College Happenings

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Forum on Pedagogy

The Faculty Forum, a series of presentations by Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences faculty, focuses on pedagogy this semester.

Upcoming presentations will be on Tuesday, October 21, when Bruce Peabody, political science and chair, social sciences/history (Flor), will speak about “Linking Research and Teaching in the Classroom”; on Tuesday, November 11, with Peter Benson, English (Flor), and Debbie Southwood Smith, former vice president, A&R-Interscope Records USA, who will discuss “I Am Whatever I Say I Am: Using Contemporary Music to Promote Student Engagement and Critical Thinking”; and on Monday, December 1, with Silvia Belen-Ramos, Spanish (Flor), who will lecture on “Cultural Repression During the Dirty Wars in Argentina.”

This semester’s forum began with a panel discussion on “Active Learning: What It Is and How to Use It” led by Katie Singer, college writing (Flor). Panelists included Daniel Cassino, political science; Mary Kathryn Douglas, college writing; and Mary Ford, assistant director/learning specialist, Freshman Intensive Studies (all Flor).

The forums will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. Refreshments will be served. For information call 973-443-8750.

Colloquium to Discuss ‘Shakespeare and Language’

The 16th annual Shakespeare Colloquium, titled “Shakespeare and Language: The Art of Close Reading,” will be held on Saturday, October 18, from 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. in Room S-11, Science Building, College at Florham.

This year’s featured Shakespeare scholars 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 registration and information on this free event, contact the colloquium’s coordinator, Harry Keyishian, English (Flor), at 973-443-8711 or harry_keyishian@fdu.edu.

Interrogating Boundaries Focuses on Race and Ethnicity

As part of the Interrogating Boundaries seminar series on “Race and Ethnicity,” Jane Junn, political science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., will discuss “Race and Ethnicity in Democratic Citizenship” on Wednesday, November 12, noon to 2 p.m., at the Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. The free seminar is sponsored by the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences.

Lunch will be served. For food-planning purposes, R.S.V.P. is required to Madeline McMahon, administrative assistant, Becton College (Flor), at mmcmahon@fdu.edu. For information contact Krista Jenkins, political science (Flor), at kjenkins@fdu.edu.

‘Impact of 2008 Presidential Elections’ to Be Discussed

“The Impact of the 2008 Presidential Election: How Much ‘Change’?” is the topic of the Hot Topics panel discussion on Tuesday, November 18, 7 p.m., in Lenfell Hall and Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.

Panelists include Roger Koppl, economics/finance and executive director, Institute for Forensic Science Administration; Bruce Peabody, political science and chair, social sciences/history; Daniel Cassino, political science; and Eloy Delgado, political science major (all Flor). Gary Darden, history (Flor), will be the moderator. The event is co-sponsored by the Student Government Association. For information call 973-443-8750.

‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ to Be Staged

“Brighton Beach Memoirs,” one of Neil Simon’s most popular and enduring plays, will be staged in Dreyfuss Theater, Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham, and presented by the visual and performing arts department. Performances will be on Wednesday, November 19, through Saturday, November 22, at 8 p.m.; Friday, November 21, at 11 a.m. for high school students; and Sunday, November 23, at 2:30 p.m.

Set in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1937, the play deals with the interfamily relationships, puberty and sexual awakening of Eugene Morris, a Russian-Jewish teenager. As he struggles with his demanding father and overprotective mother, he learns important lessons from his older brother, Stanley, whom he idolizes, and his cousin, Nora, for whom he has intimate feelings.

“Brighton Beach Memoirs” will be directed by Nancy Robillard, theater (Flor). 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.

An upcoming production will be “Gemini,” a comedy by Albert Innaurato, from April 29 to May 3.

Silberman College of Business

PSEG Executive to Discuss ‘Innovation: The Future of Energy’

Ralph Izzo, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), parent company of PSE&G, will discuss “Innovation: The Future of Energy” at the 2008 CEO Innovation Lecture on Wednesday, November 5, in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham.

A well-known leader within the utility industry as well as the public-policy arena, Izzo served as an American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Bill Bradley (N.J.-Dem.) and as a senior policy adviser in the Office of New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, specializing in energy, science and technology.

He is chairman of the Center for Energy Workforce Development and the Drumthwacket Foundation. He serves on the boards of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the American Gas Association, the New Jersey Utilities Association, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). He also is a member of the Council on Competitiveness – Energy Security; the Innovation and Sustainability Initiative Steering Committee; and the Business Roundtable; and is on the board of trustees for the New Jersey Network Foundation.

Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:15 a.m., with Izzo’s presentation at 8 a.m. Preregistration is required; cost is $50 per person. To register, call 973-443-8842. The CEO Innovation Lecture is co-sponsored by the Silberman College of Business and the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies.

For more information go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/izzo.html .

Food-Preneur™ Bootcamp Offered

Entrepreneurs can learn what it takes to make a unique food idea into a commercial success at the introductory session of a new program called Food-Preneur™ Boot Camp. The opening session, co-sponsored by the Women’s Business Center of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners and the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, will be held on Thursday, October 16, from 8 to 11 a.m., at the Rothman Forum, Rothman Institute, College at Florham.

Food-Preneur™ Boot Camp is a series of workshops tailored to new or early-stage entrepreneurs wanting to improve their skills as well as budding entrepreneurs who have a great specialty food idea but are unsure of the next steps. Each module of the series is taught by food business experts who market, sell and develop specialty foods products. Participants learn experientially through classroom interaction and are provided with tools, resources and information to learn the food business and develop plans to create sales, manage growth and create or refine a product.

Domenick Celentano, entrepreneurial studies (Flor) and president, Celentano and Company, and Esther Luong Psarakis, managing partner of Demeter’s Pantry and founder of the Taste of Crete, will run the first session.

The cost of the session is $35. For registration, call Kim Dennison, administrator, Rothman Institute (Flor), at 973-443-8880. For information go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/foodpreneur.html .

Other Rothman Institute Events

The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies has scheduled several upcoming seminars and lectures.

• Family Business Forum

Fredda Herz-Brown, principal, Relative Solutions Family Business Consulting Group, Cresskill, N.J., will speak about “Back to Basics: Learning to Build on the Uniqueness of Families Who Share a Family Enterprise” on Thursday, October 30, from 8:30–11:30 a.m., at the Rothman Forum, Rothman Institute, College at Florham. For registration and information call 973-443-8880.

• Strategies for Creative Managers

A presentation about “Management Strategies for In-house Creative Managers: The Tools You Need to Tear Down the Silos and Build a Successful In-house Creative Team,” will be held on Wednesday, November 12, at Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion), College at Florham. Moira Cullen, group director, strategic design, The Coca-Cola Company, and Emily Cohen, consultant to creative professionals, are the featured speakers. Cost is $150 per person (includes lunch). The event is sponsored by InSource, an association of corporate creatives. For registration and information e-mail info@in-source.org.

• Entrepreneurial Society Lectures

FDU’s Entrepreneurial Society, together with the Rothman Institute and the Silberman College of Business, is sponsoring free lectures in November. On Wednesday, November 19, Mario Barth, founder of Starlight Tattoos, will discuss “My Life As a Tattoo Artist,” from 5:15 to 7 p.m. in Wilson Auditorium, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus. On Thursday, November 20, Len Green, Silberman College (Flor), will talk about “10 Steps for Success in Entrepreneurship,” from noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Rothman Forum, Rothman Institute, College at Florham. Registration is necessary. To register call 973-443-8842.

Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies

Academic Agreement with Dutch University

Fairleigh Dickinson University and TIO University of Applied Sciences for Hospitality and Tourism in the Netherlands have signed an agreement for academic cooperation. The arrangement allows undergraduate students from both institutions’ hospitality and tourism programs to spend a study-abroad semester at one of five TIO locations in the Netherlands — Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Uthrecht, Eindhoven and Hengelo — or at FDU’s Metropolitan Campus.

Students who complete undergraduate studies at TIO will be given an opportunity to enroll in FDU’s International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management’s MS in hospitality management studies program.

TIO undergraduate students visited the Metropolitan Campus in January 2007 (185 students) and January 2008 (195 students).

Governor Visits MiraeRo! Booth

The weekend of September 27 was Chusok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving. The Northern New Jersey festival, which promoted interaction between the Korean-American community and the community at large, was held in Overpeck Park, Leonia, N.J. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s booth featuring the MiraeRo! program was visited by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and Assemblyman Gordon Johnson, where they learned about FDU’s Korean to English MiraeRo! program.

Left photo: Manning the MiraeRo! booth at the Chusok festival are, from left, Ronald Calissi, executive associate dean for off-campus credit programs, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor), and director, administrative science (Metro); Joseph Thomas, director of Web/instructional technology/online learning, Petrocelli College (Metro); and Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor).

Right photo: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, right, visits the MiraeRo! booth and speaks with Joseph Thomas, director of Web/instructional technology/online learning, Petrocelli College (Metro); and WoonJang Joo, student assistant (Metro).

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

Election Night Gathering

The faculty of the School of History, Political and International Studies will host an election night gathering on Tuesday, November 4, 8 p.m., in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Union Building, Metropolitan Campus. Attendees will enjoy large television screens for viewing, refreshments and conversation while watching the election results.

Chemistry and Archaeology Lecture

In celebration of National Chemistry Week, Mihaela Leonida, chemistry and coordinator, preprofessional studies in the sciences (Metro), will lecture on “Between Chemistry and Archaeology” on Friday, November 7, in the Dickinson Hall Café of the Metropolitan Campus. From materials science to the use of chemical analysis, the lecture offers insight into how science becomes an analyst of past cultures and a creator of present ones.

The event, which includes a social at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and the lecture at 7 p.m., is co-sponsored by the School of Natural Sciences and the Hudson-Bergen Chemical Society. Dinner costs $20, $10 for students. Reservation is necessary by November 4. For registration and information contact Leonida at 201-692-2338 or mleonida@fdu.edu.

Writing Studio Offers Workshops, Conversational Lunches

Mystery writer Edward Rand, who writes under the name E.J. Rand, will lead a workshop titled “Taking the Mystery Out of Getting Published” on Tuesday, October 21, from 7–8:30 p.m., in the Metro Writing Studio on the second floor of the Weiner Library, Metropolitan Campus.

Rand, who published his first mystery novel earlier this year at the age of 70, will talk about how to perfect writing through revision and participation in writing groups, and about the process of finding and signing with a publisher. He will also read excerpts from his novel, Say Goodbye, which was a finalist in the mystery/suspense category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. A question-and-answer period follows his presentation.

For information call 201-692-2165, e-mail boydj@fdu.edu or go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/edrandworkshop.html .

Remaining workshops include “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. Except for the October 15 workshop, which will be held at the Weiner Library Auditorium, all workshops will be held in the Metro Writing Studio.

Conversational lunches focusing on American sports and leisure will be held at the Metro Writing Studio on the following Fridays: 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 to http://ucoll.fdu.edu/metro/events.html .