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2009 BA graduates in mathematics with certification hired to teach mathematics beginning in the fall:

Stacy Augustine at Alexander Hamilton Preparatory High School in Elizabeth
Damian Vazquez at North Bergen High School
Toni Ann Palmisano at Secaucus Middle School
Maryann Uzdavines at Emerson Middle School in Union City

On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 12 Hudson area mathematics teachers were named Outstanding Math Teacher of the Year by the Hudson Area Math Alliance. Among those honored were the following NJCU alumni:

Ingrid Mancayo, math teacher at Union City High School North, BA/MA
Thomas Ruiz, math teacher at Edison, Union City, MA
Natasha Hosein, math teacher at Ferris High School, Jersey City, BA/MA
Sandra Rivera, math teacher at Dickinson High School, Jersey City, BA/MA
Marianne Kosakowski, math teacher at PS 16, Jersey City, BA/MA
Mary Sue Stevenson, math teacher at Robinson, Bayonne, BA
Zoila Correa, math teacher in West New York, BA

Also honored were 2009 NJCU BA graduates who majored in mathematics with their K-12 math certification (secondary) or middle-school math certification and graduated from a Hudson area public high school.

Aisha Ahmad (Dickinson High School)
Toni Ann Palmisano (Bayonne High School)
Damian Vazquez (Bayonne High School)
Aisha Ahmad ( Union City High School)
Kevin Ware ( Elmwood Park High School)

Music Education Graduates:

Milagros Gonzalez, BA in Music Education '09,has been appointed to the position of Vocal Music Teacher for two schools in Kearny: Garfield School K-6. and Franklin school K-8.
Clement Obichere, BA in Music Education '09, has been appointed Vocal Music Teacher K-8 at theAlexander Street Schooland the Alexander Street Annex in Newark.
Megan Sheridan, BA in Music Education '09, will be teaching General Music and heading the Newark Early Strings Program affiliated with the NJSO (New Jersey Symphony Orchestra) at Franklin School (K-4) in Newark, NJ.
Giancarlo Sari, MA in Music Education '08, recently appointed as Vocal/General Music Teacher PK-6 in Bayonne Public Schools.
Chris Colaneri, MA in Music Education '07,is the author of "Incorporating Total Percussion Into the Middle School Band Program" published by Verlag Publishing Company. The book has international distribution.
Thomas Mazur, MA in Music Education '04, recently appointed Supervisor of Fine, Practical and Performing Arts in the North Plainfield School District.