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Richard Lo Pinto, biological sciences (Metro), presented “Water Quality Assessments — A Cost Effective Approach for Sustainable Development,” at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ international meeting on “Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Development in the Carpathian Basin,” held in Pecs, Hungary, in October. He discussed the pollution analysis and control systems that he developed with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the late 1980s, which were adopted in 1987 by all Western European countries. At the invitation of alumnus Kenneth Hayes, BS’84 (Ruth), president of Aqua Survey, Inc., Lo Pinto also attended a Homeland Security Technology Field Day, presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, on October 20. Aqua Survey has developed and patented the Threat Detection Test, which is able to detect several toxic agents in water.

At the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums’ 57th Annual Meeting and MuseumFair 2003 at the Hilton Gateway Hotel, Newark, N.J., Ursula Sommer, retired director of instructional media (Flor), and Kevin Wojtaszek, IMC equipment supervisor, instructional media (Flor), presented “Preserving Artists’ Voices for Posterity: An Oral History Film Collaboration Between a Small Museum and a University.” The session highlighted Fairleigh Dickinson University’s collaboration with the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, N.J., to produce a 30-minute documentary to accompany a juried exhibit showcasing contemporary craftspeople.

Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro), was interviewed for the CUNY TV documentary “Study with the Best,” an Emmy-nominated production by Alyson Brown that aired in February 2003. In a Discovery Channel documentary “Coney Island Sideshow,” aired in August and produced by Gordon Platt, Roberts was interviewed and shown painting both at home and on Coney Island. Roberts also was the subject of a chapter in Coney Island Lost & Found, by Charles Denson (Ten Speed Press, fall 2002), which received the New York Society Library’s Book of the Year Award in May. “The Professa,” a memoir written by Roberts, was reprinted in Shocked & Amazed, in August. Group shows featuring Roberts were “9/11 Remembered” at Gallery 402, N.Y.C.; “Sideshow School,” Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and, with Jacqueline Lima, fine arts (Metro), “Rivington Beach,” Gallery onetwentyeight, N.Y.C. A solo show by Roberts at the Bowery Gallery, N.Y.C., was chosen as “Pick of the Week” by the New York Press.

R. Gordon Perry, biological sciences (Flor), conducted a nature program, “The Natural World for the En Plein Air Artist,” which was hosted by the Pahaquarry Foundation and held at Millbrook Village in the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Center, N.J., on October 12. Perry exhibited a number of nature photographs at an art show at Chestnuthill Park in Monroe County, Pa., in July. His “Down a Country Road” was awarded Third Place. He and Jean Perry, visual/performing arts/modern languages (Flor), participated in a photo and art exhibit, “The Delaware River — A Big Picture,” held at the Antione Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., from October 10 to October 19. Jean’s watercolor entry of the Delaware Canal was selected for publication. The two also were invited to participate in the Eighth Annual Exhibit and Photo Contest, “Scenic Beauty of the Skylands,” which will be exhibited at the Wayne Dumont, Jr. Administration Building, Belvidere, N.J., through January 3, 2004. Gordon was awarded first place in the noncomputer enhanced color photography category for a photograph of a country road in Millbrook.

Kenneth Greene, interim campus provost (Flor), was interviewed about the College at Florham for Ken Branson’s article “School Is Open, and Minds, Too” in the autumn 2003 issue of Skylands magazine.

Eamon Doherty, computer science (Metro), and MAS student and management information systems graduate student Suhail Lutfi Ali, BS’03 (Metro), were featured in The Gulf, the national newspaper of the United Arab Emirates, for the University’s patent on a hands-free telephone with a voice synthesizer that allows quadriplegic nonspeaking persons to communicate over the telephone. Doherty is taking computer security and forensic administration classes in New College’s MAS certificate program to learn how to keep health-care records safe from unauthorized access.

Helen Brudner, history/political science and associate director, history/political/international studies (Metro), was guest speaker at the Northern Monmouth County Branch of the American Association of University Women’s program, “Our Daughters, the Soldiers,” at the Eatontown Community Center, Eatontown, N.J. She talked about the trials and triumphs of women who have and are serving in the U.S. military, with an emphasis on World War II and the current times.

Paula Mayhew, English (Metro), and Richard Castellana, humanities/fine arts and interdisciplinary studies program director, New College (Metro), presented papers at the Association for Integrative Studies Conference at Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., in October. Mayhew’s presentation, “Multicultural and Global Issues: Creating a University/High School Partnership in Global Education,” described a series of seminars on globalization for local high school teachers which arose from a collaboration between the University’s Core Curriculum and newly-developed interdisciplinary (IDS) concentration in global issues. Castellana’s presentation, “Designing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum with a Focus on Globalization — A Work in Progress,” described the faculty’s attempt to link and bring a sense of wholeness to the 21-credit IDS concentration in global issues.

In October, Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), and Michael Haynes, vice president of player and employee development of the National Football League, gave a presentation titled “The NFL Financial Education Program” at the NFL Player’s Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Harry Keyishian, English and director, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Flor), reports that the Press’ book, Black Greek 101: The Customs, Culture and Challenges of Black Fraternal Organizations, featured in the last issue of Inside FDU on the Web http://inside.fdu.edu/pt2/otw0310/fdupress.html was written up in the October 31 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education under the “Notebook” section.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of October 23.

Welcome to Theodore Ambrosiano, buildings/ground manager, facilities (Flor); Brandon Carlin, assistant football coach, athletics (Flor); Barry Casterlin, assistant football coach, athletics (Flor); Margaret Colon, administrative assistant for work requests/bookkeeping, facilities (Metro); William Dyer, bi-campus director of facilities (Metro); Theodore Farrison, officer, public safety (Flor); Dominick Ferrara, pep band director, athletics (Metro); Lori Garfinkel, learning disabilities specialist, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Flor); DeShon Hardy, assistant football coach, athletics (Flor); Kevin Houk, professional tutor, Educational Opportunity Fund program (Flor); Brooke Kennedy, psychological counselor, student affairs (Flor); Vincent Latella, career development specialist, Career Development Center (Flor); Elfondrick Lumpkin, officer, public safety (Flor); Robert Makey, library receptionist/security clerk, Weiner Library (Metro); Sebastian Mancusi, buildings/ground manager, facilities (Metro); Nestor Melendez, assistant director of student life for programming, student affairs (Metro); Helene Pier, director of University advancement operations (Metro); Kokila Ramani, admissions service clerk, enrollment management (Metro); Patricia Riddell, administrative assistant to chair, management/marketing/entrepreneurial studies (Flor); Michael Scott , assistant football coach, athletics (Flor); San Solv, service clerk, admissions (Metro); Kimberley Thomas-Brown, administrative assistant for office operations, facilities (Metro); Joseph Trentacoste, counselor, University financial aid (Flor); Sebastian (Sal) Vacirca, campus property manager, facilities (Metro), Scott Veith, assistant to director of athletics/assistant football coach, athletics (Flor); and Mariel Villanueva, secretary, athletics (Metro).

November 2003

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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