Graduation Weekend at Caldwell College will culminate with the commencement
speech by former New York Jets Player Joe Klecko on Sunday, May 18, 2008
at 11:00 a.m. in the Newman Center on the College Campus.
Caldwell College President Sister Patrice Werner, O.P., Ph.D. will present
honorary degrees to Mr. Klecko and to Mr. Thomas Ferguson, former chairman
and CEO of CommonHealth USA, the world's leading healthcare communications
firm.
When Pope Benedict XVI spoke to presidents of Catholic universities and colleges
on Thursday April 17, Caldwell College President Sister Patrice Werner,
O.P., Ph.D. was one of the presidents in that special audience.
Caldwell College honored Deluxe Corporation and Ms. Marge Curley
'73 and her husband, Mr. Gary Ballerini of Verona, New Jersey with
its 2008 President's Award.
Caldwell College celebrated the professional accomplishments of three
of its alumni at the 23rd Veritas Awards Dinner on Friday
March 14, 2008. The Veritas Award is the highest honor
the College bestows on its alumnae/alumni for their professional excellence
in diverse fields.
The Caldwell College St. Jude Team culminated its year-long fundraising
with its "Up Til Dawn" event April 25 to April 26 from
10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The group took over the Student Center for
an all-night lock-in that celebrated the students' achievement and commitment
to children being treated for cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The Caldwell College group far surpassed their goal of $12,000.00 and
raised $20,178.00.
Caldwell College senior women's basketball players Phylicia Holmes (Roselle,
NJ/Roselle) and Dana Leary (Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata) were included
on the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference All-Academic Team
for the 2007-08 winter athletic season, the conference announced
today. This is the third time on the CACC All-Academic team for
both Holmes and Leary.
While some students left for sunny beaches on spring break, a group
of students from Caldwell College loaded up and headed to rural
eastern Kentucky to participate in WorkFest 2008, an alternative
spring break sponsored by Christian Appalachian Project (CAP).
Caldwell College Business student David Giles has been invited to accept
membership in the New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association
Honor Society. This Honor Society, established by the deans of the colleges
of business at two-year and four-year colleges within New Jersey, recognizes
the very highest academic achievement of undergraduate students pursuing
their studies in the field of business. Only the top 1% of students at
their respective collegiate institutions have been extended an invitation
to join this newly established Honor Society. Giles and his fellow classmates
will be honored in an induction ceremony at the New Jersey State House
in Trenton.
The Caldwell College Music Department received a $3,000.00 Local Arts Program
grant. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that
$142,339 in 2008 Local Arts Program Awards were presented to 48 local
community arts groups during a technical assistance workshop and awards
ceremony at Essex County Kip's Castle Park on Tuesday, March 25th. The
grants are funded through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and
the program is administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and
Historic Affairs. The Music Department will use the grant to fund a larger
orchestra to accompany the Garden State Opera production of Don Pasquale
next November 16.
Caldwell College and the Office of Human Concerns for the Archdiocese
of Newark hosted a lecture with Francis Bok, author of Escape
From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and
My Journey to Freedom in America on Wednesday April 23, 2008 at 7:30
p.m.
A special Founders Day Mass and celebration were held on Wednesday March 12,
the day the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Joseph this year.
Sister Barbara Krug spoke movingly of how Mother Joseph Dunn's influence
lives on today all throughout the world by those Caldwell College alumni
who live out the Catholic Dominican tradition in their lives. And she
spoke about how current faculty, staff and students still carry the vision
today in their daily work and studies.
Caldwell College Resident Director Assistant and Graduate student Kristin
Iannelli is committed to completing the Wyckoff Triathlon to benefit the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world's largest voluntary health organization
dedicated to funding blood cancer research and improving the quality of
life for patients and their families. The triathlon will include a one-half
mile swim, a 17-mile bike ride and a five-mile run.
The Student Development Center, the Women's Studies Program and Women's
Center hosted a number of events for Body Pride Week during the week of
February 25, which was National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. "We were
able to offer an exciting line-up of activities and we brought in some
wonderful, engaging speakers who were able to educate our students about
the ways in which males and females grapple with body image concerns,"
said Robin Davenport, Director of the Student Development Center. Davenport
said Psychology Professor Rita Wolpert's showing of the film, Killing
Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women, "highlighted the power of
the media in influencing the way we view our bodies."
Students in Caldwell College's anti-tobacco club REBEL U (Reaching Everyone
by Exposing Lies) demonstrated against tobacco related deaths by displaying
1200 pinwheels on campus Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday April 1, 2, 3.
The Caldwell club joined 11 other New Jersey college campuses to speak
out against tobacco companies and to raise awareness about tobacco related
deaths. "The 1200 pinwheels, represented the number of Americans who die
each day from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, " said Caldwell
College junior Katrina Procaccini, president of the Caldwell's REBEL U
club.
The Visceglia Gallery at Caldwell College recently recognized student artwork
from area high school students at the Teen Art Jam '08. The artwork, which
included still life, portraiture, assemblage, figure drawing, ceramics
and photography, was judged by a panel of professional artists. Prizes
included art supplies from Jerry's Art Outlet and six scholarship awards
of $1000.00, should the student choose to attend Caldwell College.
The Caldwell College Department of Theology/Philosophy sponsored a presentation
with Sister Patricia Daly, O.P. on The Mission (and Power)
of Money: Change the World Through Your Investments on Thursday,
March 13.
The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Caldwell College
sponsored its second annual CSI: Forensic Competition for high school
students on Saturday April 19. Simulated crime scenes including
potential kidnappings and drug abuse scenarios were set up throughout
the campus.
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May 2008
Volume 13 Issue 4
Academic Support Center
Carole Demas, Director of the Academic Support Center, gave a presentation
on the Caldwell College Gateway Summer Program at the College Reading
and Learning Association's "Showcase of Best Practices" at The College
of Saint Elizabeth on March 7. Eleven colleges participated in this
sharing of retention efforts.
The Academic Support Center has just installed a "Grammar Express"
resource center in the hallway of the Science Building Lower Level.
Students can take away any of the handouts that address such English
language topics as verb tense usage, subjunctive, modals, passive
voice, rejoinders, gerunds, embedded questions and many other issues
that confound and confuse both native and non-native speakers.
If you were out in the parking lot on March 18, chances are you might have
been convinced to buy a Mercedes-Benz automobile. Caldwell College Management
major Brandon Acikbaht acted as a Mercedes representative and presented
a sales pitch on the luxury automobile to the others in his class who
were posing as car buyers.
Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies
Dr. Lisa DiBisceglie served on a Middle States evaluation team from February 24 to February 27 that reviewed St. Joseph's College, which has campuses in Brooklyn and Patchogue, New York. Lisa has also been invited by Middle States to be an external reviewer for two additional 2008 Periodic Reviews.
It is not surprising to Communication Arts Professor John Yurko that his former
student Justin Cece is an editor for network news television productions.
Yurko remembers Cece as being very gifted in the edit room and a young
person with perseverance and drive. What probably is most surprising is
the fact that Cece was able to work on some historic network television
productions very early in his career. "I have been very lucky so far.
I've had a number of right place, right time moments in my life," Cece
said.
Education Department
Dr. Joanne Jasmine and Dr. Edith Ries presented at the New York
State Middle Schools Association Annual conference in Saratoga Springs,
NY. Their topic was entitled, "Multicultural Education Through Young
Adult Literature". Dr. Jasmine also presented at the Keystone State
Reading Association Annual conference in Hershey Park, PA. Her presentation
was entitled, "Primary Students Can Revise and Edit Effectively
through Peer Conferencing".
Music Department
Dr. Nan Childress Orchard, Asst. Professor in the Music Department performed at the Watchung Arts Center on Sunday, February 10. The all-Beethoven program featured three pianists from the area. Dr. Childress played Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 Pathetique and Six Bagatelles, op. 126.
Music Department Adjunct Gregg Wramage was one of 30 artists selected to receive a fellowship from the New Jersey Sate Council on the Arts. Wramage was picked among a pool of 350 artists.
Psychology Department
Dr. Ken Reeve (Psychology) presented a talk entitled "Understanding
Autism" to parents, teachers, and therapists at West Caldwell
Public Library as part of their Autism Awareness month lecture series.
The Caldwell College Department of Theology & Philosophy hosted its spring
meeting of the Gamma Chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa (TKE), the National
Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology, on Sunday April 13.
On March 13-15, Prof. Eric Manchester attended the joint conference
for the Wesleyan Theological and Philosophical societies, and the Society
of Pentecostal Studies, held at Duke University in Durham, NC. The theme
of the conference was Issues in Faith and Science. Eric chaired a session
for the Wesleyan Philosophical Society, and presented a paper for one
of the philosophy sections of the Society of Pentecostal Studies. His
paper was entitled "Constant Conjunction and the Critique of Miracles
in Hume: An Exercise in Inconsistency?"
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Performance evaluation season 2008 is already upon us. Links to the
calendar and forms were emailed to supervisors of exempt staff who
are now in the process of completing self-evaluations and setting
plans and priorities for fiscal 2009. New hires attended training
on April 4th. Supervisors are asked to remain mindful of the deadlines
published on the calendar as the process is more compressed now
than it had been in years past.
Supervisors of exempt staff attended a training update on April
9th. At this session, we reviewed the process and shared tips for
success in the use of the evaluation instrument as a coaching tool.
We also provided an update on the engagement of Sibson Consulting
to perform a comprehensive review of the compensation policy and
process for administrative staff. Meetings have already taken place
with HR and the Executive Administration and Sibson Consulting representatives.
HR has completed the initial data collection phase and the analysis
has begun. The project is expected to be completed in fall 2008
yielding professional recommendations for positive enhancements
and changes to Caldwell's current compensation and evaluation structure
for administrative staff.
Many thanks to the Admissions and Student Activities teams for
presenting "..a Day in the Life of" their respective departments.
Judging by the consistently enthusiastic attendance at these events,
employees are benefitting from the information presented while enjoying
a fun and entertaining luncheon with colleagues. HR plans a fourth
year of the Brown Bag Series for the 2008 -2009 academic year. If
your department has not yet presented, please give us a call to
schedule for the fall. If we don't hear from you, we know where
to find you!
FREE LUNCH!!! Delta Dental was on campus on April 16th for a dental
health lunch 'n learn. They provided a full lunch in the Student
Center gym and presented some good information and fun raffles and
giveaways. The event was attended by some thirty five employees.
Spring is in the air which means that bathing suit season is just
around the corner! HR wants to know who is interested in participating
in Weight Watchers at Work. If we have enough people, we can schedule
a weekly meeting on campus and shed a few pounds along with our
winter coats! Meetings are forty five minutes and would be scheduled
around the lunch hour. The standard program is twelve weeks for
$156 per person paid up front. Depending on the level of interest,
other options may be available. Please call ext. 3669 as soon as
possible if you are interested and for more information.
SAVE THE DATES! The next Supervisors Forum is scheduled for June
11th. Supervisors of exempt employees are invited to share information
and gain insights into effective interviewing skills and techniques
for a variety of situations.
Summer Survivors 2008 is scheduled for Wednesday, August 20th.
It's a busy time as we wind down the summer and gear up for a new
academic year, but plan accordingly and join us for an enjoyable
luncheon. The theme, as always, is top secret!
Keep sending those emails to KeepThePromise@Caldwell.edu. What
better way to let others know they are appreciated in their efforts
to serve our students? Following are some excerpts to demonstrate
the goodwill that is spread on campus through this team building
initiative:
"Many thanks for your help with our events. What started with
a simple request has evolved into your willing participation on
our set-up team! Thanks for being such a team player and such a
positive energy on campus."
"I would like to thank you for your assistance on such short notice.
I appreciate your quick response."
"Please send a thank you to let her know we could not have done
it without her. Her help and thoughtfulness was wonderful!"
"Thank you, thank you, thank you for responding to our emergency…and
with a beautiful smile on your face too!!"
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The Campus Newsletter of Caldwell College
Caldwell
College Presents President's Award to Deluxe Corporation and Marge
Curley '73 and Gary Ballerini
Caldwell College Recognizes Alumni for Professional Excellence
Over The Top: St. Jude Team Far Surpasses Goal 
Holmes, Leary Earn CACC Winter
All-Academic Team Honors
Caldwell College Students Repair Homes, Change Lives in Appalachia 
Author and Former Slave in the Sudan Speaks at Caldwell College 
Caldwell College Celebrates Founders Day 
Caldwell College Students Joined Other New Jersey Colleges In
Promoting Anti-Tobacco Message
Department Of Sociology And Criminal Justice Hosts Second Annual CSI Forensic
Competition
Business Department 
Theology and Philosophy Department