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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).

March 2008

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