• With 10,956 students enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson, FDU remains the largest private university in the state of New Jersey. This fall’s enrollment is up from last year’s figure of 10,464. There are 7,168 students (5,080 undergraduates and 2,088 graduates) studying at the Metropolitan Campus and 3,788 students (2,682 undergraduates and 1,106 graduates) attending the College at Florham.

• The next United Nations Pathways lecture, scheduled for Wednesday, November 5, will feature H.E. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, undersecretary general and special adviser on Africa, United Nations, speaking on “African Challenges at the Turn of the 21st Century” at 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. refreshments), in Room 105, Muscarelle Center, Metropolitan Campus. The U.N. videoconference on “Global Health Issues” will be held on Thursday, November 13, at 10 a.m. in the ITV Rooms in Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, and Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham. The series is presented in conjunction with The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations. The Record/HeraldNews is co-sponsoring the events at the Metropolitan Campus.

• As of this week, the Knights men’s soccer team was ranked No. 10 in the nation according to the National Coaches Association of America (NSCAA/adidas poll, a one-spot jump from previous week. They are also ranked No. 1 in the mid-Atlantic region, the program’s highest mark since the 1980s. The Knights are also No. 17 in the Soccer Times, No. 18 in the College Soccer News and No. 22 in the Soccer America national polls.

• College at Florham student Brian Gonsar, a soccer and tennis player and electronic filmmaker major, has received the Outstanding Athlete for 2002–2003 for Division III award by the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey. He is the leading scorer on the soccer team; president of the Student Athletic Advisory Council which coordinates athletes’ community service programs; and a reporter for the student newspaper, The Metro. The award recipient must be an outstanding athlete, maintain a high grade point ratio and have a record of notable community service. Gonsar’s documentary of his hometown, Selingsgrove, Pa., was aired on central Pennsylvania PBS station.

• Save the date, Homecoming at the College at Florham will be held on Saturday, November 8.

• Don’t forget the Walk for Breast Cancer on October 19. More than 30 students and 15 staff from the Metropolitan Campus are scheduled to participate. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the fund-raising event will start in Overpeck Park, Leonia, N.J. Anyone interested may contact Amy Boyd, psychological counselor/substance abuse educator, student counseling/psychological services (Metro), at 201-692-2174.

• Latino Heritage Month is being celebrated in October. Check <http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/calendarth.html> for events.

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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