<?xml version="1.0" ?> <rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Top Stories</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/widgets/RSS_collection.aspx?show=truetop</link><description>Top Stories</description><item><title>Luke Visconti, CEO of DiversityInc Media, Elected Chair of NJCU Foundation Board of Directors</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9740</link><description>Mr. Visconti, a nationally known advocate of diversity and equal opportunity, has been...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sixty-five NJCU Students Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9494</link><description>Kappa Delta Pi is dedicated to scholarship, fellowship, and excellence in education.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Casio America, Inc. Donates Three Keyboards to NJCU in Memory of Dominique Romeo</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9736</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Casio America, Inc. has donated three keyboards to New Jersey City University in memory of Dominique Romeo, the father of Rob Romeo ’85...&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:39:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Work by NJCU Art Students, Alumni on Exhibit at Five Corners Library in Jersey City through July 31</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9737</link><description>The NJCU exhibit features posters and logos designed by the NJCU students and alumni...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:43:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two NJCU Teams to Participate in 2013 Northeast Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9738</link><description>NJCU’s biology and mathematics team, which will focus on mathematic modeling and disease...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:47:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six New Members Elected to NJCU Foundation Board</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9410</link><description>Six new members have been elected to the Board of Directors of the New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:15:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Establishes School of Business with Four Departments: Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9495</link><description>New Jersey City University has announced the establishment of a School of Business...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU’S Educational Opportunity Fund Seeks Teachers for Summer Program to Be Held Mondays through Thursdays, July 8 – August 8</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9409</link><description>Instructors are needed in such areas as writing, reading, English as a second language, mathematics, and algebra.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:02:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Receives $34.6 Million from State to Expand, Renovate Science Facilities, Upgrade Technology Infrastructure</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9464</link><description>Funding for the projects will come from the Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:35:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Student Investment Management Team Wins First-Place in Growth Category  at RISE13 International Portfolio Competition</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9362</link><description>Representatives of NJCU’s 30-member SIM Group traveled to Dayton with Dr. Bernard McSherry...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:45:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Senior Receives Fulbright Award to Teach in Turkey</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9497</link><description>Ashley Leavitt of Jersey City, a senior majoring in English at New Jersey City University...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>East Orange Hospital Dedicates Hope Gardens in Honor of Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9336</link><description>Dozens of city and hospital officials and community members attended the dedication ceremony...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:59:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. John Melendez, NJCU VP for Student Affairs, Named American Council on Education Fellow</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9296</link><description>Dr. Melendez has served as vice president for student affairs at NJCU since 2007.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:23:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Alumnus George Karnoutsos Donates $440,000 towards Scholarships for Honors Program Freshmen</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9201</link><description>Dr. George Karnoutsos ’55, a professor emeritus of philosophy at New Jersey City University...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:25:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ninety-Three NJCU Students Inducted into National Society of Leadership and Success</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9270</link><description>Student members are mentored and provided with resources that help them to establish goals...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:42:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Pledges $100,000 to Establish Endowed Scholarship Fund for Mature Students at NJCU</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9206</link><description>This new Fund will award scholarships to full- or part-time students who have completed at least 60 undergraduate credits...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:45:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Launches ‘Build Your Dream™’ Student Competition for Best Original Business Concepts</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8844</link><description>&lt;p&gt;New Jersey City University has launched “Build Your Dream™,” a competition that will award prizes...&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:51:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Professor Deborah Bennett to Be Honored at Women's History Month Ceremony in Jersey City</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9245</link><description>Dr. Bennett is the author of &lt;em&gt;Randomness and Logic Made Easy: How to Know when Language Deceives You&lt;/em&gt;...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:52:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of Our Schools: Teachers Unions and Social Justice by NJCU Professor Lois Weiner Published by Haymarket Books</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9246</link><description>In the 240-page book, Dr. Weiner draws on research and her extensive experience as...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:57:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean De Fina named to PARCC</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8349</link><description>&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "&gt;NJ Department of
Education Names NJCU Dean Allan De Fina to Leadership Role in National
‘Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers’&lt;/span&gt;</description><author>Gary M. Gordon</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:44:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Students Earn Top Honors in NATS 2013 Festival of Singing</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9177</link><description>The NJCU students were among more than 200 competitors from the Eastern region of NATS...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:15:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Receives Gold New Jersey Smart Workplaces Award, Marking Fourth Consecutive Recognition in Annual Program</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=9136</link><description>The Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the implementation of programs that promote commuting alternatives for employees.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oxford University Press Publishes Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance by NJCU Professor Garvey</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8736</link><description>Dr. Garvey has been speaking on Writing with Scissors at universities, historical societies...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:28:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU First in State to Offer Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Technology Leadership; Program Enrolls First Class Next Summer</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8734</link><description>The Ed.D. Program is the first doctoral program to be offered by NJCU’s Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:36:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Jersey City: 24 Hours in Public Places' Produced by NJCU Media Arts Students to Premiere in Jersey City at The Beacon</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8537</link><description>The project grew out of a class created and taught last fall by Jane Steuerwald, an NJCU professor of media arts</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:55:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Now Official Educational Partner of National Park Service at Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8538</link><description>Through the agreement, NJCU will now officially continue to serve as the NPS’ community partner</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:57:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Education Professor Awarded Fulbright Specialists Program Grant; Dr. Weiner Is in Colombia Assisting Faculty, Graduate Students</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8485</link><description>Dr. Weiner was invited by Colombia’s largest public university to assist its education faculty</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:37:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Receives $9-Million Title V Grant from U.S. Department of Education to Boost Number of Hispanic Math, Science Graduates</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7528</link><description>The $9-million Title V award is the largest grant received to date by NJCU.</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two NJCU Education Programs Achieve National Accreditation from Teacher Education Accreditation Council</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8348</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The national Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) has accredited two major education programs of New Jersey City University’s Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education.&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Gary M. Gordon</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:21:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congressman Frank J. Guarini Contributes $1-Million Signature Gift to NJCU</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8274</link><description>Congressman Guarini’s gift will provide significant resources to NJCU...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Receives $50,000 Bequest to Establish Scholarship in Memory of Professor Janak Batra Chopra</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8317</link><description>&lt;p&gt;New Jersey City University has received a $50,000 gift to establish a scholarship in memory of Dr. Janak Batra Chopra, a mathematics professor at the University for nearly three decades who died in 1992. The bequest was made to the&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:26:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Receives Recognition Award in Governor's Occupational Safety and Health Awards Program</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=8113</link><description>This marks the eighth consecutive year in which NJCU has been honored in the annual program.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>90 NJCU Students Inducted into Campus Chapter of National Society for Leadership and Success</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7972</link><description>Established in 2006, the NJCU chapter has inducted 1,354 students; 665 of these students have been inducted into the National Society.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:33:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Book about N.Y.C's Downtown Art Scene in Late 1970s by NJCU Media Arts Professor Published by Palgrave Macmillan</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7714</link><description>The (Moving) Pictures Generation: The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown New York Art and Film by Dr. Vera Dika...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:01:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Book by NJCU Professor Explores Relationship between 25 Works of Horror Literature and Classic Films Adapted from Them</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7713</link><description>Prior to joining the NJCU faculty in 1999, Dr. Broderick worked for newspapers and wire services in the Midwest and New York City...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:59:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Logo, Poster Designed by NJCU Art Majors Selected for Use in Commemorative Materials for Statue of Liberty's 125th Anniversary</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7529</link><description>A logo designed by Joseph Domalewski of Wayne,</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Now Offering Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women's and Gender Studies</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7531</link><description>New Jersey City University has begun offering a bachelor of arts degree in women’s and gender studies.</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Tan Lin Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7534</link><description>Dr. Lin is one of only 14 recipients of the 2012 grants,</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Professor Elected President of International Reading Association</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7535</link><description>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "&gt;A member of the NJCU faculty since 1973, Dr. Lewis-Spector has served as chair of&lt;/span&gt;</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poetry Book by Dr. Tan Lin Receives Award from Association for Asian American Studies</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7536</link><description>Dr. Lin has served on the faculty at NJCU, where he teaches creative writing, since 2000.</description><author>Vivek Kavayah</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Juniors Present, Win Award at World's Largest Math Meeting</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7645</link><description>The NJCU students also received an Outstanding Presentation award during the meeting’s Undergraduate Student Poster Session.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:48:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Senior Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Korea for 2012-2013</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7651</link><description>Jennie David of Jersey City, a senior majoring in English and secondary education certification at New Jersey City University...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:29:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJCU Alumna Receives One of Public Education's Top Honors: The NEA Members Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7652</link><description>Ms. Kovach, who was “2010-11 New Jersey Teacher of the Year,” was nominated for the Award by the New Jersey NEA.</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:34:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Documentary, Panel Discussion Feature NJCU President, Alumni, and Faculty; both Part of Ceremony for NYC Exhibit</title><link>http://www.njcu.edu/Campus_News_Releases.aspx?id=7687</link><description>The ceremony will feature a screening of “We Are You Project,” a documentary directed by artist and filmmaker Duda Penteado...</description><author>Allison Thornton</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:12:16 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>