Special commencement set for Sept. 14, Memorial Auditorium

A special commencement ceremony for candidates who completed degree requirements by Aug. 31, 2001 will take place in Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 14. The procession and ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.

The speaker and honorary degree recipient will be Elizabeth Christopherson, executive director and CEO of New Jersey Network.

To accommodate candidates and their families, faculty and professional staff who intend to march in the academic procession must notify Julie Adams of Community Relations and Special Events by Monday, Sept. 10, via e-mail at adamsju or phone at 5459. Seating is limited. Faculty and professional staff who ordered academic regalia can pick up their order at the University Bookstore on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and Thursday, Sept. 13, during store hours and on Friday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. until noon.

After ticket requests from candidates and their families have been met, remaining tickets will be available to the University community the day of commencement beginning at 1 p.m. at the Box Office. Tickets will be distributed on a on a first-come basis.

Board news

Over the summer, the Montclair State University Board of Trustees approved 25 non-tenure track faculty appointments, 40 tenure-track faculty appointments, 19 professional/managerial staff appointments, 104 managerial reappointments (effective FY 02), 16 professional staff reappointments (effective FY 02), and two leaves of absence without pay.

The Board also passed a resolution to grant professor emeritus status to Lee Primiano of Accounting, Law and Taxation, and emerita status to Sharon Spencer of English.

Two major gifts also were announced: A $25,000 grant from Merrill Lynch Dean Witter for the new Children's Center and a $75,000 award from the Schumann Foundation for leadership training for child care center directors in Newark.

University retains company to oversee parking operations

Standard Parking has been retained by the University to provide the daily operation and management of all campus parking facilities including the forthcoming multi-level parking structure.

During the past year, Standard Parking performed a comprehensive analysis of the University's parking operations and presented an overall plan for the efficient operation of all campus parking facilities.

To provide maximum control and consistency, gates, card readers, controllers, communication hardware and system software have been replaced by Industrial Time and Systems, Inc. All faculty and staff identification cards need to be recoded for access into gated lots.

A copy of parking and traffic regulations for the upcoming academic year is available by calling the Parking Office, located at 30 Normal Ave., at 7580.

Students earn scholarships
   - Keenen/Moore/Uhia/Waller

Four students have been awarded Keenen/Moore/Uhia/Waller scholarships from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-Local 1904. Each student will receive $500.

The recipients are junior Omeche Joyce Idoko and sophomores Melanie Alberto, Daniel Neyra and Sarah Robinson.

In 1996, the members of AFT-Local 1904 established the Scholarship Endowment Fund as an expression of esteem and respect for James P. Keenen III, Joseph T. Moore, Anita E. Uhia and Connie Waller.

The fund is dedicated to helping full-time undergraduate and graduate students who depend in some way on their own work for economic resources required for their enrollment or otherwise to pursue their studies in a recognized University program.

  -  Chamber of Commerce
Pyongho Chung and Pyonghun Chung, both accounting majors, each received a $750 scholarship from the North Jersey Regional Chamber of Commerce.

   - Center for Adult Learning
Three students have received scholarships from the Center for Adult Learning. Gail Parisi received the Helen M. Purcell Scholarship, Virginia Mencor received the Ralph P. LaSalle Scholarship and Joseph Nietzel received the Alicia Pareha Savage Scholarship.

All three scholarships are awarded to qualified adult students pursuing a bachelor's degree through the Center.

Professor opens her gardens to the public

Patricia Kenschaft of Mathematics is opening her organic garden for public viewing on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. The garden, located at 56 Gordonhurst Ave. in Montclair, is where Kenschaft has raised almost all her family's vegetables for two decades, using no poisons or chemical fertilizers.

For those interested, Kenschaft will take visitors on a conversational backyard tour that lasts about 30 minutes and can be joined at any time.

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