This & That

• “The FDU Web site is getting more than 50,000 hits a day four days a week, and more than 25,000 per day on the weekends,” reports William Kennedy, University webmaster (Metro/Flor). The site received approximately 14 million hits in the past year. There are more than 5,000 live pages in the Content Management System.

• On Tuesday, May 5, Joseph O’Neill will appear in a Gene Barnett Literary Society lecture, “An Evening with Joseph O’Neill, Author of Netherland,” in Wilson Auditorium, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, at 8 p.m. Editors of the New York Times Book Review selected the book as one of the five best novels of 2008. The event is free to the University community with valid ID and $10 for the general public. All tickets are at the door starting at 7:30 p.m. There is no advance sale. For further information, call 201-692-7032.

• Four Devils teams made it to post-season play. The golf team won their fourth consecutive Freedom Conference Tournament championship and will return to action on Monday, May 11, at the NCAA Tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla. The third-seeded women’s lacrosse team lost to second-seeded Messiah, 10-8, in the MAC semifinals. The baseball team will play in the Freedom Conference Tournament on Friday, May 1, in Boyertown, Pa. The top-seeded men’s lacrosse team will host third-seeded Widener in the finals on Saturday.

• This May, Undergraduate Explore Days for freshmen and transfer students will be held in Hennessy Hall at the College at Florham and in Dickinson Hall at the Metropolitan Campus. Prospective students will have the chance to meet admissions staff; learn about FDU’s majors, scholarships and financial-aid opportunities; and go on a student-guided tour of the campuses and their residence halls. Information sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 1; Saturday, May 2; Wednesday, May 6; and Saturday, May 16. Pre-registration is necessary. To register and for information for the College at Florham contact Joanne Chirico, visitor center coordinator, undergraduate admissions (Flor), at 973-443-8900 or jchirico@fdu.edu, and for the Metropolitan Campus, Lorena Williams, visitor center coordinator (Metro), at 201-692-7308 or lorenaw@fdu.edu.

• Adult Information Series will be held on Saturday, June 13, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., in the Lobby and Room 1171 of Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, and on Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., in Sullivan Lounge, Hennessy Hall, College at Florham. The adult open houses will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 6–8 p.m., also in Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, and on Wednesday, August 19, 6–8 p.m., in Hennessy Hall, College at Florham. For information and to register call Anita Rivers, director of adult admissions and coordinator, adult student intake at 201-692-2551, e-mail achieve@fdu.edu or go to http://www.fdu.edu/achieve .

• “MBA Nights,” open houses for prospective MBA students will be held on Tuesday, July 21, 6–8 p.m., at the Marriott at Glenpointe, Teaneck, N.J., and on Tuesday, July 28, 6–8 p.m., in Hennessy Hall, College at Florham. Registration is necessary. To register and for information call (201) 692-2554 for the Metropolitan Campus, (973) 443-8905 for the College at Florham, e-mail grad@fdu.edu or go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4546 .