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January 31, 2000
Timothy Carey of Budget, Planning and Information Technology co-presented "Process Mapping: Setting Quality Improvement Priorities in Colleges and Universities" at the annual Quality New Jersey Conference in December.
Matthew Gorring of Earth and Environmental Studies has received $61,325 from the National Science Foundation to support the purchase of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer, which will be used by students for geology, environmental science and biology applications in course-based and independent research activities.
Mark Hubey of Computer Science had the following books published: Mathematical and Computational Linguistics, Lincom-Europa, Muenchen, Newcastle (1999); The Diagonal Infinity: Problems of Multiple Scales, World Scientific, Singapore (1999); and Mathematical Foundations of Linguistics, Lincom-Europa, Muenchen, Newcastle (1999). He also had an article, "Vector Space for Linguistics via Dimensional Analysis," published in The Journal of Quantitative Linguistics.
Phillip LeBel of Economics and Finance had an article, "Measuring Sustainable Economic Development in Africa," published in volume 18 of the Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies. He also joined George Santiago, executive associate director of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, leading a team evaluation of the Polytechnic University of New York M.S. in Management program in Rehovot, Israel.
John Leffler of Summer Sessions and Special Programs hosted the North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS) Middle States regional luncheon and accepted a certificate presented to Montclair State University in recognition of its 25 years of membership in the organization. A member of the Administrative Council and the Membership Committee of NAASS, he is organizing the spring 2000 joint meeting of the Middle States and Northeastern regions to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Karen Venturella of Sprague Library and Elizabeth Emery of French have received $1,200 from the French-American Cultural Services to help fund the five French films that will be shown during this year's International Film Festival.
Dajin Wang of Computer Science had a paper, "Diagnosability of Hypercubes and Enhanced Hypercubes Under the Comparison Diagnosis Model," published in the December issue of IEEE Transactions on Computers.
Barbara Wheeler of Music was the keynote speaker at the 25th annual conference of the Australian Music Therapy Association in Sydney. The topic of her keynote was "Music Therapy Research for All Stages of Development." She also presented "A Case Study Illustrating Research Methods" at a plenary session and "Building Resources in Professional Music Therapy" at the Professional Development Seminar of the Australian Music Therapy Association, which was held prior to the conference. Wheeler made several presentations at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne, and at the School of Music, University of Queensland. In September, she presented a keynote address, "Music Therapy Practice, Theory and Research: Growing Perspectives," at a music therapy research symposium in London, where she also spoke with students at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
John Wooten of TheatreFest has received $3,700 from the Essex County Block Grant Program to support the Playwriting Contest that offers the opportunity for the development of talented dramatists working in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Michael Zey of Management was profiled in Suburban Essex Magazine and Morris Magazine as one of "Five New Jerseyans to Watch in the 21st Century." He also was interviewed for an article on trends in the year 2000 for the Daily Record and by Scripps Howard News Organization for a feature on a recent poll on Americans' views of the world.
Nominate student employees for recognition award
Supervisors of undergraduate student employees can nominate students for an Outstanding Student Employee Award that includes a $100 certificate to the University Store. Fifty deserving students will receive the certificates, which are made possible by the generosity of Follet College Stores.
Students should be nominated and recommended using the following criteria: reliability, quality of work, initiative, disposition and contribution to the employer.
Nomination forms were circulated via e-mail and interoffice mail. Completed forms must be returned by Monday, Feb. 7, to Gloria Freeland, Auxiliary Enterprises, College Hall, 311B. Winners will be announced April 3.
For more information, call Freeland at 7431 or Charles Feiner of Student Activities at 7565.
"Projected Visions" reception Feb. 10
"Projected Visions-Montclair 2000," a juried exhibition conceived as a collaborative effort between MSU's Art Galleries and Studio Montclair, Inc., will be on view in the University Gallery through March 3.
The exhibition is part of ArtsFest 2000, a year-long arts and cultural festival designed to promote local and global unity. Nan Rosenthal, a consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, served as the juror for "Project Visions." She selected art work in various media by 36 artists who live or work in Montclair, or who are Montclair State students or alumni.
A reception will be held Feb. 10 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the University Gallery. For more information, call Chanel Cook at 7640.
Latino Psychological Assoc. holds first meeting on campus
The Latino Psychological Association of New Jersey held its inaugural meeting on campus in November. The Association's mission is to serve as an advocacy group with regard to the education of psychologists and other mental health professionals in the advancement of mental health research, training and the treatment of Latinos in the state of New Jersey.
The Association Board of Directors includes (pictured, from left) Milton Fuentes, treasurer; Riva Bennett, secretary; Magda Garcia of Psychology, vice president; Robert McCormick of Psychology and director of MSU's Hispanic Institute, president. Also pictured is Rosalind Dorlen, president of the New Jersey Psychological Association and Ricardo Martinez and Maria Xiques, members-at-large.
Outdoor art exhibit installed at campus entrance
A major art installation, SYZYGY I, is located on the west side of campus near the Clove Road entrance.
The work is a collaboration between MSU's Artist-in-Residence Osvaldo Romberg and graduate students Christopher Corey, Peerayot Gwilliam, Joanne Lefrak, Christina Pineros, Paul Shields, D'Mitri Wilkins and MSU Critic-in- Residence Dominique Nahas.
Syzygy is a word used in a variety of disciplines to refer to a pair of connected or correlative objects. SYZYGY I forms a dynamic "earth-work" type pattern of four interlocked and crisscrossing forms. Each pattern contains the floor plan on a one-to-one scale of a house of worship. The four temples include a Buddhist temple, the Cishi Pavilion of Longxing Monastery (circa 971); the Polish synagogue Lutomiersk from the 18th century; San Sebastiano Basilica of Milan, built in 1577; and the Iranian mosque in Saljuq, built between 555-1160.
Romberg has participated in numerous exhibitions both here and abroad, most notably last year's Johannesburg Biennial and South Korea's 1997 Kwangju Biennale and Bypass.
The SYZYGY project documentation, with models and notes and, photographs of the participating graduate students, will be entered in the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art's millennial exhibition, "Faith."
In Memoriam
Elizabeth VanDerveer Tonne, a faculty member in the then-Business Education Department from 1946 to 1966, passed away Jan. 19. She was 91.
Tonne served as president of Montclair State's New Jersey Business Education Association and was involved in many professional associations at the regional and national levels. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Farmingdale Methodist Church on Long Island.
The MSU Alumni Association invites all full-time faculty to make nominations for the 2000 Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award. The list of criteria was distributed via e-mail and can be obtained by calling Alumni Relations at 4141. Nominations are due Feb. 7.
The University Statement on Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Sexual Harassment and Tolerance has been distributed to the campus community and is available on the Web at www.montclair.edu/pages/eo-aa/harassment-tolerance.html.
Clarification: In the Jan. 17 issue of INSIGHT, "On the Job" with Charlotte Kiewiet of Research and Sponsored Programs noted the office handles all grant proposals. The office actually handles all grant proposals submitted to government agencies.
For more information about position announcements, see the bulletin board outside the Personnel Office, College Hall, Room 316, or visit MSU's Web site at www.montclair.edu.
Vax Systems Manager, Information Technology. Salary: $41,009-$61,523. Starting date: Feb. 28. Send letter and resume by Feb. 14 to Rose Grant, College Hall, Room 114. V-067.
Positions reopened:
Assistant ISP Adviser, Information Technology. Salary: $39,521-$59,273. Starting date: March 1. Send letter and resume by Feb. 17 to Mary Pierson, Box C316, V-051.
Director of Internal Auditing. Salary: $49,241.62-$78,798.82. Starting date: May 1. Send letter and resume to Valerie Van Baaren, Box C316, V-031.