The School of the Arts held its own convocation on Friday to honor this year's graduates. At the event, Av Westin, former president of CBS News and former executive producer of "20/20," was honored with the Dumont Television Center's Broadcaster of the Year Award. The other schools and colleges will hold individual convocations throughout the week. (Click here for the schedule of convocations.)

Montclair State graduates largest class ever
Montclair State will graduate 2,655 students on Friday, making it the largest graduating class in the University's history. The celebration will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 9, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford. (Full Story)

Reid and McMullen to receive honorary degrees
John J. McMullen, the former owner and chairman of the New Jersey Devils National Hockey League team, and Irvin D. Reid, Montclair State's president from 1989 to 1997, will be awarded honorary doctoral degrees at this year's commencement ceremony on Friday, May 9, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford. This year 2,850 graduate candidates will be honored. (Full Story)

Meet this year's student speakers
Dua Elayan Obeidallah is on a quest for courage. She doesn't jump out of planes or ski down mountain peeks at breakneck speed. For Obeidallah, a shy, quiet daughter of Palestinian immigrants, just leaving the house or speaking in class can be intimidating. Obeidallah's fears may sound mundane to some, and to others not even legitimate, but to her they are real and she is conquering them one at a time. That may explain why she accepted the challenge of being this year's senior speaker. (Full Story)

"You like me, you really like me!" Although Tamara Beckford is too young to remember that famous quote from Sally Field after she won the Academy Award in 1984 for her performance in "Places in the Heart," she can certainly relate on many levels. The 23-year-old graduate student in biology was selected from among five finalists to present this year's graduate commencement address. (Full Story)

Graduation bittersweet with loss of Jesse Young
Jesse Young's office on the second floor of College Hall was somewhat of a library. His time as a student followed by 34 years of service to the University generated a collection of information that would rival any historian's. But it wasn't within the manila folders in his file cabinets where most of the data about Montclair State was stored; it was in the banks of Jesse's incredible memory. (Full Story)

Freshman applications at an all-time high
As Montclair State bids farewell to the class of 2003, it already has begun welcoming the class of 2007. For the first time in the University's history, first-time, full-time freshman applications exceeded 8,000. (Full Story)

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