Update

“Ubiquitous Distributed Learning and Global Citizenship,” by J. Michael Adams, president, and Michael Sperling, associate provost for interdisciplinary, distributed and global learning, was published in the winter 2003 issue of The Presidency, the flagship magazine of the American Council on Education (ACE). The article describes the University’s innovative approach to using distributed learning to further its mission of preparing global citizens.

Judy Moonelis, art (Flor), will be the subject of a solo exhibition at Groot Foundation Exhibition Space, Chicago, Ill., from March 21, through April 19. Moonelis participated in a group exhibition, “Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virginia A. Groot Awards,” at the SOFA Chicago Art Fair at Navy Pier and the Groot Foundation Exhibition Space in fall 2002. Moonelis’ work currently appears in the following group exhibitions: “Women Playing with Fire,” at Texas Woman’s University, Denton, through March 24; “Clay Works: American Ceramics from the Everson Museum of Art,” at the UBS PaineWebber Art Gallery, N.Y.C., through March 28; “Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective,” at the Houston (Texas) Center for Contemporary Craft, through May 3; and “The Callner Challenge,” at the Albany (N.Y.) Institute of History and Art, March 12 through June 1. Upcoming group exhibitions include “The Art of Collecting Fine Art,” at The Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J., March 25–April 6; and “Triennial 9 Form and Content: Corporal Identity-Body Language,” an international exhibition debuting at the Frankfurt Museum of Applied Arts, Germany (June 2003) and traveling to the Chicago (Ill.) Athenaeum in the fall and the Museum of Arts and Design, N.Y.C., in spring 2004.

Ann Lucas, emerita, management (Metro), conducted a workshop titled “Handling Conflict in the Department” for 70 department chairs at the 20th Annual Kansas State Conference for Academic Chairpersons in Orlando, Fla., on February 5.

Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), is the author of “9/11 New Jersey: Response and Reflection,” published in Meadowlands, USA.

Ethné Swartz and Jacques Baronet, both entrepreneurial studies (Flor), presented a case study titled “Part A: Psomunix LLC” at the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s national meeting, held in Hilton Head, S.C., from January 23–25. The case is the first of two that focus on the development of a biopharmaceutical startup in Morris County, N.J. James Barrood, associate director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), also attended the conference.

A review of the book Ethical Business Leadership: Balancing Theory and Practice by Sherwin Klein, philosophy (Metro/Flor), appeared in the January 2003 issue of CHOICE. The reviewer, R.F. White of the College of Mount St. Joseph, stated that “Most will find the book scholarly, well written, and engaging … this is provocative, imaginative scholarship in the communitarian tradition and a good acquisition for academic libraries that support courses in business and leadership.”

Fairleigh Dickinson University was featured in the winter 2003 issue of The College Board Review, the magazine of the College Board. The University’s groundbreaking distance-learning initiative and its Global Virtual Faculty were highlighted in the article “No Longer a Novelty, Online Learning Comes of Age,” by Gene Maeroff. Michael Sperling, associate provost for interdisciplinary, distributed and global learning, was quoted. In addition, Sperling presented “Ubiquitous Distributed Learning and Global Citizenship” at the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, La., in January. Sperling, with Irwin Isquith, executive director for global partnerships (Metro/Flor), and Dalila Suhonjic, director, global initiatives (Metro/Flor), presented “Global Virtual Faculty Program” at the ACE Internationalization Collaborative Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in February, and, with Jason Scorza, philosophy/political science (Metro), and Geoffrey Weinman, English and chair, English/communication/philosophy (Flor), “One College That’s Really Doing It — Fairleigh Dickinson University,” at the American Council on Education Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in February.

William “Pat” Schuber, administrative science (Metro), will be honored with the BCEA (Bergen County Education Association) Friend of Education Award during the association’s annual legislative dinner on April 9. Schuber is former Bergen County executive.

The film “New Jersey 40.76N x 74.42W” about “Fourteen Stations/Hey Yud Dalet,” a series of charcoal drawings based on surveillance photographs of the German concentration camps, by Arie Galles, fine arts (Metro), was screened at the Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J. Directed by Howard Libov, the film documents the effort, time, research and the personal toll Galles’ work exacted on him.

Della O’Malley, librarian, New College of General and Continuing Studies Library (Metro), and her husband, both photographers, are showing their photographs in a current exhibit at the Johnson Public Library, Hackensack, N.J., through March.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who have joined FDU between January 30 and February 24.

Welcome to David Epstein, chief of staff, office of the president (Metro); Kevin Forman, educational technology project manager, educational technology (Flor); Daniel Huff, fitness/strength/conditioning coach, Fitness Center (Metro); and David Langford, director of athletics/Rothman Center (Metro).

March 2003

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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