Documentary about Montclair screened at library
Montclair State's Community Outreach Partnership Center Advisory
Committee (COPC) sponsored the premiere of the film "Montclair: an
Evolving Community," a documentary about the Pine Street and Glenfield
Neighborhoods of Montclair on Oct. 25 at the Montclair Public Library.
The event included Ed Remsen, mayor of the Township of Montclair, members
of the committee and its partners, and featured a discussion of what MSU
is learning through COPC about campus-community partnerships.
With funds from COPC and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Bill
Berlin of Political Science, who directed the film, developed a script
capturing the history of the Pine Street and Glenfield Park neighborhoods.
Berlin compiled information from faculty and students, local historians,
long-term neighborhood residents, and local civil servants and politicians,
and developed three topical interview segments mirroring the MSU COPC
issue areas: housing, community organizing and urban education.
Using Berlin's segments, Patricia Piroh, coordinating producer of "Carpe
Diem," and Lawrence Londino, executive producer of "Carpe Diem,"
planned and produced three "Carpe Diem" specials, Montclair,
Then and Now; Montclair Race and Ethnicity; and Montclair, Education and
Housing (see What's Happening for dates and
times).
A 10-year-old initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
the COPC program provides three-year grants to encourage institutions
of higher education to join in partnerships with agencies and groups located
in their adjacent communities to play an active role in community revitalization.
September marked the end of MSU's $400,000 grant period.
Board News
At its Oct. 28 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved eight faculty appointments,
14 professional/managerial staff appointments, one leave of absence without
pay and four professors emeriti.
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Four professors were granted emeriti status by the Board of Trustees at its Oct. 28 meeting. Pictured with President Susan A. Cole and Board Chair George Hiltzik, right, are, from left, Joy Stone of Literacy and Educational Media, Robert Alan Pines of Curriculum and Teaching, and Maria Schantz of Literacy and Educational Media. Not pictured is Ruth Handel of Literacy and Educational Media. |
Imaging and Optics Workshop, Nov. 19
The Center for Imaging and Optics is sponsoring an imaging and optics
workshop Friday, Nov. 19 on campus. The workshop brings together researchers,
faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and K-12 science teachers.
The meeting focuses on discussions of the current trends in research,
education and the industry. The meeting is organized with support from
the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).
There is no registration fee. More information can be found at the workshop
Web site.
Dining Services offers meal plans for faculty, staff
Dining Services is offering two meal plans for faculty and staff--15 blocks
with $50 Flex Dollars for $125 or $57.50 of Flex Dollars for $50.
The 15-block plan may be paid for through payroll deduction (four pay
periods at $31.25 each.) Flex Dollars can be used any time at any dining
facility except the Red Hawk truck. Blocks can be used at the Blanton
and Freeman dining halls (one swipe equals one meal) or at the Student
Center Café, Rathskeller and Red Hawk Diner, where one swipe equals
$3.80. Swipes can be used during meal equivalency hours only, which are
as follows:
Student Center Café: Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Friday,
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Rathskeller: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Red Hawk Diner: Monday-Sunday, 11 p.m.-8 a.m.
The Dining Services Menu Hotline is 973-655-7988.