On Campus and in the News

At the Metropolitan Campus, a new video shows The Student Union: Living Room of the Campus.

Jon Corzine, former NJ governor and Goldman Sachs CEO, visited FDU’s Florham Campus in December 2015, speaking with business students on his successes and failures.

Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ, delivered the Commencement Address to 2600 FDU graduates and their families at the Izod Center in May, 2012. Booker had also visited FDU’s College at Florham twice before, making the case that “Whatever Affects One Directly, Affects All Indirectly” and previously addressing Current Leadership Challenges in Public Administration and Education.

Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker spoke on college affordability at the University on October 1, 2013.

In November 2014, technology pioneer and Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak visited the FDU Metropolitan Campus. Before hundreds of FDU students, faculty, and staff, he answered audience questions with wit and compelling insight.

FDU College at Florham’s contribution to March Madness 2014 was a perfect 33-0 season and NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship by the Devils. We have three short video highlight reels:

In March 2014 a panel of FDU alumni discussed The Value of a Liberal Arts Degree.

Metropolitan Campus Library is both an academic resource and a place to relax and unwind.

A new video provides an in-depth look at FDU’s innovative Freshman Intensive Studies (FIS) program.

“Remembering Michael Adams,” a ceremony honoring FDU’s sixth president, was held October 10, 2012 at Wilson Auditorium, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus.

Guests at the Ribbon Cutting for the FDU School of Pharmacy included Susan Adams, wife of the late President Adams; Richard Codey, former New Jersey governor and FDU alumnus; Patrick Zenner, FDU Board of Trustees Chairman; and Mila Jasey, N.J. Assemblywoman (D-27)

WAMFEST 2013

WAMFEST 2012

Among the richly eclectic events at FDU’s WAMFEST 2012: punk-rocker Kristin Hersh and poet Tom Sleigh joined WAMFEST artist-in-residence and visiting professor Wesley Stace for music and conversation; renowned dancer, choreographer, and director, Mark Morris, spoke about his career in opera and dance; poet Quincy Troupe and hip-hop Artist Talib Kweli found the common themes in their work; and South African Poet Laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile and celebrated Jimi Hendrix biographer and author, David Henderson, joined in conversation with FDU professor and author Jeffrey Reynard Allen.

Chip Kidd
The Fight for Home (A New Orleans Story)
Readin’ N Rhythm’s Move on Up Showcase
Poem Jazz
Jonathan Demme at Wamfest

WAMFEST 2011

WAMFEST Highlights: Fairleigh Dickinson University’s annual Words and Music Festival (WAMFEST) brings poets, songwriters and musicians to FDU’s College at Florham to discuss — and perform — their work. Also watch the WAMFEST profile that ran in NEA Arts.

President Adams and John Monninger were among the speakers at the groundbreaking for the Monninger Center for Learning and Research.

Monninger Center Construction

On October 11, 2012, FDU celebrated the Ribbon Cutting for the John and Joan Monninger Center for Learning and Research.

On November 16, 2011, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s WFDU (FM) hosted a panel discussion on the state of television news: How the American Public Develops a Worldview through the Consumption of Mainstream Media

New Jersey State Senator and former NJ Governor Richard Codey spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the College at Florham regarding his recent book, Me, Governor? Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics.