Update

Michael Goodman, English and director, Corporate Communication Institute (Flor), was elected a fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, the highest rank conferred by the society, in January. Goodman will participate in a general panel session on “Technology’s Globalization Effect on Communications” at the Public Relations Society of America’s annual national technology conference, to be held in Philadelphia, Pa., on May 3.

John Cowen, elementary education/reading and coordinator, MAT in elementary education/reading specialist certification (Metro), is the author of A Balanced Approach to Beginning Reading Instruction: A Synthesis of Six Major U.S. Research Studies, published by the International Reading Association (IRA) in 2003. Cowen also is author of Teaching Reading Through the Arts, published by IRA in 1979. He and Vicki Cohen, education; deputy director, education; and program coordinator, instructional technology design certificate program (Metro), are co-authoring a book, Literacy for Children in a Technological and Global World, to be published by Wadsworth Publishing.

Ethné Swartz, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted on a new mentoring program launched by the Female Entrepreneurs’ Alliance in two newspapers: The Record, in “Nurturing Hand for Small Business,” on January 13, and the Daily Record, in “Mentoring New Entrepreneurs — FDU Matches People with Experience with Those Just Starting Out,” on January 15.

Students in the College at Florham’s Honors Program heard Walter Cummins, emeritus, English (Flor) and editor emeritus, The Literary Review, read his short story, “Little Old Man,” which he first read at a residency for the master of fine arts in creative writing last August, and René Steinke, English (Flor) and editor-in-chief, The Literary Review, read from her novel Holy Skirts, to be published by William Morrow in April 2005. The novel is a fictional story based on the life of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, a poet and artist from the Dada movement.

Randall Westbrook, campus coordinator, enrollment management (Metro), served as master of ceremonies at a tribute to Paul Robeson at Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, N.J. Westbrook provided a history of the well-known singer and activist.

James Almeida, entrepreneurial studies and chair, management/marketing/entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was interviewed on NJN News (NJN-Public Television) on January 23 regarding the findings of the second annual PublicMind New Jersey Consumer Intentions poll, which was sponsored by the Silberman College of Business.

Richard Kopp, languages (Flor), presented an opera commentary on “Norma,” and its place in opera history on February 29 prior to the Opera at Florham production of “Norma” at The Community Theatre, Morristown, N.J.

Benjamin Nelson, English (Metro), spoke about Alfred Dreyfus and 19th-century anti-Semitism at the New Synagogue of Fort Lee, N.J., on February 18. The New York Times, on January 18 in an article titled “Life’s Dramas Play at Home for Actors,” mentioned Nelson’s involvement with leading discussions of plays at the Actor’s Fund Nursing Home in Englewood, N.J.

James Barrood, director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was one of four participants on the television show “Caucus: New Jersey with Steve Adubato.” Focusing on family business issues, the episode aired the week of February 22 on Thirteen/WNET New York, NJN-Public Television, CN8-The Comcast Network and various cable stations across the state. Barrood was quoted in NJBIZ, in a February 23 article “Family Feud at Goya Foods” and in “Transforming Your Career: Necessity as the Mother of Invention,” published by Americans for Financial Security in February. He was also quoted February 2 in the Daily Record, in “On Their Own — Responding to Demand, More Organizations and Schools Are Training Workers to Start and Run Their Own Businesses.”

Laureano Corces, Spanish (Flor), was elected director of Spanish studies by the Northeast Modern Language Association, a nationally recognized organization.

William Roberts, Jr., social sciences, New College, and director, public administration (Metro), was nominated to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers by a former student.

Diana Kyser, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in the Daily Record, in “Heat for Martha — No Longer Just in the Kitchen,” on January 31.

Mary Cross, emerita, English (Flor), has been living in Key West, Fla., where she is renovating a coach house (circa 1886). She participates in a writers’ group with several retired professors, is doing nonacademic writing and is teaching an online course. She plans to travel to Greece in June.

Stephen Kimmons, University director, alumni relations (Metro), presented “Making the Alumni Relations Office Relevant in the Lives of Alumni” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s District II Conference, held in Philadelphia, Pa., in February. He also participated in a panel discussion titled, “Has Alumni Relations/Alumni Associations Gone the Way of the Dinosaur?” at the conference.

In Memoriam

William Smith, retired director, Health Research Institute (Flor), died February 6 in Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 90. After joining the University in 1959, Smith and associates reported on some of the early experimental evidence for the carcinogenicity of asbestos. He retired in 1982. Smith is survived by a daughter, Rosalie, and five grandchildren.

Joseph Sypniewski, retired mechanic helper, buildings/grounds (Metro), died in February at the age of 91. A native of Poland, he retired in 1982 after 22 years with the University. He is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons, William and Walter; a daughter, Jan Monk; a sister, Sabina Patocha; and four grandchildren.

Announcing

William Gillard, English (Flor), and his wife, Susan, announce the birth of a daughter, Gwendolyn Grace, on February 18.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of February 23, 2004.

Welcome to Theresa Edmond, tutor, Educational Opportunity Fund (Metro); Laura Reynolds, director of donor relations/special events, University advancement (Metro); Dolores Rosko, summer program director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro); Clark Simmons, assistant trainer, athletics (Flor); Nilya Solu, administrative assistant, computer sciences/engineering (Metro); and Michelle Stratford, assistant women’s bowling coach, athletics (Metro).

March 2004

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