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FEATURES WDEPARTMENTS AN EDUCATION THAT MEANS BUSINESS Jess Boronico, dean of the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, shares his vision for creating a preeminent business college. By Christine S. Diehl UNIVERSITY REPORT Page 12 The latest news from William Paterson Page 4

SUPPORTING A CHILD’S SELF-ESTEEM: ON CAMPUS 8 THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN RAISING Engaging people and interesting CONFIDENT CHILDREN events Three William Paterson professors share information and Page 8 advice on this important developmental issue. By Barbara E. Martin Page 16 DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Page 25 FOUR WOMEN…THREE CONTINENTS… MAKE ALL THAT JAZZ Profiles of four William Paterson alumnae who have PIONEER NEWS achieved success—and snapshots of young jazz alumnae Athletics Highlights who are ready to make their mark. Page 30 22 By Stephanie Mykietyn Page 20 PAGE SPOTLIGHT W1 Alumni News ONE Page 33

PARTING SHOT Graphic Art Page 44

WHAT’S UP WP Calendar of upcoming events Page 45

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 WPERSPECTIVE THE MAGAZINE OF WILLIAM WPATERSON UNIVERSITY Volume 5, No. 2 Summer 2003

E XECUTIVE E DITOR Stuart Goldstein, Associate Vice President Dear Friends, for Institutional Advancement

M ANAGING E DITORS Last August, I was very pleased to learn that the Russell Berrie Foundation was Lorraine Terraneo, Executive Director, including William Paterson University as one of several institutions that Russ Berrie Marketing and Public Relations; was considering as a potential home for the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales. Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations Having heard so much through the years about Russ’ generosity as a philanthropist A LUMNI A SSOCIATION and his success as a corporate leader, I was honored that he had reached out to us. Allison Worman ’75, President of the Alumni Executive Council; Judith Linder, Executive Director of Alumni Only a few days later, I met Russ for the first time and was immediately struck Relations; Audrey Bonaparte-Watts ’95, Assistant by the depth of his dedication to investing not just resources, but also his personal Director; Rodney Cauthen, Alumni Associate skills, energy, and time to ensure the success of important causes and ventures around the globe. M ARKETING AND P UBLIC R ELATIONS Editorial: Christine Diehl, Brian Falzarano, Minne Hong With conviction and enthusiasm, Russ described his long-time dream to create Ho, Robert A. Manuel, Barbara E. Martin ’93, M.A. ’94, a university-based institute that would advance and elevate the profession of sales Terry E. Ross ’80, Phillip Sprayberry with educational programs for undergraduate students and sales professionals. He Design: Nadia Tedesco, Bob Verbeek ’95 was determined to grow an institute that would be unrivaled anywhere in the world. P UBLICATION D ESIGN It was clear from the start that William Paterson University was a perfect fit for AGCD, Montclair, NJ - Allan Gorman, Art Director; such an institute. Consistent with his goals, our University has been recognized Suzanne Giovanetti, Designer through the years for providing students with practical knowledge and hands-on

P HOTOGRAPHY learning to benefit them throughout their careers. Bill Blanchard; Pete Byron; Rich Green; Brigitta Hanggi; Craig Phillips, Steve Smith; Cover Photo: Frank Spinelli Russ looked at the University and gained a strong sense of our mission and vision, Illustration on Page 16: ©Leon Zernitsky/Images.com, Inc. and a strong sense of our students and their goals. A few weeks after his first visit, he chose William Paterson University as the home for the Russ Berrie Institute for WP is published by the Office of Institutional Advancement. Professional Sales. Views expressed within these pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or official policies of the I gained a deep sense of Russ’ commitment and engaging personality when we University. ©2003 by The William Paterson University of formally announced the Institute in early December to a room filled with students, New Jersey. www.wpunj.edu faculty, friends, and reporters. He started to speak behind a microphone at a lectern, then quickly became less formal, moving away from the lectern to speak closer to A DVERTISING AND E DITORIAL O FFICES and more directly with the audience. I can still see his smiling face during that day’s WP, The Magazine of William Paterson University luncheon when he spoke individually with many of our students and faculty. He Office of Institutional Advancement William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road looked forward to working closely with students and faculty. Wayne, NJ 07470-2103; 973.720.2615 Three weeks later, Russ Berrie suddenly passed away. Our commitment to his S END CHANGES OF ADDRESS TO THE: dream was transformed to a commitment to his legacy. Working closely with Angelica Office of Alumni Relations, William Paterson AGE Berrie, his wife and successor as chief executive officer of Russ Berrie and Company, W2 University, 300 Pompton Road, the development of the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales is progressing WO Wayne, NJ 07470-2103; 973.720.2175 quickly and smoothly. Russ’ dream remains a vibrant presence in the plans for the

W ILLIAM PATERSON U NIVERSITY Institute and we have dedicated ourselves to developing a professional sales institute Arnold Speert, President that would have made him proud. Chernoh M. Sesay, Provost and Executive Vice President In this new issue of WP, we describe the progress and plans of the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales and we invite you to visit our Web site for B OARD OF T RUSTEES additional details. Gwendolyn P. Taylor, Chairperson Frederick L. Gruel, Vice Chairperson In addition to the description of the Institute, I hope that you enjoy our cover Sonia Rosado, Secretary story about Dean Jess Boronico and the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, James Butler • Peter Fan • Clarice B. Jackson • along with the other exciting feature stories and updates about the many activities Vincent J. Mazzola ’73 • William J. Pesce ’73 • and developments at William Paterson University. Henry J. Pruitt, Jr. • Robert H. Taylor • Carla Temple Sincerely,

Arnold Speert President HE SAID SHE SAID WPMAILBOX WE SAID

I LOVED THE LAST ISSUE OF THE I AM A 1975 GRADUATE OF JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU WE WELCOME LETTERS ABOUT MAGAZINE! It was so interesting to WILLIAM PATERSON and look DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE WP, The Magazine of William read about the other graduates of forward to reading every edition LATEST WP MAGAZINE featuring Paterson University and will William Paterson University who of WP Magazine. I especially alumni. As a relatively new continue to publish some of your hold different positions in the enjoyed the spring 2002 issue faculty member, it gives me a views in future issues. Letters world. I love to read about my because I was an art major (way chance to see some history, but may be edited for clarity fellow graduates, young and old. back then) and was very even without that connection it’s and space. You may write to: Keep up the great work! impressed about the program on a great layout, full of uplifting Letters to the Editor; Summer Art in China. content and inspiring people. WP, The Magazine of William Lisa Costello ’00 It was an excellent experience Thanks for a good read! Paterson University Bergenfield, NJ studying at William Paterson P.O. Box 913 University. As a teacher, artist, Carol Frierson-Campbell Wayne, NJ 07404-0913 Assistant Professor, Music and writer I find that I often or feel free to drop us a note by reflect back to my college days e-mail at: [email protected] and feel very fortunate that I had the opportunities that I had. There was a lot of enthusiasm and camaraderie within the college.

Elyse Cohen ’75 Leonia, NJ

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Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 WHO WE ARE UNIVERSITYREPORT WHAT WE’RE DOING

WHO WE ARE

University Establishes Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales The University capped the fall 2002 semester with the establishment of the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales. Just three weeks before his death, Russ Berrie, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc., committed $6.2 million to establish the Institute, which is the first program of its kind in the Northeast. The Institute represents a unique partnership between the private sector and higher education. For Berrie, establishing the Institute was the fulfillment of his dream to advance the field of professional selling through education. (See larger story, page 15)

RUSS BERRIE, THE LATE FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF RUSS BERRIE AND COMANY, INC., ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RUSS BERRIE INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL SALES

Pesce Named Trustee and held positions as chief operating officer, William J. Pesce, president and executive vice president and senior vice chief executive officer of John Wiley & president, Educational and International Sons, Inc., one of the world’s foremost Group, and senior vice president, publishers of print and electronic Educational Publishing. Previously, he AGE products, has joined the University’s served as president of W.B. Saunders, one of W4 OUR Board of Trustees. the world’s leading medical publishers. He “William Paterson University is began his career at CBS when it owned very fortunate to have someone of Will Saunders, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, and Pesce’s caliber and business experience Dryden Press. join our Board of Trustees,” said Dr. A 1973 graduate of William Paterson Arnold Speert, president. “I am with a bachelor’s degree in business certain that he will strengthen an administration, Pesce earned an M.B.A. in already strong board and I welcome finance from New York University’s Stern his counsel and guidance.” School of Business. He and his wife, Pesce, who assumed his current Henrietta, a 1972 graduate of William position in 1998, joined Wiley in 1989 Paterson, have two children.

WILLIAM J. PESCE UNIVERSITY William Paterson Students Get or Roseanne Barr, but right now they’re theatre studies track, says that classes in Serious About Stand-Up Comedy learning what it takes to build a career in comedy enrich the appeal of the theatre With some last-minute jitters and pumped- comedy. Rosenfield conducts the class like a program. A second course, “Sketch Comedy up anticipation, the students in Stephen TV comedy writers’ room. During a typical Writing and Performing,” in which students Rosenfield’s “Fundamentals of Comedy writing session, students sit around a table learn how to create Saturday Night Live-type Writing and Performing” class read over their and take turns reading their material. skits, was just added to the program. “It’s scripts one last time. In a few minutes, they Everyone brainstorms ideas to make the exciting,” says Stroppel. “No other university REPORT would perform their stand-up acts in front of material funnier, much the way Jay Leno’s in the country offers studies like this.” the class like a string of nightclub comedians. writers prepare and analyze the host’s The performances, which are videotaped and monologue before each performance. critiqued in class, are just a dress rehearsal “Are we going to send this person out for the final exam—performing in front of a with this joke?” Rosenfield asks. A trickle of live audience at Caroline’s on Broadway in ideas begins, and soon everyone is sharing New York City. thoughts on how to improve the set up, Rosenfield, who also is director of the punch up the joke, tighten the script, or act American Comedy Institute in New York City, out a particular routine in character for a says it’s one of the first courses in stand-up bigger laugh. Students also work on comedy offered at a university. “Until now, developing their own comic persona, there really hasn’t been an academic improvising, working the crowd, and refining PROFESSOR STEPHEN ROSENFIELD (LEFT) AND STUDENTS LISTEN AS framework for students to pursue comedy. their jokes based on audience response. SABRINA PAGAN PRESENTS HER ROUTINE And in much the same way that film and The idea for the course originated with musical theatre were not taken seriously at Tina Lesher, professor of communication, first, comedy is now finding its place in the who took Rosenfield’s stand-up class in New classroom.” York City. “I’ve always been told I was funny The sheer novelty of the course has by my family and friends,” she says, and one attracted media attention, including day her husband surprised her with the coverage by The New York Times, other area course as a gift. After completing the course newspapers, and 1010 WINS-AM. An and performing at Caroline’s, Lesher was so Associated Press article, headlined “In this impressed that she brought the idea to the course, the class clown gets the best grades,” University, where it was developed into a appeared in newspapers across the country. three-credit communication course. It’s possible that one of these comic Elizabeth Stroppel, an assistant professor hopefuls could become the next Chris Rock of communication and director of the STUDENT TIM CARROLL

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Enrollment in Foreign Language Classes Soaring Thirteen was a lucky number for students at William Paterson who wanted to take a LEADERSHIP FORUM PARTICIPANTS (LEFT TO RIGHT) RAY ARTHUR, WILLIAM PESCE, AND EILEEN SCOTT, AND MODERATOR GEORGE TABER foreign language as part of their studies. That is the number of languages offered Alumni Executives Discuss University Earns Accolades for during the spring 2003 semester through Business Trends During Marketing and Advertising the Department of Languages and Cultures. Leadership Forum William Paterson University’s Office of Instruction was available in Arabic, Three leading business executives—all Marketing and Public Relations earned a Chinese, classical Greek, French, German, alumni of William Paterson—discussed a number of awards this year from Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, variety of issues, including corporate culture, professional organizations that honor Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Students ethics, and how they balance the demands advertising and communications excellence can major in French and Francophone of multiple stakeholders, during a recent in New Jersey. The cover of last fall’s studies, Latin American studies, and campus forum for University students. special issue of WP magazine featuring our Spanish, and pursue advanced study Raymond Arthur ’82, president of alumni took first place (AGCD Design) in through graduate programs in bilingual Toysrus.com, Will Pesce ’73, president and the 35th Annual Jersey Awards Competition education and English as a second language. CEO of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Eileen sponsored by the New Jersey Advertising A total of 208 students were enrolled in Scott ’76, CEO of Pathmark Stores, Inc., Club. Also taking first place at the Jersey Italian classes, ranking it as the third most participated in the panel discussion, which Awards were the University’s 2001 popular language behind Spanish and was moderated by George Taber, founder President’s Report and 25 Years of The Jazz French. and president of NJBIZ, a weekly business Room at William Paterson University, a “Many of our students are of Italian newspaper. commemorative book featuring the background and know some Italian,” says The event, sponsored by the William photography of JoAnn Krivin. Both of Isabel Tirado, dean of the College of the Paterson University Foundation, was designed these publications also received certificates Humanities and Social Sciences. “So, like to provide students with an opportunity to of excellence from the Art Directors Club many of our Latino students, the Italian interact with some of the region’s top of New Jersey. Americans enjoy taking their heritage executives and business leaders. “We’re Additionally, the University’s language. We also had approximately 140 especially proud that many of New Jersey’s “Reasons” advertising campaign received students take Japanese last year, which is leading business executives are William awards from the Admissions Marketing very significant as it is a strategic language Paterson alumni,” says Judy Linder, Report, the national newspaper of PAGE executive director of alumni relations. “It’s admissions marketing. The campaign W7 for the United States in the years ahead in SEVEN terms of security and trade with the an honor to bring them back to campus to earned gold awards in the newspaper ad Pacific Rim.” share their success stories and their and billboard categories, as well as a silver But most of the growth has been in perspectives on the business world with our award for radio advertising. students.” what is known as less commonly taught More University Report on Page 29 languages—Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian. “This is a burgeoning department,” says Bruce Williams, associate professor of languages and cultures. “We’re approaching the offerings of much bigger institutions.”

WINNERS: 2001 PRESIDENT’S REPORT, 25 YEARS OF THE JAZZ ROOM AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, AND AN AWARD-WINNING “REASONS” BILLBOARD.

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO ONCAMPUS PEOPLE TO SEE

CHAMBER MUSIC 399 JAZZ STUDENTS PERFORM JAYRO ROSADO

Music Students Test in elementary schools in Teacher Quality Curriculum Freshman Wins Grand Skills in Performing Pompton Lakes and Enhancement Consortium, Prize in “Showtime at For Local Elementary Paterson—providing these funded by an $8 million grant The Apollo” Series public school students with an from the U.S. Department of Students Jayro Rosado, an 18-year-old enhanced musical experience Education. “The music teachers The dream for virtually every freshman at William Paterson, in the process. in these districts told us they music student is to perform – won the grand prize for his “Through this project, our had a need for these types of whether as a soloist or a vocal performance at the students were able to hone the musical performances,” says member of an ensemble or “Showtime at the Apollo skills they need in the Carol Frierson-Campbell, a orchestra. Yet most academic Theatre Series,” a televised professional world when University assistant professor of coursework focuses on musical version of the long-running performing, presenting a music. “This project allows us proficiency, with little talent show. program, and relating to an to serve the needs of these emphasis on the nuts and bolts Rosado was the last of nine audience,” says Karen Demsey, urban districts, and also serve of how to create a professional amateurs to perform during associate professor of music our students by preparing them performance program. the competition at the taping and a coordinator of the project. for their role as music educators. During the 2002-2003 of the show’s season finale. As “While our students were able It’s a win-win situation.” AGE academic year, William he began to sing a falsetto to experience the excitement of Frierson-Campbell has W8 Paterson students enrolled in rendition of the Kate Bush GHT performing for an audience, organized the music teachers Chamber Music 399 had the song, “This Woman’s Work,” the public school students were from the three districts to opportunity to work with the audience listened with rapt given the opportunity to see form a Partnership Music David Wallace, an award- attention. Moments later, live music-making up close – Teachers Group to deal with winning chamber musician and when all the contestants took which is especially important issues confronting urban faculty member at The the stage together, audience in urban school districts such elementary school education. Juilliard School and the members voted him the grand as Paterson.” “Music instruction is so Manhattan School of Music, prize winner by giving him the The project is part of a important on the elementary and learn the fundamentals of loudest cheers. larger initiative involving music school level,” she says. “It designing an “informance” – a “As soon as I started educators throughout the enhances academic and social musical performance for an singing, I got a good reaction Paterson, Passaic, and Garfield skills. My goal is to serve these educational setting. Two of the and it felt great,” says Rosado, school districts through the teachers and help them student ensembles then who began singing at age six University’s participation in the communicate their needs.” presented their performances and studying music in the fourth grade. “I definitely “The Women’s Center After viewing an exhibit of bioethics, draws on want to be a performer. I’ve provides a comprehensive World War I posters in her expertise in both been doing it all my life. This approach to gender issues on England a few years ago, Robb biotechnology and is what I love.” campus,” says Michelle decided “to look more closely Jewish law to explore Jewish reactions, Rosado won $25,000 in cash Moravec, director. “We work at the art, literature, and ONCAMPUS and prizes. He earned his entry with students to empower propaganda from the time.” including Orthodox, in the season finale by beating them to explore their own lives The book discusses how the Conservative, and thirteen other competitors at while creating people who will war changed religious beliefs, Reform, to cutting- an “Apollo Amateur Night on change society.” fashion, films, cartoons, edge biological Tour” concert at the New The Center’s achievements juvenile literature, and issues. Jersey Performing Arts Center were recognized during a education, as well as ideologies Drawing on her in Newark in October. He was special anniversary celebration of race and gender. He also own life experiences— one of two hundred acts who held on March 25 during the covers the role of censorship in including her personal struggle tried out for the opportunity University’s annual observance the war, and the government’s with infertility while setting up to compete in the show, which of Women’s History Month. attempts to develop support the first in vitro fertilization lab airs Sunday nights on WNBC- for its policies. in New York in the 1980s— TV/Channel 4. Robb, who has taught at Wahrman, the daughter of a A 2002 finalist for the William Paterson for ten years, rabbi, answers questions such Star-Ledger Scholarship in is a scholar of British and Irish as: Is human cloning kosher? the Performing Arts, Rosado history. He has published two Does Jewish law accept the won the New Jersey Network previous books on the history production and use of stem Hispanic Youth Showcase in of crime, White Collar Crime in cells? How do assisted 2000. He enjoys singing Modern England and Disorder reproductive technologies rhythm and blues, gospel, and in the Court. affect both the definition of salsa music, and plays piano parenthood and who is a Jew? and guitar. Rosado lives in “When Dolly the cloned East Orange and plans to sheep was born, I wondered major in music. what traditional Jewish sources Biology Professor and modern rabbis would have Examines Jewish to say about that unique Women’s Center Perspectives on event,” she recalls. Her Celebrates Tenth Biotechnology and curiosity inspired her to write Anniversary on Biomedical Science an article on the ethics of History Professor modern biotechnology for the Campus Cloning, stem cell research, Authors Book on Jewish Standard and Jewish Ten years after its founding gene therapy, disease screening, Britain and First Community News in New on campus, the University’s infertility, abortion, genetically World War Jersey. She continued to write Women’s Center is celebrating modified food, bioengineered Numerous books have been about science and Judaism as a decade of educational animals—these are some of written about World War I in science correspondent for programming and support the new discoveries and Britain from a political and both newspapers, and as a services designed to increase scientific developments strategic standpoint, but few if columnist for America Online. the understanding of the guaranteed to change the face any examine the remarkable “Some of the e-mail responses interconnectedness of race, of the world forever. Yet how impact of the war on the arts, to my columns, and queries PAGE class, and gender, with a does Judaism, one of the W9 culture, and society. from readers, were interesting particular emphasis on world’s oldest religions, come NINE George Robb, associate and provocative,” she says. lesbian, gay, bisexual, and to terms with these twenty- professor of history, explores “My reading, studying, transgender issues. first century issues? this topic in his new book, learning, writing, and lectures Established in 1993, the In her thought-provoking British Culture and the First about the subject, and Women’s Center seeks to new book, Brave World War. Focusing on the the responses of empower women to achieve New Judaism: lives of ordinary British my readers, all intellectual, professional, and When Scripture people, Robb examines the contributed to my personal goals through creative and Science ways in which the war motivation to and innovative programming Collide, Miryam influenced culture in the write the book.” and by acting as a resource and Wahrman, a broadest sense, including Wahrman, who a center of support for students. University customs, attitudes, and ideas. earned a doctorate professor of in biochemistry biology and an expert in

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 from Cornell AIDS, and another for his New Yorker, The Partisan University, friend and collaborator, the Review, The Paris Review, conducted late architect John Hejduk, American Poetry Review, and postdoctoral with whom Shapiro worked on Artforum. Shapiro received ONCAMPUS research at Sloan- a monument in Prague in the fellowships from both the Kettering Institute, Czech Republic for Jan Palach, National Endowment for the Cornell University, the Czech student who was Arts and the National and Rockefeller killed during a protest in 1968. Endowment for the University. Later, at Other homages are for Humanities, and was Mount Sinai poets he’s known, including nominated for the National Medical Center, she the late Allen Ginsberg. Book Award in 1971. He has was a member of the in vitro Shapiro also includes been a member of the faculty fertilization team that poems written with his son, since 1981. produced the first test-tube Daniel, when he was seven to baby in New York State. twelve years old. For comic relief, there’s “A Family English Professor Council,” minutes from a 1952 Explores Spirituality a spiritual tourist.” New Book of Poetry Shapiro family diary. The In America His investigation of today’s Marks Twentieth sight of ordinary geese in a Intrigued by the increased spiritual movements took him Volume for Art William Paterson parking lot interest in spirituality in the across the country and to Professor inspired one special entry, United States, Brad Gooch, India. He traveled to Chicago David Shapiro’s latest book, A titled “The Poem with a professor of English at to study the origins of the Burning Interior, is a collection Footnote.” The book William Paterson, set out on a mysterious Urantia Book, a of poems, sonnets, rhymed concludes with a series of journey to explore the topic. text that reportedly came as an translations, and a long prayers or laments for the He reveals the details of his anonymous revelation in the philosophic poetic sequence. artists Rudy Burckhardt and quest in his book, Godtalk: early twentieth century from “The book is actually very Joe Ceravolo. Travels in Spiritual America. celestial beings. He visited sad because it’s a series of This book marks Shapiro’s Gooch’s desire to delve Goa, India, and La Jolla, elegies to people whom I’ve twentieth volume of poetry into the subject was part California, to interview lost,” says Shapiro, a professor and criticism; others include personal and part investigative. Deepak Chopra and attend his of art at William Paterson and Lateness: A Book of Poems “I’ve always had an interest meditation workshops. He a noted art historian, poet, and (Overlook, 1977), Jasper Johns: in religion and spirituality,” he continued to Ganesphpuri, author. He incants one elegy Drawings (Abrams, 1984), and says. At age twelve, he India, and South Fallsburg, for a generation decimated by After A Lost Original experienced his own New York, to listen to the (Overlook, 1994). His writings “awakening” after watching a charismatic leader Gurumayi have been published in The screening of Billy Graham’s Chidvilasananda. In film, The Cross and The Bardstown, Kentucky, he Switchblade, and had himself observed the quiet solitude of baptized by a Presbyterian the Trappists, and in minister. Later in life he Dubuque, Iowa, he met the became fascinated with Trappistines. Gooch worshiped with members of AGE medieval Christianity and, W10 inspired by Thomas Aquinas’s the gay congregation of the TEN writing, considered becoming Cathedral of Hope in Chicago, a Trappist monk. For a time, and met with Muslims and Gooch lived in a semi- Sufis in New York. monastic community of men In Godtalk, Gooch writes and women. But his flare-ups that spirituality in America has of interest were always become more sophisticated, followed by dips, so he admits more global, more focused on that he’s “always been a bit of tradition, and less based on simpleminded expropriation. instructed not to look at an Music Professor Music, the Gooch is the author of entry once written. Twelve Honored at New Contemporary three novels, as well as City weeks after writing the original Music Concert Chamber Ensemble, Poet: The Life and Times of journals, they were asked to More than 150 students, and as a Frank O’Hara and Finding the recall as much as they could alumni, and colleagues were in percussionist with ONCAMPUS Boyfriend Within. He writes from that week. The hypothesis attendance on March 24 as the the New York regularly for numerous of the study was that recall for New Jersey Percussion Philharmonic, the magazines, including Travel & September 11 would be greater Ensemble (NJPE) and Friends Joffrey Ballet, and Leisure, Harper’s Bazaar, The than that of September 10. performed in concert to pay the New York City New Republic, and Vanity Fair. She counted the number of tribute to recently retired Opera, among statements in the original music professor and NJPE others. In 1986, he received entries and in the recollections, founder Raymond Des the Laurel Leaf Award of the Study on Flashbulb and then compared and Roches. The concert featured American Composer’s Alliance Memory: Where Were analyzed the statistics. music by a variety of for his contributions to You When…? Embellishments and added composers whose work the American music. In 1968, he When people remember what statements were also examined. ensemble has championed joined the William Paterson they were doing on September Makarec, who is publishing since its founding in 1968, faculty and formed the NJPE, 11, 2001, or on November 22, a paper on the study, found including Edgard Varese’s which consists of professionals 1963, when President that there was greater recall “Ionisation,” which the group and William Paterson students. Kennedy was shot, they are for September 11. “Almost all performed in its New York The group has premiered experiencing what of the recalls of location, debut concert that same year. several major percussion works, psychologists call “flashbulb activity, informant, time, and “Ray mentored us and went including Charles Wuorinen’s memory.” Since the late 1970s, others present, were accurately way beyond the music, which Percussion Symphony, a piece psychologists have remembered,” she says, was the starting point,” said written specially for the hypothesized that whenever “which shows that a flashbulb Peter Jarvis, co-director of the ensemble and dedicated to attention is sustained during a memory may in fact exist.” NJPE, an adjunct professor of Des Roches. The ensemble has surprising or emotional event, Psychologists debate whether music at William Paterson, and performed in the United States a flashbulb memory is created. a different mechanism exists the organizer of the event. “He and Europe, and can be heard Katherine Makarec, for creating such memories, led by example, with integrity on numerous recordings. assistant professor and chair of but this study provides and respect.” the psychology department, evidence that these memories One of the country’s and students in a cognitive are created in a constructive/ foremost percussionists, Des psychology class at William reconstructive manner, just Roches performed with the Paterson, had an unexpected like normal memory. Group for Contemporary opportunity to study the phenomenon. Makarec asked her students to keep a journal for one full week as a class assignment in memory. As fate would have it, the students conducted the study during the week of September 9 to 15, 2001, which included the PAGE W11 horrific events of September ELEVEN 11. Unlike all previous studies on “flashbulb memory,” which were conducted after a shocking or surprising event, Makarec’s study is unique in that it captured the memories recorded on the day of September 11, 2001, as well as the previous day, September 10. The students wrote the details of their lives four to six JOINING RAY DES ROCHES (CENTER) FOLLOWING A CONCERT IN HIS HONOR WERE PETER JARVIS (FAR LEFT), CONDUCTOR OF THE NJPE, AND (LEFT TO RIGHT) times per day, and were THREE COMPOSERS WHOSE WORKS DES ROCHES HAD PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED: ROLV YTTREHUS, ARTHUR KREIGER, AND WAYNE PETERSON

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 JESS BORONICO, DEAN OF THE CHRISTOS M. COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, IN THE COLLEGE’S NEWEST FACILITY AT 1600 An Education That VALLEY ROAD Means Business – By Christine S. Diehl

A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS IS CHARGED WITH ince joining the University as dean in the Ssummer of 2001, Boronico has brought his PREPARING STUDENTS TO ENTER A PROFESSIONAL WORLD THAT IS characteristic energy and enthusiasm to his job, which involves not only leading the College during its intensive pursuit of AACSB INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE, CHALLENGING, AND GLOBAL. LEADING THIS AGE (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of W12 Business) accreditation, but also teaching and EFFORT AT ILLIAM ATERSON NIVERSITY S HRISTOS OTSAKOS WELVE W P U ’ C M. C conducting research. To fit everything in, he often carpools with Associate Dean Raja Nag, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS IS SOMEONE WHO, AT FIRST GLANCE, MIGHT NOT which enables him to multitask by eating, reading, and working on his laptop during the SEEM LIKE YOUR TYPICAL BUSINESS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OR sixty-five-mile commute between Wayne and his home in Long Branch, New Jersey, in addition PROFESSOR. BUT IT’S CLEAR THAT DEAN JESS BORONICO HAS A DISTINCT to frequently burning the midnight oil. “Those who have seen my 3:00 a.m. e-mails know that VISION FOR CREATING A PREEMINENT BUSINESS COLLEGE. HE ALSO HAS A I’m a bit of a workaholic. But I truly enjoy my work. It’s important to do what you love—to find your place, your comfort zone.” DETAILED PLAN TO TRANSFORM THAT VISION INTO REALITY THROUGH A When choosing his life’s work, Boronico, who was raised in nearby New Milford in SERIES OF INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN THE Bergen County, first considered becoming a musician. Classically trained in guitar since BUSINESS WORLD. the age of six, he spent fifteen years as lead guitarist for a rock band called Babylon, College’s ongoing campaign for AACSB Wall Street to campus. The Center, located which played regularly at local North accreditation—now in its fifth year—a in the University’s newest building at 1600 Jersey clubs including Mother’s and the complex process that he navigated Valley Road, helps students learn about the Soap Factory. “I always wanted to be a successfully during his time as associate principles of money management and musician, although I recognized that music dean at Monmouth. investing by replicating real-world was a fallback for me in addition to “The coming year is our ‘self study’ situations. Equipped with state-of-the-art pursuing another type of career,” he says. year, followed by an accreditation peer technology, the Center features So while he continued to play the guitar review team evaluation in the fall of 2004, sophisticated hardware and industry on the side, Boronico focused his energies with the hope of achieving accreditation in standard datafeeds, databases, financial on obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s the spring of 2005,” he states. software packages, and trading platforms. degrees in mathematics at Fairleigh When asked about the importance of “The fast pace of contemporary Dickinson University. In 1980, he accepted accreditation, a distinction that represents business demands the best available a full-time teaching position in William the highest level of achievement for learning tools to help students excel in a Paterson’s math department, an business schools worldwide, Boronico competitive marketplace,” Boronico says. opportunity that influenced his career path. says, “Accreditation means a lot to an “The E TRADE Financial Learning “At that time I wasn’t sure if I wanted institution. Among other things, it sends Center provides the chance for students to get my Ph.D. and teach, or go into a signal that your programs are interested in finance to encounter the business. My early experience at William contemporary and mission-driven. It also world’s financial markets right in the Paterson convinced me that I wanted to tells you that the curriculum is dynamic classroom. Students can gain hands-on become a teacher,” he says. After a year, and meets the needs of the student body, experience in designing trading and risk Boronico went on to obtain his doctorate that instructional resources, including management strategies, as well as in learning from the Department of Decision Sciences technology, are current, and that rigorous about back office functions performed in at the prestigious Wharton School at the assessment procedures are in place.” the financial services industry.” University of Pennsylvania. He then In concert with achieving accreditation, Another unique feature in development embarked on a career in academia that has Boronico’s vision for the Christos M. that distinguishes the College from others included teaching positions at Wharton, Cotsakos College of Business is to provide is a new enterprise resource planning Rutgers University, Philadelphia University, students with an educational experience system that is currently being integrated and, most recently, Monmouth University, that will help them make a smooth into the M.B.A. program. This where he served, at first reluctantly, as transition to the modern business world. technologically driven decision support associate dean, and later interim dean, of its “We want to create a preeminent college of system is designed to link all the core areas School of Business Administration. business by providing unique academic and of business—including accounting, “In the beginning, I was hesitant to professional opportunities that differentiate marketing, supply chain management, and become an administrator, because I love the College from others and fill the needs financial analysis—in a meaningful way for providing a service to the student and the of a particular niche of aspiring business professional managers. “The goal is to school via teaching,” he explains. “The leaders,” he says. prepare our M.B.A. students for the types dean of the college at that time convinced The newest such opportunity is the of business enterprise software commonly me that I could make a similar contribution Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales encountered in upper levels of management at a different level by becoming an associate at William Paterson, which was established dean. When I realized I could still serve this past December by Russ Berrie, the students and the community in that role, I founder of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. decided to accept.” Housed within the Christos M. Cotsakos For Boronico, coming back to William College of Business, the Institute is Paterson was a way of returning to his dedicated to developing educational PAGE W13 roots in North Jersey. “I was always programs for both undergraduate students THIRTEEN grateful to William Paterson for offering and sales professionals. me that first full-time teaching position, “The Institute will offer symposia and which is a rare thing to come by with only other opportunities that integrate a master’s degree. So when I heard about contemporary sales theory from the the opportunity to join the University as a academic perspective with practical and dean, I felt like I was coming full circle, established perspectives contributed by back to my origins,” he says. “It was a way leading business executives,” Boronico says. for me to give back some of what William (For more on the Russ Berrie Institute, see Paterson provided to me, and I saw it as a sidebar on page 15.) real chance to have an impact on the Another innovative enhancement is the welfare of the community and the new E TRADE Financial Learning College.” Center, an advanced, simulated trading One key area in which Boronico is well room and instructional facility that brings equipped to make a contribution is in the BORONICO DURING HIS DAYS IN A ROCK BAND IN THE 1970S

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 the business world. Based on feedback from last year’s “All students at the Stakeholders’ Conference, for instance, the Christos M. Cotsakos College increased its emphasis on math and College of Business must communication skills, and added required earn enrichment points by courses on ethics and diversity. attending varied activities “The College has greatly redefined and that encourage their expanded the parameters of student readiness and awareness success,” says Muroki Mwaura, associate for professional practice,” professor of accounting and law. “The new Boronico explains. courses on ethics and diversity focus on the Additional examples development of the student in the context include a Business of today’s global environment.” Leaders’ Symposium, The College also is enriching the career-specific workshops, curriculum through faculty research. STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY IN THE E TRADE FINANCIAL LEARNING CENTER and seminars on “Our teachers are focusing on integrating specialized topics such as their research into the classroom, and within the professional arena,” he says. women in business. presenting the student with a contemporary In addition to these initiatives, Boronico The professional enrichment initiative, perspective on the issues that industries —with the support of University President for those business students pursuing the face in this era of increasing competition,” Arnold Speert, Executive Vice President practicum alternative, provides the Boronico says. Topics range from corporate and Provost Chernoh Sesay, and the faculty opportunity to gain real world experience environmentalism to how newspaper —is revamping the curriculum. Last fall by acting as consultants to area small recommendations impact stock returns. the College introduced a new global businesses through the University’s Small For example, Boronico is currently business concentration within the Business Development Center. Run editing a book composed of peer-reviewed undergraduate business administration through the College, the Center, located in manuscripts on the topic of competitive program. Additionally, this past year the downtown Paterson, focuses on providing advantage, written by Christos M. Cotsakos College streamlined the M.B.A. program, assistance to emerging and established College of Business faculty. When ensuring the curriculum is tightly focused, small businesses in the area. “Working with complete, the College plans to use the book yet rigorous and highly competitive. Specific a faculty mentor, groups of students help as the basis for a graduate course, which M.B.A. concentrations, including a many of the Center’s clients with projects will be team-taught by all the contributors. specialization in advanced financial analysis, like understanding the logistics of effective Boronico, who has published more than are planned for the near future. distribution channels for food products, thirty-five articles in refereed journals and “Designed to meet and exceed AACSB developing strategic plans, and marketing has served as a consultant for such entities standards, the M.B.A. program’s new products via technological means,” as the United States Postal Service and the interdisciplinary upper core teaches Boronico says. New Jersey Highway Authority, also students to synthesize knowledge from In shaping the College’s programs to continues his own research. His current related disciplines. It also helps them best prepare students for the professional focus is on the use of mathematical models understand the complex perspectives of arena, Boronico is a big proponent of to optimize the performance of professional the business environment that are so vital tapping the expertise of business leaders by baseball and football teams—an offbeat for managing a twenty-first-century bringing them to campus through topic he began pursuing about six years ago workforce,” explains Virginia Anne Taylor, sponsored events like the annual that is now gaining increased recognition associate professor of marketing and Stakeholders’ Conference. This event within academic circles with the launch of AGE management sciences and director of the gathers together business and community business school programs in sports W14 RTEEN M.B.A. program. “Students with a leaders and external academic groups, as management. bachelor’s degree in any field can complete well as William Paterson students and “I’ve always been a big baseball fan, and the forty-eight-credit program with no alumni at both the undergraduate and a Mets fan in particular. I also played business undergraduate work. Qualified graduate levels. “The business and baseball in high school until I injured my business graduates with high grades and community leaders talk about what they arm,” Boronico explains. “I knew I wasn’t classes less than six years old may be able need in future employees. Alumni compare going to make it in professional sports, so I to complete the program with as few as what they do on the job with what they were did the next best thing, which is sports thirty credits.” trained to do. And students examine what research. I saw it as a topic that offers a lot Boronico also is the driving force behind they’re currently learning in relation to what of academic merit, especially because of the the College’s new professional enrichment they’re hearing about the needs of the big money in the sports industry.” initiative, which requires students to outside business world. What emerges from Part of his research uses dynamic participate in activities including job this annual discussion is a cohesive set of programming and embedded game shadowing, internship, and practicum initiatives the College will pursue in the theoretic models that, when applied to experiences, as well as other opportunities coming year to improve the curriculum and football, for example, result in play-calling that allow them to gain valuable insights into co-curricular activities,” he explains. strategies for coaches by assessing the probability of scoring a touchdown based William Paterson Fulfills Dream of Russ Berrie on both teams’ field positions. In the case of baseball, probability models may help a To Educate Sales Professionals pitcher decide what type of pitch to throw in specific situations. n a unique partnership between the on finance or management. My dream is to Boronico also finds time each year to do Iprivate sector and higher education, change that,” stated Berrie at the December what he enjoys most: teaching. “I am a William Paterson announced the announcement ceremony. “The Russ Berrie teacher at heart. The most rewarding thing establishment of the Russ Berrie Institute Institute for Professional Sales at William to me is for a student to return, after the for Professional Sales at the University. Just Paterson University will be the realization of fact, and say, ‘I obtained useful knowledge three weeks before his death in December this dream and will create the most from your course. I was able to use what 2002, Russ Berrie, founder, chairman, and successful selling program in the nation. you taught me and make an impact on the chief executive officer of Russ Berrie and With that goal in mind, we are designing welfare of my organization; it wasn’t a Company, Inc., pledged to invest $6.2 this program to advance and elevate the waste of time.’” million dollars over five years to establish profession of sales. Our program will lead to In addition to educating his students on the Institute, which is the first program of the day when a mother will proudly acclaim such topics as management science and its kind in the Northeast. ‘my son or daughter the salesperson’ rather quantitative methodology, Boronico hopes For Berrie, establishing the Institute than ‘the doctor or lawyer.’” to share with them some life lessons as well, was the fulfillment of his dream—now his “William Paterson is extremely honored an effort helped in part by the fact that— legacy—to advance the field of professional to have partnered with Russ Berrie, one despite his Ivy League credentials—he sales through education. Housed in the of the United States’ most successful doesn’t come across as a straitlaced University’s Christos M. Cotsakos College of businessmen and dedicated philanthropists,” professor. “The long hair may not be Business and located in William Paterson’s says Arnold Speert, University president. typical, but I think it helps students newest building at 1600 Valley Road, the “We continually seek to provide unique and identify with me.” Institute is developing educational creative opportunities for learning, and Through his own experience, Boronico programs for undergraduate students and we believe the Institute will offer both demonstrates that it is possible to retain sales professionals. undergraduate students and working one’s own identity and still achieve goals “Sales is the driving force behind every professionals a preeminent and unrivaled that may seem unattainable to some. “I’ve successful company. Unfortunately, business educational resource. We are confident that generally resisted social constructs that say schools in most universities regard sales as we will develop an Institute that would have you have to do things a certain way, and I meaningless, in that they usually have but made Russ Berrie proud.” believe you can succeed without necessarily one course on selling—sales management meeting the social standards that are —while they might have eighteen courses Story continues on page 29 imposed on us,” he says. “There is a place for everyone in this world, and I encourage all my students to find their sense of purpose in life—to find out who they are, and not compromise that. I’m a big supporter of personal rights. I tell people, ‘Be true to yourself and opportunities will come your way.’” For Boronico, the opportunity to lead the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business is one he relishes. “Five years ago, PAGE W15 I never envisioned myself in a dean’s job, FIFTEEN but sometimes doors open for you and you don’t know why,” he says. “I came here to make the community proud of this College. I want to be a real contributor and make an impact—to make the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business not just another point on the map, but a well-known, well- established point. We’ve come a long way, and we’re moving rapidly toward our objective of becoming one of the leading business colleges, not only in the state of New Jersey, but also in the region, and even UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ARNOLD SPEERT; ANGELICA BERRIE, CEO OF RUSS BERRIE AND COMPANY, INC.; THE LATE RUSS BERRIE, w the nation.” FOUNDER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF RUSS BERRIE AND COMPANY, INC., AND JIM BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE, FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT CEREMONY

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 Supporting a Child’s Self-Esteem: The Role of Parents in Raising

Confident Children – By Barbara E. Martin

JONATHAN, AFIVE-YEAR-OLD, KEPT

HIS FAVORITE PET TURTLE IN A

SMALL, GLASS AQUARIUM ON A

ROUND TABLE IN HIS ROOM. THE

LITTLE BOY, AN ONLY CHILD,

FAITHFULLY CARED FOR HIS PET BY

CLEANING THE AQUARIUM EVERY

FEW DAYS, FEEDING THE ANIMAL,

AND EVEN TAKING IT OUTSIDE

ONCE IN A WHILE TO GIVE IT FRESH

AIR. DESPITE SUCH LOVING CARE,

ONE MORNING, WHEN JONATHAN

WOKE UP, THE PET TURTLE WAS

DEAD. LATER IN THE DAY, HE TELLS

HIS FATHER ABOUT WHAT

HAPPENED.

AGE W16 XTEEN Jonathan: My turtle is dead. He was alive last night. Father: Oh, what a shock! Jonathan: He was my friend. Father: To lose a friend can hurt. Jonathan: I taught him to do tricks. Father: You really had fun with that turtle. lthough Jonathan’s experience in Alosing his beloved pet was painful, his father protected his child’s self-esteem by reacting in a nonjudgmental manner, actively listening to his son, and communicating his acceptance of the child’s thoughts and feelings. Anthony Coletta, a professor of elementary and early childhood education at William Paterson University, uses the turtle story as an example of how to build a child’s self-esteem. Self-esteem is a developmental issue that begins in childhood and can linger into adulthood. Coletta says that thirty-three percent of all adults suffer from low self-esteem. Indeed, in our fast-moving, stress-filled society, self-esteem has become a hot topic for educators, psychologists, and sociologists. “There’s a great deal of stress on parents,” Coletta says. “They are ANTHONY COLETTA ADDRESSES A PARENT GROUP concerned and worried because self-esteem is linked to success. As a result, they esteem (see sidebar on page 19). research focuses on young children, become more critical of their children. If What is self-esteem? Most experts believes that self-esteem is the sense of the child is not on task, they criticize with agree there is no single definition that oneself as good and capable while the intent of helping, but you can’t correct covers all the bases. Nor do they agree on remaining aware of one’s limitations. children with negative criticism. It’s what to do when things go wrong. But all Common to all three definitions offered important to know the child’s learning recognize self-esteem as an issue of by these faculty experts is the abstract style, and focus on what they’re good at. extreme importance in the psyche of concept of the sense of self. Where does Parent education is a big issue and a very children, and emphasize that parents and one’s sense of self come from? Coletta difficult one in teaching today.” teachers play critical roles in developing believes that one’s temperament is inborn. For almost thirty years, in addition to and supporting the concept of good self- “You as a parent must understand that teaching future educators, Coletta, who is a esteem. a child is programmed with an agenda,” he 1964 graduate of William Paterson, has Coletta defines self-esteem as a says. “Accepting the nature of a child and lectured to parent groups on various personal evaluation given to one’s self moving forward is a key element in good educational topics, including stress, about one’s self. Peter Stein, a professor of self-esteem for the child.” kindergarten readiness, and understanding sociology at William Paterson who has Stein, the sociologist, agrees. “As a children’s temperaments. “My work drives conducted extensive research on family sociologist, I see that almost every aspect my teaching,” Coletta explains. “I have to and parenting issues, defines self-esteem as of one’s self is a product of family be one step ahead of teachers and parents.” the feelings people have about their self- interaction,” he says. “The family guides And, lately, many of the parents he talks to worth. Behnaz Pakizegi, a professor of the development of self-esteem in the are concerned about their children’s self- psychology at the University whose child, who arrives with a set of potentials, PAGE W17 SEVENTEE “Self-esteem is a develop-mental issue that begins in childhood… thirty-three percent of adults suffer from low self-esteem.”

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 “Surround children with positive thoughts. Avoid ‘toxic talk’ which lowers self-esteem.”

and their children is critical, Pakizegi students all their lives, and when they get PETER STEIN counsels that parents need outside support here to college and are presented with but is shaped by parents or other figures in order to raise children successfully, more substantive work that is demanding raising a child. The self develops through including partners, family, and friends. and earn a B or a C they are often interaction.” “You can’t raise a child by yourself,” incredulous. They have been getting A’s, Pakizegi, the psychologist, says it’s says Pakizegi. “Families operate in a very but didn’t earn them. I feel sad for society important for parents to see who their isolated way in the United States. You are and for the kids because both are suffering child is. This is not always easy since busy, the neighbors are busy. Yet you need from an inaccurate assessment of their parents have hopes and dreams for their a support system and alternate models of work.” children that might not correlate with the information for your child. With that, So what can be done to help secure a child’s abilities. other points of view may flourish and child’s self-esteem? Parents should “Parents should be very sensitive to children develop positive interconnections. carefully consider how they speak to their what the child can or cannot do,” Pakizegi Parents alone are not enough.” children, says Coletta. “Remember that states. “They need to be supportive and How can parents become positive role words are powerful,” he says. “Surround have age-appropriate expectations.” models for their children? First, they need children with positive thoughts. Avoid All three agree that since parents, by to ask themselves some important ‘toxic talk’ which lowers self-esteem.” He their very nature, are the most important questions, explains Coletta. “Are we returns to the turtle analogy as an role models for their children, they must productive and proactive? How well do we example: understand what constitutes good self- deal with setbacks? Are we optimistic? esteem in order to recognize it, or the lack Most importantly, are we building self- Jonathan: My turtle is dead. He was of it, in their children. esteem or narcissism in our children?” alive this morning. According to Coletta, those with high All three professors warn of plying Father: Now, don’t get upset, honey. self-esteem exhibit such traits as children with false praise in order to boost competency, a sense of power, energy, and self-esteem. Jonathan: Wah! Wah! optimism, and are generally capable of “Be wary of raising a praise junkie,” Father: Don’t cry. It’s only a turtle. bouncing back from problems. A child who cautions Coletta. “Praise should only be Stop it. feels unaccepted or powerless, or who used for legitimate behavior. Kids are I’ll buy you another one. expresses self-doubt, often suffers from usually smart enough to see through it, low self-esteem. and it cues a preoccupation with one’s self Jonathan: I don’t want another one. “Children begin to develop these rather than building true self-esteem.” Father: Now you’re being AGE feelings at a very early age, from the time a Pakizegi finds that empty praise creates unreasonable. W18 parent responds to a baby’s cry,” Stein a false sense of accomplishment for young HTEEN explains. “When the parents meet that children which lasts into adulthood. “I see need, whether for food or comfort, the the results of empty praise even among my child gets the message, ‘I matter.’ Once the students,” she says. “Many were A demands become verbal, the self-concept gets massaged, and the child thinks, ‘I am loved.’ These are all ways in which parents respond, and are steps in the right direction. But at the core is this: the child has learned that parents will respond to his or her needs.” While the relationship between parents BEHNAZ PAKIZEGI COUNSELS A STUDENT According to Coletta, “Now the child advises. Parents should always focus on job is to set boundaries while allowing a gets the message that it is wrong for him to what the child does well, avoid child to explore and establish his or her feel upset. This leads to a belief that he comparisons to siblings, and use humor individuality.” cannot go to the parents with a problem.” when possible. “This process diffuses a The final piece of the puzzle, according To solve disputes, he recommends that potentially volatile situation, and to Stein, is the family’s role in value parents show empathy by taking on the strengthens the relationship between clarification. “It’s the family’s job to sort problem at hand, in a sense, sharing the parent and child,” Coletta adds. “It also out their values from the many choices that problem with the child. Next, the parent builds respect and communication between exist. Developing a sense of empathy and explains the problem caused by the child’s parents and children.” caring for others is important, because misbehavior, and asks the child for ideas as Pakizegi stresses interconnectedness as without empathy there can be no self- to how to solve the problem. “This way, the road to self-esteem. “All of our behaviors esteem. Finally, good parenting means the child has a choice in the matter,” are part of an interwoven system,” she says. overcoming your own limitations. Parents Coletta explains. “This approach enlists “Children need the support of various need to think about their own self-esteem the cooperation of the child, and doesn’t systems—not one level of systems, and not and who they are.” put the parent in the position of dictating just the parents. The three most important Coletta adds that parents should solutions, which avoids a power struggle.” things for parents to remember are: get recognize that all children have gifts and Since words are powerful, using neutral support, be knowledgeable about child talents. Accepting children on their own language is especially important when development at various ages, and be terms, and honoring and respecting both dealing with children. The idea is to positively involved in your children’s lives.” the gifts and differences, as well as surround children with positive thoughts. Above all, parents must be flexible. nurturing the strengths, can help to build For example, parents should never say, “They must understand that they can only self-esteem. “Childhood should be a “How can you be so stupid?” Rather, a do their best and continue to provide journey, not a race,” he says. w parent should say, “In school, sports, and encouragement, even when kids push them hobbies—do something every day, little by away,” Stein says. “Independence is little—and get better and better,” he important for self esteem. But a parent’s

Self-Esteem and Learning Styles

ccording to Anthony Coletta, professor of early childhood Parents must make every effort to figure out the preferred Aand elementary education, understanding the relationship learning styles of their children. He identified four different styles: between self-esteem and a child’s learning style is one of the most interpersonal, in which students learn by listening and sharing important elements in raising children. ideas; analytic, where children seek facts and think through ideas; During a recent lecture on self-esteem and learning styles to a hands-on, in which children learn how things work by testing group of parents at the Cooperative Nursery School of theories; and creative, which involves using trial and error and Ridgewood, Coletta explained that as parents of three and four self-discovery to learn. He gave the parents a questionnaire that year olds, they were approaching the most critical time in the helped them identify their own learning styles. Then, they applied child’s quest for self-esteem, since age five brings about the information to their children to classify their styles. developmental and social milestones for children. Coletta emphasized the necessity of understanding children’s “A young child loses self-esteem very quickly,” Coletta temperaments. Are they shy? Easy to get along with? Difficult? reported. “They have no defense mechanism. At this age they Shy children often have low self-esteem, he explained, while easy

start going to school, where they have to be on a stricter schedule children have good self-esteem. Difficult children often bring out PAGE and receive report cards for the first time.” The parents seemed the worst in their parents. Since the child’s learning style can clash W19 NINETEEN pleased with the information he provided. with the parent’s learning style, problems may develop in their “When you can walk away from an evening and have tools, relationship. Parents build their children’s self-esteem by how they that’s valuable,” said Jill Kandel, co-president of the nursery treat the children. school. “In this day and age, our children have been through so “Parents must respect and honor their child’s learning style, as much post-September 11, that it’s time to get back to the kids. A different as it might be from their own,” Coletta said. “Identify lecture like this is very informative, and parents can learn a lot the talent your child is wired for. Is the child an artist, musician, or from it.” writer? Is the child good in math or science? Does the child have Coletta began with the words of wisdom he feels are essential athletic ability? Go with the strengths.” for parents. Once parents understand a child’s strengths and weaknesses, “Good self-esteem begins with the parents,” he said. “You they can make decisions based on that information. “Accept must understand the three critical issues to your child’s self- children on their own terms,” he said. “And remember that the esteem: know your child, know how to respond to them based way we talk to children when they misbehave is critical in on their temperament, and understand their level of maturity.” determining their self-esteem.”

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 Four Women… Three Continents… Make All That Jazz

– By Stephanie Mykietyn

JAZZ. FOR MANY, THAT WORD CONJURES UP IMAGES OF SMOKY CLUBS FILLED WITH THE SOUNDS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG, CHARLIE PARKER, MILES DAVIS, JOHN COLTRANE,

DIZZY GILLESPIE, AND DUKE ELLINGTON. WHILE THE NAMES OF PROMINENT FEMALE

PERFORMERS MAY NOT SPRING INSTANTLY TO MIND, WOMEN HAVE BEEN PART OF THE

JAZZ WORLD SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. FROM THE GOSPEL SINGERS AND ALL-FEMALE

BANDS OF THE 1920S TO JAZZ ICONS SARAH VAUGHAN, BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND ELLA

FITZGERALD, TO CONTEMPORARY PERFORMERS SUCH AS PIANIST GERI ALLEN AND

SAXOPHONIST JANE IRA BLOOM, FEMALE JAZZ PLAYERS HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES FOR

MORE THAN A CENTURY.

AGE W20 ENTY n 1973, when William Paterson joined a Along with her studies, Ohno pursued Ihandful of American colleges offering a performance opportunities, setting up as major in jazz, women were included from many jam sessions as possible and the outset. Although those enrolled in the establishing a wide network of musician formative years of the program were friends. Her first album, Powder Blue, was predominately vocalists, the program released in 1997 on the Japanese-based gradually grew to include a wide range of Tokuma label, followed in 1999 by the female instrumentalists. recording Affirmation, also for Tokuma, The jazz industry is still a difficult one that features former William Paterson to break into for women, even with the jazz studies director Rufus Reid on bass great strides women have made in the last and Tim Horner on drums. In addition twenty years. “If you look, there are some to performing on the recording, Ohno really great women performers to serve as arranged all of the songs with the role models, such as Marian McPartland, exception of the title piece. Her Joanne Brackeen, and Renee Rosnes,” says composition, “Samba de Sorvete,” is William Paterson jazz studies program featured on the recording Allen director James Williams. He believes that Farnham Meets the RIAS (Radio in the challenges women face in the America Sector) Big Band on the professional world are the ones Concord jazz label. encountered by any minority. “You may She has recently added classical have to be a bit better, or maybe head and performances to her jazz gigs. She is a shoulders better, but if you have the talent Pianist Tomoko Ohno has forged a member of the Engle Winds, a chamber and work hard, you should see success,” successful career that includes performing music ensemble dedicated to performing observes Williams. —both as a side musician and as the leader works by contemporary composers, Today, an ever-increasing number of of her own ensembles—as well as particularly those from New Jersey, where William Paterson female jazz alumni are composing and arranging. Her credits she resides. During one of the ensemble’s finding that success. Tomoko Ohno- include performances with jazz luminaries concerts in 2002, she presented her Farnham ’93, Anat Fort ’96, Sunna Jerome Richardson, Wynton Marsalis, arrangement for piano and oboe of a Gunnlaugs ’96, and Kay Wolff Niewood ’01 Benny Golson, and Joe Henderson, in traditional Japanese koto piece written illustrate the depth of talent and venues such as Lincoln Center, Weill several hundred years ago. The ensemble commitment that is the hallmark of a new Recital Hall, Sweet Basil, and the Blue also offers the opportunity to collaborate generation of female jazz musicians. Each Note, and on live radio broadcasts by with Farnham, currently a graduate of these women embodies the qualities WBGO-FM and WNYC-FM. student at William Paterson, whom she necessary to achieve this success—self- A native of Japan, Ohno became married in 1992; they reside in Teaneck. confidence, high level of talent, single- interested in jazz as a young teenager when Ohno encourages young women minded focus on career, and a no-nonsense she bought some albums by Bill Evans and aspiring to careers in jazz to be flexible. attitude. Yet their perspectives, which Miles Davis. After graduating from Rikko “Since the job requires travel, you have to reflect vastly different cultural roots, are University in Japan in 1986, Ohno actively deal with such a variety of people and unique and individual. They are also performed in clubs in Tokyo. One night situations all the time,” she explains. “But secure with the fact that they are women in she met Allen Farnham, a pianist from you have to somehow get comfortable and what is still essentially a male-dominated New York, at a jam session that she sound good to the audience. I think being field. As jazz pianist Marian McPartland organized. In the spring of 1990, she different is great. Human nature tends to once stated, “When I started out, I had the visited him in the United States. He took make people try to attack those groups PAGE W21 wish, the need to compete with men. But I her to a party hosted by jazz saxophonist who are different from them. Since female TWENTY-O don’t feel that way anymore. I take pride in Joe Lovano, where she met several musicians are the minority in this jazz being a woman.” musicians who were teaching at William society, you may face this problem more Paterson. “I found there was much more often than male musicians. If you can’t support for the jazz scene in the New York handle it, don’t go it alone. Talk to area than in Tokyo, where there are fewer someone you can trust.” opportunities for young musicians,” she explains. She decided to come to the United States and enroll at the University, where she studied jazz piano with Harold Mabern and classical piano with Gary Kirkpatrick, two individuals she categorizes as “master teachers.”

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 But I’m very happy with the mix and make the fact that you’re a woman a perform with great musicians.” limitation. If you concentrate on your art, That mix is evident in her list of and not your gender, and work hard to find performances and compositions. She has them, wonderful opportunities occur. increased her solo work, concentrating on Then, you just have to go for it. And make performing her own compositions as well sure you get heard.” as completely improvised material. Active as a side-person for many groups and with her own trio, Fort also collaborates with actors and singers in jazz improvisation at the Singers Forum in Manhattan and has presented improvisation master classes and workshops in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. She recently completed a successful educational project involving improvisation with children for the second time at the Jerusalem Music Center founded by Isaac Stern. Her highly original compositions are Israeli-born pianist Anat Fort classically based while highlighting has straddled the worlds of classical and improvisation. Her first CD, Peel, released jazz music for many years. Trained as a in July 1999, consists entirely of her classical pianist from the age of six, she was original works. In May 2000, she was always improvising. “My classical teachers commissioned to write a piece for string really didn’t know how to handle me,” she orchestra and piano improvisation by the laughs. “I knew I didn’t want to be a Chamber Orchestra Ramat-Gan in Israel classical musician, but I loved music, and that successfully premiered with Fort as when I was nineteen I finally found a jazz soloist in November 2000. The piece, Sunna Gunnlaugs has won critical musician as a teacher and began to focus entitled Tzohar, which means “a little acclaim for her unique performances and on jazz.” Shortly after military service in window… a corridor of light,” is dedicated compositions, which fuse her native Israel, she came to William Paterson. to her grandfather, who had died shortly Icelandic folk music with jazz. Hailed as an Fort’s secret to professional success has beforehand. Fort performed the piece in “impressive newcomer” by the Village been her flexible approach to music. While 2001 with the Palo Alto Symphony and, Voice, the Washington Post said her music at the University, she performed with all most recently, with The Orchestra at “elegantly bridges soul-searching passages the jazz ensembles, ranging from small William Paterson University in February with uncluttered swing.” groups to the big band and Latin band, as 2003. “I think of my music as modern jazz well as with the New Jersey Percussion “I couldn’t be just a composer or a with lots of European influences,” Ensemble and The Orchestra at William performer. I wouldn’t feel complete,” Gunnlaugs says. “It is open and melodic Paterson University, the institution’s she explains. “I think that’s why I’m most with room for improvisation and professional ensembles in residence. attracted to improvisation because it creativity.” Fort also began composing in a wide really is like composing while I’m playing. Her quartet has performed throughout range of styles, from contemporary I need all these different aspects of music the United States and Europe; her just- classical works such as her String Quartet in my life.” released CD, Live in Europe, was recorded AGE No. 1, to incidental music for a theatre As a jazz performer, Fort has found that in Prague in 2002. The group’s Canadian W22 TY-TWO department production of Thornton being a woman presents its challenges. tour in the summer of 2002 included Wilder’s Our Town. She also established “Often the immediate assumption is that I performances at major jazz festivals in important musical collaborations with am a singer and that usually results in a Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, and William Paterson adjunct faculty members negative attitude. That’s because many Montreal. “Performing can be very Norman Simmons, Armen Donalian, and players stereotype singers as less musically rewarding… a great response from the Horacee Arnold—some of which still trained,” she reflects. “When I tell people audience feels really good and gives one a continue. “William Paterson’s jazz I’m an instrumentalist, the attitude push to continue down that road,” program gave me a real feel for the mollifies and once they hear me play, Gunnlaugs notes. profession. I got to know what I really everything changes.” Gunnlaugs came to William Paterson in wanted to pursue,” says Fort. “I’ve always She has sage advice for young women 1993 looking for the opportunity to been open to opportunities and now I’m who aspire to a jazz career. “Be as serious increase her jazz playing experiences. “At busy enough that I can be more selective. as you can be and focus on doing. Don’t school I think I appreciated being under

Story continues on page 24 Who will be the successful women jazz artists of the future? A new generation of recent William Paterson jazz alumnae are poised to make their marks in the Snapshots of the Future world of professional jazz.

Trumpeter Crystal Torres ’03 recently interest,” says Telesmanick, who is one Wonderland” with the William Paterson market her talents. “The program allowed performed at the Bern Jazz Festival in of few women to perform on the large, Jazz Ensemble, as well as Thad Jones’ “A me to focus on the lyrics and making Switzerland at the invitation of the heavy, and lowest-pitched saxophone. Child is Born” during a holiday concert at connections so that I can put more of renowned trumpet player Clark Terry. “It That interest soon grew into a career the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. myself into the music,” explains was an amazing experience,” says Torres, aspiration. Telesmanick attended the She records and performs with a rhythm Crenshaw. This approach is obviously who met Terry last fall when he University’s Summer Jazz Workshop, and blues group in her hometown of working as she was the recipient of the performed on campus with the William which led to private lessons with David Rochester, New York, and sang on a film College Outstanding Performance Award Paterson Jazz Ensemble as part of the Demsey, a saxophonist, professor of score for a small independent film. With in the jazz vocalist category in the 24th University’s Jazz Room Series. Torres is a music, and coordinator of the jazz her studies complete in May, she plans to annual Downbeat Student Music Awards. member of an all-female Latin ensemble, studies program. “My parents were very move to New York City and begin a Pura Candela (Pure Fire), which performs supportive, shuttling me back and forth career as a composer and performer. in New York and Philadelphia. Last year, from Newburgh, New York, so I could Soo Yi ’03 has always been interested in she formed the first small Latin jazz pursue my musical studies,” she explains. singing, but it wasn’t until she was ready group on campus, which performed a During her senior year at William A vocal music instructor at the Whitney E. for college that she decided to study range of traditional Latin music, Paterson, she was featured as a soloist Houston Academy of Creative and music full-time. After three semesters at including her original transcriptions of during the University’s Jazz Room Series. Performing Arts in East Orange, Jewel the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, compositions by Latin jazz artists such as Since graduating, she has performed Crenshaw ’02 is a graduate of the Washington, where she began studying Eddie Palmieri. Currently studying Latin with the Kevin Norton Quintet and can master’s degree program in music. jazz vocals, Yi transferred to William jazz arranging with the pianist and be heard on the quintet’s CD, Change Crenshaw credits her career path to now- Paterson to be closer to the New York composer Ricky Gonzalez, Torres, who Dance/Troubled Energy. retired Montclair Kimberley Academy jazz scene. She has already launched a hails from Levittown, Pennsylvania, says music instructor Nixon Bicknell. “He career, singing on Friday nights with a her dream would be “to sing and play encouraged me to pursue music and band in New York City, and on Saturdays everything – jazz, Latin music, rhythm Sarah Versprille ’03 began her musical pointed me in the direction of Westminster with her own trio at a local New Jersey and blues, and gospel, and to eventually career as a trumpet player but after Choir College in Princeton,” she recalls. restaurant. Following graduation she have my own group.” enrolling at William Paterson she After attending Westminster, she plans to tour the West Coast with a changed her focus to vocals. “Vocalists ultimately graduated from Montclair Seattle-based reggae band and then sometimes get less respect because State University with a degree in music return to her native Korea for a six-month Initially a flute player, Rachel people think you know less about performance and education. The savvy gig at a hotel in Seoul. “I feel really lucky Telesmanick ’00 discovered the baritone music,” she says. “But it really requires a and self-possessed Crenshaw came to to have found jazz and fallen in love with saxophone early in her musical studies. great deal of technical expertise.” Last William Paterson to learn the art of the music,” says Yi. ‘”No one else was playing this instrument December, she made quite a solo debut, improvisation, and to create a and that was enough to pique my singing her own arrangement of “Winter professional package with which to

SAX PLAYER RACHEL TELESMANICK PAGE W23 TWENTY-TH VOCALIST JEWEL CRENSHAW

VOCALIST SOO YI

TRUMPETER CRYSTAL TORRES

VOCALIST SARAH VERSPRILLE

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 this umbrella where life was about music. As music preparation and I practiced more than I’d ever done before archive associate for Jazz at and was exposed to music that I might not Lincoln Center, Kay Wolff have heard otherwise,” she says. While at Niewood works for what many consider the University, she formed a trio with the world’s largest not-for-profit arts bassist Dan Fabricatore and drummer organization dedicated to jazz. She Scott McLemore that toured Iceland in coordinates the music used by the world- 1997, representing the first major tour of renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Iceland by a female musician. The trio for groups that perform on the Center’s also made a recording, Far Far Away. jazz series, and for commissioned works. Gunnlaugs, who has since married She attends all the rehearsals and oversees McLemore, now lives in New York. “What the printed music and recording archive is really unique to New York is that jazz that currently includes more than 1,200 musicians are into having jam sessions at pieces of printed music, a commercial each other’s apartments and just play for recording library that circulates internally, the purpose of playing music,” she says. and a non-circulating recording library “It’s a great place to grow and get that consists of recordings from tours and experience.” concerts. In addition, she handles the Since 1998, she has hosted “Jazz music needs for The Juilliard School’s new As one of the first students—and Gallery New York,” a program for jazz program. subsequently, the first graduate, in May Icelandic Public Radio. Each hour-long Her responsibilities run the gamut, 2001—of the University’s master’s degree show features the work of one musician, such as finding a piece of music the program in jazz arranging/composition, interspersed with an edited interview. orchestra wishes to perform, creating Niewood experienced a variety of “There is so much happening in jazz. The copies of scores, hiring arrangers, and, of opportunities. “I was able to take extra program allows me to introduce course, coming up with music misplaced vocal lessons and to learn about the guitar, performers who are taking the music in by a musician right before a concert. When which impacted upon my arrangements new directions. I try to feature a variety of the orchestra is performing a large-scale and compositions,” she says. jazz artists and provide a good mix of the work, she might travel along, as she did Her schedule at Lincoln Center is types of jazz,” she explains. recently to San Francisco and Paris. hectic—in addition to her job Confident of her talents as a composer, “There are always those last-minute things responsibilities, the entire organization is performer, and leader, Gunnlaugs pursues that need to be taken care of. It’s part of preparing for a move in 2004 to a new each opportunity with a zest for success. the process,” she says. home, the Frederick P. Rose Hall, which is “I’ve been very forward and I tend to Niewood took a somewhat circuitous currently under construction. But she speak my mind,” she admits. “But if route to her position. A vocalist, she found the time to enroll this year in the you’re an aspiring female jazz performer, became interested in jazz as an BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, through my best advice is to find your own niche, undergraduate at the University of which she is working on an original something that’s unique about you. And Minnesota, where a new jazz vocal composition for big band. She also then go for it.” program had just started. continues to write arrangements for high “I think that being a woman in jazz, After earning a bachelor’s degree in school and college vocal ensembles, mostly and especially from Iceland, who writes music education, she spent a year in Iowa on the West Coast. music gets me more attention,” she adds. studying jazz. “I sang in a number of vocal “My position at Lincoln Center is the “The press takes an interest when we AGE jazz ensembles there, including one that perfect job for me at this point in my life,” 24 come to a new town because there’s a was directed by a well-known vocal says Niewood, whose jazz musician WENTY- story to write – it’s not just another band husband, Adam Niewood ‘00, is pursuing OUR arranger,” she explains. “I found I had an from New York.” ear for what works for the voice as an graduate study in jazz at the Manhattan instrument and began doing some School of Music. “I meet so many great arranging.” She then moved to California musicians on a professional level. Having to teach high school in Santa Clara, where the opportunity to be present at the she found herself continuing to write rehearsals and being involved in the arrangements for student ensembles. “I preparation phase expands my knowledge wanted to go on to graduate school, and of arranging and composition.” w decided I should study what I enjoy, which is arranging—figuring out how I can Stephanie Mykietyn has been an arts professional recreate what someone has written and for nearly thirty years, including positions as make it my own. And that led me to audience services director and publications editor William Paterson’s new program.” at William Paterson University. She currently resides in Nova Scotia. HOW WE’RE GROWING DEVELOPMENTNEWS WHERE WE’RE GOING Ray Arthur Named Chair of Annual Fund William Paterson University Foundation Makes a Comeback MORE DONORS GIVE TO THE ALUMNI ANNUAL FUND THAN ANY OTHER NEED RAY ARTHUR ’82 WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY. Annual Fund dollars CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE support student scholarships, a competitive WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION. grants program administered by the Arthur, the president of Toysrus.com, the online William Paterson University Alumni division of Toys ‘R Us, succeeds Fletcher Fish, who Executive Council, and select activities of served as chairperson for the past ten years. the Alumni Association. “Ray’s background in finance, as well as his After falling slightly in 2002, donations leadership skills and entrepreneurial spirit, are sure to to the 2003 Annual Fund increased $20,000 serve him well as the Foundation seeks to raise funds to $285,000 in 2003. Much of the increase in support of the University’s mission,” says Arnold was due to a substantial number of donors Speert, president of the University. joining the William Paterson Society. Other new members who joined the Foundation Established in 1998, the Society includes board in the past year include: Robert Bacon, Eugene those donors who have expressed their Boyle, Sam Dedio ’88, William Duffy, John Lonsdorf commitment to academic excellence with a ’79, Linda Niro ’76, and Anthony Pessolano ’80. donation to the University of $1,000 or Michael Seeve was appointed vice chair, Mel Cebrik more. Members of the William Paterson was appointed treasurer, and Aaron Van Duyne III ’75 Society are pacesetters who help to create was appointed secretary. momentum and a standard of giving for all alumni and friends. Members are recognized annually at a special invitation- only dinner each fall. Record Year in eventually returning them to the city of Paterson as teachers. Development Other important grants during the past DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY EXCEEDED year include $285,000 from the Henry and $9 MILLION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE Marilyn Taub Foundation for Paterson 30, 2003, according to Joanne Nigrelli, Teachers for Tomorrow, $30,000 from executive director of development. Castrol Consumer Americas for faculty Top among all donations was the $6.2 research and scholarships, $30,000 from million commitment by the Russell Berrie Mercedes-Benz, USA for student Foundation for the Russ Berrie Institute leadership development, and $20,000 from for Professional Sales at the Christos M. Pepsi Bottling Foundation for scholarships. PAGE Cotsakos College of Business. The Fred C. Rummell Foundation, W25 TWENTY-FIV In addition, the University received Schumann Fund, Van Houten Memorial significant bequests of $500,000 each from Fund, Bergen Foundation, New Jersey the estates of Jacob Rubin and Ray Miller. Nets Foundation, and Wayan Foundation Each of these bequests will be set aside for also provided scholarship support. scholarship support. In the case of the “There is tremendous momentum at Rubin estate, the funds will support the the University,” says Nigrelli. “Our University Honors Program. Funds from alumni and friends continue to recognize the Miller estate will be used to support the unique value of a William Paterson the College of Education’s Paterson University education. We are extremely Teachers for Tomorrow Program, a grateful for their support, particularly partnership between the University and during this difficult economic climate. The Paterson’s three public high schools that University is very fortunate to have a large brings talented students to the University, and loyal group of donors.”

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 University Dedicates Allan and Michele Gorab Alumni House

NEWS WILLIAM PATERSON the Alumni Executive Council, meeting UNIVERSITY’S MORE THAN 50,000 rooms of various sizes will be available for ALUMNI NOW HAVE A SPECIAL alumni, faculty, and friends of the PLACE TO CALL HOME on campus University. following the dedication of the The Rosengren Laboratories will be new Allan and Michele Gorab used for classes, workshops, and research Alumni House during a ceremony projects by biology, environmental science, in early May. and geography faculty and students. The 7,500-square-foot “The labs give students an ecological

DEVELOPMENT building, located at Oldham Pond site on campus,” explains Michael

a half mile from the main campus, houses Sebetich, a professor of biology who is PRESIDENT ARNOLD SPEERT (LEFT) AND ALLISON KENDALL WORMAN

the University’s Alumni Relations Office as overseeing the facility. “Oldham Pond is a (SECOND FROM LEFT), PRESIDENT OF THE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY

well as the John Rosengren Laboratories, self-contained ecosystem. Since the labs ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, LOOK ON AS BENEFACTORS MICHELE AND ALLAN

named after the late Dr. John Rosengren, a are adjacent to the pond, we can take GORAB HOLD THE PLAQUE WHICH WILL HANG IN THE NEW ALLAN AND

University professor emeritus of biology. samples directly and analyze them on-site. MICHELE GORAB ALUMNI HOUSE “This is a marvelous moment in the There’s a joy and immediacy in working history of the University,” said President with data and samples pondside.” faculty and student access to the pond for Arnold Speert to the more than 120 Three laboratories, located on the lower sampling, along with two small boats and a alumni, friends, and members of the level, are dedicated to different types of canoe. Classes and labs will be held at the William Paterson community who gathered scientific inquiry. The Limnology Lab, facility beginning in September. for the ceremony. “This special facility with two sinks, allows for the study of The University has raised more than speaks to our past and our present, and is a fresh and inland water. A dry lab, the $440,000 toward its $500,000 goal in showcase for the future.” Ecology Lab, will be used to analyze the support of the project, including Allan Gorab, Class of 1972, who with his surrounding terrestrial ecosystem, leadership gifts from Dr. Margaret Landi wife, Michele, made a benchmark gift to the including trees, shrubs, and insects. Water ’74 and the family of Helen Demarest ’27. project, welcomed the Alumni Association samples, fish tissue, and dry soil will be Plaques honoring contributors who have to its new home. “We couldn’t have asked investigated in the Chemistry Lab, which donated $1,000 or more are located in the for a more perfect setting,” he said. is equipped with a fume hood and sinks. main reception area. The Alumni House will be used for Also included is a deck for observing If you are interested in making a special alumni celebrations, events, waterfowl and changing water donation to the Allan and Michele Gorab conferences, and meetings. A large deck characteristics, along with a small office Alumni House Campaign, contact the overlooking the 27-acre pond will host and a conference room. An aluminum Office of Institutional Advancement at outdoor events. Inside, in addition to the floating dock at the water’s edge, large 973.720.2615, or visit the Web site at offices for the Alumni Relations staff and enough for fifteen people, provides direct www.wpunj.edu/alumni.

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MRS. BEVERLY ROSENGREN (LEFT) AND MICHAEL SEBETICH, PROFESSOR OF

BIOLOGY AND COORDINATOR OF THE JOHN ROSENGREN LABORATORIES IN

THE ALUMNI HOUSE, WITH A PLAQUE WHICH OUTLINES THE CONTRIBUTIONS

OF DR. ROSENGREN, A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF BIOLOGY, AFTER WHOM THE

THE ALLAN AND MICHELE GORAB ALUMNI HOUSE LABS ARE NAMED Alumna Takes Opportunity herself teaching alongside her former founder of William Paterson’s Beta Chi DEVELOPMENT professor Mark Karp. chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, the to Give Back A specialist in reading and language international honor society in “WILLIAM PATERSON HAS BEEN A PART OF arts for elementary school students, Dr. education, and served as the MY LIFE FOR A VERY LONG TIME,” SAYS Grant took advantage of the institution’s organization’s advisor for many years. DR. BARBARA GRANT ’54. Since first laboratory school and child study center Dr. Grant retired from William arriving on campus in 1952 as a transfer to conduct a ground-breaking research Paterson in 1998, and enjoys spending student from Beaver College in project in the late 1960s. The school, more time on her two other long-time Pennsylvania, she has forged a deep and which enrolled students in grades one avocations—swimming and traveling. lasting connection to the institution that through five, provided faculty members She merged her two passions once NEWS became her alma mater, and, for thirty-five and student teachers with a professional several years ago during a cruise when years, her professional home. laboratory experience. “It was the advent she was inducted into the cruiseline’s Now, Dr. Grant has decided that it is of video technology,” Dr. Grant explains. polar bear club for diving into the the right time to give back to the “I was interested in the non-verbal swimming pool while crossing the institution that, as she says, “really gave behavior of teachers in the classroom, so I Arctic Circle. me my start,” by including the University videotaped teachers of language arts and Now a professor emeritus, she continues in her estate plans. analyzed their non-verbal messages.” Her to stay connected to William Paterson. In After graduating from William Paterson research, completed for her doctoral addition to funding a scholarship for a with a bachelor’s degree in education, Dr. dissertation for Columbia University, College of Education student, she has Grant taught at an elementary school in became The Teacher Moves, the first book made plans to leave additional funds to Glen Rock for eight years. In 1963, she to be published on the topic. the University through a planned gift. learned of an opening in the English The author of two other books, “The institution has changed a great deal department. “I saw an interesting Written Expression in the Language Arts during these many years,” she says. “I’m opportunity to return to the campus,” says and Content and Craft – Written Expression happy to contribute for the benefit of Dr. Grant. She was hired and found in the Elementary School, Dr. Grant was a future generations of students.”

Endowments for endowment: restricted and unrestricted. The minimum to endow a partial A restricted endowment funds a specific scholarship at the University is $15,000. the Future program or project as designated by the A gift of $150,000 is required to endow a MANY OF THE GIFTS MENTIONED IN THIS donor. An unrestricted endowment, often full scholarship. In either case, payment ISSUE OF WP ARE GIFTS FOR ENDOWMENT. referred to as a quasi-endowment, provides can be made over several years to fulfill a An endowment is a sum of money from support for a number of institutional needs commitment. which only a portion of the earned income as determined by the board of trustees of Many institutions, including William is used to support institutional programs. the University. Paterson, build their endowments through Endowment funds are invested and William Paterson’s endowment, which a strong gift-planning program of generally distribute five percent annually. consists of dozens of funds, is bequests and trusts. Often donors who The wonderful thing about an endowment approximately $7 million. That’s small by want to make a transformation gift but is that it provides support in perpetuity. most standards, but in the University’s lack the capacity to do so during their For example, a donor who establishes a case, it is growing rapidly. The volatile lifetimes will choose a bequest as the $1 million endowed scholarship fund can markets of the past few years have hindered vehicle for making a substantial gift to the PAGE University. While the laws are currently W27 generally be assured that that fund will investment growth, but donations continue TWENTY-SEVE provide $50,000 a year (five percent) in to increase the endowment’s value. changing, there are still substantial tax scholarship support for as long as the The vast majority of the University’s benefits to those who choose to make a University exists. Over time, the payouts endowment is restricted for scholarships. gift plan with the University. far exceed the original value of the gift. Unlike private institutions that depend on Ifyouwouldliketomakeanendowed For years, private universities have wisely a large, unrestricted endowment for gift to the University, or just want to talk built major endowments. Only recently operating expenses, public universities like with a development officer about the many have public universities like William William Paterson have greater flexibility to giving opportunities gift planning Paterson realized their importance, too. direct donors to institutional priorities provides, contact the University’s There are basically two categories of such as scholarships. Development Office at 973.720.2615.

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ARNOLD SPEERT (THIRD FROM

LEFT) WITH RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

AWARD (FROM LEFT): ANTHONY PESSOLANO ’80,

GENERAL MANAGER, PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING GROUP

OF NEW JERSEY; TONI FIORE ’76, EXECUTIVE VICE

PRESIDENT OF PATIENT CARE AND CHIEF NURSING

OFFICER, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL

CENTER; MAUREEN A. CONWAY ’66, VICE

PRESIDENT, EMERGING MARKET SOLUTIONS, HEWLETT-

PACKARD COMPANY; JOHN P. L ONSDORF ’79,

PRESIDENT, THE R & J GROUP; AND RALPH DA

COSTA NUNEZ ’72, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER, HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS, AND PRESIDENT,

INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN AND POVERTY

William Paterson University Foundation Raises $140,000 For Scholarship Fund at Annual Legacy Award Dinner

THE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY University Foundation board of directors; science, received the Faculty Service FOUNDATION RAISED MORE THAN $140,000 and L. Robert Lieb, chairman and chief Award, which is given in recognition of for its scholarship fund during the executive officer of Mountain demonstrated career achievement and Foundation’s thirteenth annual Legacy Development Corporation. commitment to the University. An expert Award Dinner and Silent Auction on The Distinguished Alumni Award is in the politics of Asia, Chadda is a Saturday, May 10 at The Hilton at Short presented to outstanding University member of the prestigious Council on Hills. The gala event also included the alumni in recognition of significant Foreign Relations, the world’s most presentation of the Distinguished Alumni achievement. Recipients were: Maureen prominent foreign relations think tank, Awards and the Faculty Service Award by Conway, vice president of emerging and is the author of several books the University’s Alumni Association. market solutions for Hewlett-Packard including Building Democracy in South “Funds raised by the Legacy Award Company; Ralph da Costa Nunez, Ph.D., Asia: India, Nepal, Pakistan. w Dinner provide scholarship support for the president and chief executive officer of University’s most deserving students,” says Homes for the Homeless; Toni Fiore, Joanne Nigrelli, executive director of executive vice president of patient care development. and chief nursing officer for Hackensack Recipients of this year’s Legacy Award University Medical Center; John P. The deadline for nominations for the 2004 were Castrol Consumer Americas, an Lonsdorf, president of The R & J Distinguished Alumni Award and 2004 internationally recognized brand name in Group; and Anthony Pessolano, general Faculty Service Award is September 1, the consumer, commercial, marine, and manager of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group of 2003. Forms can be accessed at industrial markets; Fletcher T.Fish, past New Jersey. www.wpunj.edu/alumni/alumniawards.htm chairperson of the William Paterson Maya Chadda, a professor of political

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LEGACY AWARD HONOREES (FROM LEFT) DAVE DUGGAN, ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR CASTROL CONSUMER MAYA CHADDA (CENTER), PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RECIPIENT OF THE FACULTY SERVICE AMERICAS; FLETCHER T. F ISH, PAST CHAIRPERSON, WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION; AND AWARD, WITH NINA JEMMOTT (LEFT), ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN, GRADUATE STUDIES AND L. ROBERT LIEB, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RESEARCH, AND ISABEL TIRADO, DEAN, COLLEGE OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Russ Berrie – Continued from Page 15

Jim Brown, a prominent sales executive Plans for the Institute include a and approval of the curriculum, concentration with more than thirty years of industry concentration in professional sales that is courses will be applied toward a bachelor of experience, serves as the Institute’s first being developed within the University’s science degree in professional sales. executive director. “Half of all the people who current bachelor of science degree in business Sales professionals are served through graduate from business school end up in administration, featuring courses such as three centers within the Institute: Sales sales, and half of all company presidents and customer relationship management (CRM), Education, Sales Management, and Strategic CEOs began as salespeople,” Brown says. account and territory management, Account Management. Certificate programs, “This program will offer real hands-on relationship management, sales manage- open enrollment seminars and workshops, training for students and provide them with ment, negotiation, business finance, and lecture series, and custom-designed programs skills they need to be successful.” presentation skills. Upon full development for corporate clients comprise these offerings. Facilities will include an Interactive Sales Lab for developing and perfecting the sales process in simulated real-world settings. About Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. Housed on the ground floor of the 1600 Valley Road building, the lab will feature In 1963, while working as a manufacturer's representative, Russ Berrie founded Russ state-of-the-art conference rooms that Berrie and Company, Inc. Russ Berrie lived the American dream—starting with $500 in include robotic video cameras and plasma a converted garage in Palisades Park, New Jersey, he built the company into one of the display screens for a 360-degree analysis of world's most respected premier lifestyle gift companies. RUSS and its subsidiaries design, the sales presentation process; interactive develop, and distribute approximately 8,000 unique seasonal and everyday gift products classroom instruction with instant replay to over 55,000 retailers worldwide through a direct sales force of more than five hundred digital video feedback; computer-based men and women. Berrie's personal background in sales, and genuine belief in giving training stations for telephone sales training; and distance learning and videoconferencing customers what they want, drove his business decisions and propelled the company to facilities. In addition, dynamic digital video revenues of over $300 million last year, and listing on the New York Stock Exchange editing and production will provide students since 1984. with individual session DVDs as well as electronic portfolios to present to prospective The company's extensive product line includes everything from teddy bears and a employers. menagerie of other plush animals to baby gifts, developmental toys, picture frames, Brown is also planning to establish a Sales candles, figurines, and a variety of other home decor accessories. This array of products, Club for seniors who are interested in and the niche that Russ Berrie carved out for the company that bears his name, fit his pursuing careers in sales following outlook on the business—namely offering thoughtful and affordable products that graduation. Activities would include guest "Make someone happy"—the company's motto. speakers from different areas of sales, as well as counseling sessions focused on necessary Russ Berrie was founder, chairman and CEO of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. skills. w until his untimely death in December 2002. For more information, contact the Institute at 973.720.3855, [email protected], or www.wpunj.edu/rbisales.

University Report – Continued from Page 7 PAGE W29 History Department high schools (Garfield High School, Dwight Morrow High School, TWENTY-NI Collaborates Academies @ Englewood, Bergen County Academies, and the Bergen on Federally Funded Project County Technical High School at Teterboro), and more than William Paterson is a partner in a three-year project funded by a $1 8,000 students. million grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to “The University will assist teachers in the participating districts to enhance the American history curriculum in primary and secondary draw upon local historical sources and infuse them into the American schools in Bergen County. history curriculum in the five high schools,” says Terence Finnegan, The History Department will work with the Bergen County associate professor of history and chair of the department. “We will Technical School District, the Bergen County Historical Society, the assist teachers in finding information, identifying a format for New Jersey Historical Society, and the American Labor Museum/Botto dissemination of the material, editing documents, and cataloging House. The University’s role will be to provide teachers with content artifacts.” resources, professional development, technological assistance, and In addition, William Paterson will sponsor two one-week institutes practicum students. for teachers in summer 2003 which will provide an in-depth The project, titled “Our Story: A Place-Based Approach to the discussion of documents available at the partner institutions and how Teaching of Traditional American History,” will serve 172 teachers, five teachers can use those documents to illustrate historical trends.

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 Pi neer NAUGLE News WHERE SPORTS SET US APART VOLLEYBALL COACH ACHIEVES MILESTONE 400TH VICTORY

hen Sandy Ferrarella ’75 victory as coach. Jersey State Interscholastic Wbegan her tenure as “I’ve been coaching a long Athletic Association volleyball William Paterson’s volleyball time, and remember all the championships last fall, coach in 1979, she found it people who have gone Ferrarella had a courtside seat hard to imagine winning one through,” says Ferrarella, as she watched Marino coach hundred games. Yet during whose career record now Hawthorne High School in the her more than two decades of stands at 403-247. “Many of Group 2 title match. Hawthorne coaching, she continued to my players are coaching now eventually won, prompting amass victory after victory, and have become successful. Marino to pull her old coach and late in the night of I’m proud of how much I have into the post-match celebration October 19, 2002, she achieved affected them.” where they shared a moment a significant milestone as she One such player is Andrea that Ferrarella feels sums up her SANDY FERRARELLA recorded her four-hundredth Marino ’93. During the New twenty-four-year career.

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FERRARELLA COACHING HER PLAYERS News neer Pi “When they won,” she says, unpredictable, but she had so how to relate to all types of coaching. “Once she “Andrea came over and hugged much faith in me. She really people and see the good in stops getting me and said to me, ‘This is boosted my ego, my confidence, most people. I just think I’m nervous at a game, because of you, coach.’” and my self-esteem.” better for knowing her.” she’s not going to More than any milestone, Cheryl Stetz–Bamert ’91 Ferrarella looks forward to coach anymore,” Ferrarella’s inspiration to keep echoes those thoughts. “She coaching for a twenty-fifth Paskas says with a coming back season after went way beyond coaching. season this fall. With virtually laugh. season is the student-athletes, She was my friend. She’s just her entire team returning after For now, her student-athletes. Too many a great person. She’s invited to a 19-10 season in 2002, she is Ferrarella will begin to list here, Ferrarella can all of my birthday parties; my optimistic the Pioneers could her run at another rattle off a list of who has ever kids call her Aunt Sandy,” she capture the New Jersey milestone. Although she jokes blocked, set, or spiked for her. says. A Hall of Fame member Athletic Conference crown about coaching into old age to A standout volleyball player and former William Paterson after reaching the conference reach five hundred, even six at William Paterson from 1971 assistant coach who is the semifinals for the first time hundred victories, the youthful to 1974, Ferrarella served as current head coach at since 1995 last spring. exuberance she derives from her assistant coach of the team Morristown High School, Watch her on the William players and the relationships she from 1975 to 1978. She took Stetz-Bamert credits Paterson sideline and she is continues to forge with them the head-coaching job in 1979; Ferrarella with influencing her still the same bundle of through the years could be the since the position was then career decision. “I just knew I nervous energy as she was in driving force toward hitting part-time, Ferrarella also wanted to be a coach after her first game as head coach in another victory plateau. worked a full-time job off- playing for her. I wanted to try 1979. For those who know her, “That is the key,” Ferrarella campus. Those were harried to help other athletes reach this is the perfect barometer to says. “Everything I do is for times, ones when she used their potential. She taught us gauge her passion for them.” w vacation days to drive the team van down to distant matches at Rowan University or Richard ALBIES TO BE INDUCTED INTO AMERICAN Stockton College, only to BASEBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME return home for a precious few hours of sleep. Six years ago, eff Albies, who has coached championships in 1992 and main objective is to help she was hired full-time at the Jthe Pioneer Baseball Team 1996, has been elected into the improve the level of coaching. University, and splits her time for twenty-nine years and led prestigious American Baseball “I am extremely honored by between coaching and her role the team to national Coaches Association (ABCA) my election into the ABCA as an assistant director in Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame,” says Albies, admissions. will be inducted in who also serves as the Ferrarella is emotionally January 2004. University’s associate director connected to those she coaches. Albies will be of athletics. “It is particularly She gets butterflies for herself one of 204 gratifying to earn this and for them before matches; members of the incredible honor while I’m still she celebrates and sweats out ABCA Hall of coaching. I am well aware of PAGE Fame when he and the fact that many of the men I every point they play. Her W31 commitment to her players the rest of the 2004 am privileged to join are the THIRTY-ON and her sport has paid off in honorees are pillars of collegiate baseball.” three New Jersey Athletic inducted. Founded “Jeff Albies is a significant Conference championships in 1945, the ABCA player nationally with amateur (1982, 1983, and 1991)—and includes six baseball,” says Dave Keilitz, in dozens of alumnae who thousand coaches executive director of the describe her as a mentor. ranging from ABCA. “Jeff has been not only “She made me the person I college to high a tremendous contributor as a am today, really,” says Sue school to youth, coach at William Paterson, but Paskas ’97, a 2002 inductee from every state in also in the East and on a into the Alumni Association’s the country and national level with his Athletic Hall of Fame. “I was many nations; its committee work and JEFF ALBIES leadership.”

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 “Through guided the Pioneers to eleven says Sabrina Grant, the serving on the NCAA twenty-nine years at New Jersey Athletic University’s athletic director. Division III All-American, William Paterson Conference championship “The University is fortunate NCAA Selection and University, Jeff titles and seven NCAA that Jeff has spent a long Legislative Action, and ABCA Albies has been regional titles, most recently in career with the program that committees. He also coached dedicated to the 1999 when his team finished he developed into a national in the prestigious Cape Cod excellence of this third in the nation. powerhouse. It is rare in League (1982) for top University and its Named the ABCA this day and age of collegiate players and gave student-athletes,” national coach of the intercollegiate clinics as a guest of the

Pi neer News says University year in 1992 and athletics to have a Romanian Baseball Federation President Arnold 1996, he is among the coach with such (1993). Speert. “He has worked top ten active coaches success remain loyal to Meanwhile, Albies will tirelessly to prepare his in Division III with 759 one institution.” continue to add on to his athletes for success throughout career victories, which Albies also has had a legacy. In 2004, he could win their lives. I look forward to includes twelve thirty-win profound impact within the his eight-hundredth career his continued leadership and seasons. Since 1975, twenty- state and region, across the game. Yet before that season’s guidance.” nine of his players have signed nation, and even abroad. He first pitch is thrown, there will Albies started coaching at professional contracts and has served as the baseball be a Hall of Fame election the University in 1975 and twenty-seven more have chairman of the NCAA ceremony to attend, one that built the Pioneers into a earned All-American honors. Division III Championships will immortalize him among national power in NCAA “The record Coach Albies committee (1992-96) and the greatest to ever coach Division III baseball. In has amassed as the leader of chairman of the NCAA college baseball. w addition to two national the William Paterson baseball Division III Mid-Atlantic championships, Albies has program speaks for itself,” Region (1990-96), while also

GRANT APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

abrina Grant, who has “Sabrina Grant has the the New Jersey Athletic Sserved as an athletic skills, knowledge, and drive to Conference (NJAC) Executive administrator at William guide our athletic department Committee and the New Paterson for nearly twenty to continued success,” says Jersey Association of years, has been appointed President Arnold Speert. “She Intercollegiate Athletics for director of athletics. is well-respected by coaches, Women (NJAIAW) Woman of Grant served as interim student-athletes, colleagues the Year Committee. She is director of athletics since July throughout our campus, and also chairperson of the NJAC AGE 2002 following the retirement her peers throughout the Women’s Tennis Committee. W32 She is a graduate of Queens TY-TWO of Art Eason, the University’s country. Pioneer Athletics is director of athletics for thirty fortunate to have her as its College with bachelor’s and years. She was associate leader and we are fortunate to master’s degrees in physical director of athletics from 1994 have her as a colleague.” education and formerly played to 2002 and assistant director Grant is one of eight competitive tennis on the of athletics from 1983 to 1994. female athletic directors at college level. w Prior to joining the University New Jersey’s twenty-seven staff, she was assistant director colleges and universities that of athletics at Brooklyn College. sponsor intercollegiate athletics. She is a member of

SABRINA GRANT SPA L U M TN LIGHTI N E W S GREETINGS FROM YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

NTHISISSUEOFSPOTLIGHT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH If we don’t have your e-mail address and you would like to assist in IYOU two of the most exciting outcomes of this past year. shaping the future of alumni programming at William Paterson After more than a year of planning, drafting, and testing, a University, please visit the following site: comprehensive alumni survey was e-mailed to 9,401 alumni in late http://ww2.wpunj.edu/survey/alumni.html. This link will direct you March. This survey, created by the offices of Planning, Research, and to the survey form. Please know that appropriate steps have been Evaluation (OPRE), Alumni Relations, and Development, seeks taken to ensure the confidentiality of your responses. At the beginning information on alumni services, development, affiliations, and student of the survey, you will be asked to provide an ID number. This experiences. number, which is required in order to submit the survey, is 9500 for all responding to the survey who are motivated by this letter. We will Participation in the survey will help us: keep the site active until September 30, 2003. Questions or concerns • Provide better alumni programming should be directed to the Office of Alumni Relations at 973.720.2175 • Create more effective fundraising programs or via e-mail at [email protected]. I encourage you to take the time • Garner important information about our graduates that to respond. Your response will help us serve all alumni better in the will help to strengthen William Paterson University future. Also be sure to look at page 26 for details on YOUR new Alumni To date, approximately 1,000 alumni have responded to the survey, House. Saturday, May 3, marked the dedication of the Allan and which takes about ten minutes to complete. Comments have been Michele Gorab Alumni House, the new location of the Office of reflective, lighthearted, and serious; all describe the impact a William Alumni Relations and the John Rosengren Laboratories. Look for an Paterson education has had on the lives of our alumni. opportunity to tour the house during Homecoming and Family Day on Some comments include: October 18, 2003. If you’re living out of state and your travels bring “A small student population (at the time) that gave a great feeling of you close to Wayne, please contact us and plan on a visit. belonging. A great education that gave me a wonderful career as a math teacher for over thirty years. Professors who cared and took a personal interest in turning out great teachers.”

“The best years of my life were at William Paterson. I flourished PAGE academically, socially, and intellectually. I have nothing but the fondest W33 THIRTY-THR memories of my days spent there.” “My four years at William Paterson broadened my horizons and provided me with an excellent foundation for the future. I continually tell my friends and family that my four years there were the ones that shaped me as a person.”

PICTURED WITH ME IS DIANNA G. SMITH '63. I MET DIANNA AT THE FLORIDA ALUMNI REGIONAL CHAPTER RECEPTION ON MARCH 20 IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. DIANA DROVE MORE THAN FOUR-AND-A-HALF HOURS AND NEARLY THREE HUNDRED MILES FROM HER HOME IN JACKSONVILLE TO MEET HER CLASSMATES AND HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY. THANKS DIANNA!

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 school; Russ, who majored president and treasurer. in business administration, He eventually switched to also worked in a bank. RVCC, working in various LIGHT Campus Sweethearts: They were involved in financial capacities. He some campus activities— joined the University staff Meeting of the Minds he was junior class vice as controller from 1999 to president and president of 2001. He currently serves

SP T Brings Hearts Together the Student Business as controller at Montclair OR MANY STUDENTS, COLLEGE IS AN EXCITING TIME OF NEW BEGINNINGS. FOR Association; she was the State University. FSOME, IT’S THE FIRST TIME LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, BEING EXPOSED TO NEW Student Government They enjoy traveling IDEAS, AND FORGING NEW FRIENDSHIPS. FOR A LUCKY FEW, IT’S MUCH MORE: THEY Association student and keep busy volun- representative from the teering, a continuation of MEET THE SPECIAL PERSON WHO TURNS INTO A LIFELONG PARTNER. IN THIS ISSUE WE Math Department—but work they did in their PROFILE TWO COUPLES WHO MET HERE ON CAMPUS AND CREATED A LIFE TOGETHER. basically they didn’t have community as their the time. daughters, Jennifer, Russell and September, married five Ohio. “The students were “I took eighteen to Kathryn, and Christine, Ethel Muter days after graduation in protesting the expansion nineteen credits per were growing up—Ethel 1973, and this year of the war into Cambodia, semester to finish early,” in their church and with The young man in the celebrated their thirtieth but we were not protesters. Ethel says. “I wanted to Project Linus, Russ with yellow Chevy Malibu wedding anniversary. We kept our eyes and ears finish early to get as their church and the from Verona and the But they didn’t start open, and attended classes much as I could for the Friends of Glen Gray, a blonde math whiz from dating right away. Each when they were held.” money.” She finished in former Boy Scouts of Hawthorne parked next to had a large circle of So while the campus was three-and-a-half years. America property.They each other on a bright friends they hung out closed, they took their They saw each other on also are heading up the September day in 1969, with. “I didn’t want to tie relationship to the next campus and on Sunday University’s Sweethearts the first day of classes at myself down,” remembers level and went on their visits with their families, Campaign, raising money Paterson State College, Ethel. Their first date first date to a bowling alley Russ gradually over- for the Allan and Michele not realizing that they wasn’t until May 1970, in Paramus. They have coming Ethel’s mother’s Gorab Alumni House. were beginning a the end of their second been together ever since. opposition to him since They look back fondly synchronous journey that semester. Both were commuter he practiced a different on their early days at brings them to the “The campus was students and held down religion from theirs. William Paterson. present day. closed down, in response jobs while attending school Even before “Without William Russell Muter and to events at Kent State full-time. “We worked commencement, Ethel Paterson, we wouldn’t have Ethel De Laat caught University,” Russ recalls, hard paying our way landed a job as an eighth met,” says Russ. “The each other’s eye and referring to the anti-war through college,” Ethel grade math teacher in education we received here walked from the parking demonstrations at that says. One of five children, Wanaque in December from 1969 to 1973 became lot to Wayne Hall for institution which resulted the math major worked at a 1972, and Russ continued the basis of our success, freshman orientation the in the death of four bank and a market on to work in the bank and and helped us to provide first day of school that students on the campus in weekends to pay for studied for the C.P.A. for our family.” Both feel exam. Ethel worked until a need to give something the first of their three back to the place which daughters was born. She nurtured them. later earned a master’s “We’ve felt an obliga- degree and a doctorate in tion for many years to be mathematics, and retired a part of scholarship,” as an assistant professor at Ethel says. “We want to AGE give someone else the W34 Raritan Valley Community Y-FOUR College (RVCC). opportunity to get the Russ worked in public education we received. accounting for a few We got a solid foundation years, and then worked in here to build on and want a bank, starting as the to provide that for auditor and working his others.” w way up to executive vice

THE MUTERS PT SP Campus Sweethearts: Meeting of the Minds Brings Hearts Together LIGHT

THE LIVINGSTONS

Spending time confrontation is together on campus imminent, we go to a caused their friendship very expensive to grow into something restaurant to maximize more. “He was very kind the atmosphere, the to my children,” elegance, and cost,” remembers Khadijah. Khadijah reports. “We Although funds were hate to waste money, so tight, they began we make sure that we attending “some of the don’t by forcing wonderful cultural ourselves to objectively programs the EOF examine the problem in program provided at the an atmosphere and at a time.” They were cost that we definitely married after Khadijah cannot afford under graduated, while she was normal circumstances. It a graduate student at works for us, and besides, Columbia Teacher’s I get a treat! I’m always College in 1973. easier to deal with in Both have had varied elegant surroundings.” careers. Each began as a Family life now teacher in the Paterson includes two adopted Khadijah and That cousin was Charles school district, Khadijah children—Monica, a Charles Livingston Livingston ’72. A young at Eastside High School, student at William man from Paterson, he Charles at Kennedy Paterson, and Antwoine he arrived at exceptional grades at faced similar circum- High School. Later, Shepard, whom she SPaterson State Hackensack High School stances as Khadijah, they moved into would like to send to Teacher’s College one from which she had working his way through pharmaceutical sales and William Paterson when afternoon with a graduated more than ten college and helping to marketing. Khadijah ran the time comes—and girlfriend in tow. A years previously. support his brothers and a hospice for several four grandchildren. single mother, she She soon matriculated, sisters. years, then founded her Also living with them “wanted desperately to and was off and “He was working own company, KAL is Troy, Charles’s go to college” but as the running, attending very hard to assist his International Marketing youngest brother, whom first in her family to evening classes, working family,” Khadijah Specialists, a distributor they adopted after his pursue higher education, during the day, and recalls. “But he was not of custom-imprinted mother died. didn’t quite know how caring for her two maximizing his potential items, executive gifts, Higher education to go about it. children, Daoud and in school. I convinced seasonal and religious remains an important Brian. cards, awards, and goal for the Livingstons. “I had no idea how to him to refocus on college PAGE get into college and the “This soon became and began tutoring him. trophies, thirteen years “Without William W35 only college I really overwhelming and I Through this process, ago. Charles joined the Paterson I would most THIRTY-FIV knew was Paterson applied for the we became friends.” company three years ago. likely not have evolved State,” remembers Educational Opportunity Also the first in his He is now vice president into the person I am Khadijah Alexander ’73. Fund and received family to attend college, for sales at KAL. The today,” Khadijah says. “My girlfriend and I financial assistance,” she Charles made time to be New York/New Jersey “We have lived all over decided to come to says. In four years, she on the diving team, and Minority Purchasing the country and have campus and just talk to a earned enough credits was a founding member Council, Inc. recently traveled the world and counselor.” for two bachelor’s of Psi Kappa Nu. Both honored KAL as a yet our observations and She landed in the degrees while were members of Phi winner in its annual experiences tell us that office of John Adams, an maintaining a 4.0 grade Alpha Theta, the history Minority Supplier of the the quality of education admissions counselor point average. honor society, and Year competition. is seriously declining in who, even though she At one of the jobs Khadijah helped Working together has the United States. had never taken the SAT she had at the time, she establish a campus its challenges, and Higher education is exam, was able to get her met a young woman who chapter of Delta Sigma disputes are settled in a essential and very w admitted as a provisional had a cousin who also Theta. Both were most creative way. important to me.” student based on her attended Paterson State. commuter students. “When a possible

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 Alumna Named Passaic County Teacher of the Year

LIGHT hat does it take started when she played Wto be named “school” in her basement Teacher of the Year? A and used her stuffed passion for teaching, animals as students.

SPaccording T to Patricia “It was the perfect Temprano ’70, the set-up for me,” she recalls. Passaic County Teacher “It allowed me to be in of the Year for 2002 and control of a classroom Hawthorne Teacher of setting that I so longed to the Year for the 2002- do. No one would 2003 school year. interrupt. It was an “I believe my greatest enjoyable time for me.” contribution to teaching She acquired her is my passion for interest in teaching from teaching,” says her father, who helped Temprano. “I teach with her with math problems. feeling and emotion. The “He would explain to me teaching of skills is very in simple terms how to PATRICIA TEMPRANO (CENTER) WITH HER STUDENTS AT JEFFERSON SCHOOL IN HAWTHORNE important, but when solve the problems,” Temprano remembers. skills are taught wanted to become a Hawthorne, says that to stimulate interest, “He never allowed me to successfully, it is the teacher and make a success in the classroom increase vocabulary, and get frustrated. I can still greatest feeling. There difference in children’s depends on capturing expose good writing remember the beads of are rewards in teaching lives. To touch a child’s the students’ attention skills. Finding just the perspiration forming on every day, and this is mind and make a by using a variety of right book to weave into his forehead as he taught what education is all difference was my methods. “Hands-on the curriculum is part of the skill over and over about.” ultimate goal.” activities are the most the art of teaching. For again. We worked From the time she Temprano, who now successful,” she says. teaching is truly an art. diligently solving math was a little girl, teaches third graders at “Using children’s To teach is to touch a problems and had fun, Temprano knew she Jefferson School in literature is another way life forever.” w wanted to be a teacher. It too. I knew then that I

Executive Council Adds Six New Members are Lynn Alleger ’69, Francisco Díaz ’86, M.A. ’88, Russell Muter ’73, Scott Nicholson ’90, Paul T. Plesnick ’90, and Robert Ruocco ’91.

Lynn Alleger has been a

AGE special education teacher W36 in the Phillipsburg RTY-SIX School District since 1969, the year she graduated from William Paterson with a bachelor’s degree in special education. As a MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL INCLUDE (SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT) JEAN AIRES ’64, M.A. ‘88, DOMENICK STAMPONE ’94, ALLISON WORMAN ‘75, MICHAEL MULCAHY ‘73, BETTY EASTMAN ‘74, LYNN ALLEGER ‘69, (STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT) AUDREY BONAPARTE-WATTS ‘95, VINCE teacher she has earned MORETTA ‘52, PAUL PLESNIK ‘90, FRANCISCO DIÁZ ’86, M.A. ‘88, PATRICIA SOTTILI ‘74, CHRIS MCCOLLUM ‘92, JUDY LINDER, ROBERT RUOCCO ‘91, KIM many accolades, CAMPIGATTO ‘89, ROBIN FRANKLIN ‘03, LARRY GOFFREDO ‘77, ROBERT GIANETTI ‘90, AND RUSSELL MUTER ‘73 including ARC Teacher of the Year in 1985, he William Paterson body that represents the throughout the year. alumni programming. inclusion in Who’s Who TUniversity Alumni University’s more than Their responsibilities The council also reviews Among America’s Association Executive 50,000 alumni members, include awarding alumni applications for regional Teachers in 1998, and Council has elected six the Executive Council scholarships and grants, and special interest acknowledgment in the new members to its includes thirty Athletic Hall of Fame alumni chapters. Governor’s Recognition roster. The governing volunteers who meet consideration, and The new members Program Teacher of the PT SP Year in 1994. Active in director for budget, Paul Plesnick is the Alumnus Shares Plan for many volunteer finance, and information national project manager organizations in her technology at Raritan at Adams USA. As part Success with Students hometown of Valley Community of the company’s International, a LIGHT Washington, New Jersey, College. He earned a nthony Pessolano, customer marketing position that took him she has been a member bachelor’s degree in Ageneral manager of team, he acts as the to forty countries. of the William Paterson business administration Pepsi-Cola Bottling liaison between sales and His lecture was University Parents and accounting in 1973. Group of New Jersey marketing to integrate the third in the series, Association for six years, His wife, Ethel, also a and a 1980 graduate of brand, sales, and in-store which was inaugurated and has served on the 1973 graduate, retired as the University, initiatives for products during the spring 2002 University’s Annual Fund a professor of challenged students to including Dentyne and semester and which Committee. She and her mathematics also at develop a plan for Trident gum, Certs brings prominent husband Charles are the Raritan Valley. Together, success after they mints, and Halls Cough alumni back to campus parents of two daughters, they are spearheading the graduate from William Drops. Previously, he to speak with University Anne, and Kate, who Sweethearts Campaign, a Paterson during a lecture was a project manager at students about their graduated from the fundraising effort he delivered as part of Information Resources, careers and experiences University in 2001 and designed to raise money the Alumni Lecture Inc. He earned a at the University. John was named Outstanding for the Allan and Series sponsored by the bachelor’s degree in Byrne ’75, editor-in- Senior for her class. Michele Gorab Alumni University’s Office of communication in 1990 chief of Fast Company, House (see story page Alumni Relations this and received a master of and Susan Ungaro ’75, 34). They live in spring. science degree in editor-in-chief of Family Francisco Díaz is Bridgewater and are the “Success is about marketing from St. Circle magazine, spoke director of campus parents of three your emotional Joseph’s University in to students last year. activities and student daughters, Jennifer, quotient,” he says. “Two May 2002. A recipient of “Through the leadership at William Kathryn, and Christine. out of three of the the Alumni Association’s lectures, we are striving Paterson, a position he abilities considered vital Outstanding Senior to forge connections has held since 2001. to success are emotional Award in 1990, he lives between our alumni and He is responsible for Scott Nicholson leads a competencies. You’ve got in Denville with his wife our students, as well as supporting the efforts team of six financial to have a degree, but you Ann Marie. give our students of student clubs and planners as managing need a well-articulated personal access to alumni organizations, director of Signature plan for yourself. Leadership is an who can provide an implementing a student Financial Group, LLC. Robert Ruocco works evolutionary process.” important perspective leadership agenda, Previously, he worked as a for Health First In his role at Pepsi, on the issues they will and creating new financial advisor at UBS Management Services, Pessolano manages a confront in the work programming. He earned Paine Webber. He is a LLC, in New York City $300 million a year world,” says Judy Linder, a bachelor’s degree in 1990 graduate of William as a software business. A former executive director of communication in 1986 Paterson with a degree in development manager delivery route driver and alumni relations. “I and a master’s degree in communication. Active as responsible for mechanic, he worked his encourage any alumni communication arts in a community volunteer, budgeting, staffing, and way up through the interested in participating 1988. Previously, he held he serves on the forecasting development company. Prior to being in the program to the position of director Executive Advisory trends for the Data named to his current contact me.” w of student development Committee of the Valley Integration and position, Pessolano at Pace University. He Hospital Foundation and Reporting Unit. served as vice president and his wife Ana, a 1986 is a volunteer instructor Previously, he was a of sales for Pepsi alumna, are the parents for the Wayne Adult manager for customer of two children, Adrian Community Center, the support and EDI services and Miranda, and reside Midland Park Adult PAGE for Medic Computer W37 in Wayne. School, and the Systems. He graduated THIRTY-SEV University’s Center for in 1991 with a bachelor’s Continuing Education degree in computer Russell Muter is a and Distance Learning. science. He and his wife, financial executive and a He and his wife, Tracy, a Laura, live in Wayne with certified public account- 1991 alumna, are the their son, Jonathan. w ant who has had a broad parents of a son, Justin, career in banking and and reside in Waldwick. college and university fiscal administration. He currently serves as controller at Montclair State University. Previously, he served as controller for William Paterson and executive ANTHONY PESSOLANO

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 19 seventy 2 station in Washington, D.C., MARK SOYCHER, M.ED., is a Continental Telephone, labor and employment specialist GENE NEGLIA, M.A. ’77, a Automated Concepts Inc., and employed by the Connecticut teacher at the High Mountain

LIGHT most recently as vice president of Business and Industry Road School in Franklin Lakes, sales and marketing for RDA, a Association. Soycher is a member represented the district in the Philadelphia, PA firm that of the Connecticut and American 2001-02 Governor’s Teacher recruits technology bar associations and serves on the Recognition Program and was professionals… LUCILLE executive committee of the honored as an educator at a

SP T 19 plus... WRIGHT, M.A. ’78, was named Connecticut Bar Association’s special dinner… EDWARD Teacher of the Year in the labor and employment law WILLIAMS joined Judd Brown Secaucus school system where section. Designs, Inc. (JBD), Warwick, she has been teaching for 28 RI, as design director. 19 fifty 7 19 sixty 3 years. VINCENT D. WARASKE, JOSEPH A. SANGIACOMO is 19 seventy 7 M.A. ’61, a teacher in Paterson the new principal of Trinity 19 seventy 3 JOSEPH BELTRAMBA, for 50 years, has a passion for the Academy, a Catholic school for 19 seventy 5 M.A. ’82, M.A. ’89, is the new YVETTE CAVALLO, a board city’s history. He participates in grades K-8 in Caldwell. He KRISTINA A. KRAIL, R.N., principal at Frank Hehnly member of the Pennsylvania Art the Greater Paterson Chamber of previously served as principal at has been appointed chief nursing Elementary School in Union… League, is an active member of Commerce’s Leadership Our Lady of Mount Carmel in officer at Long Beach Medical WALTER HAMPSON, the Greensburg Art Club and Paterson program, and has been Bayonne and principal at Our Center in Long Beach, NY… M.A. ’77, has been named athletic past president of the East lecturing at local organizations Lady of Czestochowa in Jersey PETER LOPES is the new director for the Ridgewood Suburban Artist League. She is for the past 45 years. He was a City. chamber-tourism director in School District. Previously he currently pursuing a career in member of the Paterson Clinton County, PA… was athletic director for River teaching… JOSEPH Bicentennial Commission in HOWARD MICHAELS’ hand- Dell Regional High School in DIGIACOMO, borough 1976 and was involved in the tinted vintage photographs of Oradell… STEVE KIRCHUK 19 sixty 7 administrator of the Borough of Great Falls Development Corp. Cape May have been purchased is a facilitator for the Arts Access Tenafly, recently received the SALLY SANDERS is a for display in the executive offices Program of Matheny Hospital, International City/County member of the Bedminster-based of Disney’s Beach Club Resort in Peapack. Management Association’s Somerset Art Association, the Orlando, FL… JOSEPH 19 sixty Credentialed Manager New Jersey Center for Visual PELLEGRINO, Paterson’s RICHIE ADUBATO, M.A. ’70, Arts, and the Sussex County Designation. deputy fire chief, recently retired 19 seventy 8 coach of the New York Liberty, Art and Heritage Council. She after 39 years of dedication to the enjoyed an impromptu reunion at recently exhibited her force. He was named Firefighter SUZANNE MULLER the 2002 WNBA finals. Robert watercolors and oil paintings at 19 seventy 4 of the Year in 1985 by the KOEGLER is the new assistant Stolarz ’64, Dr. Gabe Vitalone, the Clarence Dillon Public superintendent of curriculum NADA BOETTCHER and her Knights of Columbus and professor emeritus of curriculum Library in Bedminster… and instruction for the Freehold husband Robert recently recently was commended by the and instruction at William ROBERT E. SCHNARE, JR. Regional High School District. celebrated their 50th wedding U.S. Congress for his many years Paterson, Larry Cirignano ‘61, received the Society of American Previously, she was director of anniversary. Nada taught at the of service. He taught fire science Jack Moran ’61, and Jack Archivists’ 2002 Preservation curriculum, instruction, Marian E. McKeown Elementary and management courses at Guiliano ’62 were all at the game Publication Award for his technology, and assessment for School in Hampton Township Passaic County Community to show their support. All of publication, Bibliography of the Manville School District. for 25 years… REV. CAROL L. College… PAULA L. these men have had successful Preservation Literature, 1983- While in Manville she also taught FICKEN, former chaplain of the THATCHER was selected as careers in teaching, coaching, and 1996. This award recognizes the English as a second language Wissahickon Hospice in the 2001 winner of the administration… JOE CLARK author or editor of an courses for adults and computer Philadelphia, PA, has been hired Presidential Award for Excellence was the first speaker in the New outstanding work that advances and technology courses and by Grace Lutheran Church in in Math and Science Teaching Horizons Speakers Series at St. the theory or practice of served as an affirmative action Wyndmoor, PA… STANLEY for the State of New Jersey in the Vincent’s College. Clark, who preservation in archival officer… ROBERT J. JESSAMINE was named this elementary science category. She spent seven years as the principal institutions. Schnare is director VANNELLA is assistant year’s Outstanding Citizen by the won an all-expenses-paid trip to of Eastside High School in of the library at the U.S. Naval principal at the high school level Phillipsburg Area Chamber of Washington, DC, as well as Paterson, was portrayed by actor War College. in Vineland and a member of the Commerce. Jessamine is a 20- $7,500 to be used in her school. Morgan Freeman in the 1989 Vineland Board of Education… year veteran of the New York movie about his tenure there, DOUG NERALICH, M.A., is City Fire Department, currently Lean on Me. the author of the recent book 19 sixty 8 serving in Engine Co. No. 7. For 19 seventy 6 Dear Donna, It’s Only 45 Hours more than 30 years he served JAMES WHRITENOUR, DORIS BEARDSLEY, a from Bien Hoa. locally as assistant chief for the M.ED. ’71, retired after 35 years teacher at Montgomery School AGE 19 sixty 1 Lincoln Engine Co. and the of service in the Bloomingdale in DeKalb County, GA, was one Delaware Park Fire Department. W38 NATHAN FINE has retired School District in Passaic of two community winners of the Y-EIGHT On September 11, 2001, he 19 seventy 9 from the Paterson School County. 2002 Atlanta Journal-Constitution began the difficult and trying District after 40 years as a Honor Teacher Awards. The DOLORES L. ARETSKY, task of recovery efforts after the teacher, counselor, and vice award honors the metropolitan M.A., is a partner in the law firm World Trade Center attack. principal. area’s best and brightest teachers of Aretsky & Aretsky, P.C., along 19 seventy 1 Although he is eligible for and awards $500 to be used for with her son, Eric J. Aretsky… EMIL R. SALVINI is the retirement, he continues to serve the school’s benefit… JOANNE MARILYN DANIELS began author of a book on the history of in the Phillipsburg area... TOM MARIEN, M.ED., is the new the Penn State Worthington 19 sixty 2 Cape May, The Summer City by MCKEEVER has started a superintendent of schools for the Scranton High School Scholars JOSEPH CHIBBARO retired the Sea… RUSSELL TITUS company specializing in Somers School District in New Program with a presentation after 39 years in the East will retire from the position of videoconferencing, Vexcorp York. She served as assistant titled “Happy Hands: Why Sign Windsor Regional School principal of Somerville (Video Exchange Professionals). superintendent for instruction Language Helps Children District. He served as Elementary School in Ridgewood Previously, he held positions at for the previous eight years… Learn.” She is the author of housemaster and principal of to serve as assistant Communications Satellite WILLIAM M. O’NEILL is the Dancing with Words: Signing for Walter C. Black School, superintendent for the district. Corporation, a satellite earth Hearing Children’s Literacy… Hightstown Intermediate School He has served in the Ridgewood director of facilities for the University of Minnesota… WILLIAM C. REEVES has and, since 1993, as principal at school district for the past 27 joined the medical staff of Grace N. Rogers Elementary years. School. PT SP MidMichigan Medical Center 19 eighty 1 in Midland, MI, and is an Alumna Daisy Hernandez JOHN W. MCGRATH has obstetrician/gynecologist with been promoted to lieutenant after Edits Book on Young Women of Color MidMichigan Physicians Group 21 years in the New Milford in Clare, MI… DIANE Police Department… JUDITH LIGHT SILBERNAGEL, M.S. ’99, a aisy Hernandez (left), a 1997 graduate of William Paterson and a columnist for D’AIUTO is manager of the parishioner of Our Lady of the Ms. magazine, and Bushra Rehman, a Muslim poet, read portions of the book Unity Bank in Flemington. She D Valley Church in Wayne, and a previously worked for they co-edited, Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, during a liaison for the Congregational Flemington National Bank, Women’s History Month event on campus in March. The two women, who are Health Ministry Program of the Summit Bank, and a Princeton- Paterson Diocese Catholic both feminist activists, gathered first-person essays by a diverse group of young based Internet company… w Charities, will be among three women writers, academics, and activists for the anthology. JOSEPH DIGIACOMO has people honored as “Unsung been hired by the Cranford Heroes” by Wayne Counseling Board of Education as the and Family Services… director of guidance. Previously, VINCENT J. VITIELLO is he was a guidance counselor at captain and executive officer of Bergenfield High School. the Township of Maplewood Fire Department. He is a state- certified fire official and Level 2 fire instructor. 19 eighty 2 DAVID DE LOTTO, a newly appointed agent for State Farm, 19 eighty opened his new office on November 1, 2002 in Southbury, JACK CURTIS, M.ED., has CT… JOSEPH HEALY was been appointed principal of the hired by PNC Advisors as a key Lincoln/Roosevelt School in leader for its Investment Services Roxbury… PATRICK EARLY, Management team. Formerly, a detective for the New York Healy was the managing director Police Department, has written a at ING Furman Selz… DAVID play about detectives, On the THOMAS MAY, a music Job… BARBARA SIMTIAN- teacher at Burlington City High LAUDICINA is the new School, was selected by School principal of Catherine E. Doyle Band & Orchestra Magazine as Elementary School in Fair Lawn. one of 50 band directors in Formerly, she served as the Fair America who make a Lawn School District’s difference… JOYCE SEBIAN, technology resource specialist, support services specialist at and taught special education… Carroll Community College in health care, and retail with 15 New York tri-state region. Prior PAM NOBLES, director of 19 eighty 5 Maryland, was selected as the years as a director of human to accepting this position, technical learning and MICHAEL KAHN, manager of Outstanding Advisor/Mentor by resources… THOMAS M. Hipschman served as executive development for Comcast Cable Valley National Bank’s Fair Lawn the Maryland Association for MACDOUGALL, a member of vice president and chief Communications, was named branch office, was named a vice Higher Education. St. Stephen’s Parish in Warwick, technology officer with Julien J. Member of the Year by the president after more than 20 NY, has been ordained as a Studley Inc… THOR Society of Cable years of banking experience. deacon for the archdiocese. He is JORGENSEN was named a Telecommunications Engineers Kahn is a member of the Fair a retired lieutenant with the New partner in the R & J Group, an (SCTE). In 1996 she received 19 eighty 3 Lawn Rotary and the River Road York City Fire Department… advertising and public relations the prestigious Women in Improvement Corporation, and DONNA DELICIO, R.N., JOSEPH C. SVEC, M.A., was agency in Parsippany. Technology Award. She holds an is the past president of the senior vice president of patient awarded the Founder’s Cup SCTE Broadband Oradell Chamber of Commerce. care services at Somerset Medical Award for excellence in teaching. Communications Technician Center, graduated from the He teaches communication and certification and is a published 19 eighty 8 Johnson & Johnson-Wharton performance at Montclair author… JAMES OPIEKUN, Fellows Program in Management Kimberley Academy in 19 eighty 6 JEFFERSON NEWMAN, a M.ED., is the new for Nurse Executives… LENA singer-songwriter and guitarist, Montclair. JOHN KLIMOWICH was superintendent of the Kinnelon DIGANGI celebrated the 10th made his solo debut at the Coffee appointed senior vice president schools. Previously, he served as anniversary of her Union Avenue Club Café in Montclair. PAGE and controller at Columbia Bank superintendent of East art gallery in Totowa… GARY in Fair Lawn. W39 Rutherford’s K-8 district. Before C. DUVAL published The 19 eighty 4 THIRTY-NIN working in East Rutherford, Nevada Filmography after 15 VALERIE DAVIS was promoted 19 eighty 9 Opiekun served for four years as years of research and writing… to senior manager, product superintendent in Montague and CAROL GALATIOTO was promotion for Ferring 19 eighty 7 CARL SABATINO has been named Whippany Park High six years as principal/chief honored at the First Annual Pharmaceuticals. She was KATHLEEN ARCHER- School’s 2002 Teacher of the administrator in Hardyston… Community Awards Dinner of recently honored by RESOLVE: PRINZ and her husband Mark Year. He is the music department STEVEN UNGER, a New York the Wayne Alliance for the The National Infertility Prinz announce the birth of their coordinator and instrumental theatrical agent, was thanked at Prevention of Substance Association for her efforts in second son, Derek Gary Prinz, music teacher. He directs the the 2002 Tony Awards by two of Abuse… JOYCE KLIMASKI is forming its corporate council to on October 23, 2002. Kathleen is Whippany Park Jazz Ensemble, his clients when they won their the new director of Summit advance infertility patient an activity coordinator for a the school’s marching band, its awards. Child Care Centers’ Wilson education. Social Model Integrated Adult wind ensemble, and the pit band Center… OLIVIA MCKAY has Day Care Program… JEFFREY for the spring musical. In joined The Staffing Group as a HIPSCHMAN has joined CB partner in the Totowa firm. She Richard Ellis as senior vice has more than 20 years president and partner for the experience as a human resources executive in manufacturing,

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 addition, Sabatino manages also appeared at the Meyersville brother, Ryan Paul… ALBERT 19 ninety 6 McHenry. Cunningham was the All-Are-Band… Inn in New Providence… TRAVERSO was promoted to honorably discharged as a ADONIS BLUE is the new head RICHARD P. SADIV was ADRIENE PICKETT has supervisor at Sax Macy Fromm & sergeant on May 1, 2002. He football coach at Lincoln High

LIGHT promoted to district published a novel entitled Never Company, an accounting and resides in Berlin, Germany with School in Jersey City. Blue is the technology support manager Forget The Bridge That Crossed consulting firm. his wife Kimberly Reiss- youngest head football coach in for the United Parcel Service You Over. Cunningham and is now Hudson County… ALYSON B. (UPS) in Maspeth, NY… employed by Visionquest… LEVY, M.ED. ’01, has been CHRISTOPHER W. TRACY FRANCESE is the 19 ninety 3 appointed by the Park Ridge

SPSMITH T is the new manager program coordinator for the 19 ninety 2 Board of Education to teach of Boater’s World Marine Center FRED DEMAREST accepted a Passaic County Women’s Center. second grade at East Brook in Newark. DOUGLAS JONES is the new position with the University of principal of Washington School in Florida’s athletic department Elementary School. She Nutley. During his teaching handling all media relations for previously taught first grade in career he served as a student the men’s basketball program… Newark where she was the 19 ninety 8 19 ninety advisor and coach, was on the SEAN D. HUBBARD joined the recipient of a Pinnacle Award for TRACEY L. HARTLEY, who is ALEX THIJSSENS, M.A. ’91, district’s language arts and Allendale Police Department after Excellence in teaching and named serving in the U.S. Marine Corps an artist, exhibited his works in a mathematics curriculum serving with the Hackensack a Master Teacher... JULIANN and stationed in Pensacola, FL, show titled “Neoteric committee, served as a New Police Department since 1996… MAGLIARDITI was named was promoted to the rank of 1st Geometrism” at Clifton’s Jersey Best Practices coordinator, RICHARD HUMISTON was Clifton’s favorite coach by the Lieutenant. She is with the HT- Styertowne Shopping Center… and was a member of the named to the 2002-03 National readers of the Dateline Journal. 18 Squadron, where she will JOSEPH D. ZARKOWSKI, a interdisciplinary unit Register’s Who’s Who in She coaches softball… ROBERT complete her helicopter training partner in Livingston-based Wiss development committee. In Executives and Professionals. He RITACCO was awarded the juris and receive her wings… DAN and Company, LLP Accountants addition, Jones was the director of is currently a member of the doctor degree by Seton Hall MCDONOUGH, a journalist, is and Consultants, was recently aquatic programs at the Lakeland Western North Carolina Board of University Law School. the new president and publisher featured on New Jersey Network Hills YMCA in Mountain Directors for Big Brothers and of the Staten Island Register. He News and recognized in Business Lakes… BARBARA Big Sisters of America. and his wife Jennifer recently News New Jersey’s “40 Under LIEBERSTEIN has been 19 ninety 7 purchased the Register. The sale 40,” a feature about 40 appointed cantor for Temple Beth also included the Staten Island DAVID W. CUNNINGHAM II outstanding New Jersey business Haverim in Mahwah. She was Pennysaver… AIMEE J. RICCA 19 ninety 4 served as an infantryman in the leaders under the age of 40. ordained at the Academy for has completed the requirements U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Zarkowsky is working with the Jewish Religion and served at TONYA BLUE, assistant for Cruise Lines International Lejeune, NC, from 1998 to 2002. Christos M. Cotsakos College of Temple Beth El in Ft. Pierce, FL, director of the William Paterson Association’s Cruise Counselor After the attack on September 11 Business at William Paterson on a and Temple Avoda in Fair University Career Development Certification Program. She is now he was re-assigned to the 4th student case study competition, Lawn… BRIAN PAUL, M.A., Center, runs the America Reads recognized by the cruise industry MEB (anti-terrorism brigade). He and serves on the Alumni an art teacher at Vernon Township Challenge program at Ryerson as an Accredited Cruise was awarded numerous medals Association Grants Committee. High School for 25 years, recently Elementary School in Wayne. Counselor. and ribbons, and twice received displayed his artwork, along with the Navy Achievement Medal. the works of his two daughters, Cunningham was on special Chantel and Gena, at The Sussex 19 ninety 1 19 ninety 5 assignment to assist in a search of 19 ninety 9 County Arts & Heritage Council’s RANDEE BAYER-SPITTEL remains for missing Marines who ROBERT A. EINHORN and his Pentimento VIII: The Paul Family PATRICIA HAAG was graduated from the California died in the Korean War. He spent wife Kimberlee announce the Exhibition of Fine Art… promoted to account executive Institute of the Arts with a master more than a year overseas, and birth of their daughter, Madyson GERARD PRINCE was for Kaye Benefits Consulting in of fine arts degree in film… served on the U.S.S. Kearsarge, Lee Einhorn, on October 22, promoted to buyer by KB Toys… Woodbury, NY... TRACI E. 2002… SHELLI LATORRE, a MARIA RUSSO displayed her U.S.S. Bataan, and U.S.S. Fort SMITH and her husband Mehdi CHRISTINE SERRA- photos of the Paterson Farmers jazz vocalist, performed at local MOSHER and her husband Paul Ziabakhsh announce the birth of jazz clubs Jasmine’s in Newark Market at an exhibit in the their son, Colin Javid Ziabakhsh, Mosher announce the birth of Paterson Museum. and Trumpet’s in Montclair. She their second child, Adam Joseph, on September 11, 2002. on October 9, 2002. He joins a

2 thousand ROMANITA GONZALEZ is a probation officer in the Passaic Alumni Coordinate Major Academic Conference County Prohibition Department and volunteers as a Big Sister in her neighborhood… LEWIS AGE atthew Cotter ’93, Robert Talisse ’97, and Robert for the conference; Cotter, a graduate student in KELLY is band director of the W40 MTempio ’98 gained significant attention in history at CUNY and a fellow at the CUNY West Orange High School ORTY academic circles for a major conference they organized Center for the Humanities, did much of the Marching Mountaineers… last year at the Graduate School and University conference planning. STEPHANIE MUNSON has The event, held in October 2002, featured a slate joined the Saddle Brook office of Center of the City University of New York in Rotenberg Meril Solomon recognition of the 100th birthday of the American of intellectuals from a range of disciplines, including Bertiger & Gutilla as a staff philosopher Sidney Hook. the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Cornel West, a accountant. She has more than The three alumni met as undergraduates at the professor of religion at Princeton University. “It was eight years of experience in University and developed a shared interest in American important to us that the conference bring together private accounting. philosophy and particularly in Hook, a legendary scholars to discuss all the main aspects of Hook’s defender of the school of philosophy known as work,” says Talisse. In conjunction with the conference, pragmatism, and an early interpreter of Marx. Talisse and Tempio co-edited a collection Talisse, who is an assistant professor of philosophy at of Hook’s essays titled Sidney Hook on Pragmatism, Vanderbilt University, and Tempio, an assistant editor Democracy and Freedom: The Essential Essays, which for Oxford University Press, developed the idea was published by Prometheus Books. w PT SP

2 thousand 1 RYAN KREWER is the assistant band director of the West Orange High School Marching Band… LIGHT YVETTE MCNEAL, M.ED., has been appointed assistant principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Teaneck… SHEYNA A. MICKENS is a records examiner with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency.

1977 1992 1996 Marlene Hernandez 2 thousand 2 Richard Robert Pipeling Jacqueline Michelle Cuomo Jeffrey Scott Evans to Christopher John Toomey to Marilyn Patricia Patterson to Matthew William Cronin to Jennifer Ann Musillo August 4, 2002 GEORGE ANDERSON is a August 10, 2002 October 6, 2002 July 6, 2002 new member of the Old Bridge Josephine Volarik Police Department. He was 1983 Sharon Beth Most Robert Emery Fuzesi, Jr. to Shawn R. Hunt previously employed as a special Gary C. DuVal to Joseph Stanley Kozlosky to Josephine Impastato July 21, 2002 education teacher at Coastal to Nancy Williamson Unknown August 18, 2002 Learning Center in June 29, 2002 2000 Morganville… DOMINIC 1993 Christa Glod Debbie Louise Elrick FESTANTE, M.ED., has been 1985 Michael R. Spano to Jerry Limone to Charles Randall Mabie named principal of Great Debra Deckenback to Elizabeth F. Marazita April 20, 2002 August 3, 2001 Meadows Middle School in to John DeCristofaro August 24, 2002 Great Meadows, NJ. Previously, June 2, 2001 1997 Roxanne Hellriegel he was employed at Sussex 1994 Claudia E. Calderon to George Pastore, Jr. County Vo-Tech High School. Lee Vadala William Cavanaugh to Craig V. Collins November 4, 2001 He also served as director of to Louis Terraneo to Kerri Lynn Taylor September 28, 2002 curriculum, dean of the high January 27, 2003 October 2001 Stephanie Peridot Hennon school’s Academy of Science and Michele Longo to Michael Scott Veldran Engineering, and ran the Robert Edward Davis to Thomas Sabiel Jr. Unknown Educational Technical Training to Susanne Michele Stack July 8, 2001 Center… DAVID KUEHL is a June 29, 2002 Anthony Modestino Rocco staff accountant with the certified John Battista Manzella to Amy Laskowski public accounting firm Sobel & 1995 to Kimberly Christine McCabe May 2002 Co., LLC, in Livingston… Dawn Anzaldo September 8, 2002 DIANE KOZIOL won an to Alan Wilson Lisa P. Weinberger honorable mention citation in the November 18, 2001 1998 to Aaron Pickett 2002 New Jersey Collegiate Press Lisa Fernandez Unknown Association’s annual competition Anthony John Cece to Christopher Capodice ’00 in the opinion category… JACK to Stephanie Michelle Simon November 1, 2002 2001 LEONARD, M.ED., is the new July 21, 2002 Ryan Anthony Festante vice principal of the middle Nicole Suzanne Hamer to Elizabeth Ann Hayowyk school in Sparta. He previously Cheryl Evans, M.Ed. ’00 to Patrick Anthony Frazier Unknown served as a sixth grade language to Andrew Marino July 27, 2002 arts and science teacher at LEE VADALA AND July 5, 2002 Alexis A. Johnson Franklin Lakes Middle School… LOUIS TERRANEO Kellie Ann Moore to Dr. Radoslav Antonov JACK SASSAMAN is a fourth Thomas Fazio to Stephen Vincent Lysik Unknown grade teacher in Morris Plains. 1986 to Jennifer Sibilia August 25, 2001 Pamela May Detrick June 8, 2002 2002 to Joseph Leonard Martin Kristen Joy Vanderzee Kimberly Ann Altamura Unknown Joseph V. Fraulo to Jaime Bodart to Brian Grilk to Felicia M. Annucci December 8, 2001 July 15, 2001 Pamela Demetria Vallas September 21, 2002 PAGE to Kevin Mark Grover 1999 Junell Perreca W41 September 7, 2002 Jennifer K. Panos Kristin Bodino to Bryan Ferlanti FORTY-ON to William M. Hanley, Jr. to Michael Simone June 15, 2002 1990 July 6, 2002 Unknown Tom Fitzgerald to Tracy Perth Michael Standridge Dawn M. Fischer August 17, 2002 to Sandra Yakamavich to James T. Bodrogi August 11, 2002 July 27, 2002 Jeanette Ann Karback to Kevin Mitchell Stevens Kim Gervasio July 4, 2002 to John Schneider August 2, 2002

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 ’70 JEAN M. JONES, PH.D. ’78 JOHN P. EAGAN Scottsdale, AZ Verona, NJ April 2002 August 2002 LIGHT IN MEMORIAM ’72 THOMAS L. VASSER ’80 MARY CAYOT MIHATOV Lady Lake, FL River Edge, NJ September 2002 October 2002

’25 IDA G. COHEN ’39 MILDRED A. RIKER ’58 NOREEN G. KOZLER, ’73 CLARENCE BUMPAS, JR. KATHLEEN Parsippany, NJ Boca Raton, FL M.A. ’77 Plainfield, NJ SAVAGE, M.A., M.A. ’83 SP T Unknown August 2002 Ringwood, NJ June 2002 Butler, NJ September 2002 October 2002 BEATRICE PACE ’40 OLGA SHUFLAT HOROSCHAK JOAN METRIONE, M.A. Haledon, NJ Paramus, NJ ’60 VIRGINIA M. REED, M.A. ’64 Caldwell, NJ ’81 MARY VICTORIA October 2002 August 2002 Flemington, NJ September 2002 CAROLINE KRAUSE August 2002 Glen Rock, NJ DR. KATHRYN M. HAROLD L. MANDEVILLE ’74 KEVIN J. O’NEIL April 2002 VANDERHOOF Daly City, CA ’61 JOSEPH SWANN North Haledon, NJ Richfield, NJ August 2002 West Milford, NJ Unknown ’84 ARLENE MAHER September 2002 April 2002 Passaic, NJ CLAIRE ORLEANS STONE ’75 HARVEY GOTFRIED, M.S.W. June 2002 ’28 ELIZABETH NARK Teaneck, NJ ’63 DAVID HOMCY Passaic, NJ May 2002 North Palm Beach, FL Bellevue, WA Unknown NANCY MOORHOUSE April 2003 July 2002 Hawthorne, NJ ’42 MABEL S. SCALES PATRICK MCGRATH, M.A. June 2002 ’33 ALICE FOX HAWKSWELL THEODORE KOZAK, M.A. ’65 Sparta, NJ Fair Lawn, NJ Little Falls, NJ Tucson, AZ July 2002 DORIS SNEYERS October 2002 April 2002 October 2001 VON DETTUM, M.A. ’76 JOHN BANKO New Milford, NJ RUTH H. (BOGOTA) HUNKEN ELEANOR E. LAWLER POST ’64 DAVID SPELKOMAN, M.A. ’69 Green Brook, NJ May 2002 Bridgeport, CT Little Falls, NJ West Caldwell, NJ November 2002 April 2002 October 2002 Unknown ’93 BEVERLY SUSAN KRAUS LILLIAN FAHMIE Glen Rock, NJ ’34 MARY MANGARELL ’43 NATALIE CERINO ’67 LOUIS N. CIRIGNANO Oakland, NJ June 2002 Passaic, NJ Pinehurst, NC West Caldwell, NJ June 2002 October 2002 December 2002 October 2002 ’96 LEEANDRA GIGANTE ROBERT “BUZ” KEHOE Clifton, NJ ’35 RUTH HANNA ’44 COLONEL MORRIE BENSON ’68 BERNADETTE Wharton, NJ July 2002 Homestead, FL Winter Park, FL BECHT PAVCSIK Unknown Maywood, NJ August 2002 June 2002 ’99 FELIX A. RECTO July 2002 ’77 NILDA T. BARTOLOMEI Pompton Lakes, NJ ’36 JOHN SINKANKAS ’46 ELEANOR HULBERT GRANDE-GROSS October 2002 San Diego, CA Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ANN VAN, M.A. ’71 Dumont, NJ Fair Lawn, NJ May 2002 October 2002 September 2002 December 2002 WILMA VERDUIN, M.A. ’41 ’51 JAMES C. BENNETT BRIAN GRAUERHOLZ, M.A. Hawthorne, NJ East Worcester, NY ’69 FRANK C. KRUEGER Tewksbury, NJ Glen Rock, NJ November 2002 July 2002 August 2002 July 2002 ’37 DOROTHY E. GATHMAN ’54 EILEEN (GREBER) ANDERSON RICHARD ALLAN STOHLER DJUREN Ramsey, NJ VIRGINIA NICHOLS Columbia, MD Montclair, NJ Saddle Brook, NJ May 2002 April 2002 September 2002 July 2002 ’56 MARION ROBERTSON THEODORE J. TICE CLAIRE R. SEGALL Seaside Park, NJ ROBERT B. “LLEWELLYN” Paterson, NJ Lake Worth, FL December 2002 THOMAS October 2002 Lincoln Park, NJ November 2002 ’57 REV. FRANK NAPIER, JR., November 2002 M.A. ’68 Paterson, NJ October 2002

FONDLY REMEMBERED

ith great sadness the University community mourns the death on November 28, 2002, of Andrew B. Crawford, Jr., AGE Wa 2001 graduate of William Paterson with a bachelor’s degree in communication. While on campus, Crawford W42 TY-TWO served for two years as a student representative to the University’s Board of Trustees. “The William Paterson University community was very fortunate to have known Andrew Crawford, Jr., as a student, employee, and student representative to the Board of Trustees,” says University President Arnold Speert. “He was thoughtful, mature, and affable and always could be counted on to meet his many responsibilities with good judgment. We mourn his tragic death and will miss him as a friend and colleague.” A full-time University employee who worked the evening shift as part of the maintenance staff, Crawford also was a full-time staff assistant for New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, serving as a liaison to elected officials in Union County. He represented the congressman at official functions and coordinated grants. As a student, Crawford was a resident assistant and a student technology consultant in the computer labs, while also a member of the maintenance staff. w Alumni Association Executive Council Ballot

The Alumni Association Executive Council Nominating Committee has endorsed the following alumni to serve as members for the designated terms:

Council Members – Term 2003-2006 (vote for six)

❑ Anthony Ardis ’77 ❑ Kimberly Campigotto ’89 ❑ Joseph DiGiacomo ’73 ❑ Michael Mulcahy ’73, M.A. ’77 ❑ Robert Ruocco ’91 ❑ Patricia Sottili ’74 ❑ Write-in-Candidate ______

Name: ______

Signature: ______

Your name will be used by the Alumni Relations Office to authenticate your vote, which will be considered at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association on October 17, 2003.

PAGE W43 Please fax your completed ballot to 973.720.3202 or mail to: FORTY-THR William Paterson University Alumni Association Office of Alumni Relations Wayne, NJ 07470

Deadline for submission is October 10, 2003

Alumni Association Annual Meeting Friday, October 17, 2003 7:30 p.m., Allan and Michele Gorab Alumni House

Volume 5, Number 2 Summer 2003 YOUR GUIDE TO CULTURAL ACTIVITIES UWP PCOMINGEVENTS AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY

BEN SHAHN GALLERIES HIGH MOUNTAIN SYMPHONY Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to AT WILLIAM PATERSON ART 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. For further UNIVERSITY information, call the galleries at 973.720.2654 (Formerly The Orchestra at William Paterson University) Shea Center, 8:00 p.m., September 15-October 17, 2003 SOUTH GALLERY: Call 973.720.2371 for tickets and subscription Art Faculty Exhibit: Drawing. EAST GALLERY: information Rocco Scary – Paper and Fire. COURT GALLERY: Objects of Power – Selections from the University’s African Collection October 25, 2003 “Journey Around the World,” Paul Hostetter, conductor, Aaron Wunsch, piano. Works by Bartok, SOUTH GALLERY: October 27-November 26, 2003 Bernstein, De Falla, and Respighi Allison Weld Allison Weld. EAST GALLERY: Richard 10/27 - 11/26 Carboni – Works on Paper. COURT GALLERY: Objects of Power – Selections from the November 23, 2003 Family Concert, Paul University’s African Collection Hostetter, conductor. Featuring “The Lost Elephant – A Comedy Concerto,” with Dan Kamin, comedian. Works by Rossini, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and others. Shea Center, 3:00 p.m. Paul Hostetter JAZZ ROOM SERIES Shea Center, 4:00 p.m., “Sittin’ In” pre-concert lecture, Shea Recital MUSIC Hall 101, 3:00 p.m., 973.720.2371 for information September 28, 2003 Peter Cincotti Trio DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES Shea Center, 8:00 p.m., 973.720.2371 October 5, 2003 Mob’s Jazz Orchestra featuring Bill Mobley, trumpet LECTURESfor tickets and information October 3, 2003 Ambassador Dennis Ross October 12, 2003 Lewis Nash Trio November 21, 2003 General Wesley Clark October 19, 2003 Bob Mintzer with the William Paterson University Jazz Ensemble, directed by David Demsey

October 26, 2003 John Benitez Call 973.720.2371 November 2, 2003 Dave Stryker and Blue to the Bone THEATRE for information. December 13, 2003 A William Paterson Jazz Holiday Celebration October 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2003 Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman Hunziker Black Box Theatre, 8:00 p.m., also October 19 at 6:00 p.m., October 23 at 12:30 p.m. MIDDAY ARTIST SERIES November 12, 14, 15, and 17, 2003 Great Expectations by Alice Chadwicke, Shea Center, 12:30 p.m. from the novel by Charles Dickens, Shea Center, 8:00 p.m., also November 13 at 12:30 p.m., November 16 at 3:00 p.m. September 11, 2003 Russell Wilson, piano September 18, 2003 Brett Deubner, viola, and Gary Kirkpatrick, piano SPECIAL EVENTS October 17, 2003 An Evening with Dan Bern, 8:00 p.m., Shea Center, 973.720.2371 September 25, 2003 David Ross, clarinet October 18, 2003 Little Red Riding Hood & Other Stories, presented by Pushcart October 9, 2003 Players, 2:00 p.m., Shea Center, 973.720.2371 UpTown Flutes November 19, 2003 My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, 7:30 p.m., Shea October 16, 2003 Center, 973.720.2371 Maxence Pilchen, piano December 12, 2003 The Kevin Meaney Christmas Show, A Holiday Comedy Extravaganza, 8:00 p.m., Shea Center, 973.720.2371

December 14, 2003 A Christmas Carol, presented by The Box of Light Theatre, Bob Mintzer 10/19 3:00 p.m., Shea Center, 973.720.2371 WPARTINGSHOT

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