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[email protected] | 866.4MU.1933 ALUMNI illustration DUNG HOANG Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 01 Contents President’s Note “ late August. It was a Commence- Departments | Fall 2020 ment Week that none of us will I often soon forget. tell my Despite the challenges of the colleagues pandemic, Monmouth continues to be a university on the move. MONMOUTH » VOL. 40. NO. 1 that, in the Our incoming first-year class is 14 22 38 Monmouth magazine is published thrice absence of the most diverse and most aca- annually by the Monmouth University demically prepared cohort in our Division of Enrollment Management. a playbook on navigat- history. This fall we obtained ap- Vice President for proval to launch our third doctor- Enrollment Management ing a global al program, in occupational ther- Robert D. McCaig, Ed.D. pandemic, apy, and look forward to enrolling we have no our first class this coming sum- Associate Vice President, mer. And, we have also recent- The Front Marketing & Communications choice but ly completed construction of a Tara Peters ’94, ’99M currents » RESEARCH & REFLECTION to fall back new nursing simulation lab at our Editor on our in- graduate center in partnership Tony Marchetti with Monmouth Medical Cen- 06 09 10 stitutional ter, a project aimed at serving our NEED TO KNOW EXPLAIN THIS CONCEPTS Assistant Editor values as growing number of undergrad- Polling Institute Director How to have a civil debate Most voters are worried Breanne McCarthy we chart uate and graduate nursing and Patrick Murray on the 2020 about politics. about meddling in this health studies students. Design & Layout our path election. year’s election. Dog Ear Consultants I am proud that these efforts forward. continue to be recognized by TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY Contributing Writers third parties. We are pleased to Pete Croatto ” be included once again in Prince- Kelley Freund ton Review’s “Best 386 Colleges” 14 16 18 Mark Gola roster, in Money magazine’s “Best A MUSICAL HOW MONMOUTH CAMPUS Justin M. Liu On ResilienCE Value Colleges,” and in Wash- JOURNEY WAS MADE BRIEFS Peter W. Liu, Ph.D. ington Monthly’s annual college Steve Neumann THRIVING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. guide and rankings, a newer pub- How Bruce Springsteen led The many monikers of The scene at West Molly Petrilla Connor Rupp to Monmouth. Monmouth’s marquee building. Long Branch. y the time this issue of Monmouth magazine finds lication that ranks colleges and Photographers its way into your hands, we will be eight months universities on what they do for Anthony DePrimo our country. And, finally, Mon- PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS John Emerson Binto the COVID-19 pandemic on our campus. mouth has also reached our high- Matt Furman est ranking ever in the annual Nick Grant Even in this relatively short mental question in mind: What U.S. News & World Report college 22 24 25 Tom Lozinski period, we have changed our be- is in the best interest of our stu- rankings—No. 23 among Region- haviors, modified our expecta- dents? This driving question has al Universities North. Even more WORDS AND DEEDS PLAYING THROUGH GOOD SPORT Illustrators A’Liah Moore is fighting Golfer Jimmy Criscione talks Hawks photographer Karlee Aldo Crusher tions, and started to envision guided us well throughout the gratifying to me is that only a few for racial equity. canceled seasons, writing a Sell shares her secrets. Josue Evilla the permanent changes that will past year and has been at the cen- institutions in our category inte- book, and more. Dung Hoang emerge from the crisis. While ter of our evolving response to grate excellence and access like Simone Martin-Newberry some things have looked and the COVID-19 crisis. One such we do, as measured by our strong felt markedly different on our example of this commitment was rankings coupled with our com- campus this fall, our commit- Commencement. When the pan- mitment to first-generation stu- The Back The Rest On the cover ment to providing our students demic forced a move to remote dents and Pell Grant recipients. An illustrative look at the civil with an outstanding and highly teaching and learning last spring, This is a challenging time for rights movement and Black Lives Class notes » ALUMNI LIFE President’s Note, 03. personalized academic experi- we had little choice but to post- American higher education, and Matter by Chicago-based illustrator Letters, 04. The Market- Simone Martin-Newberry. ence has remained steadfast. pone graduation, but we pledged Monmouth University is not im- ing of Social Justice, 12. I often tell my colleagues that, to do our very best to serve our mune to these challenges. But, if 38 51 The Electoral College, 13. in the absence of a playbook on graduating students with a mean- we continue to focus on what is in THE CHANGEMAKER IN THE PITS Embracing Anti-Racism, navigating a global pandemic, we ingful commencement experi- the best interests of our students, Jeana Piscatelli is the first A NASCAR jack man 17. A Day at the Beach, have no choice but to fall back ence. I am proud to share, thanks we will emerge stronger and bet- female chair of Monmouth’s details his life in the 20. Alumni Roundup, 40. on our institutional values as we to the collective efforts of my ded- ter positioned than ever before. I Board of Trustees. fast lane. “Never Waste a Day,” 42. chart our path forward. Since ar- icated colleagues, that we were hope I can count on you for your Monmouth Hangouts, 52. 400 Cedar Ave. riving at Monmouth, I have asked able to host a series of nine mod- continuing support. In Memoriam, 55. West Long Branch, NJ 07764 our senior administrative team to ified in-person commencement Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D. Remembrance, 56. 732-571-3489 • monmouth.edu make decisions with one funda- exercises for our Class of 2020 in President

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sary deaths. Through his Justice Department, Wilson was also responsible for arresting tens of TELL thousands of citizens, including a EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES five-time presidential candidate, US who were lawfully protesting and resisting that unwarranted WHAT military disaster. In 1918, the H1N1 flu became a worldwide pandemic. It should be YOU called the “American Flu” because it was likely to have originated THINK in American training bases and TOP FIVE was then exported to Europe on Email us at IN THE NATION FOR crowded troop ships. Wilson never magazine@ spoke about it publicly, nor did ACCESS & Peace Corps volunteer Erin Schreiber ’18 captured monmouth.edu, this photo while working as a community health anything to stop it, because he and EXCELLENCE advisor in a rural village outside Axum, Ethiopia. his advisors wanted our troops in or write us at battle, whatever the cost, and he Monmouth didn’t want to lower the morale of magazine, the troops and the people back RE: SUMMER 2020 Woodrow Wilson home. So 45,000 troops, at least Monmouth flunks out of 600,000 American civilians, and University, Home too Soon 50 million people worldwide died Monmouth Alumni House, Great story! I don’t think any of us from that virus. 7,300 volunteers wanted to leave I was never proud of my alma ma- It took George Floyd’s public lynch- 400 Cedar Ave., our host countries, but we were ter’s association with the name of ing to raise the consciousness and West Long given no choice. All of our hearts Woodrow Wilson. A disaster cap- the outrage, which have become are broken. italist and white supremacist, Wil- the catalysts of social, cultural, and Branch, NJ Jason Michael Walker son was known by many in his day political revolution in America and 07764. (@skywalker1640) via Twitter as a “liberal fascist”; a great friend around the world. Congratulations Submissions for of the KKK; and a power-seeking, to Monmouth’s Board of Trustees the Letters page This summer, Monmouth faculty researchers and students aboard the R/V Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe ego-driven war criminal. for unanimously voting to remove collected environmental DNA samples from the waters off our coast, part of their ongoing work Wilson abandoned neutrality Wilson’s name from the University’s are subject to A Voice for the pioneering a marine life detection technique. and got Congress to insert this marquee building. I urge them to editing for Voiceless country into World War I for no also remove any traces of that man Thank you for sharing [Sarah Ripo- definitive or convincing reason. As that may exist anywhere else on the clarity and Hands-on experiences like this have made Monmouth University one of the Top 5 schools in the li’s] story. She’s truly an inspiration. a result, at least 115,000 Ameri- Monmouth University campus. length and must nation for both access and excellence. See how we rank, and read more about the exceptional Marguerite Stocker via Facebook cans died horrible and unneces- Fred Dente ’65 include the opportunities and outcomes Monmouth provides, at monmouth.edu/exceptional. writer’s name, address, and After losing her mother to domestic violence, Sarah Ripoli ’14 phone number launched a clothing brand to raise funds and awareness for victims. for confirmation.

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“ The problem is the politicians who have been willing to throw consti- tutional norms under the bus in order to hold on to their voter coalitions. ”

NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends Many people were surprised by the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. What A snapshot of lessons did pollsters learn from that? Well, in the end, the polls who we are weren’t off by any more than PATRICK MURRAY, DIRECTOR OF MONMOUTH’S they normally are. It just so POLLING INSTITUTE, TALKS ABOUT A happened that in three partic- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UNLIKE ANY OTHER. ular states, the error was the difference between one per- INTERVIEW BY STEVE NEUMANN son winning and another per- son winning. If you look back ow in its 15th year of operation, Monmouth at 2012, we had a similar size University’s Polling Institute has established of error in the battleground itself as one of the most respected public states, but none of those errors N changed our expectation of opinion research organizations in the country. It who would win versus who ac- consistently earns A-plus ratings from the venerable tually won. But one issue of importance polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight, including in 2016 was education. In pri- most recently this spring, when it was one of just or elections, there wasn’t a six polling operations out of 453 nationwide to earn lot of difference between the way people with a college de- the top mark. We asked the institute’s founding gree voted and the way peo- director, Patrick Murray, for his insights on what sets ple without a college degree the Monmouth University Poll apart from the pack, voted. That started to shift in the 2012 election, but it what lessons were learned from the last presidential didn’t shift enough to impact election, and what’s different about 2020. the polls. By 2016, it had shift- ed so dramatically—the gap

06 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 illustration JOSUE EVILLA Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 07 CURRENTS was so huge between those “ or right thing, but what usual- out and talk to people where EXPLAIN THIS » without a college degree vot- ly happens is that it generally they are. So you’ll find me at the Answering your burning questions ing Republican and those with In 2016 takes over one party more than Iowa State Fair; you’ll find me – – –

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COVID-19 hit, and I heard had to come up with ways to How does this year’s presiden- a bunch of information that’s ollowing the 2016 presidential election, need to compromise on our be- Is there figure that out. tial election compare to 2016? making its way into our polling. psychologists and therapists across the nation liefs, especially on our core prin- really a We knew that there were go- ciples, says Patten. “We should What else might people be sur- difference ing to be Obama-to-Trump vot- What did you learn doing that Fnoticed a spike in patients from both sides of the all recognize that we have a social prised about when it comes to ers in 2016; we just didn’t know ahead of this election season? aisle who were experiencing post-election stress disorder, responsibility as developed hu- polling? between exactly what proportion of the That’s where I first started mans to at least try to understand the unofficial name for the anxiety and depression The bigger issue is that we’re the two electorate they were going to hearing a sentiment among the viewpoints of others even talking a lot about which can- candidates? make up. But the one thing some Republican voters that brought on by activities such as communicating with when our views don’t align … and didate is ahead and which is be- that did surprise pollsters was there were a lot of secret Trump people who hold politically opposing views. to be OK with that,” he says. “It’s hind—but that’s only one ques- Should I the voters who would normally voters who are going to show OK to have disagreements.” tion out of 40 that we ask in a vote for vote for Hillary Clinton didn’t up on Election Day but not That’s not surprising, says As- main civil while discussing pol- typical poll. The other 39 are a third show up at the polls at all. And be captured in the pre-elec- sociate Professor of Political Sci- itics. Patten shared three tips 3. Avoid dehumanizing language. significantly more important party? But that was because there was tion polls. We have absolute- ence Joseph Patten, given the that will help you maintain your Because there are no social to understanding the Ameri- a big lack of enthusiasm for ly no evidence that that ex- preponderance of populist lead- relationships—and sanity—through norms about political discrimina- can psyche. What I’m interest- they’re not Clinton. ists. We looked for that in our ers whose rhetoric and platforms election season and beyond. tion—as there are for discriminat- ed in when I ask questions like thinking In 2016 people were think- 2016 polling and they weren’t attempt to divide us. ing against people for their race or “Do you believe that there are that in ing: Does my vote really mat- there. But understanding that “What’s destructive about pop- 1. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. gender—it’s become acceptable to a significant number of secret ter? Is there really a difference belief is really important, not ulism is … this framing of poli- “What happens when somebody speak about others in politically Trump voters in your commu- 2020. It’s between the two candidates? because it changes our polling tics as the establishment versus expresses an idea that’s differ- dehumanizing ways. Avoid doing nity?” is not a backdoor way of a choice Should I vote for a third par- numbers in terms of the out- the people, but where only some ent from our idea is that we so because it facilitates the “oth- figuring out how many people between ty? But they’re not thinking come, but because it changes of the people are really ‘the peo- tend to naturally think some- erization” of the person or group, are secret Trump voters; it’s a that in 2020. It’s a choice be- our understanding of what’s ple,’” says Patten. “These populist thing is wrong with that person says Patten. “People are not … way of figuring out the mood a second tween a second term for Don- going to happen when we get leaders are anti-pluralist, mean- and we must fix them,” says Pat- this label of a thing. They’re not of the electorate and what this term for ald Trump—whether you want the results back. There will be ing they try to attract supporters ten. Don’t. Instead, go into every left wing or right wing; they’re not could mean for the future of Donald it or don’t want it. Most voters a significant number of peo- by almost intentionally alienat- discussion with an open mind, snowflakes; they’re not a basket of democracy in this country. are there right now, and that’s ple who expect Donald Trump ing others. So if you look at what’s willing to appreciate and even deplorables. ... They’re humans,” If people feel that Trump will Trump— much different than what we to win and won’t accept the re- keeping the Democratic and Re- enjoy a different viewpoint. says Patten. “Once you start win due to so-called secret vot- whether saw in 2016. Over the sum- sults if he doesn’t, and that’s publican parties together … it’s talking about people in non-hu- ers, and the results come in you want mer of 2016, we had a signif- what we’re trying to capture in the negative partisanship; it’s the 2. Agree to disagree. man terms, it makes it easier to counter to their hardened be- icant number of voters, over our polling. hatred of the other.” It’s important to be open to use violence against them.” lief, that’s much more import- it or don’t 20%, who were either unde- In other words, political tribes others’ viewpoints, but we don’t —Breanne McCarthy ant to understand. I’m trying want it. cided or were shifting around If there is one takeaway for have become obsessed with de- to find questions in our stan- or thinking, “I’m voting for a readers about the polling pro- monizing the other, and that can dard polling that can help us ” third party candidate.” But it’s cess, what would that be? be detrimental to our relation- measure the things we can’t do less than 10% right now. Polling is a good barome- ships and mental well-being the in a typical poll that are driving ter of where the public stands when we hold differing political 10-second WHEN DO I the electorate. I’m trying to in- What sets the Monmouth Uni- at any given point in time. It’s views from family and friends, bonus form the public of the degree to versity Poll apart from others? not perfectly precise, nor does says Patten. question AVOID TALKING which these beliefs exist and a The key thing is that we’re it predict the future; but if you “There’s a study that shows that sense of how entrenched we’ve looking to ask fundamental do dig deeper down into the families who are unified about POLITICS? become in our partisan identi- questions of why voters be- poll, beyond the horse race Trump—either loving him or “You can’t have a good political ties. We don’t know the conse- have the way they do, and not numbers and the job approv- hating him—spend at least an quences of that because we hav- simply trying to answer top- al numbers, you should be able hour longer together on Thanks- discussion with somebody whose en’t seen something exactly like ical questions or chase the to find information that helps giving,” says Patten. “So that’s intention is to be insulting or whose this in the past. news of the day—which we do, you understand what propor- where our dysfunctional politics intention is to try to prove how The problem is the politi- but we do that within the con- tion of the public is on one side has ultimately infected us: We’re To ask a question of our stupid you are,” says Patten. “So if faculty experts, email cians who have been willing text of going out there and ful- of an issue and what propor- now dysfunctional too.” [email protected] to throw constitutional norms ly understanding the elec- tion is on the other side, and With election season upon us somebody’s coming in without good or mail Explain This, under the bus in order to hold torate. I’ve done a lot of work who might be movable. It gives and the holidays around the cor- Monmouth magazine, intentions, then you shouldn’t have Alumni House, 400 Cedar on to their voter coalitions. in the past on qualitative re- you a snapshot of who we are ner, there’s never been a better Ave., West Long Branch, This really shouldn’t be a left search, like focus groups. I go as a people. time for a refresher on how to re- the conversation in the first place.” NJ 07764.

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CONCEPTS » Dispatches from the Monmouth Polling Institute VOTE OF CONFIDENCE? MOST AMERICAN VOTERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT MEDDLING IN THIS FALL’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. COMPILED BY TONY MARCHETTI FROM MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY POLL DATA • INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN BY PATRICK KIRCHNER irst, some encouraging news for anyone interested in the Now for some concerning news: Many voters also say they continued health of our democracy: According to a recent are worried about outside interference aff ecting the integrity of F Monmouth University Poll, 95% of registered voters say they the results. As is often the case, there are stark diff erences along are “certain” (85%) or “likely” (10%) to cast a ballot in the 2020 election. partisan lines about the likely source of any potential meddling. What’s more: 64% of voters say they are feeling “optimistic” about this Here’s a look at how confident American voters are feeling as presidential election, an increase compared to four years ago. they prepare to head to the polls .

The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from Aug. 6 to 10, 2020, with a national random sample of 868 adults age 18 and older, in English. The results detailed here are based on 785 registered voters and have a +/- 3.5 percentage point sampling margin of error. Visit monmouth.edu/polling-institute for more information on the methodology.

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT Very MOST VOTERS TRUST THE PROCESS 8% 10% 12% Confident 16% A majority of those polled—slightly more than 6 in 10 voters—say 30% 21% they are either “very confi dent” or “somewhat confi dent” that 24% 24% the November election will be conducted fairly and accurately. 38% 49% That includes majorities of Democrats (68%), Republicans (65%), NOT TOO and independents (57%) alike. But a closer look at the numbers Confident OVERALL reveals that more than one-third of voters still have litt le confi - 24% dence in the election being conducted fairly and accurately. 17% 17% SOMEWHAT 24% HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT 40% Confident THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL BE 42% CONDUCTED FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY? INDEPENDENTS

VOTING BY MAIL is polarizing DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS In recent months, one of the biggest points of contention between Republicans and Dem- Good idea 7% 72% ocrats has been whether voting by mail aff ects the integrity of election results. President 58% Donald Trump, despite having voted by mail himself, has repeatedly criticized the process, claiming it leads to fraud. Democratic nominee Joe Biden has voiced support for expand- 20% ing access to it. Predictably, opinions on it among registered voters are split along party 90% lines, but the majority of American voters favor making it easier to cast ballots by mail. OVERALL

32% DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA Bad idea TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE VOTERS TO CAST 37% 60% THEIR BALLOTS BY MAIL THIS YEAR? INDEPENDENTS

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Not at all concerned 10% SUSPICIONS OF MEDDLING PERSIST Despite most voters having some degree of confi dence in 36% 42% 31% 35% not too how the election will be administered, nearly 3 in 4 of them— Very 72% of voters—say they are concerned that outside interfer- concerned ence could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the outcome. 16% OVERALL Concerned 37%

HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE 36% 34% Somewhat POSSIBILITY THAT ELECTION MEDDLING COULD UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF THE RESULTS? concerned 35% INDEPENDENTS

FINGERS ARE POINTING DEMOCRATS INDEPENDENTS REPUBLICANS EVERYWHERE Democrats 1% 20% 55% Voters who voiced concerns about elec- Joe Biden 0% 3% 4% tion meddling have diff ering opinions as to who or what might be responsible for Nancy Pelosi 0% 1% 1% interfering. Not surprisingly, the suspected Republicans 16% 8% 2% culprits vary widely depending on voters’ political affi liations. A sizable number of Donald Trump 31% 20% 2% Democratic voters (53%) concerned about Russia 40% 21% 6% meddling think a foreign power will be in- volved; many see Russia as the most likely China 9% 9% 12% perpetrator. Meanwhile, a majority of GOP Other country 4% 8% 3% voters (55%) concerned about meddling The media 0% 3% 2% say the Democratic Party will be responsi- ble for the malfeasance. Vote by mail/the post offi ce 2% 4% 11% Government election offi cials 5% 4% 1% WHO DO YOU THINK IS MOST Social media 1% 1% 0% LIKELY TO BE THE SOURCE OF ELECTION MEDDLING?1 Other 6% 8% 10%

1Multiple response question; No answer 8% 11% 6% percentages add to more than 100%. CURRENTS

The good, the bad, and the ugly about The Marketing THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE BY STEVE NEUMANN of Social Justice he 2020 presidential election is fast approaching, which means it’s the perfect time for a COMPARING THE CHRISTMAS BOYCOTT OF 1963 TO refresher on the governmental institution that has increasingly become the deciding factor RECENT PROTESTS BY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. in American presidential races: the Electoral College. We asked Chris DeRosa, Ph.D., chair of BY STEVE NEUMANN T the Department of History and Anthropology, to share his insights on the institution. n Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb set by the local Ku THE PURPOSE THE GOOD THE BAD The original plan called for each elector One of the advantages is the The first problem with the Electoral Col- Klux Klan exploded in the 16th Street Baptist to cast two votes for president. Whoever end result is clear: “Somebody lege is that it gives more weight to voters in O Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four received a majority of votes from electors wins; somebody gets a majority of small states than those in more populous Black schoolgirls. became president; the runner-up became vice the electoral votes,” says DeRosa. ones, says DeRosa. Every state gets a mini- president. If presidents were elected purely mum of three electoral votes. However, each States can do what they want with their by popular vote, a candidate state’s total allotment is based on its repre- In the aftermath, the Associa- tion to get anyone to listen electoral votes, says DeRosa. Most give them could win the presidency with sentation in the Senate (always two people) tion of Artists for Freedom, led to them—mainly because to the candidate who wins a state majority. An less than 50% of the vote. “If and the House (varies by population). “So by such folks as writer James they were not part of any of elector who defies that assignment is called a you had more than two parties take Washington, D.C., as an example,” says Baldwin and actress Ruby Dee, the major civil rights organi- faithless elector, and the state has the choice contending for the presiden- DeRosa. “More people live in D.C. than in condemned the murders and zations of the time. whether to tolerate them. “You don’t get them cy, you might have somebody Wyoming, the least populous state in the demanded a national response. “Martin Luther King Jr., very often because they’re chosen as party winning with 30% of the votes, union; but they both get three electoral They settled on the first na- had a pulpit,” Parkin says, loyalists, and we’ve never had faithless elec- and that’s a ticket to an extremist votes.” (Plus, unlike Wyoming, D.C. gets no tional “Christmas Boycott” be- “and the NAACP had a mag- tors swing an election,” says DeRosa. candidate.” voting representation in Congress.) cause, that same year, there had azine. And while the writers, been a series of studies showing singers, and actors of the As- the growing economic power of sociation had people THE UGLY THE FUTURE African Americans. The Associ- who admired them, The biggest problem with the Electoral College is that it encour- Love it or hate it, the Electoral College ation hoped to exploit that eco- they didn’t have an teams canceled sched- ages vote suppression, says DeRosa. Southern states always had is here to stay because changing it nomic clout by targeting the effective way to com- uled practices. an advantage in the population count, because they got electoral would require “constitutional surgery,” biggest consumer spending hol- municate.” “I think demonstrations votes appointed on the basis of their slave populations and their says DeRosa. “You would need three- iday of the year. Parkin says that like this lead those indi- white populations. That gave the states extra representation for fourths of the states to ratify any Professor of History Katherine while the leaders of viduals who follow those people they weren’t really representing at all. change, and too many states that are Parkin’s article in the journal His- the Christmas Boy- sports and admire these After the Civil War, former slaves were counted as “whole” intent on suppressing votes benefit from tory of Retailing and Consump- cott of 1963 were cer- athletes to listen,” Par- persons, not three-fifths of one, for purposes of electoral vote the Electoral College.” The downside? tion, published in July, explores tainly successful art- kin says. “The effort is allotment. But Black voter suppression still took place through Jim “If you never have to appeal to the elec- ME 3 the tension of that decision. ists in their own right, & in changing a mentality Crow laws. This further “inflated the electoral count of people who torate because you’re successfully VT 1 3 NH The article, “Marketing Jus- they were not the pow- and opening ourselves to conver- were not representing all the people in their state,” says DeRosa. suppressing some large part of it, 4 tice: The Christmas Boycott,” erfully wealthy artists sations to try to effect change.” “So the Electoral College became a pillar of white supremacy.” then you have a broken system.” MA 11 NY argues that, instead of a more that we have today. Parkin believes that those ef- AK 29 traditional quid pro quo boycott She points specifical- forts are working, citing polling 3 CT 7 WA RI 4 that sought to exact demands of ly to the professional over the summer about attitudes Nation of 12 MI a company or a community, the athletes who refused toward the Black Lives Mat- MT 3 ND 3 MN WI 16 PA NJ Representation OR ID 10 10 proposed Christmas Boycott to play in their sched- ter movement that showed that 7 4 SD 3 20 14 sought to use financial angst to uled sports events in more than 75% of people under- A look at the portion WY 3 NE 5 OH compel a reckoning with the in- response to the po- stood what “defund the police” 6 18 of electoral votes each UT IA IN stitutionalized ways that racism lice shooting of Ja- actually meant, for instance. CO 6 IL 11 9 KS WV DE 3 state gets versus actual NV 6 20 5 VA pervaded the nation. cob Blake in Keno- “I thought that was a pretty re- 6 13 MD 10 MO KY 8 “The goal of the Christmas sha, Wisconsin—all markable change in just a few geographic area, plus how OK DC 3 AZ NM 7 10 Boycott was to say that racism is of which happened af- years,” Parkin says. “That peo- 11 5 NC each state voted in the TN 11 15 not just a problem in Birming- ter her article was published. ple went from thinking it was CA AR ham, Alabama, but a national Beginning in the NBA, the activ- something irrelevant to their 2016 presidential election. 55 6 SC MS AL TX GA 9 problem,” Parkin says, “so we’re ism quickly spread to the WNBA, lives to truly understanding 6 9 16 38 LA going to deprive ourselves of MLB, and MLS. In the following what Black Lives Matter was 8 something that we love in order days, tennis star Naomi Osaka trying to get at. 2016 Electoral College Votes to draw attention to it.” refused to play in a tournament “To introduce new ideas that won by Hillary Clinton What Parkin discovered during semifinal, NHL players people can wrestle with and won by Donald Trump HI 4 FL her research was how difficult it walked out of playoff be nuanced and sophisticated 29 was for members of the Associa- games, and nine NFL about is a tremendous success.”

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“ It’s not about the restless youth anymore. It’s more about my passion for talking dollar facility in Asbury Park. about Many of his professors are A musical trained producers who know “the social real-world side of the music busi- justice. I ness,” says Rupp. “And the kids in journey appreciate my department want to make the CONNOR RUPP’S LOVE OF SPRINGSTEEN’S Bruce’s arts scene just as big as it possibly MUSIC LED HIM ON A ROAD TRIP THAT can be, which is exciting.” voice as Rupp is still a Springsteen LANDED HIM AT MONMOUTH. an activist devotee, but he says the music BY TONY MARCHETTI and as an speaks to him for different rea- sons now. “It’s not about the n 1974, Bruce Springsteen wrote Born to Run— ambassador restless youth anymore,” says perhaps the ultimate anthem to shaking off the of the Rupp. “It’s more about my pas- sion for talking about social jus- dust of your surroundings and getting out while American I tice. I appreciate Bruce’s voice you’re young—in a small cottage one mile from dream. as an activist and as an ambassa- Monmouth’s campus. dor of the American dream.” ” Working as a student archivist Four decades later, Ohio na- pilgrimage of sorts—driving 10 in the Archives, Rupp helps cat- tive and Springsteen superfan hours east to visit Bruce’s old alog donations sent in from fans Connor Rupp took that senti- Jersey shore hangouts. Rupp’s around the world, and some- ment to heart. mother made him promise to vis- times from Springsteen himself: “When a song comes to you at it a college along the way. “Closest news clippings, concert tick- the right place and time, it can to everything was Monmouth, of ets, memorabilia, and the like. mean the world to you,” says course,” he says. He also assists with events that Rupp. “I was a restless kid in When it came time to apply to are staged by the Archives. At high school and wanted to get college, Rupp, who plays bass, one, “Springsteen: His Home- out of Ohio. And when I listened says he wanted a school that of- town,” Rupp was personally in- to Born to Run, I felt like Bruce’s fered a music industry program troduced to the Boss by his own music was talking to me in the and had a thriving arts scene. boss: Archives Director Eileen cheesiest way possible.” Monmouth checked both box- Chapman. The moment was both Rupp did get out, sort of. He es. “I wanted to be around ‘the awesome and surreal, says Rupp, is now a junior music industry noise,’ and Monmouth is be- and provided further evidence he major at Monmouth, works in tween two of the biggest music was at the perfect place at the the Bruce Springsteen Archives cities in the world: New York perfect time. and Center for American Mu- and Philadelphia,” says Rupp. “Students just have access to so sic, and lives off campus in As- “It felt like the perfect place.” much here,” he says. “I got here, bury Park, New Jersey—Spring- It also feels like “the perfect talked to people about Bruce, steen’s old stomping grounds. time” to be a student here, says and the next thing I know I’m The irony of his journey isn’t Rupp. This spring, Billboard mag- in the Archives going through lost on him. azine named the University one Springsteen’s personal collec- “The place Bruce wanted to get of the country’s Top Music Busi- tion. But even outside the music out of was the place I wanted to ness Schools. Students in the industry program, I know there OPPOSITE: Rupp, a bass come to,” Rupp says with a laugh. program have “almost every re- player, is a music industry are opportunities like that for It was Rupp’s love for Spring- source possible” at their dispos- major in a program students to get involved,” says steen’s music that first put Mon- al, says Rupp. Most of his music recently named one of the Rupp. “If you have a passion or country’s Top Music Busi- mouth on his radar. As a teen- classes are held at Lakehouse Re- ness Schools by Billboard a goal, Monmouth is the place ager, he and a friend made a cording Studios, a multimillion- magazine. to be.”

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EMBRACING ANTI-RACISM

IN JULY, PRESIDENT LEAHY ANNOUNCED A series of actions that Monmouth University will undertake to commit itself to becoming an anti-racist institution. Zaneta Rago-Craft, Ed.D., director of the campus Intercultural Center and the president’s advisor on diversity and inclusion, HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » LANDMARKS & STORIES explains what that means.

What is the difference between being “not racist” and being “anti-racist”? What’s In A Name? I think one of the main markers of anti-racism is THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MANY MONIKERS OF MONMOUTH’S MARQUEE BUILDING. behavior. We can all hopefully recognize racism or inequity happening around us, but what we COMPILED BY BREANNE MCCARTHY do about it is what makes us anti-racist. Do we allow it to happen? Do we intervene? Anti-racist means you’re taking action. You’re intervening. ong before Monmouth University was founded, ABOVE: When the original architect Horace Trumbauer of property that the building’s tance of taking into account the You’re recognizing what’s happening around you Shadow Lawn mansion Philadelphia was hired as the lead name was changed to Woodrow concerns of many Monmouth the area upon which a portion of today’s campus (above, right) burned and working toward change in your spheres of to the ground in 1927, architect, while the interior de- Wilson Hall. students, administrators, and influence. stands was part of an estate called Shadow Lawn. Hubert T. Parson—despite sign was led by Julian Abele, one of That name remained in use until faculty regarding Wilson’s racist L having just spent $1 million renovating the old man- the first professionally trained Af- 1955, when the University, which legacy. What can Monmouth do institutionally to be- Named for the many trees sevelt said in condemning Wil- sion—built a new, larger rican American architects in the was then known as Monmouth “Wilson was a controversial come anti-racist? that dotted the property, the es- son’s policy of nonintervention structure on the original country. Abele had already risen Junior College, purchased the politician, who never actual- footprint. Some of this is addressed in the Anti-Racist tate was home to a wood-frame, in Europe—despite direct at- to prominence for his design work building and changed its name ly set foot in the current build- Commitment that the president shared with the colonial-style mansion that bore tacks on U.S. citizens—as World on various architectural projects, to the Great Hall. The building ing,” President Patrick F. Leahy community. And for me, I think institutionally little resemblance to the build- War I unfolded. “The shadows of including the Philadelphia Muse- continued to be referred to as the and former Chair of the Board there are policies we can create to actively con- ing that would one day replace it men, women, and children who um of Art, Harvard University’s Great Hall until 1966, when Mon- of Trustees Michael A. Plod- front inequity. For instance, in regard to our hiring and come to be associated with have risen from the ooze of the Widener Library, and Duke Uni- mouth College officials, in a nod wick ’82 said in a joint state- policies, are we aggressively recruiting diverse this University. ocean bottoms and from graves versity’s west campus. to the history of the site (since ment announcing the decision candidates to come to campus? And once we Built in 1903, the original Shad- in foreign lands; the shadows of It took two years and $10.5 Wilson had never physically been to the University community. recruit a critical mass of diverse faculty, staff, and ow Lawn mansion had 52 rooms the helpless who Mr. Wilson did million to build the new Shad- in the building that now stood “Removing his name, and incor- students, are we also actively working to keep and was referred to by one crit- not dare protect.” ow Lawn mansion. When it was there), rededicated the Great Hall porating these earlier names, them here? That’s an example of anti-racist ic at the time as “all vocabu- Wilson narrowly won reelec- complete, it reached far beyond as Woodrow Wilson Hall. connects the centerpiece of our action: creating support networks and mentoring lary and no rhetoric.” Nonethe- tion, though sources differ on the glory of the former building, In the years since then, Wilson’s campus more accurately to our programs. Another piece would be taking a closer less, it gained some notoriety when exactly he learned he had more than doubling the number legacy has become complicated. historical roots and eliminates look at the curricular experience that students are in 1916 when its owner, Joseph captured enough electoral votes of rooms. The new mansion in- Among his many accomplish- a symbolic barrier to the im- having, how we can support the critical courses B. Greenhut, head of the Sie- to retain the presidency. One cluded a bowling alley, an indoor ments, he was awarded a Nobel portant work of creating a truly already being offered, and think about recruiting gel-Cooper Company, leased it item not in dispute is that when swimming pool, and the stun- Peace Prize for leading the es- welcoming and inclusive space faculty with specialties in these areas of scholar- to President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson left the old Shadow ning Great Hall, a three-story tablishment of the League of in the Great Hall.” ship. Wilson arrived at the original Lawn mansion on Nov. 9, 1916, entrance hall highlighted by a Nations. But it has been well With the building’s name hav- Shadow Lawn mansion on Sept. 1 he never again returned. grand staircase and a 100-foot- documented by historians that ing been returned to its roots, How can your appointment to cabinet help in and over the next several weeks More than a decade later, in Jan- long Venetian stained glass sky- Wilson was a racist who support- efforts are underway to return these efforts? ran his reelection campaign from uary 1927, the original Shadow light. ed segregation and white su- the Great Hall itself to a central I think being at the table will allow for questions the mansion’s steps. That “front Lawn mansion—which was then Parson suffered financial ruin premacy. Therefore, as conver- hub on campus. There are plans of equity to be at the forefront when decisions porch campaign” earned the old owned by Hubert T. Parson, pres- during the Great Depression, sations of race exploded across to build a coffeehouse on the are being made around campus change. It also building a nickname: the “Sum- ident of F.W. Woolworth Compa- and the mansion he had built the country earlier this year fol- first floor and to add furniture helps to indicate that we as a University are tak- mer White House.” It also drew ny—burned to the ground. eventually fell under municipal lowing the death of George Floyd, to create more common areas ing positive steps to confront our history and our the ire of former President The- Despite having just spent $1 ownership in 1939. Monmouth’s Board of Trustees and study space for students. present, and want to envision a better future that odore Roosevelt, who referenced million renovating the old man- In 1942, Highland Manor Ju- voted to remove Wilson’s name “We want more students, alum- is more inclusive, welcoming, equitable, and the locale in a scathing speech sion, the wealthy Parson decided nior College, a private girls’ and rename the building the ni, faculty, and staff to feel this anti-racist. —interview by Tony Marchetti he gave just days before the elec- to build a new, significantly larg- school, acquired the Shadow Great Hall at Shadow Lawn. building is a part of the central tion. “There should be shadows er structure on the original build- Lawn mansion. It was during In announcing its decision, experience at Monmouth Uni- enough at Shadow Lawn,” Roo- ing’s footprint. World-renowned that school’s ownership of the the board noted the impor- versity,” Leahy said this fall.

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Bang for Shameless THIS IS MONMOUTH » The scene at West Long Branch your buck self-promotion Monmouth was again named to A series of Cuban street scene Money magazine’s annual Best illustrations commissioned for the Campus Colleges for Your Money list. The fall 2019 issue of this magazine University has appeared on the were awarded a bronze-level Cir- list, which assesses nearly 750 cle of Excellence Award from the Briefs four-year colleges, every year national Council for the Advance- since its inception. The rankings ment and Support of Education are based on three catego- (CASE) earlier this year. This is ries—quality, affordability, and the second year in a row that outcomes—spanning 27 different Monmouth magazine has won a criteria, including graduation Circle of Excellence Award. rates, faculty ratings, peer ratings, net price paid to attend, average debt, employment, and Thinking globally earnings. Two decades ago, administra- tors and faculty from across the ABOVE: Two of the CASE disciplines teamed up to en- Circle of Excellence “I look forward to working with Movers and Award–winning illustra- hance cultural and global aware- tions by Dan Williams the IGU faculty advisory council Shakers ness and citizenship throughout from the fall 2019 issue of to build on the IGU’s legacy of President Patrick F. Leahy and the University community. Their Monmouth magazine. excellence in supporting global Polling Institute Director Patrick efforts culminated in the cre- OPPOSITE: Scenes from education and cross-cultural Murray were named to ROI-NJ’s ation of the Global Understand- the socially distanced understanding programs and list of influencers in higher educa- ing Project, which in 2008 was Commencement cere- events on campus for faculty and monies Monmouth held tion and NJBIZ’s Education Power renamed the Institute for Global for the Class of 2020 in students and building partnerships 50 list. Understanding (IGU). August. in neighboring communities and Over the years, the IGU flour- around the globe,” Abate said. ished. Among other things, the “The IGU is a clearinghouse for Seven-figure gift institute facilitated the participa- bringing the campus community will support real tion of Monmouth students and together around these efforts.” Pomp and senior class vice president and faculty in high-level United Na- Student Government Association estate students tions meetings and conferences Circumstance president. The Kislak Family Foundation has and increased the University’s Write Stuff at Last “University administrators kept in pledged $1 million in scholarships participation in the Fulbright Pro- Undergraduate students in When the state’s COVID-19 touch throughout the summer and and $100,000 in academic pro- gram, an exchange program that Adjunct Professor Lawrence health and safety regulations made surveyed all graduates to deter- gramming support for Monmouth focuses on improving intercultural Jones’ Spring 2020 Law and it impossible to host in-person mine what worked best for the University students studying real relations and competence as well Society course authored a book commencement ceremonies last majority of people, while planning estate. The seven-figure scholar- as cultural diplomacy. about the legal and social issues spring, many schools resorted to the ceremonies,” said Fazzino. “I ship donation will support a need- Following a brief hiatus, the IGU confronting society as a result of holding virtual events. Monmouth, feel fortunate to have been able based Kislak Family Scholarship this year welcomed both a new the COVID-19 pandemic. Written however, remained committed to celebrate my Commencement for undergraduates pursuing a faculty advisory council and a during the frantic months of March to celebrating the Class of 2020 in person with my classmates and business degree with a real estate new director: Randall Abate, J.D., and April 2020, Confronting graduates in person as soon as it family.” concentration, while the $100,000 a political science professor and COVID: Research and Reflections was safe to do so. pledge will continue to support the Rechnitz Family Endowed of Monmouth University Students That moment finally arrived in Monmouth soars in the University’s Kislak Real Estate Chair in Marine and Environmen- in the Early Days of the COVID-19 late August. During three days Institute Academic Challenge, an tal Law and Policy. Pandemic is believed to be the of modified Commencement U.S. News rankings annual intercollegiate real estate Through a mix of academics and first COVID-19—related book in the ceremonies, faculty and staff The University earned its high- competition that will include an arts programs, interdisciplinary U.S. authored by college students joined with the graduates’ families est-ever ranking on U.S. News affordable housing component. research and events, community in real time. It tackles some of to honor the Class of 2020 for & World Report’s Best Colleges partnerships, and service at the the most challenging issues of the their achievements. The ceremo- roster, moving into the No. 23 spot News worth local and global levels, the IGU will time, including lockdown orders, nies were school based, and total in its category, Regional Universi- embark on a new era focused on re- child welfare, special education, attendance at each event was ties North. It is the first time the broadcasting invigorating the Fulbright Program college and university students, limited to 500 people to adhere University has ranked in the top WMCX 88.9 FM, Monmouth’s and Monmouth’s relationships with unemployment, mental health, the to state guidelines in effect at the 25. Additionally, Monmouth once student-run radio station, was rec- the U.N., reinstating a biennial sym- elderly, price gouging, child custo- time. again secured its place on the ognized as the No. 18 Best College posium, and fostering partnerships dy, the stock market, and student Despite the delays and unusual publication’s Best Colleges for Radio Station in the Princeton with other academic institutions loans. The book is available in circumstances, it was all worth it, Veterans list, moving up to No. 11 in Review’s annual guide The Best and nongovernmental organizations e-book or hard copy format at the said Michael Fazzino ’20, the past its category. 386 Colleges. across the globe, Abate said. Guggenheim Memorial Library.

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A DAY AT THE BEACH » Coastal moments, captured RISE AND SHINE An early morning fog blankets the ocean at Manasquan Inlet.

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“ If we want change, we must be the change. If we want peace, we must demon- strate She figured the campus athlet- peace. If ic community, where she already has close ties, was a good place Words we want to start. Moore loves her team- justice, we mates and coach, but even in that and deeds must raise supportive environment, there has been discomfort and pain: ATHLETE A’LIAH MOORE IS USING HER our voices. the time a group of boys cheer- PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE AND CAMPAIGN ” ing on an opposing team called FOR RACIAL EQUITY. her “monkey”; all the parties she skipped, afraid that if the cops BY MOLLY PETRILLA came, she’d be first on their radar as the only Black student there; ’Liah Moore ’22, a communications major and the feeling of being Black in a forward on the women’s soccer team, has locker room where the majority of the team is white. Agotten used to public speaking over the last Moore believes that change few years. But as she held a police microphone outside begins with simply sharing her the Lakewood Municipal Building this summer and perspective and these stories. That’s why she participated began to address the crowd, “this one really hit me in a “Hawk Talk” Black Lives hard,” she says. Matter panel discussion this summer and why she is work- Moore and others from the lo- like a white person.” She dis- ing to foster more conversa- cal NAACP chapter had just fin- cussed wage gaps, broken fam- tions this fall. ished marching through the ilies, and ignorance and hatred. She already reached out to her streets of Lakewood, New Jer- “Let’s not come together for soccer teammates this summer sey, side by side with local po- just some protest, but stick to- and set up a video call in which lice officers, in protest of George gether to make a change and a they discussed George Floyd’s Floyd’s killing and ongoing po- different narrative for us,” she killing and some of her own ex- lice brutality. When it was her added. “If we want change, we periences as a Black woman. turn to talk, Moore looked into must be the change. If we want Her coach and teammates have the crowd and saw a woman peace, we must demonstrate agreed to continue these con- crying. In that moment, she felt peace. If we want justice, we versations in person, and Moore the pain of not just one person, must raise our voices.” plans to speak with other Hawks but everyone there. “You look Moore has been involved athletics teams too. around, and it’s a crowd of peo- with the Ocean County/Lake- “The time is now,” says Moore. ple who are hurt, broken—peo- wood Chapter of the NAACP’s “There’s no reason to hold my ple who haven’t been heard,” Youth and College Division since tongue and not try to make a dif- Moore says now. “It hit me: I’m she was 10 but only began ference, especially with what’s not just speaking for myself. I’m speaking at events in the past going on in our country and espe- speaking for the whole crowd few years. As the Black Lives cially with sports today. Athletes and anyone who is listening. Matter movement swelled this in the NBA, MLS, NFL—they’re That’s a real honor.” summer, and as she watched all doing something. And every- Through tears of her own, professional athletes speak out thing they’re doing, we can do as Moore introduced herself and and protest, Moore committed OPPOSITE: Moore, a well. I’m just trying to figure out began: “Because I am Black,” to stepping up her own activism junior, was named to the the best approach so I can use 2018 MAAC All-Rookie she said, “me talking with the too—both at Monmouth and be- Team and 2019 MAAC my voice to bring awareness and right etiquette means talking yond. All-Academic Team. make a change in the world.”

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On dealing with a canceled fall season. I was in the club champion- ship at my home golf course Playing this summer, and I was ready to come out firing this fall. But with COVID-19 canceling the “ through season, we’ve all had to adjust The long hours JIMMY CRISCIONE TALKS CANCELED our mindsets. We’re still prac- of practice and SEASONS, WRITING A BOOK, AND MORE. ticing as a team, and I think preparation are playing against each other and INTERVIEW BY PETE CROATTO setting common goals in our similar to writing team meetings will have us in a book. I’d spend even better shape come spring. hours each day On why he wrote a children’s working on it, book. writing and Playing baseball and being part editing to fine- of a team taught me a lot of life lessons that I wanted to share. tune the message I figured the best way to do that I was trying to was to write a children’s book— get across—kind one that teaches kids to follow their dreams and overcome ad- of like working versity. out the kinks in GOOD SPORT my swing on the HAWKS PHOTOGRAPHER KARLEE SELL On the similarities between range. SHARES HER SECRETS. writing and golf. In golf, you really need to be ” ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS MONMOUTH SPORTS ONLINE HAS LIKELY SEEN THE specific about what you’re try- work of Karlee Sell, athletics’ uber-talented student photographer. (If not, check it out at ing to accomplish as far as tech- monmouth.edu/magazine.) Sell, who has photographed all 23 sports during her four years nique. You practice on the driv- at Monmouth, is set to graduate in December. Before that happens, we picked her brain for ing range or putting green for the field. He handled himself some tips on shooting sporting events. hours at a time, and then you well with the media. He was al- need to translate those skills ways very humble. He was kind. into your game. The long hours He was someone I wanted to Get into position Shoot away of practice and preparation are emulate. The best place to be is To capture the action, keep your ISO similar to writing a book. I’d 1 on the sidelines, not the 3 setting low, your shutter speed at or spend hours each day working On another less-well-known stands, but be aware of above 1/1000th of a second, and your on it, writing and editing to fine- hero: Mema. your surroundings so you lens set to autofocus. But remember tune the message I was trying to My grandmother is one of the don’t interfere with the there’s more to sports photogra- get across—kind of like working most generous people in this action. And make in-game phy than what’s on the field. “That enior Jimmy Criscione carries several titles: out the kinks in my swing on the world. Before I walked out of adjustments: Switch sides awesome touchdown shot is great to captain of the men’s golf team, president of the range. the house each day, her mes- at halftime for a different have, but the blood, sweat, and tears sage would be, “Choose kind- perspective on the action. that go into every game are just as Monmouth Student-Athlete Advisory Committee S On why he’s working to in- ness.” So that is something interesting,” says Sell. (MSAAC)—and, now, published author. Little Timmy, crease voter access. that I take with me every day: the baseball-focused children’s book he wrote to impart As student-athletes and, more Choose kindness, be humble, importantly, as citizens of the and help others. lessons of perseverance on the younger generation, United States of America, we Light it up Take your game to the next level was published last spring. Criscione began writing the must take seriously our consti- On what golf has given him. Keep the light at your back Cellphones are for selfies: To take tutional right to vote, either in Golf is similar to life: It’s about to illuminate the action, 4 great sports photos, you need an story while in high school and drew inspiration from 2 person or via absentee ballot. setting small goals and trying but skip the flash. “It’s the SLR or mirrorless camera. A 200- his own experiences as a Little League All-Star whose Every vote and every voice is to achieve them. The game has quickest way to get kicked to 500-millimeter zoom lens gets you close to the action; a mono- team comes up one win shy of a trip to the World Series. important. made me a better person over- out,” says Sell. For outdoor all—mentally, physically, and sports, overcast and cloudy pod helps stabilize your shots. As As MSAAC president, Criscione is playing a key role ABOVE: A business man- days are best. “There are for editing, Sell suggests Adobe agement major, Criscione On his childhood sports hero: emotionally—and given me the this fall in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s is a member of Chi Alpha Derek Jeter. opportunity to grow. I’m grate- no harsh shadows, and you Lightroom. “It’s easy to use and Sigma, the national schol- I was a Yankees fan growing ful I’ve had the opportunity to can see the players’ faces can make an average photo great.” voter registration initiative. He talked about all of that ar-athlete society. Last —as told to Tony Marchetti spring he received the golf up, and I learned from my par- compete for a Division I pro- clearly.” and more with us recently. team’s Leadership Award. ents what a class act he was off gram.

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AA Q&AQ&A ONON THETHE CIVILCIVIL RIGHTSRIGHTS MOVEMENT,MOVEMENT, BLACKBLACK LIVESLIVES MATTER,MATTER, ANDAND THETHE ONGOINGONGOING FIGHTFIGHT FORFOR BLACKBLACK EQUALITY.EQUALITY.

INTERVIEW BY BREANNE MCCARTHY ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIMONE MARTIN-NEWBERRY

26 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 27 When George Floyd was How does the Black Lives Matter tion operationalized during the height killed on May 25, 2020, a movement compare to the civil rights of the civil rights movement in the movement of the 1950s and 1960s? 1960s and beyond. cascade of protests, rallies, and Rather than thinking of these recent conversations focused on topics Black Lives Matter protests as some- You mentioned Emmett Till, whose such as systemic racism, police thing distinct from the civil rights lynching in 1955 is often seen as the movement, I would argue they are part tipping point that mobilized civ- brutality, and Black equality of a historical continuum. Black op- il rights activists across the country. erupted across the nation, pression and responses to it are not new Sadly, as was the case with Till, there but rather a continuation of what histo- were many wrongful deaths of Black ricocheting around the globe rians call the struggle for Black equality. people prior to George Floyd’s. Why until it seemed as if the entire George Floyd is the Emmett Till of the do you think Floyd’s death became the world was reciting the names post-millennial generation. tipping point for the large-scale mobi- Historians’ thinking on the civil rights lization we see today? Wof those who will be forever movement has evolved. At first, schol- The death of children has always mo- connected to this historic moment ars such as Stephen B. Oates, David Gar- bilized the Black masses. In many re- in time: George Floyd, Breonna row, and Taylor Branch emphasized the spects, the civil rights movement was— figure of Martin Luther King Jr., and is—a woman’s movement. Mothers Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery ... the time period from the Montgomery such as Mamie Till, who wanted the Many likened the renewed bus boycott in 1955 and 1956 to King’s world to see her son’s mutilated body focus on the struggle for Black death in 1968, when writing about the in an open casket, have led the struggle movement. That standard chronolog- for Black equality for decades. George equality to the civil rights ical framing came to be known as the Floyd cried out for his mother in the movement and the tragedies “Montgomery to Memphis” narrative, video that went viral on social media, and it was, in part, defined by move- and women are once again at the fore- and tensions that sparked that ment participants such as King, who front of this current demand for Black earlier campaign for social wrote several books about the move- equality.5 Sybrina Fulton, the mother justice in the 1950s. ment while it was in progress. of Trayvon Martin, who was killed by Later historians challenged this ap- George Zimmerman in 2012, has be- But Assistant Professor of proach to understanding the civil rights come a major figure in the struggle for African American History Hettie movement. Harvard Sitkoff 1 suggested Black equality. So Trayvon Martin is as Williams, Ph.D., a scholar of the notion that the “struggle for black much the Emmett Till of this genera- equality” is a more accurate term to tion as George Floyd or Tamir Rice or race and ethnicity studies, says describe the ongoing demand for civ- Michael Brown. we shouldn’t think of the two il rights by African Americans. One of Floyd’s murder also took place amid 2 moments as separate but rather his counterparts, John Dittmer, em- a global pandemic, and African Ameri- phasized the role that local civil rights cans have been disproportionately im- as two parts of a continuum activists such as Amzie Moore, Fannie pacted by COVID-19. According to the that will persist until equality is Lou Hamer, and Medgar Evers played Centers for Disease Control and Pre- The struggle for Black equality has There have been attempts by Presi- files have shown that the government’s in the fight against Jim Crow in Mis- vention, Black or African American always been global. There was inter- dent Donald Trump and some in the COINTELPRO counterintelligence pro- achieved. sissippi, as opposed to national lead- people are dying at 2.4 times the rate national mobilization for Black equal- right-wing media to delegitimize gram7 was used against King and sever- We asked Professor Williams ers such as King. Charles Payne’s work 3 of white-identified persons in the U.S.6 ity in the early 20th century as exem- the current protests and movement. al Black civil rights leaders who were about how the movement has echoes Dittmer’s by promoting the con- Thus, African Americans are fight- plified in the Pan-African Congress Does their rhetoric in any way echo constantly surveilled and harassed. And cept of an “organizing tradition,” one ing the twin pandemics of racism and and the Pan-African Congress con- what was written or said about the now Black Lives Matter members are transformed over the past 60 that has always been a part of African COVID-19, and this has also shaped the ventions from 1900 to 1927. These civil rights movement in the 1960s? being tracked across the country by the years, how the events of this American life and society, involving current moment. conferences brought together Black Trump seems to resemble George FBI, according to documents obtained year—including the COVID-19 both middle-class and working-class Furthermore, television media, new leaders from all over the world con- Wallace, as many historians have noted. by The Intercept. So the similarities people, or “local people.” More recent- in the 1950s, helped to facilitate a mass cerned about European imperialism, Wallace was a segregationist and gover- are there. pandemic—have shaped its ly, historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall rede- movement that became the civil rights colonialism, and racism more gener- nor of Alabama who eventually ran for current form, and what needs fined the parameters of the civil rights movement. Today, new media and tech- ally. That said, the Garvey movement president. He was also a populist who What possible ramifications could 4 to be done to continue moving movement, declaring it to be a move- nologies such as handheld cellphone that flourished in the 1920s and 1930s claimed to represent the common man this year’s presidential election have ment that extends beyond the Mont- videos have been instrumental in mak- was an international movement. In and gained notoriety by standing in in helping or hindering the struggle toward achieving racial equality. gomery to Memphis narrative. ing possible this current struggle for fact, Marcus Garvey’s organization, the door of the University of Alabama, for Black equality in this country? Thus, many historians have come to Black equality. the Universal Negro Improvement which he sought to keep segregated. At American democracy is at risk. Those think of the civil rights movement as Association (UNIA), was the most that time, Martin Luther King Jr. was who support a democratic form of gov- a long struggle for Black equality, one It seems those technologies are successful Black association for civ- referred to by southerners as “Martin ernment in the U.S. must vote. Jason that began before the 1950s and is on- helping to amplify the message as il rights in world history, with an esti- Luther Coon”; he was not embraced Stanley, a Yale-based philosopher, has going. Black Lives Matter is a continua- well, as we’ve seen Black Lives Mat- mated 3 to 5 million members world- by the media or the public, as illustrat- written a book called How Fascism tion of that struggle. The organization’s ter protests taking place around the wide. The UNIA had chapters in the ed in a Gallup Poll of 1966 that showed Works, detailing the history of fascist founders make it clear on their website world in response to George Floyd’s U.S., Latin America, Europe, Africa, King had a 63% negative rating among ideologies and strategies. Fascism is a that they draw on the organizing tradi- death. and the Caribbean. the American public. Declassified FBI form of government in which one lead-

28 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 29 er or political party has power, with lit- tle or few individual rights for most— unless you are a member of the ruling party. It is also a political ideology that RESOURCES utilizes racialist thinking, misogyny, TO TRULY HELP THE CAUSE, ONE MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE. and attacks on the free press to consoli- We asked Professor Williams what resources she would recommend to anyone date power. It seems to me that the cur- looking to learn more about the history of the civil rights movement and the ongoing rent occupant of the White House is a struggle for Black equality. Here is what she recommended. crypto-fascist who is placing American democracy at risk every day. » Eyes on the Prize (PBS nationalism by placing » “The Long Civil Rights Are there specific changes that need documentary): women—including such Movement and the Po- to come about in the wake of this cur- This multipart film, com- pivotal figures as Amy litical Uses of the Past,” rent mobilization in order for histo- posed of archival footage Jacques Garvey, Amy Journal of American rians to look back on this period as a and interviews of some Ashwood Garvey, and History (2005) by Jac- true watershed moment in the con- of the most important Mittie Maude Lena quelyn Dowd Hall: tinuing struggle for Black equality? historical figures in the Gordon, co-architects of This pivotal journal article Social equality in education, hous- history of the struggle for the Garvey movement— by Jacquelyn Dowd ing, policing—one could go on and on. Black equality, is the de- at the center of the Hall chronologically Whites will be outnumbered in the finitive documentary on narrative. reconceptualizes the next generation, and much of the cur- the American civil rights civil rights movement as rent racial tension in the nation is movement. » At the Dark End of the a “long movement” that about white racial anxiety, or the fear Street: Black Women, has occurred beyond the of losing ground as a result of what so- » The Black Panthers: Rape, and Resistance—A parameters of the 1955 cial scientists have called the “brown- Vanguard of the Revolu- New History of the Civil to 1968 narrative. It is ing” of America. Change is coming in tion (PBS documentary): Rights Movement from essential reading for un- terms of the shifting social geography. This film documents the Rosa Parks to the Rise of derstanding the struggle In 2010, more than 50% of the children Black Panther Party and Black Power (Alfred A. for Black equality as a born in the U.S. were classified as non- its role in the larger strug- Knopf, 2010) by Danielle whole. white according to the U.S. Census. gle for Black equality L. McGuire: The increasingly multiethnic demog- and includes discussion Stunning and compel- » A More Beautiful raphy of the U.S. will require that cul- of the impact the Black ling, this groundbreak- and Terrible History: tural competency be essential in polic- Panthers had on the civil ing work defines the The Uses and Misuses ing, education, and every other sector rights movement. American civil rights of Civil Rights History of the U.S. This society will be majori- movement as a wom- (Beacon Press, 2018) ty non-white. » Set the World on Fire: an’s movement, tracing by Jeanne Theoharis: Black Nationalist Women the history of women’s Theoharis demon- What are some actions that white al- and the Global Struggle activism from the work strates how the popular lies and non-Black people of color can for Freedom (University of Rosa Parks, who histories or “fables” of take to help in the struggle for Black of Pennsylvania Press, investigated the sexual this event get used to equality? 2018) by Keisha N. Blain: assault of Black women denounce contemporary Be aware of your privilege, and under- In this award-winning in the 1940s for the protests and downplay stand what it means: The freedoms that text, Blain reconceptual- NAACP, through to the current movements for you may have are not easily enjoyed by izes the history of Black early 1970s. social justice. someone else. Have the ability to move beyond your own experience and listen. You don’t know what you have not lived. Avoid being judgmental as you listen. Ed- ucate yourself (see “Resources” sidebar, Stamped from the Beginning: The Defin- Census has indicated that the U.S. will right) on the issue, and learn about the itive History of Racist Ideas in America be roughly 46% white in about 20 years. problem. You should be willing to step by Ibram X. Kendi. For this class, I want This means that white-identified indi- into a supportive role and speak up—but students to recognize that racial slavery viduals must gain a greater awareness not for or over the person or group you has had a residual impact on U.S. histo- of the history of this nation, and the role have allied yourself with. ry, society, and culture, and this contin- that race has played in that history, in ues down to the present through sys- order to function as productive citizens How are you and your students dis- temic racism. in an increasingly globalized world— cussing and reflecting on what has It is impossible to understand U.S. his- one in which they will be numerically happened in the world since the death tory without a broad conversation about outnumbered. of George Floyd? race. Race and racism are central to the Students in my U.S. History I class this evolution of U.S. history. White privilege For a complete list of footnotes and citations, visit monmouth.edu/magazine. semester are reading chapters from is also a part of this history. The U.S.

30 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 31 HOW THE CHAT APP TURNED “MEGA-PLATFORM” HAS BECOME CHINA’S ULTIMATE TOOL FOR AUTHORITARIANISM AND CENSORSHIP. BY PETER W. LIU, PH.D., AND JUSTIN M. LIU ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUNG HOANG

earing the free flow of information on the internet, The following excerpt is adapted from the forthcoming book Democracy in Crisis the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has banned all around the World (see p. 35 for more on the book). It is printed here with permission. foreign internet services in China and built the Great All rights reserved by Lexington Books. Firewall to deny the Chinese people access to outside online sources. As a result, social media sites such Fas Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other services such as Google, Wikipedia, and Amazon are not available. In their place, China has developed its own domestic internet and affiliated services.

One such service is WeChat, a smart- ing doctor’s appointments, paying bills, phone app that boasts “over 1.1 billion communicating in the business world, users”.1 Released by the state-sponsored and even using government services.3 company Tencent in 2011, it started As its monopoly continues to expand, out as a simple messaging app. How- the app has become indispensable in ever, hand in hand with its popularity, Chinese citizens’ lives. Though it may WeChat quickly grew into a “mega-plat- sound like an exaggeration to someone form,” boasting a massive number of who has not used the app before, “leav- practical features.2 The list of uses in- ing WeChat means leaving [social] life cludes public social media, ordering in China,” not to mention missing out food delivery, Uber/Lyft-like function- on the convenience of all of its other ality, sending money to friends, mak- functions.4

32 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 33 Beyond its surface-level ease and ac- cessibility, however, is a darker side, a side strictly monitored and regulated Is democracy by the CCP: censorship. As cybersecu- rity journalist Patrick O’Neill detailed dying? in a 2019 MIT Technology Review arti- cle, Beijing heavily pressures Tencent A new faculty-authored to implement effective real-time cen- book examines the state sorship of not only text, but also imag- of democratic institutions es posted to WeChat users’ Moments (analogous to Facebook’s timeline) and around the world. even in group chats and one-on-one conversations. In particular, it is the so- THE NOTION THAT DEMOCRACIES cial dimension of WeChat that has al- are not only unsustainable but lowed technology to become a powerful inevitably self-destructive is not weapon in tightening censorship and necessarily new. state control in China. Around 380 B.C., the Greek philos- Censorship has had a long and unfor- opher Plato asked, “Does not tyranny tunate history in China. Two millen- spring from democracy?” A little more nia of emperors, wars, revolutions, and than two millennia later, John Adams, the bloodshed after Qin Shi Huang, Gener- former president and Founding Father, al Secretary Xi Jinping sits at the head observed, “There was never a democracy of the CCP. Under his leadership, both yet, that did not commit suicide.” traditional and newer internet media As its title might suggest, Democracy are being tightly regulated in order to in Crisis around the World (Lexington avoid “potential subversion of author- Books, 2020) starts from the vantage ity,” going as far as jailing dissenting point that many democratic institutions “journalists, bloggers, and activists.”5 have already reached a critical juncture. With the emergence of WeChat, the And the consensus reached by the one CCP has a new medium, with cooper- dozen Monmouth faculty members who ative developers, through which it can contributed to the book is that “unless maintain its stranglehold on the avail- democracy is defended with resolution ability of information. WeChat defines and nurtured with resilience, it will fall.” its mission as seeking to “improve the The book, due out this November, quality of life through internet val- examines how the rise of authoritar- ue-added services,” but in reality, its ian regimes and populist leaders has work is to “reflect the party’s will, safe- threatened freedom in key regions of guard the party’s authority, and safe- the world—sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern guard the party’s unity.”6,7 This is legal- and Western Europe, Latin America, ly echoed in WeChat’s privacy policy, the Middle East, and North Africa—as which offers no protection against gov- well as four major countries: India, ernment surveillance.8 ing it the only logical choice for prac- even been improved to recognize imag- tral government, WeChat played a China, Russia, and the U.S. A section WeChat’s model fits political theo- tical use.10 es, and any text that may be contained prominent role in keeping mainland analyzing the effects of COVID-19 on rist Langdon Winner’s outline of an “ This rise from service platform to in- in those pictures, using a self-reinforc- citizens out of the know. As a bit of freedoms around the world gives the authoritarian technology: It is “sys- frastructure has allowed WeChat to be- ing machine-learning approach to gen- background, Hong Kong holds a spe- work added relevance. tem centered” and “immensely power- WeChat scored come an easy one-stop shop for a large erate dynamic blacklists.12 cial classification different from the Each chapter was written or co-written by ful,” a technology that leads society to- dead last portion of the government’s censorship, Technology becomes hazardous when rest of China due to its previous sta- a Monmouth faculty member. Together, ward authoritarianism.9 This is made in Amnesty fulfilling its role as an authoritarian it becomes the driving force of society tus as a colony of the United Kingdom. their scholarly interests cover a broad evident by WeChat’s unprecedented technology. As the publishing platform due to people’s complete dependence It was returned to China in 1997 under range of disciplines: international rela- rise and the ways that it censors in- International’s of virtually all media outlets in China, on machines.13 The sticky nature of the principle of “one country, two sys- tions, area studies, American politics, formation. As mentioned, WeChat is ranking of as well as the newsfeed provider of most WeChat has not only enforced com- tems,” in which Hong Kong would en- history, criminal justice, and pedagogi- indispensable in today’s China. How- messaging citizens, information flow can be strict- plete dependence by enhancing its us- joy “a high degree of autonomy” for 50 cal analysis. Professor Saliba Sarsar ’78 15 ever, it has not become a backbone of app privacy, ly controlled with ease, effectively mak- ers’ addictive behaviors; it has taken years. However, in June 2019, just 22 and Interim Provost and Senior Vice Chinese lifestyle simply because of its ing WeChat a propaganda machine of the hazard one step further by creating years later, plans of an extradition from President for Academic Affairs Rekha usefulness; as long as it continues to achieving a the state. This is accomplished by Ten- an intimate and dangerous one-way Hong Kong to mainland China sparked Datta edited the tome and contributed align with the CCP’s values, it will re- grand total of cent’s censorship algorithms, ever-im- relationship with China’s central gov- protests in Hong Kong that have now chapters as well. ceive plenty of help from the govern- zero out of one proving due to stress from Beijing such ernment through its censorship tech- grown to encompass more general ar- Visit monmouth.edu/magazine for more ment. On top of granting subsidies to as monitoring by government agencies nologies.14 guments for democratic reform.16 Ear- information on Democracy in Crisis Tencent, Beijing has globally banned hundred points. in “special operations.” 11 Beyond sim- As a specific example, in the protests ly in the protests, CNBC concluded that around the World and how this collabora- or heavily handicapped virtually all of ply blacklisting words and phrases, the in which Hong Kong residents opposed searching for the Hong Kong demon- tive undertaking came together. WeChat’s foreign competitors, mak- ” real-time censorship technologies have the extradition law passed by the cen- strations on WeChat did not return any —Breanne McCarthy

34 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 35 relevant results, and that images of the “ rating the trustworthy from the disobe- protests sent in one-on-one conversa- Without dient. Just like a personal credit score, tions did not go through.17 one’s social credit score can fluctuate Not only has information availability resorting to depending on good behavior (e.g., pay- been limited, but WeChat has also been brute force ing bills on time) and bad behavior (e.g., the root of the spread of misinforma- that would smoking in a non-smoking zone), and tion. The Guardian’s Lily Kuo recently re- those with low scores may be placed on ported that on WeChat’s newsfeeds, prior attract the blacklists in all aspects of life.23 Tencent peaceful demonstrations were described attention of and WeChat’s role in this topic of unease as “riots,” protesters were portrayed as countries is its implementation of a system nick- “radicals” and “thugs” “lured by the evil named the “Deadbeat Map.” This dis- winds of foreign agents,” and the Unit- around the turbing application will display the full ed States was accused of being the “black world, China name, court case number, reason they hand” behind the protests. By painting has ensnared are deemed untrustworthy, and even radicals or other nations as the instigator, partial home addresses of anyone with the narrative in mainland China has been its people in low social credit scores within a user’s shifted toward a nationalist sentiment in a digital vice 500-meter radius, with a radar chang- which the protestors’ arguments are the grip, filtering ing colors as the density of “deadbeats” 24 minority, while the rest of Hong Kong’s and manipu- increases or decreases. This massive citizens just want to live their lives peace- infringement of personal privacy by fully under the CCP’s rule.18 As tensions lating this Western standards aims to enhance the continue to increase, Beijing can main- grasp as the repercussions of the social credit sys- tain its control over the rhetoric and keep CCP pleases. tem by shaming the “deadbeats” and en- its citizens in blissful ignorance by imple- couraging others to “treat those people mentation of their nearly omnipotent au- ” as subhuman,” effectively making Chi- thoritarian technology. nese society a “virtual prison.”25 With- Meanwhile, WeChat has also begun out the support of WeChat as a medi- its conquest of Tibet, a far-west region um, consequences of a low social credit in China. Ever since Dalai Lama’s failed score would obviously still be felt in cit- uprising against the People’s Republic izens’ daily lives, but not in the same di- of China in 1959, activists have main- mension as being publicly exposed and tained a government-in-exile, claim- shunned by everyone within 500 meters. ing that “Tibet is an independent state With its willingness to provide users’ in- under unlawful occupation.”19 Howev- formation, it is no surprise that Tencent’s er, as smartphone usage rises in the re- WeChat scored dead last in Amnesty In- gion, WeChat has invaded the lives of ternational’s ranking of messaging app over 70% of the Tibetan population.20 privacy, achieving a grand total of zero out As one would predict, the Dalai Lama’s of one hundred points.26 With the role of spiritual messages are heavily censored media under President Xi Jinping’s reign by Tencent and the CCP, and users with to be supporting “the party’s unilateral dissenting political viewpoints are cut rule, and nothing less,” WeChat has off from the internet by removing them demonstrated its commitment to this from the app, effectively silencing ac- philosophy from end to end, helping the tivism.21 Rates of restrictions, fines, and CCP move quickly from its role of specta- arrests doled out have also been in- tor to authority in today’s information creasing, with recent news stating that age.27 Without resorting to brute force Tibetans could face up to eight years of that would attract the attention of coun- prison time for sharing information on tries around the world, China has en- WeChat about politically sensitive cur- snared its people in a digital vice grip, fil- rent events like Hong Kong’s protests.22 tering and manipulating this grasp as the In this remote region over 1,500 miles CCP pleases. By downloading WeChat away from Beijing, previous insurrec- and clicking on the happy little icon, all tion has been crushed, and new infor- that the Chinese citizens wanted was mation is being censored easily through modern convenience. The price: whatev- WeChat and looming punishments. er limited social and political freedom One final striking example of WeChat’s they had left, engulfed by the abyss of one role as an extension of state control is of today’s most ambitious and successful in the introduction of China’s relatively authoritarian censors. new social credit system. This system is a For a complete list of footnotes and citations, way for the CCP to monitor, shame, and visit monmouth.edu/magazine. punish 1.4 billion Chinese citizens, sepa-

36 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 37 Class notes ALUMNI LIFE

“ we have some talented women who are currently THE CHANGEMAKER » Alumni making waves on the Through the years, that has in- cluded serving on the Alumni board. ... I Board of Directors and the Leon know there Hess Business School Adviso- First and are plenty ry Council. A recipient of a pri- vate scholarship as a student, of future Piscatelli, together with her foremost candidates husband, Drew, has also estab- JEANA PISCATELLI, THE FIRST WOMAN for this lished a scholarship to benefit TO BE ELECTED CHAIR OF MONMOUTH position. accounting, marketing, and real UNIVERSITY’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IS RIGHT estate majors. Everyone WHERE SHE WANTS TO BE: HELPING TO GUIDE Piscatelli, who was first elected to Monmouth’s Board of Trust- HER ALMA MATER TO NEW HEIGHTS. keeps saying, ees in 2010, has served on the BY KELLEY FREUND board’s Educational and Faculty ‘The first Affairs Committee and Finance eana (Hobbs) Piscatelli ’01, ’02M knows how female.’ But and Budget Committee and was I want to most recently vice chair. The important it is for young women to see someone significance of her appointment make sure Jlike themselves in leadership roles. And for her, as as the board’s first female chair isn’t lost on her. a Monmouth student, that person was the University’s I’m not the l a st. “I appreciate the responsibil- first female president, Rebecca Stafford. ity that comes with that,” she ” says. “But we have some talented Today, it’s Piscatelli who serves matter what type of business a women who are currently on the as a role model to the next gen- person is in—you always need fi- board, and I’m always impressed eration of female trailblazers on nancial support. And that’s the with all the students who I meet. campus. In July, she was elected best part of what I do: interact- I know there are plenty of future chair of Monmouth University’s ing with clients from all differ- candidates for this position. Ev- Board of Trustees, becoming ent industries.” eryone keeps saying, ‘The first the first woman in the Univer- After holding progressively re- female.’ But I want to make sure sity’s 87-year history to hold the sponsible positions at Wells Far- I’m not the last.” position. go and J.P. Morgan, Piscatelli For Piscatelli, her spare time A Monmouth County native, joined OceanFirst Bank in 2018. is all about family. When she Piscatelli says the University As director of treasury manage- and her husband aren’t driving was the perfect fit. The campus ment, she ensures the bank’s their son and daughter to prac- was beautiful, class sizes were commercial customers have ac- tice or cheering them on during just right, and the school was cess to online banking resourc- their games, the family likes to close to home. She earned a B.S. es and works to make those re- bike or hike, as well as spend in marketing and finance and sources as efficient as possible time skiing with extended fam- went on to earn her MBA from for clients. ily and friends at their vaca- the Leon Hess Business School. Through it all, Piscatelli has tion home in Utah. But no mat- Piscatelli began her career in continued giving back to the ter how busy she is, Monmouth the technology field before tran- University that helped launch will always be part of Piscatel- sitioning to banking. After join- her career. li’s life. ing Wells Fargo in 2004, she “I had such a great experience “The University is stuck with knew she had found her niche. here, and everyone gave me me,” says Piscatelli. “There will Things often felt ethereal work- such confidence and the abili- always be opportunities to give ing in the tech sector. “But mon- ty to be successful that I want- back, and it is very rewarding ey is tangible, and it’s extremely ed to give that back to other stu- OPPOSITE: Piscatelli first to remain involved and see the joined Monmouth’s Board important regardless of indus- dents in any way that I could,” of Trustees in 2010 and school continue to improve and try,” says Piscatelli. “It doesn’t she says. was elected chair in July. prosper.”

38 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 photo JOHN EMERSON Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 39 CLASS NOTES

man and principal owner of Front headquartered in Philadelphia, in nent Select Committee on Intelli- and Center Entertainment, which fall 2019. Judge Hillman also holds gence’s (HPSCI) investigative team 1990s produces the highly acclaimed law degrees from Seton Hall Law responsible for the investigation that television shows Front and Center School, earning a J.D. in 1985, and led to President Donald Trump’s im- » Overreacting: A Memoir of Anxious and Speakeasy seen on cable New York University School of peachment trial. Fallon, who retired Proportions by Lucie Dickenson ’90 and public television across the Law, earning a master of laws in from the FBI after over 25 years as was recently published by Inspired U.S. Gallagher is also chairman 1998. a public corruption/financial crimes Girl Books. The memoir covers the and lead investor in Novo Media subject matter expert, was hired by author’s battle with anxiety and Group, a Los Angeles-based » Edward Kivior ’81 has been the HPSCI in April 2019. search for healing, tracing how she television and film development appointed vice president and spent over $100,000 looking for and production company. He was commercial loan officer with » Karyn (Calabro) Cusanelli the “holy grail of healing” only to Alumni a past member of the Monmouth First Bank & Trust Company, a and were “come home to herself.” After ex- ’89 Nick Cusanelli ’89 Board of Visitors, and in 1987, he diversified financial services firm. joined by a handful of fellow periencing everything from trying was the youngest member ever Kivior has 30 years of banking Hawks to celebrate the wedding new, cutting-edge energy healing roundup elected to the Board of Trustees. experience, most recently with of their daughter Marissa (Cu- techniques to shutting down a LISTED BY GRADUATION YEAR In 1992, he received the Distin- First Community Bank where he sanelli) Purdy ’14 to Bill Purdy. department store to find her guished Alumni Award, and in served as commercial lender. He The wedding, held on April 26, family, Dickenson shares what it’s didate Program. He also flew with 2019, he rejoined the Monmouth is a former board member with 2019, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, truly like to have anxiety and how the Navy’s Flight Demonstration University Board of Trustees. Daily Planet, an organization that was attended by sister of the to embrace—not fix—who you are, 1960s Squadron, the Blue Angels. Cur- Gallagher currently resides in provides health services to pa- bride Gianna Cusanelli ’17, Chris while allowing yourself to change » Pat Ricci ’68 was inducted into rently, he is a managing partner at Charleston, South Carolina, with tients regardless of their ability to (Barreras) Feeney ’85, John Fee- and grow. the National Senior Softball Hall CRE Consultants, which advises his wife, Mary. pay, and a former board member ney ’87, Alanna McGlynn ’14, Rob of Fame (NSSHOF) during the clients on health care, office, retail, of the Risk Management Asso- Scott ’88, Aundrea Scott ’08M, » David Giannetto ’90 was pro- 2019 International Sports Sciences industrial, land, and property » Bob Koar ’77, ’79M, senior man- ciation, which promotes safety Teresa Heitsenrether ’15HN, moted to chief executive officer Association World Championships management. aging director of Sterling Bank, and sound risk principles to the Maria Cusanelli ’94, Mike Dunlap (CEO) of WorkWave. Headquar- held at the Glen Allen Sportsplex was named to ROI-NJ’s Influenc- financial services industry. Kivior ’88, Mike Farragher ’88, Michelle tered in Holmdel, New Jersey, in Richmond, Virginia. Throughout » Jim Strunk ’70. See note for Jim ers Power List 2020: Bankers. Koar and his family, including his wife (Cusack) Furey ’14, Alexandra WorkWave, which has consistent- his career, which has spanned Akers ’70. was recognized for his leadership, Ronda and three children, Claire (McMahon) Webb ’14, ’17M, ly been voted as one of the best 22 years, Ricci accumulated 17.5 which has helped Sterling to and twins Devyn and Caroline, Barbara (Miskoff) Farragher ’89, places to work in New Jersey, points towards the NSSHOF cri- » Monmouth honored Denis become a go-to bank for small and reside in Glen Allen, Virginia. Lori (Loschiavo) Dunlap ’90, and is a leader in cloud-based field teria, earning all-tournament and Gallagher ’76 with the 2020 family businesses in New Jersey. Arnold Laspina ’88. service and fleet management most valuable player selections Distinguished Business Leaders » Cynthia Guerreri ’83 has been in the world tournaments across Award at an annual dinner held in » Saliba Sarsar, Ph.D. ’78, a profes- appointed as the new director of the three major senior softball the Great Hall on Feb. 27, 2020. sor in Monmouth’s political science the social services department associations. Ricci, who has played Gallagher, an entrepreneur with department, recently had a new for the town of Enfield, Con- with some of the top teams in the more than 40 years of experience book, Peacebuilding in Israeli-Pal- necticut. Guerreri is the founder Northeast, currently plays with CC in the passenger transportation estinian Relations, published with and president of Essential Out- Medical Services New York 70M. industry, was founder, chairman, Peter Lang Publishing. Focusing on comes, a Tolland, Connecticut, and chief executive officer of peacebuilding, this book emphasiz- consulting firm that provides Student Transportation Inc. (STI), es how grassroots peacebuilding professional coaching, collective a leading school transportation efforts contribute to closing the impact planning, evaluation and company in North America. At gap between the Israeli and Pal- metrics, governance structure STI, he directed the strategic estinian national communities that design, and other resources for 1970s operations of the NASDAQ- have been in conflict for decades. nonprofits, community collabora- and Toronto Stock Exchange tives, school systems, and munici- » Jim Akers ’70 and Rita (Mahon) (TSX)-listed company while palities. She earned her master’s Akers ’70 celebrated their 50th leading and developing investor degree in social work from New wedding anniversary in January activities through capital raises York University. 2020. They were also reunited and explosive growth. Gallagh- with Jim’s fraternity brother and er currently serves on several 1980s » Robert Kuehl ’85 was appoint- Rita’s friend, Jim Strunk ’70, for private company boards and is ed as the first chief of police for the first time in 50 years. a highly sought-after business » The Honorable Noel L. Hillman the city of Raytown, Missouri; consultant. In addition to his ’81 graduated in May 2020 with a previously, the role was that of NOT TO MISS » Join fellow book lovers to discuss Nov. 17 » Raymond Sandelli ’70 was roles in the transportation sector, master of laws in judicial studies city marshal. Kuehl, a 34-year Clare Beams’ The Illness Lesson, a appointed to the Lee Board of he has built enterprises in the from Duke University School of veteran officer with the Kansas Virtual powerful exploration of women’s County Commissioners by Florida media entertainment industry Law in Durham, North Carolina. City, Missouri, police department, Tuesday and is the founder and chairman previously served as deputy chief bodies and minds, and the time- Governor Ron DeSantis. Sandelli Judge Hillman has served since Night Book completed eight years of military of Charliewood Entertainment, 2006 as the United States District for the department. honored tradition of doubting both. service as a naval officer and LLC, a production and investment Judge in the district of New Jersey Club aviator after finishing first in his company based in Charleston, and was elected as a member » Patrick Fallon ’87 was the senior Register for the virtual event at class in the Aviation Officer Can- South Carolina. He is also chair- of the American Law Institute, investigator on the House Perma- monmouth.edu/events.

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solutions for companies with a at Howell United Soccer Club ics Strike Force for one year, a mobile workforce. Giannetto has since 2016. He has also assisted fatal crash investigator, a Police nearly 20 years of experience as a boys staff coach for the New Explorer advisor, a training officer, leading and managing interna- Jersey Olympic Development a systems administrator for the tional organizations focused on Program since 2001. special needs ID program, and an the deployment and usage of organizer for the Autism Aware- enterprise-level technology in a » Stephan Henig ’95M has been ness fundraiser. After graduating wide range of service-oriented promoted to chief customer offi- from Our Lady of Good Counsel industries. Prior to his time work- cer at Wakefern Food Corp. Henig in Newark in 1991, Vargas enlisted ing as an executive for software has spent nearly three decades in the Army Reserves from 1991 to “Never companies, he was CEO of The at Wakefern, progressing through 1999, becoming a nuclear biologi- Telos Group and the practice various procurement roles as well cal chemical operations specialist. lead of the nationally respected as leadership positions in corpo- Prior to joining the Union Police waste a EPM consulting practice of J.H. rate merchandising and marketing. Department, Vargas was a domes- Cohn (CohnReznick). Earlier in his He most recently served as vice tic violence probation officer in career, he was a hands-on opera- president of digital commerce and Middlesex County from 2002 to day.” tional leader for Airborne Express analytics where he was respon- 2004. and an officer in the U.S. Army. He sible for e-commerce initiatives, MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE is the author of three books and app development, and analytics » Joe DeSilva ’97 is president of MVP BRYCE WASSERMAN is a nationally respected thought needs. He also oversaw the launch small business services, retirement IS ALL ABOUT MAKING THE leader, speaker, and columnist on of the company’s first automated services, and insurance services MOST OF THE MOMENT. how information and technology micro-fulfillment center and leads at ADP. In this role, he leads a can drive business performance. the popular ShopRite from Home team focused on helping ADP’s BY MARK GOLA Giannetto received his MBA from service. Henig, who served in the small business clients fulfill their Rutgers University. United States Army, earned his entrepreneurial dreams by provid- undergraduate degree from The ing them integrated solutions for on’t try to take anything away from Bryce Wasserman led Boston with 15 » Joe Rapolla ’90M, chair of College of New Jersey and now payroll, HR, and benefits. Before Wasserman ’18, ’19M. If you do, he’ll likely come goals in six games, as the Can- Monmouth’s Department of Music teaches strategy and marketing at this leadership role, DeSilva served nons defeated Denver 13–10 in and Theatre Arts, was honored as the school. as senior vice president of service Dback at you with a vengeance. the title match. He was named a guest speaker at the graduation and operations for ADP small busi- league MVP, propelling himself ceremony of his alma mater, Mater » Kenneth Long ’95M was chosen ness services, where he focused An ACL injury disrupted Was- Wasserman was determined to to MLL star status as an offen- Dei Prep, a college preparatory by the board of governors for on ensuring ADP’s small business serman’s lacrosse career at establish himself as a premier sive threat from behind the net. high school located in Middletown, Pennsylvania’s State System of clients received the best in service. Monmouth University, and he player entering the 2020 sea- Following the championship, New Jersey. Higher Education to be East Previously, he also led the retire- responded by becoming the all- son. He was drafted by the Den- Wasserman returned to Flori- Stroudsburg University’s (ESU) ment services business, success- time scoring leader in program ver Outlaws in 2018 but made his da to continue building his sec- » Julio Vacacela ’91 joined the interim president, effective July fully steering the business under a history. Major League Lacrosse pro debut later that year with the ond career as an attorney. He’s Monmouth women’s soccer 31. Long has served as ESU’s vice complex regulatory overhaul. He (MLL) suspended its season due Ohio Machine. The franchise re- attending law school at the Uni- coaching staff in August 2019, president of administration and fi- joined ADP in 2003, starting his ca- to COVID-19 before condensing located to his home state of Tex- versity of Miami, studying sports where he works primarily with nance since 2013 and has held sim- reer in benefits sales, and went on it into a nine-day sprint in An- as, where he played his first full and entertainment law. Was- the Monmouth goalkeepers. ilar positions at other schools in to assume leadership roles in sales, napolis, Maryland. So what did season in 2019, appearing in 16 serman also has an internship Vacacela was a goalkeeper for the Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor operations, and client services. Wasserman do? He led the Bos- games and tallying 35 goals. with the Orange Bowl Commit- men’s soccer team and a member of arts degree in math and political Throughout his career, DeSilva has ton Cannons to the champion- In February 2020, Wasser- tee and is revising sponsorship of the Hawks’ 1990 Northeast science from Drew University. been passionate about developing ship title while being named the man was traded to a Boston and vendor contracts for the Conference regular season and talent and creating engaged and league’s Most Valuable Player. team that was loaded with of- 2021 Capital One Orange Bowl tournament championship team. » Juan Vargas ’96 was promoted empowered teams. He is espe- When Wasserman is put into fensive talent. At first it seemed to ensure they adhere to the fluid Vacacela played semiprofessional to police sergeant with the Town- cially passionate about expanding a holding pattern, he returns to the biggest challenge would COVID-19 requirements. soccer in New York and New Jer- ship of Union Police Department, access to higher education among action like a Hawk seeking prey. be that there was only one ball A career in sports and enter- sey following his graduation and located in Union, New Jersey. Var- underserved groups. He currently “My dad always told me ‘never to be shared on the field. Then tainment law appears to be has coached a number of men’s gas was appointed to the Town- serves on the New York/New Jer- waste a day’—that your final day COVID-19 emerged, and the Wasserman’s future calling. and women’s soccer players in ship of Union Police Department sey Board of America Needs You, of playing will come; you just preseason was canceled. In the meantime, he’ll contin- various coaching roles. From 2001 in July 2004, where he was as- a nonprofit organization that fights don’t know when,” says Was- “I went home to Texas, and the ue wearing an MLL uniform through 2011, Vacacela coached at signed to the patrol division and for economic mobility of ambitious, serman, the first Monmouth la- quarantine led to more train- and competing in the sport he’s Match Fit Academy Football Club then staff services. He was award- first-generation college students by crosse player to be drafted in ing time,” says Wasserman. “I loved since middle school. Pre- and served as an assistant coach ed a Letter of Commendation and providing mentorship and career the MLL. “The ACL injury was trained with my brother (Casey, season 2021 is slated to begin working with goalkeepers for the Appreciation in 2017 for assis- development avenues. Prior to a wake-up call, and the situation who plays at Towson Universi- next April. Princeton University women’s tance with a medical emergency joining ADP, DeSilva worked in with the pandemic was a chal- ty) at our old high school. I knew “I’m in no rush to grow up,” soccer team from 2003 to 2014. on a pedestrian stop. Throughout benefits with Mellon HR Solutions. lenge. It seems like when things we’d only have a couple days of jokes Wasserman. “I want to Vacacela has also worked as a his career in Union, Vargas has He started his career with PwC in go wrong—when the sport is practice in Annapolis before ABOVE: Wasserman was play as long as I can. If I have to staff coach with the New Jersey held numerous assignments and its benefits outsourcing group. He a runner-up for the 2020 taken away—my work ethic and opening day, so arriving in peak Powell Offensive Player put my law career on hold, I will, Rush Soccer Club since 2014 positions including being on loan received his MBA from Seton Hall desire to get better intensifies.” condition was key.” of the Year award. because I want to play this out.” and as the director of coaching to the Union County Narcot- University.

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» Jennifer Lea (Ort) Reynolds 1 2 3 ’97 has authored her debut children’s picture book, The Cat CELEBRATIONS Who Loved the Moon (Sea- ENGAGEMENTS: coast Press). Endorsed by the 1. Alexandria Kostiuk ’07 is engaged to wed Daniel Villanova ’12. best-selling author of The Invis- ible String as well as a former 2. Marisa Dickinson ’16 is engaged to wed Ryan Valliere. NASA advisor, and previously 3. Marissa Marie Iradi ’16 is engaged to wed Rob Wendel ’16. featured on a New Hampshire Public Radio literary segment, it is heralded as a heartfelt must- WEDDINGS: read about finding comfort and hope during times of loss and 4. Karyn (Calabro) Cusanelli ’89 (front row, far right,) and Nick change. Released in February Cusanelli ’89 (back row, far left), were joined by a handful of Hawks to 2020, it is available through ma- jor online booksellers including celebrate the wedding of their daughter Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy ’14 Amazon.com, as well as select (center) to Bill Purdy. Several alumni attended the wedding including, 4 5 6 bookstores and libraries. (back row, from left) Chris (Barreras) Feeney ’85, John Feeney ’87, » Thomas Farrell ’98M, Alanna McGlynn ’14, Rob Scott ’88, Aundrea Scott ’08M, Teresa ’20Ed.D., is the new superin- tendent of the Brick Township Heitsenrether ’15HN, Maria Cusanelli ’94, Mike Dunlap ’88; (front row, School District. Farrell was from left) Mike Farragher ’88, Michelle (Cusack) Furey ’14, sister of previously the superintendent at Shore Regional High School in the bride Gianna Cusanelli ’17, Alexandra (McMahon) Webb ’14, ’17M, West Long Branch, New Jersey Barbara (Miskoff) Farragher ’89, Lori (Loschiavo) Dunlap ’90, and since April 2013. Farrell, who en- tered the field of education from Arnold Laspina ’88. the business world, was previ- 5. Scott Mark ’02 wed Michelle Faber on Aug. 3, 2019. ously executive vice president at Atlantic Lighting in Edison from 6. Alicia Barbieri ’08, ’11M and Brian Sforza ’08 (center) were joined by 1992 to 1999. In 1994 he began fellow Hawks (from left) Courtnay (Lazur) Kolodziejczyk ’07, Christine teaching business at Monsignor 7 8 9 10 Donovan (now Donovan Catholic Colaco ’07, Alison (Maloney) Martin ’07, Sharon Thompson ’74, and High School) located in Toms Jeff Kolodziejczyk ’05 at their wedding on Nov. 9, 2019. River, New Jersey. There, he was the Griffins’ head football coach 7. On March 2, 2019, Kelly Gahm ’08 and Blake Domaracki ’07 (center) and later served as assistant tied the knot in in Rome, Italy. In attendance were fellow Hawks, (from athletic director. In 2002 he left Donovan for New Egypt High left) Nicole Partica ’08, Marc Paliseno ’07, Lauren Dill ’08, Adam Dill School in the Plumsted School ’07, and Anthony Ruggiero ’07. District, where he taught busi- ness and coached the football 8. Kaitlyn Kanzler ’10 wed Niel DiSpigna on Nov. 8, 2019. team. He was an assistant princi- 9. Julie Miller ’11 wed Steve Scarano ’10 on Sept. 28, 2019. pal at the high school from 2005 wed Bill Purdy on April 26, 2019. to 2008, when he became the 10. Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy ’14 high school’s principal, a position he held until leaving in 2013 for 11 12 13 14 the Shore Regional superinten- BIRTHS: dent’s position. During the 2006- 11. Meghan Erin Gottshalk ’04, ’10M and John Gottshalk welcomed a 2007 school year, he was the Plumsted district’s director of daughter, Quinn Caroline Gottshalk, on Jan. 23, 2020. technology and communications. 12. Amy Friedrich ’05, ’07M and Todd Friedrich ’05, ’06M welcomed a He also served as an adjunct professor at Ocean County daughter, Annabelle Friedrich, on Dec. 9, 2019. College from 2004 to 2013. 13. Chelsea Lorentz ’12 and Juan Fernandez welcomed a son, Ian Farrell and his wife, Linda, who teaches kindergarten at Drum Fernandez, on Dec. 3, 2019. Point Elementary School, live 14. Jeffrey Carmichael ’13M and Laura Carmichael welcomed a son, in Toms River and have three children. Andrew Carmichael, on July 17, 2020.

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» Middlesex County Through Time including problems you may en- new children’s book series based 1 by Robert Gilinsky ’98 was recent- counter, how to fit in, and how to on the real-life adventures of her CELEBRATIONS ly published by Arcadia Publishing survive in your new environment, dog, Claude, published by Page as part of its America Through among other things. Publishing, Inc. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: Time series. The book highlights 1. Rita Akers ’70 (left) and Jim Akers ’70 the history of the New Jersey » Rosetta Johnson ’02, ’04M county, which is home to 175 public recently published Saved by (right) not only recently celebrated their 50th schools, five major hospitals, and Grace: Spiritual Poems, Poetry anniversary but also got to reunite with nearly a million people. & Short Stories. The collection includes “short and long stories” longtime friend Jim Strunk ’70 for the first 2000s » At the recent annual conference that reflect Johnson’s personal time in 50 years. of the New Jersey Association » Michael Ettore ’01M is the experiences, beliefs, events, 2. A group of fellow Hawks recently made a of School Business Officials new superintendent of the Little and hypotheticals, as well as her (NJASBO), Loretta Hill ’98M was Silver School District in Little spirituality. Since 1991, Johnson has visit to campus to celebrate their 50th reunion among four recipients statewide Silver, New Jersey. Ettore, who been president of United for the as friends after meeting at Monmouth in the to be presented with a 2019 was previously the superinten- Community, a nonprofit that aims fall of 1968. There to celebrate were (from left) Distinguished Service Award, dent and principal of the Mon- to address issues and improve the an honor that also included two mouth Beach School District in quality of life for residents living in Susan Tardugno Hart, Class of 1971; Joan $500 college scholarships in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, the southwest side of Asbury Park. Wagenseil Wright, Class of 1971; Pam Brown her name that were given to the earned a bachelor’s degree from For 10 years, she worked for the Hartung ’71; Bonnie Nelson Buckner ’71; 2 children of two of her colleagues Villanova University in Villanova, City of Asbury Park, New Jersey, at the Belmar School District. She Pennsylvania, and his elemen- as a program monitor and neigh- Nancy Law, Class of 1972; Barbara Darcy Perri has served as business adminis- tary teaching credentials from borhood preservation program ’72 (seated in front); and Susanne Carman trator for the Belmar, New Jersey, Kean University, in Union, New director where she wrote grants school district for 18 years. Hill Jersey. and worked with the New Jersey Abbiati ’72 (not pictured). is active with NJASBO and has Department of Community Affairs served on the organization’s ac- » Laura Jackson ’01 was named and the Department of Housing ACCOLADES: counting, education, and confer- chairman of the Young Men’s/ and Urban Development. She also ence committees, as well as its ad Women’s Real Estate Association created the city’s Energy Main- 3. David Giannetto ’90 was promoted to chief hoc website redesign committee. of New York. Jackson is a senior tenance Network, which assisted executive officer (CEO) of WorkWave. She became an officer with the managing director in the FTI Real people who couldn’t pay their util- 4. Joe DeSilva ’97 is president of small Monmouth County Association Estate Solutions practice and is ity bills between 2001 and 2008. of School Business Officials in based in Roseland, New Jersey, Prior to that she worked for Shad- business services, retirement services, and 2011, and she subsequently held and in New York. Jackson also ow Lawn Savings Bank in Long insurance services at ADP. the positions of secretary, vice currently serves as vice presi- Branch, New Jersey, as a property 5. Jennifer Lea (Ort) Reynolds ’97 has president, and president. She dent on the board of Rebuild- manager and as a latch key teach- received her bachelor’s degree ing Together NYC, a nonprofit ing instructor at the YMCA in As- authored her debut children’s picture book, from Georgian Court University in organization that promotes safe bury Park. Johnson attended the The Cat Who Loved the Moon. Lakewood, New Jersey. and healthy housing throughout Asbury Park Public School System, New York City. She also founded then later obtained two associate 6. Michael Lauer ’02, a communications 3 4 5 6 » Christie Pearce Rampone ’99, the She Builds initiative, which degrees from Brookdale Commu- leader with Johnson & Johnson, has joined ’05HN co-published Be All In: empowers prominent women in nity College in 1999. At Monmouth the nonprofit Public Relations Society of Raising Kids for Success in Sports real estate to give back to the she was a member of the Alpha and Life. Rampone, a decorat- communities they serve. Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor America’s (PRSA) New Jersey board. ed athlete who is a three-time Society. She also has a general law 7. Joseph Fritsche ’03 was recently awarded Olympic gold medalist, teamed up » Darrell Nick ’01 was promoted enforcement diploma from the Teacher of the Year at Howell High School, with sports neuropsychologist, Dr. to police sergeant with the Lacey National Correspondence School. Kristine Keane, to share the best Township Police Department in A 60-year-old single parent, located in Howell, New Jersey. practices that athletes, parents, Lacey Township, New Jersey. born and raised in Asbury Park, 8. Sean Grimes ’12 helped facilitate a bulk and coaches can use to turn the Sgt. Nick, who joined the police Johnson currently resides in the donation of hand sanitizer from his employer, 7 8 9 lessons learned through sports department in 2003 after having city with her 20-year-old daughter, into lifelong skills. attended the Burlington County Shadasia Rose. Global Essence Inc., to Monmouth University Police Academy, previously served to help support health and safety measures » Amy Yao ’99, ’01M recently in the patrol division where he » Michael Lauer ’02, a commu- published College 101: What to served for 17 years, including 11 nications leader with Johnson & as the University prepared to welcome Expect, a book that aims to give years spent as a field training Johnson, has joined the nonprofit students back to campus. college-bound students an idea officer. Public Relations Society of Amer- 9. Jacqueline Nicole DiPasquale ’15 was of what their time at college ica’s (PRSA) New Jersey board. might entail. The book includes » Donna Pinamonti ’01M recently Lauer will serve a three-year crowned Miss New Jersey International 2020 a checklist of what to pack and had her book, King Claude the term as chair of the organization’s on March 28, 2020. also covers various other topics Talking Dog, the first book in a awards and programming com-

46 MONMOUTH Fall 2020 Fall 2020 MONMOUTH 47 We are grateful for YOU! mittee. A seasoned communica- » Meghan Erin Gottshalk ’04, ’10M gaged to wed Daniel Villanova ’12 in tions professional with nearly two and John Gottshalk welcomed 2020. The couple, both com- decades of experience, Lauer is a daughter, Quinn Caroline munication majors and E-Board currently responsible for devel- Gottshalk, on Jan. 23, 2020. Quinn members of Hawk TV, initially met Whether you realize it or not, YOU make an impact by: oping and executing communica- joins her big brother, three-year- at Homecoming 2010 where Dan tion strategies for the Johnson old Brett. The family resides in was the current Hawk TV station & Johnson office of the chief Bernardsville, New Jersey. manager and again a few months medical officer. Prior to Johnson & later at Hawk TV’s 15th anniversa- Johnson, Lauer worked for several » Erik Hirschbein ’04 has been ry. However, it wasn’t until years leading communication agencies, promoted to chief financial officer later—at Monmouth’s Homecoming including Edelman and Mercer, to with Z Capital Group (ZCG), a 2017—when the sparks began to Allowing us to share and celebrate Mentoring our current students. support a diverse range of clients. leading private markets asset fly. In September 2019, Villanova He also led human resources com- manager. Hirschbein, who joined took Kostiuk back to where it all your achievements. munications for Cigna, a leading ZCG as managing director of fi- started just outside of Plangere U.S. health insurance provider. nance in 2019, was responsible for Center—the building that meant Early in his career Lauer was the all aspects of accounting and fi- so much to both of them—to pop public information officer for the nancial reporting for the firm and the question. The couple is looking U.S. Capitol Police Department. its managed funds. Prior to joining forward to a happy life together ZCG, he was a vice president of full of laughter and good times » Scott Mark ’02 wed Michelle global fund services-Americas with family and friends. Faber on Aug. 3, 2019, at the fund administration at BlackRock Barnegat Lighthouse, in Barnegat Alternative Investors. » Suzanne Moore ’07, ’09M be- Light, New Jersey, surrounded by came a permanent park guide with family and friends. » Artist Nick Bautista ’05 was the National Park Service (NPS) at recently signed and is now fully Independence National Historical Keep us updated at Register to be a mentor at » Thomas Edison State University represented by Agora Gallery Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. has named Melissa Maszczak ’02 located in Chelsea, New York City. She began with the NPS in 2010 monmouth.edu/stayconnected monmouth.edu/hawknetwork as a senior fellow and director of New paintings will be exhibited and was a seasonal park ranger the university’s new Center for this year at the W. 25th Street from 2014 to 2019 at Gateway Leadership and Governance. Her gallery in the heart of New York’s National Recreation Area in Sandy positions prior to moving to the prestigious art scene. Hook, New Jersey. She is also center were executive assistant currently an adjunct professor of to the president and secretary » Amy Friedrich ’05, ’07M and history at Brookdale Community Keeping the #HawkFamily together at Increasing our rankings in publications to the board of trustees. As a Todd Friedrich ’05, ’06M wel- College in Lincroft, New Jersey. our in-person and virtual events. such as U.S. News & World Report, which Hawk, she was involved with The comed a daughter, Annabelle Monmouth Review literary maga- Friedrich, on Dec. 9, 2019. » Marc Paliseno ’07. See note for increases the value of your degree. zine and later wrote for the Red Kelly Gahm ’08. Bank Review literary magazine as » Todd Friedrich ’05, ’06M. See well as the Coaster newspaper. note for Amy Friedrich ’05, ’07M. » Anthony Ruggiero ’07. See note Maszczak received her master’s for Kelly Gahm ’08. degree in liberal studies and » Justin Roach ’05, ’09M is industrial organizational psy- the new assistant principal » Alicia Barbieri ’08, ’11M wed chology at Thomas Edison State of Cranford High School in Brian Sforza ’08 in Alexandria, University. Cranford, New Jersey. Roach, Virginia, on Nov. 9, 2019. Several who began his career as a high alumni were in attendance, includ- » Lara Rinaldi ’02 was chosen school English teacher for the ing Alison (Maloney) Martin ’07, by students, parents, and staff Wall Township Public Schools Jeff Kolodziejczyk ’05, Sharon See what’s on tap at Make a gift at at Westfield High School as the and Manasquan Public School Thompson ’74, William MacDon- monmouth.edu/hawksathome monmouth.edu/give Parent-Teacher-Student Orga- District, was most recently the ald ’81, and Judy MacDonald ’82, nization Outstanding Teacher supervisor of instruction and as well as bridesmaids Christine of the Year. A teacher has been STEM for grades K-8 for the Colaco ’07 and Courtnay (Lazur) presented with this award annually Manasquan Public School Dis- Kolodziejczyk ’07. since 1988. The last time a special trict in Manasquan, New Jersey. education teacher was awarded » Lauren Dill ’08. See note for YOU make Monmouth strong. Thank you! with the Outstanding Teacher of » Adam Dill ’07. See note for Kelly Kelly Gahm ’08. the Year Award was 1995. Gahm ’08. » On March 2, 2019, Kelly Gahm » Joseph Fritsche ’03 was recently » Blake Domaracki ’07. See note ’08 and Blake Domaracki ’07 tied awarded Teacher of the Year at for Kelly Gahm ’08. the knot in an intimate ceremony ALUMNI Howell High School, located in in Rome, Italy. In attendance were Howell, New Jersey. » Alexandria Kostiuk ’07 is en- fellow alumni Nicole Partica ’08,

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Marc Paliseno ’07, Lauren Dill » Christian M.H. Lampe ’10. See in to support the fundraising effort ’08, Adam Dill ’07, and Anthony note for Heather Baginski ’12. that ran from June 1 to June 15. Ruggiero ’07. All proceeds from the sale of the WHAT IT’S LIKE » Firsthand accounts » Melissa Roach ’10. See note for custom-designed memorial coin, » Laura Kirkpatrick ’08M has Kaitlyn Kanzler ’10. conceived by Lieberman, were been named the executive direc- donated to the National EMS tor of Red Bank RiverCenter, the » Steve Scarano ’10. See note for Memorial Service, an organization In the Pits semiautonomous agency in Red Julie Miller ’11. dedicated to honoring those emer- A NASCAR JACK MAN DETAILS HIS Bank, New Jersey, that manages gency medical service personnel LIFE IN THE FAST LANE. the borough’s special improvement » Nicholas Sgroi ’10 is engaged to who have died in the line of duty. district. Prior to joining RiverCen- wed Danielle Ulloa. The couple BY PAT GRAY ’15, AS TOLD TO MARK GOLA ter in March 2018, Kirkpatrick met at Toastmasters International » Julie Miller ’11 and Steve Scara- held posts in Monmouth County Speech Contest in North Bruns- no ’10 met in Prof. Kevin Dooley’s government, where she directed wick, New Jersey, where they political theory class and became tourism interests and served as competed against one another in closer friends over the years as the media spokesperson. She the area division—the bride-to-be they both participated in Model earned her bachelor’s in urban won. One month later, the groom- UN and The Washington Center affairs and planning from Boston to-be traveled to support Ulloa internship program in 2010. The University. at the next level contest, and, couple, who settled in Washington, right after she gave her speech, DC, in 2012, were married on Sept. » Nicole Partica ’08. See note for he texted her from his seat, “Win 28, 2019. Kelly Gahm ’08. or lose, I am taking you out for ice cream.” The two enjoyed their » Danielle Orlandini ’11. See note » Brian Sforza ’08. See note for first scoop of ice cream together for Kaitlyn Kanzler ’10. Alicia Barbieri ’08, ’11M. as a couple at Magnifico’s Ice Cream in East Brunswick, New » Heather Baginski ’12 is engaged » Miles Vidreiro ’09 is a qual- Jersey, and have been together to marry Christian M.H. Lampe ity-control manager and a ever since. Several years later the ’10. The couple, who lives in St. board-certified behavior analyst couple moved to Milltown, New Petersburg, Florida, are planning with ACEing Autism in Houston, Jersey—just five minutes away to wed on Oct. 31, 2021, in Asbury Texas. ACEing Autism is a nonprof- from where they first met—and, Park, New Jersey. it that aims to connect children on Christmas morning in their » During my football career at there’s a pit stop area. Then we’ll need to attack the next stop. The with autism through unique tennis new home, Sgroi proposed. “I had » Shannon Desiere ’12. See note Monmouth, we spent hours each head to the weight room with our driver, crew chief, mechanics, and programs. Vidreiro began working Danielle go over to the tree to for Kaitlyn Kanzler ’10. week practicing, watching film, and strength coach. The rest of prep road crew—those guys worked with the nonprofit in 2013, bringing look for her gift,” he says. “When lifting weights preparing to com- week is similar: running practice their tails off all week and are the program to New York City she couldn’t find it, she turned » Monmouth University re- pete for 60 minutes on Saturday. I reps, doing strength training and depending on you to perform for the first time. Vidreiro is a around all flustered, and I was ceived a bulk donation of hand didn’t know it then, but I was also conditioning, and watching more your best. A car’s time in the pits board-certified behavior analyst on one knee asking her to marry sanitizer from Global Essence training for something even bigger: film. Any fraction of a second we can mean the difference between who earned his master’s degree me. She said yes, and the rest is Inc., thanks to the efforts of 12 seconds on Sunday. can shave off our time is critical. victory and 10th place. So we have from Columbia University in health history.” The couple plans to wed Sean Grimes ’12 who helped to to execute at the highest possible and behavioral studies of persons at Perona Farms in Sparta, New facilitate the donation. Grimes, » I’ve been a pit crew member » Saturday is a day to relax, eat level every time. with intellectual disabilities and Jersey, in May of 2021. who is the technical manager for Team Penske since 2015. well, and hydrate. It’s unbelievably autism. for quality assurance and regu- These days, I’m the jack man for hot down on the track—especially » I’m still amazed at how playing » Kaitlyn (Bernaski) Campanile latory affairs at Global Essence the No. 2 car, Brad Keselowski, in our fireproof suits—so we have football at Monmouth prepared ’11 recently opened her own Inc., headquartered in Hamilton in the NASCAR Cup Series. On to make sure we’re hydrated. me for a career that I didn’t even law practice, the Law Office Township, New Jersey, recently race day, the pit crew refuels know existed at the time. There’s a of Kaitlyn R. Campanile, LLC, worked to obtain FDA approval the car and changes the tires as » Early in the morning on race great book, The Compound Effect, located in Oakhurst, New Jersey, for Global Essence to tempo- quickly as possible. If we’re at the day, the pit crew and coaches by Darren Hardy, and I’m living 2010s which focuses on real estate rarily produce hand sanitizer top of our game, it takes us about board a 40-passenger private jet proof of one of his theories. He transactions, condominium and during the COVID-19 crisis, 12 seconds. As with football, to fly to that week’s location. Once says that you may not know what » Kaitlyn Kanzler ’10 wed Niel homeowner’s association (HOA) using >75% isopropyl alcohol as countless hours of preparation go there, we head straight to the you’re going to do three or five DiSpigna on Nov. 8, 2019. Their law, and business and corporate per World Health Organization into that. track to set up the pit box, review years from now, but if you work ceremony took place at Allaire matters. recommendations. In addition strategy with the crew chief, check really hard at whatever it is you State Park in Howell, New Jersey, to donating sanitizer to hospi- » On Mondays, we watch film equipment, and prep the tires. are doing, you’ll create opportu- and their reception took place » Alan Lieberman ’11M designed a tals, police departments, and from the previous race, dissecting nities for yourself that will shape at the Smithville Inn in Absecon, Memorial Coin Challenge to rec- other organizations in need, every movement we made during » , it’s all ABOVE: Gray worked your future. When the race starts his way up through New Jersey. Several alumni were ognize the dozens of emergency Global Essence Inc. donated pit stops to ascertain how we can about staying focused and having the ARCA, Truck, and in attendance, includingMelissa medical services (EMS) personnel 200 gallons to Monmouth to improve. If we’re struggling, we confidence in your ability. If you Xfinity series before » I love my job, I’m confident in spending the last Roach ’10 and Shannon Desiere who have died as a result of the support health and safety mea- might run a few reps in our indoor have a bad pit stop, you can’t let three years in the myself, and I can’t imagine doing ’12 as well as bridesmaid Danielle COVID-19 pandemic. A coalition of sures as the University plans facility in North Carolina, where it dictate the rest of the race. You Cup Series. anything else this fun. Orlandini ’11. national EMS organizations joined for a return to campus.

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MONMOUTH HANGOUTS A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AND THROUGH THE WEST END TO REVISIT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE COLLEGE HOT SPOTS.

e asked alumni to share memories of their The Windmill favorite college hangouts. Read more responses at Great onion rings and burgers! W monmouth.edu/magazine. —Kathleen Sullivan ’77 Ron’s West End Pub One of my favorites. It was always a great time sipping a pint while sitting on the rockers on the front porch. Brighton Bar —Matthew Chodosh ’97, ’00M Pre-punk days, it was the preferred Wednesday night hangout. —Ed Halper ’80

Club Spanky They may as well have called it “Club Monmouth” because most of the patrons were Monmouth students— especially on Friday and Saturday nights. —Michael Lodato ’82

Celtic Cottage Best jukebox and burgers on the beach! The InkwEll Don’t forget to add a side of cottage We’d always go for coffee after cheer- fries. —Laura (Embrey) MacDonald ’10 ing on Ronnie Kornegay and the rest of the great basketball team in Boylan Gym. —Gerri C. Popkin ’71A

Jack’s Goal Line Stand I participated in many poorly harmonized group renditions of Springsteen and U2 songs on karaoke nights. —Michael Conway ’09

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» Chelsea Lorentz ’12 and Juan International 2020 on March 28, State University College of Med- » Joseph Ruggiero ’17 is the new IN Memoriam Fernandez welcomed a son, Ian 2020, and also competed in the icine in Columbus, Ohio, during a producer and director in charge of SEND Fernandez, on Dec. 3, 2019. Miss International Pageant held virtual doctoral convocation cere- the production crew at Manhattan » ALUMNI Anton J. Massopust II ’76M (March 7, this past July and August in King- mony held on April 30, 2020. This College in Riverdale, New York. Adele Becker ’37 (Aug. 6, 2020) 2020) » Daniel Villanova ’12. See note for sport, Tennessee. The Miss/Ms./ marked Johnson’s graduation from Previously, Ruggiero was Mon- US Thomas B. Quigley ’76 (Jan. 5, 2020) Alexandria Kostiuk ’07. Mrs./Ms. Woman New Jersey medical school and her official mouth’s director of new media Doris H. Ditto ’42 (March 20, 2020) Michael Leotti ’78 (Dec. 28, 2019) International Pageant was set to promotion to the title of Dr. Taylor for the Metro Atlantic Athletic YOUR James H. Magill ’59 (Feb. 19, 2020) » Jeffrey Carmichael ’13M and take place on March 28, but due R. Johnson. She was awarded the Conference. Peter M. Delaney ’60 (Feb. 16, 2020) Marie F. Aania ’79M (April 9, 2020) Laura Carmichael welcomed a to COVID-19, the event became Ernest W. Johnson, M.D. Medical Nadine W. Jeffrey ’60 (Aug. 16, 2020) Nancy Ann Chen ’80 (May 30, 2020) NEWS Gomer D. Horne ’80M (July 28, 2020) son, Andrew Carmichael, on July virtual. The contestants were Student Award for outstanding » Vanessa Garces ’18 is engaged Beatrice J. Tracy ’60 (Dec. 31, 2019) 17, 2020. judged virtually, and the winners performance in physical medicine to wed Anthony McCue ’16. » Online: Elliott Weinberg ’60 (June 16, 2020) Nancy Taylor ’81 (June 20, 2020) were crowned in the safety of and rehabilitation. She began her The couple met at a fraternity monmouth.edu/ Larry R. Bush ’62 (Sept. 30, 2019) Paul J. Fillinich ’83M (Aug. 10, 2020) » is engaged their own homes by their family residency in physical medicine and party at Monmouth in 2016. They Rachel Popovitch ’13 ClassNotes Gloria M. Stamato ’84 (Jan. 14, 2020) to wed Alex Perlberg. members. DiPasquale’s platform rehabilitation at the Hospital of were together for four years and Robert J. Locher ’62 (April 26, 2013) Irene A. Petry ’85M (Feb. 10, 2020) “1 in 5: From Bullied to Healed,” the University of Pennsylvania in were engaged on McCue’s 26th » By email: William J. Moore ’62 (Dec. 22, 2019) » Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy ’14 spreads awareness about June 2020. birthday. Garces thought she was classnotes@ Marianne S. Zwanger ’62 (Feb. 29, Susan Luchenta ’86, ’92M, ’97M (former wed Bill Purdy on April 26, 2019, in bullying prevention. The name the one planning a surprise party, monmouth.edu 2020) adjunct professor) (Aug. 10, 2020) Spring Lake, New Jersey. Marissa refers to the fact that one in five » Marisa Dickinson ’16 is engaged but it turned out the surprise was David M. Breslin ’63 (Jan. 13, 2020) Andrew J. Rachlin ’87 (Nov. 25, 2013) is a pharmaceutical client account students report being bullied. to wed Ryan Valliere. The couple on her the entire time as McCue » By mail: Samuel C. Rozza ’64 (April 3, 2020) Janet Hartoin ’91 (July 27, 2020) manager at IQVIA, a multinational “This was my life for many years met at a Trenton Thunder baseball proposed in front of both of Class Notes, Meryl (Peterson) Bonney ’65 (April 20, Thaddeus Klepac ’91M (Aug. 20, 2020) company serving the fields of in school growing up,” says Di- game in April 2014. In May 2014, their families with Jersey Girl by Monmouth University 2019) Susan J. Antoon-Cousins ’94M (July health information technology Pasquale. “Through my platform, they started dating at the Island Bruce Springsteen playing in the Magazine, Florence Crawford ’65 (July 11, 2020) 31, 2020) and clinical research, and Bill I am using my experience as a Heights Boardwalk in Island background. 400 Cedar Ave., Alice F. Clark ’99 (June 5, 2020) is a financial advisor at Ventura bullying victim to help other Heights, New Jersey, and, five West Long Branch, Gale A. Holst ’65 (Dec. 14, 2019) Wealth Management, a full-service bullying victims cope with and years later, were engaged there. » Austin Skelton ’18 is currently NJ 07764-1898. Robin M. Millstein ’65 (April 25, 2020) John Nadel ’99M (Dec. 2, 2019) financial planning firm. They reside heal from the same pain that I The couple is planning to wed in pursuing a degree in law at Villa- William N. Moore ’65 (Dec. 25, 2019) Shoshana L. Hammerman ’02 (Jan. 19, in Brick, New Jersey. endured.” April 2021. nova University’s Charles Widger Sheldon Ronald Schwartz ’65 (July 2, 2020) School of Law. The summer after 2020) Pamela J. Branin ’03 (Jan. 31, 2020) » Jacqueline Nicole DiPasquale ’15 » Taylor R. Johnson ’15 received » Marissa Marie Iradi ’16 is his first year of law school, Skelton Charlotte Meaney ’67, ’74M (Jan. 20, Neil Haynes ’08 (June 7, 2020) was crowned Miss New Jersey her doctoral hoods from The Ohio engaged to wed Rob Wendel ’16. was a legal intern for the New Monmouth University encourages alumni to 2020) Megan C. Mazza ’08 (March 25, 2020) The couple’s love story began at Jersey Office of the Attorney Gen- share news regarding J. Gary Sammon ’67 (Aug. 2, 2020) Emily MacEwen ’13 (April 7, 2020) Monmouth in the Fall of 2014. eral, and this past spring semester, career changes, awards They were both members of he served as a judicial extern and honors, marriages, Eleanor B. Hamer ’68 (June 4, 2020) Bernadette Sabatini ’13M (February anniversaries, births, 2020) Greek life organizations and met under the Honorable Steven C. and other life events for Jeanne Mullaney ’68 (April 12, 2020) at a party through their respec- Tolliver in the Montgomery County inclusion in Class Notes. Andrew S. Battend ’69, ’95M (Nov. 10, Irena Hartell ‘15M, ’19DNP (April 12, All submissions are subject 2020) tive organizations. Fast-forward Court of Common Pleas. to editing for clarity and 2019) to Oct. 12, 2019, when they offi- length. We welcome sub- Joan Gleason ’69 (June 13, 2020) cially became engaged overlook- » Bryce Wasserman ’18, ’19M missions of high-resolution digital images for possible Rose V. Cammareri ’70 (Jan. 5, 2020) » FACULTY & STAFF ing New York City at View of the helped the Boston Cannons inclusion with your class Stephen M. Grasso ’70 (Jan. 23, 2020) Ron Frangipane (former associate pro- World and celebrated with their capture the 2020 Major League note; however, we reserve fessor of music) April 25, 2020 families at Ruth’s Chris Steak Lacrosse (MLL) Championship the right not to print sub- Craig F. Haese ’70 (Dec. 8, 2019) mitted photos due to space Edward Jankowski (professor emeritus House. “Aside from the night we at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Kathleen A. Merrigan ’70 (Jan. 25, limitations or issues with of art) April 30, 2020 first met, it was one of the most Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, image resolution. 2020) unforgettable nights of our life, in August. Boston defeated the In addition to the news Thomas C. Piacentino ’70 (July 16, Arie van Everdingen (associate profes- items sent by alumni, the sor emeritus of art and former chair which we will cherish forever,” Denver Outlaws 13-10 thanks in University receives press 2020) of the department of art) Marissa says. part to a 9-2 run that included a releases from businesses William Stanzione ’70 (June 22, 2016) and organizations an- June 3, 2020. goal and an assist by Wasserman. nouncing alumni achieve- Watson Stillwaggon ’70 (July 27, 2020) ments, and subscribes to Charles “Joe” Strickland (former em- » Anthony McCue ’16. See note The former Monmouth standout Joan N. Lyons Weber ’70 (Jan. 4, 2020) NOT TO MISS » Get together with other music for Vanessa Garces ’18. finished the abbreviated 2020 an online news clipping ployee) June 4, 2020 Dec. 8 service that provides news Jean Buonano ’71, ’84M (Dec. 12, 2019) enthusiasts to discuss Double season with a league-high 21 items about alumni. These Robert M. Tiedmann ’71 (April 18, 2020) Virtual » Kelly Parks ’16, ’18M recently points in six games as the Can- items are edited and » FRIENDS Fantasy, the fifth album by Beatles placed in the appropriate Charles Herbermann ’72 (Aug. 17, 2020) Tuesday joined the team at Ceros, a tech nons went 4-2 on the way to their class section. Monmouth Richard Bonney (friend) Feb. 27, 2018 legend John Lennon and Yoko Ono. startup located in New York City, second MLL title in franchise magazine staff members Richard W. McBride ’72 (Oct. 11, 2015) Night Raymond A. Bullus (former student) as their new sales enablement history. For his efforts, Wasser- try to verify the accuracy Judith Renzo ’72 (May 22, 2020) Register for the virtual event at of this information; April 15, 2020 Record manager. She is looking forward man was named the 2020 Major monmouth.edu/events. however, the University Edward J. Holden ’73 (Jan. 11, 2020) to growing the enablement side League Lacrosse most valuable cannot be responsible for Rory Hamill (former student) May 1, 2020 Club Gary M. Kaplan ’73 (Aug. 16, 2020) of the business for their organi- player. See p. 42 incorrect information con- Gordon N. Litwin (Urban Coast Insti- tained herein. If you would Spencer M. Fields ’74 (Dec. 10, 2019) zation. like us to correct any inac- tute Advisory Committee member) » Kim Bianchi ’19 is currently pur- curacies that have been James L. Moening ’74 (Jan. 11, 2020) April 5, 2020 printed, please contact the Bruce Hillman ’75 (Dec. 1, 2018) » Rob Wendel ’16. See note for suing a master’s degree in applied magazine at magazine@ Brittany Powell McGuinness (former Marissa Marie Iradi ’16. statistics at Villanova University. monmouth.edu. Judith E. Marshall ’75 (Feb. 25. 2017) student) June 13, 2020

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