President Susan A. Cole responds to keynote speaker, Alfred Koeppe, president and COO of PSEG, at the second annual Diversity Issues in Higher Education Conference at Rutgers University.
President Susan A. Cole was part of a discussion panel at the second annual Diversity Issues in Higher Education Conference held Nov. 2 at Rutgers University. The topic was human relations skills in the workplace. The keynote speaker was Alfred Koeppe, president and COO of PSEG, and chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. Cole was joined on the panel by Edward Bullock, director of Human Resources, L'Oréal USA; Jennell Jones, director of University Relations, Prudential Financial; Robert Like, associate professor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; and Janice Mitchell Mintz, commissioner, New Jersey Department of Personnel. Also attending the conference from Montclair State were representatives of President's Commission on Affirmative Action, Esmilda Abreu, Robert Baylor, Michael Brown, Ida Caprio, Margaree Coleman-Carter, Holly Gera, Ken Key, Louise McInerney, Cindy Meneghin, Barbara Milton and Ronald Sharps.
George Antoniou of Computer Science co-authored a paper, "Boolean function simplification on a Palm-based environment," with student Ledion Bitincka, who presented the paper at the International Conference on Computing and Information Technologies on Oct. 12.
Janey DeLuca of the Child Care Center received $53,133 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund the first year of a four-year award that provides support for a full-time outreach coordinator at the Child Care Center. The coordinator will develop and implement a sliding fee schedule for low-income students who are parents in need of child care services.
Thomas F. Devlin of Mathematical Sciences gave a presentation,
"Amstat Online: ASA goes Digital," at the annual Joint Statistical
Meetings this summer in Atlanta, Ga. Devlin, an associate editor of Amstat
Online, discussed the editorial philosophy, management and infrastructure
required to support the 21 subfields of statistical theory, methodology
and applications that define the Sections of the American Statistical
Association.
Richard Franke of Anthropology gave a lecture, "Fueling Economic
Growth Through Democratic Participation: Three Lessons from Kerala, India,"
this summer in the amphitheater in Chautauqua, N.Y. Franke's lecture was
the subject of a front-page story in The Chautauquan Daily.
Lindsay Gambini of Arts Programming received $19,300 from the New
Jersey Council on the Arts to fund the second year of a three-year commitment
to support arts programming at the University.
Cynthia Onore of the Center of Pedagogy received $189,682 from
the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to fund the recruitment,
preparation and support of 45 undergraduates for urban teaching careers,
and 30 community college transfer students to prepare for P-3 certification
to teach in Abbott centers.
William Solecki of Earth and Environmental Studies received $72,484
from Columbia University and the National Science Foundation to fund research
on the impact of land use change and climate change on public health.
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.
"I believe we're the best team in the country. If we're not the best team, we're going to wind up playing that team because I believe that's what stands between us and a national championship." --Ed Collins, senior quarterback for the Red Hawks, quoted in The New York Times On the Web, Oct. 29, 2001. Headline: "Montclair's Collins Expects to be No. 1"
"The arts transform lives. The artist is a perpetual wanderer, trying
to find him or herself through art." --Geoffrey Newman, dean of
the School of the Arts, quoted in The Montclair Times, Oct.
18, 2001. Headline: "Montclair State University's Geoffrey Newman
Loves the Arts, All of Them."
"Whether you're singing beautifully or singing in tune is not so
important. The aesthetics are not as important as the interaction."
--Joke Bradt of Music quoted in The Sunday Star-Ledger, Oct.
21, 2001. Headline: "Looking for the beats that heal."
Also quoted in the article are Cynthia Longley, a cellist in the master's
program; alumna Amy Clarkson, a music therapist in the Demonstration Program;
and Louise Montello, a visiting specialist.