In the Know – Issue 58

University Police and Community Partners Conduct Emergency Response Drill

Campus was the scene of a realistic but fictional large-scale emergency response on Wednesday when University Police led an active shooter drill involving local first responders. The purpose of the drill was to test and ensure a coordinated emergency response plan with surrounding public safety departments.

Symposium Aims to Support Success of Black and Latinx Males

Hundreds of education leaders and students gathered for Montclair State University’s inaugural Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA) Symposium recently to address ways of improving educational outcomes for young Black and Latinx males.

Business Trips Add Perspective on Global Economy

With global experience a required part of the Feliciano School of Business’ MBA program, an international trip to Cape Town and Johannesburg was designed to give students on-the-ground experiences that go beyond what can be learned in the classroom.

In the News

• Glen Robert Gill (Classics and General Humanities) provided commentary for this USA Today story on separating “art” from the “artist” in pop culture.
• Douglas Larkin (Teaching and Learning) is quoted in this Education Week story on new research that shows providing science teachers with a strong professional community within schools may be the best retention method.
• Eric Weiner (Educational Foundations) wrote a letter to The New Yorker that was published in the March 13, 2023, issue, in response to an article about imposter syndrome.
• Last week’s inaugural MEGA Symposium was featured by “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education” in this March 5 story.
• Ezra Rashkow (History) was interviewed by The Times of India on his new book, The Nature of Endangerment in India: Tigers, ‘Tribes’, Extermination & Conservation, 1818-2020.
• Christopher Matthews (Anthropology) is highlighted in this Gothamist/WNYC story, which features his research to uncover the history of a Cedar Grove cemetery and honor the enslaved persons believed to be buried there.
• Daniel Geltrude (Accounting and Finance) appeared on Fox Business to discuss how millennials are racking up debt.
• Jason Williams (Justice Studies) spoke with NJ Spotlight/NJTV News about whether police should respond to mental health emergencies in the wake of the Najee Seabrooks shooting in Paterson last week.
• Stephanie Silvera (Public Health) is quoted in this Jersey’s Best magazine story on how COVID-19 is evolving and how we can stay safe.
• Ali Boak (Global Center on Human Trafficking) was quoted in a story for Factcheck.org, a project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center, about false claims made in an Instagram post stating that Donald Trump was the first U.S. president to acknowledge sex trafficking in the country.

Reminders

• Wade Crowfoot, the Secretary of Natural Resources of California, will be speaking on March 14 at 2:30 p.m. as part of The Pollack Speaker Series on International Security and Diplomacy organized by the Department of Political Science and Law. Register for the webinar here.
• Registration is open for Innovative Design for Effective Assessments (IDEA), a three-week online, asynchronous course intended to provide faculty with innovative assessment strategies to improve student learning outcomes in online, hybrid or in-person classes. The spring 2023 cohort will start on March 13 and end on April 2. For more information and to register, click here.
• Registration is open for spring 2023 Institutional Review Board (IRB) virtual workshops hosted by the Office of Research Compliance. Available workshops include: IRB Basics and Introduction to Cayuse (March 15) and Navigating Cayuse and submitting proposals (April 13). Click here to register.
• 25Live, which enables the University to optimize the use of classrooms, meeting rooms and other spaces available on campus, will soon be used as the University calendar on montclair.edu. Click here to register for online or in-person training.
• You now have access to print and download your 2022 W-2 form in Workday.
• 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 Thomas Herold, (World Languages and Cultures), on the publication of his new book, Heimat and Migration: Reimagining the Regional and the Global in the Twenty-First Century (De Gruyter, 2023).
• To Monica Taylor and Helenrose Fives (Educational Foundations) for their election to leadership roles for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Fives is now vice president-elect for Division C (Learning and Instruction) and Taylor is chair-elect for the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices Special Interest Group.
• To Peter Flynn (Theatre and Dance) for directing the world premiere of the new musical Calling Us Home in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the first American director to create a new musical in South Africa. The show is slated to tour Europe in the fall of 2023.
• To Ruth Borgenicht (Art and Design) for receiving the craft fellowship and Wendy Letven (Art and Design) for receiving the sculpture fellowship from the The New Jersey State Arts Council.
• To Marc Favata (Physics and Astronomy) on his Space Talk at Liberty Science Center on March 2 where he discussed “Cosmic Clues from Gravitational Waves.”

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