Margaret Williams Theatre September 14, 2022 41st ConvocationAcademicAnnual Enter to Learn, Exit to Serve
The NJCU Multi-Style Strings Ensemble, Martha Mooke, Director
Dr. Tamara Jhashi, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Simone Hyater-Adams, Director of Programs, STEM from Dance
MACEBEARER
Ms. Tamara Cunningham, Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives
PRESENTATION OF COLORS Operations Specialist, First Class Petty Officer Audra Mayorga
A New World, from Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World
The NJCU Musical Theatre Workshop with the Multi-Style Strings Ensemble, AJ Choffo, Drums and Marc G. Dalio, Piano
Convocation Program
PRESIDING
PROVOST’S WELCOME
STUDENT LEADERSHIP REMARKS
RECESSIONAL
Heroes by David Bowie and Brian Eno Brandenburg Concerto #3 by J.S. Bach
PROCESSIONAL
The NJCU Musical Theatre Workshop, Marc G. Dalio, Coordinator
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Green and Gold by Will Hayes ’36 and Aubrey Kemper ’36
Dr. Tamara Jhashi
CONFERRAL OF PROFESSORS EMERITI
Dr. Donna Breault, Dean of College of Education
Performed by the NJCU Multi-Style Strings Ensemble, Martha Mooke, Director
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Dr. Jason Martinek, Associate Dean of College of Arts & Sciences
MUSICAL SELECTION
RECOGNITION OF FACULTY, RETIREES, AND IN MEMORIAM
At the Purchaser’s Option with Variations by Rhiannon Giddens (arr. Jacob Garchik)
ALMA MATER
Dr. Tamara Jhashi
Dr. Frances Moran
CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Mr. Thyquel Halley, President, Student Government Organization, B.S., Political Science, expected 2023
Currently, she is working to build out the alumni programs at STEM From Dance, an organization that aims to expose young girls of color to STEM fields using the confidence-building aspects of dance. In addition to her work with STEM From Dance, Simone consults on various projects of interest at the intersection of equity, STEM, and education. Simone is also a performance artist who pursues many art forms such as dance, spoken word, and music.
Keynote Speaker
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The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Simone Hyater-Adams. Dr. Simone Hyater-Adams is a physicist, artist, educator, and researcher from Pennsauken NJ. With a passion for performance art, physics, and equity, she has dedicated her career to creating more opportunities for Black STEM students. After receiving her B.S. in Physics from Hampton University, she pursued graduate studies at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. In her graduate research, she used her personal experiences from pursuing physics to guide her interdisciplinary research that examined the connections between performance art and identity for Black physicists. This work was awarded the Harry Lustig Award from the American Physical Society’s Four Corners Section.
"I encourage you to be as intentional as possible—explore your interests, explore relationships, career paths—however this may look for you. Take advantage of this space that will give you the chance to learn more about who you are now and who you want to be. In all my years studying identity, I've learned that self-understanding, self-awareness, and self-confidence are crucial in navigating this world where you can be and do anything. Remember that your identity, who you are, is ever evolving; it is impacted by everything around you, but similarly, you can impact everything around you too."
DR. SIMONE HYATER-ADAMS
Professor Emeritus/Emerita
Dr. Levin is passionate about literacy education. Among her many achievements, as Co-Chair of the Literacy Education Department, she wrote the degree program for Interdisciplinary Studies/Literacy Studies. She also served as lead on a $330,000 grant creating The Common Core Academy at New Jersey City University, a series of professional development workshops accompanied by in-class support and a summer institute. Throughout her remarkable career, Dr. Levin has believed that effective curriculum and good teaching leads school-aged students to Dr.success.Levincontinues to serve the community as a docent at the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide in Monmouth County. Her dedication to service and academic success exemplifies NJCU’s commitment to excellence.
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2022 RECIPIENTS OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS/EMERITA STATUS
Professor Winifred McNeill joined the NJCU Art Department in 1995, where for more than twentyfive years she made a particularly invaluable impact on our Art Teacher Certification Program. Nothing underscores that impact more than the NJCU art educators alumni network she helped establish and nurture. This network continues to bear fruit as it has helped engender a new NJCU dual enrollment program for Jersey City high school students. Without doubt, our excellent reputation for training art teachers is in no small part due to Professor McNeill.
Professor McNeill is a former chair of the Art Department whose expertise in accreditation and assessment was instrumental in making us one of only nine accredited National Association of Schools of Arts and Design (NASAD) institutions in New Jersey.
In Latin, emeritus means “veteran soldier.” Professor Emeritus or Professor Emerita is an honorary title conferred upon a retired NJCU professor for one’s longstanding commitments to the University mission and its students, significant contributions to the University and community, and distinguished accomplishments as a teacher and scholar. Professor Emeritus/ Emerita status is selected by faculty peers and administration each year.
Professor McNeill has been and continues to be part of the vital arts community in the greater New Jersey/New York region. Her work has been shown in national and international exhibitions, and she has participated in several residencies. In 2009, she was one of eight American artists to participate in the Dialogue in Chinese Gardens Residency in Suzhou, China. During her last sabbatical in the 2019-2020 academic year, she was awarded a prestigious residency at the European Ceramics Work Center in Osterwijk, Netherlands. She had a chance to show off some of this work last year at the Juried Show at Jersey City’s ArtFair 14C. Her current project is an art book that uses Vesuvius and Pompeii as its inspiration.
Dr. Frances Levin joined the Literacy Education Department in 1996 after completing her Ph.D. from Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Her first book, The Guide for Alternate Route Teachers, was published in 2008 by Pearson Education. This book focused on the issues faced by all beginning teachers. The book was so well received that a second edition to the book was published in 2012. Her second book, Introduction to Teaching, was published in 2010 by Pearson Education. This book was an accompaniment to the course curriculum she wrote for the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Teacher Licensure. This curriculum was used by all alternate route teachers seeking New Jersey certification.
DR. FRANCES LEVIN
PROFESSOR WINIFRED McNEILL
Dr. Fred Andes 28 Sociology and Anthropology
Dr. Vesna Radanovic-Kocic 20 Multicultural Center
Dr. Rosemary Thurston 31 History
Dr. Richard Anderson 27 Economics
Dr. Bruce Chadwick 27 History
Dr. Cynthia McCollie-Lewis 20 English Winifred McNeill 26 Art
Dr. Deborah Bennett 28 Mathematics
New Jersey City University honors those faculty and professional staff who have retired, including:
Dr. Kathleen Mahoney 12 Nursing
Dr. Alissa Koval-Dhaliwal 25 Counseling Center
Retirees
Dr. Stelio Dubbiosi 55 Music, Dance & Theatre Xiaoli Fang 21 Library Services
Dr. Kenneth Good 31 Sociology and Anthropology Marguerite Griffin 17 Accounting
Aida Lopez 37 Opportunity Scholarship Program
Dr. Dexter Marks 29 English
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Dr. John Melendez 36 Educational Leadership
Dr. Lace Cassidy 7 M. Jerry Weiss Center
Dr. Rosilyn Overton 19 Finance
Dr. Freda Robbins 35 Mathematics
Dr. Liza Fiol-Matta 32 Women’s Studies
RETIREE YEARS DEPARTMENT
Dr. Carrie Robinson 44 Educational Leadership
Dr. Sabine Roehr 19 Philosophy and Religion
Dr. Lilliam Rosado-Hollenbach 32 Health Science
Jeanette Alexander 32 Accounting
Dr. Doug Berrett Media Arts College of Arts & Sciences
New Jersey City University acknowledges those faculty, professional staff, and students who passed away during the past year. Although they are gone, they are not forgotten.
NAME DEPARTMENT SCHOOL
In Memoriam
New Hires
Martha Mooke Music, Dance & Theatre College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Hilary Englert, Professor, Department of English
The academic procession is led by the President of the University Senate, who bears the University’s ceremonial mace. Designed in 1987 by Herb Rosenberg, Professor of Art, the mace represents the home of learning surrounded by the human quest for discovery. In the words of the designer, the mace “is an androgynous figure stretching around an ancient pillar towards a crystal sphere of knowledge, slightly clouded with mystery and still to be discovered University magic.” The mace is crowned with a cluster, symbolizing power of creative passions in the service of universal peace. The scepter symbolizes the University’s urban mission: bringing people together to challenge their future.
Ceremonial Mace
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Green and Gold, we honor thee, Symbol of our aim. Lead us onward to our goal Ever for thy fame. All our hearts will ever hold Memories that are near; And you always will remain Our Alma Mater, dear.
NJCU MULTI-STYLE STRINGS ENSEMBLE
Will Hayes ’36 and Aubrey Kemper ’36
Ms. Martha Mooke, Director
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MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP
Alma Mater
Performers
GREEN AND GOLD
Marc G. Dalio, Coordinator/Director/Piano
Irene Trowell-Harris, Ed.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, Maj. Gen, USAF (ret 01/20)
STUDENT TRUSTEES Ashley AlejandraPottingerMartinez TRUSTEE EMERITI John J. Moore, J.D., L.L.M. Marilyn Bennett Jason Kroll, ex-officio SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CONVOCATION PLANNING COMMITTEE Dr. Gail Fernandez-Chair, Anna Carhart, Sabrina Ceballo, Victor Delvalle, Edie DelVecchio, Jeffrey Dessources, Dr. Angel Gonzalez, Gary Gordon, Thyquel Halley, Faith Jackson, Dr. Jason Martinek, Bernadette Schery, Michael Sims
Andrés Acebo, J.D., Executive Vice President & University Counsel Aaron Aska, Ed.D., Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jodi Bailey, Ph.D., Vice President, Student Affairs (Interim) Benjamin Durant, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Interim) Angel Gonzalez, Ph.D., Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Officer Ben Rohdin, Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Success (Interim)
Mr. Jason Kroll, Acting President Tamara Jhashi, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
NJCU LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
James A. Jacobson, B.A. Carlos Lejnieks, B.A. Rafael Perez, J.D. Edward A. Whittaker, Ph.D.
Joseph F. Scott, Chair Luke Visconti, Vice Chair T. Steven Chang, Ph.D. Edward P. Fowlkes