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THE MAGAZINE OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY » SUMMER 2019 ON POINT Discover what acupuncture can do for you. Page 04 H2O WOW Exploring aquatic ecosystems with just a cup of water. Page 24 MILES The former Cowboys FUTURES SO BRIGHT receiver on life after football See where the Class of 2019 is headed next. and finishing his degree. Page 32 page 28 GRADUATE STUDIES YOUR FUTURE: MASTERED Continue your studies by pursuing a graduate degree at Monmouth University. Programs include: • Addiction Studies • Anthropology • Clinical Mental Health Counseling • Communication • Computer Science • Criminal Justice • Education - Teaching, MSEd, MEd and EdD options • English • History • Information Systems • MBA • Nursing (MSN, DNP) • Physician Assistant • Social Work • Software Engineering • Speech-Language Pathology Graduate scholarships available for eligible students. APPLY TODAY @ MONMOUTH.EDU/GRADUATE NEW PROGRAMS: • MS in Athletic Training 732-571-3452 | West Long Branch, NJ • MFA in Creative Writing MU206017_GRAD_Ad-8x10.5_Generic_v6.indd 1 5/17/19 4:10 PM Contents Features | Summer 2019 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. photo MIKE LANIS Summer 2019 MONMOUTH 01 Contents Departments | Summer 2019 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.