Alum Earns SCHOLAR AWARD

Dr. Mathew Farber (M.A. Ed Tech and Ed.D., Cohort 1) earned the 2022 University of Northern Colorado’s Scholar Award.

Dr. Farber is the author of four books, researcher, and leading games scholar (M.A. and Ed.D. Alum, Cohort 1). He was quoted in a June 25th story in The Washington Post story about games and SEL: “We are now starting to realize the power that games can have at evoking certain competencies such as empathy and compassion.” (Matt Farber, right, pictured)

Dr. Dowayne Davis (Ed.D., Cohort 3) is the Chief Executive Officer for Philip’s Academy Charter School of Paterson in Paterson, NJ, and Founder & CEO of Systaimable Business.

Dr. Davis was awarded a Manati Fellowship for 2022-23. Manati is a fellowship program to support single-site charter school leaders in acquiring the necessary skills to sustain and grow their school(s). This fellowship will center on creating a peer community of school leaders of color who will connect and collaborate on pressing issues faced in single-site schools.

Dr. Davis was also the featured speaker at this year’s Arizona ASU+GSV Global Summit. The annual ASU+ GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Dr. Davis was one of our guest speakers at the 2022 Summer Institute. (Dowayne Davis pictured above.)

Congratulations to Enrique Noguera, doctoral student in Cohort 10, for earning the 2022 International Men’s Day Educational Leadership Award. Enrique received his award on November 5th. It is given by the Growing in Grace Counseling Group and the Willie Peterkin Foundation.

Enrique is the Director of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program and on the leadership team for the Men of Color Success Initiative (MOCSI) at Passaic County Community College. Through these programs Enrique provides students with the academic support, leadership development, and financial assistance they need to graduate from PCCC and enter four-year colleges across the state. (Enrique Noguera pictured above.)

This year Cari Marks transferred from the public high school to the New River Valley Detention Center in Montgomery County, VA. where she is working with incarcerated youths.

She works as an English teacher, librarian, and reading coach. She is developing innovative curriculum through the use of Virtual Reality Headsets and Jamboards, and she is following up her advocacy for Appalachian youth through collaboration with a non-profit called OpenBook and committee work with the Virginia Department of Education.

She co-presented “Remote Living: Voices from across the Digital Divide” at the 2022 AERA Conference with Ed Tech faculty member Dr. Christopher Shamburg. The research examined the effects of the pandemic on education in Appalachia. (Cari Marks pictured above.)

The New Jersey Association of School Librarians’ Announced the 2021 School Librarian Award Winners. We are proud of our community members who were recognized.

Among the 2021 award winners at the New Jersey Association of School Librarians Conference were M.A. Alum Skye Silverstein who earned the Progressive School Library Media Program Award, M.A. Alum Margaret Adjoga-Otu who earned the Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship, and adjunct faculty member Jennifer Latimer who earned the Librarian of the Year, Ruth Toor Media Specialist Award. Last year’s Ruth Toor Librarian of the Year Award was awarded to NJCU Alum Iveth Mollinedo. Kudos all our school librarians. (Margaret Adjoga-Otu, left, pictured below.)