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    1. Campus News

      Our Flexible Summer Sessions Can Help You Catch Up, Get Ahead and Graduate Sooner

      How Montclair State University’s flexible summer sessions can maximize your summer break

      A student writes in a notebook outdoors.
    2. Graduate Spotlights

      Years in the Making: A Determined Graduate Earns Her Degree

      Through years of working full time and raising a family, Ashley Crawford perseveres to complete the degree that once felt out of reachThrough years of working full time and raising a family, Ashley Crawford perseveres to complete the degree that once felt out of reach

      Ashley Crawford, in a black dress with bright blue blazer, stands in front of a building’s windows.
    3. Graduate Spotlights

      From an ‘American Dream School’ Education at Montclair to a Future in Policy and Global Studies

      National security research, D.C. experience and a highly competitive U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship put this Montclair State University graduate on a path to public service

      Jacob Roby sits in a classroom full of red chairs.
    4. Graduate Spotlights

      A Promise to His Grandmother Will Carry Him to a Career in Medicine

      For Molecular Biology major Melvin Rodriguez, studying melanoma in zebrafish is more than academic – it’s a promise kept and a path toward healing

      Melvin Rodriguez, wearing a white lab coat with a Montclair State University patch and blue gloves, sits at a fluorescent microscope in a dim lab. He looks intently through the eyepiece while holding a petri dish glowing bright green under the microscope lens, surrounded by scientific equipment and incubators in the background.
    5. Graduate Spotlights

      Finding Her Voice at Montclair, Speaking Up on Climate at the United Nations

      Political Science major Ana Barahona turned faculty mentorship, research and early‑morning commutes into a UN climate role and a future in law and leadership

      Ana Barahona
    6. Front Page News

      Montclair Student Sails the World with Semester at Sea and UN-linked Study Abroad

      With a $25,000 C.Y. Tung Scholarship, Pamela Hernandez turned her love of languages into a life‑changing Semester at Sea experience

      Pamela Hernandez stands in a campus broadcast media lab, surrounded by professional studio lights and equipment.
    7. Press Release

      Disney Princesses Have Become More Left-Handed Over Time, New Montclair Study Finds

      Psychology researchers at Montclair examined hand movement activities and more than a dozen classic Disney movies to see how handedness in the famous animations have evolved over the years

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    8. Admissions News

      How Montclair Turned My Passion for Service into a Career in Policy and Child Advocacy

      Internships, research and campus leadership at Montclair State University are helping Jose Carlos Aguilar launch a career in government and child protection reform.

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    9. Front Page News

      How Montclair’s Transfer Support Helped One Student Find Her Place and Her Purpose

      At Montclair State University, transfer student Abigail Rodriguez’s journey from community college to campus inspired her passion for advancing educational policy

      Transfer student Abigail Rodriguez sits at a desk inside a classroom with a notebook in front of her and holding a pencil.
    10. Graduate Spotlights

      From EMT to Army National Guard: First-Gen Montclair Graduate to Speak at Winter Commencement

      Psychology major Brianna Correa balanced full-time online study, frontline emergency medical work and National Guard service using military education benefits to earn her degree

      Brianna Correa, wearing her National Guard Army Green Service Uniform, modeled after WWII-era attire, at the Paterson Great Falls, reflecting her strong connection to her hometown city.