University holds first Alumni Career Fair
Alumni can get a foot in the job market door by meeting with a host of
potential employers at Montclair State's first Alumni Career Fair on Monday,
Nov. 3, in the Student Center Ballrooms. The event will take place from
4 to 7 p.m.
Alumni who cannot attend the fair can connect with employers online for
a two-week virtual career fair. Log on to http://www.collegecentral.com/msualumfair
beginning Nov. 4.
More than 35 companies and organizations are participating, including AFLAC, Cingular Wireless, PNC Bank, New York Life, Sax Macy Fromm & Co. and L'Oreal USA to name a few. Representatives will seek potential employees for positions in sales, customer service, financial planning, accounting, retail and more.
Alumni seeking post-graduate education also can obtain information from representatives of The Graduate School at Montclair State University as well as those from other institutions.
Gallery presents "The Garden State as Art Material"
The Art Gallery will present "Earth, Sand and Water: The Garden State
as Art Material," a site-specific exhibit featuring works by Nisha
Drinkard, Ginger Andro and Chuck Glicksman, through Dec. 20. The three
artists utilize New Jersey's natural indigenous resources to create their
installation pieces. The opening reception is Friday, Nov. 21, from 6
to 8 p.m. The gallery also will host a roundtable discussion with the
artists Thursday, Dec. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. Teresa Rodriguez, acting director
of the gallery is the curator.
Drinkard is creating two pieces for the exhibition, "Blue Waterfall"
and "White Waterfall." "Blue Waterfall" will be located
in the gallery's outdoor Sculpture Garden. The piece is made of eight
panels, each 150 feet long, of cotton cloth dyed in indigo, which vary
in width from 11 inches to 30 inches. "White Waterfall," which
will be installed inside the gallery, includes eight panels of silk dyed
in tea, onion skins and madder. The piece extends from one end of the
gallery and cascades to the floor. The silk is 150 feet long, creating
fabric puddles along the floor. Drinkard finds inspiration for her installations
as she drives.
"The waterfall I drive by every day to work changes from summer
to winter. I see the waterfall in all kinds of weather," she explained.
"In the winter it is covered with ice, in the spring the buds start
to block my view of the waterfall and by summer, leaves mask my view of
the falls."
The collaborations of Andro and Glicksman are a hybrid of their individual
aesthetics, crossing disciplinary lines of painting, sculpture and photography
through the use of video, mirrors, fabric, sound and scent. In using the
Garden State as art material, this collaborative team has selected subjects
that inspired three multi-media installations that explore nature.
"The Flow" uses video images of the Great Falls of Paterson
projected on a sculptural form and is accompanied by an original soundtrack
by Jim Papoulis. "Habitat" examines the ecological relationship
between the migratory Red Knot and the horseshoe crab through images of
the Delaware Bay reflected in shaped mirrors. "Down the Shore"
explores the phenomena of the ever-changing tide and shoreline.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday
11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Gallery Gift Shop is open during regular gallery hours
and features fine art and craft items handmade by national and international
artists. Admission is free.
Yankees anniversary exhibit at Yogi Museum
They may have lost this year's World Series, but the Yankees are being
celebrated at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. No other team
comes close to their tradition or to their numbers--26 world championships
and 39 pennants. And no other team can match their galaxy of stars: Babe,
Lou, Joe, Yogi, Whitey, Mickey, Reggie, Donnie, Derek, Mariano.
To honor the 100th anniverseary of the Yankees, Yogi Berra Museum is showcasing "Pride and Pinstripes," which features a treasure trove of rare Yankee gems.
Visitors will be greeted by life-sized figures of Yankee heroes Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and view vintage game uniforms of the Babe, Gehrig, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and, of course, Yogi Berra. Visitors will have the opportunity to touch the actual bat used by the Bambino, whose curse on the team that traded him, the Boston Red Sox, still lives.
The Museum also pays tribute to the recent Yankee championship teams, with items from manager Joe Torre and Derek Jeter and three World Series trophies. Among the other displays include blowups of classic Yankee-themed Sports Illustrated covers, Yogi's 10 world championship rings and other championship jewelry.
Many of the rare artifacts are on loan from the DePace Family's world-class collection of baseball memorabilia. The exhibit curators are Frank Ceresi and Carol McMains of the Washington, D.C.-based FC Associates. The designer is Dan Schnur.
The Museum is open Wednesday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information,
call 973-655-2378.
Board News
At its Oct. 30 meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees approved four faculty
appointments, four professional/managerial staff appointments, one managerial
salary adjustment program, 1 presidential compensation adjustment, and
two leaves of absence without pay.