Lora Billings of Mathematical Sciences has received $49,995 from the Naval Research Laboratory for research to develop accurate models that capture the dynamics of disease propagation in order to provide strategic planners with new ways to assess defense effectiveness.
Joseph Donnelly of Health Professions, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies has received $109,491 from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to fund the fifth year of Project HOPE, which is designed to increase the number of teens practicing sexual abstinence and delay the onset of sexual activity in these students.
Karen Guancione of Fine Arts had her work displayed this summer
as part of the "War" at The Puffin Room in New York.
Julie Heffernan of Fine Arts had a picture of one of her paintings
published in the June 6, 2002 issue of The New Yorker.
Bonnie Lustigman of Biology and Molecular Biology has received
$98,936 from the National Institutes of Health to fund a collaboration
designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority students
prepared to participate in doctoral programs at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Carla Narrett of the Graduate School and Quinn Vega of Biology
and Molecular Biology have received $8,180 from the Council of Graduate
Schools (CGS) for the CGS/Sloan Professional Master's Initiative in Science
and Mathematics. The project will assess local and regional employers'
needs for professional master's degree programs in the sciences and mathematics
to help meet their future workforce requirements.
Michael Siporin of Art and Design had his work published
in Attitude: the Subversive Political Cartoonists, edited by Ted
Rall, cartoonist for the Village Voice and published in June by
NMB Publishing. Siporin's cartoons have appeared in the Los Angeles
Times, The New York Times and The Star-Ledger, among other
newspapers and magazines. Pictured left is Siporin's caricature of himself.
Antoinette Spiotta of the Psychoeducational Center has received $657,779 from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide early intervention services to preschool children with developmental delays as well as services to the children's families. She also received $29,297 from Family Link Regional Early Intervention to fund training for 20 paraprofessionals in the delivery of early intervention services to young children who are on the spectrum of autism.
Norman Stock of Sprague Library has his poem "What
I Said" included in Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York
Poets, edited by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians, published
by Melville House, with an introduction by Alicia Ostriker. Stock will
participate in televised readings from the book to be broadcast on New
York One during the week of Sept. 11.
Walter Swales of Fine Arts led an artist-in-residence workshop
for students at High Point High School.
Nicole Weir of the Center for Adult Learning presented a workshop,
"Returning to School as an Adult," at the annual conference
of the New Jersey Association of Library Assistants held in June at Seton
Hall University.
Jacalyn Willis of Science and Mathematics has received $90,000
from the New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative/Rutgers University to
fund a third year of the Montclair State Regional Center that provides
assistance to school systems to improve science, mathematics and technology
education.
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The University is welcoming many new employees to our community. To help
you put a face with a name, each issue of INSIGHT Online will introduce
you to a few of our newest colleagues.
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Tony Mejido, director of Purchasing Tony came to Montclair State in February from William Paterson University where he was assistant director of Purchasing. Prior to that he held several positions at Merck & Co., Inc., including senior procurement manager; construction procurement manager, facilitating multi-million-dollar construction projects in Puerto Rico and Europe; and manager of planning. He earned a B.S. from Manhattan College, an M.S. in civil engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. "It's exciting and challenging to join Montclair State during a time of growth and expansion," Tony said. "The Purchasing Department is prepared to meet that challenge by providing value-added, customer-focused procurement services." |
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Judy Minier, associate vice president for Academic Affairs for Curriculum and Instruction Judy is a familiar face on campus. In 1995 she was appointed the University's first director of the Center of Pedagogy. She left in 1997 to travel with her husband to Asia where she gained experience as language arts curriculum coordinator at the Jakarta International Schools in Indonesia, professor and assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at the American University in Kyrgyzstan and educational consultant to the Center for Democratic Education in Kazakhstan. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in elementary education from St. Cloud State University, and an Ed.D. from the University of North Dakota. In some respects, Judy feels like she never left. "A lot of the policies, procedures and the mechanisms for working things through committees, and the basic structure of offices are similar to when I left. Because of that, I don't feel as though I've been gone so long." Read more about her in this week's Q&A. |
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Elaine Cooper, director of Transportation
and Parking Services
Elaine is the University's first director of Transportation and Parking Services. She served for two years as assistant director of Parking and Transportation Services at Rutgers New Brunswick. Before that she spent 10 years as vice president of MCRIDES, a nonprofit transportation management association serving Morris, Sussex, Warren, and parts of Essex and Union counties. Elaine holds a B.A. from Douglass College of Rutgers University. She later studied planning and zoning at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning. "I'm enthusiastic about the challenges facing Montclair State's infrastructure issues, such as parking and transportation," she said. "As the University grows, I look forward to helping to implement parking and transportation programs that respond to that growth and to build a department that is responsive to individuals within the community."
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