metro), was quoted in the article “ABCDs More Conscious of Class Than Race,” published in the Hindustan Times.
Paulette Laubsch, administrative science and director, MS in homeland security (Metro), and William “Pat” Schuber, administrative science (Metro), were interviewed for The Star-Ledger article, “Master’s Degree Offered in Homeland Security,” which focused on FDU’s new master’s program in homeland security.
Teresa Donati, sociology and coordinator, clinical social work (Metro), was quoted in the article “When Sparks Fly: For Valentine’s Day, Morris Couples Recall How They Met,” published in the Daily Record.
In Memoriam
A memorial service for Robert Naylor, emeritus, history (Metro), who died on December 20, 2007, at the age of 82 (see http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0802/facultystaff.html) will be held on Sunday, April 6, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Rutherford Room, Student Union Building, Metropolitan Campus.
Welcome
The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of February 29, 2008.
Welcome to Childerick Barthelus, assistant director, student life (Metro); Susan Boisnier, staff nurse, Wellness Center (Flor); Renee Griffiths, administrative assistant, student health services (Metro); Matthew Herbert, officer, public safety (Metro); Jin Im, admissions counselor, admissions (Van); John Izzolino, assistant fencing coach, athletics (Metro); Bob Korzeniowski, associate director, student services (Van); Mary Anne Kucserik, director of study abroad, global learning (Flor); and Christine Schreck, library clerk, Weiner Library (Metro).
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
Interrogating Boundaries Seminar
On Wednesday, April 2, Martha Driver, Distinguished Professor of English/women’s and gender studies, Pace University, N.Y.C., will present “Midwives to Warriors: Women and Work in the Middle Ages” as part of this semester’s Interrogating Boundaries series. The free seminar will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.
Driver will use historical examples as well as a range of sources including medieval literature, instruction books, chronicles, manuscript illuminations and woodcuts to discuss ways in which identity was developed and defined by the various tasks performed by women in the Middle Ages.
Lunch will be served, and students are encouraged to attend. For food-planning purposes, R.S.V.P. is required to Madeline McMahon, administrative assistant, Becton College (Flor), at mmcmahon@fdu.edu. For information contact Krista Jenkins, political science (Flor), at kjenkins@fdu.edu.
New York Piano Society Concert
A free concert of classical piano music featuring works by Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Glier and others, presented by Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences and the New York Piano Society, Inc. will be performed on Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.
The performers are members of the New York Piano Society — outstanding amateur performers who have established careers in fields other than music. Performers will include prominent New York physicians, a social worker, an attorney, an executive director of a major investment firm and a professor emeritus of chemistry, among others.
According to pianist Elena Leonova, founder and artistic director of the society, the objective of the New York Piano Society is to “establish a venue to enable amateurs to perform publicly.” The Society brings together people of varying vocations for a shared experience founded on their love of the piano and classical music.
Leonova emigrated from the Soviet Union, where she graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She has appeared in recitals and as soloist with orchestras throughout the United States and abroad (Lincoln Center, Kaufman Hall of the 92nd Street Y and Carnegie Recital Hall in New York and in the major halls of Los Angeles, Rome and Mexico City). She is currently on the faculty of Mannes College of Music and her past teaching credits include positions at the New England Conservatory, State University of New York at Purchase, Rowan University and collaboration with New York University.
The doors will open at 1:30 p.m. For more information call 973-443-8661, 1-800- 862-4630, ext. 48; or 609-937-9239.
Faculty Forum
On Monday, March 31, Kathleen Haspel, communication studies (Flor), will talk about “Eyewitness Accounts in medias res: What Stories from 9-11, Columbine and Katrina Tell Us About Communication in Crisis” as part of the Faculty Forum, a series of presentations by Becton faculty on their current research or creative work. The forum will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. For information e-mail mmcmahon@fdu.edu.
Past presenters included David Daniel, creative writing and director, creative writing (Flor), who discussed “Excerpts from A Teaching Life: Emergency Theory and the Imagination”; and Bruce Peabody, political science and chair, social sciences/history (Flor), who talked about “Supreme Court TV: Televising the Least Accountable Branch?”
What’s Next for Cuba Hot Topics
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences and the College at Florham Student Government Association present Hot Topics: “What’s Next for Cuba?” a panel discussion moderated by Bruce Peabody, political science and chair, social sciences/history (Flor), on Tuesday, March 25, 7 p.m., in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The panelists will be Fernando Alonso, business and director, Puerta al Futuro (Metro); Jaime Buenahora, political science and coordinator, diplomacy program, Puerta al Futuro (Metro), and former consul general of Colombian Embassy; Jaclyn Medina, Petrocelli College (Metro), who teaches negotiation and conflict resolution; and Caroline Munoz, marketing (Flor).
Silberman College of Business
Wanted: Creative and Innovative Ideas
The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies launched the FDU Innovation Challenge, a competition for University faculty, staff and students, which encourages creative and innovative ideas for unique products or services.
To join, download the entry form from http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5630 . Each form should include the following information: innovation, need, customers, uniqueness, competitors, how you plan to protect the idea and societal benefit. The Rothman Institute’s mentors-in-residence as well as selected faculty are available to provide guidance and helpful tips.
Entry forms must be submitted electronically to fduchallenge@yahoo.com by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 11. All submissions will be kept confidential unless chosen as a winning entry. Submitted entries will be judged by a panel of corporate executives, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
The faculty or staff who submit a winning entry will receive $500. Undergraduate and graduate students receive $1,000 (first prize), $500 (second prize) and $250 (third prize). For information call 973-443-8842 or go to http://www.fdu.edu/rothman .
Family- and Women-owned Businesses Highlighted
This spring, FDU’s Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies is hosting several Family Business Forum programs and a teleconference workshop.
The Spring 2008 Family Business Forum kicks off its series with a discussion on “Key Tactics: Rules for Sales Management Success” on Thursday, March 20. Jim Barnoski, trainer, Sandler Sales Institute, Somerset, N.J., will introduce activities that sales managers must do to effectively supervise, coach, mentor and train their sales team while still managing other responsibilities. Subsequent presentations include “Small Brand Leadership: A Step-by-Step Approach to Defining and Delivering a Profitable Brand” on Thursday, April 10, and “What is YOUR Compensation Strategy?” on Thursday, June 5. All presentations are free and will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Forum, Rothman Institute, College at Florham. Registration is necessary. For registration and information call 973-443-8880 or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5619 .
The seven-session teleconference workshop “Start Your Own Part-time Business” starts on Wednesday, April 9, and will run every Wednesday through May 21. The workshop, based on the best-selling book Full-time Woman, Part-time Career, by Karen Steele-Terry, will be led by Theresa Smith, life and business coach, and Renee Sussman, life, business and workplace coach. This workshop is intended for women who want to start a business while raising a family, women in a job transition, mothers leaving or rejoining the workforce and anyone tired of the corporate environment. The cost of the workshop is $195 but participants who register by March 26 pay a discounted rate of $169. For registration and information call 973-443-8880.
Top Executives Focus of Two Events
Lillian Rodríguez López, president of the Hispanic Federation, is delivering the 2008 Female Entrepreneurial Lecture on “Social Entrepreneurship: Doing Good While Doing Well” on Friday, March 28, in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.
The annual lecture is part of the Female Entrepreneurs’ Alliance, which was founded to educate and support women business owners. The lecture will be held in conjunction with the awards ceremony for the New Jersey Business Idea Competition, a program designed to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset among high school students.
The evening will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., and the lecture by Rodríguez López will start at 7:15 p.m. The event is free; however registration is required due to limited seating. For registration and information, call 973-443-8842 or go to http://www.fdu.edu/rothman .
On Wednesday, April 30, innovation leaders from BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), Merck & Co. and Celgene Corporation will headline this year’s Innovation Summit in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The half-day seminar sponsored by the Rothman Institute will feature presentations from Edward Ludwig, chairman, president and chief executive officer of BD; Mervyn Turner, senior vice president, worldwide licensing/external research, Merck & Co.; and Robert Hugin, president and chief operating officer of Celgene Corporation.
The seminar starts with breakfast and registration at 7 a.m., presentations at 8 a.m. and networking at 12:10 p.m. Cost of the seminar is $145 and pre-registration is necessary. For registration and information call 973-443-8842 or go to http://www.fdu.edu/rothman .
Breakfast Seminars
Judi Neal, founder and executive director of the International Center for Spirit at Work, East Haven, Conn., will discuss “Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges and Break New Ground” on Friday, March 28, as part of the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE)/Center for Human Resource Management Studies (CHRMS) Breakfast Seminar Series.
The next seminars will be “Organizational Bystanders: Why Do Well-intentioned People Often Fail to Act in the Face of Uncertainty and Risk” on April 18 and “Partnering with Stakeholders for Competitive Advantage: Case Studies and Their Impact on the Corporate Profit and Loss,” on May 16.
The ISE/CHRMS Breakfast Seminars are held from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The cost is $35 or free for FDU faculty, staff and students and ISE/CHRMS partners. A continental breakfast will be served. Registration is necessary. For registration and information call (973) 443-8577 or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=946 .
Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies
Celebration of 65 Years Educating Hospitality Management Professionals
The International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (ISHTM) held its 2008 Annual Scholarship/Student Benefit Dinner, celebrating its 65th anniversary, at the Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center in Florham Park, N.J., on February 23. The affair was attended by more than 300 guests, and 200 students participated. The dinner showcased student talent and training in the areas of management, culinary arts and related service. The evening included a cocktail party with a vast array of foods and beverages, historical displays celebrating each decade of the school’s history and a three-course dinner.
Thirty-two scholarships — donated by various corporate, industry and service organizations as well as private sponsors — were presented to the school’s outstanding students. Since 2000, ISHTM has raised $300,000 through its annual dinners. These funds have provided numerous scholarships to the school’s growing number of students needing financial assistance. During the dinner, special mention was made of Peter Sammartino, FDU’s founder, and his love of food and travel, his dedication to nutrition and his desire to have the study of hospitality as one of FDU’s initial academic offerings. Since ISHTM’s founding in 1942, it has produced more than 2,500 graduates, many of whom hold key leadership positions in the hospitality and tourism industries and were in attendance at the event.
Club Manager’s Association of America
This year, with the generous support of the New Jersey Club Foundation, the Fairleigh Dickinson University Student Chapter of the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) was able to send seven hotel and restaurant management students and a faculty member, Kirsten Tripodi, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), to the CMAA World Conference on Club Management in Orlando, Fla. The students were Bilained Casado, Kim Gallego, Jessica Gonzalez, Massiel Rodriguez, Missy Somers and Jamie Taylor.
In addition to receiving two out of 10 Joe Perdue Scholarships (students Missy Somers and Cheryl Wisch), the group was recognized for their Idea Fair submission for senior and chapter relations with one of seven awards. More than 35 universities sent representatives, with only five universities recognized with awards. “This is an outstanding accomplishment for a young chapter, and we look forward to earning more recognition for Fairleigh Dickinson University, the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and the New Jersey Chapter of the CMAA in the future,” said Richard Wisch, hotel/restaurant/tourism management; associate dean and director, International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; and director, professional development sequence (Metro/Flor).
Petrocelli College Night
On February 21, Barbara Torna, Middle College Program director, continuing education (Metro), hosted the college’s annual Petrocelli College Night in the Stratis Lounge of the Rothman Athletic Center, Metropolitan Campus. Faculty, staff, alumni, friends of the college and educators and coordinators of the 76 high schools participating in the Middle College Program gathered for a reception in the lounge followed by a men’s basketball game between the FDU Knights and the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils. “This is a great event which brings the Petrocelli College and Middle College communities together to share thoughts, ideas and memories and also plan for the future of the program’s growth and success,” said Torna.
Paralegal Studies
The Paralegal Studies Program offered a free seminar, titled “Employment Verification Overview and Update Workshop with the Government,” on March 7 at the College at Florham. Topics discussed included: the Immigration Reform and Control Act; I-9 form updates, changes and audits; Social Security issues, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) E-Verify program; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IMAGE program and anti-discrimination provisions. Guest speakers included: Richard Crespo, senior trial attorney, Office of Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; Corrado Gigante, director, Newark Area Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and Aaron Rader, management/program analyst, educational branch, USCIS.
Another free seminar on “Family Law” was offered by Paralegal Studies on March 13 at FDU’s Monmouth County Graduate Center, Eatontown, N.J. Topics covered included: divorce law, child support and child-custody issues and alimony and domestic partnership. Jeffrey Jablonski, senior faculty member, paralegal studies, and partner, Gillespie, Gillespie & Jablonski, Kearny, N.J., was the featured speaker.
‘Slicing the Apple’
“Slicing the Apple,” a course for lovers of urban history and prospective New York City tour guides, will be offered for five Tuesdays (April 8–May 6), in Room 1134, Continuing Education Suite, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Herb Fischer, licensed New York City tour guide and a consultant for New York City Visitors and Convention Bureau, will conduct the course. Each session will focus on different areas of the city and highlight key topics that appear on the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs tour guide exam to prepare participants to become licensed New York City tour guides. The course fee is $125, which includes a nonrefundable $20 registration fee. To register or for more information call 201-692-2500 or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=181 .
University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies
2008 Education Conference
On February 29, approximately 215 teachers and administrators from surrounding school districts attended this year’s national education conference, “Serving Students with Special Needs: Strategies for Administrators and Teachers.” The half-day conference, co-sponsored by The Record and FDU’s Peter Sammartino School of Education, was held on the Metropolitan Campus. The keynote panel included Howard Lerner, assistant superintendent, Bergen County Office of Special Services; Michael Kuchar, superintendent, Bergenfield School District; Vasiliki Lempesis, inclusion specialist, Jersey City Schools; and Melanie O’Dea, special education consultant, New Jersey Department of Education Learning Resource Center/Central. See the photo story at http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0803/photo1.html .
‘Dress Up’
“Dress Up,” an exhibit by artist Meridith McNeal, will be on display in University College Art Gallery, Room 11, University Hall, Metropolitan Campus, until Friday, April 11. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information call 201-692-2801.
Wroxton College
Weekend Trips, College Events, Theater Productions, Visiting Speakers
This semester, students at Wroxton College are going on trips to historical sites in England and Scotland, participating in college events, attending theater performances and listening to lectures from several visiting speakers.
Students visited Stratford-upon-Avon, Kenilworth Castle and Cambridge in February, and there are plans for a weekend trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as trips to Tintern Abbey, Stonehenge, Parliament and Blenheim Palace. The college also organized several activities on its grounds — from a St. Valentine’s theme dinner and party and a medieval banquet to a barbecue and photography competition.
Students also will see productions of “The Merchant of Venice” at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; “Testing the Echo” at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; “Roots” at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester; and a performance of “Spamalot” at the Palace Theatre in London, among others.
Visiting speakers at Wroxton College this semester include Lord Morgan, historian and member of the House of Lords; Lord Clark of Windermere, former member of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s cabinet; Lord Norton of Louth, chair of the Constitution Committee, House of Lords; Sir Michael Quinlan, former permanent secretary, Ministry of Defense; George Jones, The London School of Economics; Mark Oaten, member of Parliament; Dilwar Hussain of the Islamic Foundation; and Simon Baldwin, chief executive, PCM Design.
Visitors to Wroxton
In January, several groups from FDU and Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., attended classes and internship programs at Wroxton College. Among them were FDU students in the master of fine arts in creative writing residency and FDU Metropolitan Campus global scholars. Education, business and mathematics groups from Randolph-Macon College held classes at Wroxton. FDU and Randolph-Macon conducted internship programs in Wroxton.
Captions:
Left photo: David Daniel, creative writing and director, creative writing, chats with Marjorie Keyishian, left, English, and Walter Cummins, emeritus, English and editor-in-chief, The Literary Review, (all Flor), before his presentation on “Excerpts from A Teaching Life: Emergency Theory and Imagination.”
Right photo: From left, Robyn Schiffman, English; Martin Green,English and chair, English/communication/philosophy; and Geoffrey Weinman, dean, Becton College (all Flor), review material during the Daniel discussion.
Top executives who will give presentations on campus are, from left, Lillian Rodríguez López, president of the Hispanic Federation; Edward Ludwig, chairman, president and chief executive officer of BD; Mervyn Turner, senior vice president, worldwide licensing/external research, Merck & Co.; and Robert Hugin, president and chief operating officer of Celgene Corporation.
Top left photo: Ruth Hladyk, center, director of professional development/internship, hospitality/tourism management (Flor), with Eta Sigma Delta scholarship winners Kirsten McGlynn, left, and Kelly Lengyel, right.
Top right photo: Lisa Ryan, left, director, off-campus classes, hospitality/tourism management (Metro/Flor), and director, educational program design and development, Wyndham Hotel Group, with Wyndham scholarship winner Tramaine Cooper.
Bottom photo: Richard Wisch, center front row, hotel/restaurant/tourism management; associate dean/director, International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; and director, Professional Development Sequence (Metro/Flor), with some of the scholarship winners announced at the dinner.
Valerie Barnes
Program Director, Financial Planning Program, Continuing Education
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
Ten years.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
I would like to meet New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I admire his confident, quiet and reassuring leadership style, and he has done a remarkable job of governing New York City in turbulent economic times.
One of the things I have in my refrigerator all the time is …
… wonderful tasting water from my well and lemons. My refrigerator is spartan and uninteresting these days, since I have been visiting a nutritionist. All the goodies have been banned, and they are unlikely to return. This is particularly challenging because I am surrounded by “foodies” at work. In season, my refrigerator is filled with fresh fruits and vegetables from the local farmers’ market. There is usually a dark chocolate square or two tucked in there.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
I am reading The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner, a travelogue of ideas. It is about places and how places in every sense of the word shape us and define us. I have a strong sense of place, so this is of particular interest to me.
Something I have always wanted to learn is …
… more about regional American plein-air painters such as the New Hope Impressionist group and their favorite painting spots across the river in New Jersey.
I collect …
… American decorative arts, lately bone-handled Victorian spoons and serving pieces and vintage special-event dinner menus.
If I won the lottery, I would …
… immediately call a team of Certified Financial Planners for advice. A windfall means enormous tax consequences. My wants and needs are relatively simple.
Of course, I would support FDU with scholarships for promising students who are interested in serving the public good. I would establish a fresh-flower fund for magnificent bouquets to greet staff, faculty, students and visitors in the Mansion [Hennessy Hall] and Dickinson Hall and provide for artwork and old photographs from the FDU archives to be displayed on walls in every building. The Orangerie would be enhanced with large lemon and orange trees in beautiful terra cotta pots and a plant service would be hired to make sure they are thriving. I would explore revenue possibilities: a campus-based Continuing Education Center in a green, architecturally significant building with easy parking; and a consortium of FDU, College of St. Elizabeth and Drew University offering classes, seminars and lectures for our neighbors in the surrounding communities. Perhaps FDU could establish a revenue-producing college café in Madison, N.J., to provide wonderful food, revenue for the University and jobs for students. The gardens at Wroxton, particularly the rose gardens, are special. It would be interesting to explore developing a Wroxton Rose that could be sold to visitors.
I would enroll in a school to learn to become a philanthropist to address issues of financial literacy and housing solutions for aging women who live alone. Women live longer and generally have to live on less. We must find better solutions for this important social issue.
People would be surprised to know that I …
… have a passionate interest in American history and American cultural development and that I serve on the Bernardsville Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation. Part of our mission is educational, and three times a year we have speakers on some aspect of preservation, architecture and landscape design. The series is enormously popular, and our audience has been growing. Each lecture has been attracting more than 100 guests.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I love working with people. It is stimulating, interesting, challenging and never boring. Working in social isolation would be very difficult.
Michael Koskinen
Instructional and Technical Support Specialist, Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
Since September 2007.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
Steve Jobs [Apple co-founder] because he seems very entertaining on television and has a wealth of knowledge in the history of computing.
One of the things I have in my refrigerator all the time is ...
… chocolate cherry Diet Dr. Pepper.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
I recently saw “Juno,” and I thought it was tremendous.
Something I've always wanted to learn is ...
… how to ride a motorcycle.
I collect ...
… losing lottery tickets.
If I won the lottery, I would ...
… purchase a recycling plant to recycle all of my losing lottery tickets.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… use eBay way too much.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I’ve always wanted to be a general manager for a professional sports team. I would never want any job in the medical field. The insides of people kind of creep me out.
Odysseus Makridis
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
Since the spring semester, 2001.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
Most of the people I would like to meet are dead; so, they are not included in the restricted set of people-alive-today sense of world. But if I can expand the set to include people who are known to have lived at some point, I would like to meet Leibniz, the German philosopher, diplomat and mathematician who, among other things co-invented differential calculus and wrote a long treatise trying to reconcile the existence of physical and moral evil in the world with the presumed existence of an all-powerful and benevolent deity. (My choice of languages to use in talking to him would be Latin, French and German — what do you think?)
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
I enjoyed reading a book outside my area of expertise recently: Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. Johnson, John F. Kennedy’s vice president who ascended to the presidency after Kennedy was assassinated, is a fascinating figure if you are interested in how institutional mechanisms work, how they are supposed to work and how they can be circumvented, reinvented and stretched to work in unexpected, and often undesirable, ways.
As a Senate majority leader, Johnson pushed our system of government as close as it could get to a European-style, cabinet-type government. This is not what the Founding Fathers intended. Read and find for yourself how he managed to have policies pass by behind-closed-door bargaining with minimal debate of issues in the Senate and very little friction for administrations. Johnson was a master of mechanical-institutional manipulation, bargaining technique and alliance-building maneuvering. But what is the purpose of all this ado? The mystery of the man comprises the big question: what, if any, values did he deem essential, for the sake of which all this fuss was worth undertaking? Johnson became acutely aware of this metaphysical desideratum, especially near the end of his life. As president, he made an effort to promote the most aggressive civil rights legislation ever but, inevitably, did not go very far because he became bogged down in the unfolding Vietnam debacle. (Well, Kennedy assassination buffs are also interested in the perennial question as to whether Johnson had anything to do with some kind of conspiracy to assassinate JFK, but I don’t have anything on that …)
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is ...
… mathematical techniques, like Hessian matrices, which are used to solve many-variable systems of equations and are opaque to the uninitiated; also the theorems in one of the most advanced areas of formal logic known as decidability theorems.
I collect ...
… logic textbooks.
If I won the lottery, I would ...
… not stop teaching or studying philosophy.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… play soccer videogames.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
Although I was never really tempted by law school in spite of my good grades, I do find jurisprudence (not to be confused with gimmicky lawyering) attractive. I would not want to have anything to do with the corporate occupations.
Marilyn Rubin
Lecturer of Allied Health and Associate Director of Allied Health Programs
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
I have been at FDU since fall 2004.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
I would have to go back in time and wish I had the opportunity to meet Golda Meir, Israel’s first prime minister (1969–1974) and the third woman in the world to hold this office. She also was known as the “iron lady” of the Israeli cabinet and one of two women who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948.
One of the things I have in my refrigerator all the time is ...
… yogurt.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
I really enjoyed reading My Sister’s Keeper, by Jody Picoult. This book deals with a timely moral dilemma — is it ethical to conceive a child that meets certain genetic requirements, thus a “designer baby”? I require this book in my Bioethics class since the subject matter is relevant to the course.
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is ...
… how to read Hebrew, since I only attended Hebrew School for a few years as a child. Last year, I began weekly classes in learning how to read Hebrew in preparation for an Adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah Program, which is being conducted at Congregation Beth Shalom in Teaneck, N.J.
I collect ...
… items that have dragon flies since I am fascinated watching them circle around while I am boating on the Stockbridge Bowl in Stockbridge, Mass.
If I won the lottery, I would ...
… continue doing everything I do now in my wonderful life, but with more style and a lot less stress and worry. I also would help my children pay off their student loans for college and graduate school.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… love to walk and have earned the nick name of “Mrs. Walker.” I also love to garden and enjoy listening to classical music, especially during the summer at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
This is the profession I love, medical technology and allied health science, but if I had the opportunity to do it over again, I would go to medical school. I would like to have nothing to do with politics or mortuary science.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University has declared Friday, March 21, 2008, as “FDU Day for A Journey for 9/11.” George Martin, former Giants football star, FDU alumnus (BA’87, Ruth) and former FDU trustee, has made national headlines in his “Journey for 9/11.” Martin is walking from the George Washington Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge to raise money for 9/11 rescue workers who have significant health problems. Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor), and a member of the Journey for 9/11 board of directors, will join Martin in New Mexico on March 21 and walk 20 miles alongside him. To support Dean Vehrkens, “FDU Day for A Journey for 9/11” is seeking pledges for this cause. Martin has so far traveled more than 1,000 miles and as of March 11 was walking west of Kress, Texas. FDU is a sponsoring institution. For more information go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/vehrkenswalk911.html or to make a donation, go to http://www.ajourneyfor911.info .
• On Wednesday, March 26, Kyaw Tint Swe, permanent representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, will talk about “Myanmar — Past, Present and Future” at 6:30 p.m. in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. On Wednesday, April 9, Peter Maurer, permanent representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, will discuss “Switzerland in Europe and in the World” at 6:30 p.m. in Room 100, Robison Hall Annex, Metropolitan Campus. For more information, go to http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0802/unevents.html .
• Spring graduate open houses are scheduled from 6–8 p.m., on Thursday, April 24, in Dickinson Hall at the Metropolitan Campus, and on Tuesday, April 29, in Hennessy Hall (Mansion) at the College at Florham. For more information contact Devika Milner, associate director of graduate admissions (Flor), at 973-443-8908 or devika@fdu.edu.
• The Cyber Crime Training Lab Calendar 2007, left below, and the College at Florham student handbook 2007–2008, A Gilded Past: A Bright Future, right below, received merit awards in their respective categories — other publications (special) and publication/internal — from the Admissions Marketing Report 23rd Annual Admission Advertising Awards competition.
Education Conference
This year’s national education conference, “Serving Students with Special Needs: Strategies for Administrators and Teachers,” was held on February 29 at the Metropolitan Campus.
Education faculty members from the Metropolitan Campus led breakout sessions. They included John Cowen, elementary education/reading and program coordinator, MAT elementary education/literacy reading specialist certification (Response to Intervention for Struggling Readers); Mary Farrell, learning disabilities education and director, dyslexia studies (Understanding Orton Gillingham Instruction); Daniel Aronoff, deputy director, education (Mathematical Strategies for Students with Special Needs); Teresa Montani, learning disabilities; associate director, education; and director, learning disabilities; Miriam Singer, education and director, QUEST/BA-MAT; and Charles DeLorenzo, education (Meeting Needs of Diverse Learners in an Inclusive Setting); Ellen Campbell, education and director, MA in education for certified teachers (Using Visual Literacy Standards to Assess Children in Math, Social Studies, Science and Literature); and Carl Schavio, education and director, MA in educational leadership (Education Leadership and Special Education: Synergy, Conflict or Ambiguity?). A session on “Newspapers in the Special-needs Classroom” was led by Cynthia Forster, education services manager, and Jon McClain, Newspaper in Education coordinator, both from The Record.
Captions:
From left, Khyati Joshi, education (Metro); graduate students Amy Arnold and Miranda McMahon; and Vicki Cohen, education and director, education (Metro), stand in front of the students’ poster presentations at the education conference.
From left, Miriam Singer, education and director, QUEST (Metro); Teresa Montani, education; associate director, education; and director, learning disabilities (Metro); and Charles DeLorenzo, educational leadership (Metro), discuss their presentations during a conference break.
Public Safety Seminar
Public safety officers from the College at Florham and the Metropolitan Campus attended a seminar, “Unarmed Officer’s Response to Critical Interactions,” presented by Awareness Protective Consultants at the College at Florham. Public safety administrators from the local colleges also attended.
Caption:
Seminar attendees and presenter are, from left, Glenn Priesmeyer, lieutenant, public safety (Flor); Robert Treiber, acting captain, Florham Park Police department; Willie Thornton, director, campus public safety (Flor); and Jose Medina, president/director of operations, Awareness Protective Consultants.
The Real CSI
“The Real CSI: Forensics, False Convictions and the Innocence Project,” a presentation and panel discussion, was held on March 6 at the Metropolitan Campus. Sponsored by the School of Administrative Science of the Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies, the free presentation featured panelists Gabriel Oberfeld, research analyst, Innocence Project; David Shepard, exoneree and president, Northeast Council on the Wrongfully Convicted; Fernanda Santos, reporter, The New York Times; and Roger Koppl, economics/finance and executive director, Institute for Forensic Science and Administration (Flor). The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period.
Caption:
From left are Gabriel Oberfeld, research analyst, Innocence Project; and Roger Koppl, economics/finance and executive director, Institute for Forensic Science and Administration (Flor); Ronald Calissi, executive associate dean for off-campus credit programs, Petrocelli College and director, administrative science (Metro/Flor); and David Shepard, exoneree and president, Northeast Council on the Wrongfully Convicted.
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