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BACKSTORY » More than 1,500 students received their degrees in May. We asked 10 where they’re headed next. Story, p. 32.

24 28 32 CHARTED WATERS MILES AND MILES AND MILES GOING PLACES Monmouth researchers are help- After nearly a decade as a star wideout Class of 2019 grads share where ing to pioneer a cutting-edge for the Dallas Cowboys, Miles Austin took they’re headed next, and how marine life detection technique. on a new challenge: finishing his degree. Monmouth helped them get there.

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MONMOUTH » VOL. 34. NO. 3 o7 10 42 Monmouth magazine is published thrice annually by the Monmouth University Division of Enrollment Management.

Vice President for Enrollment Management Robert D. McCaig, Ed.D.

The Front Associate Vice President, currents » RESEARCH & REFLECTION Marketing & Communications Tara Peters ’94, ’99M

04 07 08 Editor NEED TO VISIONS OF CONCEPTS Tony Marchetti KNOW THE FUTURE A Monmouth University Assistant Editor With an expanding under- A look at Monmouth’s Poll shows public opinion Breanne McCarthy standing of wellness, West- new Interactive Digital is divided on wild animal ern medicine looks East. Media concentration. exhibits. Design & Layout Dog Ear Consultants TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY Contributing Writers Pete Croatto 10 13 14 Mark Gola EXIT INTERVIEW HOW MONMOUTH CAMPUS BRIEFS Ryan Jones Outgoing President Grey WAS MADE The scene at Molly Petrilla Dimenna reflects on his time An artist’s passion endures in the West Long Branch. at Monmouth University. University’s sculpture garden. Photographers Anthony DePrimo PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS Matt Furman Mike Lanis 18 20 22 Tom Lozinski CHASING GREATNESS IN AN INSTANT HOLDING COURT Illustrators Davide Bonazzi How hard work and some Winning isn’t always about Tennis standout Nicola John Jay Cabuay fatherly advice led Reggie being atop the leaderboard. Pipoli talks MAAC champi- White Jr. to the NFL. onships, Rafael Nadal, and Josue Evilla grandma’s cooking. Don Foley Eric Hanson

On the cover The Back The Rest Miles Austin, photographed for the magazine by Matt Furman Class notes » ALUMNI LIFE Letters, 03. A Day at the Beach, 16. Double Double 42 47 Vision, 21. Alum- THE CHANGEMAKERS TOO GOOD TO FAIL ni Roundup, 44. Rodney Salomon and Mychal How the Great Recession Alumni Award Mills use holistic intervention helped launch Natalie Winners, 50. In 400 Cedar Ave. to help children in at-risk Imani’s music career. Memoriam, 55. West Long Branch, NJ 07764 communities. Remembrances, 56. 732-571-3489 • monmouth.edu

02 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 letters

Advanced science students have a certain confidence in their academ- ic abilities. After all, we had been exposed to the physics of the atom in earlier science classes, so how tough could this be? It wasn’t long before we would leave the class scratching our heads, wondering what we had learned. Our final exams were completed with much less confidence than hope. Standing tall, with jacket and tie, and graying hair, Dr. McAfee taught an arcane and very compli- cated subject with patience and reserved enthusiasm. We were learning from a real expert. Being RE: SPRING 2019 had created another GS level led to other endeavors, I never [pay scale] to reward him for his had the opportunity to further The Spring 2019 issue is awesome. contribution. pursue his subject, but I still recall So rich, so diverse! A few of us were five-year stu- with fond memories a real fine Rita Held ’67A dents because of the challenge of gentleman. the curriculum. My experience in- Dick Easley ’65 I really enjoyed the article “Rock cluded a brisk social life (fraternity), of Ages.” I’m a huge Beatles fan, varsity soccer, and several part-time so it’s great to see many of your jobs. When we finally arrived at our students think so too. fifth year, the advanced engineering Joe Masulli courses loomed in front of us. Most Let’s of these were evening and night Connect TELL US courses, since the instructors were For more content More on still in the daytime work environment. and photos, follow WHAT With great anticipation, we went McAfee’s Legacy us on Twitter and to our first “Atomic and Nuc” class Instagram: YOU Gary Barnett’s letter about Dr. to meet our instructor. He was a @monmouthumag Walter S. McAfee (Fall 2018 issue) friendly person with a quick smile, brought back some memories and showed a special interest in THINK of great times at what was then our textbook for Advanced Math- Monmouth College. ematics, a class meeting either just Email us at magazine@ During the 1960s, the only before or after this one. monmouth.edu, or write engineering degree offered at the McAfee was black. In all of our school was electronic engineering, discussions about his achievements us at Monmouth probably due to the proximity of and his reputation this never came magazine, Monmouth the Army’s Signal Corps Command up. In the fall of 1964, the civil rights University, Alumni House, at Fort Monmouth and the Bell movement was gaining energy in Telephone Laboratory facilities at the South, led by the Rev. Martin 400 Cedar Ave., West Holmdel, New Jersey. I was only a Luther King Jr. But at Monmouth, Long Branch, NJ 07764. semi-serious engineering stu- integration was accepted whole- dent beginning in 1960, but after heartedly. Two of my best friends, Submissions for the progressing through the curricu- a fraternity brother and roommate Letters page are subject lum, some of us would hear of the (and his girlfriend, later his wife), to editing for clarity and difficulty of the senior year course were African Americans. At Mon- Atomic and Nuclear Physics, mouth there was a small chapter length and must include which was taught by Dr. McAfee. of the NAACP, but they quietly the writer’s name, address, His reputation included his work endorsed their cause with little and phone number for with the radar/moon project and disruption. As for Dr. McAfee, his a claim that President Eisenhower stature transcended race. confirmation.

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 03 Currents RESEARCH & REFLECTION

NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends don’t always get sick. Part of it is because sometimes the body is in a weakened state Taking Root and sometimes it’s very strong WITH AN EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING OF and able to fight that off. In WELLNESS, WESTERN MEDICINE LOOKS EAST. 1. Traditional Chinese the Chinese medicine model, medicine originated in we think of our body as a gar- INTERVIEW BY BREANNE MCCARTHY China thousands of years ago. It spread to other den, and our body, like a gar- countries in Asia and the den, is significantly impacted cupuncture is gaining mainstream West, gaining popularity in the U.S. in the 1970s. by the environment. So, you acceptance in the medical community. can think about a person like Belinda Anderson, director of Monmouth 2. Another misconception this too. What sort of person A is that acupuncture only 3 is this? What are the weak- University’s Institute for Health and Wellness and a treats pain, but Anderson says “it treats any condi- nesses that will develop easi- practicing acupuncturist, explains how this therapy is tion that a patient walks ly when this person is put un- in with, from digestive 4 being used to help everyone from couples trying to get disorders to gynecological der unfavorable conditions? problems.” It becomes a default pathway pregnant to individuals suffering from chronic pain— 3. Anderson says people that an individual’s body will and why it’s so effective. have different “constitu- go into when the body is put tions,” or physical make- under stress.5 2 ups, and so weaknesses What is acupuncture as a prac- misconception that if you go for show up differently in each tice? a treatment, you’re only going individual. What are some of the most Acupuncture is one of the mo- to get acupuncture. It’s very un- common reasons a patient 4. “Unfavorable condi- dalities that belongs to the prac- usual that someone will only get tions” creating stress in seeks out an acupuncturist? tice of Chinese medicine.1 The acupuncture. the body can be caused by Pain—any type of musculo- myriad things, both phys- most common modality peo- ical and mental—from the skeletal pain. It can be arthritis, ple know about is acupuncture, How is Chinese medicine differ- food we eat, to exercising neck pain, back pain, knee pain, but there are several other tech- ent from conventional medicine? too much or too little, to shoulder pain. Pain6 is definite- the loss of a loved one. niques that acupuncturists use In conventional medicine we ly the most common reason. on a regular basis when they’re say that bacteria or a virus 5. Anderson says stress And headaches are very com- treating patients. Another com- caused a cold or pneumonia can show up in physical mon. Often a patient will come symptoms ranging from mon one is cupping—think of or something to occur in the headaches to cramps to in with migraine headaches and Michael Phelps in the Olym- body. But in Chinese medi- joint pain. say they’re worse when under pics. There are other things like cine, we see it more as a dy- 6. According to Anderson, stress. Mental health is anoth- moxibustion, a warming tech- namic interplay between the 50 percent of patients who er—people with anxiety and de- nique; Chinese herbal medicine; outside and the inside. We’re go to an acupuncturist go pression, stress. Mental health for pain, and the majority tui na, which is Chinese medi- surrounded by bacteria and of those are going in for disorders are really on the cal massage. There’s a common viruses all of the time but we back pain. increase.

04 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 illustration DAVIDE BONAZZI Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 05 CURRENTS

So acupuncture is effective 7. BA: “Acupuncturists It takes time to recover. tions for thousands of years, manipulate needles by for treating both physical and twirling, lifting, and thrust- We’ve been lulled into this and we know for women, mental symptoms? ing them. When you do sense that when you’re sick, Chinese medicine can be re- In Chinese medicine it’s im- that, these fibers that are you go to somebody who tells ally effective for anything in the underlying fascia possible to separate the mind (connective tissue) matrix you what’s wrong with you from painful periods, unusu- and the body. So it doesn’t mat- wrap around the needle, and then they come up with al bleeding, and ovarian cysts, placing stress and strain ter if somebody comes in and forces on those fibers. The a solution, which usually in- to struggling to get pregnant. only ever talks about their phys- cell is registering that, volves taking a pill. Then we In terms of regulating entire ical symptoms. You, as the clini- and that mechanical force expect a very immediate re- physiological systems, like the stimulus goes right into cian, know that there is a whole the nucleus and regulates sponse, even though we don’t reproductive system, we don’t psycho-emotional dynamic, and gene expression.” necessarily change any of the yet know the exact molecular you treat them according to their things that caused the prob- mechanisms.… But there are 8. The American College physical symptoms, which will of Physicians recently de- lem in the first place. So you animal studies that have shown automatically treat their psy- clared that non-pharmaco- can see how that whole ap- acupuncture can regulate the logical intervention—man- cho-emotional symptoms. And agement of pain without proach is a bit illogical. In hypothalamus-pituitary sys- it’s the same in reverse. In fact, medication—should be the fact, it makes a lot more sense tem in the brain, and once the most common diagnosis for first line of therapy for to think of our body as a gar- you start regulating the hypo- both chronic and acute depression in Chinese medicine back pain. den or as a natural ecosystem, thalamus and pituitary, then also often has a physical compo- and when we’re doing things you’re also regulating the en- nent—a classic example is back 9. Anderson says when that are constantly disruptive, docrine system. choosing an acupuncturist, pain. A person comes in, they’ve patients should make sure you can’t just fix it by adding got this back pain, and it’s been they have a state license something else to the system, Is acupuncture becoming more and are certified with really bad in the last month, and the National Certifi- or having surgery and chop- accepted by the mainstream you start talking to them and cation Commission for ping something out. Because medical community? they’re describing to you that Acupuncture and Oriental you need to change the things If we look at current trends, they’ve got this job, it’s been real- Medicine. that are causing the problem yes, there are a lot more refer- ly stressful, they’re having a real- in the first place. You might rals by conventional healthcare ly hard time with their boss, and be able to take away the symp- practitioners, and we’re seeing so you know that this is a mind- toms temporarily but the dis- acupuncture being brought body thing. turbed systems will continue into mainstream medical fa- to be disturbed. cilities, hospitals, and other Why does acupuncture work? clinics. There’s a growing body It’s what we call a complex in- Given that pain is the most of research evidence to demon- tervention. Because there’s the common complaint among pa- strate its effectiveness, and practitioner-patient relationship, tients—why should they choose we’re steadily seeing an in- there’s the relaxation on the ta- a non-pharmacological8 approach crease in insurance coverage. ble, there’s the needles,7 there are over, say, medication? One of the best research facili- other things that the acupunc- Opioid medications are not ties, arguably, in this country— turist does, there’s the patient’s very effective for chronic pain. Harvard Medical School—is belief system about what’s go- For acute pain: yes. It relates to doing very sophisticated re- ing to happen, and so there are the fact that chronic pain has a search looking at acupuncture’s many different components. It’s complex psycho-emotional-phys- ability to modulate brain func- not just the treatment—you’re ical dynamic, so it’s not like you tion. The other big driver is that also giving a lot of lifestyle advice. can treat it with just the chemical a lot of the conditions people The patient is seeing their practi- approach. If these psycho-emo- struggle with are more chronic, tioner regularly, so there’s an el- tional components are the dom- lifestyle-based conditions, and ement of coaching where you’re inant ones, then medication is often conventional medicine checking in with the person ev- not really going to help. And of hasn’t got a lot to offer, and so ery week and discussing why and course, one can develop a tol- that’s where the complementa- how they are trying to improve erance to these medications, ry therapies [like acupuncture] their health. You’re helping make so if you’re taking them over can be really effective. modifications to their lifestyle an extended period of time, it’s habits. When someone changes another reason why they might Who should see an acupunctur- their diet and exercise program, become less effective. ist9 and when should they go? and starts thinking of what the Chinese medicine is fundamen- sources of stress are, this can be You have extensive experience tally preventative—so anybody very powerful over an extended in utilizing acupuncture for can go to an acupuncturist, even period of time. women’s health issues. Why is if they don’t have an ailment, be- it so effective for women? cause it’s all about maintaining Why is a change in lifestyle so Chinese medicine has been wellness. That’s the fundamental important to healing? used for gynecological condi- philosophy.

06 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 Visions of the future A LOOK AT MONMOUTH’S NEW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA CONCENTRATION. BY BREANNE MCCARTHY

magine you could experience what it’s like to drive option of taking art and design classes. The hope is to have stu- one of the world’s fastest luxury cars through the dents with different backgrounds ISwiss Alps from the comfort of your living room. and passions “cross-inform” one another as they work on analyz- Recently, Porsche made this The concentration will sup- ing, creating, and pitching func- possible by utilizing augment- port those interested in a slew of tional business plans that address ed reality technology. Poten- fields and careers from game de- real-world problems. tial customers anywhere in the sign and experiential market- The new concentration—which world could download an app ing (think special pop-up events will see its inaugural cohort this that lets them feel as if they are where consumers can participate fall—is complemented by the strapped into the driver’s seat of in a brand experience) to web de- opening of the brand new Inter- their own customized Porsche, velopment, applied animation, active Digital Media Lab locat- racing against others. content creation, and more. ed in Plangere Center. Outfitted This space, where entertain- Cox says IDM is a highly interdis- with state-of-the-art technolo- ment and technology meet busi- ciplinary concentration where stu- gy—including virtual and aug-

ness and marketing via digital dents are required to take classes BELOW: Dylan mented reality headsets, vid- platforms, is what students in computer science, communica- McGilloway ’19 uses eo projection remapping tools, pursuing Monmouth’s new In- tion, and business Magic Leap One 2D- and 3D-scanning stations, augmented reality teractive Digital Media (IDM) with the goggles. a grid system outfitted with concentration in communica- DMX lights, and game design tion will be exploring. tools—the lab will not only allow “IDM will offer an opportunity students to utilize cutting-edge to deep dive and explore trans- technology, but will also provide media storytelling through in- a backdrop where students can teractive and immersive hard- think about how to utilize that ware platforms,” says Dickie technology in new ways. Cox, assistant professor and “Technology moves quickly, concentration director for IDM. and I want us to be able to re- “We’ll be working with emerging spond with it,” says Cox, who technology to explore the ram- in 2017 pitched the idea for the ifications of physical comput- new IDM lab, which opened to ing, mixed reality technologies, students this spring. “We’re ear- and ambient computing into ele- ly adopters. We’re investigators. ments of the built environment, We want to be able to see, ‘OK, of work life, of play and leisure, how do these things work?’ and marketing and advertising.” ‘What can we do with them?’”

photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 07 CURRENTS

CONCEPTS » Dispatches from the Monmouth Polling Institute On Display PUBLIC DIVIDED ON ROLE OF WILD ANIMAL EXHIBITS. BY BREANNE MCCARTHY

n 2018, New Jersey became the first The changes come as public per- safari parks, and marine parks state to ban circuses, carnivals, fairs, ception regarding how animals are generally well treated, they are treated in captivity—wheth- remain divided when it comes I and other traveling acts from featuring er it be for entertainment in a cir- to viewing those outlets as be- elephants, tigers, and various exotic cus or for education at a zoo—has ing for educational or entertain- animals for entertainment. One week shifted. A recent Monmouth Uni- ment purposes. versity Poll found that there is Here’s a breakdown of how the later, Hawaii followed suit and today, there public support for banning circus public’s concern for animal wel- are nearly 150 cities, towns, and counties animals, as most people believe fare is impacting their view of they are treated poorly. the organizations that exhibit across the country that have passed Yet while the public believes wild animals. similar restrictions at the local level. animals in aquariums, zoos,

The places % zoos respondents 69 25% reported vis- % aquariums iting in that 59 Number of respondents same time marine animal who have been to a cir- % period... 30 parks cus in the past decade. {

Respondents who believe circus 21% animals are never well treated.

BETTER THAN THE BIGTOP Places where respondents say animals are 54% 31% “well treated all or most of the time”: Number of respondents who would favor a law prohibiting the Percentage of respon- 73% aquariums 66% zoos use of wild animals in circuses. dents who think circus animals are “well treated safari marine animal % % WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO all or most of the time.” 63 parks 57 parks SUPPORT A BAN?

Women Men 60% 48%

Liberals Conservatives 72% 42%

08 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 illustrations ERIC HANSON Similarly, here are the percentages of partic- ipants who believe the 81% following are focused Number of more on entertainment respondents who than education. believe circuses marine are primarily % animal parks focused on enter- 54 tainment versus % safari educating the pub- 44 parks lic about wildlife % conservation. 43 zoos

AQUARIUMS The public is the most equally divided on the role of aquariums.

39% 35% 19% believe they primarily believe they primarily believe they focus on focus on entertainment. focus on education. both equally.

ANIMAL DEMONSTRATIONS Public opinion varies when it comes to deciding whether the main purpose of popular animal demonstrations is primarily about providing entertainment.

WILD ANIMAL ACTS AT CIRCUSES % say it’s just about putting 82 on a fun show.

DOLPHIN & SEAL PERFORMANCES % say it’s just about putting 62 on a fun show.

FEEDING TIMES AT ZOOS % say it’s just about putting 35 on a fun show.

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 09 tides CULTURE & COMMUNITY

gender, or sexual orientation. Particularly in today’s nation- Exit al climate, where there is a lot of divisiveness on these issues, it’s important to me, important interview to the campus climate, and par- ticularly important to the un- OUTGOING PRESIDENT GREY DIMENNA derrepresented students com- REFLECTS ON HIS TIME AT MONMOUTH. ing here that they understand Monmouth is a place that wel- INTERVIEW BY TONY MARCHETTI comes all. n July 31, Grey Dimenna, Esq., will step down Dr. King’s message long ago was that we’re all human be- as Monmouth University’s ninth president, a ings, that we’re all together and Oposition he has held since Feb. 28, 2017. After we shouldn’t separate ourselves serving as vice president and general counsel from 1995 on the basis of artificial cate- gories. We’re still working on it to 2015, Dimenna returned to Monmouth as president in this country, but it is a mes- at the request of the Board of Trustees. He said from sage that I think is important to the start he would stay only until the board hired a get out, and I think the exhib- it does that. And I love that the new president, which it did last winter: President-Elect exhibit is right there when you Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D., will take office on Aug. 1. walk into Wilson Hall. You can’t avoid it. It’s so prominent. So I Dimenna’s affable nature and Another is fixing the Greek sys- think celebrating Dr. King’s leg- devotion to the University made tem. It was headed in the wrong acy helps to reinforce the mes- him beloved by the Monmouth direction, and we were able to sage that, at Monmouth, we community, particularly among turn it around with the help of welcome everyone. the students. And though his the students and Vice President tenure always had a fixed end- [Mary Anne] Nagy [’91M, ’01M] What have been some of point, it doesn’t make leaving and others. That was a great de- your biggest challenges as the community he considers cision to make because it really president? family any less bittersweet. has made things better for the One was changing the Greek students. system, which as I mentioned From day one, you said your top And I’m very proud that we got I think we came through great. priority was to be as visible and the Martin Luther King exhibit Something I wish I could have accessible as possible on cam- [Waves of Change] set up before done more for is address the pus. As your tenure comes to a I left. A lot of people have said to cost of attending Monmouth. close, how would you assess the me how much it means to them. The scholarship campaign is go- pulse of this University? Connected to that was starting ing to help with that, but it [the I leave here feeling that mo- the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rising cost of college] remains a rale is sky high. Monmouth feels Distinguished Speaker in Social huge challenge—one that all in- like a family. It continues to be Justice series last October. The stitutions are struggling with, a great place to get an educa- two items tie in with the efforts not just Monmouth. Higher ed- tion. The people care about the to balance Woodrow Wilson’s ucation is expensive these days. students, and the students are legacy on campus. One of the reasons it’s expensive proud to be here. at Monmouth is because of the In terms of the Waves of nature of the education we pro- What achievements are you Change exhibit, what do you vide: the small classes, the indi- most proud of? hope visitors take away from vidualized attention, all of the One is our scholarship cam- the experience of interacting support systems. It’s not cheap paign [Together We Can]. I’m with it? to do that. We could make cuts proud that we’ve been able to Part of Monmouth being a in places, but it would change raise so much money and that so family is that we welcome and the nature of the Monmouth OPPOSITE: Dimenna many people got on board to help embrace everybody, no mat- with his Harley-Davidson experience, and I’d hate to do students attend Monmouth. ter your background, ethnicity, Road King. that.

10 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 photo MATT FURMAN Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 11 TIDES

What’s been the best part of “ I got to meet Bruce Spring- What will you miss the most this job for you? steen because of the connection about this job? Being able to make a difference I believe with the Springsteen Archives. Spending time with the stu- in individual students’ lives. I very Last year during the Blue/White dents. When I retired before, love spending time with stu- strongly football game, Coach [Kevin] what I found was you miss the dents, going to student events, that uni- Callahan let me call the offensive people the most, whether it’s talking with students. They’re plays. How often do you get to do the people who work here, or our future, and it’s been great versities things like that? I got to dance the donors and supporters. As to be on campus and have stu- aren’t ivo- on stage in the Winter Dance president, I’ve made a lot of dents just come up to me to talk ry towers Concert. I got to record a song friends among the students, about their issues and prob- at Lakehouse because the Blue so I’m going to certainly miss lems. I try to always eat lunch or islands, Hawk Records students asked that. in the student dining hall, and that they me to play on it. I can’t play gui- I’ll also miss going to the ath- I’ll pick students at random to are part of tar to save my life, and I tried to letic events. I hope to get to talk with about how they got talk them out of it, but they in- some, but it’s not going to be like to Monmouth, what their fam- their sur- sisted. How many people—espe- it is now. But mostly it’s the stu- ily situation is, what they like rounding cially with my limited musical dents and the people I’ll miss— about Monmouth, what they’re communi- experience—get to record a song and Doherty House, because going to do after graduating. in a professional recording stu- that’s a nice place to live. Some of my favorite times have ties ... I want dio? Or live in such a beautiful been just sitting in the din- people to residence as Doherty House? Or Is there anything you won’t ing hall eating and talking with see Mon- preside over Commencement? I miss? students. mouth as a love being in front of people, so Setting my alarm. Putting on Another thing has been be- getting to be on stage and talk to a suit and tie every day. The re- ing the ambassador of the Uni- resource. the crowds and make jokes and sponsibility. As president, you’re versity—particularly outside of such—it’s been a lot of fun. responsible for everyone, and campus, talking to donors and ” you’re constantly thinking of others in the community about Speaking of Commencement, that. It’ll be nice to not always how great Monmouth is. It’s fun you thanked your wife, Nancy be focused on that. It’ll be nice to be the face of the University. Kaplen, during the graduate cer- to always be relaxed. emony. What has her support Has it been a priority of yours to meant to you throughout your Do you have any parting sen- strengthen Monmouth’s com- tenure? timents that you’d like to munity connections? She is the most important per- share with the Monmouth Absolutely. I believe very strong- son in my life. She’s one of the community? ly that universities aren’t ivory smartest people I know, and has I hope that students will al- towers or islands, that they are always been a great sounding ways continue to come first at part of their surrounding com- board for me when I have a tough Monmouth University. We’re munities, and that it’s import- issue here. She’s got a great sense very student oriented here. It’s ant for them to have connections of judgment, which has been su- an important part of our cul- with and to serve the surrounding per helpful to me. She’s also been ture and part of the Monmouth communities. So things like the a great hostess for the University story. [President-Elect] Pat Le- Rumson field station, which is in terms of the events at Doherty ahy understands that, and I coming along, and Lakehouse; House and on campus. know he’ll be carrying on the our programs for Asbury Park tradition. High School students; and the What’s next for the two of you The other thing would be that Big Event, where our students go after July 31? I hope the Monmouth family at- out every year and do communi- On Aug. 2, we fly to Santa Bar- mosphere continues. By that I ty service projects—all of these bara for a couple of days, just to mean that everyone continues are very important. Wheth- break up the flight, and then we working together for the bene- er it’s coming here for an ath- fly to Bora Bora. I wanted to do fit of the students. I know we’ve letic event, or for a lecture or something crazy and exotic right made a lot of progress in the art show—I want people to see after retiring, something that last two and a half years, and I Monmouth as a resource, and would be completely relaxing. think everyone on campus is on I’ve tried to make that happen as We’ll be there for five days, liv- board with the idea. As a fami- much as I can. ing in a hut over the ocean. The ly, everyone—faculty, adminis- resort is the only thing on the is- trators, staff—has an important Tell me something fun you land, so other than snorkeling or role to play. And when we all do were able to do as president kayaking and such, there’s noth- our role together, Monmouth is that you didn’t get to do as gen- ing else to do. It sounds like the a wonderful place and a great eral counsel. ultimate relaxing vacation. place for students.

12 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » Landmarks & stories A LIVING LEGACY AN ARTIST’S PASSION ENDURES AT MONMOUTH. BY BREANNE MCCARTHY

estled alongside the 600 Art Building is a patch of campus outfitted with a koi pond, walking paths, Nbudding plants, and an array of sculptures that together create a tranquil refuge for all who visit.

The Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden is named in memory of Lois Blonder ’70A, ’73, an artist, avid art collector, and benefactor of the arts whose family donated pieces of her artwork and collection to Monmouth Uni- versity after her death in 1999. A Newark, New Jersey, native, Blond- er entered Monmouth as a nontraditional student, and it was here that she pursued her studies and passion of becoming an artist while raising three children. Quickly flourishing from an amateur to professional artist, Blonder created eclec- tic paintings, prints, and sculptures that won more than 50 awards. Her work was featured in numerous juried competi- tions and exhibited in private and cor- porate collections across the country. In addition to fervently pursuing her craft, Blonder was passionate about collecting art. She and her husband, Isaac “Ike” Blonder, often spent week- ends visiting yard sales from which they acquired more than 20,000 items— from paintings to teapots to Japanese net- suke, or miniature sculptures. Blonder kept some of her favorite finds in a garden at her home in Morganville, New Jersey. Many of those pieces, along with some of Blonder’s own artwork and a plethora of her exotic plants, were moved to campus to populate the garden, which opened in 2000. The garden’s array of plant life—comple- mented by a unique cast of sculpted char- acters, including a gargoyle, cows, and di- nosaurs—continues to pay tribute to Blonder’s passion while offering visitors a welcome respite.

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THIS IS MONMOUTH » The scene at West Long Branch Campus Briefs exhibit honors MLK’s Visitors can listen to the speech by ABOVE: President Kiev, Ukraine. During that time, he scanning a QR code with their cell Grey Dimenna; Nicolle will also provide consultation and visit to campus Parsons-Pollard, chair of phones or utilizing available tablet the Advisory Council on training for psychosocial support Waves of Change: An Interac- computers. Visit monmouth.edu/ Diversity and Inclusion and capacity building for affected pop- vice provost for academic tive Exhibit of Dr. Martin Luther wavesofchange for more informa- and faculty affairs; and ulations of war and emergencies, King Jr. at Monmouth University tion. Better yet, come experience Raymond G. Klose ’77 were including support for staff and is a new, permanent installation the exhibit in person: The installa- on hand for the unveiling volunteers who are conducting of the Waves of Change honoring the civil rights leader’s tion, which is on the main floor of exhibit in May. this work at the Centre for Mental Oct. 6, 1966, speech on campus. Wilson Hall, is open to the public Health and Psychosocial Support An initiative of the President’s for viewing during regular business at NaUKMA and the Ukrainian Advisory Council on Diversity and hours. Red Cross Society Psychosocial Inclusion made possible by the Support Team. generosity of Monmouth University Trustee Raymond G. Klose ’77, the Cronin receives exhibit memorializes the lectern and microphone that were used by Fulbright Award Bread winners King when he addressed approx- Michael Cronin, associate Students Zack Sandler and Mike imately 2,600 students, faculty, professor of social work, has Veit’s app, “Save Bread.,” won the administrators, and community been named a Fulbright Scholar. Business Pitch Contest at the third members in what is now Mon- Cronin will spend the 2019–2020 annual Hawk Tank Challenge. The mouth’s Boylan Gymnasium. In academic year teaching classes in duo took home $2,000 for their app, addition to the podium, the exhibit social work in emergencies, social which helps students find the best features a wavelike wall with an entrepreneurship, international student discounts on food, clothing, audio timeline of King’s speech, social work, community social nightlife, and more at businesses complete with accompanying visu- work, and social work professional within their college community. The al callouts of historical references concepts at the National Univer- free app is available for download in made throughout the speech. sity of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the iTunes App Store.

14 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 photos ANTHONY DEPRIMO Social justice mentor to colleagues, and has Plangere Center, featured a champion “contributed to the profession battle-of-the-bands showdown of beyond assigned teaching duties live musical performances, and Johanna Foster, associate profes- by demonstrating leadership, was livestreamed on YouTube and sor of sociology and the Helen giving wise counsel, and providing simulcast on WMCX. McMurray Bennett Endowed extraordinary guidance,” according Chair in Social Ethics, was named to the NJCEA. a corecipient of the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ 2019 Social recognition Michael Harrington Award. The Examining The School of Social Work’s Mas- organization grants the award each ter of Social Work program was year to an individual or organiza- the past ranked among the top programs tion that, by their actions, advanc- Christopher DeRosa, associate in the country according to the es our understanding of poverty, professor of history, was one of a recent “2020 Best Graduate social class, and/or inequality, and/ select group of faculty members Schools” rankings from U.S. News or proposes effective and practical nationwide chosen by the Coun- & World Report. ways to attend to the needs of the cil of Independent Colleges and economically marginalized and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of reduce class inequalities. American History to participate in Sounds like a special American history seminar, “The Civil War in American Memo- a winner ry,” held at Yale University in June. Broadcasters from Monmouth Poll positions Seminar participants assessed University’s student-run radio In conjunction with a Monmouth the historical memory of the most station, WMCX, received national University Poll on wild animal divisive event in American history, recognition at the Intercollegiate exhibits (see p. 8), five University examining why the slavery, Civil Broadcasting System’s 79th Annual experts shared their perspectives War, and Reconstruction epoch has International Media Conference on current issues related to animal remained an unending dilemma in held in New York City earlier this welfare, animal research, and American historical consciousness. spring. Glen DeNigris won first animal law during a March panel place for best baseball/softball discussion. “Animal welfarists are play-by-play announcer and was about promoting better conditions a finalist for best football play-by- for animals in whatever situations Band aid play announcer. Other finalists at they find themselves in, whether Rock ‘n’ Raise, an annual char- the conference were Molly Fichter they be in research or agriculture ity event run by Monmouth’s for best live music broadcast or in entertainment,” said panelist student-run television station, and Karla Avila, Denisse Quin- Randall Abate, the Rechnitz Fami- Hawk TV, and student-run radio tanilla, Odalis Caraballo, Paola ly/Urban Coast Institute Endowed station, WMCX, raised $1,600 Sosa-Siguenza, and Juan Vega for Chair in Marine and Environmental to benefit the American Cancer best foreign language program Law and Policy. Faculty members Society. The event, held in the for their show Nuestros Sonidos Lindsay Mehrkam, Chris Hirschler, Monty Television Studio in the Latinos. Megan Phifer-Rixey, and Anasta- sia Wheeler also took part in the discussion, which was moderated by Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Insti- tute. You can watch the complete discussion at monmouth.edu/ polling.

Colleague extraordinaire Associate Professor of English Stanley Blair received the Steven J. Rosen Mentor Award from AT RIGHT: The live- the New Jersey College English streamed battle of the Association (NJCEA). The honor is bands during Rock ’n’ Raise helped raise funds to bestowed upon a college English benefit the American professor who has served as a Cancer Society.

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photo TOM LOZINSKI A DAY AT THE BEACH » Coastal moments, captured DOWN THE SHORE As students depart for the summer, sun seekers flock to a Jersey shoreline favorite—Belmar Beach.

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 17 PLAy SPORTS & FITNESS

“ Mom and dad always told me, ‘Stay humble, stay hungry.’ I never got his rookie season, but he was far complacent from satisfied. Chasing and always “I remember feeling like I knew could be the best receiver in the league, so I went into that greatness there was off-season with a big chip on my something shoulder,” White Jr. recalls. “I HOW HARD WORK AND SOME FATHERLY I could do worked like crazy to get better ADVICE LED REGGIE WHITE JR. TO THE NFL. every day.” better. It paid off. White Jr. erupted BY MARK GOLA ” in 2016, leading the Big South ike all elite athletes, Hawks wide-receiver Reggie in receptions (69) and receiv- ing yards (934) en route to a White Jr. has always chased greatness. It’s a First Team All-Big South se- Lmindset that was instilled in White Jr. long before lection. It was the first of three he signed an NFL contract with the New York Giants straight all-conference picks, culminating with All-Ameri- earlier this spring. can honors as a senior. He now holds program records in career It came via his father, Reggie, mination to get better every day receptions (249) and receiving a former NFL defensive end and a strong family support sys- yards (3,373) and ranks second who played four seasons with tem. Those two components in touchdown receptions (31) the San Diego Chargers and were as important as his size, behind former NFL Pro Bowl New England Patriots. The ad- speed, and natural ability—per- wideout Miles Austin (33). vice passed from father to son, haps even more so. After clocking 4.45 seconds in former NFL player to future White Jr. was a gifted, multi- the 60-yard dash and posting a NFL player: “Don’t be afraid to sport athlete coming out of 37.5-inch vertical leap on Pro be great.” Milford Mill Academy in Wind- Day, White Jr. got the call he’d The statement sounds simple, sor Mill, Maryland, but foot- dreamed about. At home, sur- but it’s layered with wisdom. It’s ball was his passion. While he rounded by family, the 6' 3", a calling to the athlete that while experienced tremendous suc- 210-pound receiver accept- talent is essential, true great- cess in high school, his poten- ed an NFL contract offer from ness requires more. It’s owning tial became the chase. the Giants. your preparation and delivering “Mom and dad always told me, “It was awesome, especial- on the execution. There is no ‘Stay humble, stay hungry,’” says ly to have my family and friends hoping or making excuses, just White Jr. “I never got compla- with me,” says White Jr. “My dad doing and achieving. Anyone cent and always knew there was helped me so much, and my mom can aspire to greatness, but few something I could do better. I is my best friend. I called Coach corral and embrace it. kept a positive mentality and [Kevin] Callahan to tell him the “That’s what my dad would tell my coaches pushed me a lot.” news. The coaching staff has been me over and over,” says White When he arrived at Monmouth, like family to me. I’ve told my par- Jr. “Don’t be afraid to be great. White Jr. was 6' 2", 175 pounds. ents so many times, the best thing I went out there with focus and He redshirted his freshman sea- that ever happened to me was go- wanted to be great on every play. son to spend hours in the weight ing to Monmouth.” Ever since I’ve had a ball in my room and study the offense. He White Jr. will now chase a ros- hands, this has been my dream. raised eyebrows that spring sea- ter spot with the Giants this I’m pretty excited right now, be- son and followed with a strong summer. There may be some cause it’s my dream come true.” summer camp, earning a start- nervousness and even periods Two constants have accompa- ing role. He caught 35 pass- of struggle, but he can count on nied White Jr. throughout his es for 432 yards and five touch- one constant pushing him for- quest for greatness—the deter- downs, impressive numbers for ward: He’s not afraid to be great.

18 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 photo illustration JOSUE EVILLA Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 19 PLAY

IN AN INSTANT » The story behind the photo THE WALK-ON Winning isn’t always about being atop the leaderboard.

I GOLFED A LITTLE IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH my grandfather, but I had never played competitively. Then one day last summer, Pat Jordan, who started the women’s golf program at Monmouth, saw me hitting at the driving range. She suggested I try out for the team here and helped me contact Coach Michelle Melia. I came in for an interview, and five days later I was playing in my first tournament. My grandfather was so excited he bought me a new set of clubs. I shot a 109 and a 111 that first outing, and didn’t break 100 during the fall. But I kept at it. We practiced twice a day in season, and over winter break I worked with Coach twice a week indoors. She told me she wanted to give me the Freddy Couples swing—the smoothest in golf. That’s the goal, she’d say. (We’re still working on it.) I shot a 90 in my first tournament this spring, and stayed in the 90s for a while. By then, my goal had become to break 90 before the season ended. Just before our last outing, the MAAC Championship, Coach kept telling me that she knew I was going to do it, that this was my time. As I approached the last green on the last day of the tournament, I knew that if I parred the hole I would shoot an 86. I ended up double-putting and bogeying, but it was OK. I finished with an 87. Coach Melia met me on the green, put her arm around me, and told me how proud she was. I was so happy I couldn’t stop smiling. (My teammate, Katie Baron, told me I’d be smiling forever.) I had set a goal for myself, and with Coach’s help and a lot of hard work, I had accomplished it. —Mackenzie Matarese, as told to Tony Marchetti

PICTURED: Golf Coach Michelle Melia (left) and Mackenzie Matarese em- brace after Matarese shot a career low on her last round of the season.

20 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 photo COURTESY OF ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Double DOUBLE Vision THE STRATZ AND JENKINS SISTERS—TRACK TEAMMATES AND IDENTICAL TWINS— TALK RUNNING, RITUALS, AND MORE.

Amber Brianna Tiyanna Iyanna Stratz Stratz Jenkins Jenkins »»Health studies major »»Health studies major; »»Marketing major »»Marketing major biology minor »»Runs: middle distance and »»Runs: sprints »»Runs: sprints cross country »»Runs: middle distance

Before Monmouth Competitive runners since age 9, the Stratz sisters were Soccer standouts as kids, the Jenkins sisters took up track members of the state-record-holding 4x800 indoor and in their teens, and were co-captains of both the track and outdoor relay teams at Central Bucks High School South. soccer teams at Linden High School. Do you have a pre-race I’m not ritualistic, so I treat I eat a lot of pasta and chick- I drink lots of water the night I lay out my clothes the night ritual? race day like any other. I en the night before, but not before. I listen to gospel mu- before—headband, socks, ev- don’t want to get too “in my much the morning of because sic on the bus to the meet. erything. I also listen to gospel head,” because if I had a of nerves. An hour before my When I’m warming up, I lis- music the morning of a race, ritual and something went race, I’ll drink a double-shot ten to hip hop—Meek Mill—to but I listen to YG Teck at the wrong, I wouldn’t want to espresso so I’m really awake. get me excited. When I step meet to get going. When I’m freak out. And I always chew mint gum to the line, I say a prayer to on the line, I say a little prayer during stretches. help me stay focused. and then let my mind go blank. What’s something I never really wanted to run When I ran the 1,000 meters Running track has taught Transitioning from high you’ve learned in anything longer than a mile, at the USATF Indoor Cham- me patience. Some people school to college track was sports that’s helped but after my sophomore year pionships, I toed the line might have a bad race and mentally tough. In high you in life? at Monmouth, I tried cross with professional runners beat themselves up because school, you might practice country at my coach’s sug- whom I idolize. I never in a they’re training so hard for two hours and then gestion. I loved it. As a junior, million years imagined I’d run and want to see immediate you’re done for the day. In I set our school’s record for competitively after college, results. But I’ve learned that college, track is like a full- the Paul Short Run at Lehigh. but after that event my when I focus on what I need time job. I didn’t realize that It showed the hard work I put coach told me, “If you want to do from A to Z, the results at first. Figuring out how to in paid off. It gave me confi- to continue doing this, you will show in time. That’s balance everything I had to dence, and it was a turning can. You just showed you can important. I can take that do has been key. point in my running career. run with the pros.” anywhere in life. Ever have one of In sixth grade, we switched People who don’t know us Iyanna will be thinking of a Our parents dressed us alike those cliché “twin classes to try to fool people. make assumptions. Whenev- song, and I’ll start singing it. as kids, but that stopped in moments?” It was funny, but afterward er there’s something I don’t Or she’ll be thinking about high school. Yet even now we were like, OK, we did like, people automatically a certain food and, without we’ll come out of our rooms that. We can cross it off the assume Amber doesn’t like knowing it, I’ll say that’s what unknowingly having dressed list. it either. I want to eat. in the same outfits. What’s your sister Speed workouts. Distance running. Track. Being creative. better at than you? What’s something Distance. I can run for longer Running fast. I was an all-around better Driving, and it’s arguable you’re better at than than she can. soccer player. what Tiyanna said about be- your sister? ing better than me at soccer. Since timing is every- Amber, by 19 minutes. Tiyanna, by 2 minutes. thing, particularly in track, who’s older? ±—compiled by Tony Marchetti

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The 2019 graduate is not leav- ing the game. Pipoli wants to pursue his master’s degree (either in finance or business administration) while serving as a graduate assistant coach on some lucky college’s ten- nis team. During a May conver- sation, he had not yet decided which school he’d be attending. That was the only thing he was “ uncertain about. If you start thinking On what he misses back home Pretty much everything: fami- about ly, friends, the food. Family be- something cause, of course, who doesn’t you accom- miss the family? I grew up there; plished, everyone is there. Friends, I was very close to my friends, and I you’ll stop used to spend time with them learning pretty much every day. The and pushing food as well, because I have two grandmas that cook for me most yourself of the time. So that’s another to improve. soft spot for me. The key was, Holding On why Monmouth felt com- enjoy the fortable quickly moment The school community was very court when we similar to my living experience in NICOLA PIPOLI TALKS MAAC Italy. I knew pretty much every- got an one in the Athletics Department, CHAMPIONSHIPS, RAFAEL NADAL, AND important the other teams, and the school. GRANDMA’S COOKING. win or a My teammates and coaches helped me find a comfort zone. BY PETE CROATTO big accom- And having another Italian guy plishment, [Alberto Giuffrida] on the team icola Pipoli, a native of tiny Polignano a Mare, but the day helped me out a lot. Italy, fell in love with tennis at age 4 when his after, keep grandmother threw tennis balls for him to hit. On which MAAC champion- N practicing ship was the hardest The sport has stayed with Pipoli ever since, taking him and The toughest one was the first, across an ocean to Monmouth University, where he was giving 100 where we kind of broke the ice. I think the guys on the team, a major contributor to the Hawks’ four straight MAAC percent. and the future incoming guys, titles and earned 2018 MAAC Player of the Year honors. ” will keep the tradition. With the

22 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 photo STOCKTON PHOTO coaches and the senior leader- ship, we created the right path for them to follow and to keep succeeding.

On not reflecting on his resume If you start thinking about something you accomplished, you’ll stop learning and push- ing yourself to improve. The key was, enjoy the moment when we got an important win or a big ac- complishment, but the day af- ter, keep practicing and giving 100 percent. I think that allowed us to keep going forward.

On why Rafael Nadal is his boyhood hero He made me really love the sport—the way he was playing and fighting and giving his best all the time. It made me under- stand that that is the way you can get something accomplished. I was looking at him playing with injuries and not in great shape, but he was always giving his best.

On whether he regrets not going pro I made a choice before start- ing college: I could either study and get the opportunity to play at an American university, or go professional. I am not old, but maybe I’ve lost my time. You can see all the good players start coming out when they’re 18 or 19 years old. And I am 23. Those four years were import- ant if I wanted to go profession- al. Honestly, I am very grateful. Because I enjoyed [the accom- plishments] along with my teammates and coaches. I have no regrets whatsoever.

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 23 CHARTED WATERS

NOT ACTUAL SIZE: In one cup of water, Monmouth researchers can potentially find the eDNA of dozens of species, all of which is significantly smaller than the toy shark pictured here.

24 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 CHARTED WATERS

MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ARE HELPING TO PIONEER A MARINE LIFE DETECTION TECHNIQUE THAT HOLDS THE PROMISE OF BEING LESS EXPENSIVE, MORE HUMANE, AND MORE REVEALING THAN OTHER LONGSTANDING SCIENTIFIC METHODS.

BY BREANNE MCCARTHY PHOTO BY ANTHONY DEPRIMO

rom the endangered Atlantic sturgeon to the elusive great white shark, New Jersey’s coastal waters are home to an array Fof species whose presence remains largely undetected unless spotted with the naked eye, or caught with fishing lines and trawl nets.

But now, thanks to advances in environ- ular-sized bottle into a body of water. mental DNA (eDNA) analysis, research- Once filled, the bottles are brought back ers like Assistant Professor of Biology to campus, where researchers and their Keith Dunton and his students can easi- students analyze the eDNA captured (see ly determine the presence, absence, and sidebar, p. 26). migration patterns of any native, inva- The amount of DNA shed varies by sive, endangered, or hard-to-find species species, but scientists recently deter- in and around New Jersey’s coastal water mined that DNA remains in the water bodies, just by dipping a cup into water. up to 48 hours, meaning even after the “eDNA is a rapidly developing tool that animal is long gone, researchers can tell I can foresee being utilized in the future they were there. for doing full species analysis,” says Dun- This ability to determine the presence ton, who studies the sharks and sturgeon of a particular species without having to native to New Jersey. physically spot or capture it is one of the Like humans, all animals shed DNA into myriad reasons why researchers believe their environment. Under water, this eDNA could play a huge role in conserva- DNA might come from the slimy mucous tion biology. layer that is continuously shed by an eel, For starters, eDNA collection is non-in- or the excrement discharged by a shark. vasive, so it does not harm or traumatize Undetectable to the eye, these small the species being surveyed—which is par- fragments of DNA float in the water and ticularly beneficial when studying crit- can be easily captured by dipping a reg- ically endangered species. It’s also rela- tively low cost, and the water sampling carp, purposefully introduced to North to something as natural as the seasons process can be carried out by nearly any- America in the 1970s to control algae changing, or as unnatural as an oil spill. one, which could potentially allow for a growth, wound up devastating native This summer, Jason Adolf, an en- citizen science component in the future. fish species reliant on that same algae dowed associate professor of ma- Another important aspect is that growth. Scientists used eDNA to track rine science who studies harmful al- eDNA can be easily collected in vari- the carp’s migration northward and de- gae blooms, will be collecting eDNA ous weather conditions and from places velop a plan of where to focus resources samples from Sandy Hook Bay and the typically difficult to reach, allowing for in order to keep the fish from entering Shrewsbury/Navesink River systems in easier and more continuous surveying the Great Lakes. New Jersey as part of a long-term study of a species. That makes eDNA a perfect “It’s a similar situation with sea lam- of these systems. tool for researching a hard-to-catch fish preys,” Dunton says of the eel-like spe- While the benefits of eDNA analysis such as the sea bass, which often lives cies of fish invading the Great Lakes and are expanding, the process isn’t with- near underwater structures and rocky other water systems in North Amer- out its limitations. For one, it cannot environments. ica. “For example, if you were invest- help researchers determine species While eDNA analysis has been around ing money with lamprey control in the abundance. It also cannot differentiate in some form since the 1980s, recent ad- Great Lakes, you can sample a stream between the eDNA from a living animal vancements in sequencing technology and say, ‘OK, lamprey aren’t here, so and one that just died. have made it cheaper, easier, and fast- don’t put chemicals or resources into Because of this dilemma, the race is on er to use. this stream.’” amongst scientists to figure out how to Dunton says the usefulness of eDNA In addition to determining species expand the use of this new technology testing became particularly popular in presence and migration patterns, eDNA beyond detection of a species. the early 2010s, when scientists used sampling can also help scientists char- Since earlier this year, Dunton, Adolf, and it to track the movements of an inva- acterize an entire body of water to see researchers at the Rockefeller University, sive fish species called silver carp. The how the species in it fluctuate and adapt Monmouth’s partner university in eDNA

FROM SEA TO SEARCHABLE DATABASE

FILTRATION Back on campus, the students filter the seawater to collect 7 eDNA contained in particles bigger than a half a micron, EXTRACTION including microorganisms, de- Professor Megan 1 tached cells of large organisms, Phifer-Rixey and and even free DNA. her molecular 6 biology students extract the eDNA on the filters and send them off 2 to Rockefeller University, Monmouth’s part- ner university. COLLECTION Professors Keith Dunton and Jason Adolf and their 3 students use sterilized, clean water bottles to MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY 4 obtain samples from local waterways. One cup of water potentially contains the eDNA of dozens of species.

26 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 infographic DON FOLEY analysis since 2016, have been trying to means they’re around, maybe attached Marine Environmental DNA, co-hosted determine if there is a way to correlate to a fish, but we didn’t physically catch by Rockefeller and Monmouth’s Urban eDNA results with those of the tried-and- them,” Dunton says. “We also found Coast Institute. true trawling methods traditionally used all sorts of whale eDNA. You can see As Monmouth researchers contin- by biologists for conservation and man- a whale surface but can’t trawl up a ue to collect data in the field all across agement purposes. whale—luckily, their eDNA is abundant New Jersey and the Greater New York For a full year, under the Urban Coast enough in the water to detect.” City area, that data, once analyzed, will Institute–funded project, they are part- With eDNA, scientists also have to deter- be placed in a genetic reference library nering with the New Jersey Depart- mine how to rule out potential false posi- utilized by researchers throughout the ment of Environmental Protection tives. Mark Stoeckle, a senior research country. (NJDEP) to compare its trawl data— associate at Rockefeller University, got This supports fellow researchers in a which includes information like the a positive hit for pig eDNA from a wa- speedy identification process as they weight, length, and abundance of var- ter sample taken in a Central Park lake— analyze samples and try to make sense ious species captured along the Jersey possibly the result of a pigeon or human of large sets of data that support spe- Shore—with eDNA results taken at the dropping a small piece of ham or bacon cies-specific conservation efforts, inva- same time. into the water. Researchers also need to sive species control, and the greater un- Already, the researchers have found figure out a way to control for things like derstanding of whole ecosystems. that there are certain species detected sewage contamination of water bodies, or “In the future, eDNA analysis of ma- only in the net, certain species primar- cross-contamination in a lab. rine waters will be an additional and ily detected by eDNA, and species that This past fall, about 100 of the world’s indispensable tool in the marine show similar results via both methods. leading eDNA researchers discussed ecologist’s toolbox that allows us to “We’re seeing things with eDNA re- these challenges and future possibil- understand the fundamental ques- sults that don’t normally get picked up ities for the science in New York City tion of ‘who’s out there’ in ocean eco- in the trawl, like sea lamprey—which at the first National Conference on systems,” Adolf says.

Here’s how the process of gathering and disseminating eDNA information works.

AMPLIFICATION* Researchers select primers, or short RNA METABARCODING* strands, to target a spe- 7 Unique “tags” are cific type of organism added to the amplified group (e.g., vertebrate) regions of DNA that or species (e.g., stur- 1 identify where and geon). Then they “ampli- when the sample fy” it using polymerase 6 was taken. chain reaction (PCR)— think of it as making many photocopies of an area of DNA to make its 2 signal more abundant. BIOINFORMATICS These sequenced codes can then run through a da- tabase that matches them to a species. This informa- 3 tion is shared in databases 4 that can be accessed by researchers nationwide. SEQUENCING The tagged regions of DNA are sent THE ROCKEFELLER toUNIVERSITY labs where they are sequenced in large batches on a Next Generation Sequencer, which spits out various *In the near future, amplification series of unique, sequenced codes and metabarcoding will be performed by Phifer-Rixey’s of DNA base pairs (ACTG) that help team on campus. identify a specific species.

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And that was bly wouldn’t have a lot to say.” Only when nowhere truer than in the classroom. he returned to Monmouth last year to fin- MILESANDThe first time around, Milesnot counting the ish his degree, a and33-year-old husband and MILES athletic ability and determination that father with an unlikely pro football career eventually would carry him to a 10-year behind him, did he truly appreciate his MILESANDNFL career, Austin was Milesa fairly typical own transformation.ANDMILES MILESANDMilesANDMILES MILESANDMilesandmiles MILESANDMilesANDMILES MILESANDMILESMilesandMILES MILESANDMilesANDMILES Workload? No problem. “I had a cou- what he’d started in 2002. His Mon- remembers. “And honestly, it was good ple of group projects this time, and I mouth homecoming makes for a won- that he got it out there. There were no was like, ‘I’ll do this, this, and this.’ I’d do derful story, but it’s worth emphasizing pretentions about him.” the bulk of it. I wanted us to get a good that this was no public-relations stunt. An associate professor of political sci- grade!” Not when Austin had to knock out 31 ence, Patten served as Austin’s advisor, Oral presentation? Happily. “I’ve done credits in the summer and fall semes- taught him in PS 305: The American so many interviews as a football play- ters to belatedly complete his degree Congress, and worked with him on an er, so I felt completely comfortable with in history and political science. Cer- independent study course. As such, he that.” tainly not when he insisted on finish- owns a unique perspective on the adult All of which is to say that Miles Aus- ing his coursework on campus, mostly learner whom Patten’s younger students tin probably would’ve been one of the eschewing online courses that might’ve knew only from highlights on ESPN. Pat- most popular people on campus last more easily fit his lifestyle. Austin says ten was, and remains, impressed. year even if he hadn’t been, well, Miles he considered finishing up entirely on- “I think he attacked coming back to Austin. line, but something about that option school the same way he attacked cor- When he left West Long Branch in the just didn’t feel right. nerbacks in the NFL—that same mind- spring of 2006 to focus on a long-shot “This is the place I grew up,” he says. “It’s set, same approach, all in,” says Patten. NFL bid, Austin had etched his name New Jersey, the shore, the entire vibe. “This wasn’t just a side thing he was do- all over the Monmouth football record Our friends and family are here. And I just ing. He went to all of his classes, did all book, having set program standards for wanted to experience it fully, be in inter- the readings. He really made being a career receptions, receiving yards, and active situations with my teachers, ask- full-time student a priority.” touchdown catches. What he hadn’t ing questions, face to face. It just kind of Austin began his return last summer done was graduate, leaving about a made sense. It felt like home.” with a mix of online and on-campus year’s worth of credits shy of his degree. classes, knocking out 12 credits over the Finishing it would remain a goal, one summer session. But just as in his foot- that would be postponed more than a ball days, the summer was only a warm- decade but never forgotten. oseph Patten likes to start a new se- up for the rigors of a busy fall. And boy, Passed over in the NFL draft that mester with a simple icebreaker, was Austin busy: With 12 credits down, April, he signed with Dallas as an un- J asking his students to share their he still had 19 go, and he was commit- drafted free agent, earned a spot on name and a tidbit about themselves. ted to finishing them by winter break. the Cowboys’ opening-day roster, and Needless to say, there was one student His schedule featured six three-cred- stuck around for eight more seasons in in his PS 305 class last fall whose brief it classes and one credit of Pilates— Dallas. Of course, “stuck around” un- biographical blurb stood out. “Miles in- which, despite his elite athleticism, dersells things just slightly: After con- troduces himself, ‘I was a wide receiv- Austin found particularly challenging. tributing primarily on special teams his er for the Dallas Cowboys,’ and every- “It was my first time doing it,” he says, first three seasons, Austin was named a body looked at him like, what?!” Patten “and it was hard.” starting wide receiver in 2009 and end- The entire endeavor was a chal- ed the year as the NFC leader in receiv- lenge—think back to the heaviest cred- ing yards, earning the first of two Pro it load you carried in any given semes- Bowl bids. In just four seasons, Austin “ ter—but Austin adapted quickly. After had gone from undrafted out of Mon- When I was younger, making the 20-or-so-minute drive to mouth to NFL stardom. my thought process West Long Branch, he would often After a few more seasons in Dallas, spend most of the day on campus; his stints in Cleveland in 2014 and Philadel- was just doing well packed schedule included night classes phia in 2015 saw diminishing returns, enough to continue to three days a week. In this, his NFL ca- and by 2016 it was clear Austin’s play- play sports. I think a reer proved to be terrific preparation. ing days were over. Back in Dallas—the “As a player, you’re so scheduled, and Cowboys had brought him back as part lot of student athletes you can’t miss a day—it’s not like you of the team’s scouting staff—he and his especially believe get a sick day in the NFL,” says Stacy. wife, former Hawks lacrosse standout school is just a tool “He was used to the grind; it’s just a dif- Stacy Sydlo Austin ’04, started thinking that gets them their ferent kind of grind: go to class, come more seriously about what might come home, put the kids down for a nap or next. “It had always been one of our degree. This time, I was get them lunch, do his homework, play family goals to be able to tell our kids he more mature, and had a with the kids, put them to bed, do more went back to school, to prove that edu- base of knowledge that homework after that.” cation is important to us,” says Stacy. “It Throughout, Austin was buoyed by a was always in the pipeline.” I didn’t have when I was perspective borne of life experience. It It took a couple more years, but last taking classes the first wasn’t only about understanding how summer, with his family relocated to time. I’ve lived a lot of to juggle a busy schedule with marriage Rumson, New Jersey, and his next ca- and fatherhood; it was about embrac- reer step yet to be determined, Aus- life. ing hard work as an opportunity. “Be- tin was finally back on campus to finish ” ing older, I think I was more curious. I

30 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 GAME PLAN: Miles and Stacy al- ways wanted to be able to tell their children that dad had finished his college degree. Now they can.

looked forward to doing the readings, class schedule permitting, he’d drop by intelligent player, and he’s got a strong talking about my thoughts in class. I ac- the Hawks’ practice field to watch and— passion for the game,” says Callahan. tually wanted to learn,” he says. “When occasionally, at Callahan’s urging—offer “He’s also got a great personality, so he’s I was younger, my thought process was informal insight. “He’d stand off in the going to establish great relationships just doing well enough to continue to distance, because he said he didn’t want with the guys he coaches.” play sports. I think a lot of student ath- to disrupt anything,” the coach says. Patten suggested Austin think about a letes especially believe school is just a “But I’d stop practice. I wanted him to different path, though for many of the tool that gets them their degree. This come out, just to talk to the team for a same reasons. “When I had him in my time, I was more mature, and had a base few minutes. He’s a great example of American Congress class, I told him he of knowledge that I didn’t have when what we want Monmouth football play- should run for Congress—and I didn’t I was taking classes the first time. I’ve ers to be.” mean it as a joke,” says Patten. “He’s lived a lot of life.” Which is to say: hardworking, studi- bright, incredibly hardworking, and While he never taught Austin in a ous, and unwilling to give up in pursuit just salt of the earth. A really impres- classroom, Kevin Callahan is perhaps of a goal. The qualities that made Aus- sive guy.” more familiar than anyone with Aus- tin a Monmouth legend—the first Hawk Whether he ends up coaching, cam- tin’s focus, determination, and work to have his jersey retired—and carried paigning, or who knows what else, Aus- ethic. The longtime Monmouth football him through a decade in the NFL are tin understands what he’s already ac- coach and his former star have stayed the same that brought him back to col- complished. Finishing his degree only in touch throughout Austin’s playing lege to complete his degree. Those same reaffirmed all those traits his coaches, career, and Callahan was impressed, traits have positioned him for a new ca- teachers, family, and teammates have if not exactly surprised, by how Aus- reer in football: In February, he joined long recognized; he might not have tin immersed himself in classwork the the San Francisco 49ers’ staff as an of- needed that diploma at this point, but second time around. “He was really fensive quality control coach. It’s a spot it will always serve as a reminder of the into it,” says Callahan. “I think he had a near the bottom of the league’s crowd- value of seeing something through. He much greater appreciation of the learn- ed coaching ladder, one that makes him can take particular pride in how he fin- ing process.” feel once again like a student. (“I’m just ished, posting straight A’s in his final se- In a sense, that curiosity had always curious to learn, curious to get better,” mester as a Monmouth undergrad. been there, even if Austin wasn’t driven says Austin.) But for a guy who made And then he feels compelled to clar- as a 19- or 20-year-old to be a straight-A it from West Long Branch to the Pro ify: “I had one A-minus, to be honest.” student. Callahan remembers him as Bowl, no path should seem particular- The class that dinged his GPA was SO “very coachable, eager to understand ly daunting. 397: The Sociology of Aging. Realizing the hows and whys of what he was do- If Austin decides to make a career of the potential irony, Austin laughs. He ing on the field.” Austin got a chance to coaching, Callahan is sure he’ll succeed. swears he wasn’t the oldest person in show what he’d learned last fall, when, “I think he’s a natural. He was an the class.

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PLAces CLASS OF 2019 GRADS SHARE WHERE THEY’RE HEADED NEXT, AND HOW MONMOUTH HELPED THEM GET THERE.

N ANDREA MORA NEXT STOP: TUFTS UNIVERSITY FOR A PH.D. IN CHEMISTRY—ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP

HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO faculty-mentored, hands-on research as a first-year student was one of the main reasons Andrea Mora enrolled at Monmouth. “I thought it would be a great opportunity to start here as opposed to a bigger college, where it’d take longer to get to know my professors and get them to see my passion for chemistry,” she says. Since freshman year, Mora has worked in Associate Professor Tsanangurayi Tonge- sayi’s lab, examining the role heavy metals like lead, chromium, and zinc have on microplastics, and how they affect aquatic environments. “The overall goal is to look at the effect that they have on public health, because if these toxic metals are sticking onto the microplastics … they could scale up through our food chain … or upscale through drinking water systems,” says Mora. As she prepares to continue her work in water quality research at Tufts, she’s thankful for the opportunities she had at Monmouth, and particularly the chance to work with Tongesayi. “I couldn’t have had anyone better to be my mentor—not just in chemistry, but also as an individual going through the process of applying for grad school,” says Mora. “I’m a first-generation student, so I didn’t really know much about college to begin with. Dr. Tongesayi was a big factor in getting me thinking about grad school and all the possibilities I would have if I were to obtain my Ph.D.” BRUCE WILSON NEXT STOP: CITI HABITATS NEW Dominique DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY BRUCE WILSON WAS 8 WHEN HE caught the real estate bug after watching Connell a realtor sell his parents’ house. “I thought it was so interesting that someone could NEXT STOP: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION come in, tell you how much your house is IN WASHINGTON, D.C. worth, do open houses, and then sell it,” he recalls. “As I got older, I was like—this is I interned in the division I couldn’t have done this actually a career, and I can make a lot of of advertising practices without basically the money doing it. It just started from there.” After transferring to Monmouth his within the FTC’s Bureau entire political science freshman year—“one of the best decisions of Consumer Protection department. They made I’ve ever made,” says the former student ambassador—he earned his New Jersey through the Washington sure I did my best even real estate license at 19, his New York Semester. My new job will when I thought I couldn’t, license at 20, and reached his first million be as a paralegal in the and pushed me really dollars in sales last year. At Monmouth, he cofounded the Real Estate Club and was FTC’s Bureau of Competition, hard, so I would not have mentored by two real estate professionals working with antitrust law. walked across that stage through the Leon Hess Business School’s at Commencement with SEEMA mentoring program. Monmouth gave me a leg During Wilson’s junior year, Jeff Mass, up. Dr. [Joseph] Patten and the accomplishments I assistant director of career services at Professor [Ryan] Tetro talked a have without them. My Monmouth, helped him secure an intern- parents also played a very ship as an onsite sales coordinator with lot about the benefits of going The Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, to D.C. for The Washington big part. a new development company. “It was the best experience I ever had,” says Wilson, Semester, and how helpful it being I’m most proud of and it directly led to his new, full-time po- would be if you want to pursue an Honors School graduate sition at Citi Habitats (both companies are a career in federal government. and making Dean’s owned by Realogy). Since May, Wilson has been living in New York City while working Because of the internship, I List every semester at on site at Citi Habitats’ new project in actually got two job offers from Monmouth. midtown Manhattan. the FTC. “I’m literally living my dream,” says Wilson.

34 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 AS AN UNDERGRAD, Lauren Niesz took a after graduating with her landed an interview with LAUREN B.A. in English, enrolled general education IT Comcast-NBCUniversal. class taught by Specialist in Monmouth’s M.S. in She was hired on site as Professor Jamie Kretsch. Information Systems a software engineer in NIESZ “She took me under her program. While attending Comcast Xfinity’s testing wing and said, ‘You know, the Grace Hopper department. “I think you’re really good at Celebration of Women in back on all the support I NEXT STOP: COMCAST- this,’” recalls Niesz. With Computing last fall (thanks had, and I’m so thankful I NBCUNIVERSAL IN further encouragement in part to a scholarship was able to create those PHILADELPHIA from Kretsch, Niesz Niesz secured from Anita relationships with my picked up an IT minor and, B.org on a recommendation professors,” says Niesz. from Kretsch), Niesz “Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 35 36 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 EMMA O’ROURKE NEXT STOP: LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS FOR AN M.SC. IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

ALTHOUGH SHE ENTERED COLLEGE undecided on a major, Emma O’Rourke leaves with a purpose, and a passion for Bernard a field she might never have considered had it not been for her experiences at Monmouth University. “I was veering rebecchi toward majoring in business, because it seemed like it would give me the most NEXT STOP: DELOITTE IN NEW YORK CITY options,” she says. But a freshman-year political science course, in which she I interned with Deloitte last I’ve taken 18 credits every applied theory to real-world problems, summer. It’s like a two- semester since freshman hooked her. She discovered a fascination month interview: On your year. Everyone always says, with how politics and economics intersect, and her selection last year for Monmouth’s last day, you sit down with “You took 18 credits that Summer Scholars Program allowed her to a partner who tells you if long?” But I’ve earned my B.S. further pursue that interest. She traveled you have a job offer. So I got and M.B.A. in five years and I to Guatemala to study how and why environmental factors cause migrants to offered this position last have a job lined up. You can’t leave that country, then published her summer. ask for more than that. findings in Sigma Iota Rho’s Journal of International Relations this spring. My office will be in I may not have won gold In September, O’Rourke will begin an ac- Rockefeller Center. I’ll be on the track but I earned celerated master’s program at the London School of Economics, where she’ll be ana- a first-year auditor in the MAAC All-Academic Team lyzing how and why countries develop the financial services industry. honors every season I was way they do. Even she admits that it’s all eligible at Monmouth. I’m somewhat incredible, considering she came I’ll be spending my summer to college feeling “a bit lost, basically.” studying for the CPA exam. pretty proud of that. Asked where she’d like to be in 10 years, she pauses before saying, “This is dreaming There are four parts; I took The top question every big, but I would love to be working at the the first two already, and runner gets is “Are you ever World Bank or the United Nations Devel- hope to finish by August. going to run a marathon?” opment Program.” Seeing how far she’s come in four years, it’s not that Each part is four hours long and my answer is—no unreachable of a dream. and requires hundreds of [laughs]. Why would anyone hours of studying. ever need to run 26 miles?

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 37 ALI SHAHINE NEXT STOP: SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA IN SAN DIEGO

THE DAY AFTER RECEIVING HIS BSN FROM MArisa Creta Valparaiso University, Ali Shahine moved to New Jersey to enroll in Monmouth’s NEXT STOP: TEACHING ENGLISH IN KOSOVO MSN in Adult-Gerontological Primary Care WITH THE PEACE CORPS Nurse Practitioner program. Shahine, who turned down acceptance offers from both I went to Nicaragua have never known about Georgetown and Sacred Heart universities, says Monmouth was a good fit academically through Monmouth’s it without this program on and offered him a scholarship, a perk he found Global Experience campus. to be rare while looking at other master’s Programs. We worked at a programs. “Graduate school can be pricey, so I chose Kosovo because that was a big difference,” he says. school and an orphanage it’s such a young country That doesn’t mean Shahine didn’t need for people with special with endless potential. It student loans—he did (though there’s a happy needs. This experience ending to this part of his story as well). He experienced a genocide about also worked full time as an RN throughout his made me realize the 20 years ago, and they are master’s studies, first at Monmouth Medical Center and later at Lenox Hill Hospital in importance of sustainability still rebuilding the country. New York City (something made easier by the in developing countries, That’s one of the things that hybrid nature of his last-semester courses, in which is why I chose the interested me: I am going to which he took class on campus one week and Peace Corps. online the following). have the opportunity to create Shahine says the knowledge base he accu- I was also involved in sustainable projects for the mulated from his studies at Monmouth, and Monmouth’s Peace Corps second-youngest country in the hands-on experience he gleaned through his clinical experiences (as well as working as Volunteer Preparatory the world. an RN) “truly prepared me for the next step.” For now, that step is working as an RN in the Program. This program I’m both excited and helps students to get Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Scripps nervous. It’s hard to move Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Shahine’s family certified with the to a different country and lives in California). He plans to take his Nurse Peace Corps by gaining Practitioner boards this summer, after which he start over completely. That would ultimately like to work as an NP in either necessary experience. part is nerve-wracking. But cardiology or dermatology, and perhaps teach. The program has sent it’s exciting to have this Oh, and about those student loans? By some members to visit scrimping and saving—and working a lot of opportunity, because I will overtime at the hospital—Shahine paid off both alumni serving in other be representing America his undergraduate and graduate student loans countries, and educates overseas in a country that before graduating this May. “I’m debt free, the Monmouth community done with school, and I have a job,” he says. many overlook, which is an “Thank you!” on the Peace Corps. I would honor.

38 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 39 NICOLE SIVETZ NEXT STOP: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY FOR A PH.D. IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

WHEN NICOLE SIVETZ BEGINS HER Ph.D. studies at the Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) this fall, it will be a homecoming of sorts for her. Last summer, Sivetz participated in CSHL’s highly selective summer undergraduate research program. “Cold Spring is kind of like the Mecca, or Disney World, of molecular biology,” says Sivetz about the world-renowned institution, which is home to eight Nobel laureates. “People from all over the world come there to teach courses, share the latest in their research, and … make decisions about policies that involve research development. It’s a place that has its finger on the pulse of what goes on, and it was my dream to go there to learn.” Sivetz, an Honors School graduate who majored in molecular biology and chem- istry at Monmouth, worked on cancer-re- lated therapies in the labs of Professors Martin Hicks and Massimiliano Lamberto. She says being able to do hands-on, men- tored research beginning in her freshman year “definitely gave me an advantage” when she applied to CSHL’s Ph.D. pro- gram. “I’m so grateful to be leaving this place [Monmouth] knowing that I left no stone unturned and that I took advantage of everything this place had to offer me,” says Sivetz. “I’m not afraid for what’s next. I feel very prepared.”

40 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 Jackson Pope NEXT STOP: KING’S COLLEGE LONDON FOR AN M.A. IN CONFLICT, SECURITY, AND DEVELOPMENT

The professors who helped was on the Mock Trial team me the most were Dr. [Ken] and Model U.N. It’s all about Mitchell, my Model U.N. building connections. advisor; Dr. [Saliba] Sarsar I’d be crazy not to [’78], my thesis advisor; and be nervous about going Professor [Ryan] Tetro, who to London for grad school, teaches legal studies. but I’m also very excited. But they all played a role. I It really is a multinational, could walk into any political multicultural city. And there science professor’s office and are so many international be like, “Hey, I’m working organizations that operate on this. Do you have any out of there, and Europe too, suggestions or help?” and I’d so if you want to get into this get a response. field, it really is the logical You get out of college what choice to get your degree you put into it. I was co- there. president of the Political In 10 years I would like to be Science Club, interned with somewhere where I felt that the Peace Corps through the I was making an impact in Washington Semester, and people’s lives.

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 41 Class notes ALUMNI LIFE

Beyond Schools “Our vision is for a more balanced community and world,” says Mychal Mills. That’s why he and Rodney Salomon don’t contain their program work to THE CHANGEMAKERS » Alumni making waves girl who came to the program schools. They main- “closed off to herself,” unable to tain a busy sched- participate in an exercise that re- ule of community quired looking into a mirror and Mindfulness meditation, yoga, calling herself beautiful. and open mic events “Last year she was almost always throughout Asbury in a fight,” he says. “This year she’s for Minors Park and Ocean staying out of drama. She’s always Township. Last fall, RODNEY SALOMON AND MYCHAL MILLS full of love and light. It may take KYDS collaborat- ARE USING HOLISTIC INTERVENTION TO a year or even three years, but ed with Associate eventually the seed [we are plant- HELP CHILDREN IN AT-RISK COMMUNITIES Professor Deanna ing] will blossom.” STEER CLEAR OF TROUBLE. Shoemaker and The KYDS founders knew her communication BY MOLLY PETRILLA each other in passing at Mon- graduate students, mouth—mostly because Mills helping them roomful of second-graders are all giving was often assigned to guard Sa- better understand lomon in intramural basketball themselves a hug. From there it’s hands to and connect with games—but reconnected sever- local residents for Ahearts, then arms outstretched as wide as they al years after graduation when an Asbury Park oral can go. Through each movement, they repeat after they volunteered at the same history project. Rodney Salomon ’10, who stands several feet taller than soup kitchen. Both were search- ing for ways to better the world. all of them and calls out in a baritone singsong: Eventually they landed on the idea for KYDS. I love myself. (I love myself.) elementary, middle, and high Throughout the process of I love my body. (I love my body.) school. (Next year they will be in building their program, Mills I love my heart. (I love my heart.) all five Asbury Park schools.) It’s sought guidance from both his I love my soul. (I love my soul.) a district in which almost 90% former Monmouth professors of high school students are con- and ones he never studied with These self-affirming kids are sidered low income, and many as a student. And both men part of a youth development don’t graduate. Violence is com- credit the University with start- movement that Salomon and mon. Some kids come to school ing them on their journeys to fellow alumnus Mychal Mills hungry, or with an uncertain self-discovery. ’11, ’13M have now brought to housing situation, or a shaky What began as a passion project 3,200 students, 500 educators, support system at home. has now become a thriving non- and 25 schools across New Jer- “We know we can’t solve all the profit organization, with four ad- sey. Launched in 2014, their problems that the kids are going ditional staff members, frequent Konscious Youth Development through externally,” says Salo- calls from interested schools, & Services (KYDS) program mon, “but if we give them tools and a slate of services includ- teaches meditation, yoga-based to face those challenges from a ing an eight-week mindfulness movement, and other mindful- better space internally, they’re program, a physical education re- ness techniques to kids of all going to be in a better place to placement workshop, and group ages in an effort to help them deal with things than before.” sessions for teachers, administra- resist drugs and alcohol, walk “It’s about hitting the root tors, and community members. away from fights, and settle into cause of why a student is actual- “A lot of youth, they need these self-love and inner peace. ly turning to drugs or fighting,” services,” says Mills. “I think Most of Mills and Salomon’s Mills adds. this is something that’s contin- work has been in the Asbury He and Salomon have seen the OPPOSITE: Salomon uously going to grow.” Park School District, where results of their work take many (left) and Mills pictured in Adds Salomon: “We want to Asbury Park’s High Voltage KYDS now runs programming forms over the past five years. Café, where they regularly serve as many schools as we can daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an Mills remembers a middle-school meet for strategy sessions. without losing our essence.”

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the firm’s nonprofit and religious -or ganizations group. He is licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington state, and also represents clients in large cases throughout the country.

»»Jill Johnson Muth ’76 and Charles Muth ’75 just celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversa- ry. The couple continues to live in Sugar Land, Texas, and enjoy time with their three children. Jill is lead technologist of microbiol- ogy at HCA Houston Healthcare West Medical Center in Houston. Chuck recently retired as a senior marketing manager from Nalco Alumni Champion in Sugar Land, Texas. roundup LISTED BY GRADUATION YEAR parent with his eldest son, James, 1980s in 1988, is also involved at Christ 1970s United Methodist Church in Pisca- »»Middlesex Water Co. named A. »»Dave Marshall ’70. See note for taway, New Jersey, where he is the Bruce O’Connor ’80 president of Mike DePrince ’71. Bellaires youth bell choir assistant its wholly owned Delaware- based director and is head usher and subsidiary, Tidewater Utilities Inc., »»Ed Wendel ’70. See note for chair of the worship committee. which serves 45,000 retail cus- Mike DePrince ’71. Jack and his wife, Sallie (Douglas) tomers in over 400 communities Trainor ’75—his college sweet- in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex »»Delta Sigma Pi brothers Mike heart—are avid square dancers. counties in Delaware. O’Connor, DePrince ’71, Dave Marshall ’70, They started dancing in 1977 and a certified public accountant, Ed Wendel ’70, and Bill Bay ’72 re- have been ever since. joined Middlesex Water in 1990 cently reunited in Beaufort, South and has served as its CFO since Carolina. The longtime friends, »»Howard Levine ’76 was named 1996. He has served as the finan- who together purchased a block by Best Lawyers in America as the cial officer of Tidewater since its of Hawk Walk bricks listing the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for litiga- acquisition by Middlesex in 1992. names of all of the Delta Sigma Pi tion-bankruptcy in Portland, Ore- O’Connor oversees all financial brothers, also reunite each year on gon. Reserved for only one attorney reporting, accounting, regulated campus to attend the Leon Hess in each practice area and geograph- public utility commission require- Business School M.B.A. Homecom- ic region, the award reflects the ments, and customer service for ing Barbecue and other Home- high level of respect a lawyer has Middlesex and its subsidiaries. coming weekend festivities (set for earned among other leading law- Saturday, Oct. 19, this year). yers regarding their abilities, pro- »»Robert Reinalda ’80, executive fessionalism, and integrity. Levine, editor at Ragan Communications, »»Bill Bay ’72. See note for Mike who has been named to the Best received the ACES: The Society DePrince ’71. Lawyers in America since 2014, has for Editing 2019 Robinson Prize. received the honor of “Lawyer of Established in 2005, the Robin- »»Charles Muth ’75. See note for the Year” once before. Levine, who son Prize honors an editor of the Jill Johnson Muth ’76. moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1979 year whose work exemplifies the after graduating from law school, values that ACES promotes—nom- »»John “Jack” Trainor ’75 was began a federal clerkship with U.S. inees are evaluated on everything honored by the Boy Scouts of Bankruptcy Court Judge Donald from their design and editing America with the Silver Beaver Sullivan. He then joined Sussman skills to their ability to foster Award, which recognizes distin- Shank, a downtown Portland law teamwork. Reinalda has been with guished and noteworthy service firm, in 1982 and became a partner Ragan Communications since of exceptional character to youth in 1987. Levine is chair of the 2008 after spending 28 years by registered scouters. Trainor, firm’s business restructuring and in print journalism, including 25 who started in scouting as a Tiger bankruptcy group, and co-chair of years as an editor at publications

44 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 such as the New York Daily municipal court law to attorneys at headquartered in Philadelphia. News and the Chicago Tribune. the Institute of Continuing Legal Carver practices in the area of Education through the New Jersey commercial real estate and com- »»Kathleen Carroll ’82A wed State Bar Association. Clark was mercial loan transactions. Carver, Stephen Carney in a ceremony in elected as a councilperson in How- who earned her J.D. from New Sea Bright, New Jersey, on Oct. ell in 2008, and was later appointed York Law School, was selected 20, 2018. to the Howell Township Planning for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Board. After spending more than America in 2018. She is admitted »»Michael “Greeny” Greenblatt a decade with the Monmouth to practice in New York and New ’83, former captain of Monmouth’s County Prosecutor’s Office, Clark Jersey. men’s tennis team, was delighted says she’s thankful to her former for the invite to check out Mon- political science professor Saliba »»Annie Stinson, Ph.D. ’90, ’92M mouth’s outdoor tennis complex Sarsar, Ph.D. ’78 as well as to Supe- was awarded the College of Ed- on April 14, right before seeing rior Court Judge Eugene Iadanza, ucation and Professional Studies the Hawks earn their 12th straight whom she connected with through Service Award and the University victory, defeating Quinnipiac an internship, in helping her launch of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW) University 7-0. her career in law. “I firmly believe, Faculty Service Award. Stinson is but for those experiences and a professor in the Curriculum and »»Deb Mannix ’83. See note for connections at Monmouth Univer- Instruction Department at UWW Mark Cayne ’18. sity, I would not have achieved my in Whitewater, Wisconsin. professional successes,” says Clark. »»Anthony Rodio ’85M is the chief »»Laurie Bandlow, Ph.D. ’93M executive officer at Caesars Enter- was named the superintendent of tainment Corp. in Las Vegas. Ap- schools for the Brewster Central pointed by Caesars’ board of direc- School District, effective Aug. 1, tors, Rodio has nearly four decades 2019. Previously, Bandlow was of experience in the gaming industry. 1990s superintendent of schools for the Since October 2018, he served as Paulsboro Public School District chief executive officer of Affinity »»Tara P. Carver ’90 has been in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and was Gaming and previously served as named shareholder to the firm an elementary and middle school president, chief executive officer, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, principal in Howell, New and a member of the board of di- rectors of Tropicana Entertainment Inc. Additionally, Rodio has served on the boards of professional and charitable organizations including GET INVOLVED » Atlantic City Alliance, United Way Join the of Atlantic County, the Casino Asso- 50th ciations of New Jersey and Indiana, AtlantiCare Charitable Foundation, reunion and the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute committee of Gaming Hospitality & Tourism.

»»Susan Schroeder Clark ’89 is a municipal court judge in Howell and Tinton Falls, New Jersey. She is also the managing partner at Susan Clark Law Group LLC, a law firm lo- cated in Freehold, New Jersey, that focuses on children with special Calling all members of the Class needs with the goal of “empow- of 1970! Join the 50th Reunion ering families by identifying and working to obtain the educational Committee to reconnect with tools and support they need for classmates and plan your reunion their loved ones with disabilities.” celebration, set for June 12–14, 2020. Previously, Clark was the founding partner at Clark & Clark, Attorneys Those interested should contact at Law, which she founded with her Laura MacDonald ’10, director for husband in 2007. She was also an adjunct criminal justice professor at Alumni Engagement, at lmacdona@ Monmouth, and taught criminal and monmouth.edu or 732-571-7563.

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Jersey. Bandlow, who is the author aired on the CBS affiliate WBOC was manager of human resources of Parental Involvement Predicts TV in the Delmarva region for for American General Corp. in Student Success, published by 20 years, and she co-hosts the Neptune, New Jersey. Lambert Academic Publishing, weekly show “PA Harness Week,” also holds a master’s in elementary airing on the NBC sports channel »»After 20 years of working in the education and science from out of Philadelphia—a position in Long Branch Public School Dis- SUNY-New Paltz in New Paltz, which she has served for nearly a trict, Nicole Trainor ’99, ’01M was New York, and a bachelor’s from decade. She has also worked na- named the Educational Services East Stroudsburg University in tionally for ESPN2 and CBS Sports Professional of the Year. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Network.

»»Sean Moynihan ’94 was hired as »»Loretta Hill ’98, business admin- the executive vice president and istrator/board secretary for the market leader for the global com- Belmar and Lake Como school mercial real estate advisory firm districts, was honored with the 2000s Newmark Knight Frank, located in 2019 Distinguished Service Award Atlanta. from the New Jersey Association »»Laura Jackson ’01 was promoted of School Business Officials. As to the role of senior managing »»Heather Vitale ’94 was named part of the award, which recogniz- director for FTI Consulting’s tax the United States Writers Associ- es “long-term, continuous, exem- advisory group. Jackson special- ation Member of the Year at the plary service,” Hill will receive a izes in the real estate investment U.S. Harness Writers Association’s $1,000 scholarship to present to trust (REIT) and partnership area (USHWA’s) annual Dan Patch a district student of her choice. of real estate taxation, provid- Awards dinner, held in Orlando, Hill, who serves as treasurer for ing expertise in due diligence, Florida. Vitale is secretary of the the Shrewsbury and Sea Girt structuring, REIT compliance, Delaware Valley chapter of USH- boards of education, previously 754 adjustments, and partnership WA, an international harness rac- served as director of compensa- taxation. A resident of Florham ing video journalist, and two-time tion and benefits at K. Hovnanian Park, New Jersey, Jackson cur- Sam McKee Broadcasters Award Enterprises Inc. in Red Bank, rently serves as vice president on winner. Her show “Post Time” has New Jersey. Prior to that, she the Board of Rebuilding Together NYC, a nonprofit organization that promotes safe and healthy housing throughout New York City. She NOT TO MISS » also founded the She Builds initia- July 11 tive, which empowers prominent CALLING ALL women in real estate to give back DIVAS to the communities they serve. In 2018, Jackson was honored with the New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Award for her volunteer work with Rebuilding Together NYC and Connect Media’s Wom- en in Real Estate Award.

»»Anthony Talerico ’03M was elected the mayor of the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey.

»»Nicole (Virgilio) Smith ’04 and Sean Smith welcomed their first Enjoy a pop, rock, soul, and country child, Piper Ann Smith, at 1:12 p.m. hit parade that positively affirms on Sept. 1, 2018. the power of music, friendship, and »»Joseph Lizza, Ph.D. ’05 was sisterhood, while paying tribute selected to serve as the director to the timeless tunes and talents of the student center and campus activities at Rowan University in of Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Glassboro, New Jersey. Lizza is Whitney Houston, and many more. responsible for the administra- tive vision, leadership, and Continued, p. 48

46 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 they’ll call you to see if you’re available for different things. And I feel singing with Jazmine put me in that network, because that was the first time I actually went on tour.” Since 2011, Imani has toured internationally with John Leg- end. Among other things, the connection led to her appear- ance in the filmLa La Land. “I’m one of the background singers you see when John per- forms on stage during the mov- ie. I’m the singer in the middle with the short hair. It’s a very brief performance, but I’m in there,” she says with a laugh. It also landed her on the Gram- my winner’s 2018 “A Legendary Christmas” special, which aired last December. That wasn’t her first TV appearance: In April of last year, fans—and much of the internet—went crazy over her duet with Cardi B on Saturday “ Night Live. I was 6 Imani says she is putting the Too good when I finishing touches on her latest solo effort, which she hopes to decided I release in July. (For the latest on to fail wanted to that, and to watch the video for HOW THE GREAT RECESSION HELPED be a singer, her last single, “Cranberry Li- LAUNCH ONE ALUMNA’S MUSIC CAREER. quor,” visit natalieimani.com.) and now There’s also talk of taking “A BY TONY MARCHETTI I’m living Legendary Christmas Tour” on ince graduating from Monmouth University that life. So the road in Europe this winter. sometimes With some downtime between in 2004, Natalie Imani has established herself tours, Imani has been spending Sas a go-to vocal accompanist for some of the you have to time speaking with schoolchil- dren in and around her home- music industry’s biggest stars—including John Legend, take a risk to really town of Philadelphia, telling Jennifer Hudson, and Nicki Minaj—while making a them about life as a musician do what name for herself as a solo singer-songwriter. and the importance of following you’re one’s dreams. But had it not been for the col- songwriter. “So Bear Stearns passionate “I let them know that achiev- lapse of Bear Stearns in 2008, went out of business one week, ing their dreams is possible,” that might not have happened. and the next week I was singing about. says Imani. “I was 6 when I de- Imani had been working at the background,” recalls Imani. She ” cided I wanted to be a singer, storied investment banking firm hasn’t looked back since. and now I’m living that life. So for three years when, to her and Imani performed with Sullivan sometimes you have to take a many other people’s surprise, for three years, and says that pe- risk to really do what you’re pas- it went under. She was told she riod helped her take her career sionate about. could take a job with JPMorgan to the next level. “A lot of peo- “Honestly, if Bear Stearns nev- Chase, the company that pur- ple ask me how they can get into er went out of business, I’m not chased Bear, or receive her sev- this type of work,” says Imani, sure I would’ve taken that risk— erance package and move on. As who went by Natalie Curtis as to leave a 9-to-5 job that was it happened, she had just audi- a student at Monmouth. “One paying me well to just up and tioned for and was offered a spot way is auditioning. But also, I go follow my dreams,” she adds. singing with Jazmine Sullivan, a think that once you’re ‘in the “But that pushed me to pursue Grammy nominated singer and network’ people know you, so what I really wanted to do.”

photo JEWEL ASHLEY OF KOTEE KREATIONS Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 47 CLASS NOTES management of the Chamberlain »»Ashley L. Toth ’06 has been in Willingboro, New Jersey. Student Center and Campus named shareholder to the firm Previously, Shaikh worked in Activities, a comprehensive de- Marshall Dennehey Warner Cole- private practice in New York City partment that provides an array of man & Goggin, located in Mount after completing his residency in programs, facilities, and services in Laurel, New Jersey. Toth, who radiation oncology at Fox Chase support of the division of student works in the professional liability Cancer Center in Philadelphia. affairs and Rowan University’s department, focuses her practice Shaikh earned his medical de- mission and core values. In this on employment law and civil rights gree at Drexel University College role, Lizza directly oversees the law. She practices in New Jersey’s of Medicine and his Master of programmatic, service, operation- federal and state courts, handling Business Administration at Tem- al, and financial components of the a wide range of employment cases ple University’s Fox School of student center auxiliary operation dealing with discrimination. Toth, Business, both located in Phila- and provides overall leadership in who earned her J.D. from Rutgers delphia. Shaikh has presented his establishing initiatives and goals University School of Law in Cam- research at several national and that promote a culture of quality, den, New Jersey, is admitted to international conferences and inclusion, and service excellence practice in Pennsylvania and New has authored numerous book to the university’s community. Jersey. chapters. He has won multiple Lizza obtained both his master’s awards for his work, including and doctoral degrees from Rowan »»Lori Kaufman ’07 and husband the American Society for Clinical University. Shane Derris welcomed their first Oncology Conquer Cancer Foun- child, Simon Baines Derris, at 12:39 dation Merit Award. »»Caitlin Cricco ’06, ’12M and a.m. on Nov. 9, 2018. The family her husband, Charles Roberts, currently resides in Cranford, New »»Aaron Griswold ’08. See note for welcomed daughter Mila Roberts Jersey. Stacie Griswold ’06, ’10M. on Jan. 16, 2019. »»Radiation oncologist Dr. Talha »»Christina Grott ’08, a sec- »»Stacie Griswold ’06, ’10M and Shaikh ’07 has been appointed ond-grade teacher in the Ran- Aaron Griswold ’08 welcomed medical director of radiation dolph Township School system, daughter Penelope Malia Griswold oncology at Lourdes Medical was named the Governor’s on March 29, 2019. Center of Burlington County Educator of the Year for 2019. Grott, who lives in Denville, New Jersey began her teaching career in Mahwah, New Jersey, before NOT TO MISS » joining Randolph schools, where July 18–28 she taught first grade for seven MY WAY: A years. MUSICAL TRIBUTE »»Elizabeth Ricciardi Moore ’08 and Bryant Moore ’11 became the TO FRANK parents of twins on Oct. 11, 2018. SINATRA Bryant Moore Jr. and Maya Rose Moore were born at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey, at 1:46 p.m. and 1:48 p.m., weighing 4 pounds, 5 ounces, and 3 pounds, 6 ounces, respectively. The family lives in Manchester, New Jersey.

»»Alyssa May ’09, ’10M, a kin- Shadow Lawn Stage presents dergarten teacher at Red Bank a swinging tribute to Ol’ Blue Primary School in Red Bank, New Jersey, was one of only five Eyes, where four actors will take you teachers in Monmouth County to on a musical revue spanning the receive the New Jersey Depart- breadth of Sinatra’s legendary career. ment of Education’s Exemplary Educator Award.

»»Andrew Musick ’09, ’10M was named to ROI-NJ’s 2019 Continued, p. 52

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BIRTHS: 1. Caitlin Cricco ’06, ’12M and her husband, Charles Roberts, welcomed daughter Mila Roberts on Jan. 16, 2019. 2. Stacie Griswold ’06, ’10M and Aaron Griswold ’08 welcomed daughter Penelope 3 4 Malia Griswold on March 29, 2019. 3. Elizabeth Ricciardi Moore ’08 and Bryant Moore ’11 welcomed twins Bryant Moore Jr. and Maya Rose Moore on Oct. 11, 2018. 4. Jessica Orr ’09, ’12M and her husband, Daniel, 1 welcomed their son, Jackson William Orr, on Feb. 10, 2019. 5. Nicole Oppelt ’10 and Michael Oppelt ’10 5 6 welcomed daughter Goldie Maris Oppelt on May 14, 2018. 6. Maya Saito ’10 and Matthew Bonilla ’11 welcomed son James Bonilla on Feb. 1, 2019. 7. Larissa Cardozo ’16 and her husband, Orlando, welcomed son Liam Cardozo on Dec. 19, 2018 WEDDINGS: 8. Kathleen Carroll ’82A wed Stephen Carney on Oct. 7 8 20, 2018. 9. Phabiana Stanzione ’09 wed Jorge Andrade on May 4, 2019. 10. Christine D’Ottaviano ’11, ’12M wed Allen Franchi on July 20, 2018. 11. Erin (Smith) Solda ’14 wed Christopher Solda ’15 on Oct. 19, 2018.

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Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 49 CLASS NOTES CELEBRATIONS 2019 ALUMNI CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: 1. Delta Sigma Pi brothers, from left, Dave Marshall ’70, Mike DePrince ’71, Ed Wendel ’70, and Bill Bay AWARD ’72 recently reunited in Beaufort, South Carolina. 2. Michael “Greeny” Greenblatt ’83 recently visited Monmouth’s outdoor WINNERS tennis complex with his wife, Sarah. 3. Former adjunct professor Alumni Association honors David Lee Russek, from left, Deb Mannix ’83, a committee three alumni during Reunion member of Monmouth’s Business Council, and Mark Cayne ’18 Weekend enjoyed time with one another at Jack’s Goal Line Stand in West he Monmouth Long Branch, New Jersey. ACCOLADE: 4. Max Timko ’11 is the University Alumni director of marketing for Ion Labs Inc. ENGAGEMENTS: 5. Kathryn Association feted Blanchard ’15, ’18M is engaged to William Palmer ’11. 6. Meaghan T three Monmouth graduates Wheeler ’17 is engaged to Robert Ewanis ’17, ’18M. for their professional, 1 2 volunteer, and civic accomplishments as part of Reunion Weekend festivities in June. Michael Salvatore, Ph.D. ’98, received the Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his achievements in the field of education. Deb Mannix ’83 received the Outstanding 3 4 Alumni Service Award for her work in bettering the University community. And Dante Barry ’10 received the first-ever Recent Alumni Award, which is given to an individual who graduated within the past 15 years and has already demonstrated 5 6 a high level of professional success and made a significant impact on society. Here’s more on the winners.

50 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 Distinguished outstanding Alumni Recent Alumni Alumni Award service Award Awa r d MICHAEL SALVATORE, PH.D. ’98 DEB MANNIX ’83 DANTE BARRY ’10 Superintendent of Long Branch Senior Financial Advisor and Assistant Vice Executive Director and Co-Founder, Million Public Schools President, Merrill Lynch Hoodies Movement for Justice

»»Degree Program: B.S. Special Education »»Degree Program: B.S. Business Adminis- »»Degree Program: B.A. Political Science »»Student Activities: Football tration with a concentration in Finance »»Student Activities: Phi Kappa Psi, Stu- Michael Salvatore has developed a rep- »»Student Activities: Head Resident Hall dent Government Association, Admis- utation as a personable, forward-thinking Assistant, Gamma Gamma Sigma sions Ambassador instructional leader with a purpose to ensure For over a decade, Deb Mannix has Dante Barry is the cofounder and exec- that children matter most. Salvatore firmly been an active alumna volunteer. utive director of Million Hoodies Move- believes “access” is the great equalizer, af- Aside from attending signature alumni ment for Justice (MHJ), a human rights fording children opportunities to engage with events and athletics games, Mannix organization that is dedicated to ending high-quality content, which creates learning has volunteered her time in support of gun violence and reimagining safety experiences far beyond the school walls. academic initiatives, including serving and justice for all communities. MHJ With his alma mater in mind, Salvatore as former chair of the Business Council partners with leaders and advocates to has worked to build a stronger partnership and member of the council’s Steering advance state reform through advocacy, between Monmouth University’s School of Committee, being involved in the Career public education, coalition-building, and Education and Long Branch Schools through Discovery Series, and serving as a guest research. Since the organization’s incep- internship and employment opportunities speaker on business strategy. Mannix has tion, Barry has worked hard to promote for future teachers. Today, Salvatore serves also served on the Holiday Ball Com- strategies to stop the cycle of violence as a member of the School of Education mittee, which exists to plan and support and build healthy communities. Dean’s Advisory Council, providing industry Monmouth’s annual gala to raise funds Previously, Barry served as a director advice to support the new doctoral program for student scholarship. In addition to of a summer organizing fellowship and in education and develop new processes volunteering her time, Mannix and her chapter services coordinator for the to better prepare teacher candidates for husband, Craig Hendrick, have decid- Roosevelt Network, providing triage and the workforce. In addition to his commit- ed to join the Shadow Lawn Society, training a generation of young people ment to Monmouth’s School of Education, Monmouth’s planned giving recognition to organize for student-driven policy Salvatore volunteers with his former “team,” society. initiatives at the local level. Barry also Monmouth football, as a fan and speaker to Above all, Mannix enjoys her volunteer served as the engagement editor for the current student-athletes. Through this effort, commitment as a mentor for Leon Hess Roosevelt Institute, launching the orga- Salvatore has helped to foster a suite of ser- Business School students, helping to place nization’s first digital program. He also vice projects between student-athletes and business students in internship and career advocated for education and healthcare Long Branch students, creating an outstand- paths so they can achieve their profession- policy at the state and federal levels to ing learning opportunity for all involved. al goals. provide low-income access to school- based health centers at the School- »»Professional Accolades/Activities »»Professional Accolades/Activities Based Health Alliance. Selected as New Jersey’s 2019 Superintendent of Active member of Shore WINS, a women’s networking the Year by the New Jersey Association of School group in Monmouth County, New Jersey. »»Professional Accolades/Activities Administrators. Avid volunteer for many charitable foundations, Named in Revolt TV’s “New Leaders of Social Justice” President of Great Schools New Jersey, an organiza- including the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation and Mater and The Root’s list of 100 black influencers tion comprising of more than 180 school districts with Dei Women’s Leadership Program. extraordinary needs. A frequent commentator for Al Jazeera America, Mentors young professionals through Women’s Barry has also appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Appointed as a national presenter on early childhood Unlimited. Stewart, NPR, and MSNBC. He also writes extensive- education by the U.S. Department of Education. Founder of Vertical Vixens, a national women’s ski club. ly on racial justice and participatory democracy for Served as a keynote speaker for the New Jersey Asso- The Nation, MSNBC, HuffPost, Ebony, Truthout, and ciation for Supervision and Curriculum Development, other news outlets. Rutgers University Certified Educational Facilities Manager, the National Plant Management Associa- tion, Future Teachers of America, and the New Jersey Department of Homeland Security.

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Influencers Power List. As the vice ly excused himself after two young College of Blauvelt in Orangeburg, president of government affairs men from her group returned, New York, with her Bachelor of at the New Jersey Business & assuming one of them might have Science degree in nursing. While Industry Association, Musick was been a boyfriend. Those two were obtaining her second degree, she identified by ROI-NJ as a “quiet, but her brother, Stephan, and cousin worked as a medico-legal assis- well-connected player” in Trenton, Greg. In a convention with 151,000 tant for a complex litigation firm New Jersey, who has a “depth of attendees, but with fate on his side, specializing in medical malpractice knowledge” when it comes to issues Andrade would run into Phabiana and personal injury cases. She is affecting the business community. again and make sure not to let go currently employed as a medi- Named vice president of the orga- of her again. Dates of sushi, buffalo cal-surgical nurse at Hackensack nization in 2017, Musick previously wings, and superhero films filled University Medical Center in Hack- worked for the firm Sokol, Behot & their nights and made them close. ensack, New Jersey. She and her Fiorenzo and the Princeton Public Cosplaying and their love of God husband, Michael, were married in Affairs Group. made them almost inseparable. 2014 and currently reside in Nor- Four years and four New York wood, New Jersey, where she is a »»Jessica Orr ’09 ’12M and her Comic Cons later, Stanzione and member of the Norwood Board of husband, Daniel, welcomed their Andrade embarked on a new Health and he is the assistant chief son, Jackson William Orr, on Feb. journey together beyond what they of the Norwood Fire Department. 10, 2019. would imagine for their lives. And they couldn’t wait for May 4, their »»Nicole Oppelt ’10 and Michael »»Phabiana Stanzione ’09 met her wedding day. Oppelt ’10 welcomed daughter fiancé, Jorge Andrade, on Oct. 11, Goldie Maris Oppelt on May 14, 2014, at New York Comic Con’s 2018. “Star Trek” merchandise table, where Stanzione invaded Andrade’s »»Michael Oppelt ’10. See note for space for a Mr. Spock oven mitt. Nicole Oppelt ’10. Smitten by her smile, Andrade 2010s summoned the courage to ask »»Maya Saito ’10 and Matthew Stanzione her opinion on what to »»Keri (Finetto) Congiusti ’10 Bonilla ’11 welcomed son James purchase. Eventually, he respectful- graduated from Dominican Bonilla on Feb. 1, 2019.

»»Priyanka Ahuja ’11M has been working for Barclays Bank for the NOT TO MISS » past six years. She was fortunate Aug. 10 to receive her green card sponsor- UB40 ship and was promoted to a full- time, senior role in the company. She enjoys participating in various community programs in the Indian community in the Delaware region.

»»Matthew Bonilla ’11. See note for Maya Saito ’10.

»»Michael Corsey ’11, ’15M. See note for Lauren Zatzkin ’14.

»»Christine D’Ottaviano ’11, ’12M married Allen Franchi at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort in Maui, World-famous reggae stars UB40— Hawaii, on July 20, 2018. known for hit songs “Red, Red Wine” »»William Palmer ’11. See note for and “The Way You Do the Things You Kathryn Blanchard ’15, ’18M. Do”—will perform as part of their U.S. »»Max Timko ’11 is the director of tour marking their 40th anniversary. marketing for Ion Labs Inc., one of the largest, most globally recog- nized contract supplement man- ufacturers in the world. He is Continued, p. 54

52 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 Hawks on the Road We’re hitting the road again this fall for a series of alumni events throughout the region. Check the website often for dates and locations. monmouth.edu/hotr

HOMECOMING 2019 Saturday, October 19 Calling all alumni, students, families, and friends! Show your Hawk pride and join us for a fun-filled day that will include:

Annual Alumni Tailgate Party Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally Monmouth Football vs. Gardner-Webb Kickoff at 1 p.m. A full schedule of events plus hotel and registration information will be available online soon. monmouth.edu/homecoming ALUMNI CLASS NOTES also a contributing writer for Nu- Zacharias served for two years Verona Police Department. Juliano, tritional Outlook magazine and sits on staff at Indiana University of who joined the police force in on the Digital Marketing Advisory Pennsylvania (IUP) in Indiana, 2014, has worked in patrol on Board for the University of South Pennsylvania, where he was in various shifts and is an active Florida Muma College of Business charge of the defensive backs. member of the department’s located in Tampa, Florida. He Prior to his two years at IUP, Crime Prevention Unit. currently lives in Clearwater, Flor- Zacharias coached the outside ida, with his wife, Angela (Lucas) linebackers and cornerbacks for »»Erin (Smith) Solda ’14 wed Chris- Timko ’12. three seasons at Central Michi- topher Solda ’15 at The Covered gan University in Mount Pleasant, Bridge Inn in Lewes, Delaware, »»Lauren Garcia ’13, a children’s Michigan, where he worked with on Oct. 19, 2018. The bride is the librarian at Monmouth County defensive coordinator Greg Col- associate director of development Library Atlantic Highlands Branch, by and defensive backs coach at Washington College in Chester- began a series of writing work- Archie Collins. Zacharias was a town, Maryland, and the groom is shops called Camp NaNoWriMo. four-year member of the Hawks’ a trooper first class for Delaware The workshop is named after the football squad. State Police; he was named the national initiative NaNoWriMo, 2018 Trooper of the Year for his held every November, which has »»Alexander Daudier ’14 is a outstanding efforts and contribu- the mission of helping participants senior associate at the New tions to the division and citizens of achieve a goal of writing a 50,000- York Metro Market, where he the state of Delaware. word novel over the course of one applies an innovative approach month. The Camp NaNoWriMo to challenges by leading others »»Lauren Zatzkin ’14 is engaged to version, aimed at young readers to find new ways of thinking. wed Michael Corsey ’11, ’15M on in third grade and above, allows Daudier, who started his career Nov. 9, 2019. participants to set their own writing at PwC, was most recently a goals over the course of four months. senior accountant at RWJBarna- »»Kathryn Blanchard ’15, ’18M is bas Health. engaged to William Palmer ’11. »»Jameson Zacharias ’13 is The bride- and groom-to-be were the new cornerbacks coach at »»Robert Juliano ’14 was pro- both in the Monmouth University Fordham University. Previously, moted to police sergeant of the Pep Band—they even played the same instrument. “We were both drummers and while we didn’t get together until after graduation, the NOT TO MISS » music never stopped,” Blanchard Sept. 19 says. “He proposed under the MARGARET giant wreath on the boardwalk ATWOOD at Pier Village and we are to be LIVE IN married this fall.” THEATRES »»Larissa Cardozo ’16 and her husband, Orlando, welcomed son Liam Cardozo on Dec. 19, 2018.

»»Anita O’Malley ’16M, the founder and CEO of Leadarati, a social, digital, and public relations B2B marketing communications firm, shared tips on how to be a tech thought leader at the Jersey Shore Women in Tech gathering Fane Productions presents an held in Asbury Park, New Jersey. evening with the Canadian O’Malley, who says the secret is in running an “optimal blog,” runs novelist, poet, literary critic, and the blog Marketing TECHniques, inventor, broadcast live from the which focuses on the best use of National Theatre in London. Atwood today’s digital and online com- munication channels to help B2B will discuss her new book, The and tech pros and their compa- Testaments. nies gain business opportunities. O’Malley, who publishes a column on NJTechWeekly.com, is also a PR

54 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 news writer and a sought-after ex- pert for press and business com- munications initiatives, specializing SEND in B2B technology companies. US »»Lexi Swatt ’16 was crowned Miss IN Memoriam Montgomery County 2019 at the YOUR 48th annual Miss Fulton Coun- ALUMNI »»Geraldine San Filippo ’75 (Nov. 3, 2018) ty & Miss Montgomery County »»Howard A. Brooks ’60 »»Keith M. Pahira ’76 (Jan. 19, 2019) Scholarship Program. She earned NEWS (Jan. 12, 2019) »»Rose B. Gill ’77 (Feb. 19, 2019) a $3,000 scholarship as well as the »»Online: »»Alexander Davis ’60 (Jan. 21, 2019) $250 talent award. monmouth.edu/ »»Shirley Langer ’77 (Jan. 1, 2019) »»Bernard Fink ’61A (Nov. 6, 2018) ClassNotes »»Constance Donaldson ’78M (Oct. »»Robert Ewanis ’17, ’18M. See »»Douglas F. Fink ’61 (Feb. 20, 2019) 22, 2018) note for . »»By email: Meaghan Wheeler ’17 »»Harry Kaiserian ’61 (Feb. 26, 2019) »»Shirley Kullback ’78 (Dec. 18, 2018) classnotes@ »»Meaghan Wheeler ’17 was en- monmouth.edu »»Germaine T. Metzger ’61 (March 3, »»William F. Yodice ’78 (Dec. 20, 2019) gaged to Robert Ewanis ’17 ’18M 2018) on May 28, 2018. They plan to be »» By mail: »»Judith C. VanBenschoten ’61 (Jan. »»Sharon A. Campagnola ’79 (Jan. married on Aug. 3, 2019. Class Notes, 30, 2019) 17, 2019) Monmouth University »»Thomas E. Errickson ’63 (April 26, »»Patrice Lewandowski ’80 (Jan. 17, »»Mark Cayne ’18 and David Lee Magazine, 2019) 2019) Russek, a former adjunct pro- 400 Cedar Ave., »»Edward J. Miller ’63 (April 15, 2019) »»Mildred Hodson ’81M (June 5, fessor at Monmouth, reunited at West Long Branch, 2018) Jack’s Goal Line Stand in West NJ 07764-1898 »»James E. Furlong ’66 (Feb. 11, 2019) Long Branch, New Jersey. Cayne, »»Charles F.A. Hall III ’66A (March »»Robert M. Hook ’81 (Jan. 4, 2018) who is an actor, shared the news 21, 2019) »»Kathleen M. Economos ’86 (Jan. of recently being featured on an »»Michael A. Fisher ’66 (January 6, 2019) episode of the television series 2019) »»Mary D. Goldsmith ’87 (March 8, “Blue Bloods.” While there, Russek Monmouth University 2019) encourages alumni to »»William Sculthorpe ’66 (Jan. 25, introduced Cayne to fellow alum- share news regarding 2019) »»Christopher Francis McMurray ’88 na Deb Mannix ’83, a committee career changes, awards (Dec. 14, 2018) member of Monmouth’s Business and honors, marriages, »»Carl W. Setterman ’66 (Dec. 22, anniversaries, births, 2018) »»Elizabeth Hanson ’90 (March 14, Council, and the three chatted and and other life events for 2019) snapped a photo together. inclusion in Class Notes. »»Theresa G. Sperber ’67A (April 13, All submissions are subject 2019) »»Eleanor Becker ’95 (Dec. 26, 2018) to editing for clarity and »»This past April, Jackie Evans length. We welcome sub- »»Gerald S. Savitz ’68 (Feb. 1, 2019) »»Robyn B. Pinhas ’95 (Feb. 7, 2019) ’18 competed in the 2019 Profes- missions of high-resolution digital images for possible »»Philip Apruzzi ’69 (May 27, 2018) sional Women’s Bowling Associa- inclusion with your class tion (PWBA) Tour. Evans, who is note; however, we reserve »»Alexander Borden Iler ’69 (April pursuing her Ph.D. in pharmaceu- the right not to print sub- 2, 2019) FACULTY AND STAFF mitted photos due to space »»Rita Joy Crane (former employee) tical science at the University of »»William R. Plummer ’69 (Feb. 2, limitations or issues with Jan. 4, 2019 Connecticut in Stamford, Con- image resolution. 2019) In addition to the news »»Dale Haase (emeritus professor of necticut, competed in 13 of the »»Dennis Schurgin ’69 (March 20, items sent by alumni, the music) Jan. 11, 2019 14 PWBA Tour events. While at University receives press 2019) Monmouth, Evans earned National releases from businesses »»Gladys Goldberg-Daly (former »»Louis W. Garibaldi ’70 (March 14, and organizations an- professor) Feb. 9, 2019 Tenpins Coaches Association nouncing alumni achieve- 2019) (NTCA) All-American Honors and ments, and subscribes to »»Pasquale G. DiFlavis (former pro- was an NTCA Academic Honor an online news clipping »»Gary R. Homer ’70 (March 18, 2019) service that provides news fessor) Dec. 18, 2018 Roll student. As a senior in 2017–18, »»Douglas Neal Krugler ’70 (Feb. 16, items about alumni. These »»Kenneth R. Stunkel (emeritus pro- Evans compiled 27 200-plus games items are edited and 2019) placed in the appropriate fessor of history) Feb. 7, 2019 and was named to the Southland »»Kim Maxson ’71 (July 10, 2018) class section. Monmouth »»William Mark Tepfenhart (comput- Championships All-Tournament magazine staff members »»Marie T. Walsh ’71 (March 18, 2019) er science professor) March 25, Team. try to verify the accuracy of this information; »»James Leen ’72 (Feb. 3, 2019) 2019 however, the University »»This past December, Mike Gam- cannot be responsible for »»Nancy G. Lillie ’72 (Feb. 9, 2019) ba ’18 was sworn into the Cranford incorrect information con- tained herein. If you would »»Leonard Manger ’72 (March 31, FRIENDS Police Department on the same like us to correct any inac- 2019) day that he finished up his final curacies that have been »»Martha Baldi (friend) Dec. 17, 2018 printed, please contact the »»Harry R. Potts ’73 (Feb. 10, 2019) exams at Monmouth, completing magazine at magazine@ »»Loretta Schantz (former student) his degree one semester early. monmouth.edu. »»John Creedon ’74M (Oct. 6, 2018) Jan. 19, 2019

Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 55 REMEMBRANCE William Tepfenhart PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, 1956–2019 BY LAUREN NIESZ ’17, ’19M

r. Tepfenhart captivated students and colleagues with his wild imagination, Dwry sense of humor, and dazzling intellect during his 20 years at the University.

I knew him through my overwrite them with cod- graduate studies— specifical- ing and technology skills. ly from his course MIS-517: He taught me that I could Database Design and Man- complement my two realms REMEMBRANCE agement. I had enrolled in the of study in harmony, not in MS in Information Systems strife. program after earning a bach- Every student I know who elor’s in English, and I was was lucky enough to have Dr. struggling. It got to the point Tepfenhart has a similar story. Kenneth where it was difficult for me He challenged us intensely to catch up with the other stu- and rewarded us greatly. We dents and truly understand are grateful to have benefited Stunkel the concepts we were learn- from his utter genius and im- EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ing. Then I took Dr. Tepfen- measurable humility, and to HISTORY AND FORMER DEAN, 1931–2019 hart’s class. He took me aside have shared our seemingly and said, “You’re strong at this; outrageous ideas, worked on BY VINCENT DIMATTIO, PROFESSOR OF ART I want you to use your English head-scratching tech projects, skills too.” He never tried to and discussed life-changing en Stunkel was a giant of a man. He stifle my English skills, or decisions with him. was my mentor and my best man, and Khis valuable and caring advice aided me through the many years of our friendship.

This man of all seasons was Greek scholars, his love of passionate about the state of life was not just intellectu- our planet, confirming his al but also physical: He had absolute trust in science. a passion for dance, and as a His profound love of clas- gymnast performed the al- sical music, and the mag- most impossible still rings ic of the written word as ev- event. All of my memories idenced by his impressive, of Ken are positive ones. He well-rounded library, were was a pleasure to be around an important part of his life. and to share his love of life Our University has produced and his wonderful sense of its share of scholars, and Ken humor. This was a man who was at the very top of that was larger than life. We are list. His many contributions taught that we are all ex- as dean of Humanities and pendable, but Ken could Social Sciences for 13 years give us a convincing argu- are well documented in his ment that he cannot be re- personal dossier. Much like placed.

56 MONMOUTH Summer 2019 rustee Emeritus and former Board TChair Charles T. Parton HN ’01 and his wife, Trudy, have always made giving back a priority. Charlie first joined the Board of Trustees in 1987, and ever since, he and Trudy have demonstrated a deep commitment to supporting Monmouth’s Balancing educational mission through their time, philanthropy, and extended involvement Philanthropic with the University community. For the Partons, a charitable gift annuity has been an attractive gift option that Goals, Financial allows them to successfully balance their philanthropic ideals with their financial planning and active lifestyle. They liked Planning, and the idea of supplementing their current income with guaranteed fixed income for life, while giving a long-term gift to Lifestyle Monmouth.

“Being able to support Monmouth while also receiving reliable payments for life To learn more about charitable gift annuities, or joining the was an easy choice for us,” say Trudy Shadow Lawn Society, Monmouth’s recognition group for and Charlie. “We are proud of Monmouth donors who have included the University in their estate plan, University, pleased to support the contact Emily Miller-Gonzalez, director of planned giving, at University, and delighted to be members 732-263-5393 or [email protected]. of Monmouth’s Shadow Lawn Society.” NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

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1,000 WORDS » A story in a picture WORDS OF WISDOM What advice would you give to your Monmouth self? Imagine you could travel back in time for a candid conversation with college-aged you. What sage advice or constructive criticism would you share with your younger self? Maybe to study more (or less). To not fear failure. To ditch the mullet. Share your snippets of personal wisdom with readers by writing us at [email protected] or the address above. We’ll include the responses in the next issue of Monmouth magazine.

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