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The University’s survey research organization, PublicMind, conducted a number of polls this fall, including surveys of key legislative races for the New Jersey State Senate. And, once again, PublicMind caught the attention of the media and those tuned into politics.
The polling institute did a statewide pre-election survey on the governor’s approval ratings, voters’ policy preferences, recall procedures and homeland security. Among the findings was the fact that most people were not thrilled about Gov. James McGreevey’s performance thus far as governor, and that the state is not moving in the right direction. But New Jersey voters were not interested in making a recall process for governor any easier. That survey was used by many outlets throughout the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan areas as a guide for reporting during this year’s election season.
PublicMind followed the statewide poll with a series of snapshots of what were projected to be the most hotly contested races for the Senate. “Independent polling organizations typically have not covered legislative races in New Jersey, and we found the media’s appetite for this information voracious,” said Peter Woolley, director, PublicMind, and political science (Flor).
With the New Jersey Senate tied 20-20, both Republicans and Democrats put a lot of effort and money into key races, Woolley noted. One of these was the 12th district, where Senate co-president John Bennett was facing a serious challenge. PublicMind was the first independent polling organization to announce that Bennett’s challenger, Democrat Ellen Karcher, was leading. (Karcher did indeed win.)
PublicMind also looked at the races in the 4th, 14th, 36th and 38th legislative districts. “These elections are enormously important to the future of New Jersey,” Woolley said. “The public is confused not just by negative advertising and conflicting charges of candidates but by conflicting claims of campaign-driven polls. Thus, FDU was able and willing to provide the public with independent observation and comment.”
PublicMind polls and its principal spokespersons (including Woolley; Bruce Larson, survey analyst, PublicMind, and political science (Flor); Stephen Salmore, research professor of political science (Flor); and Rick Thigpen, academic associate, PublicMind) were quoted in virtually every news outlet that covered the elections including: USA Today, Investors Business Daily, The New York Times, New York Newsday, The Star-Ledger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1010 WINS, New Jersey 101.5, NJN News, News12 New Jersey, the WB11, WABC-TV and many more.
PublicMind also found this fall that President George Bush’s approval ratings were declining and that two-thirds of New Jerseyans have not made any emergency plans for the event of a terrorist attack. For complete survey results, see http://publicmind.fdu.edu.
Another successful semester of the U.N. Pathways Lecture Series concluded December 3 as approximately 150 people gathered at the College at Florham’s Mansion to listen to Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Javad Zarif discuss politics in the Persian Gulf and relations between Islam and the West.
Zarif, the permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations, described a range of problems in the Persian Gulf, which he said have created “a region in turmoil, a region that has fallen behind in the path of modernization.” Among the problems he described were the absence of democratic institutions, regional rivalries, extremism, the superimposition of outside rivalries and mutually reinforcing phobias among those who see the West as the enemy and among those in the West who see “people of the region as terrorists and extremists.”
Of the extremist faction in the Middle East, Zarif said it’s a “serious and endemic problem” that is the “product of decades of humiliation” along with “the lack of institutions for peaceful expressions of dissent.” But Zarif added that extremism poses an even greater threat domestically than it does to other countries.
Zarif said, “we need to arrest the widening gap between Islam and the West.” The first step toward that, he said, is the need to solve the problem of Iraq. Toward that end, he suggested that while the United States should not yet leave, the United Nations should take the “driver’s seat” in determining Iraq’s political future. Zarif said the U.S. is seen not as a liberator but as an occupying force and that the situation was providing fertile ground for recruiting new terrorists. “We are happy Saddam Hussein is no longer in power but not happy with the method by which it was achieved.”
The next part of the solution, he said, is “to reverse the trend of misunderstanding. We need to learn from one another.” To help increase understanding, Zarif said the media and educational institutions must play a key role.
He added that those in the gulf must also achieve internal reforms, but such progress must come from within. He said, “Democracy cannot be imposed at gunpoint. It should be a local indigenous process.”
A lively question-and-answer session saw audience members, including several students, ask the ambassador about Iran’s nuclear capabilities and its inclusion in President George Bush’s “Axis of Evil” reference. Zarif said Iran’s nuclear program is designed exclusively for civilian purposes and that the country is complying with the United Nations monitoring program. As for its being labeled part of the Axis of Evil, Zarif said Iran was “outraged. We had provided lots of help in getting rid of the Taliban and that’s the reward we received.” When questioned about future dialogue with the United States, Zarif said, “We are always prepared for serious dialogue, but we don’t find it necessary to accept a dialogue, that would be dehumanizing toward us.”
Among the many students who attended the most recent U.N. lecture was Brian Overman, treasurer of the U.N. FDU Club, who said, “It’s great to get a first-hand perspective of things that are going on around the world. It’s one thing to learn it in a book, but another thing to hear from a real actor in the international arena.”
Overman was one of several students, faculty and staff who joined the ambassador for dinner after the lecture.
President J. Michael Adams concluded the program by describing such events as “part of the landscape” of educational opportunities designed to further Fairleigh Dickinson’s goal of creating global citizens. “Only through such interaction can we learn to look at the world through the eyes of others.”
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations since 2002, Zarif is a career diplomat who has served in several senior positions in the Iranian Foreign Ministry and at various international organizations. He previously was Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs. His lecture was filmed by C-SPAN.
Zarif was the latest among several prominent dignitaries who visited the University this semester. Others included President Guido de Marco of Malta, who spoke on “The New Europe: A Study in Enlargement”; Undersecretary General and Special Adviser on Africa H.E. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, who discussed “African Challenges at the Turn of the 21st Century”; Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, who talked about “The Situation in the Gulf”; and John Dauth, permanent representative of Australia, who lectured on “Australia in the World Today.”
In addition, three videoconferences originating at the United Nations were viewed in the ITV rooms on both campuses: “Global Health Issues,” “Women’s Rights Issues” and “The Future of the United Nations and the Secretariat.” FDU invited Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Lock Haven (Pa.) University; and Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I.; to join in the dialogue with the U.N. guests.
The United Nations Pathways Lecture Series is presented in conjunction with The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations. Director of Global Initiatives Dalila Suhonjic has worked closely with Ahmad Kamal, president of The Ambassador’s Club to schedule these events. For information on upcoming lectures, visit http://www.globaleducation.edu, call 201-692-7362 or e-mail suhonjic@fdu.edu.
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Left photo: Ambassador Mohammad Javad Zarif
Center photo: Zarif speaks with Faramarz Fatemi, director, history/political/international studies (Metro).
Right photo: Zarif with College at Florham students Brian Overman and Brandi Carnivale. Carnivale is the president and Overman is the treasurer of the United Nations of Fairleigh Dickinson University student club.
Following his lecture, Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, shares a light moment with President J. Michael Adams, second from left; Rick Isquith, second from right, executive director for global partnerships (Metro/Flor); and Ahmad Kamal, right, president of The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations.
On November 7, the nationally ranked Fairleigh Dickinson men’s soccer team delivered Head Coach Seth Roland his 200th career win. The Knights defeated visiting Quinnipiac, 3-1, for the milestone victory.
“It’s a nice birthday present,” said Roland, who turned 47 that day. “But 200 wins means I’m just getting older and have been around awhile. It’s nice to reach the milestone with this team because they’re such a good group of guys.”The athletics department honored Roland with a citation for his achievements and dedication to the program on November 9, prior to the Knights’ final regular season game versus Central Connecticut.
Roland recently completed his seventh season at the helm of the Knights. During his tenure he has posted an 82-49-17 record while guiding the squad to three straight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament appearances, four straight NEC (Northeast Conference) Tournament titles and three NEC regular season crowns in the last four years.
Roland’s 17-year career record as a head coach now stands at 202-113-29. His previous stints as a head coach include five years at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Va., and another five years at the University of Bridgeport, Conn. He has posted five consecutive 10-win seasons with the Knights and six in his seven years at FDU.
This season, his team finished with a 14-5-1 record. The Knights were in the national top 25 for nine straight weeks and held the top spot in the Mid-Atlantic region for seven straight weeks.
Senior midfielder Johnny David was chosen as the NEC Player of the Year. Senior goalkeeper Andrew Nucifora and sophomore midfielder Nadav Gottesman joined David as First Team All-NEC selections, while juniors Antonio Nunziata, Mathieu Savaria and Brian Scott were Second Team All-NEC picks. Gottesman also was named Third Team Academic All-American and First Team Academic All-District II. David and Nucifora joined Gottesman as Academic All-District selections.
The Knights women’s soccer team also closed out a successful season by winning their first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament crown. The third-seeded Knights first knocked off Binghamton University, N.Y., in the semifinals at home, 1-0, before defeating top-seeded Fordham University, N.Y.C., on the road, 3-2, in overtime.
In only their fourth year as a varsity program, the Knights set a new team record with 10 wins, finishing at 10-8-1 overall. Three different players earned All-NEC honors. Senior forward Kelly Geraghty was a First Team All-NEC selection after being named to the second team in 2000 and 2001. Senior defender Kim Scrio and junior midfielder Kristen Habenicht were both named to the All-NEC second team this year.
Scrio, who was the first Knight signed by Head Coach Peter Gaglioti in 2000, was also a Second Team Academic All-District II selection.
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Seth Roland
Left photo: Seth Roland, left, was honored by the athletics department with a citation presented by Athletics Director David Langford, right, and Richard Panicucci, center, quantitative analysis and assistant provost for campus life (Metro).
Right photo: Roland carefully eyes the team’s progress.
The University’s agreements with universities and colleges around the world are not only attracting students but have also netted the interest of faculty at those institutions.
The president of International University of Monaco (IUM) knew that Corine Cohen, professor of strategy and marketing at IUM and responsible for the luxury brand management program, wanted to spend time in the United States, a country with a language and a culture that she liked. And he proposed to send Cohen to FDU for teaching and research in a favorable and profitable environment, especially within the framework of the agreement between FDU and IUM. When he proposed the idea, she accepted at once.
Cohen, who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in strategy and marketing of luxury goods at IUM, has been on the Metropolitan Campus this semester team teaching, observing and also doing research in her area of interest. With Karin Hamilton, interim director, Silberman College of Business’ Institute for Global Business Education, she is team teaching a marketing course for the Global MBA program. This is the first time that Cohen has been at FDU, and the first time any IUM faculty member has taught at the University.
Cohen, who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in strategy and marketing of luxury goods at IUM, has been on the Metropolitan Campus this semester team teaching, observing and also doing research in her area of interest. With Karin Hamilton, interim director, Silberman College of Business’ Institute for Global Business Education, she is team teaching a marketing course for the Global MBA program. This is the first time that Cohen has been at FDU, and the first time any IUM faculty member has taught at the University.
“I enjoy teaching here,” Cohen says. “The students have told us that they enjoy my course, and we have a good relationship. The faculty, administration and staff have been very warm and thoughtful. I like FDU a lot.”
Ronald Heim, marketing (Flor), previously had the opportunity to be the first FDU professor to teach at IUM.
During her sojourn here, Cohen also is doing research. Her interests are in luxury goods, and she has consulted in the areas of luxury brand management, marketing, strategy and performance evaluation. Cohen has visited the United States four times, both for business and vacation. She says, “I love the U.S.A.” While she was training executives in Oklahoma, 9/11 occurred, and her travel plans were put on hold for several days. She says, “I will never forget that drama I experienced with Americans.”
Cohen earned her master’s degrees in biochemistry and cosmetology and master’s and PhD in management in France from Aix-Marseille University; and her luxury brand management degree from Cartier International.
Fairleigh Dickinson University signed an agreement a year ago with IUM, an independent, business-oriented institution, which provides for junior year student exchanges between the two universities (see http://inside.fdu.edu/pt2/otw0212/monaco.html). It is about to be expanded by a further agreement that has FDU’s Silberman College of Business offering the Global MBA program to IUM students, who will take foundation courses at Monaco and then join the global business students at FDU to complete their MBA requirements.
The International University of Monaco was founded in 1986 to bring to the region high-quality management education, applying European academic rigor to the hands-on American model. Karin Hamilton and Janette Shurdom, program director, Silberman College (Metro), have been working on building additional relationships with schools abroad.
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Corine Cohen, left, professor of strategy and marketing at International University of Monaco, and Karin Hamilton, interim director, Silberman College of Business’ Institute for Global Business Education, chat before class.
At the College at Florham, the Chaîne Building welcomed its second set of occupants, the staff of New College’s International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Occupancy will be complete when the Silberman College of Business’ Institute for Global Business Education moves in after the first of the new year. Yet to be completed and added to the Robert T. Shields Field are aluminum bleachers and a grandstand. A press box awaits its certificate of occupancy.
The opening of the Metropolitan Campus’ Honors House marks another milestone for the University Honors Program and its director Patricia Warunek, biological sciences (Metro). With its 24-hour-quiet setting, this residential facility, located in University Court 4, has become home of a living/learning community. Currently there are 12 students in the area. Curtains, rugs, posters, a television and DVD player help make the facility cozy. Construction is completed for the faculty/staff lounge in Alumni Hall, and the area awaits the delivery of furniture. Still under construction at the Metropolitan Campus is the softball field.
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Left photo: John Hughes, left, hospitality/tourism management (Flor), and Ruth Hladyk, right, administrative assistant, hospitality/tourism management (Flor), advise freshman Juliana Stravato in the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management’s new location in the Chaîne Building, College at Florham.
Right photo: The softball field’s dugout is under construction at the Metropolitan Campus.
Each of the four subcommittees of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Athletics Certification process has completed the “Responses to the Self-Study Questions” phase and the “Evaluation and Plan for Improvement” phase of the certification process. The four areas considered were governance and commitment to rules compliance; academic integrity; fiscal integrity; and equity, welfare and sportsmanship.
A preliminary draft has been created from the subcommittee reports by Jennifer Lehr, communication (Flor), the report writer for the project. This draft was considered at a meeting of the Steering Committee that was held on December 3. The Steering Committee will provide comments and suggestions to finalize a draft that will be disseminated to the Metropolitan Campus community in January.
After receiving feedback from the campus, the draft of the final report will be completed by the end of February. The final report will be submitted to the NCAA in March. The NCAA peer review team will visit the Metropolitan Campus from May 23 to May 25. Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor) and chairperson of the NCAA Certification Steering Committee, said that the certification process is proceeding according to schedule and thanked the 50 students, faculty and administrators who are serving on the four subcommittees and the Steering Committee for all of their effort and hard work.
A new mentoring program for female entrepreneurs begins in December. Part of the Female Entrepreneurs’ Alliance at Rothman Institute for Entrepeneurial Studies, it will provide women business owners in New Jersey with easier access to mentors who can serve as a source of information or support.
The role of the mentor is not limited to women. It is open to anyone in the business community who feels that they have the experience, time, insight and desire to give guidance and council to female entrepreneurs.
The new mentoring program responds to the needs of women entrepreneurs who, in 2002, comprised 26 percent of all privately-held firms in New Jersey — or approximately 174,616 firms. New Jersey ranks 10th in the nation in the number of women-owned firms.
“The problem for women is that they often follow a more circuitous route into business ownership than males,” said Ethné Swartz, entrepreneurship (Flor). “They lack the industry contacts and social capital that males have built up during a lifetime in business. Women have to be deliberate in their search for such leveraging relationships.
“But, they learn fast,” she said, “and are not afraid to ask for help. We hope we can assist in their search for support and guidance.”
According to the Center for Women’s Business Research, mentors can play a vital role for new or growing firms in providing advice and leveraging additional support from other networks. Where mentor relationships are made available to women business owners, they appear to make greater use of these than do male counterparts.
Entrepreneurs and mentors are able to participate in this new program by filling out a statement of interest form on the Web. Visit the Rothman Institute Web site (http://www.fdu.edu/rothman) and click on “Female Entrepreneurial Alliance” and then “Mentoring Program.”
For more information, contact Swartz at 973-443-8979 or e-mail entalliance@fdu.edu.
Volunteerism and the spirit of the holidays are alive and well at the University. Student groups, campus offices and athletes, to name a few, have been active recently with charitable efforts.
On the Metropolitan Campus, for the second consecutive year, student-athletes through the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) have participated in the Bear Hugs for the Holidays Program, sponsored by The Record. This program solicits from businesses and individuals contributions of toy bears, which are tagged and crated and then shipped to hospitals, children’s homes, shelters and centers throughout Bergen County. The student-athletes, every Tuesday from November 19 to Christmas, travel to the Garden State Plaza Macy’s Court to prepare and tag teddy bears for distribution. The program arranges for 10,000 teddy bears to be shipped to 28 area hospitals and United Way agencies and distributed to children and senior citizens.
Also, for the second year, the Criminal Justice Club on the Metropolitan Campus collected toys to brighten the holidays for needy children. The club turned over its collection to Teaneck Police Department representatives on December 8 for distribution to social services organizations in Teaneck and Bergen County. James Kenny, criminal justice (Metro), is the adviser to the group. According to Kenny, the club selects a volunteer project each semester. Last spring, the club sold chances on elaborate Easter baskets to raise money for charities. The students also contributed to charities focusing on September 11.
All of the money collected for admission to the Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner on November 20 was donated to Father Jack Baron, director campus ministry (Metro), for the Why Hunger Campaign, by Michael Aiello, director of Gourmet Dining. In addition, Michele Vaccaro, MBA program adviser, Silberman College, and assistant to the provost for special projects (Metro), made baskets — one with an Italian theme and the other, a baking theme — for a raffle. The raffle raised more than $100, which was also donated to the Why Hunger Campaign. In addition, the Haitian Cultural Club and Theta Phi Alpha collected food for the homeless.
At the College at Florham, Sigma Tau Delta conducted a children’s book drive for children, in preschool to sixth grade. The books were donated to children aided by the Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc. of Morris Plains, N.J.
Also, the Madison Project, a community service organization supervised by the Educational Opportunity (EOF) Program and supported by the entire FDU community, sponsored its Fifth Annual Holiday Food Drive in November. Donations were given to Calvary Baptist Church, Morristown, N.J., for distribution.
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Brad Levy, left, associate director, and Christine Sutton, assistant director, both Educational Opportunity Fund (Flor), display the food gathered during the office’s Madison Project holiday food drive.
Update
Ellen Spaldo, communication and director, writing (Metro), appeared in “William’s Last Chance,” a play by J.B. Edwards, at the Blue Heron Theatre in New York City in October and November.
“The Twice and Future President: Constitutional Interstices and the Twenty-second Amendment,” co-authored by Bruce Peabody, political science (Flor), and published in Minnesota Law Review, was cited by John Fortier, executive director, Continuity of Government Commission, in his testimony before the Committee on Rules and Administration and the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate on September 16. He referenced the fact that even former presidents who had served two terms and were ineligible to be elected president under the 22nd Amendment would be eligible to become president again through the line of succession.
James Almeida, entrepreneurial studies and interim chair, management/marketing/entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in The Sunday Star-Ledger article “Plan-ahead Tips for Selling Your Company,” which ran on September 7.
Stephen Rosen, economics, New College (Metro), has been elected vice chairman of the National Academy of Arbitrators, New York Region.
James Barrood, director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in The Sunday Star-Ledger article “Plan to Preserve the Family Trade,” which discussed the need for family firms to plan early for succession to ensure that the business survives and grows. The article ran on November 16.
Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro), will exhibit two color drawings at “Local Talent,” a show at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, N.Y., curated by James Pinney.
FDU’s Metropolitan Campus was well represented in the annual ARTISTS SPACE benefit, “Night of 1,000 Drawings,” which was held November 8. Yelena Aronson, computer graphics; Marie Roberts, Maria Creyts, Jacqueline Lima, Pamela Montalbano and Toni Lee Sangastiano, all fine arts; and art major Melissa Libertelli all exhibited work.
Judy Manton, University Core (Metro), presented a service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades on October 26. Her topic was “The Struggle for Social Justice in Latin America.”
Four Horsemen Magazine, presented a night of poetry titled “You, Me and Jim,” which spotlighted Robert Quatrone, English (Metro), at the Englewood (N.J.) Public Library. The evening’s poems focused on the “state of humankind and the world,” says Quatrone, who founded the online poetry magazine in response to the events of September 11, 2001. Quatrone’s work has also been published in Passaic Review, Lips and The Aquarian.
Benjamin Nelson, English (Metro), spoke on “From Hester Street to Hollywood, the Image of the Jews in American Films,” at the Temple Avoda, Fair Lawn, N.J., on November 16.
Judy Moonelis, visual/performing arts (Flor), is being featured by the Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J., in the show “New Jersey Artist Series: Judy Moonelis.” Her work looks at human anatomy from the microscopic to macroscopic and from historic to contemporary. The exhibit will run through March 7.
In November, the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the New Jersey Division of Military and Veterans Affairs awarded “The Minute Woman” statue to Helen Brudner, history/political science and associate director/coordinator, history/political/international studies (Metro), for her activities and support of women veterans in the state.
Larry Winters, marketing (Flor), was a guest speaker at Reading-Fleming Middle School in Flemington, N.J., in an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
Announcing
Scott Giglio, director, sports information (Flor), and his wife, Amy, welcomed a son, John Paul, on October 1.
Lillian Lukac, public relations assistant (Flor), welcomed a granddaughter, Elena, on November 11. Elena’s parents are David and Diana Lukac.
Cynthia Radnitz, psychology (Metro), and her husband, Darrin Bergstein, are the proud parents of a baby girl, Darcy Heather Bergstein, born October 27.
Welcome
The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of December 1.
Welcome to Paula Cameron, professional tutor, Educational Opportunity Fund (Flor); Darren Elizie, archivist, Weiner Library (Metro); Sarah Hatcher, University admissions counselor, enrollment management (Metro); Matthew Huskey, assistant men’s lacrosse coach, athletics (Flor); Matthew Immergut, professional tutor, Academic Support Center (Flor); Theresa Malek, medical assistant, student health services (Metro); Roswell Perez, assistant director, Educational Opportunity Fund (Metro); Shaimaa Peterson, library receptionist/security clerk, Weiner Library (Metro); Marilyn Stefano, records/graduation specialist, enrollment services (Metro); Gracelyn Weaver, administrative assistant to associate director, enrollment services (Flor); and Barbara Wong, secretary, enrollment services (Flor).
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Julie Friedman, second from left, manager, human resources information systems/payroll operations (Metro), and her daughter, Adina, visited her daughter, Shaina, a Metropolitan Campus junior, at Wroxton College, England, during Thanksgiving holidays. Shaina is spending this semester at Wroxton. Pictured above are, from left, Angela Morris (Wrox), Julie Friedman, Wendy Hart (Wrox) and Shaina Friedman. Julie visited Wales, London, Canterbury and the Cotswold area. The Friedmans enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with the students and staff, including the annual carving contest, disco and karaoke following dinner.
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.
Silberman College of Business
See story Female Entrepreneurs Alliance Launches Mentoring Program at http://www.inside.fdu.edu/pt2/otw0312/mentors.html.
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.
Camilla Coniglio
Administrative Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Geology
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
I have been at FDU for three-and-a-half wonderful years. I have met many interesting people during that time. It has truly been a pleasure. I was informed by many that the professors in the chemistry and geology department are a great group to work for. I discovered this to be a true statement.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
There are actually two films that I enjoyed recently. They are “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “Runaway Jury.” The scenery of Italy in “Under the Tuscan Sun” was so beautiful that even the audience gasped. “Runaway Jury” was a perfect story about how people try to manipulate the jury, in this case, the lawyers. There were many twists and turns, which kept you on the edge of your seat.
What do you most value in your friends?
Mutual admiration, loyalty, trustworthiness and humbleness are four traits I value in a friendship. The relationship should not be a one-way street but should be one of mutual admiration. If you find that you are the one that is always calling and that friend does not reciprocate, this is not a true friendship. It is what I call a one-way street. A true friend will stand up for you even if it means that he/she will be ostracized. This is loyalty. A true friend is someone that I can confide in without having to worry that the whole world will know what I said. This is trustworthiness. I value a friend that is down to earth and does not constantly try to impress me with their wealth or knowledge. “Show-offs” or “know-it-alls” are not very humble friends. Good friends help one another through any crisis.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that …
… in my first year of marriage, my husband and I were the three millionth and three millionth and first passengers to take a trip to Washington, D.C., via the Amtrak Metroliner. We received an all-expense paid, one-week trip by train to Miami, Fla., as a prize. In return for this publicity stunt, we appeared on all the major television channels on the evening news, in all the local newspapers, in the Daily News, The New York Times and even Il Progresso, the Italian newspaper. The reporters asked me if our trip to Washington, D.C., was our honeymoon. I stated that it was not. The story that appeared in the news the next day was titled, “Honeymoon Couple Wins Trip.” This was a perfect example of: “Do not believe everything you read in the newspapers.” My husband teased me about all the publicity, because when we were engaged I refused to put our engagement announcement in the newspaper. I wanted to keep my life private.
My hobbies are …
… reading, researching and traveling. I love to attend plays as well as the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. I saw “Picnic” and “Boy Gets Girl” this semester at FDU and have to say, “Congratulations to a talented group of students!”
My greatest hobby in the last 18 years has been the family excursions to visit as many baseball stadiums as we could find on the eastern seaboard.
Attendances at my son Jon’s baseball games are memorable. Last spring, I drove to Quakertown, Pa., for Jon’s FDU game. Guess what! After a half hour, it began to rain, and the game was postponed. As I drove back home, I thought, “You have to really like this game!”
Who would be your perfect dinner guest? What would you serve?
If they were alive today, my two perfect dinner guests would be: [former] First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana. The charismatic Jackie brought the tradition of the arts and music to the White House as after-dinner entertainment. She restored the famous building and was influential in placing it on the National Register of Historic Places, making the public aware of the greatness of our history.
The well-liked Princess Diana had many causes of her own. She taught her sons to know more about the real world outside the palace and to have sympathy for the less fortunate. Diana was the first royal to hug an AIDS patient much to everyone’s surprise. She would personally shop for groceries and distribute them to the poor people living in the street.
Jackie and Diana were involved in the making of history. Their presence impacted our world and aroused such a public interest that both were stalked by reporters and photographers to an uncomfortable level.
I think they had much in common and would have had a very interesting dinner conversation comparing notes about life in Camelot and life at the Royal Court.
I usually serve Italian meals. However, with these two guests I would find out what their favorite meals are and use the freshest ingredients from the garden. I might even hire a chef from the Culinary Institute of America. On second thought, I would hire FDU’s hotel and restaurant management students. These students did an excellent job last year at their fund-raising dinner. I was extremely impressed with the gourmet meal they presented.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
The profession I would like to attempt would be a musician of classical music. It is a very happy and satisfying profession. Where else do you get applauded at work? The music is very soothing, calms the mind and changes the mood. Many music conductors have lived a very long life. A perfect example of this is Giuseppe Verdi who lived to be 88 years old.
I had a small taste of public life as the three millionth passenger on the Amtrak train. I definitely would not want to be a public figure. Imagine losing your privacy — wherever you go reporters and photographers are chasing you. People you do not know appear at your door and ask all sorts of questions. Untrue facts about you are reported and you cannot stop it. Give me private life anytime!
Maureen Kieff
Clinical Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
I returned to FDU this fall after a seven-year absence.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
During the Thanksgiving break I saw the movie “Master and Commander,” starring Russell Crowe. It was suspenseful, entertaining and well acted, and it had a historical context.
What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty, integrity, ethics, traditional values and morals.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I …
… grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania.
My hobbies are …
… baking/cooking, walking/hiking and watching sports events.
Who would be your perfect dinner guest? What would you serve?
Probably someone who played a significant role in American or world history such as Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill. I would serve his/her favorite dish and dessert.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
I would like to attempt owning/operating a small business such as a bakery/café. I would not want to be a dairy farmer.
David Landau
Instructor of Electronic Filmmaking
College at Florham
How long have you been at FDU?
Last year as an adjunct and full-time this year.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
“Pirates of the Caribbean” — great fun, a must see. “Thirteen” — excellent but depressing. Don’t see it if you have teenagers (I do).
What do you most value in your friends?
Optimism and energy.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I …
… like to do gardening and enjoy cooking meat dishes (but don’t get the chance often).
My hobbies are …
… fencing — foil and sabre, collecting pirate books and hiking.
Who would be your perfect dinner guest? What would you serve?
William Goldman, screenwriter and author of The Princess Bride. I would serve lamb chops broiled in soy sauce and celery seed, with string beans and almonds and seasoned curry rice. Also, French bread with dipping oil and wine.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
A trapeze artist, but who wouldn’t like to try that? I would want nothing to do with politics — I run from it although I am very opinionated.
Nicholas ‘Nick’ Scarpa
Program Coordinator, Enrollment Services
Metropolitan Campus
How long have you been at FDU?
A year-and-a-half.
What book or film did you recently enjoy? Why would you recommend it?
“Office Space.” Everyone who works in an office environment can relate to some part of this movie. The movie keeps you laughing from beginning to end!
What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty. Especially when an honest opinion is needed.
Complete the phrase: People would be surprised to know that I ...
… have a black belt in martial arts (Tae Kwon Do).
My hobbies are …
I really enjoy playing all sports, but right now I am trying to play golf. The key word is trying, I’ll be honest with you … I’m horrible.
Who would be your perfect dinner guest? What would you serve?
Emeril Lagasse. Actually I would ask him if he didn’t mind cooking for me. If he refused I would probably make him a deep fried turkey.
What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt, and what profession would you want nothing to do with?
If I had a choice, I would really like to become a professional comedian. I’ve always enjoyed making people laugh but never had the guts to get up on stage and do so.
The one job that I would not want to attempt is a professional referee in the NFL (National Football League). I don’t think I could handle thousands of people being mad at me if I made a bad call in a big game.
• The Metropolitan Campus Wellness Committee will be publishing an online cookbook, Recipes on the Run, with recipes to be sampled at a luncheon in January. Recipes should be quick and healthy and have 12 ingredients or less, with preparation time of 20 minutes or less (unless they can be prepared the night before) and cooking time no longer than one hour. Submissions should be made before December 22 to Joan Leder, senior director, continuing education (Metro), at H-DH1-02 or joan_leder@ fdu.edu.
• Last week's blizzard not only shut down the University but it forced the cancellation of the annual benefactor’s donor recognition dinner. University officials acted quickly to turn a bad situation into something positive for the community. A call was made to the Interfaith Food Pantry, which helped the University deliver thousands of dollars worth of prepared food to the Community Soup Kitchen in Morristown, N.J. The kitchen is open seven days a week providing meals to the needy. “We were delighted to be able to assist the Community Soup Kitchen which does so much good for people in our area,” said Rick Reiss, senior vice president for University advancement. “It’s great when something good comes out of an unfortunate situation.”
• Fairleigh Dickinson’s distance-learning initiative and its Global Virtual Faculty program were featured in the December 5 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Specifically, the story focused on University College’s online course, The Life of the Mind, and included an interview with Jason Scorza, philosophy/political science (Metro), who developed the course collaboratively with Christopher Devine, chemistry/philosophy (Metro); Leonard Grob, philosophy and University coordinator/director of University Core (Metro); and Lana Tiersky, psychology (Metro).
Metropolitan Campus Activities
Left photo: Dorothy Nogueras, left, assistant director, financial aid (Metro), and Dora Rodriguez, right, manager, research/records, University advancement (Metro), speak with Pete Hamill, author, newspaper columnist for the New York Post, the Daily News and New York Newsday and former editor-in-chief of both the New York Post and the Daily News, before his presentation at the Gene Barnett Literary Society lecture at the Metropolitan Campus last month. He spoke on “New York Rising: Reflections on September 12th.”
Right photo: Thomas Stavola, left, English (Metro) and director of the Gene Barnett Literary Society, and Pete Hamill peruse the student newspaper.
Left photo: The School of Criminal Justice sponsored a talk, “Identity Theft Protection Homeland Security,” by Joel Trella, center, Bergen County sheriff, at the Metropolitan Campus last month. Pictured with Trella are Carol Cochi, left, coordinator, English Language Institute (Metro), and Patrick Reynolds, right, assistant director, criminal justice (Metro).
Right photo: Plus of NJ and the Metropolitan Campus Wellness Committee presented a conference, “Relieving Stress: A Day of Wellness Care,” last month on campus. The day included interactive workshops, presentations and stress-reducing services (massages, facials, yoga, etc.). Scott Fisher, standing right, director, Fitness Center, (Metro), gave a presentation titled “Eating Healthy on the Run.” Standing from left are Laurie Tellefsen, trauma response coordinator, Trauma Institute, Care Plus NJ; and Scott Fisher. Sitting from left are Fran Gordon, trauma response clinician, Trauma Institute; and Alice Mills, co-director, student counseling and psychological services (Metro), and chair of the Wellness Committee. Conference sponsors included Care Plus NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Eli Lily, United Water and Origin.
Spanish Food Fair
The modern languages and literature department sponsored a Spanish Food Fair at the College at Florham last month. All were invited to sample some of the Hispanic regional foods prepared by faculty and students, and to learn about the cultures from those regions.
Captions:
Left photo: From left are Marlene Graver, billing coordinator, continuing education (Flor); Sylvia Belen-Ramos, modern languages (Flor); and Gerri Cuccinello, secretary, Florham Institute for Lifelong Learning (Flor).
Right photo: From left are Kenneth Greene, College at Florham provost; Laureano Corces, modern languages (Flor); and Elliot Hoffman, visual/performing arts (Flor).
From left are Brooke Kennedy, counselor, Wellness Center (Flor); Laila Hull, psychological counselor, Wellness Center (Flor); Michelle Lambert, administrative assistant, visual/performing arts (Flor); and Yvonne Bodden, administrative assistant, Educational Opportunity Fund (Flor).
Farewell
Robert Smith retired from the Academic Support Center at the College at Florham and was celebrated at a retirement luncheon in his honor. Smith joined the center in 1991 after retiring as an engineer from the Exxon Corporation, where he worked for 37 years. Professor Bob, as he was called by the students, tutored all levels of mathematics, the sciences and accounting. He was also willing to work in the evening to assist the adult students. Smith commented that although he had many challenging assignments during his Exxon career, which took him around the world, none gave him the satisfaction derived from tutoring students. Patricia Geehr, the center’s director, said, “The students will miss this brilliant, kind and patient gentleman.”
Caption:
With Robert Smith, center, are Patricia Geehr, right, director, Academic Support Center (Flor), and Ada Kane, left, professional tutor, Educational Opportunity Fund (Flor).
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