Inside FDU Newsletter on the web for faculty and staff blank at both FDU NJ campuses and worldwide
September/October 2014
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Academic Convocation 2014
Minna Proctor, creative writing (Flor), delivers keynote. Faculty members Paulette Laubsch, Kent Fairfield and Khyati Joshi honored.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/academic-convocation)

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Faculty/Staff
Update, In Memoriam, Welcome
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/faculty-staff)

College Happenings
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/happenings)

Spotlight
· Carol Brown Taylor
Staff Nurse, Student Health Services, Metropolitan Campus
· Robert Medaska, Jr.
Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Computer Science, Metropolitan Campus
· Ann Ordway
Instructor of Counseling Education, Florham Campus
· Andrew Roberts
Production Manager and Technical Director, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Florham Campus
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/spotlight)

This & That
Brief items of interest
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/this-and-that)

Photo Story
Governor Richard J. Codey Classroom Dedicated
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/photo1)

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Enrollment

Enrollment Up, New Class Profiled
Incoming freshman class of 1,339 hails from more than 27 U.S. states and territories along with 23 countries.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/enrollment)
Image: Speakers Clockwise from top left: David Gergen, David McCollough, Steve Wozniak and Olympia Snowe

New Jersey Speakers Series Begins
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to open series at New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/speakers-series)
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WAMFEST: ‘The Illuminated Word’ to Feature Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman
Series will bring successful artists of various genres to the Florham Campus October 15–17.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/wamfest)
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Facilities Update
Summer facilities work included upgrades, renovations and additions to the New Jersey campuses. Projects continue.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/facilities)
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Shakespeare Takes Center Stage
Much Ado About Nothing to be performed; annual Shakespeare Colloquium to focus on what can be learned from the “wrong” Shakespeare.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/shakespeare)

Faculty Status Report 2014–2015
Introducing new faculty and announcing promotions, tenure and sabbaticals.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/faculty-status)

Authors to Visit FDU
J. Courtney Sullivan to speak at Metropolitan Campus; Ulysses Grant Dietz to come to Florham Campus.
 (http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/authors-visit)

11 New Books from FDU Press
Topics include food and philosophy, the poetry of Martin Espada, Irish cultural nationalism, T.S. Eliot and philosophical spirituality.
(http://view2.fdu.edu/publications/inside-fdu-newsletter/2014-2015/september-october/fdu-press)