MFA thesis exhibit on display in New York
The second M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition can be seen through May 29 at The White Box Annex, 601 West 26th Street, 14 floor, in Chelsea, New York City. The exhibition is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The exhibition includes multi-media work, paintings and installations by Montclair State's second graduating class of master of fine arts degree students. Participating students are Shannon Bellum, Jiana Kim, Robert Kleinschmidt, Hisayo Kushida, Mary Jo Nemeth, Elaine Schnoor, Fran Shalom, Larushka Tilley, Betty Vera, Tracy Waaka and Lee Allen Wells. The exhibition is curated by Dominique Nahas, visiting critic-in-residence.

In the exhibition catalog Nahas writes: "Informed truth-seeking in the service of poetic visuality has been the royal road taken by this group of artists...The range of sensibilities is as varied as the materials used and the techniques and methodologies applied...Audience involvement, if not participation, has been given strong priority but never to the detriment of focused, individuated (and often private) visions."

Nahas describes his experience at Montclair State as "fulfilling and enlightening."

Renew library books electronically
Need to renew a library book but can't make it to the library? Just turn on your computer and renew books online or via e-mail, or simply call the library.

To renew online, visit the Circulation Department home page, select the Book Renewal link and follow the instructions for submitting the form. To renew books via e-mail, send your request to circulation.services@montclair.edu. By phone, call 973-655-4288 during library hours.

After the initial semester loan period, books can be renewed three times. Books should be renewed on or before the due date or the request for renewal may not be honored. Also, books for which there are outstanding requests from another patron cannot be renewed.

For more information, call the Circulation Department at 973-655-4288.

Montclair State gets matching gifts from ExxonMobil Foundation
Montclair State is one of 31 colleges and universities in New Jersey to share $700,000 in unrestricted grants from ExxonMobil Foundation to match gifts made in 2001 by ExxonMobil employees, retirees, surviving spouses and directors.

Over the past decade, ExxonMobil matching gifts to New Jersey colleges and universities have totaled more than $7 million. Initiated in 1962, the ExxonMobil Matching Gift program matches gifts to higher education on a 3-to-1 basis and has provided more than $250 million in gifts to higher education in the United States. This year the ExxonMobil Educational Matching Gift Program contributed more than $16.6 million in grants to 930 colleges and universities.

Track and Field runs off with accolades;
freshman named softball rookie of the year
The men's and women's outdoor track and field teams both finished among the top four teams at the 2002 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) championships on May 4. The men's team placed third overall with 74 points while the women came in fourth with 63 points. The College of New Jersey, which hosted the event, finished first in both the men's and women's divisions.

Freshman Ernest Tymes was named Outstanding Male Field Athlete after winning the men's triple jump competition with a distance of 14.70 meters, setting a new NJAC record in the event.

Freshman Nacole Moore was named Outstanding Female Field Athlete after setting a new women's shot put standard of 14.26 meters. She also won the discus event with a toss of 37.91 meters.

Junior sprinter Tierra Hicks collected the Gerrity Award for Most Outstanding Student-Athlete after winning the women's 400 meters in 56.13 seconds, plus the women's 400 intermediate hurdles in a new NJAC-record time of 1:01.92 minutes.

Senior Nick Gregorio won the men's shot put with a throw of 14.95 meters, while sophomore Enrique Llanos claimed the men's 100-meter hurdles in 14.37 seconds. junior Darryl Louis finished first in the men's 400 meters in 48.75 seconds.

In softball, freshman infielder Kari McDonnell was named the 2002 NJAC Softball Rookie of the Year. Sporting a .388 batting average this season, she led the conference in both runs batted in (43) and home runs (11). McDonnell, who also leads MSU this year with 35 runs scored, 45 hits, 14 doubles and an .810 slugging percentage, also was named to the All-NJAC First Team at third base.

Senior pitcher Tara Todaro, sophomore shortstop Diana Auteri, junior centerfielder Stephanie Romanko and freshman outfielder Megan Sweeney were named to the All-NJAC Second Team. Todaro has a 12-6 record this season with a 1.88 ERA and a career-high 142 strikeouts. Auteri is batting .375 with 31 runs, 42 hits, 16 RBIs, 15 stolen bases and one home run. Romanko is hitting .280 with 26 runs, 33 hits, eight RBIs and a team-high 17 stolen bases, while Sweeney has gone .330 with 15 runs, 32 hits and 14 RBIs.

Junior catcher Tonya Barnes was named All-NJAC Honorable Mention. Barnes has caught all 38 games this season for the Red Hawks, handling all but one of 298 fielding chances while throwing out 21 of 37 would-be base stealers. She has also batted .300 with 14 runs, 36 hits, 25 RBIs and one home run.

Deadlines for closing the fiscal year
In order for the University to close its fiscal year and prepare its annual financial statements to report to the state, the following deadlines have been established:
May 15: All purchase requisitions must be approved and entered into the FRS. Online requisitioning will be stopped at the close of business May 15.
June 6: All supply orders must be received. Orders received after this date will be charged to FY 2003.
June 30: All goods and services received through June 30 should be expensed in FY 2002. To be charged to FY 2002, the goods or services must be received, the department's certification that the order has been filled must be correctly posted online to the FRS and a notification of receipt must be sent to Central Receiving. Outstanding encumbrances for purchase orders relating to goods and services not received by June 30 will be reviewed for possible carryover into FY 2003. Fiscal agents will be notified of encumbrances carried forward. These guidelines do not apply to travel expenses.
July 9: Travel expenses for trips concluded prior to June 30 must be submitted for reimbursement by July 9. Travel expenses for trips concluded after June 30 will be charged to FY 2003.

Grants and contracts with year-ends other than June 30 will be processed in accordance with the terms of the individual grant or contract.

History majors win scholarships
Senior history major Cynthia R. D’Alessio has been awarded the 2002 William McLean Scholarship in History. D'Alessio was selected for the scholarship by a faculty committee on the basis of her dedication to scholarship and achievement in the study of history.

The McLean Scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding history student. It was established in the memory of William McLean, a Montclair State alumnus and principal of Mount Hebron School in Upper Montclair.

Another senior history major, Stephan T. Jones, has received the 2002 Julian F. Jaffe Scholarship in History. Jones was selected by a faculty committee on the basis of his demonstrated excellence in historical studies and his concern for the pursuit of the truth about the past.

The Jaffe Scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding history student. It was established in memory of Julian F. Jaffe, a Montclair State University faculty member.

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