Campus Rec sponsors 5K charity walk/run
The Department of Campus Recreation is sponsoring its second
annual 5K Walk/Run on Nov. 17. The focus this year's event is a food drive.
The race will begin at 8 a.m. from Yogi Berra Stadium. Check-in is at
7:30 a.m.
The entry fee for students is $5 and three cans of food or non-perishable
food items. The fee for for faculty, staff and non- Montclair State participants
is $15 and three food items. To register, call Steve Smith 7443.
The first 100 registrants will receive a T-shirt.
Yankee great Whitey Ford at Yogi Berra
Museum
Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, the winningest pitcher in Yankee history and
the winningest World Series pitcher of all time, will sign copies of his
new book, Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras,
on Nov. 9 at Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center.
The book is available for sale at the Museum, and those purchasing it
will receive free admission as well as an autograph from Ford. The book's
co-author, Phil Pepe, veteran Yankee reporter, columnist, author and the
sports voice of WCBS-FM, also will be available for signings.
Ford, a native New Yorker, has been a fan, player, coach and broadcaster.
In Few and Chosen he uses his unique vantage point to rate in order
the five greatest Yankees of all time by position. Rizzuto or Jeter? Mantle
or DiMaggio? Gossage or Rivera? Stengle, McCarthy or Torre? Well thought
out explanations liven up the lists in this volume, which includes photos
and statistical charts.
Ford and Pepe will sign only the book, no other memorabilia. The signing
will take place from 6-8 p.m. For more information about Yogi Berra Museum,
go to www.yogiberramuseum.org or call 2378.
Lecture takes a look at Australian
art
Neville Weston, adjunct professor of cultural heritage at the
Research Institute of Cultural Heritage at Curtin University in western
Australia, will present "Maps, Message Sticks and Memories,"
as part of the Art Forum Lecture Series on Nov. 15. The lecture will begin
at 2 p.m. in Calcia Hall, Room 135.
A former dean of visual arts, Weston is a practicing painter and writer
on art. He has published several books on contemporary art and on Australian
artists. He is the art critic of the West Australian newspaper.
His lecture will provide an introduction to the rich breadth of Australian
indigenous art practice. Although the so-called dot paintings of the Western
Desert are now well known, internationally acclaimed and part of a multi-million-dollar
art market, the incredible range of Aboriginal art activity is not so
well known.
For more information about the Art Forum Lecture Series, call Pat Lay
at 4338.
Award-winning
Reg E. Gaines to direct play
written by MSU employee and alumna
Tony and Grammy Award-nominated wordsmith Reg E. Gaines, co-author
of the Broadway smash "Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk,"
will direct "Brick City Blues," written by 13 women including
Yvette Hall of Academic Advising and Montclair State alumna Tracy Smith.
The performance will take place Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing
Arts Center in Newark.
The intimate and emotionally potent play incorporates poetry and performance by the authors, a multigenerational group of women who are all reside in Newark. The play orginally was developed as part of a NJPAC World Festival Residency Program.
Hall said she got her inspiration from another writer. "Maya Angelou planted the seed for me to write 10 years ago," she said, referring to a letter she received from the famous author and poet who responded to a note Hall had written. "She thanked me for my kind words, but encouraged me to write. She said, 'You are a writer.' "
For tickets to see "Brick City Blues," call 1-888-GO-NJPAC.
Phonathon set for November
The Annual Fund will hold its fall phonathon Nov. 5-8, 12-15 and 26-29.
Calls will be made to alumni and parents requesting donations to benefit
scholarships, programming and equipment. The 2000 fall phonathon raised
$37,600.
Nearly 50 students have signed up to work phonathon. "We are extremely pleased with the number of student callers who are raring to get on the phones to help raise critical funds for Montclair State," said Liz Voltman of Development. "We simply couldn't do it without their help!"
The phonathon will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Center for Continuing Education, 10 Normal Ave. For more information, call Voltman at 7472.
Board action
At its Nov. 1 meeting, the Montclair State
Board of Trustees approved one faculty tenure-track appointment, six
faculty non-tenure track appointments and 14 professional/managerial staff
appointments.
The next Board meeting will be Dec. 13. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Student Center, Room 419