Update

Elise Salem, English and assistant dean for academic planning, Becton College (Flor), is the author of Constructing Lebanon: A Century of Literary Narratives, published by University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Her preface thanks Fairleigh Dickinson University for its leaves and grants that helped her complete the book sooner, and particularly Peter Falley, retired provost and emeritus, computer science (Flor); Martin Green, English and assistant provost for planning and assessment (Flor); Barbara Salmore, dean, Becton College (Flor); Mary Cross, emeritus, English (Flor); Geoffrey Weinman, English and chair, English/ communication/philosophy (Flor); and her other colleagues as well as her students.

Miriam Romais-Hopkins, director, instructional training/development, motorcycle safety education, continuing education (Metro), will attend the Chief Instructor School at the National Motorcycle Safety Foundation in California in March. In addition, she has been invited to speak on “Women in Motorcycling” at the National Association of State Motorcycle Safety Administrators conference, to be held in Ohio this summer.

Louis Hsu, psychology (Metro), is the author of “Diagnostic Validity Statistics and the MCMI-III,” published in Psychological Assessment.

Arie Galles, art (Flor), received mention for his work “Fourteen Stations/Hey Yud Dalet” in The Palm Beach Post, The Boca Raton/Delray Beach News, Martyrdom & Resistance, published by the International Society for Yad Vashem, Inc., N.Y.C.; Community Relations Currents, published by the United Jewish Communities of Metrowest New Jersey; and Art Now’s Gallery Guide for the Southeast. The work is on display at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, through April 19. Galles received a letter of thank you from the Vatican in appreciation for his sending to Pope John Paul II an inscribed copy of the exhibition catalog.

Neil Massoth, psychology and director, PhD program in clinical psychology (Metro), has been elected to the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee.

Marion McClary, biological sciences (Metro), presented “Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis as Habitat for the Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn)” and co-presented “Low Salinity Does Not Control the Distribution of Barnacles in the Tidal Hackensack River” and “Toxicity Test of Roundup on the Fiddler Crab Uca pugnax (Smith) and the Ribbed Mussel Guekensia demissa (Dillwyn),” with students Richard Drennan and Vanessa Nieto during the 2003 meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, held January 4–8 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Vladimir Zwass, distinguished computer science/management information systems (Metro), chaired the Panel on Research Directions in Electronic Commerce at the International Conference on Information Systems, held in Barcelona, Spain, in December. In June 2002, Zwass was an invited guest of the Taiwan Ministry of Research and Development, presenting on “The Structure of Electronic Commerce and Directions for Innovation.”

Robert McGrath and David Pogge, both psychology (Metro), are co-authors of “Incremental Validity of Selected MMPI-A Content Scales in an Inpatient Setting,” published in Psychological Assessment; “A Comparison of MMPI-2 High-point Coding Strategies,” published in the Journal of Personality Assessment; and “MMPI-A Structural Summary Variables: Prevalence and Correlates in an Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Sample,” published in Assessment. McGrath has been appointed to the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Academicians and Prescriptive Authority.

Teresa Montani, education (Metro), will present “Quality Versus Quantity: Small Group Instruction in Mathematics” at the Learning Disabilities Association of America’s 2003 International Conference, to be held in Chicago, Ill., on February 27. Montani also has been invited to participate in a roundtable symposium on special education at the University of Oxford, England, in March. She will present a paper on mathematical disabilities in young children. While in England, Montani also will be a visiting faculty member at FDU’s Wroxton College.

Leo Rogers, director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in The Star-Ledger December 23 on “Bank of Last Resort,” in an article on the risks of borrowing money from family members.

Charles Schaefer, psychology (Metro), is co-author of “Fifteen Effective Play Therapy Techniques,” published in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and Play Therapy Techniques, third edition, published by Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, N.J.

Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), completed his 15th consecutive “Super Bowl Wrap-up” article for The Record, part of the Gridiron Geography component of the Newspaper in Education Program. Vehrkens also made a presentation on the “Degree-completion Program of the National Football League (NFL),” to the NFL Management Council in San Diego, Calif., in January. For the past 12 years, he has served the NFL as the FDU education consultant.

Paul Bologna, marine biology (Flor), received an Environmental Excellence Award in Atlantic City this November from Bradley Campbell, environmental protection commissioner of New Jersey. The award was sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology.

In October, Ronald Dumont, psychology and director PsyD and MA programs in school psychology (Metro), presented “How to Improve Your Everyday Functioning as a School Psychologist and Comply with New York’s Part 200 Revisions,” for the Auburn (N.Y.) Public School District. He also presented on “Woodcock-Johnson Training,” for the Yorktown (N.Y.) Board of Cooperative Educational Services in October. For the New Hampshire Association of Specialists in the Assessment of Intellectual Assessments, Nashua, N.H., he presented “What Do We Know About Learning Disabilities: Not Much and Why?” in October and “I’m Mad as Hell, and I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore: Identification of Serious Emotional Disturbance,” in November. Also in November, he gave a workshop on “WPPSI III: A New Test for Educational Assessments,” on FDU’s Metropolitan Campus. In December, he made two presentations in New York: “Understanding Learning Disabilities” for the Nyack Public School District and “Identification of Serious Emotional Disturbances: School’s Understanding and Responsibility” for the Clinton County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Beekmantown. Dumont is co-author of “A Test Review: Dominique Interactive,” published in Communiqué, and Guide to the Identification of Learning Disabilities, third edition, published by Copley Custom Publishing Group, Acton, Mass.

“Lamentation of 9-11,” mounted on the inside entrance wall in Robison Hall, Metropolitan Campus, was dedicated on February 6.

“Lamentation of 9-11,” by Jacqueline Lima, fine arts (Metro), a memorial for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, was dedicated on February 6. Music was provided by the T. Colburn Mass Bass Choir; John Snyder, dean, University College (Metro), spoke; and poetry was read by poets Tsaurah Litzky and Steve Dalachinsky. Special thanks went to Melvin Lewis, engineering technology and coordinator, engineering technology (Metro), for designing the mechanism to animate the work; to Albert Schielke, physics and associate dean, University College (Metro), for his help in engineering; to Nadini Kotha, Web page designer, University College (Metro), and alumni JaeWon Chung, BA’97 (Metro), and Anthony Resto, AA’98 (Metro), for helping to handprint the victims’ names; Dave Hanson, art (Metro), for his video documentation of the project; Snyder, who commissioned the work; and Richard Bronson, interim provost (Metro); Irene Abt, secretary, fine arts (Metro); and Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro).

Linda Reddy, psychology and director, Center for Psychological Services and Child/Adolescent ADHD Clinic (Metro), presented a workshop titled “How to Improve Your Child’s Social Skills,” for the Wayne Council of Parent-Teacher Organizations at Wayne Hills High School in December.

Benjamin Nelson, English (Metro), spoke at the sisterhood of the Jewish Community Center of Fort Lee’s Chanukah meeting in December.

William “Pat” Schuber, administrative science (Metro), has been selected to receive the 2003 Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Leadership Award from the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey.

James Barrood, associate director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), and Steve Fulda, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), were quoted in The Star-Ledger January 15 in an article titled “Free Business Plans.” They discussed the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies’ Business Plan Development program, which links teams of MBA candidates with entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Theresa Coll, director, financial aid (Metro), presented a program on the recent changes in financial aid for higher education at Nutley (N.J.) High School.

At Chatham High School on January 7, Vincent Varrassi, campus director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), addressed key issues regarding services available at colleges to students with learning disabilities during an information program sponsored by the Chatham, N.J., school district’s Special Services Department and the Chatham Association for Support in Education, a parent support group.

In December, J. Warren Blaker, physics and director, Center for Lightwave Science and Technology (Metro), was the keynote speaker at “Let There Be Light,” the Second Jerusalem Symposium of Optical Communications presented by the Jewish College of Technology Institute of Optical Communications at the college’s Machon Lev Brause Educational Center in Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem.

William Kennedy, director of Web operations (Metro), was interviewed by Beacon, a publication of the Alumni Association of New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, for an article on “The Wonders of the Web.” He mentioned FDU’s Webmaster Skills Certificate program as well as discussing what to look for when hiring a Web design consultant.

James Almeida, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in The Daily Record January 25 in an article titled “FDU Poll Finds Jerseyans Upbeat About Economy,” which focused on the current consumer sentiment regarding the state’s business conditions.

Raymond Baylouny, chemistry (Flor), is handling the International Olympiad for the American Chemical Society, North Jersey Section. The International Chemistry Olympiad, run by the American Chemical Society, screens thousands of talented high school students throughout the United States (by administering a difficult chemistry test, his for the North Jersey Section is on March 29) and selects 20 top students who are invited to spend three weeks at the Air Force Academy in Colorado for additional chemistry training (an intense chemistry workshop). Out of the 20, four students are chosen to represent the United States and compete with students of the same age bracket. The International Chemistry Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece, in June 2003, where gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded.

In Memoriam

Edward Bressman, retired clinical periodontics/oral medicine (Metro), died December 11, at the age of 86. He taught at FDU from 1959 through 1990 and received a Distinguished Faculty Award for Service. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Lillian; a daughter, Beth Sackler; a son, Robert; a brother, Arthur; a sister, Ruth Weinrit; and three grandchildren.

Announcing

Mary Ann Meola, assistant to the Educational Opportunity Fund coordinator (Metro), is the proud grandmother of Isabella Amaris DelValle, born January 2 to Lori (Meola) DeValle, BA’97, MA’98 (Metro), and Antonio DelValle.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who have joined FDU between December 2, 2002, and January 29, 2003.

Welcome to William Armstrong, risk manager, human resources (Metro); Joan Cann, nurse practitioner, student health services (Metro); Suchita Choksi, senior manager, educational technology (Metro); Michele Coneys, University employee administrator, human resources (Flor); Teresita de Medeiros, receptionist/security, library (Metro); Dolores Little, clerk, enrollment services (Flor); Denise Marshall, reference librarian, library (Flor); Michelle McCroy, director of judicial affairs, dean of students (Metro); Stefanie Miller, assistant manager, employee benefits, human resources (Metro); Stacey Oakley, program coordinator, student services (Metro); Eric Range, residence director, student services (Flor); Jessie Ribustello, clerk, library (Metro); and Michelle Schleibaum, assistant director, alumni relations (Metro).

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