STUDENT NEWS

Four NJCU students -- seniors Kelly Cuenca (Union), Elias Jimenez (Jersey City), juniors Chazz Jogie (Jersey City) and Stephanie Herrera (Union City) -- placed first in the Art Directors Club of New Jersey (ADCNJ) Design Derby, an annual statewide competition that presents contestants with a real-life design challenge. The four winners are all art majors specializing in illustration, and were among 102 students from New Jersey colleges and universities competing.

 

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On Tuesday 17 November, the English Department is celebrating the launch of the latest issue of PATHs, the student journal of creative writing.  The festivities run from noon to 1:15 in the Gothic Lounge, 202 Hepburn Hall.

 

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Works produced by students in our Media Arts Department have been purchased by Ernst Klett Verlag Publishers, one of Germany's largest publishers.  As part of its advanced level scholastic materials, Klett is releasing a DVD of film material meant to help German students' audio-visual learning skills.  Associate Professor Joel Katz, Media Arts, and Media Arts Associate Director Jim Wallace worked as liaisons between the Department and Klett Publishers.  About a dozen NJCU students are being paid for the rights to have their films distributed by Klett.  The DVD and accompanying workbook, intended for 11th- and 12th-grade students, is scheduled for an early 2010 release date and distribution throughout Germany.

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NJCU's top student jazz combo, led by Professor Joffe, played live on WBGO—FM (the nation's largest jazz station) as part of a one-hour feature on "Jazz In the Classroom" during April 2009.

 

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Many of our Graduate Voice students performed a special concert at Ocean Grove, New Jersey in the Youth Temple on Saturday, September 12th at 3:00PM. The concert was a "warm up" concert prior to the Verdi Requiem extravaganza. They were asked to perform by Dr. Jason Tramm, conductor of the New Jersey State Opera.

 

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Rosa María Rama, a graduate student from the Department of Modern Languages, is a published author! Ms. Rama’s master’s thesis, Heritage Language Learners and Language Attitude, was published by VDM Verlag in April 2009.