Global Photography Exhibit opens
The opening reception for "Global Images 2003: International Travel
Photography by MSU Faculty and Staff" will be Thursday, April 3,
from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Gallery One.
Ron Hollander of English is the first prize winner of the second annual
competition sponsored by the Global Education Center and the Art Galleries.
Hollander won for his photograph titled "Waiting for the 11:10"
taken in China.
Second place went to Lise Greene of the President's Office for her photograph,
"The Pigeon-Eye View from Church Tower" taken in Denmark, and
third place went to Jane Peterson of Theatre and Dance for "The Manta
Makers" taken in Turkey.
Honorable Mentions went to Arlene Amorison of Sprague Library, John Luttropp
of Art and Design, Jacob Dillard of the School of the Arts and David Witten
of Music. In addition to the winning photographs, 46 other entires will
be on display. The exhibit will continue through May 2.
Officials gather for emergency planning meeting
Members of the New Jersey College Health and Environmental Safety Society
(CHESS) met with members of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
last week for a workshop on emergency planning for colleges and universities.
The timing made the workshop especially important: it was the first day
of the war with Iraq.
Held on campus, the meeting was hosted by the University's Office of Environmental
and Health Safety and the University Crisis Management Team. The morning
session was devoted to presentations by the New Jersey State Police Office
of Emergency Management Planning, covering the planning process, identification
and mitigation of various hazards, shelter planning, communications in
an emergency and evaluation of the emergency plan. Emergency management,
they explained, is the application of science, technology, planning and
management to dealing with extreme events that can injure or kill large
numbers of people, do extensive damage to property and disrupt community
life.
Speakers in the afternoon included representatives from several colleges
and universities, representatives of the state Division of Fire Safety,
and William Solecki of the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies,
who discussed Montclair State's new doctoral program in environmental
management.
Call for unique grads
The Office of Public Information is interested in hearing about graduating
students who have unique or interesting stories, are heading off to prestigious
graduate schools or have landed noteworthy jobs in their field.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to forward students' names and a brief
description to Martha Spera at speram@mail.montclair.edu. Please put "Unique
Grad" in the subject line.
Take time to read to a child
The MSU Child Care Center will celebrate the Week of the Young Child,
April 7-11, and is inviting members of the campus community to read a
book to a child or a group of children.
"We are most interested in having people share books that have personal
memories or meaning for them," said Janey DeLuca, director of the
Center. "But we also have a large collection of books from which
you could pick."
Guest readers can select the age group as well as the day and time to
read. Readings will take place all week between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Those interested can e-mail DeLuca
or call her at 973-655-7586. Arrangements also can be made for the children
to come the reader's office.
Time to hit the (digital) books
Remember when school was synonymous with books? Now there are all kinds
of options to complement, supplement or even replace the traditional textbook.
Faculty will have an opportunity to explore how new media can fit into
teaching at the "Beyond Print" conference on Wednesday, April
2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Center Ballrooms.
Publishers, faculty, technical support staff and librarians will gather
to explore the new media options for teaching and learning. Faculty will
have a chance to see course cartridges, companion Web sites and CDs; find
out how to create a custom textbook by putting together their favorite
chapters from a variety of books and even adding their own chapters; and
discover multimedia to support their disciplines.
Participating vendors include McGraw-Hill, Xanedu, and Thomson Learning.
Sprague library will show its databases and netLibrary full-text electronic
books. Instructional designers will demonstrate how this digital media
can mesh with Web-based courseware such as Blackboard.
Click
here to learn more about Beyond Print participants as well as some
of the media options that will be presented.
Student wins Kean Scholarship
Music major Patricia Galvez is one of 10 students selected to receive
a Thomas H. Kean Scholarship from the Garden State Arts Center Foundation.
The $2,500 scholarships are made annually to undergraduate performing
arts majors attending New Jersey state colleges and universities, and
Drew University.
"These scholarship awards have greatly assisted talented young New
Jerseyans in their pursuit of careers in the performing arts," said
Foundation President Ronald Gravino. "Once again, the Foundation
is proud to financially recognize New Jersey youth with these scholarship
awards."
Winner of TheatreFest Playwriting Contest chosen
Dawn O'Leary's "A Delicate Arrangement" will be presented in
June as the winner of the TheatreFest 2003 Regional Playwriting Contest.
The play deals with intimidation in the presence of art and explores the
fundamental question of why artists create.
A native of New Jersey, O'Leary received a fellowship in playwriting from
the New Jersey Council on the Arts in 1992. Her other plays include "Island
of Brilliance," "The Gentle Rain from Heaven" and "Waiting
for Lillian."
O'Leary also writes for television and film. Her credits include "Fair
and Even Chance" on ABC, Lifetime's "Mom's Secrets" and
"Tidings" on CBS, among others.
Sixteen performances of "A Delicate Arrangement" will be presented
June 12-29. For times and ticket information, call 973-655-5112.