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September 2008
News & Notes
Montclair State Kicks off
Year with Red Hawk Day
Kicking off Montclair
State’s second century, first-year and transfer students joined
President Susan A. Cole, faculty and staff on September 2 to
celebrate Red Hawk Day 2008. Continuing the tradition reinstated
last year, Red Hawk Day featured a community picnic,
convocation, a carnival and workshops for the new students.
Immediately following President
Cole’s Opening Day Address to the University community at the
Kasser Theater, faculty and staff joined the students—who wore
T-shirts with the colors of their college or school—to process
to the Student Center Quad for a community picnic.
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First-Year and Transfer Student Convocation at the Amphitheater
followed, with entertainment by the Red Hawk Cheerleaders and
remarks by President Cole, Milton Fuentes, associate professor
of psychology, James Wassel ’73 ’78 M.A., president of the
Montclair State University Alumni Association, SGA president Ron
Chicken and Michelle Kasper, president of Alpha Lambda Delta,
the National Honor Society for First Year Students. Red Hawk Day
continued with the Fall Frenzy Carnival at the Student
Recreation Center and other activities around the campus.
Bergen County
Alumni Chapter Holds Mixer
 The recently formed MSU Bergen
County Alumni Chapter held its second event at Biagio's Ristorante
in Paramus on August 28. Close to 30 alumni gathered at the mixer
where they socialized and networked with one another. If you
missed the outing but would like to be informed of future Bergen
County events, send your name and
contact information to
alumnionline@mail.montclair.edu.
Chapter coordinators Christine Padilla '93 '99 MBA and Al Yousef
'04
Education for Action: Montclair State
in Nicaragua
Motivated by a desire
to create change in their communities and the world, 13
Montclair State students recently traveled to Nicaragua on a
10-day educational mission to learn about the political,
social and economic conditions there, and about the impact
that U.S. policies and businesses have on developing
nations.
Led by Jhon Velasco, director
of Montclair State’s Center for Non-Violence and Prevention
Programs (CNVPP)
and the Reverend Ann Ralosky, Protestant Chaplain for Campus
Ministry, the delegation visited hospitals, factories and
schools and met with Nicaraguan economists,
environmentalists and community leaders among others. The
itinerary also included a trip to a nature reserve and a
two-night home stay with local families in a rural northern
community.
With a theme of “Education
for Action,” the focus of the mission was to help the
delegation understand the conditions in Nicaragua and other
developing nation—and the underlying policies and forces
that sustain them-—so that upon returning, the students
could take action to create change. The change is already
underway with some of the students working towards assuring
that imported products sold on campus are fair trade
products and other students are developing a lecture series
to present to the University community.
Call for Artists: George Segal Gallery presents
Art
Connections 5
Montclair State University’s George Segal Gallery is once
again sponsoring Art Connections, its annual
fund-raising art exhibit, from January 15 to February 15,
2009, and invites artists to submit works for display and
sale. Now in its fifth year, Art Connections has
grown from a regional exhibit to one of national scope and
offers artists an excellent opportunity for exposure and
sales of their works.
Past Art Connections
exhibits have featured works by noted artists such as
ceramist Toshiko Takaeshu; painters Julie Hefferman, Bisa
Washington, Ben Jones and Cora Cohen; and sculptor Willie
Cole. Proceeds from the event support exhibitions at the
George Segal Gallery and care of the University’s permanent
collection.
The deadline for submissions is
September 16 and an online brochure with
full information about the event as well as entry procedures and
requirements is available
here. Information about the George
Segal Gallery is available
here.
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"George Segal:
Modernist Humanist" to Open Sept. 9
Sculptor George Segal created his art out of
life's ordinary moments: waiting for a bus,
drinking coffee in a diner, listening to the
radio. Segal's ghostly plaster-cast human
replicas are cognitively complex, modernist,
and formally intricate, while at the same
time, humanly profound. This
exhibit includes works from the collections
of the George and Helen Segal Foundation,
Carroll Janis, Inc., the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American
Art. Curated by internationally renowned art
critic Donald Kuspit. Through December 11.
For more information call: 973-655-6941.
MSU’s
Biggest Alumni Reunion… Ever! The
Centennial Festival is
Just Around the Corner:
Sat, Sept. 20
All
alumni are invited to Montclair State’s
Centennial Festival.
New:
Centennial Concert and Fireworks at Yogi
Berra Stadium, featuring WAR with special guests
the Smithereens and C.C. Coletti.
Gates
open at 4 p.m. Concert begins at 5 p.m. Tickets
are $15 for alumni, students, faculty and staff;
available at the Montclair State University Box
Office, 973-655-5112.
Alumni Reunion, noon to
5:30 p.m.
Grassy area between College & Morehead halls
where alumni can gather with classmates from
each decade, look at old yearbooks and reminisce
about your days at Montclair. Items from the
University Bookstore will be on sale.
2-3:30 p.m.
Class of 1983:
Celebrate your 25th Reunion. Meet
your classmates at the 1983 table and get your
special reunion gift.
2:30 p.m. Walking tour of campus.
3:30-4:15 p.m.
Joe Moore, author of Montclair State:
A Century of Triumph Over Circumstance, book
signing.
See Your Fellow MSU Alumni Perform.
Acts include:
Doo-Wop groups RB Express,
12:15-2:45
p.m. and The Sheps,
3:15-5:30 p.m.,
playing in the Alumni Reunion area. In addition,
other alumni acts performing around campus
include: Checkered Past, The Dirdy Birdies,
3aCross, Freespace Dance, Yass Hakoshima and
Yosi & the Superdads. For more on these acts and
on the Centennial Festival, click
here.
Undergraduate Open House, Sept. 20
The
Undergraduate Admissions Office will host an
Open House on Sat., Sept. 20.
Undergraduate
Open House programs are designed to provide
general information about academic programs,
admission requirements, financial aid
opportunities, and the student life experience
at Montclair State.
Register now to reserve your
space.
Dedication of The
Russell Krauss Classroom, Sept. 23
All are invited to attend the dedication of
The Russell Krauss Classroom, University Hall, Room 2044, 3:30 -
5 p.m. The Krauss Classroom is made possible through a gift from
alumna Arlene Crescenzi Allen '64, whose life was greatly
influenced by Dr. Krauss. Krauss was professor of English at
Montclair, 1934-1968 and was granted emeritus status in 1973.
RSVP by Sept. 17,
973-655-6792. In addition, a memorial book is being
compiled. If you would like to be included, send your stories to
yakem@mail.montclair.edu.
Information Session
for Ph.D. in Counselor Education, Oct. 1
The Ph.D. program
in Counselor Education will be hosting an
Information
Session regarding the program
6:30 - 8:00
p.m. in University Hall Room 1010.
Prospective students will have the opportunity
to meet program faculty and learn about
application and program requirements. For more
information or
to RSVP
for the Information Session, contact
phdcounsel@montclair.edu.
MSU Engaged Campus
Conference: The Public Purposes of Higher
Education, Oct. 10
Harry
Boyte, founder and co-director of the Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs' Center
for Democracy and Citizenship at the University
of Minnesota will be the keynote speaker. Panels
and workshops include: Partnerships for the
Public Good; Bridging the Divisional Divide;
Student Engagement Initiatives and Faculty
Teaching and Research Development.
Sponsored by
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. 9 a.m. -
3 p.m., University Hall Conference Center. Lunch
will be served. For more information, click
here.
Fall Athletics Underway
Montclair State's fall
athletics are underway. The football team will
kick off its season with a home game at Sprague
Field on Sat., Sept. 13 against Wilkes
University at 1 p.m.
Coming off a 9-2
campaign and the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl title,
the Montclair State football team was picked
second in the 2008 NJAC Preseason Coaches' Poll
announced last month. Mark your calendars for
the Red Hawks Homecoming football game on Sat.,
Oct. 25 against The College of New Jersey at 6
p.m., Sprague Field. For a full fall athletics
schedule, click
here.
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