THE MAGAZINE OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY » SUMMER 2017

Monmouth’s new president, Grey Dimenna, is ENJOYING THE RIDE Q&A » page 04

MAN IN THE MIDDLE Prof. Saliba Sarsar on living through the Six-Day War and its aftereffects. page 22

CATCHING GHOSTS Faculty and students hunt stealthy killers in Barnegat Bay. page 32

SUMMER LOVIN’ A graphical look at how we view love in America. page 08 Contents Features | Summer 2017 22 28 32 MAN IN THE MIDDLE A CUT ABOVE THE REST CATCHING GHOSTS Saliba Sarsar ’78 has dedicat- David Perez ’17M and an Faculty and students hunt ed his life’s work to healing innovative program are stealthy killers that are the differences between the making an impact on decimating the Barnegat people of Israel and Palestine. youth literacy. Bay ecosystem.

BACKSTORY » Illustrator Brian Hubble created this series of collages as a motif for Saliba Sarsar’s life experiences. Story, page 22.

illustration BRIAN HUBBLE Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 01 Contents letters Departments | Summer 2017 Zelaya and Morissa Schwartz omit and we have been together since. any reference to the degree pro- TELL This June we celebrated our 50th grams they are pursuing. … We take Anniversary. MONMOUTH » VOL. 36. NO. 4 pride in our students, faculty, staff, William H. ’67 and Lynn C. 07 12 18 Monmouth magazine is published and alumni and would like to know US (Townsend) Wesp ’67 thrice annually by the Monmouth more about their connections to this University Office of External Affairs. institution. I encourage you to re-ex- WHAT pand the content of the articles and Vice President for to allow all of us an extra measure of External Affairs An undeserved pride of place. YOU Jason Kroll Redesign reactions Chad Dell, Ph.D. awa r d Wow to the wow! The new Mon- THINK I was disturbed and disgusted to The Front Associate Vice President, mouth is so crisp, clean, and smart The writer is an associate professor in Mon- read that Monmouth University Marketing & Communications looking. What a great job! mouth’s Department of Communication. Email us at bestowed an environmental honor currents » RESEARCH & REFLECTION Tara Peters ’94, ’99M Pat Dodd Ryan ’09 magazine@ to Christine Todd Whitman (“Cam- pus Briefs,” Spring 2017). As head Editor monmouth. The spring issue is a classic and of the EPA on 9/11, Whitman gave 04 07 08 10 Tony Marchetti the new gold standard of college Cupid strikes edu, or write us knowingly false information to GREY BOT MAN SUMMER EXPLAIN THIS mags. the people working on the World MATTERS Giuseppe Licata LOVIN’ How to take Assistant Editor Clancy Boynton ’68 The full stories behind these #MUx2 sub- at Monmouth Breanne McCarthy missions can be found at monmouth.edu/ Trade Center site and repeatedly A candid Q&A is coding his way A graphical look at great smartphone magazine. magazine, assured the public that the air to the top, one photos. Plus: What’s What a fantastically supreme, with Monmouth’s how we view love Creative Director Monmouth was safe to breathe—knowing all ninth president. chatbot at a time. in America. “HDR”? exceptional, amazing makeover. I We met on Irene’s first day of Tiffany Wysocki University, the while that it was not. In my love it! school and got married on her last. opinion, Whitman has the blood of Les Gwyn-Williams ’73 How cool is that? We have three Alumni House, TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY Design & Layout the first responders who have died Dog Ear Consultants children and six grandchildren 400 Cedar or are dying from cancer and lung There are many things to like and have known each other for Ave., West diseases on her hands. She ruined 12 14 15 16 Contributing Writers about the new Monmouth mag- 52 years. Not only must we thank her environmental reputation and THE FRUITS OF HOW BEHIND A DAY AT Alexander Gelfand azine. The editorial content and Monmouth for providing us with Long Branch, lost her credibility as a “leading Maureen Harmon the heft and feel of the magazine THEIR LABORS MONMOUTH THE MUSIC THE BEACH a great education, but also for NJ 07764. voice for the environment.” Ryan Jones suggest “quality.” That said, I think being the very foundation of our One group’s quest to WAS MADE 10 things to know Still life along Daryl Becker ’72 Melissa Kvidahl the color palette is a big mistake. wonderful life together. Submissions reduce food waste The pedestrian about Monmouth’s the coast at Long There’s little to suggest I’m looking John ’71 and Irene (Ajello) Van de for the Letters Editor’s note: In a September 2016 interview on campus, and what student-run record Branch, New Jersey underpass. Photographers at my alma mater’s magazine. Red, Zilver ’71 with The Guardian, Whitman denied inten- you can do at home. label. Cardoni page are subject tionally misleading the public about the air while attractive in the magazine, quality at Ground Zero while apologizing to Tina Colella isn’t part of the Monmouth brand! We met in the old study hall, first to editing for those who were affected by breathing it. PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS Anthony Deprimo Beyond that, where are Mon- floor of the Great Hall, in ’65. I clarity and Matt Furman mouth’s symbols? The blue “M” walked Lynn to her next class and length and must Ryan Struck ’07 is nowhere to be found. I don’t made a date for the weekend. I 18 20 mind the nameplate, but it’s no knew she was the one that day, include the Corrections END OF AN ERA SPLASH BROTHERS Illustrators great shakes either. So, I’d give the In the spring 2017 issue, the photo Eric Hanson writer’s name, Justin Robinson reflects on an amazing Two alumni recall their wet and wild days magazine a solid “A” for content at the top of page 32 was incor- Brian Hubble Hawks career. performing as clown divers. but a “C” for emotional connection address, and rectly credited to Andrew Cohen. Michael Witte with the 50,000 of us who once phone number The picture was taken by Mark walked Monmouth’s halls. Others, Ludak ’81. We regret the error. for confirmation. On the cover no doubt, will disagree. President Grey Dimenna on his Mitchell Shivers ’70 1995 Road King outside Doherty The Back The Rest House. Photo by Matt Furman. In truncating the copy, you left out Class notes » ALUMNI LIFE Letters, 03. one of the most important ele- Campus ments: the subjects’ connections to Briefs, 11. Monmouth University. James Mack 38 41 Alumni is identified as “a biology profes- THE CHANGEMAKER WHAT IT’S LIKE Roundup, 40. sor,” which suggests he could work Michele Evering-Watley ’89 On the air with Celebrations, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 anywhere. In fact, he is a long-serv- LEFT: Bill and Lynn (Townsend) Wesp at Spring is fighting Zika at home and Bloomberg Radio’s Dave 45 & 46. 732-571-3489 ing Monmouth University professor. Weekend in 1965 and in abroad. Wilson ’80. In Memoriam, 48. www.monmouth.edu Similarly, the articles on Adriana Hawaii last February.

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Grey 11 Shades of Grey

Matters 1 As the first person A CANDID, ANNOTATED Q&A WITH to hold the position, MONMOUTH’S NINTH PRESIDENT. Dimenna established the organizational INTERVIEW BY TONY MARCHETTI framework of the Office of the General n February, Grey Dimenna, Esq., was appointed Counsel. president of Monmouth University. Dimenna, who retired as vice president and general counsel 2 Nancy Kaplen, I Dimenna’s wife, is from Monmouth in 2015, returned at the request of a retired attorney the Board of Trustees following the retirement of who worked in the former president Paul Brown. The board will soon New Jersey Attorney General’s office for begin a national presidential search, but Dimenna 26 years. has said he is not interested in being considered as 3 the incumbent beyond the conclusion of his contract, Dimenna owns sev- en bicycles and rode which runs through June 30, 2019. That hasn’t 5,507 miles in 2016. stopped him from embracing his new role with gusto. 4 A 1995 Road King. For those who don’t know you, here, as more departments began and asked if I could help out I can you share a little about reporting to me. Part of that re- 5 He owns two: an couldn’t say no. And Nancy was your background? flects the expansion of the federal electric Stratocaster very supportive of me doing this. I’ve been involved in higher and state laws and regulations af- and an acoustic Monmouth is like a family to me. education most of my career, first fecting higher education, and part resonator. That’s one of the special things at the New Jersey Attorney Gen- of it was related to Monmouth about this place.6 eral’s office where, among other becoming a more advanced insti- 6 Shortly after his assignments, I represented New tution. After I retired, I traveled a return, Dimenna You’ve seemingly been every- Jersey’s nine state colleges and lot with my wife, Nancy,2 rode my wrote in an email to where on campus since return- was director of governmental af- bicycles3 and my Harley4, and I students and em- ing. Has that been intentional? fairs in the Department of Higher started learning to play guitar.5 ployees, “Although I want to be as visible as pos- Education. I came to Monmouth I was truly enjoying sible, particularly for the stu- in 1995, when former president Why did you decide to return my retirement, I did dents. My guiding principle is Becky Stafford created the inter- to Monmouth? miss my ‘family’ and that the students come first— nal general counsel office.1 My I love this university so much it is wonderful to be they’re the reason we’re here— role expanded during my 20 years that when the trustees called back.” and so I’ve made it a point to

04 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo MATT FURMAN Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 05 CURRENTS attend a lot of student events, to of course, I want to continue to ways loved motorcycles as a kid. eat in the student dining hall, to be visible on campus. I thought they looked so cool. chat with students I see on It’s a great feeling when you’re campus. One of the things I love As someone who worked at riding—particularly out west, about this job is that I get to the institution for two de- where it’s so scenic and you’re deal with students much more cades, what would you point one with the road and nature. than I did as general counsel. to as Monmouth’s greatest I think it’s important for a strengths? And how long have you been president to be visible and ac- That we’re student-centered. playing guitar? cessible.7 We have small classes, and I started learning the day faculty form one-on-one rela- after I retired. It was a goal This is a job with a fixed end- tionships with their students. of mine. I am not the second point for you, but you’ve made We have a beautiful campus, coming of Jimi Hendrix, but I it clear from the start you great facilities, a great athletics was practicing a couple hours don’t intend to “tread water” program, and a great system a day and enjoying it. I was just as president. What have you of clubs and organizations for learning to play slide guitar been focused on? students to get involved with. when this job came along. I I’ve picked up on a few things And I think one of our greatest haven’t played guitar since. in the strategic plan to keep that strengths continues to be the But the minute I retire I’ll be moving ahead. One big area is outcomes our students enjoy, picking it up again. getting the new Institute for both educationally and in terms Health and Wellness up and of personal growth. I’ve seen Do you have a favorite band or running. Health care is such a how students come here as re- type of music? major issue in our country, and cent high school graduates and That’s tough. I can’t pick one.10 the institute will serve as an leave as mature adults ready to I have well over 1,000 CDs. I just important resource in regard 7 Dimenna has be- make a difference in this world. finished selling off my album to shaping policy and informing come known for giv- To me that is huge. collection. I still have 400 or the public. It will also create re- ing impromptu tours 500 cassette tapes that I don’t are able to give students expo- ABOVE: Licata plans to of the president’s pursue an M.S. in informa- search and educational oppor- What are the biggest challeng- know what to do with. Rock and sure to what product develop- tion systems at Monmouth tunities for faculty and students office to prospective es facing Monmouth? the blues are probably my favor- ment is really like. And for me, beginning this fall. students he meets in Bot Man in many of our existing academ- Cost is one—that isn’t unique to ite types of music, but I also like it helped me take the pulse of ic programs in the health sci- Wilson Hall. Monmouth. Higher education is reggae, some country, folk. GIUSEPPE LICATA IS CODING HIS WAY TO where the talent is today.” ences, as well as help us develop very expensive. At Monmouth, THE TOP, ONE CHATBOT AT A TIME. Student teams had two weeks new programs. We’re working 8 One student also we give students a lot in return. When you were general coun- to develop a chatbot for the with two of the region’s larg- commented, “The But to have small class sizes and sel, you had a reputation for BY BREANNE MCCARTHY industries of their choice. Li- est health care providers, Hack- new president rocks.” provide individual attention being the funniest man on think 2017 is going to be the year of the chatbot,” cata worked with Monmouth ensack Meridian Health and and support like we do requires campus— M.B.A. students Anthony Vaz- 9 says Giuseppe Licata, citing the so-called chatbot RWJBarnabas Health, so it’s His first motorcycle people, and that costs money. That wasn’t a reputation. It zana and Nicole Puccio to de- The very exciting for the university was a Honda 190—“a One way we’re attacking that was established fact [laughs]. boom that has been billowing from the tech velop a bot that could answer “I Facebook and the community. little tiny thing,” he is by working to increase the I think humor is really im- industry since last year. It’s not surprising to hear that admissions-related questions. says. amount of scholarship dollars portant because it makes for a Vazzana and Puccio developed Effect What will your priorities be we can give the students. That more comfortable and positive from Licata, given that this May computer science the questions, responses, and The recent surge for the coming academic year? 10 Some of his favor- means getting more people to working environment. I’m not graduate was a key part of the winning team in a business plan, while Licata in chatbot interest Some of that is still being ites: Led Zeppelin, donate and create scholarships. a good joke-teller.11 My style handled all of the coding. occurred when chatbot design challenge held on campus in February. worked out with the board, but Hendrix, The Allman A second thing we hear from is more off-the-cuff—finding The team’s entry nabbed the Facebook launched what I can say is I’d like to work Brothers Band, students is parking. It sounds so funny things in everyday situ- What is surprising is his admission that just six months $1,500 top prize, but Licata its Bots for Messen- with our Centers of Distinc- Richard Thompson, mundane, but we recently did a ations. I’ve been told I have a ago, he wasn’t sure what a chatbot was. walked away with something ger platform in April tion—the Polling Institute, Kis- Muddy Waters, Joe student satisfaction survey and very dry sense of humor, which more valuable: a job devel- 2016—allowing com- lak Real Estate Institute, Center Bonamassa, Bruce hands down the most frequent can sometimes be a problem. Licata can now say with au- tomer service operations (see oping chatbot technology for panies to communi- for the Arts, and the Urban Springsteen, Gov’t comment was, “We need more I’ll make a joke, but the per- thority that chatbots are com- sidebar). RightAnswers. It was the per- cate with and offer Coast Institute—to get them in- Mule, and the Rolling parking.”8 We’ve got to do some- son thinks I’m serious—then I puter programs that simulate That, in part, is what prompted fect coda to his undergraduate services to the app’s volved to a greater extent in the Stones. thing to create more parking on either have to explain it or let human conversation by ana- Jeffrey Weinstein ’93M, CEO studies at Monmouth. more than 1 billion fabric of the university. I’ll also campus, because that would go it slide. lyzing keywords and phrases to of RightAnswers, a cloud-based “[This] was the first time I had users. In Messenger, be focusing on facilities proj- 11 Sample Dimen- so far in terms of student satis- provide automated responses knowledge management soft- really worked under a deadline users can do every- ects: we’ll be finishing the Sci- na-style joke, which faction. Were there other topics you to an end-user’s questions. The ware and web self-service solu- for something I had to present thing from booking a ence Building and Monmouth he told while having were hoping we’d cover in this technology has been around tions provider, to sponsor the that wasn’t school related,” says flight with Expedia to Stadium, and we need to study his picture taken for How long have you ridden mo- interview? in some form since the 1960s, design competition for Mon- Licata. “So I think it helped with ordering a pizza from possible updates and renova- this article: “What’s torcycles? Maybe that I’m the best-look- but there has been a surge in mouth students last semester. the aspect of, ‘I’m doing some- Domino’s by chatting tions to the Student Center and red and hurts your Since the summer after my ing president in Monmouth’s interest recently, particularly “From the university’s per- thing outside of school … for the with the company’s some of the residence halls. And teeth? … A brick.” freshman year of college.9 I al- history. for use in marketing and cus- spective,” says Weinstein, “you real world.” bot via the app.

06 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo CARDONI Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 07 CURRENTS The poll was conducted by telephone from January 12 to 15, 2017, with 801 adults in the United States, including 50 percent who are married, 10 percent who are living with a partner, and another 10 percent who are in a non-cohabitating romantic relationship. The results have a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent. CONCEPTS » Data, visualized

ost Americans believe there is a special someone they are meant to be with—ideally, someone a lot like themselves. Those are two findings Mfrom a recent poll conducted by Monmouth University Polling Institute The head or the heart? in collaboration with Gary Lewandowski, professor and chair of Monmouth’s Most Americans say the ideal partner is someone who Department of Psychology, whose research focuses on romantic relationships. makes decisions with their head rather than their gut. Here’s a look at some of the numbers and what they mean. Best friends with benefits of American adults % % % in a relationship see 78 15 their current partners prefer a partner who makes prefer a partner who 83 as their best friends. decisions from the head. makes them from the gut. % % »»Lewandowski says: “Emotionally unstable partners 88 72 undermine relationships, so having a partner who is more logical and rational should of married in a nonmarital promote stability.” respon- relationship There’s someone dents feel think the for everyone, some say this way. same.

of American adults believe in the concept »»Lewandowski says: “Considering your romantic partner to % of soul mates—the idea that there is a spe- be your best friend is an important component of quality rela- 66 cific person we are each meant to be with. tionships. In fact, when researchers asked couples who have been married over 15 years why their relationships lasted, the 82% 64% 14% 17% top reason was that their partners are their best friends.” of women of men of Ameri- don’t currently in a in a rela- cans don’t believe relationship tionship give much in the are most think it. credence to concept likely to the idea of at all. believe this. soul mates.

»»Lewandowski says: “Though romantic, believing in soul The politics of love mates isn’t necessarily ideal for your relationship. The research The partisan divide impacting American life indicates that those who believe in soul mates and destiny are You’re the one that you want has also crept into how Americans view their relationships. actually more likely to break up. On the other hand, those who Despite the adage that opposites attract, most Ameri- believe that relationships grow over time have more stable cans feel their ideal mates are those who are similar to relationships and are better at dealing with conflict.” % % % themselves. 65 57 52 Brains matter of Republicans of independents of Democrats IN IN Most Americans want to marry someone ... say they are “extremely satisfied” with their relationships. 6 10 1 3 equally as smart smarter than themselves Americans say that Americans say they partners should general- should be more differ- ly be similar—though not ent—though not too % OR % 91% 78% 83% too similar. different. 51 39 of Republicans of independents of Democrats »»Lewandowski says: “Being more similar helps minimize Only 3 percent think it’s good to marry someone less smart. say their partners are their best friends. conflict. If both of [you] like going to the beach, neither of »Lewandowski says: “Marrying someone smarter »»Lewandowski says: “These differences may be attribut- [you] need to sacrifice.” » than you is wise, because in quality relationships, you able to Republicans placing greater value on marriage. As a take on many of your partner’s qualities as your own result, Republicans may be more motivated to see relation- and ultimately share your partner’s successes.” ships more positively.”

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EXPLAIN THIS » Answering your burning questions Q: How can i take great photos with my phone? t’s vacation season. ing the subject (pro tip: the best it will automatically adjust the It’s wedding season. time of day is early morning or exposure,” says Ludak. If your late afternoon). And when in phone has an additional slider IIt’s beach season. doubt, opt for horizontal orien- option to brighten or darken the There’s no denying it: tation. “Any social media we use photo, use it, he says. Summer is prime time is horizontally oriented, so if When life doesn’t allow for you take a vertical photo, you’ll perfect conditions—like a child for photo-taking. If you’re see empty space on either side,” playing or a dog romping—burst like many people, you’ve says Ludak. “Plus, if you’re tak- mode can be a photo-saver. Sim- ing pictures of a person, vertical ply hold down the shutter but- ditched your clunky film orientation almost guarantees ton, and the phone should take Campus Briefs camera in favor of your there’s too much space above a series of photos—usually one THE SCENE AT WEST LONG BRANCH smartphone—and there’s their head.” of them is workable, says Ludak. Next, optimize the phone’s Too bright? Too dark? Filters can no shame in that, says camera settings. Ludak says he come in handy, he adds. In par- Mark Ludak ’81, a specialist rarely uses the flash—unless ticular, a black-and-white filter »»Just four years removed from director of the university’s Center Conference Champion of the professor who teaches it’s pitch black, flash is going to can save a too-bright pic. the program’s winless inaugural for the Arts, which helped orga- 2016–17 College & University make the photo look unnatu- The bottom line? “You can season, men’s lacrosse had its best nize the month of events. Select Green Power Challenge for using all levels of photography ral. Instead, use the exposure take great photos with the season ever, capturing the MAAC pieces from the exhibition were more green power than any other at Monmouth. “The best setting to focus the frame and smartphones we have,” he says. regular season and tournament sold, with proceeds benefiting school in the Metro Atlantic Ath- championships and making the the Autism MVP Foundation and letic Conference. Monmouth beat kind of camera is the one achieve optimal lighting. “Often, “Photographs aren’t made by you can touch the screen where devices. They’re made by peo- program’s first appearance in the Autism Speaks. its MAAC rivals by using nearly you have on you,” he says. you want the focus to be, and ple.” —Melissa Kvidahl NCAA tournament. The team’s 12 million kilowatt-hours of green “Modern smartphones 14-4 overall record included per- »»The university held four com- power, representing 56 percent of fect 6-0 marks in conference play mencement ceremonies this the university’s annual electricity are equal in quality to the and at home in 2017. In addition, spring. On May 10, undergraduates usage. premier digital cameras of Monmouth defeated its first received degrees during a cere- the about 15 years ago, so they ranked opponent, No. 16 Villanova, mony at PNC Bank Arts Center. »»The university’s Alpha Phi Sigma 10-second WHAT’S HDR, to begin the 2017 campaign, and The following day in OceanFirst Criminal Justice Honor Society’s are more than adequate for bonus earned its first national ranking in Bank Center, Monmouth hosted “Paws for a Cause” event raised social media or printing up question AND WHY program history when it entered its first separate commencement $1,631 for new K-9 bulletproof to 5 x 7.” the NCAA Tournament on an 11- for graduate students. That vests for the Monmouth County USE IT? game winning streak. evening, a special ceremony was Sheriff’s Office. But there are a few golden held in Pollak Theatre for 17 men’s rules to follow, says Ludak. If one part of your photo is too »»A juried exhibition of works by lacrosse players who missed grad- »»Dozens of male faculty, staff, and First, the basics: Get closer 28 artists, ages 16 to 41 and living uation due to their team’s NCAA students donned women’s shoes than you think to the subject, bright and another is too dark, you with autism spectrum disorder, tournament game. And on May 17, and, accompanied by their female and fill the frame with it. Keep may need to use HDR. Short for highlighted Monmouth Univer- President Dimenna conferred de- counterparts, traversed campus sity’s Autism Awareness Month grees on two softball players who on April 5 to help bring awareness the phone steady for the sharp- high dynamic range, this setting est image possible by holding programming. The “Art + Autism” missed graduation due to their to sexual assault and gender vio- To ask a question of our takes a series of photos at different exhibition provided a window into team’s MAAC tournament game. lence. The annual “Walk a Mile in faculty experts, email it with two hands and either [email protected] resting the phone on a table exposures to account for the different the minds of young adults on the Her Shoes” event was coordinated or mail Explain This, or leaning your body against a spectrum and showed they are »»The U.S. Environmental Protec- ABOVE: The men’s lacrosse by the Departments of Counseling Monmouth magazine, light values and then combines the team won the program’s Alumni House, West Long wall. Make sure any sunlight is every bit as capable and talented tion Agency recognized Mon- first MAAC Tournament and Psychological Services and Branch, NJ 07764. behind you to avoid backlight- best parts of each automatically. as anyone else, says Vaune Peck, mouth University as an Individual Championship in May. Residential Life.

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Waste Not, Want Not Three ways to reduce food waste at home:

»»Shop in your fridge first. Prep and eat what you already have before buying more.

»»Buy only what you need and will use. Buying in bulk doesn’t save money In the process, FRN has helped if you’re throwing Gourmet Dining better ident- The fruit of items away due to ify what food items consistent- spoilage. ly go uneaten. Chris Ryerson, Gourmet’s resident district man- ager, says this allows the comp- their labors »»Immediately prep, any to make more informed LED BY SUSAN PAGANO, MONMOUTH’S cook, and freeze decisions about how much food FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK IS REDUCING perishables. Then to order and prepare, resulting in CAMPUS WASTE WHILE FEEDING THE use them throughout less food waste. LOCAL COMMUNITY. the month, cutting “There was one night in the your time in the beginning where we collected BY BREANNE MCCARTHY kitchen. close to 300 pounds of food,” says Pagano. “Now, on Friday Source: EPA.gov very year, 40 percent of all food in the U.S. nights, we’re getting like 70 to 80 pounds, maybe up to 150.” goes uneaten. This is one of the disturbing facts FRN is extending its efforts ESusan Pagano, former president of Monmouth beyond recovery and delivery, University’s Food Recovery Network, shares with says Pagano. The group also aims to educate people on cam- people to drive home the issue of food waste—when pus about food waste and how food gets discarded or goes uneaten for reasons their individual choices have that range from a lack of meal planning to people an impact. The group’s “Scrape Your Plate” event, held in Magill overestimating their hunger. Commons in April, encouraged diners to scrape leftovers from “It’s not just food that you’re university’s food service pro- their plates onto trays, which throwing away,” Pagano says of vider, in December 2015, and a were then weighed. In under the edible items that get trashed collaboration was born. Twice a two hours, FRN collected 22 each day. “It’s the water, ener- week, Monmouth’s FRN mem- pounds of food scraps—about gy, and manpower that went bers collect untouched, un- the same weight as the average into producing that item. There served food from campus eater- car tire. are so many negative environ- ies and deliver it to two partner “We can do everything that mental effects that result from agencies: Reformation Luther- we can to stop the waste of food people throwing out their food.” an Church Community Food that hasn’t left the hot line in After hearing about FRN, a Pantry in West Long Branch, the dining hall, but we can’t do national student-run move- New Jersey, and Meal at Noon anything about plate waste,” ment that tackles food waste by in Long Branch, New Jersey. says Pagano. “I think the aes- feeding those in need, Pagano Since spring 2016, Monmouth’s thetic impact of the Scrape your set out to establish the Mon- chapter has donated more Plate event—of actually seeing mouth chapter. With help from than 5,604 pounds of leftover OPPOSITE: Pagano that plate waste weighed right students in a First Year Seminar food to the pantries, helping to graduated with a master’s in front of you—forces people to in public policy in May and class, she pitched the initia- feed approximately 4,670 peo- plans to attend law school confront something they would tive to Gourmet Dining, the ple, according to Pagano. in the fall. otherwise just brush aside.”

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HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » Landmarks & stories Pipeline to Success HOW MONMOUTH’S UNDERPASS PROVIDES MORE THAN JUST SAFE PASSAGE. BY BREANNE MCCARTHY

ifteen years ago this September, a ribbon- $4m input and approval during cutting ceremony marked the official opening cost (paid by the design phase, which lasted the federal 11 months. Material enhance- of the pedestrian underpass that connects the F government) ments, including cast stone ele- residential quads with the main campus. ments and marble, were chosen to directly reflect treatments Colloquially known as “the Several design concepts were 2002 from historic structures on tunnel,” the subterranean pass- initially pitched, including one year campus. age was built to eliminate ve- that called for a pedestrian completed Today, with its detailed ar- hicular and pedestrian conflict bridge. But the underpass was chitectural features and its in- along Cedar Avenue, near the chosen because it met stan- 1 year scription reading “Carpe Diem,” main gate. A study comple- dards set forth by the Amer- construction which students see each time ted around the time of the icans with Disabilities Act, time they head from their dorms to- Behind tunnel’s construction indicated allowed campus maintenance ward their classrooms and labs, that more than 13,000 vehicles vehicles to pass, and did not the tunnel has become a beloved passed here in a single day. negatively impact the historic 14' x 10' campus icon. character of the campus. x 71.5' the music The New Jersey State Historic width, height, 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MONMOUTH’S Preservation Office provided and length STUDENT-RUN RECORD LABEL. COMPILED BY BREANNE MCCARTHY AND TONY MARCHETTI

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»»All albums are recorded at Lakehouse Recording 7 Studios, a world class studio in Asbury Park where Mon- mouth students take classes. »»Blue Hawk Records is a »»The label released its student club that was formed 10th studio album—aptly 1 in 2013 under the guidance 4 titled Hang Ten—in April. »»You can purchase and of Joe Rapolla ’90M, chair of stream Hang Ten on all Monmouth’s Department of Music 8 major digital platforms and Theatre Arts and director of »»Every record release is (e.g., iTunes, Amazon, Spotify) its Music Industry program. celebrated with a stu- and check out past albums at 5 dent-produced concert bluehawkrecords.com. featuring artists on the new album. »»Its mission is to give students, regardless of »»Blue Hawk Records has 2 major, hands-on experience »»Performers that have an international following: running a current-day music label. recorded with Blue Hawk 9 Its artists toured Italy in 6 Records include students, 2014 and the label has sales in alumni, and even faculty. Hang Ten seven countries. »»The students do every- features a cut from The Profes- thing—from finding the sors, whose members include ABOVE: Communications major Nicolette Pezza, 3 talent and recording the Rapolla, Specialist Professor whose song “You Feel Like »»Former members songs to branding the label’s art- George Wurzbach, and adjuncts Home” appears on Hang have gone on to ca- ists and marketing and distributing Erik Romero, Mark Muller, Bob Ten, performs at an April reers at Sony Music 19 concert celebrating the 10 the final product. Boyd, and Jay Sweet. album’s release. and Warner Music Group.

14 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo MATT FURMAN photo illustration PATRICK KIRCHNER (NICOLETTE PEZZA PHOTO BY CARDONI) Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 15 TIDES

A DAY AT THE BEACH » Coastal moments, captured MAY 12, 2017 Big sky, bright morning, and an empty beach on the coast in Long Branch, New Jersey.

16 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo NAME NAME photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO PLAy SPORTS & FITNESS

Here’s to you, Mr. Robinson A few of No. 12’s many accolades: 2x MAAC Player of the Year (2016–17)

single-season scoring record, 3 the MAAC Player of the Year x Award, and more important to end of First Team All-MAAC (2015–17) him, a program record 28 wins. In his senior year, a year in an era which the Hawks “settled” for JUSTIN ROBINSON REFLECTS ON AN 27 wins, Robinson became just the second Monmouth player AMAZING HAWKS CAREER. to crack the 2,000-point mark BY RYAN JONES 2017 for his career. He admits to dis- Lou Henson Award appointment at never reaching ustin Robinson spent the past four years proving he (top men’s mid- the NCAA tournament, then major player in the was good enough to play basketball at any college in remembers how far the pro- country) gram came in such a short time: Jthe country. Surely, part of him must wish that he’d “My freshman year, warming gotten the chance. up before the game, nobody in the stands, whole sections of the “Never,” says Robinson. “There not Coach King Rice, who saw a bleachers not even pulled out was never any doubt or regret, nev- talented kid with a point to prove. yet—you remember that,” he says. er any thought about transferring. Robinson wasted little time “The past two seasons, the gym Why would I transfer to play for making Rice—“the one man who [was] full before we were even someone who didn’t want me?” gave me the opportunity to fur- done with warm-ups. To be part That impassioned response ther my career”—look prescient. of that transition, it’s a blessing.” came in late April, barely a He averaged 7.1 points and 3.0 That blessing went both ways. month after the end of his re- assists per game as a freshman. Near season’s end, 11-year-old markable college career. As it is As a sophomore, he started every Erica Schaeffer, a Hawks sea- for any soon-to-be graduate, the game and led a team that had won son-ticket holder along with her spring of senior year is a time just 11 games a year earlier to an parents, wrote letters to the front to reflect on the past and focus 18-15 mark. offices of all 30 NBA teams urging on the future. For Robinson, Then came the magical 2015– them to draft her favorite player the latter means prepping for a 16 season, so much of it created (this after her father told her professional basketball career: by Robinson. Sixteen points in Robinson might end up playing He was invited this spring to the a season-opening win at UCLA. overseas). Erica’s letter was on Portsmouth Invitational Tour- Two clutch free throws in the Robinson’s mind a few weeks nament, an annual showcase of closing seconds to upset Notre later when he wrote one of his college seniors hoping to im- Dame, the program’s first win own—longhand, on three pages of press NBA scouts. A pro career over a ranked team. A season college-ruled paper—and tweet- overseas might be more likely, of scoring sprees—28 points ed it out to fans. “I would see [the but regardless, there is plenty apiece against USC, Drexel, Schaeffers] at games my first two for Robinson to look forward to. and Dayton; 29 at Iona; and a years, always in the same spot,” Still, he’s in no hurry to forget career-best 36 against Siena— he says. “Just seeing their loyalty his time at Monmouth. He came that powered the Hawks to the and dedication, I almost felt obli- here from Kingston, New York, MAAC title game. A heartbreak- gated to reciprocate.” his small stature—he proudly tells ing loss there cost them a chance Erica and every other fan you he’s 5-foot-8, a number he at the NCAA tournament, but OPPOSITE: Robinson was would likely tell Robinson that an AP Honorable Mention says he’s “never embellished”— that could hardly diminish what All-American each of the there’s no need. Over the last scaring off most recruiters. But Robinson accomplished: a new last two seasons. four years, he gave them plenty.

18 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo CARDONI Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 19 PLAY

The signature clown dive 1. Peter Bruckmann jumped first off the board and did a reverse flip.

2. While Bruckmann was turning in the air, Jeffrey Buchner would jump off the “It was slapstick, almost like every dive in town!” The audi- They added other dives along board, diving under were a few shows that were old vaudeville,” Buchner says of ence, unaware of the gag, would the way, like the fire dive— Bruckmann. somewhat out of the ordinary— the performances he and Bruck- usually begin to whisper and which, they admit, didn’t go as like the time Crabbe, the former mann put on at aquatic events then finally bark “Sit down!” planned the first time. Olympian, performed as part of on campus and throughout the and “Shut up!” as Buchner “Sometimes we practiced, and the Parents Day Water Show on tristate area between 1967 and continued his taunt around the sometimes we didn’t—the night campus in May 1969. 1970. pool. That often ended with we lit my brother on fire we What was more extraordinary The duo says they were recruit- an officer—who was in on the didn’t practice!” laughs Buch- were the times the duo, some- ed into the aquacade circuit by joke—escorting Buchner away. ner. “Dick sort of told us how to times with a small team of other their Monmouth swim coach, When the show resumed, and do it except for one particular divers, performed off campus. Dick Steadman. According to just as Bruckmann approached part.” One show in particular remains the pair, Steadman was a former the board to wow the crowd, The duo had brought Buch- a favorite memory for both clown diver himself—he had Buchner came from behind the ner’s younger brother, Stephen, Buchner and Bruckmann. performed alongside Olympi- locker rooms to stir things up on for the trick; he drew the The two, along with three ans Buster Crabbe and Johnny again. short straw to go first. Dressed other divers, performed a com- “Tarzan” Weissmuller as part of “He’d dump a bucket of water in a cape doused in kerosene, he edy diving routine as the “Mon- Billy Rose’s Aquacade, a music, on me,” says Bruckmann, his readied to dive while the duo lit mouth College Commandoes” dance, and swimming show that cheeks turning a jolly crimson his cape afire. Just as it caught, to mark the opening of a new was part of the 1939–40 New as he explains the next part of the hair on the back of Stephen’s 3. Buchner would pool at the YMCA in Flushing, York World’s Fair—and helped the routine. “Then I’d pick up legs started to sizzle. land atop Bruckmann Queens. The event was attended Bruckmann and Buchner devise another bucket filled with con- “All you heard was this loud and “ride” him into by the likes of Gertrude Ederle, a routine they would perform fetti, and I’d chase him down shrill—it was my mother pass- the water. the first woman to swim the En- during Parents Day and other into the stands and throw it, and ing out in the middle of the glish Channel, as well as Crabbe on-campus events. all of this confetti is coming out whole thing, remember?” Buch- and his fellow Olympian, Don “It all started out in the audi- and everyone is diving out of the ner chuckles, barely making it Schollander. Splash ence, kind of like the [Harlem] way—” through the sentence as Bruck- When the show was over, Globetrotters, with one of us “Probably thinking it’s water!” mann shakes his head up and Buchner and Bruckmann left chasing the other around or off Buchner chimes in. down gleefully in recollection of the building along with the stars, Brothers the diving board,” says Buchner, The two would then begin the stunt. “All of the hair on the who were signing autographs his voice still thick with a raspy their kooky show. back of his legs [was gone]. He and having their pictures taken. TWO ALUMNI RECALL THEIR WET AND WILD Bronx accent despite the fact As time passed, their routine looked like a singed chicken!” Thinking the two Monmouth DAYS PERFORMING AS CLOWN DIVERS. he has lived at the Jersey Shore evolved. The duo’s signature The kerosene left the pool College students were also fa- most of his life. Steadman would dive was the reverse horse and black and smelly for three days, mous athletes, fans began ask- BY BREANNE MCCARTHY introduce Bruckmann to the rider. Bruckmann would jump but the episode taught them the ing Buchner and Bruckmann audience as “one of the great- first and do a reverse flip, and importance of using lamp oil for their autographs as well. t’s been almost five decades since Peter Bruckmann est divers of all time,” at which as he was turning in the air, and Vaseline in the stunt. “It was hysterical! I said to ’70 and Jeffrey Buchner ’71 last performed together, point Buchner would stand up Buchner would jump off the The duo’s on-campus perfor- Pete, ‘Just sign!’” laughs Buch- ABOVE: Jeffrey Buchner in the crowded audience and board and dive under him as he mances normally lasted about ner. “There might be quite a few (top) and Peter Bruckmann’s yet their faces still light up in unison as they recall aquatic acts were equal I yell something like: “Booo! Are landed atop to “ride” him into 20 minutes, and followed rough- of our autographs out there. I parts diving and slapstick. their old clown diving routines. you kidding me? He’s been to the water. ly the same format, but there think we signed a lot!”

20 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 illustrations MICHAEL WITTE Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 21 SALIBA SARSAR HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE’S WORK TO HEALING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS.

WORDS BY grew up Palestinian Christian in East Jerusalem. I played with my Muslim neighbors. City and act as a guide for Western tour- a few hundred yards from my house. It But I went to a Catholic school in the ists. I would show them where Jesus was full of barbed wire and explosives. PROFESSOR SALIBA SARSAR ’78 My mother, father, grandmother, seven siblings, and I lived AS TOLD TO Old City called Collège des Frères where was crucified and his tomb; and I would The Jordanian army stood face-to-face ALEXANDER GELFAND I in a neighborhood called Al-Thori, just a few minutes south of we spoke Arabic, English, and French. be chased by the professional guides with the Israeli army across the border. the old walled city. My mother, who is now 90 years old, still lives At home, we mainly spoke Arabic. (Je- because I was taking their jobs away! Then the war took place, and our ILLUSTRATIONS BY rusalem has always been a melting pot: And this whole time—from 1949 until lives changed forever. In a sense, that’s BRIAN HUBBLE in the house where I grew up. My father was a printer who worked on 1967—all of East Jerusalem was under where the story really begins. Al-Thori is predominantly Arab Muslim—when I was a child, an old Gutenberg press, and he would Jordanian rule. It was not until the Six- there were only four Christian families in the neighborhood— set the letters in Arabic, English, Greek, Day War, which was fought from June Crossing borders and several other languages.) 5 to 10, 1967, that East Jerusalem came while Abu Tor, immediately to the west of Al-Thori, is home On the weekends, my siblings and I under Israeli control. oday, I can discuss the war ad mostly to Jewish people. prayed at Mar Yacoub (St. James), the No man’s land, which separated Jor- infinitum. But as an 11-year- Greek Orthodox Church next to the danian-controlled East Jerusalem from Told, I didn’t know the full de- Holy Sepulchre. I used to go to the Old Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem, was tails of what brought it about. I knew

22 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 23 there were some demonstrations in couldn’t open the front door. We had to trekked back to find out what had hap- born a White Russian named Ivan Love Thine Enemy the streets and a lot of movement of lower a ladder from the garden to the pened to our family and ran into them Danilov. According to family lore, he soldiers. And when the war was al- street behind the house. My parents had on the way. was in fact a prince. The document everal months after the war, a most upon us, able-bodied men came us hold each other’s hands, and I held They had stayed with a family in Beit my brother found was his Russian Western man moved into the knocking at our door and said they my brother Michael’s. We took refuge Sahour, a town east of Bethlehem. baptismal certificate. He was adopted Shouse next door. His name was needed to dig a trench in the garden in a mosque—people were crying and They thought I was dead. Eventu- by the woman I called my grand- Israel Hadany. Soon enough, his girl- that ran behind our house and the somebody had a wound of some kind, ally we all went back home. But our mother. friend, Brigitte, joined him. I found out houses of our neighbors. They wanted probably from a bullet—and my mom home had been totally transformed: It’s hard to know why my parents that he was Jewish and Israeli. “Oh, my to be able to move safely through the had to go back to retrieve my eldest and We were no longer living in Jordani- didn’t tell us earlier about my father’s God!” I said. “The enemy is living next neighborhood without being exposed youngest brothers. an-controlled East Jerusalem. Our origins. Perhaps they felt we were door!” to enemy fire, so they came and dug At that point, Michael and I became house, our neighborhood, our city was too young to understand and wanted But that enemy became a member of my up our garden. That’s when we knew separated from the rest of our family. now part of Israel. to wait until we were more mature. family. Israel and Brigitte married and that something serious was going to He and I continued walking with the No man’s land was dismantled, and Perhaps they were acting out of def- had two sons, and they began spending happen. crowd, which led us directly toward we were able to meet the enemy for the erence to my adoptive grandmother, much time with us. When the parents When the guns began firing, my en- the Jericho area. We spent the night in first time. We soon learned the enemy who lived with us. Or perhaps it was were busy, we took care of the children. tire family congregated in my parents’ another mosque and then came across a was really in our hearts and minds because the culture and society in “ When we cooked, they ate our food; when bedroom, which was a safe space with Greek Orthodox monastery in al-Eizariya because the people we met were just which we lived did not fully embrace By the they cooked, we ate theirs. We became thick walls. The fighting was heavy be- (Bethany), a town on the southeastern like us. They wanted to live in peace, the idea of adoption, and not telling us second day, close friends and remain so to this day. cause we were close to the border. One slope of the Mount of Olives. We saw the security, and prosperity. They were was their way of protecting us. From the age of 12 or 13, I grew up in of the kids I played with was killed: He gate and the cross shimmering in the heat afraid of us just as we were afraid of Over time, I also learned that my things were that type of environment: Christian, went out in the garden to look at the of the day. The door was open. A nun ush- them. I began to question why we have mother’s father—my grandfather, who intolerable; Muslim, Jewish. So I was able to devel- fighter jets, and a bomb hit him. He ered us in. borders and why we make our lives so lived in West Jerusalem—was Greek. I the house op this idea of inclusion, and of loving died right then and there. He was 12 We shared what food we had—we had unnatural. believe my older siblings already knew thy neighbor—and thine enemy—as years old. Another neighbor who lived some bread and cheese, and the nuns I also discovered my family’s roots. this, but I was too young to have been shook, thyself. Because there was no longer the within 50 yards of us was shot and made us soup—and we stayed there for A few weeks after the war, while aware of it. I only became cognizant of and you issue of an “enemy”: Whether it’s across killed. two or three days. Then a couple who helping my parents around the house, my mother’s ancestry as I got to know could smell a border or the person living next door, By the second day, things were in- lived close to the monastery, and who my eldest brother found a document the secret of my father’s. we are one community, one family. tolerable; the house shook, and you knew my godparents in Jordan, took us written in a strange language. My As a result of the war, therefore, I had cordite and I’ve come to terms with that period of could smell cordite and explosives. A in. We spent a few more days with them, mom eventually explained that my fa- crossed two borders: a physical one as explosives. my life by writing about it, by teaching, neighbor urged us to evacuate, but we and then the war was over. Michael ther, George Sarsar, had actually been well as a psychological one. by reaching out to the Other, and by ”

24 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 25 trying to overcome the border. Crossing from 1992 to 2002, and the Monmouth in 2000 President Bill Clinton hosted solution will not happen because Israel And when the question of Palestine into the unknown, physically and psy- Dialogue Project, which ran from peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian will not accept to dismantle itself or to is resolved, the rug will be pulled out chologically, is something that I have 2007 to 2015, were direct manifesta- leaders. We worked together—me the do away with its Jewish character or from under all of the extremists in the come to know very well. tions of that. Jewish Americans and Christian, Bar-On the Israeli Jew, Ad- political dominance. If the Palestinians region. There will continue to be pock- Arab Americans (Muslims and Chris- wan the Palestinian Muslim—teaching, were to be given equal voting rights, ets of them here and there, but they tians) met on a monthly basis at the writing, and giving talks. It was a terrific then demographically, Israel would no will not be able to sustain themselves. Recreating My university and in each other’s homes. experience, and our students benefited longer exist. Their own supporters will abandon Jerusalem We talked openly about the issues immensely from it. And if Israel keeps taking more ter- them because those supporters will that separate us, but also about what I do not teach from a distance. In the ritory, Palestine will no longer exist. be participants in the movement for came to the United States in 1974. brings us together. We talked about early days, when I began teaching, I Then what would you do with the peace: The surrounding Arab coun- A Methodist minister, Rev. John the meaning of our faith traditions, thought more in terms of abstractions. millions who live there? Do you keep tries—Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia IGrauel, was my visa sponsor, and about Israelis and Palestinians—what But now, I try to connect students to them subjugated, under occupation? and the other Gulf states, Morocco, in addition to my own family, several separates them and what is common events and settings: How would you feel And if the Palestinians were to take Tunisia—would love to have peace, American families helped support me, to them—and about the dignity of dif- if you lived in Jerusalem? How would over Israel, would they subjugate the and once the United States, Israel, showering me with care and love. ference. We took trips together, saw you feel if you were now living in Iraq or Jewish state? It just doesn’t make and Palestine start laying the ground- After graduating from Monmouth in films, and hosted speakers. Syria? It’s tragic, but what happens in sense. work for it, then those countries will 1978, I did my doctoral work at Rut- In 2004, at the request of former uni- the Middle East is a laboratory for what This is why a two-state solution, come along. gers. My interest turned to politics versity president Paul Gaffney, I created we learn in the classroom. The students whereby Israel lives alongside Palestine But while that is happening, the and history, and I wrote my disserta- “ the Jewish Cultural Studies Program are fascinated, but they are also pained in peace, security, and prosperity, is the political leadership must train their tion on the psychological makeup of When the at Monmouth. I made certain to create by what’s going on. way to go. people to work for peace, and to ex- Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat: an inclusive model that was hospitable And when I speak about the Pales- The United States holds the key to re- pect it. Because once an agreement is why he made the decision on Novem- question of to the various Jewish groups and faith tinian-Israeli conflict, I share with my solving the issue, yet much of the work signed, peace will not be lived unless ber 19, 1977, to visit the land of his Palestine traditions—Reform, Conservative, Or- students 10 posters that I’ve made, each the U.S. president has to do is not on it is cultivated. And leaders at all enemy—Israel—to seek peace. He, too, is resolved, thodox—as well as to anyone who was not representing a decade in Arab-Jewish the Palestinians and the Israelis, but on levels of society—parents, educators, crossed both physical and psychologi- Jewish. It was meant for everybody, and it and Palestinian-Israeli relations and Congress: He has to convince congres- religious leaders, civic leaders—must cal borders. the rug brought the Jewish community together. each tied to my own family history. The sional leaders that there is no contra- come to terms with the Other. When I came to work at Monmouth, in will be Three years later, I brought Dan Bar- students relate so well to this, It brings diction between supporting Israel and As I always say, Israelis and Pal- 1985, I tried to recreate my Jerusalem pulled out On, a Jewish Israeli psychologist who the history home and makes it come helping the Palestinians to actualize estinians will be neighbors forever. here—to work with all sides to benefit from under studied the Holocaust and Israeli-Pal- alive for them. themselves. The sooner they understand that, the the common good, whatever that may estinian relations, and Sami Adwan, That’s essential. The Palestinians have better. be. Because an important part of cross- all of the a Palestinian educator, to campus to choose democracy, pluralism, non- ing the border, whether in Monmouth as Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence. Cultivating Peace militarization, and neutrality because extremists Saliba Sarsar, Ph.D., is a professor of political sci- or elsewhere, is education: How do you in the It was like coming to Camp David, their emphasis has to be on develop- ence at Monmouth University. He teaches courses educate people and empower them to where in 1978 President Jimmy Carter oday, the most reasonable out- ing infrastructure, jobs, education, on the Middle East and international relations. actualize what they hope for? region. brokered the Camp David Accords come to the ongoing conflict is health, and all the things that make a Project Understanding, which ran ” between Egypt and Israel, and where Ta two-state solution. A one-state good life.

26 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 27 DAVID PEREZ ’17M AND AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON YOUTH LITERACY. A cut above the rest BY MAUREEN HARMON

PHOTOS BY CARDONI

t’s late afternoon in Long Branch, New Jersey, and the local kids are streaming out of school. Some catch a bus home. Some stop Ifor a bite to eat with friends. And some saunter into Heads Up, a barbershop on Morris Avenue. The owner, Micah Goff, has turned off the TVs and dropped the music volume low. He considers this quiet time for the children of the community. It’s a chance for them to stop by, set up shop at an island in the middle of the store, and get some homework done or grab a book from the shelves.

OPPOSITE: Perez in the chair at Heads Up, one of the local barbershops participating in the Fade to Books program.

28 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 29 These aren’t simple magazine racks at As a disabled veteran, Perez was eli- TOP: The Fade to Books program will soon be in “ barbershops across the state. BOTTOM: Perez says the local “cheap cuts” shop. The children We take it gible for an additional VA educational he gained a passion for community development by have hundreds of books to choose from, benefit, vocational rehabilitation, so working on the project. including the full set of Diary of a Wimpy for granted, he launched himself right back into Kid and other series. And the books are but these business moving toward his M.B.A. “Then the families, whether it’s because there in Goff’s shop—as well as in four are spaces online. But in the midst of his first class of socioeconomic reasons or whatever other barbershops in the area—as part of for his degree, he stopped. “I thought, the case may be, don’t really know how to the Long Branch Library’s Fade to Books for boys You know what? I don’t want to do this,” promote literacy or don’t have the ability Program. “I had a 3-year-old the other and men. In recalls Perez. “I don’t want to manage to purchase books for the home.” Perez day,” says Goff of a young customer. “He’s there, they people. I don’t want to worry about spread- thought, We have to try to do something sitting in the chair just reading away. The sheets. I don’t want it.” He called his to help these boys. Suddenly, this whole book was upside down and everything.” talk about counselor at the Veterans Administra- barbershop idea made sense. That moment, the one in which a politics. They tion Regional Business Office and told “We take it for granted,” says Perez, young child in the community shows talk about her he wanted to get into social work— “but these are spaces for boys and men. excitement about reading, is the only and he wanted to go to Monmouth Uni- In there, they talk about politics. They thing Goff gets from this program. He sports. versity, which ranks as one of the top talk about sports. They talk about their doesn’t receive any funds (the books They talk social work programs in the country by wives, their families. They talk about are all donated). In fact, in some cases, about their U.S. News & World Report. Her advice: their jobs, their hardships. And the boys he’s losing money, offering up free cuts wives, their apply for the social work program, and will talk about whatever’s relevant to to kids who finish a book or return one if he got accepted, let her take care of them. What new song came out. What they borrow. But that moment is really families. the rest. “And that’s exactly what I did,” new movie came out.” all Goff needs. “It’s beautiful,” he says. They talk says Perez. Perez and Garcia thought if they put The barbershop has long been a gath- about their In 2015, Perez became a Monmouth books in these spaces and offer an incen- ering place for the African-American graduate student in social work, focusing tive (every 10 books read earns the child and Latino communities. A spot to jobs, their on international community develop- a free haircut), they’ll be making a differ- discuss community issues. To gossip a hardships. ment. He was part of the university’s Mil- ence. And so far, they have. Just months bit. To solve problems. So it made sense itary Bridge Program, which allows active ago, there was talk about rolling out the to Tonya Garcia, director of the Long ” or retired military personnel to attend Fade to Books Program statewide. That Branch Public Library, to partner with the university with tuition assistance. talk has turned into a grant. Now the state the local barbers in an effort to improve a Gold Medal in its psychology program. As part of his work toward a degree, will be selecting 25 libraries throughout literacy and reading rates among young He had spent two years at Nyack college, a he took on an internship with the Long New Jersey to reach out to team up with children of color. The idea came to her Christian liberal arts school, with plans to Branch Public Library. five local barbershops in their areas. after she watched a video posted to so- go into the ministry. But he dropped out “We’re talking about 125 barbershops,” cial media by a barber friend. The video, to join the Army. says Perez. And that’s a whole lot of kids. which focused on the importance of lit- Perez enlisted for four years but accept- engaging community Just weeks before he was set to graduate eracy in the African-American commu- ed an honorable discharge after three- with his M.S.W., Perez was still working nity, got her thinking how fundamental and-a-half years when he injured his knee onya Garcia didn’t have plans hard for the library and the program. In barbers are to local areas. “We need to in a training exercise in the Mojave Des- at the start to hand the Fade to April, he attended the New Jersey Library really pay homage to the community ert. He needed a new plan. Nyack hadn’t T Books Program over to David Association’s annual conference and leaders that are so important to our worked out. The here-and-there jobs he Perez. He had been working with her on spoke on a discussion panel to an audience culture,” says Garcia, who is Latina. “I worked prior to active duty weren’t ca- another community project as a library of New Jersey library directors. The Long was sitting there, brainstorming a way I reer-makers. So he spent six years in the intern, but when Fade to Books started to Branch Public Library also received the could unite our two roles—my role as a National Guard and earned his business take root, Perez seemed like the perfect 2017 “Innovative Partnership” award for library director and his role as a barber. degree online, followed by a good job in guy for the job. He was familiar with the the Fade to Books program at the confer- How can I bring the two together?” healthcare as a supervisor. By now, he importance of barbershops in Latino and ence. “With this internship,” says Perez, “I She did a little research and found was married for the second time, and African-American communities. But he learned about ‘community needs assess- programs in New Orleans and Chicago the couple had seven children between wasn’t sold on the idea. Sure, it sounded ment’; I made many network connections; in which libraries were teaming up with them. Things were going well. “We had good—put books in a community gather- I developed a passion for community barbers to bring books into shops. It all a mortgage. We had kids getting ready to ing spot. But he didn’t see a big impact. development, and, in particular, for Long made perfect sense. She just needed the go to college. We bought a timeshare. I Then he floated the idea by a friend. “She Branch.” Perez is hopeful that he’ll be able right person to pull it all together. had a brand new Tahoe,” says Perez. “We sent me this video,” says Perez. “It was a to continue his work with a library after he were actually living a very comfortable CNN interview with a gentleman who is earns his degree. But as Garcia told him, middle-class life.” But when the com- doing a similar project in Harlem.” That “David, just don’t worry about that now. Changing course pany reorganized, Perez found himself program worked with 10 barbershops, Finish school. Graduate.” unemployed for the first time. “I really and it was thriving. Perez started doing So Perez’s future, for now, is up in the air. avid Perez joined the Army in 1993. didn’t know what to do,” he says. “It was the research and learned that the liter- But in some ways, his career path seems It was a move that took his mother like the floor just dropped out from under acy rates of black and Hispanic boys are more solid than ever. “I’m not sure where Dby surprise—this young man, just me.” He tried working for FEMA. He tried extremely low—some graduating high I’ll land,” says Perez, “but one thing I do 21, had graduated from Lehman High selling cars. But nothing felt right, and he school at a seventh-grade reading level. know is that it will be somewhere that School, one of the best public schools in kept asking himself, “What am I really “These kids are not really understand- allows me to engage in the community and the Bronx, with Regents Honors and with supposed to be doing in this life?” ing what they can achieve,” says Perez. advocate for development and change.”

30 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 31 ON THE HUNT WITH MONMOUTH FACULTY AND STUDENTS WORKING TO STOP A STEALTHY KILLER THAT’S DECIMATING THE BARNEGAT BAY ECOSYSTEM.

BY BREANNE MCCARTHY

PHOTOS BY RYAN STRUCK ’07

32 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 33 even feet below the LEFT: Amanda Kremer, left, and Kylie Johnson gear up to retrieve derelict crab pots surface of Barnegat in Barnegat Bay. Bay, burrowed in the thick mud that coats light-heartedly and somewhat sarcas- the waterway’s floor, tically. “But it gives [students] a chance to really see what day-in and day-out Ssits a predator the size of a sea survey operations are like.” turtle. Hidden by sediment and Each expedition followed a one-two pattern: one trip focused primarily organisms encrusted along its on finding the pots using high-tech surface, it blends into the murky equipment onboard the vessel, and a surroundings and waits, mouth follow-up trip, made on a separate day, focused on physically grappling for the agape, to trap unsuspecting pots hidden below the surface. marine life in its unyielding grip. The task of finding the pots was done with side-scan SONAR—a three-foot- But this predator is no creature. It’s long, torpedo-like piece of equipment, one of hundreds of derelict crab pots called a fish, which costs about $35,000. that coat the bottom of the bay. Con- Students would launch the SONAR sidered marine debris, the traps are equipment overboard, where it sat about abandoned—a sometimes intentional, two feet below the waterline. Nickels sometimes accidental byproduct of would then typically maintain a steady commercial and recreational fishing speed of 5 mph as the instrument was that is having a devastating impact on towed below the surface, taking images in this aquatic ecosystem. real time. “Derelict fishing gear can cause “It’s like two flashlights shining out the death of a variety of marine or- sideways, so anything that is on or above ganisms, cause economic loss to the the bottom, it sees and illuminates,” fishing industry, and pose threats to says Nickels of the side-scan SONAR. human health,” says Emily Heiser, a Those images were transported via wildlife biologist with the Conserve a long blue cable to three onboard Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. Of computers. It was the students’ job, for particular concern to ecologists is the hours on end, to watch the computer danger these abandoned pots pose to monitors and essentially take screen- northern diamondback terrapins—a shots of anything that resembled a crab small, native turtle that is considered trap sitting below. Nickels would then a species of special concern in New sit with Marc Molé, a marine and en- Jersey. vironmental biology and policy major, The diamondback terrapins some- who worked as a research assistant on times enter crab pots because there’s the project both years, and together a food source inside, such as leftover they would scan the images looking for bait or blue crabs themselves, says rectangular blotches on the sheet—in- Heiser. Many commercial crab pots dicative of a pot. Using GPS coordinates have by-catch reduction devices that were captured with each screen- (which minimizes the amount of ma- shot, the Monmouth team could then rine life that become unintentionally make a second trip to retrieve the pots. trapped) and degradable latch con- Along with the more than 600 derelict nectors designed to wear away over pots they identified during the past two time. But those mechanisms do not winters, Molé says the Monmouth team always function properly, and as a re- pellers or the hulls of vessels that run assess how widespread the problem is stances when gear such as crab pots are Township, New Jersey, up to the base of found a plethora of other debris: tires, sult, terrapins and fish species often into them. and, at the same time, remove as many lost but continue to catch marine life. the canal near Bay Head, New Jersey— cables, propellers, an old anchor—even become trapped. “Once the terrapins In some states, as many as 30 percent derelict pots as possible from the bay. Nickels, who also teaches classes in searching for and retrieving derelict a capsized boat that hadn’t been record- become trapped in the pots, they can of the crab pots dropped into the water Monmouth’s biology department, super- pots. Their work had to revolve around ed on any naval charts. It angered the easily drown,” Heiser says. “We pulled remain unaccounted for, but it is un- vised the university’s involvement with the closure of the commercial crabbing students, many of whom plan to pursue up one pot that had over 11 dead ter- known how many are lost each year in in the bay the project. During the past two years, he season so as to not disrupt the industry, careers studying marine life. rapins.” New Jersey, says Heiser. So two years and a team of student volunteers made which meant Nickels and his students “It’s not so much the crab pots really, The derelict pots also get intermittent- ago, CWF partnered with Monmouth he term ‘ghost fishing’ is used more than a dozen trips aboard the UCI’s could only go out on the water between but the tires and electric cables—they’re ly swept along the bay floor by strong University, Stockton University, and a lot,” says Jim Nickels, a ma- 27-foot research vessel, Seahawk, tra- December 1 and March 15. what really get to me,” says Molé. “The currents and choppy storm waters and the Marine Academy of Technology and “T rine scientist at Monmouth’s versing the northern portion of Barnegat “[It’s] a lovely time of year… long, solution to pollution is dilution—it’s can cause serious damage to boat pro- Environmental Science on a project to Urban Coast Institute, regarding in- Bay—from Good Luck Point in Berkeley cold, miserable days,” jokes Nickels what people used to think.”

34 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 35 Two winters ago, when Nickels and was a big help: It allowed the teams to his students were physically pulling up retrieve twice as many pots in the sec- pots themselves, they retrieved about ond year and was a great incentive for 25 traps—no easy feat. Covered in mud the local crabbers. and encrusted with various organisms, “We actually worked very closely with the pots are filthy, foul-smelling, and several commercial crabbers because, unwieldy. obviously, it’s in their best interest too,” “I remember the first time I was jump- says Nickels. “Those pots are worth a lot “ ing around like, ‘We’ve got one!’” says of money to them, and they don’t want Those pots Kylie Johnson, who was involved on the to lose as much as they can help—and it are worth project during both seasons and was on just [helps by] being good citizens and the boat one day in February 2016 when neighbors to everyone else.” a lot of the team recovered a string of 10 pots, Throughout the process, the commer- money to which took them about 40 minutes to cial pots that were retrieved with their them, and retrieve in the freezing conditions. “We tags still attached were processed by saw one, and we’re like, ‘Let’s go for it.’ students from MATES and Stockton they don’t Then it was attached to nine others, and then returned to the crabbers. Un- want to and that’s what made it really hard. We tagged traps and recreational pots were lose as thought it was maybe tied down, but it sent to Covanta, a waste management was just being held down by the weight company, for recycling. much as of the other nine.” Molé, who landed a job working with they can According to Nickels, commercial crab- the NY/NJ Baykeeper prior to gradu- help—and bers often attach pots together, making ating this past May, says it was a great them easier to retrieve with the day’s experience to connect with people from it just catch. But if the pot connected to the various schools and organizations who [helps by] buoy becomes detached, it can be hard all shared the same end goal. being good to find any of the traps—especially for “So many people have come together, crabbers who are often without their own and you don’t often see the commercial citizens side-scan SONAR equipment on board. fishermen actually working with the and As a way of retrieving more pots, the people doing the research—they don’t neighbors National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- tend to like us too much because we to everyone ministration, one of the project funders, just like to put regulations on things gave basic side-scan equipment to com- basically,” says Molé. Working with the impact and experience else. mercial crabbers who offered to help in MATES students, who processed the the retrieval process. Nickels says that pots, was also rewarding, he says. “It’s ll told, Nickels says 1,274 pots ” cool to help teach the next generation were targeted and collected to do this type of stuff.” Aduring the past two years. Both Johnson and Molé say that it’s ex- That amount of debris could fill twelve periences like this—and the connections 30-cubic-yard dumpsters with a poten- that faculty like Nickels have—that make tial weight of 60 tons, he estimated. all of the difference when it comes to Heiser says the data collected during being prepared for life after Monmouth. the project will be cross-checked with “A lot of what we’ve learned is that you data collected from two similar projects have to get your foot in the door using happening in New Jersey—one headed some project where you get involved up by New Jersey Audubon that focuses with an organization, and it’s a net- on pots in the Delaware Bay and one working process,” says Johnson. “And headed up by Stockton University that as an undergraduate, it’s good to par- focuses on pots in the southern reaches ticipate in different research projects of Barnegat Bay and Great Bay. to get experience. … Because [Professor Nickels, who enjoyed working on Nickels] can tell you how a boat works, the project, says all of the students but it’s not until you’re out on a boat involved expressed their appreciation that you understand.” for the real-world experience that it provided. “They’ve all enjoyed it because it is a little bit of a different experience, and LEFT: Marc Molé, front, and Kylie Johnson hook and retrieve a crab pot, which is about half the it’s a really neat project because it does size of a commercial pot. OPPOSITE: Jim Nickels, have a true outcome to it,” he says. “And professor and marine scientist at Monmouth’s Urban that’s important, so they can take some Coast Institute, watches as student volunteers scan monitors for rectangular objects that are indicative pride and knowledge that they worked on of abandoned crab traps. something that mattered.”

36 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 37 Class notes ALUMNI LIFE

Staying safe The key to avoiding infection, says Evering-Watley, “is to protect yourself from getting bitten by a mosquito in the first place.” That means using window screens and air conditioning if available (the Aedes aegypti mosquito does not like the cold); wearing pants, socks, and CHANGEMAKER » Alumni making waves its spread by using window long-sleeved shirts screens and eliminating the if possible; and, per- standing water in which Ae. haps most import- aegypti lays its eggs. Combating ant, using plenty of She also helped create a EPA-approved insect database of all the pregnant repellent. women in the territory to en- Zika sure that each would receive THE MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS REPRESENTS the support needed to protect AN UNPRECEDENTED HEALTH CRISIS themselves and their families, FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, BUT MICHELE from free testing to preven- EVERING-WATLEY ’89 IS WORKING ROUND tion kits containing bed nets THE CLOCK TO MINIMIZE ITS IMPACT AT and mosquito repellent. And she reached out to communi- HOME AND ABROAD. ty-based organizations that BY ALEXANDER GELFAND work with disenfranchised women to make sure that no hen news of a Zika virus outbreak first one fell through the cracks. During her first tour in March began circulating early in 2016, Michele 2016, there were few confirmed WEvering-Watley ’89 leapt into action. cases, and many residents didn’t share her sense of urgency. As a health education special- “Babies can be born with de- By the end of her second tour ist for the Centers for Disease formities that touch not only last September, however, there Control and Prevention, Evering- the children’s lives, but their were hundreds of cases, and one Watley has spent years teaching parents, their families, and the baby had been born with micro- others how to combat diseases health system that now has to cephaly. “That was hard to see,” such as AIDS and Ebola. take care of them,” says Ever- says Evering-Watley. But Zika, which has since swept ing-Watley, who has a toddler of But it did make people more across Latin America and the Ca- her own. receptive to her message. In- ribbean, was especially troubling. Immediately volunteering to deed, many locals were by then The virus, which is spread help contain the virus’s spread, outraged that waste manage- primarily by the Aedes aegypti Evering-Watley was dispatched ment services had not already mosquito but can also be trans- to the US Virgin Islands, where done more to clear the garbage mitted through sexual contact, she spent two month-long tours in which Ae. aegypti breeds. causes such mild symptoms doing Zika-related communica- Moving forward, says Ever- that most people never even tions and outreach work. ing-Watley, the biggest challenge know they have it. Yet when it Traveling from island to is- to thwarting Zika lies in the sim- infects pregnant women it can land by plane and ferry, Ever- ple fact that it is primarily a mos- cause a broad range of birth de- ing-Watley spoke at schools, quito-borne illness. “I don’t know fects— including microcephaly, churches, and town hall if we’ll ever be able to get rid of all a neurological disorder charac- meetings, detailing the signs OPPOSITE: Evering-Wat- the mosquitoes,” she says. Which ley received Monmouth terized by an undersized heads and symptoms of the virus University’s Distinguished makes education and prevention and severe brain damage. and explaining how to prevent Alumni Award in 2009. even more vital.

38 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo LAUREN BISHOP Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 39 CLASS NOTES

sion. She is the co-author of the bestselling McGraw-Hill book, The Purpose Linked Organization: How Passionate Leaders Inspire Win- ning Teams and Great Results. She currently serves as a leadership columnist for Bloomberg Business Week and The Washington Post, and is a guest lecturer for the Executive M.B.A. Program at the University of Maryland. 1980s »»Kathleen Heid ’80 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ’94) has joined the South Alumni Jersey Federal Credit Union as the vice president of human resourc- es and training. Heid, who has roundup more than 30 years’ experience LISTED BY GRADUATION YEAR in banking and financial services, earned her Senior Professional as an overview of the career itself in Human Resources certification 1970s for graduate students interested in with the HR Certification Institute becoming school counselors. Rise and is a certified professional with »»Arnold Simon ’72 (Art) is a participated in the annual BookEx- the Society for Human Resource contributor to the exhibit “Atlanta po America at the Javits Center in Management. She will be responsi- Collects: Contemporary” at the New York City earlier this spring. ble for developing and implement- William Breman Jewish Heritage ing consistent human resource Museum. The two-part exhibit, »»Historian Glenn LeBoeuf ’76 processes, programs, and policies. WHAT IT’S LIKE » Firsthand accounts developments in U.S. financial which runs through June 2017, (Hist.) gave a lecture and an- markets, business, and the eco- comprises important, privately swered questions about Frank- »»Kathryn Burns Collins ’82 (Hlth. nomy. I’ve been doing it for owned works from collections lin D. Roosevelt at the Basking St.) was appointed to the Dean’s print since 2008, and talking of Jewish Atlantans. His paint- Ridge Farmstead on Feb. 12, 2017. Advisory Council for the School On the air about charts is what drove my ing Edward Hopper, by Gregory LeBoeuf, an active living historian of Nursing and Health Studies. A PRINT JOURNALIST FINDS NEW LIFE BY reintroduction to radio. Manchess, was selected by guest with the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Collins is the vice president of RETURNING TO HIS RADIO ROOTS. You might think I feel pressure curator William Eiland, director of Infantry, is currently a chartered strategic planning at AcuteCare needing to be radio-ready every the Georgia Museum of Art. retirement planning counselor and Health Systems, where she plays BY DAVID WILSON ’80, AS TOLD TO MOLLY PETRILLA hour. I don’t see it that way. It senior vice president of wealth an integral role in planning future actually builds a nice amount »»Bobbi Rise ’75 (Elem. Ed.) management with Garden State growth and expansion, as well ur stocks editor, Dave Wilson, is with us…” of structure into my workday. I (M.S.Ed. ’90) had her book, Behind Securities, Inc. in Red Bank, New as in forging relationships in the That’s typically my cue when I go on never have to wonder what I’ll the Counselor’s Door: Solutions Jersey. communities that ACHS serves. Bloomberg Radio eight times a day, every be doing. I have to drink a lot of to the Most Common Middle Having previously been a part of “O water to keep my voice in shape, Schooler’s Problems, published »»Linda A. Downing ’76 (M.S. Stud. the leadership teams at Meridi- weekday, to deliver a report, share the day’s market but I still can be a little hoarse by by Outskirts Press in September Pers. Serv.) (M.S. Ed. ’00) was an Health and Barnabas Health drivers, or talk about what the markets are up to. the end of the day. And no, I can’t 2016. Rise, who had a 20-year ca- re-elected to the Lacey Town- before joining ACHS, she has go out for a two-hour lunch with reer in education before becoming ship School Board in November. more than 30 years of health care When I was playing records, day, so that’s when I cover the you—but I’ve been brown-bag- a districtwide school counselor Downing, who has served on the experience. Collins, who has been broadcasting sports events, moves people need to know ging it for years anyway. and later a life coach, wrote the board for 18 years, is currently an a member of the adjunct faculty and covering the 1978 midterm about first. I also pick a stock of The biggest thing I’ve learned book “in order to continue to elementary school principal in in the Health Care Management elections for WMCX in college, I the day—some company you’ve from my work is that you have to help middle school students.” The Toms River, New Jersey. Graduate Program at the College never imagined that someday I’d probably never heard of but adapt. I went from being a print book offers tools and strategies of St. Elizabeth, is a fellow of the be back on the air as my full-time that’s having a big move. I’ll tell reporter for a small-town news- that school counselors, parents, »»Alaina Love ’79 (Med. Tech.) was American College of Healthcare job. But after focusing on print you what the company does, paper to editing and reporting and teachers can use in order to appointed to the Dean’s Advisory Executives as well a member of journalism for more than 30 how its shares have traded, and at Dow Jones, and I’ve been in successfully address problems Council for the School of Human- the Healthcare Information and years, I found my way back to ra- what the motivation is behind a variety of roles at Bloomberg. facing middle schoolers from peer ities and Social Sciences. Love, Management Systems Society. dio in 2011 and have been broad- the latest move. It’s something ABOVE: Wilson, who Those shifts are what have pressure, bullying, and eating who is the president and co-found- casting my reports ever since. I’m sure people aren’t hearing contributes to Bloomberg’s kept me going and kept work disorders to anger management, er of Purpose Linked Consulting, »»Peter J. Samaras Jr. ’82 (Soc.) I go on the air for the first time anywhere else. Markets Live blog, is interesting—and now being on pictured in his home failure spirals, and test and perfor- is a nationally recognized expert was appointed to the Dean’s Advi- before the NASDAQ and New There’s also my chart of the among his Springsteen the radio feels like I’m having a mance anxiety. The book also acts in leadership purpose and pas- sory Council for the School York Stock Exchange open each day, in which I highlight key memorabilia. whole second career.

40 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo TINA COLELLA Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 41 CLASS NOTES of Humanities and Social Scienc- immediate past chair of the United participated in residence hall on the board of Thomas Edison three middle schools, and two of two Jersey Mike’s Subs loca- es. Following a 30-year career in Way of the National Capital Area. governance, WMCX, and acted in State University Foundation and high schools, with an enrollment of tions in Toms River, New Jersey. sales and fixed income securities In addition, he has served on the theater productions on campus, is an adviser to several small tech- nearly 10,000 students. George, on Wall Street, Samaras is now boards of the Greater Washington Farragher credits his professional nology companies and investors. who earned a doctorate degree in »»Tracey L. Wolfman ’99 (Nurs.) an entrepreneur and business Board of Trade, the U.S. Cham- and personal success to these educational leadership from Seton was appointed to the Dean’s consultant. Formerly, he worked ber of Commerce, the Edison experiences. He and his wife, Hall University, an M.A. in physical Advisory Council for the School at Merrill Lynch before moving to Electric Institute, the Federal City Barbara (Miskoff) Farragher ’89, 1990s education from Ohio State Uni- of Nursing and Health Studies. Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, Council, the Greater Washington live in Spring Lake with their two versity, and a B.S. in health and Wolfman, who earned a master’s followed by Bank of America Initiative, and the Economic Club daughters. »»Keith Buscio ’90 (Bus. Adm.) was physical education from Michi- in nursing administration from Securities, before completing his of Washington. Rigby, who gave named assistant vice president/di- gan State University, is currently Teachers College, Columbia career as managing director of the commencement address at »»Lt. Robert Garofalo ’89 (Crim. rector of public relations for Prov- a member of the New Jersey University, has spent the last 30 credit sales at Cantor Fitzgerald. Monmouth’s graduate ceremony J.) (M.A.C.J. ’00) is scheduled to ident Bank. He will be responsible Superintendent’s Study Council at years working with the elderly Samaras is working toward an M.A. held on May 11, 2017, received an begin duty as West Windsor Police for executing Provident’s public Seton Hall University and serves population, specializing in Alzhei- in anthropology at the university. honorary Doctor of Laws degree Department’s fourth chief of relations strategy, expanding and on the executive boards for the mer’s disease. She is currently an from Monmouth University. police this July. He has served as enhancing the bank’s image in Monmouth Ocean Educational adjunct professor at Monmouth; »»Edwin R. Corneiro A.A. ’81, ’83 a lieutenant in both the admin- the marketplace, and managing Services Commission, Bayshore serves on the board of directors (Poli. Sci.) was appointed to the »»Kim Cuny ’88 (Comm./Thtr./ istrative and detective divisions its reputation to ensure that it is Jointure, and New Jersey State In- for Alzheimer’s New Jersey and Dean’s Advisory Council for the Speech) received a diversity since 1989. Garofalo lives in West consistent with the organization’s terscholastic Athletic Association. Brookdale Community College School of Science. Corneiro, who initiative grant from the University Windsor, New Jersey, with his wife brand promise of commitment. Small Business Advisory Board; is currently the CFO for support of North Carolina at Greensboro’s and three children. Buscio, who was previously vice »»Marc J. Nehmad ’98 (M.A. Psych. and is vice president of the Senior services at Morgan Stanley, has College of the Arts and Sciences, president of marketing and com- Coun.) was appointed municipal Citizens Activities Network. more than 28 years of experi- where she is the director of the »»Stephen E. Gerard ’89 (M.B.A.) munications with Santander Bank, court judge for Egg Harbor Town- ence in computer technology University Speaking Center. Cuny was appointed to the Dean’s Ad- lives in Berkeley Township, New ship, New Jersey, on Jan. 2, 2017. finance. At Morgan Stanley, he has will lead a team of student consul- visory Council for the Leon Hess Jersey. Nehmad, who previously served as 2000s experienced working in various tants in developing training that School of Business. Gerard, who prosecutor for three New Jersey departments across the firm, will allow the center to provide has worked in various executive »»Puran Nebhnani ’96 (M.S. Soft. towns (Egg Harbor Township, »»Kevlyn J. (Zurawski) Uvegas ’00 including technology, operations, interpersonal communication con- roles for a number of Fortune 500 Eng.) was appointed chief technol- Somers Point, and Pleasantville) (Hist.Poli. Sci./Ed.) (M.S. Ed. ’10) corporate real estate, finance, and sultations for the college’s Beyond companies, midsize service firms, ogy officer of the Republican Party lives in the township with his wife and her husband, Jeff, welcomed legal, among others. He also has Academics students as well as for and start-ups over the past 30 National Committee. An electron- and three daughters. a son, Jeffrey Thomas Jr., on Oct. extensive experience working with students who are on the autism years, is experienced in business ics engineering graduate from the 29, 2016. several Wall Street firms from his spectrum. Cuny will develop and and start-up strategy, sales, mar- University of Mumbai, Nebhnani »»Sheriff Shaun Golden ’99 (Poli. years spent in technology finance. launch a co-curricular storytelling keting, finance/accounting, busi- originally joined the RNC in 2014 Sci.) was sworn into his third »»Jennifer Cory-Morrongiello ’02 He is currently working to guide arts program during the spring ness development, and manufac- as a lead engineer and was previ- three-year term as the Mon- (Soc. Work) (M.S., M.A.P.P., LCSW) Monmouth’s Computer Science/ semester based on engagement turing. He has launched numerous ously responsible for the architec- mouth County sheriff by New was appointed to the Dean’s Software Engineering program into with residents at Peacehaven commercial ventures over the past ture, design, and development of Jersey Lieutenant Governor Kim Advisory Council for the School of the Morgan Stanley Training and Community Farm, a sustainable decade, and currently serves as the Republican Party’s website. Guadagno on Jan. 5, 2017. Golden, Social Work. Cory-Morrongiello is a Intern Programs. farm and affordable housing com- the Leon Hess Business School who is an adjunct professor at psychotherapist in private practice munity for adults with intellectual executive in residence with a »»Marcell Colmer ’97 (Soc. Work) Monmouth, is on the executive in Red Bank. She is also chair of the »»Michael P. Laffey ’83 (Poli. Sci.) and developmental disabilities. focus on expanding the Center for was appointed to the Dean’s board of the Constitutional Offi- board for Joseph Cory Holdings is an adjunct professor at Mon- The storytelling effort will provide Entrepreneurship. Advisory Council for the School of cer’s Association of New Jersey LLC, an 83-year-old family-owned lo- mouth, where he teaches business the center’s student-consultants Social Work. Colmer, who earned and is on the executive board of gistics business, and coordinator of law. He is also counsel to the Mes- with an experiential opportunity »»Bruce Kratz ’89 (Comp. Sci.) was her M.S.W. at Fordham University, the Sheriffs’ Association of New the New York Certificate in Applied sina Law firm in Holmdel, where to become storytellers themselves appointed to the Dean’s Advisory has worked as a medical social Jersey, where he currently serves Positive Psychology program at the his practice consists of commercial while also learning how to commu- Council for the School of Sci- worker at Ocean Medical Center as secretary. In addition, he is an New York Open Center. Cory- litigation, general business law, and nicate with, provide feedback to, ence. Kratz is the vice president in Brick for the past 14 years. A active member of the National Morrongiello received her M.S. in First Amendment litigation. and receive feedback from adults of research and development proud Hawk, she has worked as Sheriffs’ Association and serves social work from Columbia Univer- who have intellectual and develop- at Sparta Systems, a leader in a field supervisor for social work on the traffic safety and homeland sity and her M.S. in applied positive »»The board of directors of Domin- mental disabilities. enterprise quality management students placed at Ocean Medical security committees. psychology from the University of ion Resources Inc. elected Joseph software (EQMS) systems, serving Center, where she plays a critical Pennsylvania. M. Rigby ’83 (M.B.A.) to the board »»Michael Farragher ’88 (Bus. pharmaceuticals, medical devices, role in helping individuals and »»Christie Pearce Rampone ’99 on Jan. 24, 2017. Rigby, who is Adm.) was appointed to the Dean’s biotechnology, and other highly families navigate their health care (Sp. Ed.) (HN ’05) was honored »»Marcus Latner ’02 (M.A.C.P.C.) the retired chairman, president, Advisory Council for the School of regulated industries. He has more and long-term care planning. by U.S. Soccer at the SheBelieves was appointed general manager and CEO of Pepco Holdings Inc., Humanities and Social Sciences. than 25 years of experience work- Cup match held at Red Bull Arena at Cavalry Court and The George has been director of Dominion Farragher, who serves as the vice ing with EQMS systems, during »»William O. George ’97 (M.S. on March 4, 2017. The decorated hotels in College Station, Texas. Midstream GP LLC since 2014. president for corporate accounts which time he’s held various lead- Ed.) was appointed to the Dean’s athlete, who is a three-time Olym- Latner, who started as a valet He currently serves on the board at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a ership positions with IBM, Hewl- Advisory Council for the School pic gold medalist, was recognized parking attendant more than 13 of South Jersey Industries, Inc. as Fortune 100 life sciences com- ett-Packard, Bluestone Software, of Education. Since 2011, George for her lengthy career which spans years ago at Valencia Group’s well as Energy Insurance Mutual. pany, is the author of four books and Princeton Softech. Kratz, who has been the superintendent nearly two decades. Rampone, Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San He is also a member of the board and two plays, the latest of which serves on Monmouth’s Computer of schools for the Middletown who currently plays for Sky Blue Antonio, Texas, rose through the of governors of his alma mater, was produced in November 2016. Science and Software Engineering Township Public Schools, a district FC in the National Women’s Soc- ranks over the years and will now Rutgers University, and is the As an active undergraduate who Advisory Committee, also serves comprising 12 elementary schools, cer League, is now also co-owner oversee all aspects of property

42 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 43 CLASS NOTES management and guest satisfac- ous organizations including Make- Ventricelli at the Park Savoy Estate by a beautiful Christmas-themed tion for both locations. A-Wish Foundation; St. Catharine’s in Florham Park, New Jersey, on reception at The English Manor School in Spring Lake, New Jersey; Feb. 12, 2016. They were joined by in Ocean Township, New Jersey. »»Lia Kusch ’03 (Art) married and Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of a handful of Monmouth alumni, Revoir-Tortorice is currently assis- Timothy Best on June 18, 2016, the Jersey Shore. including Maria (Mereos), Mitses tant vice president of marketing along the Delaware River Canal ’08 (Psych.) (M.A. Psych. Coun. at First Financial Federal Credit in Stockton, New Jersey. Alumni »»Lauren Ann (Strina) Williams ’09), Megan (Canavan) Varano ’08 Union. and Tortorice works in law in attendance included Christine ’04 (Bio.) accepted a clinical study (Engl./ Elem. Ed.), Katelyn (Orr) enforcement. Cartwright ’02, Emily (Przybylinski) manager position at Dr. Reddy’s Marion ’08 (Engl./Elem. Ed.) and Nugent ’02, Jenna Stevens ’03, Er- Laboratories, Inc./Promius Pharma Ashley Zozzaro ’08 (Comm.). ica (Montecalvo) White ’02, Mark beginning in July 2016. Located in 2010s White ’01, and Madeline (Hoos) Princeton, New Jersey, Williams is »»Circle BMW in Eatontown, New Longo. Kusch is an advertising working in the proprietary prod- Jersey, recognized Thomas J. »»Barbara Fulmer ’10 (Psych.) (M.S. manager for the Thoroughbred ucts-clinical operations group and DeFelice III ’09 (M.B.A.), the com- Ment. Hlth. Coun. ’17) was appoint- Daily News in Red Bank, and her is responsible for overseeing and pany’s vice president and general ed to the Dean’s Advisory Council husband is managing technical conducting all phases of clinical counsel, for graduating from the for the School of Humanities director and associate certified en- trials for dermatology and neurolo- Dealer Candidate Academy at 1 and Social Sciences. Fulmer, who tomologist at Arrow Environmental gy products. the National Automobile Dealers worked as a research assistant Services in Morganville. The cou- Association in Tysons, Virginia. for Professor Gary Lewandowski ple reside in Wall Township, New »»Philip Dunn Jr. ’05 (Poli. Sci.) was DeFelice, who earned his J.D. from as an undergraduate, is currently Jersey, with their shiba inu. appointed to the Dean’s Advisory Seton Hall University School of working toward a master’s degree Council for the School of Human- Law in 2012, previously worked in mental health counseling with a »»Stephen A. Bray ’04 (M.B.A.) ities and Social Sciences. Dunn is as an associate at the law firm of specialization in drug and alcohol was appointed to the Dean’s the vice president and strategic Landman, Corsi, Ballaine & Ford, counseling. She earned her first Advisory Council for the School relationship manager for Aon Risk P.C. in Newark, New Jersey. He publication credit for an April 2015 of Education. Bray, president and Solutions in the Philadelphia mar- is responsible for managing daily article about the effects of social chief operating officer of KMB De- ket. He is passionate about being operations of Circle BMW. support and attachment styles sign Group, a prominent national involved in his community, and on the outcomes of opioid-de- engineering firm headquartered in serves as the vice chairman of the »»The New Jersey Business & pendent men and women in a Wall, is a licensed professional en- USO of Pennsylvania and South- Industry Association (NJBIA) has methadone treatment program, gineer in 49 states. He holds a B.S. ern New Jersey and volunteers on named Andrew Musick ’09 (Poli. 2 3 4 which was published in the journal and M.S. in industrial engineering the event committee for the Mela- Sci.) (M.A. Pub. Pol. ’10) as vice Substance Abuse. Fulmer, who from Rutgers University; serves noma Research Alliance. He is also president of the organization. recently completed her first as the chairman of the planning a member of the Union League of Musick, who previously worked for internship as a crisis counselor at board for West Long Branch, New Philadelphia and the World Affairs the firm Sokol, Behot & Fiorenzo Brookdale Community College, is Jersey; and sits on the Industrial Council of Philadelphia. and the Princeton Public Affairs the president of the Counseling Advisory Board for the Rutgers Group, was a member of the Students Association and Chi Sig- School of Engineering. »»Casey Shamy ’07 (Psych.) NJBIA’s government affairs team ma Iota, the counseling academic (M.S.W. ’14) joined New Jersey prior to his promotion. and professional honor society »»Richard Shaughnessy ’04 (Bus. Realty LLC in Monroe Township. international. Adm.) was appointed to the A longtime resident of Middlesex »»Caitlynn Tobin ’09 (Psych.) Gift Planning Advisory Council. County, Shamy plans to utilize her is the owner of The Equestrian »»Andrea Harz ’10 (Bus. Adm.) wed Shaughnessy, who joined Ameri- degrees as well as her background Experience at White Pine Farm in Jim Maturo on Nov. 12, 2016, at St. prise Financial Services as financial as a marketing professional in her Howell, New Jersey. The business Justin’s Church in Toms River, New adviser and vice president in 2014, new role as a realtor associate. offers both group and private Jersey, followed by a reception at has a wealth of experience and a riding lessons for riders at all skill the Crystal Ballroom in Freehold, diverse background that enables »»Nicole Kavanaugh Foster ’08 levels. Tobin, who has been riding New Jersey. Harz is a catering him to help clients pursue their (Music) received her Doctor of horses since she was 8 years old sales director for Hotels Unlimited, 5 long-term financial goals through Chiropractic degree from Palmer and has been an instructor for and Maturo is an executive chef comprehensive, individualized College of Chiropractic last Septem- close to 13 years, was previously for Aramark. The couple live in financial planning. He specializes in ber. Foster lives in southern Califor- the equine manager and therapeu- Toms River. Sent in photo. retirement income strategies and nia and is completing a three-year tic instructor at Celtic Charms, a is pursuing his Retirement Income residency in diagnostic imaging. riding program for the disabled, »»Lindsey M. Melody ’10 (Poli. Certified Professional designation also located in Howell. CELEBRATIONS Sci.), Esq., is engaged to marry from the American College of »»Patrick McGraner ’08 (Bus. Brittan Specht on Capitol Hill in WEDDINGS: 1. Kathryn (McClain) Ventricelli ’08 and Financial Services; he is licensed Adm.) and his wife, Jade, wel- »»Jessica (Revoir) Tortorice ’09 Washington, D.C., in December in the state of New Jersey to offer comed a daughter, Bianca Grace, (M.A.C.P.C. ) married Anthony Carlo Ventricelli. 2. Lia (Kusch) Best ’03 and Timothy 2017. Melody, who graduated both life and health insurance. In on Nov. 16, 2016. Tortorice on Dec. 10, 2016. A Best. 3. Jessica (Revoir) Tortorice ’09 and Anthony magna cum laude from The Hon- addition to his professional career wedding mass was held at St. ors School and later earned her and his role as a student mentor, »»Kathryn (McClain) Ventricelli Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church Tortorice. 4. Andrea Harz ’10 and Jim Maturo. 5. Hayley Juris Doctor from The Catholic Shaughnessy is involved with vari- ’08 (Engl./ Sp. Ed.) wed Carlo in Howell, New Jersey, followed Kellinger ’11 and Brian Brooks ’11. University of America Colum-

44 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 45 CLASS NOTES bus School of Law, specializes in basketball team who were recently addiction, depression, anxiety, and for the orthopedic and prosthetic 1 campaign finance and political law honored at a game hosted by postpartum depression. During markets, located in Neptune, New SEND and currently serves as counsel to their alma mater. Each player had 2017, Inzelbuch is serving as an Jersey. An avid volunteer through- the Republican Commissioners at received the Jaques Award. The ambassador mom for Postpartum out his life, Skesavage previously the Federal Election Commission. award, which Hett received in Progress, a national nonprofit served on the board of directors US Specht, who earned his under- 2007, is given annually to one of that aims to raise awareness, fight at the Center in Asbury Park, New graduate degree at Tulane Univer- Staten Island’s most outstanding stigma, and provide peer support Jersey, a nonprofit that provides YOUR sity and is a CFA charter holder, schoolboy basketball players. Hett, and programming to women with housing and services for people serves as policy director for the who was a 1,000-point scorer and maternal mental illness. She start- living with HIV/AIDS. Republican Study Committee, a led Monsignor Farrell to consecu- ed in this role by publishing the NEWS caucus of the United States House tive 22-5 seasons, was a four-year article “Postpartum Mental Health: »»Nick Bonturi ’12 (Crim. J.). See »»Online: of Representatives. starter at guard for the Hawks, The Silent Darkness” in Monmouth note for Lynn White ’12 (Comm.). monmouth.edu/ ranking second in career assists County’s The Journal magazine. ClassNotes »»Melissa Warar ’10 (Psych.) with 492. »»Ashley Geiser ’12 (Psych./Crim. and Gregg Mora are engaged »»Hayley Kellinger ’11 (Hist./Elem. J.) (M.A. Crim. J. ’13) (M.S. Ment. »»By email: to be married on April 8, 2018. »»Women of Distinction Magazine Ed.) of Zeta Tau Alpha wed Brian Hlth. Coun. ’16) was sworn in as a classnotes@mon- The future bride, who aspires to recently recognized Michele Inzel- Brooks ’11 (Soft. Eng.) of Sigma United States probation officer for mouth.edu become a neonatal intensive care buch ’11 (M.S.W.) as a distinguished Tau Gamma on Nov. 12, 2016, at the Southern District of New York 2 nurse, graduated from New York professional in her field. With the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in on Nov. 14, 2016. She continues to »» By mail: University in December 2016 with more than 13 years of experience Asbury Park, New Jersey, where work on her LPC licensure hours Class Notes, a B.S. in nursing. The future groom, in mental health and addiction many fellow Hawks were in atten- in New Jersey as a per diem crisis Monmouth University who graduated from Florida State counseling, Inzelbuch — a clinical dance. counselor for mobile response. Magazine, University with a B.S. in accounting social worker and licensed clinical She is also currently pursuing dual 400 Cedar Ave., and finance and later graduated alcohol and drug counselor — »»Mark J. Skesavage ’11 (M.A. licensure in the state of New York. West Long Branch, from Fordham University’s Gabelli opened a private practice, Michele Hist.) was appointed to the Dean’s NJ 07764-1898. School of Business with an M.B.A. D. Inzelbuch LLC, in Red Bank, Advisory Council for the School of »»OfficerScott Leyden ’12 (Crim. in finance and international busi- New Jersey, last July. There, she Humanities and Social Sciences. J.) was sworn into duty with the ness, is the director of finance for offers a number of services, includ- He is the vice president of finance Scotch Plains Police Department Dynamic Capital in Miami, Florida. ing individualized talk therapy for JMA Plastics Supply, Inc., a at a council meeting held on Dec. support for those in recovery from national distributor of materials 13, 2016. Leyden, a lifelong resident Monmouth University encourages alumni to »»Brian Brooks ’11 (Soft. Eng.). See of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, had share news regarding note for Hayley Kellinger ’11. been working as a communications career changes, awards dispatcher for the township and and honors, marriages, anniversaries, births, »»Danielle Gesso ’11 (M.S. Ment. Not to Union County since he graduated and other life events for Hlth. Coun.) and Raymond Furslew 3 Miss: Home- from Monmouth University. inclusion in Class Notes. are engaged to be married in fall All submissions are subject coming to editing for clarity and 2017. The future bride, who attend- »»William Ryan ’12 (Bus. Adm.) length. We welcome sub- ed St. John Vianney High School Weekend (M.B.A. ’13). See note for Stepha- missions of high-resolution digital images for possible and Rowan University, is a super- Oct. 20–22 nie Porter ’13. inclusion with your class visor with the New Jersey State note; however, we reserve Affiliate of the National Council on »»Lynn White ’12 (Comm.) is the right not to print submitted photos due to Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. engaged to wed Nick Bonturi ’12 space limitations or issues Furslew, who attended Old Bridge (Crim. J.) on April 21, 2018. with image resolution. In addition to the news High School and Ramapo College, items sent by alumni, the is a finance manager with Honda. »»Taylor Bogan ’13 (Thtr.) is the university receives press vocal director of Manasquan releases from businesses and organizations an- »»Kevin Hahn ’11 (Bus. Adm.) joined Music and Dance Academy, where nouncing alumni achieve- the Whitmore Group as an assistant she teaches voice, acting, and ments, and subscribes to vice president in the commercial Save the dates! We look forward to improvisation classes. She recently an online news clipping service that provides news lines division. Hahn, whose expertise seeing you back on campus for a full launched a competitive children’s items about alumni. These includes the creation of programs vocal team called the Vocal Stars, items are edited and weekend of festivities highlighted placed in the appropriate for contractors with sales up to which competed during the filming class section. Monmouth $500 million, previously held various by the football game on Saturday, of the Dance Moms season finale, magazine staff members marketing positions at both Van- taped at the Paramount Theatre in try to verify the accuracy Oct. 21. Visit monmouth.edu/ of this information; howev- guard Coverage Corp. in Plainview, Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Dec. CELEBRATIONS homecoming for details. er, the university cannot be New York, and Alliant Insurance 11, 2016. responsible for incorrect Services in Garden City, New York. BIRTHS: 1. Bianca Grace, daughter of Patrick McGraner information contained herein. If you would like us ’08 and his wife, Jade. ENGAGEMENTS: 2. Lindsey »»Ford Palmer ’13 (Crim. J.) and to correct any inaccu- »»James Hett ’11 (Bus. Adm.) was his HOKA One One professional racies that have been Melody ’10 and Brittan Specht. 3. Stephanie Porter ’13 printed, please contact the one of eight former players of team members broke a 24-year- magazine at magazine@ Monsignor Farrell High School’s and William Ryan ’12. old indoor best mark record monmouth.edu.

46 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 Summer 2017 MONMOUTH 47 CLASS NOTES in the 4X1-mile relay with a time »»The Canadian Lacrosse Associ- IN Memoriam of 16:21.81 — surpassing the old ation named Katie Donohoe ’15 Own a piece of Hawks history. record by nearly four seconds. (Hlth. St. Phys. Ed.) to play goalie »»ALUMNI for Canada’s national women’s Donald S. Bowie ’41 (A.A.) Dec. 2, 2016 »»Stephanie Porter ’13 (Ed./Math) lacrosse team for the 2017 world Melville Charles Stout ’59 (Physics) Jan. 16, 2016 and William Ryan ’12 (Bus. Adm.) championship. Donohoe, who was Lewis G. Augustine ’61 (Chem.) Jan. 10, 2017 (M.B.A. ’13) were engaged on Aug. Canada’s starting goalie at the 2013 Vlasta G. Loxton ’61 (Bio.) Feb. 9, 2017 4, 2016, and are planning a summer world championships in Oshawa, is Jack Ernest Schlaflin ’61 (A.A.) Feb. 7, 2017 2018 wedding. currently attending Fleming College Harold P. Tobias ’62 (Bus. Adm.) Jan. 3, 2017 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Raymond George Dickinson ’63 (Math) Jan. 19, 2013 »»Dr. Melissa Rivers Richardson Rudolph David Waldman ’64 (A.A.) March 12, 2017 ’13 (DNP) was appointed to the »»Amy Maginnis ’15 (Comm.) is the Calvin Elmer Applegate ’65 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ‘76) Dean’s Advisory Council for the liaison and volunteer manager at Feb. 18, 2016 School of Nursing and Health Domestic Church Catholic Radio Maxine E. (Goldflies) Bussell ’65 (Elem. Ed.) March 1, 2017 Studies. Richardson, who is a in Trenton, New Jersey. She is Charles “Charlie” John Dlabik ’65 (Elem. Ed.) Dec. 23, 2016 family nurse practitioner, nurse currently working with Gabriella James E. Hutcheson Jr. ’67 (Elem. Ed.) Aug. 25, 2016 administrator, and adjunct pro- Furmato ’10 (Math/Sec. Ed.) at the Richard G. Timmerman Sr. ’67 (A.A.) Feb. 27, 2017 fessor, is an inaugural member station, which covers most of central Mary Mink ’68 (Elem. Ed.) Oct. 27, 2016 of the university’s Doctorate of and southern New Jersey as well as George E. Sawicki ’68 (Art) Dec. 30, 2016 Nursing Practice degree. She parts of southeastern Pennsylvania. Guy Jensen ’71 (Bus. Adm.) Dec. 16, 2016 joined the nursing department in Joseph J. Cieri ’72 (M.S. Ed.) Jan. 25, 2017 2010 as a clinical site supervisor »»Mark Montagna Jr. ’16 (Bus. Robert Devens ’72 (M.A.T.) Jan. 13, 2017 for nurse practitioner students Adm.) has joined the Princeton Kathryn V. Potts ’73 (Ed./ Soc. Stud.) March 2, 2017 and has worked as a preceptor office of ERA Properties Unlimited Stephen E. Brunner ’74 (Speech/Comm./Thtr.) Feb. 17, 2017 for those same students. Dr. as a realtor. The company, which Nancy Rosenzweig ’74 (Art) Feb. 25, 2017 Richardson practices at Somer- has been in business since 1977, is Beverly Ann Burozski ’75 (Soc. Work) June 30, 2014 set Family Practice Residency active in the sale of single-family Stuart Russell Hancock Jr. ’75 (Soc.) Feb. 9, 2017 Program at RWJBarnabas Som- homes, townhomes and condos, Hugh Hooshang Mobasseri ’75 (M.B.A.) Jan. 13, 2017 erset, where she provides care as well as in the sale of investment Aggie Lee Dixon ’77 (Soc.) Jan. 3, 2017 for families and supervises the properties in the local area. Beth Stonaker ’77 (Bio.) Dec. 18, 2016 clinical activities and develop- Steven L. Scheer ’79 (Bus. Adm.) Jan. 29, 2017 ment of the nursing staff. She is »»Frank Scialabba ’16 (B.F.A.) was William J. Curich ’80 (Bus. Adm.) Dec. 14, 2012 an active member of both local hired as a full-time digital designer Karen Ann Julo Fazenbaker ’80 (Bus. Adm.) Oct. 11, 2016 and national nursing organiza- for Forever Collectibles, a lead Richard G. Gervase ’83 (M.B.A.) Jan. 11, 2017 tions and is the founder of the distributer of sports memorabilia, Ralph L. Price ’88 (M.B.A.) Feb. 24, 2017 Carlton G. Richardson Memorial located in Somerset, New Jersey, Christine Keen ’93 (Bus. Adm.) Jan. 1, 2017 Scholarship in honor of her late where he is responsible for con- Wendy J. Shephard ’94 (Med. Tech.) Jan. 30, 2017 husband, a former Monmouth trolling designs for the company Erik Robert Laisi ’07 (Music) March 3, 2017 employee and alumnus. website. »»FRIENDS Marvin K. Broder (friend), May 24, 2017 Chris Cavallaro (former professor, communications Not to Miss: department) Jan. 13, 2017 Lloyd Walter Bennett Jr. (former professor) Feb. 1, 2017 Graham James J. Cavazzini (former professor) Feb. 8, 2017 To commemorate 25 YEARS of Monmouth football, the university commissioned renowned Nash, William A. Dempsey III (former dean of sports artist James Fiorentino to recreate scenes from the program’s storied past. Sept. 23 Leon Hess Business School) March 8, 2017 Arthur M. Greenbaum HN ’96 (former member, Kislak Real Estate Institute Advisory Council) April 11, 2017 Liza Jane Kahn (former student) Dec. 21, 2016 Janet Kerchman (former student) Dec. 10, 2016 Howard James Meginley Sr. (former student) Jan. 28, 2017 Luis Antonio Nieves (former employee) March 17, 2017 Susan A. Raynor (former student) March 1, 2017 Irving Reingold (special course director) Jan. 3, 2017 Fiorentino, who is known for his realistic depictions of sports celebrities, has had his work displayed in the National Basketball Hall The legendary performer takes the Robert Reiss III (former student) March 18, 2017 of Fame and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. While Fiorentino’s original will hang in the new Monmouth Stadium, Pollak Theatre stage for an intimate Jack Rudin (funded the Jack and Lewis Rudin a limited number of gallery-quality prints of his “25 Years of Monmouth Football” painting are available for purchase. Distinguished Lecture Series) Dec. 4, 2016 Each measures 17" x 22" and is hand-numbered and signed by the artist. Framed prints are $275; unframed prints are $150. evening of songs and stories. Tickets Sean Patrick “Seany” Sullivan (former student) Dec. 6, 2016 A portion of the cost ($60 and $110, respectively) is tax deductible. All proceeds benefit Monmouth University’s football program. at monmouth.edu/arts. Tadeusz Swietochowski (former professor) Feb. 15, 2017 David R. Waldron (former student) March 2, 2017 Don’t miss this opportunity to own one of Fiorentino’s limited edition “25 Years of Monmouth Football” prints. To order, contact Jon Roos, senior associate athletics director, at 732-263-5189. Supplies are limited; don’t delay! 48 MONMOUTH Summer 2017 photo MARSHA MILLER/LBJ FOUNDATION NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

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