Update

On November 10, Benjamin Nelson, English and coordinator, English (Metro), was the leading speaker in the Englewood (N.J.) Public Library’s observance of “Jewish Book Month.” His topic was “Hollywood, Hitler and Humor: The Limits of Humor.”

Ann Lucas, emerita, management (Metro), made two presentations at professional conferences in October: a keynote address, “Leading Change in Turbulent Times,” at the Southwest Ohio Council for Higher Education Conference, held in Dayton, and “Leading Academic Change: Why Some Change Efforts Work and Others Don’t,” at the Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education Conference, “Hold Fast the Dream,” held in Atlanta, Ga.

Joseph Robbins, financial planning, New College (Flor), presented “Distributing Family Heirlooms” for the Somerset Hills Chapter of the American Association of University Women.

Bernard Dick, English (Metro), had three reviews printed in the fall 2002 edition of Film Quarterly: “Gene D. Phillips, Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir”; “Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner, A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left”; and “Jon Solomon, The Ancient World in the Cinema.” He also delivered a paper, “Bing Crosby at Paramount: From Crooner to Actor,” at the Bing Crosby Centennial Conference, held at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

Walter Cummins, emeritus English (Flor) and editor emeritus, The Literary Review, has received the Distinguished Editor Award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

Two FDU professors, Gary Kleinman, accounting (Metro), and Ron West, taxation (Metro), won Bright Idea for Business Awards, which are sponsored by Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.; the NJPRO Foundation; and New Jersey Business magazine. Kleinman won in the auditing category for his paper, “The Use of a Goal Programming Model to Improve the Efficiency of Audit Sampling,” published in Advances in Mathematical Programming and Financial Planning. West won in the tax issues category for “Tax Benefits of Qualified State Tuition Programs,” published in The CPA Journal.

Mihaela Leonida, right, chemistry (Metro), reports that her students presented at The 50th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the American Chemical Society, held at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., in May. “Activity-guided Isolation of Antifungal Compounds From Plants Using a Microwave Oven” was presented by Rebecca Goski and Roberty Shaw while “Two-enzyme Biosensor for the Analysis of Glutamine in Biotechnology Applications” was presented by Fenal Baria, Joel Fernandes, Hammad Amjad and Shadi Nehme. At the symposium, students met Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann, third from right, who was the featured speaker. Leonida is the author of “Adhesive Materials Used in Gilding by Romanian Medieval Icon Painters,” published in Etudes et Documents Balkaniques et Mediterraneens, Paris, France.

William Roberts, social sciences and director, Public Administration Institute, New College (Metro), is a contributing author to The Great Popes Through History, published by Greenwood Press. Roberts examined Pope Pius X in this interdisciplinary work written by scholars in history, political science, classics, theology, patristics and philosophy.

Samuel Raphalides, political science/history (Metro), spoke on the Israel/Palestine conflict on November 20 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glen Rock, N.J.

Paul Strauss, psychology and director, MA in psychology-organizational behavior (Flor), discussed “Communicating Between the Sexes” at the JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, N.J., in November. The event was co-hosted by Strauss with the Jewish Palisades Professionals.

Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College, and associate vice president for lifelong learning (Metro), addressed the 105th recruit class of the Port Authority Police Academy on November 26. He spoke on undergraduate and graduate degree-completion options to 120 officers as they prepared for their December 4 graduation ceremony, held at the Rothman Center. The academy, based on the Metropolitan Campus, has graduated 439 police officers since March 2002. Vehrkens also wrote a feature article, “How the West Was Won and the Buffalo Soldiers,” published in the history section of the fall 2002 edition of Meadowlands, USA.

William Klika, athletic director (Flor), reports that Ed Cracciolo, running back for the Devils football team, has been named one of the 10 finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, which is awarded to the Division III Outstanding Football Player of the Year for excellence in athletics, academics and community service. Cracciolo ranks fifth in MAC Conference history in rushing yards and first all-time at FDU. A finance major with a 3.36 cumulative grade point ratio, he also volunteers with youth programs. The winner will be announced December 19.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who have joined FDU between October 24 and December 2.

Welcome to Edward Boroszvich, communication specialist, public safety (Flor); Jennifer Conlan, learning disabilities specialist, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Flor); Christopher Maddocks, systems/technology services associate, library (Flor); Phyllis Reilly, assistant to the University director of financial aid (Metro); Damari Riddick, assistant men’s basketball coach, athletics (Metro); and Mitchell Weiss, reference librarian, Weiner Library (Metro).

December 2002/
January 2003

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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