{"id":209691,"date":"2019-04-04T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=209691"},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:16:16","slug":"university-college-scores-with-major-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2019\/04\/04\/university-college-scores-with-major-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"University College Scores with \u2018Major Madness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Primo Davis, the list of things to explore was long when he came to Montclair State University. He sings and performs. He makes clothes. He enjoys student government. \u201cI like working with other people and I\u2019m working on trying to find my specific area in life that I want to go into,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

As a University College student, being a pre-major freshman has given Davis the time and space to discover his path. He meets regularly with an academic advisor who guides him to the programs, classes, organizations and clubs that fit his varied interests. And on April 1, he cheered as the first class of University College students declared their major areas of study at \u201cSigning Day,\u201d the finale to a March Madness-inspired \u201cMajor Madness\u201d showcase of Montclair State\u2019s 300 majors, minors and concentrations.<\/p>\n

University College delivered a full-court press throughout the month of March, offering students the chance to \u201ccrash a class\u201d for focused academic exploration and hosting a series of interactive showcases where students had the opportunity to meet with faculty and organizations\/clubs within the various disciplines. Leading up to \u201cSigning Day,\u201d more than 550 students who were previously pre-major had declared majors since fall 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cSigning Day\u201d was a celebration of the major declarations. Students were welcomed by their new deans and presented with T-shirts from their new academic home. In the keynote, Christopher C. Catching \u201999, an educator passionate about providing students with access to transformative learning opportunities, recognized the major decisions, recalling his time at Montclair State.<\/p>\n

\u201cA monumental moment in my college career happened early, when I recognized that there was this wide landscape of options,\u201d Catching said. He credits his classroom and campus experiences for providing a foundation as he pursued an EdD and career in higher education. In 2012, he was recognized with the Governor Thomas Kean Distinguished Alumni Award from the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake your skills that you learn in this University,\u201d added Leslie Wilson, acting associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The imaginative skills, the hard skills and the soft skills \u201cwill define you in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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