Update

The Zaddick, by Elaine Denholtz, English (Flor), was described as “riveting” in a review in The Key Reporter, a publication of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Ann Lucas, emerita, management (Metro), co-presented two sessions at the American Association for Higher Education conference in Washington, D.C., in March. The first, a pre-conference workshop titled “Effectively Resolving Conflict in the Department and in the College,” was done in collaboration with Sandra Cheldelin, with whom Lucas is co-authoring her fourth book, Academic Administrators: Conflict Resolution. The second was titled “Developing Chair Leadership: Promoting Change Through Team Strategies.”

Leo Rogers, director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), has announced his retirement at the end of the fiscal year (June 2003). Rogers has spent a decade at the Rothman Institute, building its reputation to consistently rank as one of Success magazine’s Top-50 entrepreneurial studies programs in the country. He was especially active with the Family Business Forum and with community and business outreach initiatives. Rogers served as interim dean of Silberman College from 2001–2002, spearheading the development of the streamlined MBA program. James Barrood, assistant director, Rothman Institute (Flor), will serve as interim director until a search process is completed.

Benjamin Nelson, English and coordinator, English, (Metro), previewed the Oscars at the Jewish Community Center on the Palisades in Tenafly, N.J., on March 12.

Gwen Jones, management (Flor), was guest speaker at the monthly meeting/workshop of the New Jersey Association of Legal Administrators, held at The Manor in West Orange, N.J., on March 11. Her topic was “Managing Change in the Workplace.”

Deborah Gonzalez, general studies, New College (Metro); Jason Scorza, philosophy/political science (Metro), and Lana Tiersky, psychology and director, Adult ADHD Clinic, Center for Psychological Services (Metro), were among the presenters at NJEDge.Net’s Fourth Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase: Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning. This event, held March 21 at Kean University, Union, N.J., showcased outstanding examples of curricular innovation with technology, including online courses, Web-enhanced courses and infusion of technology into face-to-face courses. Gonzales presented a workshop, “Communications and Gender: A Collaborative Learning Approach Via Media,” demonstrating New College’s unique “blended” course developed for a degree completion program at QUEST Diagnostics. Scorza was instrumental in developing FDU’s first required distance-learning course, The Global Challenge, and its new sophomore online offering The Life of the Mind. He and Tiersky presented “You Can’t Do That Online: Integrating Technology into the Philosophy Curriculum.” Emphasis was placed on the problem of teaching and discussing challenging philosophical texts online and the possibilities for introducing interdisciplinarity into the philosophy curriculum.

Charles Albano, history, New College (Metro), spoke on “A Bayonne Childhood: Writings and Remembrances,” for the Bayonne Historical Society on March 11.

Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), and Kenneth Greene, interim provost (Flor), received the EOF Champion awards for 2003, which recognize non-Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) administrators who over the years have championed the cause of the campus EOF programs. A recognition ceremony was held April 2 at the New Jersey EOF Professional Association’s Student Leadership Conference and Senior Awards Luncheon at the Atlantic City (N.J.) Convention Center. Individuals are nominated by their campus’s Educational Opportunity Fund directors, students and staff.

Gerhard Haas, biological sciences (Metro), presented “Fermentation for Food and Beverage, Natural Ways to Preserve Foods,” at the Nature Center, Closter, N.J., on March 6.

Robin Barkley, computer graphics (Flor), was lead 3-D animator/art director for a broadcast commercial for MainTech, a computer networking service company. The commercial has been shown on CNN and MSNBC.

“The Natural Roots of Capitalism and Its Virtues and Values,” by Sherwin Klein, philosophy, New College (Metro), has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Business Ethics. In addition, Klein also is author of Ethical Business Leadership: Balancing Theory and Practice, volume seven of the nine-volume Studies in Theoretical and Applied Ethics series published by Peter Lang Publishing.

William “Pat” Schuber, administrative science/individualized studies, New College, (Metro), will be presented with The Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Leadership Award by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College, Mahwah, N.J. The award will be presented by Leonard Cole, president of UJA - Federation of Bergen County and North Hudson, on May 8 at the Hilton Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Schuber and Ronald Calissi, executive associate dean for off-campus credit programs, New College (Metro/Flor), were honored by The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association, Inc., State of New Jersey, and had their membership elevated to honorary life.

Marie Simone, education (Metro), presented “Taking Bullies By the Horn” at the Madison Branch of the American Association of University Women’s meeting on April 7 at Chatham (N.J.) Middle School. The program addressed the psychology of bullying and how it can be handled effectively.

Ray Baylouny, chemistry (Flor), announced that he and Steve Waller, chemistry (Flor), have received a $7,000 grant from the SEED (Science Education for the Economically Disadvantaged) program of the American Chemical Society. The program, designed to encourage economically disadvantaged high-school students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences, provides mentors and funds for high-school students to pursue research in chemistry. Baylouny and Waller will mentor four student researchers this June.

Joel Harmon, management (Flor); Dennis Scotti, health systems management (Metro); Scott Behson, management (Metro); and Gerard Farias, management (Flor), had a paper, “High-Involvement Work Practices, Employee Satisfaction and Service Costs in the Veterans Healthcare Administration,” accepted by the Journal of Healthcare Management. The paper is one product of a National Science Foundation grant that FDU received to study the impacts of work place stress and aggression on employees and on business performance.

In Memoriam

Margaret Coit Elwell, emerita, history (R), died March 15 at the age of 83. She was a faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson for three decades, starting in 1955. Her first book, John C. Calhoun: American Portrait, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1951. LIFE magazine listed the book as one of President John F. Kennedy’s 10 favorites.

Vincent Hubin, retired marketing/economics/finance (Metro), died April 9 at the age of 84. He served the FDU faculty from 1959 to 1988. He is survived by his wife, Irene; a brother, Thomas; a sister, Greta; and a niece and nephew.

Announcing

Clorinda De Salvo, assistant to the senior vice president for University advancement (Metro), announces the birth of her twin grandsons, Christian Joseph and Eric Gregory, to Gregory and Denise De Salvo Goumas, AA’93, BSN’96 (Metro), on April 22.

James Pierce, assistant controller, finance (Metro), and his wife, Margie, announce the birth of Jamie Lynn on March 13.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who have joined FDU between February 24 and April 16.

Welcome to Murtaza Ali, officer, public safety (Flor); Amy Boyd, psychological counselor/substance abuse educator, Wellness Center (Metro); Robert Dellafave, secretary, Academic Resource Center (Metro); Benjy Desir, officer, public safety (Flor); Laura Eick, senior clerk, enrollment services (Flor); Stuart Eisenstadt, project manager, National Guard Global Education Project (Metro); Gregg Festa, coordinator of instructional design, National Guard Global Education Project (Metro); Samantha Ryan, officer, public safety (Flor); Paul Sokoloff, research technician, biological/allied health sciences (Flor); and Denise Williams, administrative assistant, public safety (Flor).

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