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Executive Editor Stuart Goldstein, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement M a nag i n g E d i t o r Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations A lu m n i A s s o c i at i o n Douglas Hamilton ’75, President of the Alumni Executive Council; Janis B. Schwartz, Executive Director of Alumni Relations; Sharon Ryan, M.Ed. ’96, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations and Communications; Rodney Cauthen ’97, Alumni Associate; Gina Buffalino, Program Assistant; Mary Ann Cooper ’70, Contributing Editor M a r k e t i n g a n d P u b l i c R e l at i o n s Editorial: Heather Brocious, Christine Diehl, Kelly Moran ’12, Terry E. Ross ’80, Phillip Sprayberry, Barbara E. Stoll ’93, M.A. ’94 Design: Nadia Esposito ’04, Bob Verbeek ’95 P u b l i c at i o n D e s i g n Brandspa, Montclair, NJ - Allan Gorman, Art Director; Suzanne Giovanetti, Designer Photography Brian Avila ’11; Rich Green; Roy Groething; Sharon Clarke ’12; Sharon Ryan, M.Ed. ’96; Bob Verbeek ’95; Photos of Dot Lischick on page 19 by Tom Kimmell Photography; Photo of Gertrude Stein on page 8 courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Edward Burns 2012 WP is published by the Office of Marketing and Public Relations. Views expressed within these pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or official policies of the University. © 2012 by The William Paterson University of New Jersey, www.wpunj.edu A dv e rt i s i n g a n d E d i t o r i a l O f f i c e s WP, The Magazine of William Paterson University William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road Wayne, NJ 07470-2103; 973.720.2971 wpmag@wpunj.edu
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Send changes of address to the: Office of Alumni Relations, William Paterson University, The Allan and Michele Gorab Alumni House, 42 Harmon Place, North Haledon, NJ 07508; 973.720.2175 W i l l i a m P at e r s o n U n i v e r s i t y Kathleen Waldron, President Edward Weil, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Stephen Bolyai, Vice President for Administration and Finance; Pamela L. Ferguson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement; John Martone, Vice President for Student Development; Kristin Cohen, Vice President for Enrollment Management B oa r d o f T ru s t ee s Vincent J. Mazzola ’73, Chairperson • William J. Pesce ’73, Vice Chairperson • Michael L. Jackson, Secretary • Stephen Adzima ’75 • Maureen Conway ’66 • Nalani DeMarco-Clisset • Frederick L. Gruel • Robert Guarasci • Anna Marie Mascolo • Linda Niro ’76 • Henry J. Pruitt, Jr. • Robert H. Taylor • Stephen Tolud
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Dear Friends, On March 1, I was thrilled to welcome faculty, staff, students, members of the University’s Board of Trustees and Foundation Board, elected officials, and friends for the grand opening of our expanded and renovated Science Complex. The complex, which houses teaching and research spaces for the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, computer science, and mathematics from our College of Science and Health, and the departments of anthropology and psychology from our College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is designed to encourage an interactive learning environment on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as interdisciplinary scholarship and learning, a hallmark of our belief in expanding the boundaries of inquiry and knowledge. Buildings such as this are economic engines for our state. This $85 million project played a critical role in directly employing well over one hundred New Jersey workers during the past three and a half years, from our New Jersey general contractor headquartered here in Passaic County to the New Jersey subcontractors and trades workers hired to construct this academic complex. Additionally, many more New Jersey companies provided professional services, materials, and deliveries to the site. The funding for this very significant project came from the students— past, present, and future—of William Paterson University. As many of you know, the State of New Jersey has not been able to support capital projects at institutions of higher education since 1988, unlike other states where general taxpayer bonds or other financial facilities assist public universities with classroom construction projects. It is our hope that New Jersey will soon return to supporting capital projects, thus reducing the direct burden on students and acknowledging the importance of modern facilities for a great educational system. I thank our political leaders this year for taking the initiative on this important step to return public funding to educational facilities projects. I encourage you to read more about the Science Complex in the article on page 12, and invite you to come to campus to see first-hand the laboratories, and smart classrooms, and catch a glimpse of the exciting research our faculty and students are conducting. Our Pioneer Pride is on full display.
Sincerely, Kathleen Waldron President
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