In the Know – Issue 51

Working to Be Hunger Free

As food insecurity among our community has risen to pre-pandemic levels, the University continues making strides in addressing this issue by making the Red Hawk Pantry more accessible in Blanton Hall and providing students with a new grocery-store shuttle. The Pantry, which now has additional days and hours of operation, is also open to staff and faculty, and proof of need is not required.

A Day of Giving Back

Montclair’s MLK Day of Service draws some 230 students, staff and alumni to volunteer on campus and within local communities.

Addressing Human Trafficking in New Jersey

Join the 2023 Legislative Breakfast on February 3 to learn about the latest anti-trafficking legislative trends in New Jersey and their impact on survivors.

In the News

• Stephanie Silvera (Public Health) is quoted in this Wired article about the Kraken COVID variant.
• Katrina Bulkley (Educational Leadership) is mentioned in this article published on nonprofit news site The 74 about the state of public charter schools; a January 11 panel session by the Brookings Institution on charter schools, in which Bulkley participated, is also discussed. Bulkley is also quoted in this Education Week article on charter school governance.
• A Leslie Wilson (History) quote in this 2020 NorthJersey.com article about Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 visit to Montclair High School resurfaced in a recent post on The Montclair Girl blog on the same topic.
• Jonathan Howell (Linguistics) wrote an opinion piece for NJ.com about information literacy and how AI tools can be taught in schools.
• Christopher Matthews (Anthropology) is quoted in this Montclair Local article about the Montclair History Center’s oral history project. The center has collaborated with Matthews and 15 of his students to conduct interviews for the project.

Reminders

• Need furniture in your classroom or office space? Have furniture you don’t need anymore? Whether you’re trying to get rid of an extra filing cabinet or need a new desk for your office, facilities can help through the new Surplus Furniture program. Make your request and learn more here.
• Want to learn how to teach New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ history with an intersectional focus? On January 31, the online event “Queering the Past: Teaching New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ History in K-12 Schools” will include an introduction to teaching New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ history, a discussion of best pedagogy and practice and mock lessons for elementary and secondary classrooms. Register here.
• The University’s Pre-Law Program and the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) are offering a Leadership, Professional and Mindset Conference with HNBA’s Su Futuro Leaders January 25 at University Hall. RSVP here.
• Caroline Garcia’s Dancing on Axes and Spears invites visitors to stretch their understanding of Filipino cultural traditions, community resilience and personal identity in the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, January 31 – April 21 at the George Segal Gallery.
• Case Studies 2: Justin Cloud – The Garden brings together new and recent sculptures of machine-like flora and fauna to reflect changes taking place across American industries including biotechnology, agriculture and large-scale manufacturing. Check it out January 31 – July 31 in the Kasser Theater Lobby.
• The Center for Cooperative Media in the School of Communication and Media is hosting a screening of the short documentary Black in the Newsroom on February 16.
• You can find the latest campus COVID-19 data, including case numbers, on the COVID-19 Dashboard.
• 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 Adam Rigg (Theatre and Dance) for appearing in a New York Times article on Race and Representation in Theatre Design.
• To Monica Taylor (Educational Foundations) and Emily J. Klein (Teaching and Learning) for their published work, Our Bodies Tell the Story: Using Feminist Research and Friendship to Reimagine Education and Our Lives, which asks (and answers) a number of critical questions that are key to improving our educational system.
• To Barbara H. Chasin (Sociology, Emerita) for having published the third edition of Inequality and Violence in the United States: Casualties of Capitalism.
• To Jeffery Strickland and Nancy Carnevale (History) for their National Endowment for the Humanities grant of nearly $150,000 in support of a three-year faculty study and student engagement program to strengthen and expand the University’s concentration in digital and public history.
• To Chad Brown (Development) for being highlighted in the Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers’ monthly newsletter. NACRO is a national organization that includes professionals from a variety of public and private institutions including the Ivy League.

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