Caldwell College fans can now purchase Cougar gear at the Caldwell College Athletics Online Store, made available through DC Sports. A selection of t-shirts, sweatshirts, exercise gear and other apparel is offered, with new items becoming available on a seasonal basis. The Online Store was created by the Caldwell College Athletic Department and Strategic Marketing Affiliates Inc., which administers the Cougars' licensing program. Proceeds from the Online Store will go to Cougar Pride, the official booster club of Caldwell College Athletics.

"The Caldwell College Athletics Online Store will allow our fans, students, families and everyone in the college community an opportunity to show their school spirit while supporting our student-athletes," said Mark A. Corino, Executive Director of Athletics at Caldwell College. "This is another step in the development of Cougar Pride, which benefits our degree completion program as well as our athletic programs. We are working with DC Sports, who is the primary distributor of Cougar gear, to make the Online Store the best place to get the newest merchandise in an easy-to-use format."

To order Caldwell Athletics merchandise, go to www.stores.dc-sports.com and click on Caldwell College Athletics. Items listed on that page will be available for a limited time period that the store is "open," which appears in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Fans will have the option of having their purchases shipped for free to the Caldwell College Athletic Department, or they can pay shipping charges to have their purchases shipped to their homes. All orders will be shipped approximately three weeks after the end date or "store closing," which is currently listed as April 16. New items will be offered during each time period, reflecting current sport seasons as well as special events.

Proceeds from the Caldwell College Athletics Online Store will go to the Cougar Pride General Fund, which supports the degree completion program for student-athletes to finish their education after having completed their athletic eligibility. For more information on Cougar Pride click here.

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Zeth Bell and Nicole DeNichilo helped Laura Boss, editor of the poetry magazine Lips, send out rejection letters and update her archives. This process helped them learn why poems are selected or rejected for publication, as well as how to write a literary letter to submit with a poem.

Under the direction of poet Loren Kleinman, students Jacqueline Bain, Shante Thomas, Mary Kerwin, Ali Chohan, and Juliette Wilson learned principles of selecting and ordering poems within a collection and principles of selecting publishers.

Dymon Johnston, Ruba Sbeah, Grace Jackson, Ariella Ventura, James Quinn, Mary Kate McGrath, and Samantha Payerl hosted a reading for Diane Lockward at the West Caldwell Public Library on Saturday, April 10. Under Lockward’s direction, the students publicized the reading on poetry websites and attended the event, where they introduced the poet, sold copies of her book, and provided refreshments.

Roberta Chatson-Simons, Heather Halasz, Asia Bash-Gaffney, Dave Roberts, and Brian Birchier assisted poet Madeline Tiger with a variety of tasks, including selecting poems for her next collection, organizing files of poems, and updating her Facebook account.

“The aim of the service-learning option in my poetry course is to enable students to understand the role and value of poetry in contemporary society by witnessing first-hand the work of an accomplished local poet,” said Dr. Miller. “Ultimately, participating in service to a poet should foster the spirit of volunteerism for the arts.”

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The Caldwell College Women’s Basketball team joined Brownie Troop # 1204 and the Trustees of the Grover Cleveland Park to clean up the park on Saturday, April 10. Thanks to everyone’s hard work, the park is in great shape for the summer. The women’s basketball team also assisted in removing tree saplings within two feet of the brook wall to prevent future damage to the wall. The clean-up prepared the park for the Blossoms event which celebrated the bloom of the cherry trees along the brook. Volunteers were assisted by Essex County Park System employees, Gurpal and Kashmir Singh.

The members of the Women’s Basketball Team who took part in the clean-up are: Jeanette Anderson, Coach Linda Cimino, Lisa Federico, Gillian Felix, Abena George, Torey Jones, Kaitlyn Lambert, Kirsty Leedham, Chelsea Losculzo, Shantel McNeil, Margaret Mullen and Ebony Thomas.

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Community members, faculty, staff, students and friends attended a reception for the Mimi Duffy Maher: Wooded Landscapes exhibit in the Visceglia Gallery on Caldwell College's campus on March 28. An area artist and Essex Fells resident, Maher’s work in oils, watercolors and collages features her observations of nature. From a broad expanse of trees to the detail of a single branch, Maher distills the complexity of her subject's color dynamics into compelling representations of space and light. The exhibit was on display from March 22 through April 9. Pictured left to right: the college’s Executive Director of Human Resources and Strategic Planning, Sheila O’Rourke, Artist Mimi Duffy Maher and Caldwell College President Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D.

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The Caldwell College Media Relations Department along with the Communication Arts Department sponsored “Pitching to the Media 2010 Style” featuring top notch journalists and communications professionals. Moderated by Colette Liddy, the panelists were: Brian Thompson, New Jersey Reporter for WNBC 4 New York; Michael Cherenson, APR, Executive Vice President, Public Relations, Success Communications Group and Chair and CEO, Public Relations Society of America; Jim Driscoll, Vice President/News Director, WWOR-TV; Rick Everett, Editor, NJ Local News Service; Diane Lilli, Founder/Publisher of The Jersey Tomato Press and thejerseytomatopress.com; Jean Norton Torjussen, Editor, The Progress Newspaper; Sonia Rincon, Reporter and Anchor 1010 WINS. The panelists provided insight and advice on how to get traditional, social and new media coverage to an audience made up of professionals from non-profits, businesses and educational institutions.

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On Friday April 23rd at 10pm nearly 200 Caldwell College students showed up at the Student Center to jump on inflatables, watch a magician, participate in relay races, play ultimate musical chairs, create crafts, exercise in a Zumba class, play Minute to Win it games, eat lots of good food, and win fabulous prizes…..all in support of the kids fighting cancer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

This year marked the 4th year of the St. Jude “Up ‘til Dawn” program at Caldwell College. The event on Friday night was the Finale event, which is a culmination of a year of raising awareness and money for the kids at St. Jude. The “Up ‘til Dawn” program is led by an Executive Board of Caldwell College students who are dedicated and passionate about the cause and work tirelessly to plan amazing events all to support this extraordinary hospital. The Finale Event is an all night celebration of life typically running from 10pm-6am with the notion that “Cancer doesn’t sleep, so neither will we.”

$10,000 was raised this year, the 2009-2010 academic year. In four years, nearly $60,000 has been raised by the Caldwell College “Up ‘til Dawn” program. Caldwell College also received the St. Jude Advisor of the Year Award in 2008, outshining colleges from coast to coast. “Up ‘til Dawn” would not be so successful without the generous support of the students, faculty, staff and greater Caldwell community. Every year we receive an outpouring of support campus-wide and it is a true testament of all Caldwell College does for others! This July we hope to, once again, be able to send a Caldwell College student, along with an advisor, to the St. Jude Collegiate Leadership Seminar in Memphis, TN, home of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This is an outstanding opportunity for a student to learn first hand about this extraordinary hospital and the families involved. Past participants have been Abigail Troeder, Rebecca Naylor, Patricia Messick, and Barbara (Barbie) Vergel. All have expressed that the experience visiting the hospital and working with college students around the country was truly invaluable and life-changing!

For more information on how to get involved with next year’s “Up ‘til Dawn” at Caldwell College, please contact Colleen DeTroia at cdetroia@caldwell.edu or Abbe Benowitz at abenowitz@caldwell.edu. For more information about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, please visit www.stjude.org

It’s all for the kids!

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The Caldwell College Help Center, an after-hours counseling hotline available to students, faculty and staff, began operations on Monday, April 19. The hotline is answered by nine highly trained Psychology graduate students who offer mental health services to the College community after the Counseling Office closes at 5:00 p.m.

In addition to over-the-phone support, the peer-counselors are trained to refer callers to resources both on and off-campus. All of these paraprofessional services are free, anonymous, confidential, and non-judgmental.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for our counseling psychology graduate students to gain experience with telephone counseling and crisis response, as well as provide an invaluable service to the Caldwell community who will have an additional mental health resource in the evenings,” said Thomson Ling, Associate Professor of Psychology, who supervises and trains the peer-counselors.

The Help Center can be reached at (973) 618-3689. Spring 2010 hours are Monday-Thursday 4-10:00 p.m.

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At this year’s Founder’s Day Celebration, the following dedicated faculty and staff were honored for their service to Caldwell College:

Five years:
Albert B. Cardona
Marietta R. Finelli
Kathleen Porter
Joseph J. Posillico
Hayato Suzuki
Megan H. Van Dorn
Daniel P. Ward
Agata K. Wolfe

Ten Years:
Professor Madonna Adams
Professor William C. Barnhart
Irene DeBernardo
Sharon A. Dwyer
Professor Patricia Garruto
Louise Hoitsma
Professor Anatoly Kandel
Maureen McNish
Professor Carol Stroud
Professor Marie D. Wilson

Fifteen Years:
Professor Ann Marie Callahan
Etta Castelluccio
Professor Sook Choi
Colleen Detroia
Monica Duran
Gloria Friedman
Roseanna Gormley
Nancy McGarrity
John R. McIntyre
Margaret Russo
Denise Smith

Twenty Years:
Nancy Cummings
Professor James Flynn
Dean Johnson
Professor Sister Mary E. Juliano
Professor Tai-Wei J. Kao
Professor Lawrence Szycher

Twenty-Five Years:
Professor Jean I. Armstrong
Professor Judith Croce
Professor Sister Barbara C. Krug
Karen Mullin
Professor Edward J. Schons

Thirty Years:
Sister Mary J. Kearney
Professor Marie Mullaney
Sister Michel E. Rodgers

Forty-Five Years:
Professor Colette Lindroth

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Students from high schools throughout New Jersey came out to Caldwell College on March 20, 2010 to participate in the Fourth Annual Crime Scene Competition. Following a lecture on “Domestic Violence and Evidence-Based Prosecutions” by Debra Cannella, J.D. of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, student forensic teams were sent around campus to process staged crime scenes involving possible heavy metal poisonings. Students worked in the science labs analyzing liquids for possible traces of poison, deciding whether marijuana (simulated) was present at the crime scenes, lifting and analyzing fingerprints, and creating computerized composite sketches of potential perpetrators based on witness interviews. “Our crime scene competition is a wonderful opportunity for high school students to practice crime processing skills and lab techniques learned in their high school science and forensic classes,” said Dr. Rosann Bar, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Caldwell College. “It is an overwhelmingly popular event that is both fun and educational.” At the conclusion of their investigations, the teams had to determine whether each death was a murder or natural occurrence. Local law enforcement officers, including many Caldwell College alumni, judged the students’ work. They awarded top honors to Mount St. Dominic High School in Caldwell. Second place went to Cedar Grove High School, and Wayne Valley High School placed third. Honorable Mention honors went to West Essex High School, Saddle Brook High School, Red Bank Catholic High School, Union City High School, Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair, and Immaculate Conception High School in Lodi. The event was sponsored by Caldwell College’s Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice, which offers an Interdisciplinary Certificate

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Caldwell College Juniors Anish Ratna Kansakar (pictured left) and Kshitiz Bista were selected to attend this year’s Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) meeting at the University of Miami from April 16-18. The CGIU was launched by President Clinton in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. Over 1,000 college students attended the event, participated in brainstorming workshops, and made Commitments to Action, which are comprehensive, formal plans of action that address specific problems on their campuses, in their communities, or around the world.

Kshitiz said that his commitment for the meeting was focused on educational development in the outer circle of Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. His project was aimed at social transformation through education which included library construction, social awareness, and leadership development to end discrimination, that is present he says due to a caste system prevalent in the local area. Anish said the aim of his commitment to action is to reduce maternal and child mortality in rural villages of Nepal through the services provided by Mobile Health Clinic.

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If you are seeking to reduce tension and increase calmness, dial 973-618-3888. You will be connected to a soothing recording that is designed to help you feel more relaxed.

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The organization ECHO-- Eyes Closed, Hearts Open—held its 3rd Annual Walk for Tara on Sunday April 23 in Verona Park. Tara Carty is a resident student, who is blind and an amputee, and has been an honors student for years. She has also been on dialysis for many years. Tara faces all of her challenges with warmth, humor and kindness and she is an inspiration to others. Proceeds from the walk with help her with medical and colleges expenses.

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Graphic Imagery Inc. was a five-time winner in the Twenty-Fifth Annual Educational Advertising Awards. The competition is the largest educational advertising awards competition in the country. This year over 2000 entries were received from colleges and universities located in all fifty states. For their work with Caldwell College, Graphic Imagery was rewarded with two Silver Awards for the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Other awards for achievement were won for the Undergraduate Search Piece, Total Recruitment Package for the Center of Graduate & Continuing Studies, and the Caldwell.edu Homepage design

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Thomas Manning, a junior, was recognized as Student Worker of the Year at a luncheon in April. Manning, from North Wildwood, NJ, has worked in the campus ministry office for the past three years. A Management major his duties in his work study position have included: assisting with planning and promotion of campus ministry activities; helping with volunteer activities including the Midnight Runs for the homeless in New York City, tutoring inner city youngsters, collecting clothing for the poor, and managing the giving tree program at Christmas time. He is often a lector, Eucharistic minister or server at Mass. He oversees the campus ministry table at different student activities. He also ran the Food Drive in honor of the Caldwell College Presidential Inauguration in November 2009.

In nominating Manning, Sister Kathleen Tuite, O.P., Assistant to the President for Mission and Ministry wrote, “We can count on Tom, without exception, to get tasks completed, with quality and timeliness. He is a self-initiator and always arrives on time, with a positive attitude, and stays focused. Tom’s reliability exceeds our expectations and is a role model for other students to follow.” She said Tom also has taken the initiative to partner with the town of Caldwell around the issue of hunger. “Last year he spearheaded a food collection for the Caldwell Food Pantry. Tom has spent not just the allotted time needed to work with Campus Ministry but constantly puts in extra time.”

"Being recognized as the Student Worker of the Year is a great honor, and I would not change where I work. I have learned so much from everyone, which has helped me to become a better person," Manning said.

“What is most admirable about Tom is his can do attitude,” Tuite said.

The Student Worker of the Year competition is sponsored by NEASEA (Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators). Supervisors from across campus nominated students worthy of this award. 11 Caldwell College students were nominated. Manning’s nomination now goes on to the Northeast Regional Committee for judging in a broader competition.

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