Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

Global Education in Computer Classroom

Students in the Computers and Computing class taught by Lisajoy (LJ) Marinello, computer science/physics (Flor), this semester at the College at Florham have been invited to explore a new type of technology and research project. The project’s goal has been to further develop the students’ use and understanding of technology to survey many of the social issues that affect their daily lives.

The project, done jointly with a class at Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico, has students from both classes assigned to work groups. As a group they are researching and developing a social issues report. Because of location, students must use technology to communicate and collaborate. This has included e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, message boards and videophones.

“The response to and progress of this project has been phenomenal, and the benefits are countless,” said Marinello. “Not only are students learning about new technology, they are using it to grow beyond their limits to explore new elements of the technological society we live in.” For more information about the project visit http://alpha.fdu.edu~lisajoy/mexico or contact Marinello at LJM@fdu.edu.

Corporate Communication Leaders Forum 2004

The Corporate Communication Institute (CCI) is presenting Corporate Communication Leaders Forum 2004, Tuesday, January 6, through Saturday, January 10, in the Mansion, College at Florham.

The forum will offer an intensive professional and academic experience in the current theory and practice of corporate communication. It will combine presentations, panel discussions, case studies, site visits and interaction with leading professionals and scholars. It is intended for corporate communication practitioners who have recently moved beyond functional responsibilities into greater leadership roles in corporations, corporate communication agencies, government departments and nonprofit organizations. The program will include site visits to AT&T Global Network Operations Center, The New York Stock Exchange and CNN.

The forum faculty includes Martine Bertin-Peterson, global marketing director, Accenture (retired); Robin Cohn, president, Robin Cohn and Company; Kathy Cripps, president, Council of Public Relations Firms; Anderson Cooper, news anchor, CNN; Stuart Goldstein, managing director, corporate communications, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; Michael Goodman, English and director, Corporate Communication Institute (Flor); Peter Hirsch, executive vice president, Leader - Corporate Practice, Porter Novelli; James Hutton, marketing (Metro); Bruce Jeffries-Fox, president, Bruce Jeffries-Fox Associates; Dave Johnson, media relations director - AT&T Network Services, AT&T; Brian Lewis, vice president, Fox News Channel; Richard Martin, executive vice president, public relations and employee relations, AT&T (retired); Raymond Pellecchia, managing director of media relations, The New York Stock Exchange; John Santoro, executive director of leadership communications, corporate affairs, Pfizer Inc.; Lowell Weiner, assistant vice president for public affairs, Wyeth; and Robert Zito, senior vice president of communications, The New York Stock Exchange.

For more information contact CCI at 973-443-8709, e-mail cci@corporatecomm.org or go to the Web site at http://www.corporatecomm.org/pdf/Leaders2004.pdf.

Sponsoring organizations include Accenture; Allstate Insurance Company; BD; Convergys Corporation; Fortis, Inc.; Fuji Photo Film, USA; Information Services International, a division of Mars, Inc.; J.M. Huber Corporation; Pfizer Inc., Raytheon Company; Schering-Plough; TIAA-CREF; and Wyeth.

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New College of General and Continuing Studies

New College Enrollment Increases Again

Enrollment in New College undergraduate and graduate programs increased by 12.6 percent, from 3,321 students in fall 2002 to 3,738 students for fall 2003. The largest undergraduate increase came in the bachelor of arts in individualized studies with a 31.2 percent increase, from 359 students in fall 2002 to 471 students in fall 2003. On the graduate level, the master of administrative science program increased by 16 percent, from 375 students in fall 2002 to 435 students in fall 2003. The Middle College Program increased by 11.3 percent from 1,804 students in fall 2002 to 2,007 in fall 2003. Since 1999, enrollment in New College has increased by 67.2 percent.

Name Change

Upon the recommendation of the faculty and director and with the approval of the New College Educational Planning Committee, the New College dean, the Council of Deans and the Executive Vice President’s Cabinet, the name of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management has been changed to the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

“The name change is a logical outcome of the Academic Program Review conducted in 2002–2003 as well as a reflection of the global direction of the school that includes international experiences in Switzerland; Wroxton, England; the Dominican Republic; and Argentina,” said Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor).

School of Administrative Science

As a result of funding provided by the Department of Defense through the National Guard Bureau, the master of administrative science (MAS) program will offer six online courses beginning in January and another six courses in April. With even the capstone course offered via distance learning, students will have the opportunity to earn the entire degree online. Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), credited the Office of Global Learning and the School of Administrative Science with this major accomplishment, which will allow leaders and managers from around the world to earn their MAS degrees in a number of specializations. For more information see http://alpha.fdu.edu/mas.

The School of Administrative Science also has partnered with Children’s Aid and Family Services, Inc. to conduct the master of administrative science program on-site in Ridgewood, N.J., beginning in January. Children’s Aid and Family Services, Inc. is a leading nonprofit organization that offers counseling services and has been in business for more than 40 years.

College Hosts Academic Decathlon Program

New College hosted a special program for 250 Academic Decathlon students on December 10 at the Metropolitan Campus. This all-day event marked the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and included a lecture by Joseph Labriola, natural sciences (Metro), on the early history of botany including plants of the expedition, and a lecture on the historical importance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Christopher Rasmussen, history (Metro).

Continuing Education

The Office of Continuing Education will be adding a New Open Source Certification Series during the spring semester. This series is being developed by William Kennedy, director, Web operations (Metro), and Joyce Beck, campus Webmaster (Flor). The program focuses on using Linux and other open-source products to offer cost-saving, security-enhancing software for organizations. Courses include Evaluating Open Source Software, Open Source Office Lab and Open Source Website Development with LAMP (Linux operating System, Apache Web server, MySQL database management and Perl or PHP programming language).

This series complements the Web Skills Certification program. New Open Source courses commence February 21. For general registration information call 201-692-6500 and for technical information contact William Kennedy at 201-692-7275. A 10 percent discount is offered for all FDU faculty and staff and for previous Web Skills attendees.

More information can be found at http://www.fdu.edu/web-skills/schedule.html and http://www.fdu.edu/opensource/.

Financial Planning Outreach

In support of Financial Planning Week, the Financial Planning Program at New College hosted the first Community Outreach Program, sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, at the Metropolitan Campus. Ken Secemski, CPA, CFP, vice president with Merrill Lynch Private Client Group, Paramus, N.J., served as moderator. Members of the audience had the rare opportunity to question seven expert panelists on any financial issue they faced.

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

Nursing Graduates Score 100 Percent

Bachelor of science in nursing 2003 graduates, who for the first time took the NCLEX-RN Licensure Exam, have scored a 100 percent pass rate, reports John Snyder, dean, University College (Metro). According to Metropolitan Campus Provost Joseph Kiernan, “only 40 of the 492 BSN programs in the nation had 100 percent pass rates — and more than 50 percent of the programs had failure rates greater than 10 percent.”

The program ranks number one of 33 in the state. “This is the result of high expectations, a systematic approach, unrelenting pressure and dogged effort,” said Snyder. Compared with “all similar nursing programs across every jurisdiction” (NCLEX Program Reports), the program is number one of 1,376. Snyder said, “Director Minerva Guttman, Associate Directors Carol Jasko and Susan Warren, all the school faculty, and these remarkable nursing students — all of them together — have made FDU’s BSN programs number one. They deserve the highest praise. In a word, they are, all of them, nurses, members of the profession that touches all of us when we most need their discipline and skills. I take no greater pride than I do in the faculty and students of the Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health.”

Photography Exhibit

Works of photographer Carol Porter Berlin are on exhibit at the University College Art Gallery. The exhibit will run until December 31. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Berlin’s works have been exhibited at the Steffany Martz Gallery and the Times Square Gallery in New York City. She also has had numerous exhibits in New Jersey and the Midwest.

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