Wrestling coach Steve Strellner announces
retirement
Head wrestling coach Steve 'Strap' Strellner will retire at
the end of the season, having been involved with the Montclair State wrestling
program since 1974. He is in his 25th season as head coach.
For the last 30 years, Strellner has been wrestling, assisting a head
coach or running the program. He has wrestled for, wrestled with or coached
every All-American who has come through Montclair State. He has seen 53
Division III All-Americans who have won 92 All-American honors, plus a
national record 28 NCAA Division III individual champions, eight Academic
All-Americans, and seven Division I All-Americans, including 1978 Division
I national champion Ken Mallory.
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Strellner guided the Red Hawks to the 1986 NCAA Division III national
championship, earning National Coach of the Year status, and then took
MSU to within five points of the 1989 national crown. A native of South
Tama, Iowa, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association
Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. in 2001, 30 years after coming to Montclair
State as a wrestler. He won the 1971 Metropolitan Championship and earned
All-American status after placing fourth in the Division III National
Championships, and three years later made the transition from student-athlete
to coach while earning a bachelor's degree.
Strellner helped Montclair State to the 1976 Division III National Championship
as an assistant coach, the first national title in school history. He
then took over as head coach in 1978-79.
A three-time selection as Metropolitan Conference Coach of the Year, Strellner was honored prior to his final home dual match on Feb. 12, when his 21st-ranked Red Hawks hosted and beat No. 13 Springfield (Mass.) College. Pictured left, Strellner is presented with a photograph autographed by the team by Athletic Director Holly Gera. Wrestling alumni were invited to the match to honor Strellner. (Click here for photo.)
University of Michigan attorney to
speak
on Affirmative Action Day
Attorney Jonathan Alger, who coordinated the University of Michigan cases
on admissions, will speak during Affirmative Action Day, Thursday, Feb.
26. The event is sponsored by the President's Commission on Affirmative
Action (PCAA), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary at Montclair
State.
Alger's lecture, "Diversity in Education: Everyone Benefits," will take place at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Center, Room 411-414. Prior to the lecture, at noon outside the Student Center, a flag will be raised and a proclamation read in honor of Affirmative Action Day.
Alger is assistant general counsel and adjunct faculty member at the
University of Michigan, where he coordinated the university's work on
the admissions lawsuits and continues to work on related affirmative action
matters. He also provides leadership in the areas of intellectual property,
media and information law, and cyberspace legal issues. In the winter
term, he teaches higher education law at the University of Michigan Law
School. He previously served as chief counsel for the American Association
of University Professors in Washington, D.C.
Alger has spoken and written extensively on diversity and other legal
issues in higher education, and has twice traveled to Germany to give
a series of lectures on American higher education law for policy-makers
and educators. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law
School.
The lecture is free and lunch will be served. For more information about
the lecture, call Barbara Milton of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action,
973-655-4349 or Tina Jacobowitz, chair of the PCAA, at 973-655-7191.
Century Project comes to campus
Frank Cordelle's widely acclaimed exhibit, The Century Project, will be
on campus Feb. 23-27 as the University celebrates Body Awareness Week:
We Sing the Body Eclectic. The exhibit will be in the Student Center,
Ballrooms A and B, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday.
Donation boxes will be provided for old jeans that Wellness Education
will bring to a local shelter.
A series of events will be held throughout the week:
Monday, Feb. 23: "Breasts: A Documentary." 6:30 p.m.,
Student Center, Ballrooms. Moderated by Julia Landweber of History.
"I'm Too Sexy for Those Wings," A fashion show. 8 p.m., Student
Center, Ballroom C.
Tuesday, Feb. 24: "A Century of Shapes: A Chronicle of Women's
Bodies Over the Century." Noon, Student Center, Ballrooms.
Eating disorder screening. Complete a personal questionnaire about your
eating habits and attitudes. 2-4 p.m., Student Center, Ballrooms.
Wednesday, Feb. 25: Inside Out Day. Show your awareness of inner
beauty by wearing an article of clothing inside out to symbolize that
it's what's inside that counts.
"When is a Bed Not a Bed?" 2:30 p.m., Student Center, Ballrooms.
"Century PROJECT: Perspectives of the Artist and the Subject."
Presented by photographer Frank Cordelle and 23-year-old Yanci, a participant
in Century in recovery from a serious eating disorder. 6:30 p.m., Student
Center, Ballrooms.
"Naked Goddesses: The Representation of Divine and Ordinary Women,"
a discussion and slides. Presented by Cynthia Eller of Philosophy and
Religion. Student Center, Ballrooms.
Thursday, Feb. 26: "I'm Beautiful, Damn It!," a workshop
on improving self-image. 1 p.m., Student Center, Ballrooms.
"The Thick and Thin of It." 2:30 p.m., Student Center, Ballrooms.
"Private Dicks: Men Exposed," a film. 6:30 p.m., Student Center,
Ballrooms.
Friday, Feb. 27: Eating disorder screening. Complete a personal
questionnaire about your eating habits and attitudes. 2-4 p.m., Student
Center, Ballrooms.
Vendor Fair to be held March 30
The 2004 Vendor Fair, sponsored by Procurement Services, will be held
Tuesday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center, Ballrooms.
"The University is commited to using qualified suppliers from all facets of the business community," said Tony Mejido, director of Procurement Services. "The Vendor Fair gives members of the campus community the opportunity to meet vendors who provide the products and/or services that we use regularly."
The Vendor Fair also is open to other organizations in higher education, local, county and state government, as well as corporate representatives.
For more information about the fair, call 973-655-4447.
'Three Generations of Black Art'
on exhibit in Art Gallery
An exhibition at the University Art Gallery now offers a rare
opportunity to review three generations of black art as seen through the
works of exponents of the black art movement in New Jersey.
"Three Generations of Black Art: Amiri Baraka, Ben Jones, and Mansa
Mussa" can be seen through March 6. The artists include Baraka, a
painter who led the black art movement in Newark in the 1960s; Jones,
a professor of fine arts who provided a framework for the movement to
continue with the third generation of black artists; and Mussa, a photographer,
dancer and performance artist, and a former student of Jones.
As art always has been known to mirror the society of any civilization,
the black art movement in New Jersey in the 1960s summed up a cry for
pride, dignity and cultural identity. "Three Generations of Black
Art" is inter-generational, culturally diverse and historically important.
A reading of Lorenzo Pace's book, Jalani and the Lock, and a Keepsake Workshop for children and adults will be held Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Art Gallery. Call for times.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The University Gallery Gift Shop is open during gallery hours and features fine art and craft items handmade by national and international artists.
Library offers classes for students
Sprague Library's Reference Department is offering library
instruction classes for all students, Monday through Saturday, day and
evening.
Classes will familiarize students with the library and help them with
specific reference and research assignments. Classes will include the
location of materials, the use of the Sprague Library Catalog, use of
appropriate print and electronic resources, how to access these electronic
resources from off campus, the evaluation and use of Internet sources
and any other topics faculty would like to include.
All College Writing I classes will be taught in the new McKenzie Online
Classroom on the second floor, where students will have hands-on experience
searching the Catalog, electronic resources and other information available
from the library's home page.
To schedule a class and to discuss students' needs, faculty should call
Patricia Sanders, head of Reference and Information Services, at 973-655-7144.