Ada Beth Cutler of Education and Human Services and Cynthia
Onore of the Center of Pedagogy received $478,812 from the New Jersey
Commission on Higher Education to increase the University's capacity to
prepare highly effective teachers while linking knowledge and performance
with primary through 12th-grade content standards and expanding collaborations
with school systems.
Ramon Delgado of Theatre and Dance had a scene from his award-winning
play, "Waiting for the Bus," reprinted in the Smith and Kraus
publication 103 Scenes for 3 Actors. The scene appears in the collection
along with scenes from Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, O'Neill
and other notable writers.
Jacalyn Willis of Science and Mathematics received $85,000 from
the New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative (SSI)/Rutgers to continue
support of the Regional Center of the SSI to provide assistance to school
districts to improve science, math and technology education.
John Wooten of TheatreFest received $27,000 from the New Jersey
State Council on the Arts to fund the second year of a three-year commitment
to provide general support for TheatreFest.
Bonnie Lustigman and Lee Lee of Biology and Molecular Biology;
William Berlin of Political Science; Maria Schantz of the
Reading and Study Skills Center; and Ted Williamson of Science
and Mathematics were part of a team at the first Summer Institute of Science
Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) held
in August at Santa Clara University in California. This Institute, which
30 colleges and universities throughout the United States attended, was
co-sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities
and the National Science Foundation. Lustigman and Lee applied for the
SENCER grant.
WORTH QUOTING...
The following
excerpts are from newspaper and magazine articles. Copies of the complete
articles are available from the Office of Public Information, College
Hall, Room 313.
"NJN's excellent news and current affairs reporting attends, on a
daily basis, to my education in regard to important events and policy
issues facing the state. Because of NJN's outstanding quality, it is always
a source of great pride to me to hear those periodic station break announcements:
'Broadcast from the campus of Montclair State University.' " --MSU
President Susan A. Cole quoted in The NJN Guide. Headline:
NJN Public Television in the New Millennium.
"There's a question I ask my students: If you were going to draw
a picture, and someone offered you a box of eight crayons, or a box of
72, which would you choose?" --Dean Drummond of Music quoted
in The New York Times, Sept. 30. Headline: The Sounds of Instruments
for 43 Tones."
"There are now many strong voices from beyond our group and beyond
academia who are now behind the movement to build higher education in
New Jersey." --MSU Board of Trustees member Robert Altman
quoted in The Star-Ledger, Oct. 10. Headline: 10 state groups endorse
colleges' expansion plan.