The Children's Center unveiled...MSU President Susan A. Cole and Vice President for Institutional Advancement Gregory Waters unveil one of the sketches of the proposed Children's Center by C. James Lawler of C.J. Lawler Associates at a recent fund-raising dinner. It was announced at the event that more than $500,000 has been raised for the project. See page 4 for additional photos.

Giving the gift of reading...Freshman psychology major Jade Gillon (second from right) shows children in the after-school tutorial program at Hillside School in Montclair the rewards and excitement of reading. Gillon is one of 80 Montclair State students who tutor in Montclair schools as part of the Service-Learning and America Reads programs. With a grant from First Book through its Make a Difference Project, Service-Learning recently gave 500 children's books to the after-school tutorial program at Hillside. Pictured with Gillon (from left) are Chantal, Jessica and James.

Keeping a journal is something that comes naturally for Rita Jacobs of English. "I am from a family of Holocaust survivors. When I was growing up, my parents were afraid that if we said what we thought out loud, even if we spoke the truth, our words might be misinterpreted and we could be taken away. Because of their message, ÔDon't let anybody know what you think,' my journal became a place where I could tell the truth, try on new ideas and new personalities, and even have dialogues with myself. I became somebody who used a journal to explore my real self and to reveal my real self, and I've kept one ever since," she explained.Full Story

Elizabeth Emery of French, German and Russian, and Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo of Fine Arts have been awarded prestigious fellowships. Emery won a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend for a book project, Consuming the Past: The Medieval Revival in Fin-de-Siecle France.

"Readers of Consuming the Past will discover the passion for the Middle Ages that swept France from 1870 to 1914," Emery wrote in her application. "In museums and churches, taverns and World's Fair pavilions, the French celebrated their nation's past, appropriating and reconfiguring historical narratives in order to create an ideal model of national achievement." Full Story

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