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Fairleigh Dickinson presented an honorary degree to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the Academic Convocation on September 10 at the College at Florham. The secretary-general then delivered the keynote speech, “Thinking Globally in a Global Age,” during the annual celebration, which also featured the presentation of the Distinguished Faculty Awards and the Pillars of FDU awards, the conferring of a new endowed chair and the introduction of new faculty.
Ban, who was named the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations in 2006, was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters. He is the second U.N. secretary-general to receive an honorary doctorate from Fairleigh Dickinson. The first U.N. Secretary General, Trygve Lee, received one in 1953.
Conferring Ban’s degree, FDU President J. Michael Adams cited his “determination to build a stronger United Nations, faithful to its original ideas … and a United Nations responsive to a complex and interdependent world.”
In his first-ever address in the state of New Jersey, Ban discussed the importance of developing a global perspective to address the key challenges facing the international community. The secretary-general focused in particular on the threat of global warming as well as the need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, a series of objectives agreed upon by member states to address poverty, disease and other issues.Ban also highlighted the University’s close partnership with the United Nations, saying, “The path between Fairleigh Dickinson and the United Nations is well-worn indeed, to the benefit of both of us.” He added that he was especially honored because this was his first honorary doctorate received outside the Republic of Korea. He said he considered his honorary degree as another “sign of the very close relationship between the United Nations and Fairleigh Dickinson University.” For the full text of Ban’s address, go to http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=3388.
Before becoming secretary-general, Ban served as the Republic of Korea’s minister of foreign affairs and trade. His long career with the ministry also included service as foreign policy adviser to the president. His ties to the United Nations go back to 1975, when he worked for the ministry’s U.N. division. In 2001, he was the chef de cabinet during Korea’s presidency of the U.N. General Assembly. He also has been active with inter-Korean relations and was vice chair of the South-North Joint Nuclear Control Commission.
An FDU faculty member since 1981, David Rosen is the author of the groundbreaking and well-reviewed book, Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism, which makes the case that the child-soldier problem reflects changing social and legal views of childhood. The book was recently translated into Italian. His contributions to this realm of scholarship have expanded to include articles such as, “Child Soldiers, International Humanitarian Law, and the Globalization of Childhood” and a forthcoming piece about child soldiers in literature. He also helped frame the American Anthropological Association initiative to promote U.S. ratification of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. In addition, he has authored Readings in Anthopology and numerous chapters and papers on subjects like American families, Judaism, the Middle East, poverty and slavery. For his many leadership roles on campus, he was honored in 2000 with the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service. For the complete citation, go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=6544.
The University also honored Vladimir Zwass, computer science/management information systems and deputy director, computer science/management information systems/e-commerce/mathematics (Metro), as the first holder of the Gregory Olsen Endowed Chair in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. The chair was named in honor of alumnus Gregory Olsen, BS’66, BS’68, MS’68 (Metro), scientist, entrepreneur, space-traveler and University trustee.
Zwass is a foremost expert in the field of information systems and e-commerce. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management Information Systems, now in its 25th year of publication and one of the top three journals in the discipline, and the International Journal of Electronic Commerce, established 12 years ago and ranked the number-one research journal in e-commerce. He also is the founding editor-in-chief of the highly regarded Advances in Management Information Systems monograph series.Zwass has written authoritative texts such as Management Information Systems and Foundations of Information Systems, as well as numerous articles. An FDU professor for more than three decades, he has also led the development of two graduate programs: the MS in electronic commerce and the MS in management information systems. The full citation honoring Zwass is online at http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=6529.
The Pillars of FDU Awards, given to outstanding staff, were presented to Wilbert “Rudy” Burton, scheduling officer, enrollment services (Flor); Bradley Levy, associate director, Educational Opportunity Fund (Flor); Martha “Marty” Megna, coordinator, enrollment services (Metro); and Alice Mills, co-director of counseling service, student counseling and psychological services (Metro).
A member of the FDU community for more than 20 years, Wilbert “Rudy” Burton assigns about 1,000 courses per semester to particular classrooms. His citation read, “With a remarkable memory and uncanny attention to detail, you are the epitome of efficiency. Your efforts truly fuel the academic operation, aligning with precision faculty, students and classrooms in one big jigsaw puzzle that needs to be recreated every semester.” For the complete citation, go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=6547.
Bradley Levy has been associated with the University for nearly three decades and earned both an undergraduate and a graduate degree from the University, BA’83, MBA’88 (Metro). He has played a strong role in integrating global education with the EOF program. As his citation declared, “Your leadership and dedication have defined the [EOF] program and motivated so many students to achieve what they themselves didn’t think possible.” For the complete citation, go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=6546.Captions:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Left photo: FDU President J. Michael Adams, left, introduces United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, third from left, to Brian Singleton, second from left, and Jonathan Thai, right, Student Government Association presidents of the College at Florham and Metropolitan Campus, respectively.
Right photo: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, receives an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from FDU President J. Michael Adams.
As of the first week of the semester, the freshman class of 2012 includes 1,097 students.
As usual the majority of the freshman class — 84 percent — comes from the state of New Jersey. Other states and U.S. territories represented include: California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
Other countries represented include: Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam. The percentage of international students enrolled in the incoming class at the Metropolitan Campus is 13 percent and at the College at Florham one percent.Caption:
President J. Michael Adams, center, speaks with a student at orientation. Candlelighting ceremonies were held at the College at Florham, left, on August 24, and at the Metropolitan Campus, right, on August 25.
Two new deans greeted students this fall semester: Patti Mills, dean, University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies (Metro), and Brian Mauro, dean of students (Flor).
Patti Mills comes to Fairleigh Dickinson from The Pennsylvania State University (Altoona Campus), where she served as associate dean for academic affairs and professor of business administration since 2006.She has held academic and administrative positions in the Pennsylvania State University system including interim campus executive officer at Penn State Schuykill, interim assistant dean for graduate studies at Penn State Capital College and assistant dean for academic affairs at Penn State Capital College. Prior to joining the Pennsylvania State University system in 2000, she held several faculty and administrative positions at Indiana State University.
Mills holds a PhD in history from the University of Rochester, an MAS in accounting from the University of Illinois and a BA in history from the State University of New York at Fredonia. She holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate from the state of Illinois and has published extensively in accounting and business history.The 2007 recipient of Penn State’s Lehigh Valley Campus Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty, Mauro taught Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems, Introduction to Probability and Statistics and a camping and canoeing course. He was honored with the 2000 Student Appreciation and Recognition Award.
Mauro earned a BA as a dual major in sociology and economics from Millersville University, Pa., his master’s of education from Ohio University and his PhD in human development — higher education administration from Marywood University, Scranton, Pa.Captions:
Patti Mills
Brian Mauro
The University’s libraries are offering a full schedule of exhibits and events this semester, highlighted by a national traveling exhibition on founding father Alexander Hamilton at Weiner Library, Metropolitan Campus, and a photo exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the College at Florham in its library.
Speakers to Illuminate Hamilton’s Life and Times• Thursday, October 16, 2:30 p.m.: Opening ceremony and lecture, “Alexander Hamilton as a Congressman in the Final Years of the War,” by Thomas James Fleming, historian and author of Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America.
• Monday, October 20, 2 p.m.: “Dynamic Learning Styles: Hamilton vs. Franklin,” James Marcum, University librarian.The discussions are free, but reservations are required. To reserve seats, contact colleend@fdu.edu.
College at Florham Early Years Shown
As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the College at Florham, the library has prepared a photographic exhibition of “Photographs and Memorabilia From the Early Days: College at Florham, 50th Anniversary, 1958–2008, showing images drawn from the archives of the beginning period of the campus (and even the pre-campus Vanderbilt-Twombly estate). There is a sampling of campus publications produced during the campus’s early years as well. The exhibition is mounted in the lobby of the College at Florham Library, and will continue through Friday, October 17. See “A Golden Celebration — College at Florham Celebrates 50th Year” this issue http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0809/50thyear.html.Libraries Announce Grants
University libraries have received four new grants.
The Meadowlands Commission has given $44,000 for digitization and preservation of Meadowlands materials that the University has collected for years. The Meadowlands collection includes approximately 150 maps and 150 books and reports.A grant from the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) will allow the libraries to organize, archive and develop a finder’s tool and index for the association’s papers, a project with a value of approximately $5,000.
The Andy Cappon Community Action Project has given $10,000 to archive 50 boxes of materials from the Cornucopia community organization, a leader in the volunteer environmental movement in New Jersey and the region.A $5,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will let the Conservation Center for Art and Historical Artifacts assess some library collections and judge their value. The libraries can then submit grant proposals to have especially valuable collections archived or digitized.
Photography ExhibitsFor information about the Eric Dong exhibit, call Della O’Malley, reference librarian (Metro), at 201-692-2140 or e-mail dellao@fdu.edu.
This fall, dignitaries from the European Union, Nigeria, Venezuela and Ireland will lecture on campus as part of the free United Nations Pathways Lecture Series. Videoconferences and NGO briefings, also free, are scheduled.
“Faculty are encouraged to motivate their students from all disciplines to participate in the U.N. Pathways programs as part of their preparation as global citizens,” said Jason Scorza, associate provost for global learning (Metro/Flor) and philosophy/political science (Metro.A former political director-deputy director-general of the European Commission, Valenzuela has more than 30 years of experience in economic issues, foreign affairs and international development. He had prior stints as ambassador at large, Coordinator Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe; special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations; ambassador of Spain to Canada; and president and chief executive officer of the Spanish International Development Agency. He has been a member of the Advisory Council Asia House in Barcelona, Spain, since 2003.
On Wednesday, October 22, Amb. Joy Ogwu, permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, will talk about “Nigeria — Its Role in Africa and in the World” at 6 p.m. in Room 100, Robison Hall Annex, Metropolitan Campus.Prior to her appointment to the United Nations, Ogwu had been Nigeria’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2007, only the second woman to ever hold that position. She was the first woman to become director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. In 2006, she also served as chairman of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
As a presidential delegate and special adviser to Nigerian delegations to the United Nations General Assembly since 1988, she has contributed to formulating government policy in such areas as the development of a Nigerian-South American relationship and the implementation of a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-funded program for teaching human rights in Nigerian schools. She participated in the 1990 United Nations Special Session on Apartheid and the 1994 Multinational United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa (UNOMSA). She was also an adviser on the Nigerian delegation to the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995. Ogwu is considered a foremost voice for women’s development and human rights.Valero Briceño was vice-minister for external affairs in charge of North America and multilateral issues since 2006, prior to which he was his country’s permanent representative at the Organization of American States for three years. From 2001 to 2003, he was ambassador to the Republic of Korea.
During his public service career, Valero Briceño also held the posts of governor at the Fund for International Development of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); president of the Presidential Commission in preparation for the OPEC II Summit of 2000; and president of the Commission for Social Debt of the Latin-American Parliament. He served as an expert in the diplomatic archives at the United States National Archives and the Foreign Office in London.Kavanagh previously served in Geneva as Ireland’s permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and international offices. From 2004 to 2006, he was his country’s ambassador to the European Union’s Political and Security Committee in Brussels, Belgium. From 2003 to 2004, Kavanagh was deputy political director at Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. He also served as political coordinator of Ireland’s delegation to the United Nations Security Council, and was the deputy coordinator of Ireland’s campaign for election to the Security Council at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The U.N. Pathways lectures are sponsored by FDU’s Office of Global Learning and are presented in conjunction with The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations. They are preceded by a half-hour refreshment/reception period.The videoconferences are sponsored by FDU’s Office of Global Learning and are presented in conjunction with The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations.
NGO BriefingsFor More Information
For more information on all the U.N. events contact 973-443-8876 or e-mail jo-anne_murphy@fdu.edu or go to the Web site http://www.globaleducation.edu.
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Amb. Fernando Valenzuela
Amb. Joy Ogwu (Photo credit: U.N. Photo/Evan Schneider)
Amb. John Paul Kavanagh (Photo credit: U.N. Photo/Paulo Filgueiras)
Fairleigh Dickinson University was among the U.N./DPI (Department of Information)-accredited nongovernmental organizations that attended the 61st Annual NGO/DPI Conference from September 3 to 5 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France — the first time the conference took place outside the U.N. Headquarters in New York City. This year’s conference, titled “Reaffirming Human Rights for All: The Universal Declaration at 60,” celebrated the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The University was represented by two of its Global Scholars: Jillian Cadet, a business management major from the Metropolitan Campus, and Jackie Humen, a political science major from the College at Florham. They were accompanied by Jason Scorza, associate provost for global learning (Metro/Flor) and philosophy/political science (Metro), and Jo Anne Murphy, coordinator of U.N. programs, global learning (Flor/Metro).Scorza welcomed the opportunity to be part of what he said “represents the best of what the global civil society — complex intersecting and overlapping organizations and associations that work tirelessly to address the health, environmental, economic and security challenges facing the world — has to offer.”
Attending the conference was a valuable learning experience for Cadet and Humen, Murphy said, “Such experiences provide an intensive learning environment. However, they also enable our students to learn how to relate and communicate with people of vastly diverse cultures and concerns. They experience the warmth of human exchange, seeing the world through the eyes of the other, and even networking for possible internship opportunities for fieldwork in the future.”
Aside from attending breakout sessions and workshops on various human rights issues, Cadet and Humen interviewed some of the conference delegates, who, Cadet said, “helped put a face to the thousands of representatives who attend these conferences, put a face on human rights issues and give global exposure to the motives and inspirations of these representatives.”
Among the delegates they interviewed were Shamina de Gonzaga, assistant to the president of the General Assembly and conference chairperson; Nkem Oselloka-Orakwue, executive director of the Children and Young Persons Development Centre in Nigeria; Nina Goncharova, president of International Interface; Idika Christiana Ngozi, a nun from the Congregations of Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy who is involved with UNANIMA International; Sozan Abdelsam, Sudanese human/women’s rights lawyer; Sistei Sujata, Florence Home Foundation; Joyce Oneko, founder of Mamana Dada-Africa; Ene Ede, founder of Equity Advocates; and Carmen Magallon, vice president, Fundación Seminario De Investigación Para La Paz.
Scorza said, “I fully expect that the experience of the students at this human rights conference will not only have a transformational impact on their own studies and careers, but will also help develop programs and initiatives to engage students on all of our campuses.”Other members of the University community who are interested in learning more about current global issues may attend any of the weekly NGO briefings held at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City (see United Nations Events Scheduled this issue http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0809/unevents.html or go to http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp.
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FDU NOW, The Campaign for Fairleigh Dickinson University, recently received a $1.7 million gift from the estate of Valerie Becton Mills, the sister of FDU trustee emeritus Henry Becton and the daughter of one of the University’s founders, Maxwell Becton.
“This generous gift will provide for the long-term growth of the University and impact FDU students for many years to come,” said Delia Perez, director of planned giving, University advancement (Metro/Flor).
In its 50th year, the College at Florham is celebrating past achievements and looking forward to greater accomplishments. In a message to the campus community, Kenneth Greene, campus provost (Flor), said, “We have grown from a very small campus of fewer than 100 students in 1958 to a complex college with over 2,500 undergraduates and almost 1,000 graduate students. For 50 years, members of the College at Florham community have been working together to provide help and support for our students. It is a tradition that we can all be proud of and that will guide us in our next 50 years.”
To celebrate its golden anniversary, the College at Florham is hosting a special yearlong series of events and activities.
Photography Exhibit
Archived photographs of the College at Florham — including images of the Vanderbilt-Twombly estate — as well as samples of publications printed during the campus’s early years are on display at the College at Florham Library until Friday, October 17. The exhibit, “Photographs and Memorabilia From the Early Days: College at Florham, 50th Anniversary, 1958–2008, may be viewed from Mon.–Thu., 8:30 a.m.–11 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun., 2–10 p.m. For information call 973-443-8515 or 973-443-8516.
Trivia Contest
History buffs can try their hand at the monthly trivia contest — with each month focusing on a particular decade. This month’s trivia question focuses on the college and events of the 1950s. Prizes will be awarded each month to a student and a faculty/staff member whose entry is randomly selected from correct responses. Winners will receive either a $75 gift certificate to the campus bookstore or a $75 deposit to their Fairleigh 1Card account.
The contest is open to all full- and part-time students, faculty and staff. Entry forms are in the Student Center and the Great Hall of Hennessy Hall (Mansion). Just tear off an entry form, answer the questions and put the completed form in one of the contest boxes. Participants can use any form of research to find the answers to the questions, including working with other students or faculty/staff members. However, each person can submit only one entry each month. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Each month’s winners will be announced during the week following the closing of the contest. This month’s contest will close on September 30.
Homecoming and Family Weekend
This year’s Homecoming and Family Weekend will be held at the College at Florham on October 10–12. Events and activities include a pep rally, alumni awards, VIP picnic, a charity carnival and activities fair, homecoming football game, campus tours and video presentations. For more details see Homecoming and Alumni/Family Weekend this issue (http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0809/weekends.html).
The Ten
“Something to Sing About: Selections Spanning the Half Century,” a concert by The Ten, an a capella group, will be held on Sunday, October 26, at 3 p.m., in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion). The concert is sponsored by the Friends of Florham, who invite you to celebrate the College at Florham’s 50th anniversary. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $25; a reception is included. For information call 201-692-7008.
Events planned for the remainder of the year include the Student Government Association Induction ceremony, a performance of the musical “Guys and Dolls,” a tree-planting ceremony, a talent show, the creation of a time capsule, an antique car show and the Senior Dinner and Candlelighting Ceremony.
Also in his remarks to the campus community, Greene said, “The most important progress has come in our academic programs. We have added new majors and minors, expanded the University Honors Program, introduced the Florham Scholars Program and enhanced study abroad. We have also moved our academic programs beyond the classrooms through programs such as “Hot Topics” and trips to Washington; New York; Philadelphia; and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to visit museums, art exhibits, theaters, research sites and financial centers. Our academic programs are stronger now than they have ever been. If a member of our community had left us in 1995 and not returned until 2008, he or she would not recognize us. Our progress in facilities, student affairs and academics has been dramatic. But one thing they would recognize is our concern for our students and for each other.”
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The Ten singing group.
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
Bianca Finzi-Contini Calabresi, assistant professor, English (Flor) — PhD, MPhil, Columbia University; BA, Yale University
Katherine Dunsmore, assistant professor, communication (Flor) — MA, University of Washington, Seattle; BA, University of Portland
Anastasia Louka, lecturer, psychology (Flor) — MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University; BA, The American College of Greece
Gary Meyer, lecturer, mathematics (Flor) — MA, Kean University; BA, Montclair University
Edith Myers-Arnold, assistant professor, biology (Flor) — PhD,University of Pennsylvania; BA, University of Delaware
Nancy Robillard, lecturer, theater (Flor) — MFA, Illinois State University; BA, State University of New York at Oneonta
Anthony Spina, lecturer, communication (Flor) — PhD, MA, Fielding Graduate University; BS, St. Peter’s College
Silberman College of Business
Li Qin, assistant professor, information systems (Metro) — PhD, MBA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; BA, BS, Tianjin University, China
Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies
Francisco Parra, senior lecturer, Puerta al Futuro (Metro)— MAS, BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies
Yoo Jung An, visiting assistant professor, computer science (Metro)— PhD, MS, New Jersey Institute of Technology; MS, Dongguk University, South Korea; BS, Kookmin University, South Korea
Stanley Bielewicz, lecturer, civil engineering technology (Metro) — MS, BS, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Sylvia Cabassa, clinical instructor, nursing (Metro) — MSN, BSN, AAS, Felician College; MPS, The New School; BS, Manhattan College
Donna Carrazone, clinical instructor, nursing (Metro) — MSN, Columbia University; BSN, Felician College
Kathleen Davis, assistant professor, psychology (Metro) — PhD, MA, Ball State University; BA, Temple University
Alayne Fitzpatrick, associate professor, nursing (Metro) — PdM, Mercy College; EdD, Columbia University; MSN, Hunter College, City University of New York; BSN, Dominican College; AAS, Orange County Community College, State University of New York
Joyce Kalinoski, lecturer, education (Metro) — PhD, MS, Syracuse University; BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Zhiwei Mao, assistant professor, electrical engineering (Metro) — PhD, University of Victoria, Canada; MSc, BSc, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Conrad Odiase, lecturer, construction engineering technology (Metro) — MS, University of Illinois; MS, Columbia University; BS, Lawrence Technological University
Joan Paternoster, associate professor, nursing (Metro) — PhD, MS, Adelphi University; BS, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University
Hong Zhao, assistant professor, electrical engineering (Metro) — PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology; MS, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China; BS, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
To Associate Professor
Yolanda Hawkins-Rodgers, psychology (Flor)
Jennifer Lehr, communication (Flor)
Odysseus Makridis, philosophy (Flor)
Robert Mayans, mathematics/computer science (Flor)
John Schiemann, political science (Flor)
Lona Whitmarsh, psychology (Flor)
Silberman College of Business
To Professor
Yongbeom Kim, information systems (Flor)
Richard Kjetsaa, economics/finance (Metro)
University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies
To Professor
John Cowen, education (Metro)
To Associate Professor
Khyati Joshi, education (Metro)
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
Donalee Brown, psychology (Flor)
Robert Mayans, mathematics/computer science (Flor)
John Schiemann, political science (Flor)
University College: Arts • Scienes • Professional Studies
Alice Benzecry, biological sciences (Metro)
Khyati Joshi, education (Metro)
Miriam Singer, education (Metro)
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
Allen Cohen, music (Flor), fall semester
Joan Desilets, health/physical education (Flor), spring semester
Howard Libov, film (Flor), spring semester
Odysseus Makridis, philosophy (Flor), spring semester
David Rosen, anthropology (Flor), spring semester
Neil Salzman, political science (Flor), spring semester
Neelu Sinha, computer science (Flor), academic year
Diane Keyser Wentworth, psychology (Flor), spring semester
Silberman College of Business
Frank Brunetti, law/taxation (Metro), fall semester
Frederick Englander, economics (Flor), spring semester
Gerard Farias, management (Flor), spring semester
Govindasami Naadimuthu, decision sciences (Flor), spring semester
Jonathan Schiff, accounting (Metro), fall semester
Ron West, tax/law (Flor), spring semester
Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies
Ralph Selig, mathematics/computer science (Metro), spring semester
University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies
James Dougherty, chemistry (Metro), fall semester
Yelena Aronson, computer graphics (Metro), spring semester
Juliana Lachenmeyer, psychology (Metro), spring semester
Richard Lo Pinto, biological sciences (Metro), spring semester
Joan Taylor, fine arts (Metro), spring semester
Alumni and Family Weekend will take place on the Metropolitan Campus on October 3–5, while Homecoming and Family Weekend at the College at Florham will celebrate the campus’s 50th Anniversary on October 10–12. FDU faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Metropolitan Campus — ‘Imagine — Past, Present and Future’
The Metropolitan Campus Alumni and Family Weekend events are spread over three days. On Friday, October 3, there will be an alumni happy hour at The Poitin Still bar and restaurant in Hackensack. Activities on Saturday, October 4, will include a 5k run/walk; the Knights baseball alumni game; an all-you-can-eat barbecue brunch; a carnival with a special Kids’ Corner; a free motorcycle safety course sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education; the John Lennon Bus, a mobile video and music recording studio; a memorabilia display and video presentation of “I Dreamed a College,” featuring University founders Peter and Sally Sammartino; a Knights men’s soccer game against Temple University; the dedication of the 2008 Graduating Class Gift; and more. On Sunday, October 5, there will be a bus trip to midtown Manhattan.
For details on these and more activities and to register, go to http://www.myfdu.net/metrohomecoming, e-mail fdualumni@fdu.edu or call Madelyn Fine at 201-692-7013.
College at Florham — ‘Then & Now’
At the College at Florham, the weekend will kick off with a pep rally at the Ferguson Recreation Center on Friday, October 10.
Activities on Saturday, October 11, will revolve around the theme “Then & Now.” There will be a 5k run/walk; a charity carnival and activities fair; the homecoming football game: FDU Devils vs. Wilkes Colonels; a pregame VIP picnic; a women’s tennis game: FDU Devils vs. Manhattanville Valiants; the John Lennon Bus, a mobile video and music recording studio; a memorabilia display featuring the The Metro student newspaper from 1958 through 2008; and the alumni awards ceremonies and the presentation of the Knauff Family Scholarship and the 2008 Graduating Class Gift.
At the alumni awards ceremony, sponsored by the Alumni Association Board of Governors, Vincent Varrassi, MAT’73 (Flor), MA’76 (Ruth), director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), will receive the Elia G. Stratis CASTLE Award for his outstanding loyalty and service to Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sherri Glaab, BA’01, MAT’02 (Flor), will receive the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. A teacher in charge in the Bloomingdale, N.J., school district, Glaab was honored with the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Award in 2007. Hope Field, BA’04, MA’07 (Flor), president of the Young Alumni Association (YAA), and Lyndsay Kraw, BS’04 (Flor), social chair, YAA, will receive Volunteer of the Year Awards.
In the evening, video viewings of “I Dreamed a College,” featuring Peter and Sally Sammartino, and “Florham,” produced by Harvey Flaxman, emeritus, theater (Flor), will run, and alumni, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to record their own video messages of their memories of the campus. Alumni relations, the Alumni Association Board of Governors and the Young Alumni Association will host a happy hour to toast the campus’s 50th anniversary.
Capping off the weekend will be the Devils alumni softball game on Sunday, October 12.
For details on these and more activities and to register, go to http://www.myfdu.net/florhomecoming, e-mail fdualumni@fdu.edu or call Madelyn Fine at 201-692-7013.
Homecoming and family/alumni weekend events are sponsored by the departments of athletics, the Office of Alumni Relations, the Alumni Association Board of Governors and the Offices of Student Life, the Office of Continuing Education and the Florham Programming Committee.
Bernard Dick, English/communications; coordinator, MA in media/professional communication; and co-director, art/media studies (Metro), is the author of Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty, part of the Hollywood Legends Series published by the University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss.
Harry Keyishian, English and director of editorial committee, FDU Press (Flor), has been invited to speak at an international conference devoted to William Saroyan’s centennial in Yerevan, Armenia, from October 6 to 10. Keyishian, who has written extensively about Saroyan over the years, will speak on “Saroyan and Immigration.” He is co-presenting “Undecided: A Film Series,” screenings of classic and modern films dealing with elections in the United States, on Thursday evenings at the Morristown (N.J.) Library beginning September 25.
Stephen Armeli, psychology (Metro), co-presented a poster on “Mean Levels and Yearly Changes in Coping and Enhancement Motives as Moderators of the Negative Affect-Drinking Association Among College Students” at the Research Society on Alcoholism Conference in Washington, D.C. He also co-presented “The Moderating Effect of Affect Regulation on the Association Between Daily Pain and Negative Mood Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients” and a poster on “Alcohol Use Motives and Norms as Predictors of Drinking Level and Problems” at the Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association held in Boston, Mass. Armeli is co-author of “A Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), Drinking to Cope Motivation, and Negative Life Events Among College Students,” in press with the Journal Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Paulette Laubsch, administrative science and director, MS in homeland security (Metro), was interviewed on security training by Government Security News. Laubsch and Ronald Calissi, executive associate dean for off-campus credit programs, Petrocelli College, and director, administrative science (Metro/Flor), attended a University and Agency Partnership Initiative Annual Conference at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
Christopher Capuano, psychology; director, psychology; and vice provost for international affairs (Metro), co-presented “Parents’ Expectations of Their Child’s Weight Loss” at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in San Diego, Calif.
Faculty and staff from the College at Florham were among the honorees at the campus’s Student Government Association’s (SGA) annual Maddy Awards. The awardees included Michael Avaltroni, chemistry and chair, chemistry (Outstanding Service to the University by a Faculty Member); Jeff Gourley, food service director, Gourmet Dining (Outstanding Service to the University by a Staff Member); Kenneth Betz, economics (Adviser of the Year); and Eric Range, resident director, residence life (SGA President’s Choice Award).
Edward Babulak, information systems (Van), wrote two book chapters in Handbook on Heterogeneous Next Generation Networking: Innovations and Platform, which is currently in press with Information Science Reference. He delivered two keynote presentations: “Trends in Discrete Event Simulations,” at the conference of the European Modelling Symposium 2008 held at Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, and “The IT Age and Future Education,” during the 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Stara Lesna, The High Tatras, in Slovak Republic. Two of Babulak’s conference papers — “Future Transport and Internet Technologies” and “Information Technologies in Transportation” — were selected and published in IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) conference proceedings in Austria and the United Kingdom. He also is scheduled to do a presentation on “IT Age and Future Communications Technologies” in the Second IEEE International Conference on Internet Multimedia Services Architecture in Bangalore, India, in December.
David Langford, director of athletics (Metro), will be among the honorees in 4G’s Book Club Inc.’s Fourth Annual Celebration of Men on September 21.
Andrew Eisen, psychology and director of undergraduate studies, BA/MA in general-theoretical psychology and Child Anxiety Disorders Clinic (Metro), co-wrote “The Unique Impact of Parent Training for Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children,” published in Behavior Therapy.
Leonard Grob, emeritus, philosophy (Metro), co-edited Anguished Hope: Holocaust Scholars Confront the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, which was published by Wm. B. Edermans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. In the book, “13 Holocaust scholars — both Jewish and Christian — candidly address the challenges, risks and possibilities embedded in the discouraging, long-lasting Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”
In July, Lois Gordon, English (Metro), was a guest of the Cunard Line on the Queen Mary 2, where she gave three lectures on Nancy Cunard, great-granddaughter of the steamship line’s founder. The lectures were delivered in the ship’s Planetarium, taped and broadcast on the in-house television station during the transatlantic crossing from New York to Cherbourg, France. While in France, Gordon met with a French producer who had taken an option to film her book, Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Muse and Political Idealist. She also traveled to London, where she wrote a review of the play “A Slight Ache,” by Harold Pinter, with whom she met. An interview with Gordon conducted by a Chinese journalist was published in a popular Chinese magazine on high culture. A Chinese edition of the Cunard book is scheduled for publication. An essay Gordon developed from a speech she delivered during the Samuel Beckett Centenary Celebration at the University of New Mexico was published as part of a collection of essays from leading Beckett scholars worldwide. A manuscript she evaluated for Yale University Press was published, and Gordon’s comments were used in advertising and on the book’s dust jacket. Gordon also reviewed submissions for a special edition of Texas Studies in Literature and Language focusing on James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.
Samuel Feinberg, psychology (Metro), co-presented “ADHD Throughout the Lifespan” at the spring meeting of the Bergen County Psychological Association in Tenafly, N.J., and discussed “Writing in Psychology” as part of FDU’s Writing in the Careers Program.
In June, Harvey Lowy, computer science/management information systems (Metro), was named IBM Academic Initiative Faculty Spotlight Educator of the Month. The IBM Professor Spotlight recognizes professors across the globe who, in collaboration with IBM, have demonstrated a long-term commitment to teaching students emerging technology skills.
William Roberts, social sciences and director, Public Administration Institute (Metro), was a judge of the Research Papers in History at the Beacon Conference for the Student Scholars 2008 held at Bergen Community College, Paramus, N.J. The awards ceremony is held annually to celebrate the best student scholar research at the community college level. He was guest speaker at the French Language Students Awards Ceremony held at FDU’s Metropolitan Campus. The ceremony was conducted by Kathleen Stein-Smith, director of public services, Weiner Library (Metro), who honored students in her French classes for their outstanding achievements during the spring semester.
Paintings by Richard Castellana, humanities/fine arts and director, BA in interdisciplinary studies (Metro), are on exhibit in Edward Williams Gallery, Metropolitan Campus, through September 26.
Thomas Kennedy, creative writing, and Walter Cummins, emeritus, English, and editor emeritus, The Literary Review (both Flor), organized readings by Danish authors Benn Holm and Dy Plambeck and Danish poets Niels Hav and Pia Tafdrup in bookstores in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cummins and Kennedy read English translations of the Danish originals and also led discussions after the readings. Kennedy’s essay, “I am Joe’s Prostate,” published in New Letters was selected as the best essay published in an American magazine at the 43rd Annual National Magazine Awards sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs sponsored a panel on Kennedy’s fiction titled, “Thomas E. Kennedy: A Lifetime in Literature,” at its annual conference in Atlanta, Ga. Six professors, writers and editors spoke about various aspects of Kennedy’s work.
Eamon Doherty, administrative science and director, Cyber Crime Training Laboratory (Metro); Joseph Devine, administrative science (Metro); William “Pat” Schuber, administrative science (Metro); Joel Liebesfeld, FDU alumnus (MAS’07 [Metro]); and Liebesfeld’s son, Todd, co-wrote A New Look at Nagasaki. The book includes both historical and personal accounts (of Doherty’s uncle) of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
At the meeting of the Spina Bifida Association of the Tri State Region, Judith Kaufman, psychology and director, MA in general-theoretical psychology (Metro), presented “Education After High School: Rights and Responsibilities to Accessing Accommodations” and “Cognitive Issues of Adults with Spina Bifida and Medical Care Management.” She also co-presented “Coping Style and Adjustment to College,” with psychology graduate student Sameena Groves, “Ethnic Identity and Adjustment to College,” “Parent Relationships and Adjustment to College” and, with Groves, “Athletic Engagement and Adjustment to College” at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society in Chicago, Ill. Kaufman also was named to the editorial board of the Journal of School Psychology.
John Cowen, elementary education/reading and program coordinator, literacy (Metro), edited Doveglion: Collected Poems, commemorating the centennial of Filipino-American poet Jose Garcia Villa. As part of the centennial, Cowen and Luis Francia, Asian/Pacific/American Studies, New York University, will read and give a personal analysis of Garcia Villa’s poetry on Monday, September 22, at New York University’s Kimmel Center.
Howard Libov, film and assistant dean, Becton College (Flor), with the help of his students, created “Favorite Son,” a film about an aging minor-league baseball player who returns to his hometown, still haunted by a childhood secret. In connection with his film, Libov was featured in the article “Professor Makes Film with Students, Loaned Camera, Tiny Budget,” published at Bloomberg.com.
Over the summer, Vincent Varrassi, director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), did a policy podcast on the “Transition from High School to College for Students with Learning Disabilities” for the National Center for Learning Disabilities. He also participated in a teleconference series co-sponsored by the New Jersey Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, the New Jersey Department of Education and the New Jersey Office of Special Education Programs. He spoke on “Students with Disabilities and College: Whatever Happened to My IEP?”
The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When It All Comes Together, a collection of essays edited byJeanna Wirtenberg, director, external relations/services, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) (Flor),William Russell, research fellow, ISE; and David Lipsky, Silberman College, was published by Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, United Kingdom, and AMACOM Books, a division of the American Management Association. Authors and contributors to the book include Daniel Twomey, management and director of international partnerships, ISE; Kent Fairfield, management (Flor); Joel Harmon, management and director of research, ISE (Flor); Dick Knowles, Govi Rao; Terri McNichol; and Doug Cohen. The book will be launched on October 2, see College Happenings http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0809/happenings.html.
Robert McGrath, psychology and director, PhD program in clinical psychology and MS program in clinical psychopharmacology (Metro), has been nominated to run for president of the American Psychological Association. He presented “Combining Binary Tests to Make Binary Decisions” at the Oregon Research Institute and “Response Bias. Uh. What is It Good For? Absolutely Nothin’” at the University of Oregon department of psychology, both in Eugene, Ore. He has written “Predictor Combination in Binary Decision-making Situations,” in press with Psychological Assessment and co-written “Concurrent Validity of the Candidate and Officer Personnel Survey (COPS),” in press with theInternational Journal of Police Science and Management. He also wrote “Should Psychologists Prescribe?” printed in the Open Minds Newsletter. McGrath and Cynthia Radnitz Bergstein, psychology (Metro), co-wrote “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury,” published in Rehabilitation Psychology.
Nandita Ghosh, English (Flor), was guest editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics, which focuses on the experiences of women writers, scholars and activists worldwide. She also wrote “Women and the Politics of Water: An Introduction” for the issue.
A biographical sketch of Kathleen Stein-Smith, director of public services, Weiner Library (Metro), will be included in the 50th Anniversary Edition of Marquis Who’s Who of American Women®.
James Barrood, executive director, Rothman Institute (Flor), and the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, have been recognized as a small business advocate by The New York Enterprise Report magazine.
In October, Teresa Montani, education; associate director, education; and director, learning disabilities (Metro), will be presenting at the Council for Learning Disabilities Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The first presentation will be on “Short-term Intervention for Students with Math Difficulties: Does it Work?” and the second presentation will be with Miriam Singer, education and director, QUEST (Metro), on the topic “Collaboration Between General and Special Educators from the Apprenticeship Teacher’s Perspective.” Montani will speak on “Response to Intervention: Beyond What Works” in Albuquerque, N.M., on October 23.
Katharine Loeb, clinical psychology (Metro), co-wrote several articles: “Family-based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders: Current Status, New Applications, and Future Directions,” in theInternational Journal of Child and Adolescent Health; “Family-based Treatment of a 17-year-old Twin Presenting with Emerging Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Study Using the ‘Maudsley Method,’” in theJournal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; and “Subtyping Undergraduate Women Along Dietary Restraint and Negative Affect,” in Appetite.
Aixa Ritz; Michele Barto; Kirsten Tripodi; Donald Hoover; Joseph Tormey, all hospitality/tourism management (Metro); Iris Gersh, hospitality management (Metro); and John Hughes, hospitality/tourism management (Flor), attended the 2008 Annual International CHRIE (Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education) Conference in Atlanta, Ga. The conference’s theme was “Welcoming a New Era to Hospitality Education.” In May, Tripodi presented “The Importance of Consistency in Training and Service, How Can We Maintain the Standard of Services and Professionalism That Our Members Demand?” at the Club Managers Association of America Assistant Managers Educational Meeting.
Gonzalo Perez, coordinator of student recruitment/career development, computer sciences/engineering (Metro), was elected to the Guttenberg (N.J.) Board of Education.
Neil Massoth, psychology; Ruxandra Ritter, University College and graduate student, clinical psychology; and Debra Davis, graduate student, clinical psychology (all Metro), co-presented “Masculinity, Ego Development and Political Ideology” at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society in Chicago, Ill.
On August 20, Denise O’Shea, systems librarian/technical support specialist, Weiner Library (Metro), discussed “Blogging, RSS and Libraries” at the Newark (N.J.) Public Library for a meeting organized by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association – New Jersey Chapter. In June, she co-presented “Federated Searching” at the New Jersey Library Association’s FutureTech Symposium for Libraries held at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, N.J. During the annual meeting of the New Jersey Library Association on May 1 in Long Branch, N.J., O’Shea talked about “Blogging, RSS and Academic Libraries: Applications and Technology.”
Ronald Dumont, psychology and director, PsyD/MA in school psychology (Metro), presented “Current Developments and Trends in Assessment of Learning Disabilities” and “Best Practices in Assessment and Diagnosis of Learning Disability” at the International Conference of School Psychology at the University of Crete, Rethimno, Greece. Dumont co-wrote “Differential Ability Scales — Second Edition (Neuro)Psychological Predictors of Math Performance for Typical Children and Children with Math Disabilities,” published in the journal Psychology in the Schools. He also co-wrote several chapters — “Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children — Fourth Edition,” “WISC-IV Subtests,” “Interpreting the WISC-IV,” “Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales — Fifth Edition,” “Differential Ability Scales — Second Edition,” “Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children — Second Edition” and “Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children — Fourth Edition Integrated” — for the book in Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations, published by Jerome M. Sattler, Publisher, Inc., La Mesa, Calif.
“What’s Wrong with CSI,” an essay by Roger Koppl, economics/finance and executive director, Institute for Forensic Science Administration (Flor), was published in Forbes magazine.
Murals by Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro), were included in The New York Times article on Steve Powers – Creative Time
Robert Vodde, director, criminal justice (Metro), successfully defended his dissertation for his PhD at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
At the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Mihaela Leonida, chemistry and coordinator of preprofessional studies in the sciences (Metro), co-presented “Enzyme Electrodes Using Lactate Dehydrogenase Modified with Ionic Liquids,” with undergraduate students Sujan Shrestha and Amol Kafle, and “Metal-loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles with Antibacterial Activities,” with Gerhard Haas, University College (Metro), and undergraduate students Thong Vo and Sudeep Banjade. In July, Leonida chaired a section and presented “Media Used by Old Iconographers for the Control of Granulometry” at the 32nd American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences Congress in Boston, Mass.
Joseph Tormey and Donald Hoover, both hospitality/tourism management (Metro), attended the Atlantic City Hotel and Lodging Association (ACHLA) luncheon, where FDU students from the Atlantic Cape Community College location, Maria Nakeshian, who works at Trump TajMahal, and Michelle Riggins, who works at the Tropicana in Atlantic City received scholarships. They were awarded scholarships for their dedication to obtaining an education while working in the hotel industry.
Andonis Decavalles, emeritus, English (Flor), died on June 9 at the age of 88. He joined FDU in 1961 as professor of English and comparative literature and retired in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Poppy; his three daughters, Anna, Maria and Gigi, and their husbands; and seven grandchildren.
Catharine Fogarty, retired librarian (Ruth), and BA’80 (Ruth) died on July 26 at the age of 89. She joined FDU in 1962 and retired in 1987. She is credited with creating the library’s New Jersey Room collection. She was predeceased by her husband, Cornelius, and her daughter, Mary Ellen. She is survived by her sons, Neil, John and Mark and grandchildren Elizabeth and Brendan.
Frank Krueger, retired gardener (Flor), died on June 8 at the age of 90. He was a professional gardener at the College at Florham for 41 years before retiring in 1998. Krueger was honored for the restoration of the campus’s Clowney Gardens and Italian Gardens. He was predeceased by his wife of 43 years, Margaret, in 1999, and six siblings. He is survived by his sister, Anna Jarosz, and her family, and several nieces and nephews.
Harry Marmion, retired business law (Metro), died on August 14 at the age of 77. He joined FDU in 1980 as vice president of academic affairs. He was also a professor at the Silberman College of Business until his retirement in 1992. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Patricia Hurley Marmion; his daughters and sons-in-law Elizabeth and Tierney Carlos, Sarah and Bruce Zabriski and Sheila and Don Breakell; and grandchildren Norah, Maeve, Niamh, Evan, Neal, Clara, Conor, Clare and Liam. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Harry A. Marmiano Scholarship Fund at La Salle Academy, 44 East 2nd Street, New York, N.Y., 10003, would be appreciated.
Jean Willis, emerita, history (Metro), died on July 6 at the age of 89. She joined FDU in 1964 as visiting instructor in history and retired in 1989. She is survived by 21 nieces and nephews and many grandnieces and grandnephews.
Births
Dina Arela, admissions services clerk, undergraduate admissions (Metro), and her husband, Jeffrey, announce the birth of their son, Jeycob Emil, on May 29, 2008. He joins older brother, Jeydin Eman.
Amber Charlebois, chemistry (Flor), announces the birth of her daughter, Victoria Rose, on June 2.
Shweta Kulkarni Van Biesen, assistant to associate vice president, communications/marketing (Metro), and her husband, Peter, announce the birth of their son, Sayan Peter, on August 1.
The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of September 9, 2008.
Welcome to Rafael Alix, network analyst, University systems/security (Metro);
Captions:
“Interior/Exterior” by Richard Castellana.
Left photo: Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro), poses in front of one of her banners prepared for “Figment,” an an art exhibit on Governor’s Island (photo credit Eliza Rinn).
Right photo: One of Roberts’ works served as a backdrop at the Village Voice Siren Music Festival at Coney Island, N.Y.
“Pride and Prejudice,” adapted from the Jane Austen novel by Jon Jory, will be presented in October by the visual and performing arts department in Dreyfuss Theater, Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham. Performances are Thursday, October 9, through Saturday, October 11, at 8 p.m.; Friday, October 10, at 11 a.m. for high school students; and Sunday, October 12, at 2:30 p.m.
The wit and romance of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel comes to life in this fast-paced new adaptation. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennett’s most urgent priority but with four sisters, an overzealous matchmaking mother and a string of unsuitable suitors, it is difficult to escape the subject.
“Pride and Prejudice” is directed by Jason King Jones, artistic associate at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Tickets are $5 for students and the FDU community, $10 for others. To purchase tickets in advance call 973-443-8644, ext. 4. For further information, call 973-443-8467 or e-mail hollis@fdu.edu.
The next production, “Brighton Beach Memoirs” by Neil Simon, is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, through Sunday, November 23. “Guys and Dolls” and “Gemini” will be presented in the spring.
This year’s speakers are Frank Occhiogrosso, English, Drew University, Madison, N.J., who will discuss “Mercutio’s Broken Syntax (Romeo and Juliet, 1.4.53–103)”; Maurice Cherney, English, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., who will talk about “To Be or Not to Be?: The Plain Language of Hamlet’s Soliloquy (Hamlet 3.1.56–90)”; John Mucciolo, assistant superintendent, Morris Hills Regional District, Denville, N.J., and founding editor, Shakespearean International Yearbook, who will discuss “Caliban’s ‘Be Not Afear’d’ (The Tempest, 3.2.135–143) and Dramatic Exigency in Shakespeare’s The Tempest”; and Iska Alter, emerita, English, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., who will talk about “Shakespeare, Sex and Power: Lady Anne Seduced in Two Films of Richard III (Richard III, 1.3.1–264).”
For more information contact the colloquium’s coordinator, Harry Keyishian, English (Flor), at 973-443-8711 or e-mail harry_keyishian@fdu.edu.
The program will include compositions by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Bartok and Ginastera, among others. Audience members may meet the performers in the reception following the concert.
The New York Piano Society, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering and nurturing talented performers whose primary professions lie outside the field of music. Elena Leonova is founder and artistic director of the New York Piano Society.
The doors will open at 1 p.m. for the free concert. For more information call 973-443-8661; 1-800-862-4630, ext. 8; or 609-937-9239.
The chemistry department is sponsoring free chemistry seminars on Wednesdays in Room S-11, Science Building, College at Florham, at 4 p.m.
Remaining presentations for fall 2008 include, on September 17, “New Directions in Rapid and Comprehensive Gas Chromatography,” with Nicholas Snow, analytical chemistry/separation science and chair, chemistry/biochemistry, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.; on September 24, “Incorporating Internet Resources Into Online Courses,” with Christopher Devine, emeritus, chemistry/philosophy (Metro); and, on October 1, “Molecular Dynamic Simulation and Its Application to Questions in Protein Structure and Interactions,” with Gloria Anderle, chemistry (Flor).
2008 Innovation Conference
“Managing Creativity,” a special half-day conference will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 7–11:30 a.m., in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The speakers are Bami Bastani, former president and chief executive officer, Anadigics, Warren, N.J.; Raymond Stark, vice president of technology for specialty materials, Honeywell, Morristown, N.J.; and Charles Cascio, vice president of interactive learning, ETS, Princeton, N.J. The fee for the conference, which includes breakfast and two coffee breaks, is $145. Registration is necessary. For registration call 973-443-8842.
Family Business Forum Seminars
This fall, the Rothman Institute is again offering Family Business Forum Seminars. Upcoming events are “What is YOUR Compensation Strategy” on Tuesday, October 2, with Donald McDermott, president, D.G. McDermott Associates, LLC, Red Bank, N.J.; and “Back to Basics: Learning to Build on the Uniqueness of Families Who Share a Family Enterprise” on Thursday, October 30, with Fredda Herz-Brown, principal, Relative Solutions Family Business Consulting Group, Cresskill, N.J. These free seminars will be held from 8:30–11:30 a.m. at the Forum of the Rothman Institute. For registration and information call 973-443-8880.
Teleconference Workshop
The seven-session teleconference workshop “Start Your Own Part-time Business” starts on October 1 and will run every Wednesday through November 12. The workshop, based on the best-selling book Full-time Woman, Part-time Career, will be led by Theresa Smith, business/life coach, and Renée Sussman,life/business/workplace coach. The cost of the workshop is $425, $395 for those who register by Wednesday, September 17. For registration and information call 973-443-8880.
Recognition Reception
Raymond Wisniewski, president and chief operating officer of National Retail Systems, was the featured speaker at the Seventh Annual Rothman Institute Recognition Reception held on September 5 in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The reception was followed by the awards ceremony for the 2007–2008 FDU Business Plan Competition.
Business Plan Service
The Rothman Institute is again offering a business plan development service to New Jersey businesses and nonprofit organizations. The application and screening process is free. Fee is $250 for chosen companies, and this will cover the semester-long consultation. For information contact Steven Fulda, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), or George Maddaloni, Silberman College (Flor), at 973-443-8842.
Online Course for Teens
An online version of the financial preparedness course that has become a popular part of the Rothman Institute’s summer Discover Business Teen Camp is now being offered. The course, “Personal Finance and Planning for High School Students,” which costs $145, covers financial planning, budgeting, investing, credit-card use, money management, insurance and career development. The program is available free of charge to those students who choose to forgo FDU assessment and certificate accreditation. Students can register for the online course at http://www.fdu.edu/personalfinance.
Sustainability Program, Breakfast Seminar
ISE is currently holding “Managing Sustainability,” an intensive, five-month, postgraduate sustainability program. Classes started on September 12 and will be held on Fridays and Saturdays — every third week — at the College at Florham. The second part of the program, an experiential learning component, will be conducted at the INCAE Business School in Costa Rica from October 20 to November 2.
“People Engagement in a Lean Environment” is the topic for the first ISE/Center for Human Resource Management Studies (CHRMS) breakfast seminar with James Johnson, vice president of manufacturing, Alcoa Howmet. The seminar will be held on Friday, September 19, from 7:30–9:30 a.m., in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.
The $35 fee does not apply to FDU faculty, administration, matriculated students and current employees of ISE/CHRMS partners. To register or for more information visit ISE/CHRMS at http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5033 or call 973-443-8577.
Book Launch
The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When It All Comes Together, a collection of writings by a team of 29 business leaders, consultancies, organizational development practitioners and academics, including several ISE and FDU members (see Faculty, Staff Updatehttp://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0809/facultystaff.html), published by Greenleaf Publishing and AMACOM, will be launched on Thursday, October 2, 3–7 p.m., in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. Reservation is necessary by Tuesday, September 30. For reservation and information call 973-443-8577, go to http://www.fdu.edu/forms/chrmsregister.html (Click “Special Event”) or e-mail pniewski@fdu.edu.
The agreement includes increasing global educational opportunities for Asian-Americans by offering courses with FDU international partners; promoting seminars to expand knowledge of homeland security, cyber crime and administrative science; and encouraging members of the Asian-American community to consider a career in law enforcement or a related field.
Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor), said, “FDU has a long tradition in working with law enforcement, and we are proud to provide educational opportunities for Asian and Asian-American law enforcement officers. By establishing this relationship, we are expanding opportunities in degree completion-programs, certificate programs and graduate programs.”
A luncheon for diplomats enrolled in the master of administrative science program was held in the United Nations Delegates Dining Room in New York City. Representatives from 24 countries joined FDU President J. Michael Adams; Jason Scorza, associate provost for global learning (Metro/Flor) and philosophy/political science (Metro); Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor); Ahmad Kamal, FDU trustee, visiting professor (Metro),president of The Ambassador’s Club of the United Nations and former permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations; Fernando Alonso, business and director, Puerta al Futuro (Metro); Jaime Buenahora, political science, Petrocelli College (Metro); and Fernando Oliver, business/law, Petrocelli College (Metro).
The Puerta al Futuro program was featured on WNBC-TV on July 26. The news program included footage of the class of Jaime Buenahora, political science, Petrocelli College (Metro), including talks with four students, and interviews with Fernando Alonso, business and director, Puerta al Futuro (Metro); and Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor). The interviews were conducted by Lynda Baquero, news reporter for Channel 4 News.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recognized Petrocelli College’s Human Resource Management Certificate Program for its “success and incredible achievement” in reaching the distinguished category of “Top 20 Enrollments for the 2007 SHRM Learning System course.” FDU ranked fifth out of the 240 colleges and universities, with 10,000+ students nationwide participating each year in the SHRM Learning Program. Richard Bettencourt, executive director, continuing education (Metro), said, “Reaching this top category is a very honorable achievement.” The celebration was held at the SHRM/Holmes Corporation (HC) Coordinators’ Conference in New Orleans, La.
Two FDU students from the Atlantic Cape Community College FDU partnership location received scholarships during the Atlantic City Hotel and Lodging Association luncheon. Maria Nakeshian, who works at Trump Taj Mahal, and Michelle Riggins, who works at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, N.J., were awarded scholarships for their dedication to obtaining an education while working in the hotel industry. Joseph Tormey, and Donald Hoover, both hospitality/tourism management (Metro), also attended the luncheon.
Over the summer, a group of students from Kyungnam University in South Korea participated in an intensive cyber crime program at the Cyber Crime Training Laboratory, Dickinson Hall,Metropolitan Campus. The training was conducted by Eamon Doherty, administrative science and director, Cyber Crime Training Laboratory (Metro), and guest speakers from local law enforcement and private industries.
As part of the program, the students also visited the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Museum, the NJSP Regional Operation Intelligence Center, the Bergen County Courthouse, the Bergen County Jail, the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensics Lab, the New York City Police Museum and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
Two hundred fifty students graduated from the CPM program on August 15. Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor), welcomed the graduates. David DeNotaris, a CPM graduate and director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Servies, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, was the keynote speaker.
The 300-hour program, with the largest enrollment in the country, is nationally accredited and has been offered through this public-private partnership since 1998.
More than 5,000 students enrolled in various continuing education programs during the 2007–2008 academic year. The largest continuing education programs included paralegal studies, certified financial planning, the human resource management certificate, rider safety and Camp Discovery.
The School of Administrative Science celebrated the 10th anniversary of its master of administrative science program on May 29 at the Rothman Center, Metropolitan Campus. FDU faculty, staff, alumni and friends enjoyed dancing to the six-piece band Total Remix, leading band of New York’s Chelsea Piers concert series, as well as a buffet dinner.
Vicki Cohen, education and director, education (Metro), announced that the QUEST (Quality in Education, Schools, and Teaching) program, the master of arts in teaching (MAT) program, the teacher of students with disabilities program and the educational leadership program have been pre-accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) for a period of five years, from June 23, 2008, to June 23, 2013.
TEAC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving academic degree programs for professional educators. Its primary work is accrediting undergraduate and graduate professional education programs in order to assure the public about the quality of college and university programs.
Cohen said, “This accreditation certifies that the forenamed professional education programs have provided evidence that the program adheres to TEAC’s quality principles. The mission of these programs is to foster a diverse community of effective, professional educators who are caring, competent, reflective, ethical leaders committed to advancing student learning and achievement, developing scholarship and promoting democratic ideals in our global society.”
The 2007–2008 University College Outstanding Teacher Award was presented to Harvey Lowy, computer science (Metro), at the college’s first faculty meeting this semester on September 3.
Alfredo Tan, electrical engineering and director, computer sciences/engineering (Metro), said, “Dr. Lowy has consistently demonstrated all the qualities of an outstanding teacher: excellent teaching, utmost dedication to students, innovative course development, proactive participation in outcomes assessment and program accreditation, academic leadership in our school and excellent knowledge of the latest developments in the computer science discipline, particularly in the field of database systems. He has consistently received excellent evaluations from both his students and peers.”
Lowy is coordinator of the Support Our Students (SOS) Program, providing freshmen and sophomores with extra academic support; has established the Oracle Database Certification Program; has developed and taught nine contemporary courses; and received an IBM grant to incorporate topics on IBM series computer systems in his courses. In coordinating four Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB) accreditation visits for the BS in computer science, he was instrumental with the faculty in the program being reaccredited for a maximum period of six years.
The Peter Sammartino School of Education, in cooperation with the American Conference on Diversity (ACD) and with funding from the New Hampshire Charitable Trust Foundation, hosted the first Summer Educators’ Institute with the theme “Creating Multicultural Learning Environments” at the Metropolitan Campus.
Khyati Joshi, education (Metro), and Michael Buensuceso, vice president of programs, ACD, developed and facilitated the intensive four-day program. Teachers, professors, counselors and affirmative-action officers who attended from various school districts, including Teaneck and Elizabeth, N.J., public schools, explored and developed strategies to effectively navigate diversity issues such as race, gender, sexual orientation and religion in schools.
Award-winning mystery writer E.J. Rand will discuss the process of becoming a published author at a workshop titled “Taking the Mystery Out of Getting Published,” to be held on Tuesday, October 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Metro Writing Studio, Second Floor, Weiner Library, Metropolitan Campus. Speaking from his own experiences, he will talk about how to perfect one’s writing through revision and participation in writing groups as well as how to find and sign with a publisher. The event is free and open to the public. For information call 201-692-2166.
The Metro Writing Studio is also holding workshops on MLA formatting, study skills, research and plagiarism as well as conversational lunches where non-native English speakers can practice their spoken-language skills.
Upcoming workshops include “I Got My First Assignment — Now What?” on Wednesday, September 17, 3:45–5:15 p.m.; “Beyond Wikipedia: Doing Real Research” on Wednesday, September 24, 3:45–5:15 p.m.; “Introduction to APA Format” on Thursday, October 2, 8:15–9:45 p.m.; “Introduction to MLA Format” on Wednesday, October 8, 3:30–5 p.m.; “Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism” on Wednesday, October 15, 2–3:30 p.m.; “Advanced APA Format” on Wednesday, October 29, 3:45–5:15 p.m.; “Responding to Student Papers” on Wednesday, November 5, 3–4:30 p.m.; “Advanced MLA Format” on Wednesday, November 12, 3:30–5 p.m.; “Lab Reports and More: Technical Communications Basics” on Wednesday, November 19, 3:30–5 p.m.; and “Business Memos and Etiquette” on Wednesday, December 3, 3:45–5:15 p.m.
Conversational lunches, which will focus on American sports and leisure, will be held on the following Fridays: September 26 (tennis), 2:30–4 p.m.; October 10 (baseball), 1–2:30 p.m.; October 24 (movies and the Oscars), 2:30–4 p.m.; November 7 (football), 1–2:30 p.m.; and November 21 (basketball), 2:30–4 p.m.
For more information about the workshops and conversational lunches go tohttp://ucoll.fdu.edu/metro/events.html.
The School of Natural Sciences is sponsoring free biology seminars on Thursdays in Room 4468, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, from 5:25 to 6:25 p.m.
The remaining seminars for fall 2008 include: on September 18, “Triggering of Acute Cardiac Disease by Air Pollution,” David Rich, epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, N.J.; on September 25, “Linnaeus and His Role in Botany,” Robbin Moran, curator, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y.; on October 2, “Growth Factor for Orthopedic Joint Soft Tissue Regeneration,” Edward Magaziner, New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.; on October 9, “Heat-shock Proteins, Behavior and Growth in the Knobby Periwinkle (Cenchritis muricatus
Other seminars will be: on November 6, “Pollination,” Rachael Winfree, entomology, Princeton University; on November 13, “Understanding the Molecular Basis of Fat Storage,” David Silva, senior business development analyst, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, N.Y.; on November 20, “Dynamics of Circulation,” Ray Phillips, medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.; on December 3, “Genetic Approach to Genetic Diseases,” Peter Gregersen, investigator, genetics of autoimmune disorders, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, N.Y.; and on December 11, “Carotene Genetics in the Dark,” Paul Matthews, SS Steiner, Inc., Washington, D.C. For information call 201-692-2257.
“What Architects Do,” an exhibit of architectural drawings and models by Bernard Ehrlich is ongoing at the University College Art Gallery, Room 11, University Hall, on the Metropolitan Campus through October 24. Exhibit hours are Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. A reception for the artist and a gallery talk will be held on Thursday, October 2, from 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Ehrlich is a member of the advisory board of the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association (AABA), a not-for-profit membership organization whose members are dedicated to preserving the historic character of Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., as well as improving the quality of life and work, on issues such as safety, traffic calming, zoning issues, sanitation and avenue beautification.
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Top photo: Anne LaSala, executive director hotel operations, Tropicana; Joseph Tormey, hospitality/tourism management (Metro); students Maria Nakeshian and Michelle Riggins; Donald Hoover, hospitality/tourism management (Metro); and Howard Bacharach, executive director, Atlantic City Hotel and Lodging Association.
Bottom left photo: A group of Kyungnam University students with Eamon Doherty, right, administrative science and director, Cyber Crime Training Laboratory (Metro), and Brian Orsini, Petrocelli College (Metro), second row from the back, third from right.
Bottom right photo: Eamon Doherty, center, with Seong Wook Lim, left, and Seong Hwan Lin.
Left photo: Melvin Lewis, left, engineering technology; coordinator of construction engineering technology program; and associate director, engineering/engineering technology/information technology (Metro), and coordinator, Technology and Enrichment Outreach (TEOP) Program; and Gregory Olsen, BS’66, BS’68, MS’68 (Metro), scientist, entrepreneur, space-traveler and University trustee, who gave the keynote address at the 2008 IEEE Region 1 GOLD/SAC/WIE Conference hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Student Branch of FDU. Olsen also met with high school students from Paterson and Hackensack, N.J., in the TEOP Program.
Right photo: Harvey Lowy, center, computer science (Metro), is presented with the 2007–2008 University College Outstanding Teacher Award by Albert Schielke, associate dean, University College (Metro), and Alfredo Tan, electrical engineering and director, computer sciences/engineering (Metro).
FDU participants in the Summer Education Institute included Khyati Joshi, second row, fourth from left, education (Metro), and Vincent Varrassi, second row, right, director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro).
Assistant Professor of History
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
Two years.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
Zadie Smith, author of On Beauty and White Teeth. I find her writing compelling.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
“Planet Earth” documentary. I would recommend it for the underwater shots of elephants swimming alone!
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is ...
… to speak Spanish fluently. I have tried but I am awful at languages.
My first job was …
… grocery store clerk!
Three things that brighten my life are ...
… my family, students and my friends.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… worked at the “NewsHour” with Jim Lehrer at PBS.
My biggest challenge is ...
… balancing work and family, just like everyone else.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I would like to be a public defender. I would be very bad at anything in sales.
Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator, University Libraries
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
August 18, 2008, marked five years.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
If I may choose someone from the past, I would have liked to meet Mahatma Gandhi. I am in awe of what he was able to accomplish through nonviolent actions. Of course, a conversation with him would be rewarding, but somehow I feel that it would also be easy.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
For my birthday this year, a friend of mine gave me Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across, Italy, India and Indonesia. As I read about this woman’s journey, I was reminded of the important things in life … the things that lead to true happiness.
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is …
… to speak another language fluently.
My first job was
… working as a cashier at Burger King.
Three things that brighten my life are...
… family gatherings, good music and sunsets in Warren County, N.J.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that ...
… as a child I dreamed of becoming one of the dancers on “The Carol Burnett Show.”
My biggest challenge is ...
… accepting that my desire for excellence is not necessarily understood by those around me.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I would love to be a teacher, but I’d never want to be a homicide detective.
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
Seven years.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
Benjamin Franklin … for all that he did in his life, spanning science, business and politics, and of course, the founding of our country. He also supposedly had a keen wit and sense of humor, so it would have been an interesting meeting in and of itself.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
One film which was surprising was the Pixar film “WALL-E.” More than just a robot romance, but a filmmaker’s vision of what our world and us may be like in the future. It seems to drive home what many have been saying about the environment, fitness, etc.
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is …
... flying. It would be such an exhilarating experience to sail up and about in the clouds and sky, especially from behind the controls….
My first job was …
… writing tutorial manuals for a software company.
Three things that brighten my life are ...
… seeing someone blossom and grow over a period of four years in college — students I have had from freshman year to graduation and some even to a graduate degree; taking in some Impressionist art in a museum, while listening to the classics and sipping coffee and nibbling on pastries; and opening up the mail to see a new book or article of mine published, hot off the press!
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that ...
… my great uncle was the president of the Republic of China early in the 20th century (1918–1922).
My biggest challenge is ...
… finding the time to do everything I want to. It seems that time goes so quickly and that there are never enough hours in the day.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I would most like to attempt going around the country and giving inspirational speeches, talks and seminars. Who knows what it might lead to? I would want nothing to do with any kind of factory work. I recently visited an industrial factory and saw what hard work really is and doing it for hours in a hot stuffy room surrounded by loud machinery.
Associate Director of Financial Aid
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
Six years.
If you could meet anyone in the world, whom would you pick? Why?
Patrick Ewing [Hall of Fame basketball player and Orlando Magic assistant coach], because he’s Patrick Ewing.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
The Planet of the Apes book. The story is a little different, but it still involves smart monkeys and evolution (two of my favorites).
Something I’ve always wanted to learn is ...
… botany.
My first job was …
… in a supermarket.
Three things that brighten my life are ...
… my wife, pets and TiVo.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… can’t swim or ride a bike.
My biggest challenge is ...
… making a happy life for my family.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I’d like to be pro athlete, because I enjoy competition and love sports. I would hate to be a dishwasher because it is extremely boring.
• Constitution Day, Wednesday, September 17, will be celebrated at the Metropolitan Campus with a talk, “Guns and the Rights Revolution,” by Chris Rasmussen, history (Metro), at 3 p.m., Room 208, Becton Hall, and at the College at Florham with a workshop, “Constitutional R(evolution): A Workshop, What are the Stupidest Provisions in the United States Constitution and What We Can Do About It,” from noon to 2 p.m. in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion).
• New releases of FDU Press books include: The Political Economy of Art: Making the Nation of Culture, edited by Julie Codell; and Shakespeare Studies, Vol. XXXVI, edited by Susan Zimmerman and Garret Sullivan.
• Graduate Open Houses are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, in Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, and on Thursday, October 23, in Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. For information call 201-692-2554 (Metropolitan Campus), 973-443-8905 (College at Florham), e-mail grad@fdu.edu or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=372.
• The Cyber Crime Training Lab 2007 Calendar received an Award for Publication Excellencefrom the APEX 2008 Communications Concepts in the calendars, posters and certificates category. FDU Magazine’s winter/spring 2008 issue also earned an Apex Award for Excellence for magazine and journal writing.
• The University Players, the student theater group of the Metropolitan Campus, announces auditions for its fall production of “All the Great Books (Abridged),” described as a “brilliant, surreal comedy” that “darts from satire to silliness to sophisticated irreverence.” Auditions are open to the Metropolitan Campus community. The University Players is committed to nontraditional casting. Auditions will be held in the Russell H. Ratsch Experimental Theater in the basement of University Hall on September 17, 7 p.m.; and September 18, 7 p.m. For questions contact Ellen Spaldo, faculty adviser, at spaldo@fdu.edu.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University’s 11th Annual Robert T. Shields Golf Outing, sponsored by Hollister Construction Services, will take place on Monday, September 22, at the Cedar Hill Golf and Country Club in Livingston, N.J. The outing recognizes former coach and athletic director Bob Shields and provides funds benefiting all NCAA Division III athletics and intramural programs at the College at Florham. To register contact Mike Russo at russo@fdu.edu or 201-692-7006. For more information go tohttp://myfdu.net/golfouting.
• Knightscapes Online Spring 2008, the Web-based version of the Metropolitan Campus literary magazine, can be be found at http://www.fdu.edu/knightscapes. Knightscapes is a literary magazine run by the students and staff of FDU’s Metropolitan Campus. Founded by Thomas Stavola, English (Metro), in 2000, it has been in continuous publication for nearly a decade, fostering and promoting the literary talents of students and staff. Kerri Majors, English composition (Metro), is the faculty adviser. Knightscapes is looking for poetry, creative essays and fiction (up to 6,000 words), as well as drawing, painting and photography by students and staff. Deadline is Wednesday, October 8. Submit all written work in an MS Word attachment to knightscapes54@gmail.com, with the name, telephone and e-mail in the body of the e-mail. Art should be attached in a low-resolution form. All art will be considered for the Cover Art Contest. Paper submissions will not be accepted. For questions contact Majors at kerriks@fdu.edu.
• WFDU-FM (89.1) aired a major new public radio documentary, “Brazil Rising,” at 9 a.m. on August 31. It is a production of the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin. For more information go to http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/radio.cfm.
A new plaza at the College at Florham drawing the Dreyfuss Building, the Ferguson Recreation Center, the Stadler/Zenner Academic Building and the Rothman Institute into a cohesive unit, connecting them with green space was completed for the beginning of the fall semester.
On Tuesday, September 2, the opening of the new campus plaza was celebrated with a barbecue. Students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to enjoy the area.
Captions:
Enjoying good food and great company are, from left, Mark Sapara, assistant dean for special projects, director, Freshman Intensive Studies, faculty liaison and Becton College content manager (Flor); Mary Ford, assistant director/learning specialist, Freshman Intensive Studies (Flor); Geoffrey Weinman, English and dean, Becton College (Flor); Richard Bettencourt, executive director, continuing education (Metro); Karen Nelson, senior program director, continuing education (Metro); and James Barrood, executive director, Rothman Institute (Flor).
Last spring, faculty and staff were honored at the annual recognition picnic at the College at Florham.
Robin Barkley, computer graphics/animation, received the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award. The Silberman College Business Teacher of the Year Award went to Eleanor Ann Huser, marketing.
Marilyn Rye, English; associate campus provost; and director, University Honors Program, presented Campus Recognition Awards for Exceptional Service to select staff. This year’s recipients include Ed Boroszvich, senior enrollment services clerk, enrollment services; Todd Ferris, assistant director, Academic Advising and Student Support Services; Devika Milner, former associate director, international/graduate admissions; Tina Sakacs, secretary, Academic Advising and Student Support Services; and Brian Swanzey, director, Wroxton study abroad.
Captions:
Left photo: James Almeida, left, entrepreneurial studies and associate dean of Silberman College, with Eleanor Ann Huser, marketing, who received the Silberman College Business Teacher of the Year Award.
Right photo: Geoffrey Weinman, English and dean, Becton College, with Robin Barkley, computer graphics/animation, recipient of the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award.
Left photo: Three recipients of the Campus Recognition Awards for Exceptional Service were, from left, Tina Sakacs, secretary, Academic Advising and Student Support Services; Ed Boroszvich, senior enrollment services clerk, enrollment services; and Devika Milner, former associate director, international/graduate admissions.
Right photo: Marilyn Rye, English, associate campus provost and director, University Honors Program, with Brian Swanzey, director, Wroxton study abroad, who also received a Campus Recognition Award for Exceptional Service.
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