In the Know – Issue 43

Plan Your Perfect Homecoming

University staff, faculty, students, alumni, family and friends will descend upon campus Saturday for one of the biggest Red Hawk celebrations of the year. Check the schedule and plan out how to spend your 2022 Homecoming.

Boards Approve ‘Innovative Partnership’

A year after Bloomfield College publicly announced it was seeking strategic partnerships, the boards of Bloomfield and Montclair officially approve the creation of “Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.”

Montclair Moves Up

The University’s reputation is growing, and the leading higher education rankings reflect that. The University recently rose in rankings from both U.S. News & World Report and Washington Monthly.

In the News

• News of our merger plans with Bloomfield College was covered by outlets including NJ.com, NJBIZ, ROI-NJ, News12, POLITICO, NJ Spotlight News and New Jersey Business Magazine. President Koppell was also featured by ROI-NJ in a separate story highlighting the merger.
• U.S. News & World Report ranked Montclair No. 1008 on its list of top 2000 universities in the world for academic research and reputation – up 159 spots from last year.
• Kaitlin Mulcahy (Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health) is quoted in this NJ Spotlight News article about infant mental health.
• Jessica Henry (Justice Studies) wrote a piece for The Conversation about how crime reform agendas factor into elections.
• Stephanie Silvera (Public Health) spoke to NJ Spotlight News about new COVID-19 variants that could drive a new surge in cases this fall.

Reminders

• Don’t miss the Cavani String Quartet appearing live at the Cali School of Music October 31 – November 6.
• Last call for Benefits Open Enrollment! Be sure to register for your 2023 medical and dental insurance by Monday, October 31.
• Don’t miss the regional debut of the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças performance of Fúria at the Alexander Kasser Theater November 3-6. For tickets and more information visit PEAK Performances.
• The Volunteer Center, in collaboration with the Red Cross, is hosting a fundraiser in support of Hurricane Ian relief through Monday, October 31.
• Keep doing Hawk Check! It’s one way we help keep campus healthy. The University’s health advisors have updated Hawk Check guidance to align with updated CDC guidelines.
• You can find the latest campus COVID-19 data, including case numbers, on the COVID-19 Dashboard.
• With Thanksgiving break and the winter closing approaching, Human Resources asks all employees to review the instructions for timekeeping.
• If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988, the new nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for free, confidential support, 24/7.

Kudos

• To the Sprague Library team for Montclair State University Digital Commons, the University’s institutional repository, passing an impressive milestone of over 400,000 downloads of the University’s scholarly content.
• To Qiana M. Watson (Human Resources) for appearing as the Guest Artist on October 20 at the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s “Light the Fuse” event featuring her paintings.
• To Enza Antenos (World Languages and Cultures), for being invited by the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario and the Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian-Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto to facilitate a conversation on “The Future of Italian-Canadian Communities: What Do Our Communities Look Like Today and Where Are They Headed?”
• To Helen Archontou ’91 (Social Work and Child Advocacy), for her work creating anti-sexual harassment tools and policies to be adopted within New Jersey’s political culture, including creating a workplace training video, co-authoring a law journal article and hosting a roundtable with the Center for American Women and Politics.
• To Olena Nesteruk (Family Science and Human Development) and Andrea Bello (University Communications and Marketing) for partnering on the International Pen Pal Project to send Montclair State University bags, T-shirts, pens and pencils to a Ukrainian partner school.

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