William Paterson University

Welcome to efocus — news & events for October 2006
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University Unveils Ad Campaign

A new advertising campaign designed to support student recruitment and increase institutional awareness has been launched by the University. The University worked with The Sawtooth Group, a Woodbridge-based agency, to develop and implement the campaign, which highlights William Paterson’s commitment to support for students in both academics and student life. The campaign includes a component that features graduate education. The new tag line is “Learning for Life.”

The campaign can be seen this fall, and then again in mid-winter, and will be in a range of outlets that include billboards in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties; bus advertisements in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex, and Middlesex counties; newspaper ads; and in selected locations on the Web.

One of the new print advertisements

Noted Author Doris Kearns Goodwin to Speak at William Paterson University as Part of Distinguished Lecturer Series

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin, a world- renowned historian, and a Pulitzer
Prize-winning author, will speak as part of William Paterson University’s Distinguished Lecturer series on November 17.

Pioneer Society Holds Annual Gathering

Kathleen (McMullen) Pulis ’43 looks on as student Morgan Metzger presents flowers to Hilda (Fox) Mann ‘36

The annual gathering of the Pioneer Society — those alumni who graduated from the University at least 50 years ago — took place during Homecoming festivities on October 7. More than 70 members were in attendance at the breakfast, which was held at The Brownstone House in Paterson. President Arnold Speert addressed the group, and welcomed the Class of 1956 as the newest members. The oldest alumna present was Edith (Scibetta) Salva of Leonia, a 1931 graduate of the New Jersey State Normal School at Paterson, as the University was then known.
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Reception Held to Recognize Landmark Gift from Bolger Foundation to Support Lab Suites for Nursing

David Bolger, third from left with nursing students (front row, left to right): Diana Patriarca and Rebecca Zagatta; (back row, left to right): Marcello Marin, RN, Darlene Russamano, RN, Elizabeth Ganzhorn, Stennisloy Brimm, Nicole Morin, and Christie Norman

In recognition of David Bolger’s $500,000 gift, through the Bolger Foundation of Ridgewood, N.J., to William Paterson University to support the creation of a patient simulation laboratory suite for nursing students in honor of his aunt, a reception was held in his honor on campus on September 25. A number of University nursing students were present to meet with Mr. Bolger and thank him for his generosity in funding construction of the high-tech lab, which will enhance the ability of nursing students to learn in a technologically advanced facility that reflects actual hospital and clinical environments. William Paterson’s facility will be unique in that it will include specialized communications infrastructure that monitors and records simulated clinical procedures for later analysis by students and faculty.

New Jersey Playwrights Competition Stages Readings For Three Finalists October 24, 25 And 26

William Paterson University in Wayne will present a series of staged readings featuring the original works of the three finalists in the University-sponsored Third Annual New Jersey Playwrights Competition. “End of the World Button” by S.W. Senek, “American Gator” by Christopher Budinich, and “Signs of Life” by Deborah Brevoort will be presented October 24, 25 and 26, respectively, in the Hunziker Black Box Theatre on campus.

William Paterson University to Sponsor Conference on Linguistic Differences

A conference for teachers that explores the issues of language for culturally and linguistically diverse children will be held at William Paterson University on October 28.

Jazz Room Series Presents Concerts

Derek Smith, one of the world’s most recorded commercial/jazz pianists, will perform on Sunday, October 22, and baritone Kevin Mahogany, an acclaimed jazz vocalist, will perform on Sunday, October 29 at William Paterson University’s ongoing Jazz Room Series, one of the most prestigious university-sponsored jazz events in the country.

News Notes

Anne Ciliberti, library director, has been appointed to the New Jersey Library Network Review Board. Ciliberti is one of eight librarians from across the state who were selected for the board, which will advise state librarian Norma E. Blake on collaborative projects and services offered through the library network.

Textile works by student artists are on view through October 19 in the Power Art Gallery. The exhibit, curated by Nisha Drinkard, art, is titled “Permanent Marks: Transforming Cloth into Art and Design.”
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William Paterson University to Induct Five into Athletic Hall of Fame on November 13

Meghan (Renna) Fox ’01, women’s basketball and soccer; Delvin Horsford ’98, men’s soccer; Wendy Kane-Schlesinger ’02, women’s basketball; Diane Naugle ’02, softball; and Robert Slomkowski ’99, baseball, will be inducted into the William Paterson University Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame on Monday, November 13, 2006, at the Madison Hotel in Morristown. Their selections to the Hall of Fame bring the total number of inductees to 122. Read more


	Wendy Kane-Schlesinger		Diane Naugle		Delvin Horsford		Meghan (Renna) Fox		Robert Slomkowski

Pioneers Honored with NJAC Player of the Week Awards

Four William Paterson student-athletes have been selected as New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Players of the Week this fall.

Freshman quarterback Bryan Petite (Center Reach, N.Y./Newfield) was named the NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week Oct. 15 and junior goalkeeper David Casper (Franklin, N.J./Timothy Christian) was named the NJAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 16. Sophomore Amanda Kurdyla (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls)was named the NJAC Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 9 and freshman Chelsea Winkelspecht (Sicklerville, N.J./Washington Twp.) was selected as the NJAC Field Hockey Rookie of the Week Oct. 2.

Men’s Basketball Picked Ninth in National Preseason Poll, Martinez Named Second-Team All-American

Luis Martinez

The William Paterson men’s basketball team was ranked ninth in the Street & Smith’s Preseason Division III Top 10 Poll, and senior 6-5 forward Luis Martinez (Passaic, N.J./Clifton) was named to the group’s Preseason All-America Second Team.
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