In The Know – Issue 168
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From the Classroom to Career: How Montclair Students Are Achieving Fast Payback and Real Success
Explore how the University blends affordability, access and real-world experience helping students launch successful careers.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Junot Díaz to Headline VOCES Latino Thought Leaders Series at Montclair
Diaz will discuss the intersections of culture, history and imagination in the context of the current political climate.
Listen to Episode 2 of MONTCLAIRconnect
Oscar Garcia, ’06, shares his Montclair memories and how he stays connected through ADP’s corporate partnership with the Feliciano School of Business.
HR Updates
Tuition Waiver and Reimbursement Deadlines
Applications must be submitted by Monday, December 1 for the winter session and by Thursday, January 1 for the spring semester. Applications must be submitted to the Division of Human Resources through Workday. For step by step instructions, visit the Tuition Waivers webpage. If you have any questions, please contact askHR@montclair.edu or 973-655-7700.
Performance Management Key Dates and Reminder: AFT Professional Staff
On Wednesday, October 8 and Friday, October 31, new evaluations were launched in Workday for AFT Professional Staff contracts. Please review the upcoming key dates and actions required by viewing the AFT Professional Staff Evaluation and Reappointment Schedule 2025 – 2026.
PARs Training for Civil Service Supervisors
The Learning and Talent Development team will be hosting live sessions for Civil Service Supervisors to review the Performance Assessment Review (PAR) process in full. Register for one of eight sessions.
Your Partner in What’s Next
- For questions regarding 2025-2026 Performance Evaluations, please email performance@montclair.edu. A ServiceNow ticket will be created on your behalf and routed to the Learning and Talent Development team.
- To review AFT Professional Staff contracts, please visit the Collectively Negotiated Agreements webpage.
- View the full 2025-2026 AFT Professional Staff calendar for a printable version of additional key dates and actions per contract type.
Updates
The American Experiment: 250 Years and Beyond
In President Koppell’s final lecture this year, he will address the motto, “E pluribus unum” (Out of many, one). How do we see ourselves as one country with a strong, shared identity? This lecture is open to the public. No prior registration is required. Visit the Montclair 250 webpage for more information.
Workday Finance Training Workshops for Faculty and Staff
Attend a Workday Finance monthly training workshop to get up to speed on topics like Expenses & Travel Card Training, Procurement Lifecycle, P-Card Training and more. Contact Workday Customer Care with any questions at wccsupport@montclair.edu.
University Libraries New Archival Discovery Platform
Access physical and digital collections from both the Sprague Library and Bloomfield College Library collections, including yearbooks, newspapers, and historic collections about the University’s past.
Refer a Future Red Hawk
Undergraduate Admissions has created a Refer a Red Hawk flyer you can share with high school seniors in your network. It includes an application fee waiver code and highlights what makes Montclair such a great place to learn, grow and make an impact. Download and share the flyer to help us recruit our next class of Red Hawks.
Reminders
Graduate School’s Micro-Internship Program
Host a graduate student intern through the Graduate School’s Micro-Internship program. These short-term roles give graduate students hands-on experience, professional development and new networking opportunities while supporting your team. The Graduate School will provide the intern’s compensation up to $5,000 for approved projects submitted by Monday, November 17. Questions? Contact gradstudentservices@montclair.edu.
Get Research Help from a Librarian
Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community can Ask a Librarian for research help in a variety of ways:
- 24/7 live chat
- In-person or online research appointments
- In-person or via phone (during librarian office hours Monday-Friday, 11a.m.-3 p.m.)
Request a Library Instruction Session for Your Students
If your students are working on research projects in their course (or in your lab), consider requesting a library instruction session. Librarians can teach students information literacy and other research-related skills such as how to efficiently find quality resources. Two weeks advance notice is preferred.
In The News
- Tomoko Fujita (Cali Pathways) was interviewed by Arts Journal about how the project transforms lives.
- Fatma Mili (College of Humanities and Social Sciences) contributed a piece to Educational Technology Insights about the challenges in using AI.
- Precious Benally (New Jersey Center for Indigenous Justice) is quoted in this NorthJersey.com article about the launch of the New Jersey Center for Indigenous Justice.
- Eric Weiner (Educational Foundations), published a Letter to the Editor in The New Yorker responding to an article on President Trump’s attack on research and critical thinking in higher education.
- Daniela Peterka-Benton (Global Center on Human Trafficking, Justice Studies) was cited in Kathleen Kellett’s podcast episode, “The Kids of Conspiracy Stories: The Spectacle of Victimhood from Blood Libel to the X-Files” on the misrepresentation of human trafficking in the movie Sound of Freedom.
Kudos
- To Antonella Calarota-Ninman (Center for Latine and Spanish Academic Success and Excellence), who received a scholarship from the Mellon Foundation to be part of the ENLACE Mid-Level leadership program for the year 2025-2026 with HACU.
- To Team Red Hawk for hosting its annual interprofessional collaborative event. 82 students from six health related disciplines came together to resolve challenging ethical case studies. Team Red Hawk comprises seven disciplines who are working together to deliver interprofessional collaborative opportunities for health professional students.
- To Jane Sanchez Swain (Montclair Unbound), who presented at the 2025 NACADA Annual Conference on the use of strengths-based advising to empower adult degree completers.
- To the Office of Annual Giving for winning an award at the 2025 Giveys: RNL ScaleFunder’s Innovation and Excitement Award Show. The show celebrates Giving Days for all of the Scalefunder clients. Montclair also won a Giving Day Gamification Award for our Thanks-a-Latte campaign.
- To Chloe Bellerby, Katie Lanigan and Joanne Powser (Residential Life), for winning Region’s Best Presentation for “Student Staff Roles: Evolved and Expanded” at the Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers (MACUHO) Annual Conference in Atlantic City, NJ.
Social Media Post of Note
Oh the times they are a-changin’❤️ #MontclairViews
Photo of the Week
Photo Rewind: Morehead Hall in the 1950s
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