Montclair State University

The New Jersey State Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will conduct a public hearing on the proposed State Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 at Montclair State University’s University Hall Conference Center on March 24, 2009 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The hearing is open to the public and members of the public will have the opportunity to participate. 

Montclair State students, faculty, and staff, and members of the public who wish to attend the hearing but not testify are also welcome. Members of the public attending the hearing will be asked to show identification and to sign in a log book. They will then be given a visitor’s pass to wear throughout the hearing.

Members of the University Community must show their University ID cards to attend the hearings. The Montclair State University Police Department will be handling security for the hearing and will be implementing appropriate security measures.

Further information on the hearing is available at the New Jersey Legislature Web site.

Montclair State University has arranged for the State Senate Budget Hearing to be available for online viewing via streaming video beginning shortly before the hearing starts at 9:00 a.m. on March 24 at the following URL: http://www.montclair.edu/webcast.

Windows users should open the URL in Internet Explorer.

Mac OS X users must first install Windows Media Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac. Once installation is complete, the URL may be opened in any browser. If the video does not start automatically, double-click the downloaded file to start the video stream.

Parking Information and Directions

Those attending the hearing may park free of charge in the Red Hawk Deck parking garage located on the campus.

From Normal Avenue, visitors should turn onto College Avenue. College Avenue will bend to the left and the Red Hawk Deck will be visible on the right, after the bend, adjacent to the Alexander Kasser Theater. After parking in the deck, visitors may exit the garage on foot from the fifth floor onto the walking path that leads directly to University Hall/The College of Education and Human Services (it is a Spanish Mission Style building—the largest building on campus). Once in University Hall, visitors should go through the lobby and take the elevators at the north end of the building to the Conference Center on the seventh floor.

Visitors wishing to take a shuttle bus from the Red Hawk Deck to University Hall should take the elevator to the second floor, and exit the parking deck. Shuttle buses will be marked “NJ Senate Budget Hearing.”

If the Red Hawk Deck parking garage becomes full, visitors will be directed to a surface lot from which shuttle service will be provided.

Montclair State University is also accessible from the NJ TRANSIT Montclair-Boonton line at the Montclair Heights train station or by NJ TRANSIT bus. Please visit njtransit.com for addional information. 

Article Entered Into News System: Tuesday, March 17 2009
Article Last Edited: Tuesday, June 2 2009