October 2008
News & Notes
And what a day it was!
Thank you for participating in MSU’s
Biggest Alumni Reunion… Ever!
Alumni took the time to pen notes to classmates and to the University during their visit to campus for the Centennial Festival on Sept. 20.
Wrapping up its centennial year celebrations in style, Montclair State University threw a campus-wide party for the whole community on Saturday, September 20 with its Centennial Festival, a day full of family fun, music, entertainment, reunions and more. An estimated six to eight thousand Montclair State alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as friends from the surrounding communities took part in the festivities and enjoyed the picture-perfect day.
With something for everyone, the Festival featured musical entertainment, dance presentations, theater performances, children’s activities and rides, arts and crafts vendors, a Mini-University, a street festival and a multi-year alumni reunion. Festival-goers were treated to groups performing all types of music ranging from classic rock ‘n roll, doo-wop and jazz to kiddy rock and bag pipe music. The Mini-University, featuring presentations by some of Montclair State’s outstanding faculty was also a popular attraction as were the free hearing screenings offered by the Department of Audiology.
Members of the Alumni Association Board rally around Rocky during the Festival.
Montclair State alumni--many of whom had not been to the campus in years--could be spotted everywhere, strolling with their families, catching up with former classmates, or telling stories about their days at Montclair State. Also impossible to miss were the crowds of children who were bouncing on the inflatable rides, having fun with the stilt walkers and balloon sculptors, or dancing to the music.
The day culminated with the Festival Concert featuring the legendary funk band WAR and a spectacular fireworks display. It would be hard to imagine a grander way to celebrate the University’s 100th birthday--or a more fitting kick off to its second century. To view photos of the event click here.
The Office of Alumni Relations Launches Official New Alumni Website
A new and improved Alumni Website is now online. This website is the authority on all things alumni related and should be your first stop in getting connected. It has been freshly designed with you in mind: to provide you with information and news about programs, benefits and services, like the new Working Advantage program, amazing retail discounts, opportunities and events. Plus fun new features to engage you and interact with you, like Alumni Pride, Class Notes and more. We encourage you to surf around the site and contribute too. Be sure to check out the "Show Your Pride" link (under the Alumni Pride subhead) for information on how you can get your face on our new space! Click here to get started.
Explore new possibilities with Graduate Studies
Whether or not you are among the financial sector employees laid off during our current crisis, recent economic transformations have created broad job instabilities and uncertain career prospects for many of us. Montclair State University is well prepared to help you strengthen your resume with innovative programs that will enhance your skills and provide more opportunities and options for job growth. Most of these programs can be completed in less than one year. The Graduate School will be holding career information sessions on October 29, November 19 and December 17. Visit the Office of Graduate Studies website for more information regarding open houses.
In addition, the Graduate School will offer a free day of workshops concerning career assessment and graduate program planning on Sunday, November 16. This workshop will allow participants to focus on personal and professional exploration of life goals. Click here to register for this workshop.
Click here for a pdf list of addtional web addresses to find out more information about each program.
George Segal Gallery presents Art
Connections 5
Montclair State University’s George Segal Gallery is once
again sponsoring Art Connections, its annual
fund-raising art exhibit, from January 15 to February 15,
2009, and invites artists to submit works for display and
sale. Now in its fifth year, Art Connections has
grown from a regional exhibit to one of national scope and
offers artists an excellent opportunity for exposure and
sales of their works.
Past Art Connections exhibits have featured works by noted artists such as
ceramist Toshiko Takaeshu; painters Julie Hefferman, Bisa
Washington, Ben Jones and Cora Cohen; and sculptor Willie
Cole. Proceeds from the event support exhibitions at the
George Segal Gallery and care of the University’s permanent
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When &
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MSU Engaged Campus
Conference:
The Public Purposes of Higher
Education, Fri., Oct. 10
Harry
Boyte, founder and co-director of the Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs' Center
for Democracy and Citizenship at the University
of Minnesota will be the keynote speaker. Panels
and workshops include: Partnerships for the
Public Good; Bridging the Divisional Divide;
Student Engagement Initiatives and Faculty
Teaching and Research Development.
Sponsored by
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. 9 a.m. -
3 p.m., University Hall Conference Center. Lunch
will be served. For more information, click here.
Neurotrauma Symposium, Mon., Oct. 13
In association with the International Conference at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System. a day-long Neurotrauma Symposium will be held in Memorial Auditorium, 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. This event, which is open to the public, including physicians, health care providers, students and academics focuses on the latest scientific, medical, and
technical advances in the care of Neurotrauma patients. Co-sponsored by Montclair State Univesrity, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center and American College of Professional Neuropsychology. For registration and additional information click here. To keep posted on events and happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics at MSU, check out the
Fall 2008 CSAM Newsletter.
Montclair State Announces 2008 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductions, Thurs., Oct. 23
The Montclair State Department of Athletics will add three new members into its Hall of Fame. The inductees will be honored on Thurs., October 23 at the Valley Regency in Clifton. Tracey Brown, the second-leading scorer in Montclair State basketball history (men or women); soccer standout and current assistant coach Marlon Pollard; and All-American softball catcher Jerrilyn Acevedo will be the 36th class to be inducted bringing the total number of members to 189. Also to be honored are the 12 members of the Century Club for coaches who have achieved 100 or more career victories. For information on the banquet, contact 973-655-6804.
Come out to cheer on the Red Hawks at Homecoming, Sat., Oct. 25
 9:00 a.m. - Floatbuilding, Lot 23
11:30 a.m. - Carnival & BBQ, Red Hawk Deck
1:00 p.m. - Women's Soccer vs. William Paterson, MSU Soccer Park
3:00 p.m. - Homecoming Parade, Amphitheater
5:00 p.m. - Alumni Swimming & Diving
Gathering Outside Panzer Pool. Contact Brian McLaughlin for more info: 973-655-5242 or mclaughlinb@mail.montclair.edu.
6:00 p.m. - Football game
MSU Red Hawks vs TCNJ Lions, Sprague Field
8:00 p.m. The Ritz Chamber Ensemble, Kasser Theater
"George Segal:
Modernist Humanist"
Exhibit, Now through Dec. 11
Sculptor George Segal created his art out of
life's ordinary moments: waiting for a bus,
drinking coffee in a diner, listening to the
radio. Segal's ghostly plaster-cast human
replicas are cognitively complex, modernist,
and formally intricate, while at the same
time, humanly profound. This
exhibit includes works from the collections
of the George and Helen Segal Foundation,
Carroll Janis, Inc., the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American
Art. Curated by internationally renowned art
critic Donald Kuspit.
For more information call: 973-655-6941.
Fall Athletics Underway
Montclair State's fall
athletics are underway. Come cheer on MSU's student athletes! Mark your calendars for
the Red Hawks' Homecoming football game on Sat.,
Oct. 25 against The College of New Jersey at 6
p.m., Sprague Field. See above for details. For a full fall athletics
schedule, click here.
Attention West Coast Floridians . . .
Dr. Robert Prezant, Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics will host a reception for alumni and friends at The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum in Sanibel, Fla. on Wed., Nov. 5. Contact Kathy Walsh @ 973-655-3440 or walshk@mail.montclair.edu for more information.
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