Carolina Panthers Assistant Coach Sam Mills, who starred for Montclair State as a linebacker from 1977 to 1980 and still holds the school record with 501 career tackles, is headed to Super Bowl XVIII with the National Football Conference champion Panthers. Carolina, which defeated the Philadelphia Eagles Jan. 18 in the 2004 NFC Championship Game, will face the New England Patriots at 6 p.m. EST on Feb. 1 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.
A rear exit from the Red Hawk Parking Deck was scheduled to open Tuesday, Jan. 20. The transition from the fifth floor of the deck to a new sidewalk leading pedestrians to Dickson Hall has been accomplished via a temporary bridge structure. This structure will remain in place and operational until the permanent concrete bridge is completed. The temporary bridge structure is safe and constructed with the same loading requirements as mandated by code for the permanent bridge.
University Photographer Mike Peters will have an exhibit of photographs of Montclair State employees and students on display in Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 31. "Photographs capture a sliver of time converted to a two-dimensional facsimile of a multi-dimensional reality," Peters said. "We are left to ponder the image that remains from that moment. In the case of a portrait, we judge what the subject reveals about who they are by how they look. My main goal was to give the viewer of the portrait an insight to the person below the surface of the image." Peters had those he photographed choose words that most aptly describe themselves and write what they would want someone finding the photograph in 100 years to know about them. "The list of words people could choose from contains only positive attributes," Peters explained.Subjects also were asked to suggest where they wanted to be photographed. "My hope is that this project will allow viewers to feel as if they are getting to know the subjects in the photographs, prompting them to think more deeply about what they would say about who they are," he said.
Submissions to Global Images 2004: International Travel Photography by Faculty and Staff competition and exhibition will be accepted Jan. 20-23 in the University Art Gallery in Life Hall. All work must be received by 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23. Winners will be announced in February and selected works will be exhibited in Gallery One from March 4 through 26.
The deadline for nominations for the 2004 Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award is Feb. 13. The award, created in 1982, is presented annually during Alumni Weekend in May. Nominees must be members of the tenured faculty with at least 15 years of professional service to the University, the majority of that time as a teacher. Click here for more information about the award and its criteria.
Jennifer Robinson of Curriculum and Teaching has been named interim director of the Center of Pedagogy. "Robinson has played a major role in the Center of Pedagogy for many years as director of the Teacher Education Advocacy Center," said Provost Richard Lynde. "She is an experienced and respected teacher educator whose commitments to equity and excellence in teacher education are unassailable." Robinson takes over from Cindy Onore, who is now a full-time faculty member in Curriculum and Teaching.