Rutgers, The State University ofNew Jersey Rutgers–Camden Annual Report 2003-2004

At a Glance Facts about the Camden campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004

Enrollment Centers, Institutes, and Initiatives Total 5,660 Center for the Arts College of Arts and Sciences 2,706 Center for Children and Childhood Studies Graduate School 412 Center for State Constitutional Studies School of Business Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership Undergraduate 562 Family Business Forum M.B.A. 330 Forum for Policy Research and Public Service School of Law 774 Hybrid Materials Research Initiative Social Work/Graduate Nursing 175 Information Processing in Complex Biological University College 701 Systems Project Institute for Law and Philosophy Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities Commencement Multinational Finance Society New Jersey Small Business Development Center College of Arts and Sciences/ University College/Graduate School Rutgers–Camden Business Incubator Graduates 820 Rutgers/LEAP Centers of Excellence Speaker: George Mamo, COO/ Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs executive vice president, William G. Rohrer Center for Management International Fellowship of and Entrepreneurship Christians and Jews School of Business Graduates 281 Speaker: Robert Boughner, CEO, Rutgers–Camden Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa www.camden.rutgers.edu School of Law Research Graduates 230 www.camden.rutgers.edu/research.htm Speaker: The Honorable Joseph Biden, Community Outreach U.S. Senate www.camden.rutgers.edu/community.htm

During fiscal year 2004, Even as our global reputation for vibrant research and teaching Rutgers–Camden, energized has grown, so also has our commitment to New Jersey and our host by a period of creative city. Planning for the construction of a new law school building began visioning, pursued an agenda in earnest during the past year, with the endorsement of the Rutgers of innovative programs to Board of Governors in April and the subsequent selection of an archi- extend Rutgers’ research, tectural firm nationally recognized for its specialization in law school service, and teaching mission design. We look forward to breaking ground in spring 2005 for this across the state and the project, which is supported by state investment in the city of Camden. nation. While proposals to Rutgers’ role as the state university of New Jersey continues to restructure higher education rise in prominence in southern New Jersey, thanks to the Camden in New Jersey have faded, campus’ many outreach initiatives. Through such activities as the many of the concepts generated remain strong. Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs, the Rutgers–Camden As a result, Rutgers–Camden has taken strides toward the Business Incubator, and the law school’s many pro bono legal establishment of doctoral programs in childhood studies, computa- programs, the resources of Rutgers–Camden are working to advance tional biology, and public administration and affairs, three cutting-edge the Garden State. national growth areas for higher education. We also are investigating Our students enjoy such successes as acceptances into top gradu- new opportunities for collaboration with the University of Medicine and ate programs; professional and career achievements; and victories in Dentistry of New Jersey and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School scholarly and athletic competition. As part of President Richard L. in an effort to enhance southern New Jersey’s portfolio of professional McCormick’s universitywide mandate to improve student services, education offerings in health care and the sciences. Rutgers–Camden has developed a number of avenues for strengthen- Rutgers–Camden exhibits its dedication to the principle of excel- ing our already impressive service orientation. lence in all things in many diverse ways. Our faculty achieve new levels During fall 2003, our School of Business received the American of recognition and heighten Rutgers’ reputation around the world. Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) reaccreditation, Rutgers–Camden scholars receive applause for the excellence of their an impressive accomplishment for a relatively young school. Business research and their productivity in generating new knowledge. They also dean Milton Leontiades has announced his intention to retire. His are acknowledged as creative educators who consistently find mean- contributions to the campus, the university, and the state are ingful new ways to connect with their students. immeasurable; we salute his years of service and wish him well. These accolades come from peers at top research institutions A national search for his successor will be conducted. worldwide, which is indicative of the high regard in which Rutgers– We thank our donors and friends for their steadfast support of Camden faculty members are held. Such respect was earned in abun- Rutgers–Camden’s teaching, service, and research programs. Their dance during the past year as campus scholars once again generated investments make a discernible difference in many lives every day. a wide array of books, articles in top journals, recordings, and confer- I invite you to learn more within the following pages about the ence papers that offered new perspectives on topics across virtually vibrant accomplishments generated by the faculty, students, staff, every discipline. and friends at Rutgers–Camden.

Roger J. Dennis

Provost

Inspiring Ideas and Knowledge

The exploration at the heart of academic inquiry is often accompanied by discovery—of groundbreaking ideas, of revisionist theories, of long-forgotten works. Rutgers–Camden scholars are relentless in their pursuit of knowledge, often bringing new insight to fields as diverse as music and law.

I Criminal justice professor Drew Humphries, author of the book Crack Mothers and director of the Rutgers– Camden criminal justice programs, received the 2003 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Women and Crime.

I Carmen Gonzalez, a visiting profes- sor at the law school, was selected as one of four U.S. Supreme Court fellows for the 2004–05 academic year, which enables her to conduct research and participate in special projects in support of the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary.

I Spanish professor Jonathan Tittler’s 676-page translation of Chango, The Baddest Dude, a prize-winning novel by Afro-Colombian writer Manuel Zapata Olivella, has been accepted for inclusion in The Americas Series by the University of Wisconsin Press.

I Julie Ruth, an associate professor of marketing, received the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Advertising Daniel Shain for her coauthored research, “ ‘Brought to You by Brand A and Brand B’: How The Mysteries of a Leech Under a three- Vocal Acrobatics The 18th-century Partner Brands Affect Consumers’ year, $425,773 grant awarded by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera National Science Foundation, biologist Orfeo ed Euridice is one of the world’s most Perceptions of Joint Sponsorships.” Daniel Shain (assistant professor) is treasured compositions, but Gluck’s lesser- I Dígame!: Policy & Politics on the exploring the development of an aquatic known works have largely gone unrecord- leech Theromyzon rude (T. rude) found in ed—until recently. Julianne Baird (profes- Border, a book addressing the North America. T. rude’s unique cocoon, sor II, music), a world-renowned early music political and social complexities of the says Shain, may one day yield industrial, soprano, has recorded a one-act Gluck –Mexico border, was coedit- or perhaps biomedical, applications. A devel- opera, Il Parnaso Confuso. It is a work with ed by Christine Thurlow Brenner, an opmental and evolutionary biologist, Shain’s an intriguing history: the opera was a 1765 work has taken him around the world, from wedding gift from Empress Maria Theresa assistant professor of public policy. the Amazon to . His findings have to her eldest son, the future emperor I Religion scholar John Wall’s been published in journals such as Joseph II. Maria Theresa, the mother of Development, Stem Cells, Proceedings 16 and an enormous supporter of Gluck, (assistant professor) articles appeared in of the Royal Society of London and The intended for the opera to be performed by Horizons, Journal of Lutheran Ethics, and Science Teacher. Teamwork is essential to four of her daughters—though not by her Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Shain’s research; his recent coauthors have youngest, Marie Antoinette. The musical included students Michael Napolitano and challenges of the piece highlight the vocal Tarin Mason, Graduate School–Camden abilities of the royal family, says Baird. alumna Kristi Hohenstein, and biology pro- “These roles are technically very challeng- fessor Patrick McIlroy. ing,” says Baird. “We in the cast found the music to be vocally acrobatic, and we are

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I An article by Jane Siegel (assistant professor, criminal justice) was the ninth most downloaded research article in the field of criminology and interpersonal professional singers.” Of the recording, The Evolution of Law During a year when the Inquirer wrote, “Baird the Patriot Act raised discussions about due violence from the web site of SAGE goes through this music like a champion process and equal protection, and the rights Publications during 2003–04. The co- figure skater.” of U.S. citizens achieved headline status, a authored article, “The Relationship new book by law professor Earl Maltz deliv- between Child Sexual Abuse and Female ered in-depth analysis of history shaping the Fourteenth Amendment. In his book, The Delinquency and Crime: A Prospective Fourteenth Amendment and the Law of the Study,” originally appeared in the Journal Constitution (Carolina Academic Press), Maltz of Research in Crime and Delinquency. delved into the amendment’s Reconstruction- era roots and offered singular context for I Two associate professors in the busi- how general antebellum constitutional theory ness school, Maureen Morrin (market- influenced the vital American rights guaran- ing) and John Broussard (finance), teed by the amendment. His investigation of 19th-century case law provides a thoughtful earned an honorable mention in a glimpse into the evolution of American law. national research competition sponsored by the Marketing Science Institute for Illness and Childhood The topic is heart- their coauthored paper, “When Less Is breaking: how to make decisions about More: The Impact of Fund Assortment medical care when a child has undergone and Decision Alternatives on Retirement standard therapy without success and Holly Blackford is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Investing Behavior.” Anthropology professor Myra Bluebond- Langner has already distinguished herself I David Vance (assistant professor, What Girls Read Do girls want to read by tackling questions about children and accounting) published a Chinese trans- books about strong female role models? Or illness in the books The Private Worlds of lation of his book, Financial Analysis would they rather escape into the world of Dying Children and In the Shadow of Illness: and Decision Making, now on sale in Gothic mysteries and sci-fi adventures? Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Though feminist critics and other scholars Asian nations. Child, both published by Princeton University have often contended girls should be Press. Now she is the recipient of a National I William Saidel (associate professor, encouraged to read works mirroring their Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for own worlds, (assistant pro- biology) published a coauthored Holly Blackford research into the roles of children, parents, fessor, English) found that’s not always what and physicians in deciding whether to pursue paper in the journal Brain, Behavior engages them. In a groundbreaking work, further cancer-directed therapies or palliative and Evolution. Out of This World: Why Literature Matters to care. The decision-making process is not Girls, Blackford challenges in-vogue assump- well understood. “My hope is to provide a J.T. Barbarese, an assistant professor I tions about the reading experiences of girls. rich and detailed description of the entire of English, received the Vassar Miller In interviews with 33 girls from varied decision-making process—in all of its com- Prize in Poetry from the University of backgrounds, Blackford found they weren’t plexity—that would serve as a basis for particularly interested in talking about female North Texas Press for his collection of improved understanding, but also as a characters. “Reading itself is a fantasy, it’s a basis for policy and practice,” says Bluebond- poems, The Black Beach, which will be journey,” Blackford notes. “Reading things Langner. The results will appear in her forth- published by the press. that are as different from your life as possible coming book, Choiceless Choices: Decision is as important as reading things that you Making for Children with Cancer When Cure Associate professor of law Michael I can ‘relate’ to. Kids should read anything Is Not Likely. Carrier, an expert in antitrust and intel- and everything.” lectual property law, published articles in the Minnesota Law Review and the Vanderbilt Law Review.

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Speed and Efficiency With a three-year, Revived Legacy Under pressure from the $123,780 award from the National Science Nazi regime, German-Jewish composer Foundation, Patricia Johann (assistant Robert Kahn left Germany in 1934, following professor, computer science) is seeking to the advice of his friend, Albert Einstein. Kahn, develop specialized techniques for writing who was then a well-known and widely computer programs that enhance the speed published composer, continued to produce and efficiency of other programs. Johann musical works, but his legacy was largely intends to incorporate student researchers forgotten. Martin Dillon (assistant professor, into the project. She presented a coauthored music), an internationally regarded tenor, has paper at the Principles of Programming revived Kahn’s vocal works with a solo CD, Languages Conference in Venice, Italy, and Jungbrunnen (Fountain of Youth). The CD has been appointed workshop chair for the features 30 songs in German, accompanied 2005 International Conference on Functional by piano, cello, and violin. “I’m honored to Programming in Estonia. Additionally, she be singing Kahn’s unforgettable music,” says was named associate editor of the computer Dillon, whose recent achievements include a science journal Higher-Order and Symbolic Fulbright-Hays/United States Embassy-spon- Computation. sored recital tour of Turkey. Georgia Arbuckle-Keil

Grants to Nursing The nursing field is not Formula for Excellence Chemistry simply about responding to the immediate professor Georgia Arbuckle-Keil received medical needs of hospital patients. Nursing the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in scholars often delve into far-ranging issues the Chemical Sciences Award, sponsored by with consequences for health care, nutrition, Merck & Co., from the Philadelphia section of and other concerns. Professors at the the American Chemical Society. Arbuckle-Keil Rutgers–Camden Department of Nursing is a former Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. exemplify this trend, addressing everything A 1983 graduate of Rutgers–Camden and from the spiritual needs of patients to fitness an established expert in polymer chemistry, programs for teenagers. Case in point: she returned to the campus as a faculty William Puentes, an assistant professor in member in 1989. the department, received a $100,000 grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to sup- port his research into the anxiety accompany- Fulbright Honor Legal scholar Dennis ing cognitive impairment among seniors. Patterson (professor II, law) was named the Another grant went to Donna Callaghan, Trento Chair in Law for 2004–05 as part of the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program. Carol Kaufman-Scarborough an assistant professor, and Nanette Sulik, a clinical instructor, for research into the ways Patterson will teach legal philosophy at the staff nurses can address the spiritual and University of Trento, located in Italy near the High Marks The convergence of strong emotional needs of patients. And Kathleen Italian-Austrian border. A leading scholar in research with an exemplary ability to share Ashton (clinical associate professor) the areas of legal philosophy and commercial knowledge with students is the ideal for received support for her research into the law, Patterson is the author or editor of sev- many universities, and a standard at Rutgers– usefulness of fitness and nutrition programs eral books, including Law and Truth and Camden. Carol Kaufman-Scarborough, an in reducing cardiovascular risk and improving Introduction to the Philosophy of Law, both associate professor of marketing, reinforced self-esteem among inner-city teenage girls. from Oxford University Press. Awards in the the campus’ reputation for excellence in this Ashton was one of four nurses from across program are viewed as among the most area when she was selected by the Academy the state who were recognized with CARE prestigious appointments in the Fulbright of Marketing Science as one of the nation’s (Clinical Practice, Administration, Research, Scholar Program; only 35 Fulbright top marketing educators. She is one of four and Education) Awards from the New Jersey Distinguished Chairs were awarded for the recipients of the 2004 Outstanding Teacher State Nurses Association for outstanding pro- 2004–05 session. in Marketing Award from the academy. fessional contributions. Scarborough, a consumer behavior and retail expert, consistently receives high marks from her undergraduate and M.B.A. students.

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I Sanjay Pandey (assistant professor, public policy) published a coauthored article in the Journal of Urban Health. Smithsonian Honor Philip Scranton, I Historian Jacob Soll’s (assistant pro- Board of Governors professor of history, fessor) Publishing The Prince: History, spent the year as the Charles A. Lindbergh Reading, and the Birth of Political Chair in Aerospace History at the Criticism will be published by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.—a University of Michigan Press. singular honor for scholars in the field. The I Karen Thierry (assistant professor, position provides an opportunity to conduct research at an institution with the largest psychology) received the Minority Junior collection of historic air and spacecraft in the Faculty Award from the Christian R. and world. Scranton delivered a number of Mary F. Lindback Foundation. She intends lectures related to his research, including to use the award to examine how well the keynote address at the Japan Business History Conference in Kyoto. young children can discriminate memo- ries of what happened to them from Top Rankings in Management Field Two other sources, such as television. The Rutgers–Camden management professors Rakesh Sambharya, Briance Mascarenhas research is particularly relevant to chil- were ranked among the top 20 most active dren’s ability to serve as eyewitnesses, researchers in the area of international strate- two faculty members placed among the top particularly in cases involving allegations gic management, according to a recent sur- 20 in terms of their research productivity, and vey. Briance Mascarenhas and Rakesh their contributions enabled Rutgers to rank of sexual abuse. Sambharya were named 9th and 20th, 6th as an institution. “The Rutgers–Camden I German professor James Rushing respectively, among 517 researchers in terms business school is home to some of the of their contributions to international strategic world’s most innovative researchers,” says received a Summer Stipend from the management research from 1991 to 2000, Milton Leontiades, dean of the School of National Endowment for the Humanities. according to a recent article in the Journal of Business. “The results of this study verify The award allowed him to advance his International Management. The article tallied what we’ve known all along: that Rutgers– research into the role of the visual arts in scholarly publications in the world’s leading Camden professors create the knowledge strategic management and international man- others use in textbooks and studies around the development of both medieval cul- agement journals to gauge which individuals the globe.” ture and the history of reading in were the most productive in the field. The Western culture.

I Management scholar Gayle Porter (associate professor) was elected to membership on the board of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management, a leading scholarly association for the study of management.

I LiQin Tan (assistant professor, art) I “CEO Incentives, Cash Flow, and I Law professor Michael Livingston’s new received “Best of Show” honors for his Investment,” a paper by finance scholars John casebook, Taxation: Law, Planning, and Policy, “Digital-Primitive Art” exhibit at the Broussard (associate professor) and Eugene was published by Anderson Publishing. Orlando International Digital Media and Pilotte (professor), was published in the jour- I Sociology professor Ted Goertzel pro- Arts Conference. nal Financial Management. duced a second edition of the 1962 book I Assistant professor of management Cradles of Eminence, originally published by Chester Spell published a coauthored his parents, Victor and Mildred Goertzel. article in the journal Compensation and Benefits Review.

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Serving the Nation and the World

From political doublespeak to international human rights, the

theorists and thinkers at Rutgers–Camden address issues with

real impact for people around the nation and the world.

Kids and Revolution Are communities with Bush administration’s efforts to prevent vic- high proportions of children susceptible to tims of human rights abuses from seeking civil unrest, or even revolution? The question damages in U.S. courts. Human rights law- is tackled by psychology professor Dan Hart suits help to expose abuses by corporations and three colleagues in “Youth Bulges in and government officials, Stephens wrote. Communities: The Effects of Age Structure The administration, she notes, has launched on Adolescent Civic Knowledge and Civic “a concerted effort to overturn a ground- Participation,” a study published in the breaking line of cases . . . permitting human journal Psychological Science. In research rights litigation in U.S. courts.” funded by a two-year, $259,446 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation, the scholars conducted three separate studies, each pointing to the same phenomenon: in “child- saturated” communities, adolescents garner less civic knowledge than those in communi- ties with many adults. What’s more, historical Rand Rosenblatt research ties so-called “youth bulges” to revo- lutions, increased political activism, and war- fare throughout the world, according to Hart. HMOs and Patient Rights The decision by “Civic knowledge is important,” he notes. the Supreme Court garnered a front-page “Those who understand their social systems headline in the Times: “Justices are more likely to be effective citizens. Those Limit Ability to Sue Health Plans.” In a case who lack civic knowledge may become alien- concerning patient rights, the court rejected ated from their societies and may become efforts by states to allow patients to sue in easily recruited to extremist causes.” state court when an HMO refuses to author- ize care recommended by physicians, and William Lutz the refusal allegedly causes injury. Law Checks and Balances The Alien Tort professor Rand Rosenblatt, a leading Statute—a law instituted in 1789—allows vic- scholar in the field of health law, coauthored tims of international human rights abuses to Delete All Jargon Overwhelmed with an amicus brief in the case, filed on behalf seek damages in U.S. courts. At least that’s jargon when trying to make investment of 15 consumer and patient groups. Ron the view of law professor Beth Stephens, a decisions? English professor William Lutz is Pollack, executive director of Families USA, leading litigator and scholar in her field. In an on your side. A leader of the “plain language” the lead organization in Rosenblatt’s friend-of- amicus brief filed on behalf of 50 human movement and author of Doublespeak, Lutz the-court brief, said the decision “takes HMOs rights organizations from around the world, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee off the hook from any liability when they she urged the Supreme Court to uphold the on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs deny needed health care—even when use of the statute as the basis for human about proposed Securities and Exchange improper denials have tragic consequences.” rights litigation. In a much-anticipated deci- Commission regulations designed to promote But the issue may not be settled. In a concur- sion, the court kept the statute open to for- clear language in documents targeting mutual ring opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said eigners who claim to have suffered human fund investors. The Rutgers–Camden scholar a “regulatory vacuum exists” with regard to rights abuses abroad; the majority opinion also met with officials of the U.S. Securities health insurance and urged the court and cited an article written by Stephens and drew and Exchange Commission to consider how Congress to revisit the issue. on arguments she helped develop in the to improve the use of plain language in all case. Human rights groups hailed the deci- financial disclosure documents. sion, even as it disappointed the Bush administration and business interests. In a recent Harvard Human Rights Journal article, “Upsetting Checks and Balances: The Bush Administration’s Efforts to Limit Human Rights Litigation,” Stephens critiqued the

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I Wayne Glasker (associate professor, history) discussed “Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation” during a From Here to Havana An ongoing dia- special President’s Day lecture at the logue between Rutgers–Camden and the National Constitution Center in University of Havana is expected to lead to a variety of joint efforts, including faculty and Philadelphia. student exchanges and leadership develop- I M.A. Rafey Habib (associate ment programs. Rutgers–Camden helped to launch a master of public administration pro- professor, English) received a Fulbright gram at its southern counterpart and will Scholarship for Malaysia, where he begin an exchange of scholars and students will work on an anthology of Islamic during the coming year. Gloria Bonilla- literature and lecture at Malaysian Santiago (Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor) and Felix James (associ- universities. ate provost for university outreach) brokered I Political science professor Arthur this unique arrangement. Klinghoffer chaired a panel, “Johnson’s Foreign Policy and the Middle East Landmark Decision A friend-of-the-court brief written by Sarah Ricks (legal writing Craig Oren Crisis,” during a conference on the faculty) factored into a landmark decision 1967 Arab-Israeli war held at the U.S. issued by the Court of Appeals for the Third Environmentally Sound Prompted by Department of State in Washington, D.C. Circuit. The case involved a father who sued concerns over recent national policy changes, The panel was televised on C-SPAN. the Philadelphia police over the death of his Congress charged the National Research adult son in a police shooting. The court Council (NRC) to create a committee of top I James Joyce scholar Timothy Martin held that the Constitution’s due process health, science, law, and engineering experts (associate professor, English) shared clause “does not protect the interest of a to evaluate the environmental impact of fresh perspectives on Ulysses during a parent in the companionship of his or her these new guidelines. Law professor Craig independent adult child.” In the decision, the Oren was named to the NRC Committee lecture in Dublin as part of the centennial court adopted much of the reasoning of the on the Effects of Changes in New Source celebration of Bloomsday. amicus brief filed by Ricks on behalf of Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Camden, Newark, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh. Air Pollutants, which will evaluate emissions, I Under a Fulbright grant, urban pollution control, and human health con- studies professor Jon Van Til spent three Police Whistleblowers “Blue Whistle- ditions. The committee will present to months in Northern Ireland, where he blowers: Professionalism, Retaliation, and Congress and the nation an interim report consulted with community leaders trying Remedies,” a daylong conference at the law at the end of 2004, and a completed report school, addressed the issue of misconduct in at the end of its work. Oren is a noted to bridge the province’s deep ethnic and law enforcement and those who speak out national expert on the Clean Air Act and religious divisions. against it. Cosponsored by the American Civil other environmental law matters. Liberties Union of New Jersey and the School of Law–Camden’s Journal of Arts Videoconferencing, Nationwide The Law and Urban Policy, the conference fifth grader may be in California, or she may drew national experts on the issue, including be in Camden. With the D’ARTS program, leaders from the National Whistleblower distance doesn’t matter much. The Center in Washington, D.C., and Black Cops Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts’ Against Police Brutality, headquartered in D’ARTS program (for Distance Learning East Orange, New Jersey. in the Arts) offers live, interactive art and theater classes to K–12 students nationwide through videoconferencing. Technology upgrades have enabled the program to expand its reach; the videoconference classes have doubled in number, now outpacing those held on site.

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Nurturing the Garden State

New Jersey’s dynamic environment provides a stimulating

setting for the campus to explore issues of import to the

state’s citizens. From advice for start-up CEOs to addiction

data for policy makers, Rutgers–Camden is committed to

serving the state it calls home.

$3 Million Investment for Incubator Firm The Rutgers–Camden Business Incubator marked a milestone this year when one of its clients received $3 million in venture funding—the largest investment received by a company affiliated with the incubator. The company, Microplate Automation, Inc., will use the funds to produce an atmospheric plasma cleaning technology that could revolutionize how life science and biomedical laboratories operate. “Investors are looking for market acceptance before investing, and the incubator has provided us with support to do that,” says Microplate CEO Paul Hensley, a resident of Moorestown. The incubator, a partnership of the School of Business, the Delaware River Port Authority, and the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, and supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, is designed to stimulate economic development by provid- ing entrepreneurs with low-cost services and funding connections to help launch and grow their small businesses. The incubator currently has 49 start-up companies. More than 90 people work in these companies, with annual payrolls in excess of $4 million. Future plans call for a six-building technology park located in the heart of Camden.

Data on Addiction Addiction tears apart the social fabric, but communities do not always have the resources to determine the extent of the problem—or what to do about it. A new resource book on addiction in New Microplate Automation's Paul Hensley, holding a tip charger manufactured by his company Jersey’s communities, produced by Alok Baveja (associate professor, management), is already being viewed by policy makers ities, providing a much-needed context plans to ecommerce, the New Jersey as a valuable resource for decision making. for comparisons between communities. Small Business Development Center Officials have praised the report’s data and The work was funded by a grant from the (SBDC) at Rutgers–Camden provides analyses of alcohol and drug treatment Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug counseling and educational opportunities to admission rates, drug and DUI arrests, Abuse, and was developed in collaboration small business owners and potential owners. underlying risk factors, and the conse- with the New Jersey Department of Health The center even helped with the start-up of quences of addiction. The report, The and Senior Services. over 350 businesses. Such success deserves Municipal Social and Health Indicators recognition, which SBDC director Gary Rago Chartbook: Social Indicators Analysis and Growth Engine The numbers say it all: received when he was named the 2004 Star Resource Allocation Modeling for Substance 1,229 clients, 155 training programs (with Performer by the statewide SBDC network. Abuse Treatment, brings together addiction 1,871 attendees), 58 loan applications (with data from all of New Jersey’s 566 municipal- $5,116,995 in approvals). From business

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I South Jersey leaders were honored with the Rand Institute’s annual South Jerseyan of the Year awards: New Jersey Assemblyman Joseph Roberts; replicated across New Jersey; the Center for Management and Entrepreneurship is Wallace Barr, president and CEO of assisting in the statewide implementation of Caesars Entertainment, Inc.; and Debra business resource centers to help employers DiLorenzo, president of the Chamber of address workforce development, as well as Commerce Southern New Jersey. to navigate the government agencies and nonprofit organizations involved in new I A partnership with Sun National Bank business development, loan programs, labor will allow the business school’s Family laws, and other matters. Business Forum to expand the programs Smart Growth Blueprint A project and services offered to family-owned completed by the Senator Walter Rand businesses in South Jersey. Participation Institute for Public Affairs on behalf of in the forum’s seminars and other the New Jersey Department of Community offerings is expected to double as a Affairs may serve as a model for “smart growth” across New Jersey. The Camden result of the partnership. Sally Goldfarb, Russell Coombs HUB Smart Growth Plan, produced after I The Rutgers–Camden Quarterly Legal Scholarship Makes a Mark intense consultation and collaboration, offers Business Outlook marked its 10th Arguments in law journal articles sometimes a blueprint for the 15 towns ringing the city have ramifications years after being pub- of Camden to adopt a common framework anniversary as a forum for examining the lished. Two articles by Rutgers–Camden law enhancing the region’s growth. The project’s economic conditions in South Jersey. The professors were cited by New Jersey courts vision of a healthy, sustainable network of event regularly draws as many as 300 in the past year. “Reforming New Jersey communities holds great promise for regional business leaders. Evidence Law on Fresh Complaint of Rape,” Camden County and other parts of the state a 1994 law journal article by Russell seeking to revive their urban complexes with I The New Jersey Technology Climate Coombs, an associate professor of law, enhanced economic vitality. Survey, conducted by the School of was cited by the New Jersey Supreme Court in its unanimous affirmance of an Business and the New Jersey Technology Physical Therapy and HIV For HIV- Appellate Division ruling. And a decision by positive patients, physical therapy can be Council, recorded trends in the number the Appellate Division of the New Jersey a key to maintaining strength and vitality. of technology-based companies and Superior Court relied, in part, on the Unfortunately, patients do not always receive other organizations expecting economic arguments in a 1989 article by associate the therapy they need because of insuffi- professor of law Sally Goldfarb, “Marital conditions to improve in New Jersey. cient health insurance and a reluctance to Partnership and the Case for Permanent access the health care system, among other I Twenty professionals, from CEOs to Alimony.” factors. Enter David Kietrys, an assistant fire chiefs, participated in training offered professor in the master’s program in physical therapy, offered jointly with the University of by the South Jersey Regional Leadership A Model Business Center Why not help businesses build a stronger workforce by Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Institute. The institute, in its fifth year, has serving them at the “one-stop” career Through a special initiative, New Jersey over 200 graduates, all South Jersey centers assisting state workers? That’s Fit-for-Life, Kietrys provides free physical professionals who underwent a one-year the idea behind a prototype developed therapy services to HIV-positive individuals from four New Jersey counties as part of an process to develop leadership skills and and tested in Camden by the William G. Rohrer Center for Management and interdisciplinary team of health professionals enhance understanding of public service Entrepreneurship. Now, with state support, addressing pain management, addictions, and economic development. A function the model developed in Camden is being and nutrition. of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, the initiative also developed and delivered a training program for New Brunswick leaders.

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Advancing a City Invincible

In myriad ways, Rutgers serves the citizens of Camden. With

literacy efforts, law clinics, and the lively engagement of its

students and scholars, Rutgers–Camden is viewed as a

national model for how a state university can play a key

role in urban renewal.

Cooperative Effort for Literacy Ed A $1.2 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will support a literacy initiative designed to serve more than 1,000 Camden children. Under the aegis of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, the Rutgers/LEAP Early Childhood Development Initiative will involve parents and teachers in improving the language skills of preschool students. The project calls for individualized coaching for preschool teachers, training to help parents engage with their children’s schools, and a transformation of the school climate in the service of literacy education. “Our grant recognizes the vital link between early literacy education and future success in school,” says Julie E. Tarr of the Knight Foundation. “We believe our support of this collaborative effort can make a difference in Camden and that it can provide a model for others in New Jersey, in the region, and

303 Cooper Street across the country.”

Grants for Early Childhood Programs Renovation—and Revitalization Until $31 Million Law School Project A state- Thanks to a $247,500 grant from the William Rutgers purchased 303 Cooper Street, the of-the-art moot court complex, additional Penn Foundation, a $330,000 grant from former home and onetime office building space for clinical programs, and student the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, had fallen into disrepair. Now, thanks to gathering areas will likely be among the and support from other funders, the Center renovations conducted with painstaking features of a new School of Law building for Children and Childhood Studies will attention to historical detail, the building slated for construction across from the further its mission to improve the quality of serves as a worthy entry point to the current facility in the city’s growing University care for children ages birth through five in campus, housing the Office of the Provost District. The project will add about 50,000 Camden. The grants support an extensive and the communications office. Two nearby square feet of space to the law school on child care professional development program, townhomes, at 405 and 407 Cooper Street, a site bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Penn, and which offers tracks for infant/toddler profes- also received a makeover; the buildings have Lawrence streets. “The new facility will allow sionals and for preschool professionals. been combined into one facility in a $1.5 Rutgers–Camden to expand its pedagogical Participants receive intensive mentoring and million project to serve the Department of and pro bono offerings and is a significant technical assistance as part of the effort. The Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal element in our plan to become one of the William Penn Foundation grant also supports Justice, as well as the Center for Children top public law schools in the United States,” the Abbott Outreach and Registration Initiative and Childhood Studies. Such renovations says Rayman Solomon, dean of the law that strives to increase enrollments in Abbott spark interest from entrepreneurs and school. The project includes an $11 million preschool programs through targeted public contribute to the area’s revitalization. Case investment from the state of New Jersey in outreach efforts. The program is responsible in point: the opening of McCargo’s, a recognition of Rutgers’ anchoring role in the for reaching over 3,000 families in just bustling breakfast and lunch spot on Cooper city’s revitalization. two years. Street launched by Alberto Nieves, a 1995 alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Accolades for Arts Center The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts received a Citation of Excellence from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for the quality and public impact of its year-round educational programs and services. Consider, for instance, the center’s youth outreach pro- gram, known as Shared Visions. The program exposes Camden students to art and art ter- minology by meeting with arts educators at the Stedman Gallery. Shared Visions encour- ages students to pick any artwork that strikes them; then research the piece, as well as the artist; and prepare to talk about it critically. One recent favorite: Carson Fox’s Dirty Laundry Installation, which includes pieces of clothing sandwiched between handmade paper. The Center for the Arts also received a Citation of Excellence for the quality of its Participants in the Educational Policy and Leadership Track and their advisers are (left to right) Woodrow Womack, public programming and was designated Lana Murray, Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Dr. Patricia Magee, Dr. Michael Lang, Wanda Garcia, Katrina McCombs, a Major Arts Presenting Organization of Faith Gibson, Boaventura K. Lemane, Adam Szprengiel, Andrea Surratt, Yvonne Moore, Janis Kauffman, Rachel New Jersey. Poller, James Moore, and Ryan Bates. Not pictured: Barbara Alley, Cindy Ciocco, Cynthia Corzette, Maricarmen Macrina, and Denise Tucker.

Preparing Principals Where do we find Milestones for LEAP When the the next generation of school principals? LEAP (Leadership, Education, and One likely source is a new program at Partnership) initiative launched in 1997, Rutgers–Camden. A pilot program for an it was one of New Jersey’s first charter Educational Policy and Leadership Track schools. Now the LEAP Academy enrolls I Students and others affiliated with in the Department of Public Administration about 700 students, and it will mark a major the School of Law and the Senator will prepare 15 Camden educators for milestone early next year when students Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs principal positions under a $599,813 state and teachers move into a $10.5 million, grant. The students will complete their 59,700-square-foot LEAP charter high offered free tax preparation assistance to master’s degrees in public administration, school on Cooper Street. Viewed as yet Camden residents. even as they fulfill the requirements for another element in the growth of the street’s principal certification in New Jersey. The educational corridor, the state-of-the-art I Training and professional develop- university plans to expand the program to facility, funded by the Delaware River Port ment, public safety, and organizational other South Jersey school districts next year. Authority, will house 216 students and about capacity building were among the issues 50 faculty and staff members. Other LEAP addressed in a number of Rand Institute successes include a full-day preschool for Safer Cities A Rand Institute study on four-year-olds, made possible through a programs serving Camden. behalf of the Camden Safer Cities Initiative is $544,641 investment to the Center for expected to shape efforts to reduce violent I History professor Jeffery Dorwart Strategic Urban Community Leadership. crime in the city. As part of the initiative, And LEAP’s founder, Gloria Bonilla- delivered a lecture at the Walt Whitman Rand staff assisted in the creation of a Santiago (Board of Governors Distinguished Center on “Founding the City of Camden, problem-solving collaborative consisting of Service Professor, urban studies), was key criminal justice, clergy, and community 1828” as part of a celebration of the city’s recently recognized for her achievements leaders to examine and develop proactive 175th anniversary. and expertise when she was named a strategies on street violence in Camden. member of the Board of Directors of The comprehensive strategy will likely be NJ After 3, a public/private partnership accepted and approved by participating formed to strengthen the quality of after- organizations during the coming year. school programs.

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Enhancing Inquiry and Innovation

Whether tackling issues of historic preservation or analytic

philosophy, Rutgers–Camden’s scholarly centers serve as

focal points for inquiry in their fields and command attention

from around the nation and the world.

Pioneers of an Emerging Field As the field of childhood studies continues to evolve, the Center for Children and Childhood Studies is at its forefront. A book series on childhood studies from Press aims to shape the field and increase our understanding of childhood experiences, drawing experts from fields such as anthro- pology, criminal justice, literature, and psychology. Myra Bluebond-Langner, director of the center, serves as series editor. Four books already have been published in such diverse fields as race and the school- yard, children’s use of imagination to cope with illness, and children’s reenactments of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Looking ahead, the center is the impetus for a planned doctoral program likely to cement Rutgers’ reputation as a national pioneer in Myra Bluebond-Langner the emerging discipline of childhood studies. Chronicling—and Preserving—Our Academic Excellence Fund. The field’s New Institute Launched Legal topics often Heritage The Mid-Atlantic Regional approach offers promise for everything from have philosophical significance, particularly in Center for the Humanities (MARCH) disease diagnosis to ecosystem change. areas such as contemporary analytic philoso- continues to contribute to improving cultural phy, criminal law theory, and moral theory. practice in the region through targeted initia- Constitutional Reform How do states Now a new scholarly center, the Institute tives, including interpretation and preserva- address the challenges of the 21st century? for Law and Philosophy, seeks to advance tion of the historic Bethlehem Steel site One step may be constitutional reform—a the knowledge and understanding of areas and commemoration of the executive branch politically thorny issue being explored by the where these fields intersect. The center on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, as Center for State Constitutional Studies features top scholars from Rutgers–New well as training educators at all levels to in a research project, “State Constitutions for Brunswick/Piscataway’s highly acclaimed be more effective in interpreting the rich the 21st Century.” A three-volume series of philosophy faculty and the nationally ranked heritage of nearby places. A National the same name will be published by the Rutgers’ School of Law–Camden. The insti- Endowment for the Humanities competition State University Press of New York; the series tute represents “the natural and logical part- has identified MARCH as the one center will be coedited by political science professor nership of two strong Rutgers programs in an eligible for challenge grant funding in the G. Alan Tarr, the center’s director, and law endeavor that allows everyone involved to mid-Atlantic states. With a $112,000 grant professor Robert Williams. The center’s greatly extend the university’s acknowledged from the Ford Foundation, the center named research is increasingly recognized for being excellence in philosophical inquiry,” explains its first regional fellow, Camilo José Vergara, relevant not just for the United States but Dennis Patterson, a professor at the law a photographer and author best known for around the world. At “Federalism and Sub- school and codirector of the institute. The his work in inner-city areas across the United National Constitutions, Design and Reform,” nascent scholarly organization has already States. Vergara has been commissioned to a conference at the Rockefeller Foundation made a mark, hosting a conference featuring chronicle the changes in two cities, Camden Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, leading law and philosophy scholars from the and Richmond, California. A web site with a Italy, scholars from the United States, as well University of San Diego, the University of detailed visual record of Camden is planned. as from Argentina, Ethiopia, and other Pennsylvania, Wayne State University, the nations, gathered to share their insights into University of Texas, the University of Illinois, Unique Approach to Biology With subnational constitutions. In other news, Tarr and elsewhere. This endeavor is an excellent computational techniques now being applied presented a paper, “Selecting State Supreme example of how collaboration across disci- to areas as diverse as ecology and physi- Court Justices: Lessons from Europe,” at a plines benefits both the legal profession and ology, scholars at Rutgers–Camden are conference held at the London School of legal scholarship. forging ahead with plans for a Center for Economics. He has been invited to join the Computational and Integrative Biology, American Judicature Society’s Judicial thanks to $125,000 from the university Independence and Accountability Task Force.

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Fostering Discovery and Exploration

Haiku, religiosity, dynamic infrared spectroscopy. From the seminar table to the research lab, the topics vary, but the impulse is the same: the Rutgers–Camden community’s keen desire to explore, to investigate, and to test the boundaries of its own abilities and the world’s knowledge.

Three students received Dean’s percent pass rate for its graduates—tied with Undergraduate Research Awards for their the University of Pennsylvania and ahead of research with faculty members: David Villanova and the University of Pittsburgh. Healy, for “Reforming Automobile Insurance Meanwhile, two law students, Benjamin in New Jersey,” conducted with political sci- Parvey and Travis Weitzel, were singled ence professor G. Alan Tarr; Vicki Hewitt, out for their achievements and named for “Pacifists Abroad in a Total War: The Balfour Scholars by Phi Delta Phi, the American Friends Service Committee and Its international legal fraternity. Allies in Germany, 1919–1947,” with history professor Andrew Lees; and Stephen A Microscopic View From high school stu- Gardiner, for “Animating Printmaking,” with dents and graduate researchers to chemistry artist LiQin Tan (assistant professor, art). professors and psychology scholars, a new The topics vary widely, but the idea is scanning electron microscope acquired the same: the interplay of scholars who by Rutgers–Camden will provide the sort of thrive in an atmosphere of cooperation high-resolution imagery necessary for and collaboration. LiQin Tan advanced scientific inquiry. What will be under the microscope will vary from syn- Beyond the Classroom Collaboration. Onward and Upward In its annual ranking thetic materials to biological samples. And Mentoring. Teamwork. At Rutgers–Camden, of law schools, U.S. News & World Report the goal? To explore any number of areas of students and faculty often work together ranked the Rutgers’ School of Law– knowledge, including the accumulation of beyond the classroom, partnering on journal Camden 72nd nationwide (tied with lead in brain tissue and the taxonomic classi- articles and other research projects. Case in Rutgers’ School of Law–Newark). The ranking fication of species from the Amazon. The point: Chemistry professor Georgia is up from 78th in 2003. Another marker microscope’s ease of use will allow graduate Arbuckle-Keil and James Wilking, a grad- was particularly notable: the school ranked and undergraduate researchers to garner uate of Rutgers–Camden’s undergraduate 37th in faculty quality. Passage rates for the hands-on experience with a sophisticated and master’s chemistry programs, published Pennsylvania Bar Examination, held in research instrument. High school students an article in the journal Applied Spectros- February, also reflect the school’s quality; will even have access to the instrument copy; Wilking is now pursuing his doctoral Rutgers–Camden led the pack with a 63.64 through a summer institute. degree at UCLA. Meanwhile, two biology fac- ulty members, Joseph Martin and Pradip Sarkar, collaborated with a graduate student, Natasha Durga, on a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuro- science in New Orleans. And Charlotte Markey (assistant professor, psychology) and a group of undergraduates working in her lab presented a poster, “Religiosity, Health, Relationship Satisfaction, and Life Satisfaction: Does Religious Affiliation Matter?,” at the Eastern Psychological Association conference in Washington, D.C. Another group of undergraduates attended the annual convention of the American Psychological Society, where they presented research conducted under the supervision of psychology professor and associate dean Daniel Hart.

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I Undergraduate management major Christina Karas served as a car market- ing intern at Ford Motor Company’s 100 to 500 to 1,000 You know you’re on Detroit headquarters, working with the the right track when a program’s enrollment marketing, sales, and services unit of the jumps from 100 to more than 500. That’s Ford and Lincoln-Mercury divisions. the story behind the Online Management Rutgers, she said, helped prepare her for Certificate Program, an innovative School of Business offering for working adults to the “real world” of corporate teamwork. develop management skills. Available 24/7, I Twenty Rutgers–Camden undergradu- the program offers 1,300 classes, bringing together a sort of online, animated textbook ates were inducted into the Rutgers chap- with an instructor’s voice and online discus- ter of Phi Beta Kappa. sions. Enrollment is expected to top 1,000 in the coming year. I Undergraduate majors in psychology, sociology, anthropology, and criminal Top Honor for Nursing Alum Loretta justice showed off the best of their Macconi, a 1977 nursing graduate, was research in the annual Psychology/ Students in the course Studies in Poetry: Nick named National School Nurse of the Year— Sociology Undergraduate Research Virgilio, American Haiku, and Formal Unity the first New Jerseyan ever to win the award Poster Session. from the National Association of School Nurses, a group with more than 11,000 I Bridget Urban, an art history major 20,000 Haiku Move over Walt, you’ve got members. “She’s the epitome of the some company—and his name is Nick. Walt, who recently completed her minor in school nurse,” one of her colleagues at of course, is poet Walt Whitman, whose con- Haddonfield’s Central School told the women’s studies, was the winner of an nection to Camden is widely known. And Courier-Post. And one fifth-grader, a diabetic, award from the New Jersey Project for Nick? That would be Nick Virgilio, an interna- told the paper: “She’s like the best nurse I student achievement in feminist and mul- tionally acclaimed haikuist whose collection know.” A practicing school nurse for 22 years, of more than 20,000 haiku was donated to ticultural scholarship. Macconi has been a role model for nurses Rutgers–Camden in 1999, 10 years after across the country, testifying before Congress I M.B.A. student Andi Jenkins was Virgilio’s death. Now students have begun to on hunger in America and participating in explore Virgilio’s work; the poet was the sub- selected to attend the Direct Marketing federal health research. ject of a graduate English course, Studies in Educational Foundation’s Graduate Poetry: Nick Virgilio, American Haiku, Human Dignity Award The Department Student Seminar in , and Formal Unity. As part of their course of English was one of several organizations a competitive program for business work, students identified unpublished Virgilio awarded the Human Dignity Award, a univer- haiku for inclusion in a new collection to be students nationwide. sitywide honor for extraordinary achievement published on the Nick Virgilio Poetry Project and commitment in promoting the value and web site (www.nickvirgilio.rutgers.edu), importance of diversity at Rutgers and in which is managed by the Camden Online society. The department was recognized for Poetry Project, a Rutgers–Camden Depart- restructuring the English major to better ment of English effort. address diversity; it has positioned its writing program to promote reading and writing Outstanding Faculty Rutgers–Camden skills to enhance communication in today’s faculty continue to receive honors for excel- multicultural and global environment. lence in teaching, service, and research. The Provost’s Awards for Teaching Excellence were presented to associate professor of law Sally Goldfarb and associate professor of English Tyler Hoffman. The Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching was presented to English Professor Robert Ryan. Rutgers’ highest honor for exceptional teaching, the Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, was presented to law professor Jay Feinman.

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Engaging the Community

The Rutgers–Camden campus is a hub of activity, serving

not only the university community, but also school children,

senior citizens, and others through art exhibits, lectures,

and performances designed to engage the intellect

and stimulate debate.

We Aim to Serve With President Richard McCormick’s call for improvements to student services across Rutgers’ campuses, Rutgers–Camden is building upon its tradi- tion of campus cooperation by evaluating best practices and conducting team-building programs—all with the goal of enhancing the campus’ service-oriented environment. Student satisfaction surveys have yielded a number of improvements: a weekly email and web listing of student activities, a rework- ing of dining hours to accommodate student schedules, and preliminary work on an electronic message board system for major campus buildings.

Intensely Commencing “It was intense.” Maybe everyone, at one time or another, would describe their education that way, but Mark Maldonado had a special reason: he earned his law degree while serving as a U.S.

New Math: Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct exhibition at the Stedman Gallery Air Force major deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. An aircraft com- Art for Everyone From African-American work. And the center sees its mission as mander for the 108th Air Refueling Wing at quilts made from feed sacks to the energetic extending beyond the campus: “Visual McGuire Air Force Base, Maldonado piloted dance of FLY Dance Company, the Poetry” brought the center’s enthusiasm and the KC-135E Stratotanker, a 13-story-long Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts expertise to area students, from 4th to 12th aircraft capable of carrying 30,000 gallons of continues to excel in presenting a vibrant grades, in sessions designed to explore the fuel. He even took one exam, running 36 and varied array of exhibits and perfor- relationships between visual and verbal pages long, in a military tent city in Oman, mances, cementing the center’s reputation imagery and expression. Look for work from not far from a runway used for flights over as one of the foremost arts destinations “Visual Poetry” sometime soon; student art- Afghanistan. “There were eight of us per tent, for the southern New Jersey and metro works created as part of the project will be the bathrooms were a quarter-mile away, Philadelphia regions. The year’s art exhibits at featured on posters placed at public transit and the runway was about a half-mile away,” the Stedman Gallery included Hackl, Murata, spots and other public areas. recalls Maldonado. “It was tough to sleep Keating: Perfect Together and Art in Transit: with all the noise from the bomber and re- fueling aircrafts taking off and we were flying The Camden-Trenton Light Rail, a pair of Perspectives and Passions Today’s events around the clock. I flew 45 combat and exhibits highlighting the work of the team may not have entered the history books, but combat support sorties and received four who created the artworks adorning the light it’s never too soon to start examining their air medals as a result. It was intense.” rail stations between Camden and Trenton. impact through panel discussions held on Intense would also describe Joseph Other exhibits included Bold Improvisation: campus like “Has Islam Been Hijacked?” The Suah’s situation. Suah, who left Liberia in 120 Years of African-American Quilts and event featured Walid Phares, the author of the midst of a civil war, needed to work for a New Math: Contemporary Art and the eight books on the Middle East, and Jamal few years before saving the money to enroll Mathematical Instinct. Meanwhile, the per- Hasan, a native of Bangladesh who now at Rutgers–Camden. Suah then took just formances at the Gordon Theater included works for the U.S. Census Bureau. Hasan is three years to graduate with honors in the legal drama of “The Color of Justice,” coediting a book, Beyond Jihad: The Many economics, having taken seven classes for the juggling and illusions of “Toying with Voices of Moderate Islam, in collaboration two straight terms—even as he worked 25 Science,” and the athleticism of FLY Dance with Rutgers–Camden political science asso- hours a week. Suah presented his thesis, Company. Hundreds of school children vis- ciate professor Kim Shienbaum. Another “Indigence Among Plenty: Can Poverty Be ited the center’s venues, often with the aim panel discussion, with perspective provided Checked?,” at the University of Maryland, and of connecting their experiences to course by English and religion professors, focused was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. on the film The Passion of the Christ. He sees himself working at the World Bank 22 Rutgers–Camden Annual Report

I Sprinter Tameka Jackson competed in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 100- and Rutgers–Camden Tower housing complex. 200-meter dashes. Jackson, who holds Wireless Internet access was extended to additional areas of campus and a new 24- the school records for both distances, hour “mini-health club” was added to the was the first female Rutgers–Camden Rutgers–Camden Apartments. track star to compete in the NCAA meet and be named an All-American upon fin- Boathouse along the Banks The Cooper ishing eighth in the 100-meter dash finals. River, long acknowledged as one of the best crew courses in the nation, will soon have a I The 2003 season was a banner year boathouse along its banks. The university will for the women’s soccer program. The manage and serve as a principal tenant for the $4.5 million facility, which will be built by team compiled the best record in the Camden County. The Scarlet Raptors crew program’s six-year history, with a 13-4-3 team, now in its second year as an inter- season, a fourth-place finish in the New Rutgers–Camden 2004 graduate collegiate sport, enjoyed a strong season, Jersey Athletic Conference, and five play- including a first-place performance from two boats at the Seahawk Sprints. ers selected to the All-NJAC women’s or the International Monetary Fund after soccer teams. The squad reached its earning a doctoral degree at Duke University. These were just two of the stories “Every Athlete’s Dream” With winning first-ever NJAC tournament, losing 2-1 among the 1,331 degrees conferred (824 seasons, a milestone New Jersey Athletic to Rowan. undergraduate and 507 graduate) at com- Conference title, and a first-ever inclusion in mencement on May 21. Speakers included the postseason NCAA playoffs, coach Jackie I The Scarlet Raptors softball squad U.S. Senator Joseph Biden; Robert Boughner, Trakimas has raised the bar for the Rutgers– captured the New Jersey Athletic chief executive officer of the Borgata Hotel Camden women’s basketball team. Now Conference championships with a 1-0 Casino & Spa; and George Mamo, chief she has the kudos to match her accomplish- victory over top-seeded Ramapo operating officer of the International ments: Trakimas was inducted into the Fellowship of Christians and Jews and a South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame. “I College—a first for the program (and 2004 inductee into the Rutgers Hall of think it is every athlete’s dream to have the only the second NJAC crown in Distinguished Alumni. opportunity to coach and give back to the Rutgers–Camden history). The team community,” she said. capped a remarkable season by making it Upgrades for R.U. Imagine this: upscale to the regional NCAA Division III Softball study spaces, pool tables, and a small con- Philosophy and Latte Lectures at Barnes & Championships for the first time and venience store, all at the Campus Center. Noble? Why not. The Cappuccino Academy Those will be just some of the enhance- brings university professors to the Marlton coming within one win of the nationals. ments as part of a $250,000 upgrade at bookstore’s cafe, garnering a “Best of South Six members of the squad earned First the site of the former bookstore. Other Jersey” award from SJ magazine. “You will Team All-NJAC honors, including NJAC campus improvements include a $125,000 emerge from the heady sea of books and Player of the Year Michelle Schlichtig renovation to the lobby and circulation desk music (and the sweet smells drifting from of the Paul Robeson Library, as well as a the cafe) reinvigorated by spirited discus- who, combined with Becky Johnson, led $100,000 elevator project for the 10-story sion,” the magazine wrote. the national NCAA Division III with a team-earned run average of 0.59. Coach Carl Taylor was named NJAC Coach of the Year.

I Linda Gooden, president of Lockheed I , daughter of and I The annual Rutgers–Camden Martin Information Technology, discussed author of the memoir “Growing Up X,” delivered ReUnion on the River attracted more “Where Technology Is Going” in Cherry Hill as a free lecture as the keynote event for Black than 700 graduates, friends, faculty, and part of the Executive Breakfast Series sponsored History Month. staff for a festive celebration. by the School of Business.

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Supporting the University State and Local Agencies The Ford Foundation Camden Board of Education Fordham University Rutgers-Camden is truly fortunate to be Camden County Board of Chosen The Fund for New Jersey blessed with organizations and individuals Freeholders General Bearing Corporation who recognize the wisdom of investing in an Camden Empowerment Zone Corporation Genova, Burns, & Vernoia institution that creates the future today. City of Camden Housing Authority George Washington University At the close of The Rutgers Campaign: County of Camden Georgetti’s Pasta and Sauce Market Hessert Construction New Jersey LLC Creating the Future Today, the Camden New Brunswick Tomorrow New Jersey Council for the Humanities Hill International, Inc. campus raised $17,478,149 in support of New Jersey Department of Community International Reading Association student scholarships, campus growth, Affairs IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey research investigations, and much, much New Jersey Department of Education Johnson & Johnson, Inc. more. During the span of the six-year New Jersey Department of Environmental The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation campaign, Rutgers–Camden surpassed its Protection Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation fund-raising goals with flying colors. New Jersey Department of Human The Karma Foundation The noteworthy accomplishments Services The John S. and James L. Knight reported in the preceding pages suggest the New Jersey Department of Labor Foundation deep impact that the donors listed below New Jersey Office of Victim Witness The Kurr Foundation, Inc. have made upon the campus and, by exten- Advocacy Licata & Tyrrell PC Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback sion, communities both regional and global in New Jersey State Council on the Arts Foundation scope. Increased support for student scholar- Institutions and Organizations Lockheed Martin Corporation ships, campus growth, faculty excellence and AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey Madden, Madden & Del Duca Alston-Calaf & Associates research, and so much more offers an MBIA Insurance Corporation American Community Partnerships endorsement of Rutgers–Camden’s strategy Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation AmeriHealth HMO, Inc. for advancement. National Youth Sports Program Andrews for Congress Committee During fiscal year 2004, Rutgers– New Jersey Fellows of the American Archer & Greiner Camden received $3,489,347 from corpora- College of Trust and Estate Counsel Ascend Communications Securities tions, foundations, and individual donors, New Jersey Laborers’-Employers’ Litigation Settlement Fund Cooperation and Education Trust while the Office of Sponsored Research The Ayco Charitable Foundation New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance processed grants totaling $5,789,013. These Bally’s Park Place Casino & Hotel Company investors provide the crucial support needed Baratz & Associates, P.A. New Jersey Nets and Devils for Rutgers–Camden to deliver cutting-edge Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Foundation, Inc. teaching, research, and community service The Bildner Family Foundation New Jersey State Bar Foundation The Boeing Company efforts to the citizens of New Jersey, the The William Penn Foundation Brandywine Senior Care Management, Inc. nation, and the world. The Philadelphia Foundation Business Document Services The following list represents contributors PNC Financial Services Group Camden City Firefighters Local 788 of $1,000 or more from July 1, 2003, to PNC Foundation Camden County Bar Foundation June 30, 2004. Princeton University Camden Police Athletic League PSE&G Company Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc. PSE&G Foundation Campbell Soup Foundation Q-Chem, Inc. Federal Agencies Capehart & Scatchard David Ramsay Cabinetmakers National Endowment for the Arts The Annie E. Casey Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Cendant Mortgage Company RPI Camps National Institute of Drug Abuse/National The Center for Forensic Economic The Schumann Fund for New Jersey Institute of Humanities Studies Ltd. The Paul D. Schurgot Foundation, Inc. National Science Foundation CIGNA Corporation Smithsonian Institute of Air and Space U.S. Department of Agriculture Comcast Corporation The Stainrook Foundation U.S. Department of Defense/National Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Target Corporation Security Agency Commerce Bank Temple University U.S. Department of Education Commerce National Insurance United Way of Burlington County Conectiv United Way of Camden County Cozen & O’Connor PC Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Damiano Long LLC Verizon Delaware River Port Authority Verizon Foundation Diocese of Camden Wachovia Corporation The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Wachovia Regional Foundation

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Washington Mutual Savings Bank Dan Klepacki I Camden’s legacy of poetry will Xerox Corporation David R. Kott, Esq. endure, thanks to the investment of Tony Zonta Club of the Tri-County Area Donald P. Lan, Esq. Virgilio. As a member of the Armitage Dr. Francis L. Lawrence and Individuals Mary Kay Lawrence chapter of the Colonel Henry Rutgers Anonymous H.F. Lenfest Society, Virgilio has contributed a The Honorable Robert E. Andrews Jane Massey Licata, Esq. Dr. Georgia A. Arbuckle-Keil charitable gift annuity that will support Lawrence D. Lyford Richard L. Aregood James J. Madden, Esq. the Nick Virgilio Poetry Project at Dr. and Mrs. Saul S. Artis Michael P. Madden, Esq. Brian D. and Deborah A. Baratz Rutgers–Camden, which is committed George W. Mamo Sharon Schrack Beales to the study of his brother’s famed haiku. Charles J. Mannella Associate Dean John Beckerman and Associate Provost Rory P. Maradonna Through this $110,000 annuity, Rutgers– Harriet Beckerman Dean Margaret S. Marsh and Terry S. Bienstock, Esq. Camden will provide a fitting home for Dr. Howard F. Gillette, Jr. Samuel P. Bitonti The Honorable Joshua W. Martin III Nick’s papers and poetry. Dr. Myra Bluebond-Langner and Richard William J. McNichol, Jr. Woods Langner I Loyalty and gratitude to both family Dr. John Charles Miller Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago Naomi Miller and law school spurred Terry Bienstock Professors Amelia H. Boss and Randall M. Miller Roger S. Clark to establish the Bienstock Family James J. Morley, Esq. Michael Britton, Esq. Camie Morrison Scholarship at the School of Law. A 1978 Marianne C. Brown Thomas A. Muccifori, Esq. graduate of the law school, Bienstock William J. Butler The Honorable Charles M. Rand Jeffrey I. Butvinik, Esq. now is executive vice president and Estate of Arthur Reich, Esq. Anna C. Cassidy Irvin E. Richter, Esq. general counsel for Comcast Cable C. Edward Chaplin Professor Ruth Anne Robbins and Communications in Philadelphia. His Eleanora Cheney Steven Robbins Dr. Edward C. Cialella pledge, with a match by Comcast, creates Thomas A. Rodgers, Esq. Dr. Charles J. Coleman and The Honorable and a $50,000 endowment that will enable Assistant Dean Nancy V. Gulick Mrs. Joseph H. Rodriguez Margaret Anne Conley-Pitchell and Rutgers–Camden to better compete with Lewis Stokes Romer and T. Mark Pitchell America’s leading private law schools in Jeanne Chalfant Romer G. Paul Crawshaw, Esq. M. Zev Rose, Esq. recruiting academic talent. John H. Davies The Honorable and Mrs. Joel B. Rosen Allen Davis Associate Dean Nancy G. Rosoff I An investment by alumnus John Provost Roger J. Dennis Leonard R. Rossetti, Sr. Saul J. Diaz Culbertson, Jr., offers School of Business Teresa B. Saltiel John S. Edmonds students a singular real-world experience Christine Sarnoski-Davis Brenda Lee Eutsler, Esq. Nancy S. Shuman in managing investment portfolios. The Morris and Eugenie Feldman Alice K. Small, Esq. Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina, Esq. Culbertson Family Advanced Portfolio Dean Rayman L. Solomon Richard E. Galasso Janice Stedman Management Program is an intensive Frederick W. Gibbs, Esq. Dr. Marion Steininger two-term course offering an in-depth Thomas A. Glasgow Dr. Tracy E. Thieret Richard C. Goodwin look into long-term investment strategy. Dr. Donald C. Tilton Dr. Walter K. Gordon Barbara A. Ulrichsen, Esq. The highly selective program serves both G. Christopher Griner, Esq. Dr. Thomas John Venables and undergraduate and M.B.A. students, Barry Hamerling, Esq., and Doreen Venables Karen Hamerling thanks to the vision of Culbertson, a Anthony Virgilio James D. and Linda C. Hamilton, Esq. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Weiner 1986 graduate who provides $35,000 Dr. Richard A. Harris The Honorable W. Joseph Weiner Dr. Daniel Hart and Deborah A. Hart in support. Christina Welch John J. Hayden, Esq. Daniel H. Wheeler and Amy A. Fox Paula A. Heichel Professor and Mrs. Robert F. Williams Edward Hoagland, Esq. Herman and Marilyn Wissman Dr. Drew Humphries Dr. Allen Woll G. Aaron James, Esq. Horace Wu, Esq. Edward P. Kiessling

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Campus Administration G. Christopher Dougherty, Ph.D. Scott Schaffer, J.D. Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Assistant Dean, School of Law Director, Educational Opportunity Fund Richard L. McCormick, Ph.D. Michael Sepanic, B.A. President Kimberly Ferzan, J.D. Director, Communications Codirector, Institute for Law and Philosophy Roger J. Dennis, J.D. Virginia Oberlin Steel, M.A. Provost Larry Gaines, M.B.A. Director, Center for the Arts Associate Dean, School of Business Valerie Smith Stephens, Ph.D. Milton Leontiades, Ph.D. Gary Golden, Ph.D. Director, Learning Resource Center Dean, School of Business Director, Paul Robeson Library Guy Still, B.A. Margaret Marsh, Ph.D. Mike Greenup, M.A. Chief, University Police Dean, College of Arts and Sciences/University Assistant Dean, Student Affairs G. Alan Tarr, Ph.D. College/Graduate School Nancy Gulick, M.B.A. Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies Rayman Solomon, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Danyelle Thurman, M.S.W. Dean, School of Law David Gwalthney, M.S. Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Director, Computing Services Irene Ulrich, B.A. Deborah Bowles, Ed.D. Richard Harris, Ph.D. Director, Dining Service Associate Provost for Enrollment Management Director, Senator Walter Rand Institute Thomas Venables, Ed.D. MaryBeth Daisey, M.A. for Public Affairs Director, Summer Session/Winterim Associate Provost for Student Life Daniel Hart, Ph.D. Allison Wisniewski, M.A. Felix James, J.D. Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Dean, Campus Involvement Associate Provost for Community Outreach Sybil James, J.D. Richard Woodland, B.A. Rory Maradonna, M.B.A. Assistant Dean, School of Law Director, Financial Aid Associate Provost for Development Frank Keith, B.A. Mark Rozewski, M.C.R.P. Director, Rutgers Business Incubator Associate Provost for Administration and Finance Eve Biskin Klothen, J.D. Assistant Dean, School of Law Camille Andrews, J.D. Charles Mannella, B.A. Associate Dean for Enrollment, School of Law Director, Alumni Relations Stephen Ball, J.D. James Marino, M.A. Director of Career Services, School of Law Director, Career Center John Beckerman, J.D., Ph.D. Jonathan Muse, M.P.A. Office of the Provost Associate Dean, School of Law Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Myra Bluebond-Langner, Ph.D. Ramendra Pandit, M.B.A. Director, Center for Children and Childhood Studies Assistant Dean, School of Business 303 Cooper Street Camden, New Jersey 08102-1519 Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D. Donna Parker, M.S.W. Director, Center for Strategic Urban Community Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Leadership Dennis Patterson, J.D., Ph.D. 856/225-6095 Paul Brown, M.A. Codirector, Institute for Law and Philosophy www.camden.rutgers.edu Director, Health Services John Podolski, M.B.A. Samantha Collier, B.A. Associate Dean, School of Law Director of External Affairs, School of Business It is the policy of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Gary Rago, M.B.A. Marie Cornelia, Ph.D. to make the benefits and services of its educational programs Director, New Jersey Small Business available to students, and to provide equal employment oppor- Associate Dean, Graduate School/ Development Center tunity to all employees and applicants for employment, regard- University College less of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, William Reynolds, Ed.D. Anne Dalesandro, J.D. sexual orientation, disability, marital status, or veteran status. Executive Director, William G. Rohrer Center for (Douglass College, as a traditionally and continuously single-sex Director, Law Library Management and Entrepreneurship institution, may, under federal law, continue to restrict college admission to women.) Questions concerning student rights Jeffery Dean, M.A. Terry Richartz, M.S. Director, Athletics violations should be addressed to Brian T. Rose, Associate Vice Registrar President for Student Affairs (732/932-7312). Questions con- Bernard DelGuidice, B.S.E.E. Cynthia Riggs, M.A. cerning harassment or employment discrimination should be Director, Facilities Maintenance directed to Jayne M. Grandes, Director of University Harassment Associate Dean, Student Affairs Compliance and Equity (732/445-3020, ext. 626). Barbara Detterline, M.Ed. Rosa Rivera, M.B.A. Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Director, Financial Services Produced by the Rutgers–Camden Communications Office and Rutgers’ Department of University Relations. Thomas DiValerio, M.A. Nancy Rosoff, Ph.D. Photography: Addison Geary, Alan Goldsmith, Cathy Associate Dean, Campus Center Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Karmilowicz, Robert Laramie, Nick Romanenko. RU-0405-0009/5M