Cole named Boy Scouts Council Woman of
the Year
The Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America presented
President Susan A. Cole with its Woman of the Year award at its annual
Tribute to Women dinner Dec. 10 at the Westmont Country Club in Paterson.
"I am honored by this wonderful award," Cole said. "The
Council not only espouses the enduring Boy Scout belief in ethical and
moral training, but has publicly stated its belief in 'tolerance of human
difference.' We heartily endorse the concept that a society is only as
strong as it is inclusive."
Also honored was Judith K. Winn, president of Bergen Community College.
Past recipients of the Woman of the Year award are Joan Verplanck, president
of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Montclair State alumna Marion Bolden,
superintendent of Newark Public Schools; Sister Patrice Werner, O.P.,
president of Caldwell College; Elizabeth Randall, former assemblywoman
and commissioner of Banking and Insurance for New Jersey; and Maria Nuccetelli,
superintendent of Passiac County Schools.
The Northern New Jersey Council, covering Essex, Bergen, Hudson and Passaic
counties, serves nearly 40,000 young boys and girls through scouting programs.
Nine thousand girls are enrolled in the Council's High School Exploring
and Learning for Life programs.
Player named to All-American team
Senior football co-captain Omar Lucas was chosen to the Hewlett Packard
(HP) NCAA Division III All-American First Team. Lucas was one of 114 players
selected to the four teams. Lucas is the first MSU player to gain HP All-American
honors since Ron Lewis in 1999, and the first to be selected to the First
Team since Jeff Bargiel in 1996.
Lucas also was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player
of the Year and was chosen First-Team All-East by Don Hansen’s Football
Gazette. Teammate Anthony Vitale, an offensive lineman, received an
Honorable Mention and also was named to the Associated Press Little All-American
Third Team.
Lucas was the anchor of the Red Hawk defensive unit, which ranked first
in the NJAC in nearly every category. He collected 91 tackles and seven
sacks, while also picking off three passes. He posted his best game of
the season against William Paterson in a 41-14 win as he collected 16
tackles and intercepted two passes, including one returned 49 yards for
a touchdown.
Vitale, who was a pre-season All-American selection by Football Gazette
and D3Football.com, anchored MSU's offensive line, which set a record
for points scored and passing yards.
Students participate in NJSO Winter Festival
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) 2002 Winter Festival, "Richard
Strauss: A Hero's Life?" includes two events on the Montclair State
campus this month. Last week 70 students and faculty heard about Strauss's
controversial relationship with his Nazi masters from Michael Kater, a
Germanist from York University in Toronto, the leading expert on music
under Hitler; Hans Vaget, a Germanist from Smith College whose specialties
include German anti-semitism; and soprano Meagan Miller. Joseph Horowitz,
humanities coordinator for the NJSO, is scheduled to be on campus Jan.
24 for a second presentation.
Festival events also include presentations at Newark Science High School
and Columbia High School in Maplewood.
"A century ago, when symphonic music could not be heard conveniently
at home via radio or recordings, and when contemporary repertoire was
vital and indispensable, America's orchestras showed the culture of the
community," said NJSO Executive Director Lawrence Tamburri. "Orchestras
still have much to give in support of the American experience. But old
habits die hard. Only by rethinking their fundamental mission can these
valuable institutions recapture something like their one-time centrality
in the culture at large."
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Soprano Meagan Miller accompanied by William Hobbes of the NJ Symphony Orchestra at a workshop about Richard Strauss on campus Jan. 17. |
Gifted and Talented Program offers Harry
Potter course
Among the new course offerings in the Academically Gifted/Talented Youth
Programs this spring are "Harry Potter I" and "Harry Potter
II."
Young scholars/apprentice wizards in grades 4 through 8 will extend their
knowledge as the Chamber of Secrets is reopened at Hogart’s School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Participants will create their own fantasy adventures and plays, conduct
interviews with the characters, produce exciting portfolios of prose and
poetry, role play events, extend critical reading skills, design magical
toys and create their own magical school.
The Gifted and Talented Program is in its 21st year of enhancing horizons
in gifted education for students in kindergarten through grade 11. Among
a feast of more than 60 offerings this semester are courses in physics,
math, algebra, biology, geometry, creative writing, chemistry, archaeology
and computers.
Other new courses this semester include "How Does Your Garden Grow,"
"How Did Caesar Say It," "The Mysterious Middle East,"
"I’m a Poet and I Don’t Know It," "Latin for
Kids," "Computers and Society, "Plants, Plants and More
Plants" and four new algebra offerings.
The spring program begins March 9 and 10 and continues through May 18
and 19. All courses are offered on Saturdays and Sundays unless otherwise
specified.
Classes for kindergarten through third grade are offered from 8:45 a.m.
to 10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on either Saturday or Sunday.
Applicants should be above grade level in reading or math and have a written
recommendation from a teacher, principal or psychologist. A child may
choose one or two classes.
Students in grades 4-11 register for two courses: one in the verbal area
and one in the quantitative/science areas. Classes, held on either Saturday
or Sunday, start at 8:45 a.m. and last 75 minutes with a 15-minute break
between classes. Students take both of their courses on either Saturday
or Sunday. Applicants should be in the 95th percentile on a tested area
of the standardized exams administered locally in the schools or in the
upper five percent of their class in academic performance.
The cost of each course is $250.
Application deadline for all programs is Friday, Feb. 15. An Open House
will be held Saturday, Feb. 2, and Sunday, Feb. 3, at 9:30 a.m. in Richardson
Hall, Room 120. For more information, call 4104.
Students help seniors deal with WTC tragedy
Students enrolled in the University's Recreation Leadership class last
semester met with 45 senior citizens at the First Montclair House to talk
about the Sept. 11 attacks and demonstrate their pride in America.
"It gave the seniors a chance to express their thoughts and feelings
about our country and the loss of so many people," said student Jan
Santo.
Montclair State students Jan Santo and Tina Virnig co-chaired the Recreation Leadership class community project at the First Montclair House.
As part of the day's activities, students helped seniors trace their hands
on a large cardboard flag created by the students, and then write something
about their country inside their hands.
The seniors then gathered in groups of five to write poems about their
country. "We had no idea that each group would come up with such
wonderful poems," said student Tina Virnig.
Board News
At its Dec. 13 meeting, the Montclair State University Board of Trustees
approved two non-tenure track faculty appointments, two professional/managerial
staff appointments, 34 faculty reappointments, 18 faculty reappointments
with tenure, 23 professional staff reappointments, three leaves of absence
without pay and five professor emeriti designation: Stephen Cyrus of Information
and Decision Sciences, Andrew Demetropoulos of Mathematical Sciences,
Marcha Flint of Anthropology, John Hwang of Spanish and Italian, and Ernestine
Schlant of French, German and Russian.