Two Elected to Lead Faculty Senate The Faculty Senate has elected Jeanette Wilmanski, Ph.D. ’00
ENGLISH PROFESSOR PUBLISHES SECOND BOOK Michael Walonen, Ph.D., recently had his second book, Contemporary World Narrative Fiction and the Spaces of Neoliberalism, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The assistant professor of English specializes in transatlantic modern and contemporary cultural studies, postcolonial studies and world literature. NEW BOOK PROMOTES LIFELONG LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS The Troika of Adult Learners, Lifelong Learning and Mathematics: Learning from Research, Current Paradoxes, Tensions and Promotional Strategies is the latest book published by Katherine SaffordRamus, Ph.D., professor of mathematics. Released earlier this year by Springer Publishing Company, the book focuses on six emerging themes in adult mathematics education and offers strategies to promote lifelong learning of mathematics among adult learners.
as president and WeiDong Zhu, Ph.D., as vice president for the current academic year. Dr. Wilmanski succeeds Maryellen Hamilton, Ph.D., who served as Faculty Senate president from 2006–2008 and again from 2014–2016. Dr. Hamilton also served as vice president from 2013–2014, and is currently serving as Faculty Senate secretary. An assistant professor of biology, Dr. Wilmanski earned her doctorate in biomedical sciences from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University. She joined the Saint Peter’s University faculty in 2007.
Jeanette Wilmanski, Ph.D. ’00 Dr. Zhu has also taught at Saint Peter’s since 2007. He chairs the Department of Applied Science and Technology and is director of the Center for Microplasma Science and Technology. Dr. Zhu holds his bachelor’s and master’s
BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR NAMED TOP WEALTH MANAGER New Jersey Monthly and Five Star Professional have recognized Gerry Bifulco, M.B.A., CPA, with the prestigious Five Star Wealth Manager award. An adjunct professor in the School of Business, Professor Bifulco is a financial advisor and associate vice president at Ameriprise Financial, Inc. This is the third time he has been selected for the award.
degrees from Soochow University and his doctorate in physics and material science and engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
WeiDong Zhu, Ph.D.
SAINT PETER’S OFFERS PRE-K CERTIFICATION More pre-schools are requiring their teachers to become certified. To meet that growing market need, Saint Peter’s University has begun offering a certification program that spans grades pre-K3 through three. The University received state approval to offer the certification on the undergraduate and master’s levels last summer. Joseph V. Doria Jr., Ed.D. ’68, dean of the Caulfield School of Education, noted that the new certification complements the grade K–6 certification already offered. “A lot of students have requested this,” Dr. Doria said. “It’s important in school districts, especially the former Abbott Districts, and there’s also a need for certification of teachers at pre-schools.”
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