Volume 1 | Issue 2 | JAN/FEB 2020
Staff Spotlights Trudy Ann Morris Hewitt
Congratulations Wanda Mendez, Assistant Dean of Career Management who just completed her Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts here at Rutgers!
Program Coordinator
Department: MAccy Financial Accounting Years of Service: Ten years at RBS (August 2019) Duties: Trudy provides advising to current and prospective students, and works closely with our international students to ensure F-1 visa compliance. She manages marketing initiatives, social media accounts, special projects, and event planning. Hobbies: She loves creating memories with her family, enjoys reading books by James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, James Patterson, or Stephen King. “My guilty pleasure is watching the ID Channel, Murder She Wrote and Psych.” Favorite Quote or Words of Advice: When Trudy was little, her grandmother would always say, “What is for you will not pass you.” It’s always resonated with her and has become a daily mantra.
Ben Lohmann Assistant Dean
Department: RBS-Newark Undergraduate Program Years of Service: Six years and three months. Ben started with RBS in October 2013 Duties: Ben provides supervision, leadership, and management within the Newark Undergraduate Program Office. He helps develop and implement strategies designed to improve and enhance the Newark Undergraduate student experience. Hobbies: Ben enjoys watching sports (namely the New York Yankees, Denver Broncos, New Jersey Devils, and Seton Hall Pirates basketball) and running. Him and his wife recently bought a house, so his newest hobby has become working in andaround the house to make it theirs. Favorite Quote or Words of Advice: “No matter how small and important what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.” – Channing Pollock. “Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most i mportant that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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