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Associate Professor and Chair, Art Department Part I of a series of reflections on the first ten years of the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts. During my first eighteen months as a professor of art at Drew, I taught in the basement of Brothers College. These “studios”, where the art department first opened in [...]
As the iPad 2 was being released in spring 2011, Associate Professor of Economics, Marc Tomljanovich, considered the impact this technology might have on Drew’s Wall Street semester. With an iPad, he thought, students would have access to up-to-the-minute information, as well as being able to take notes and create presentations, while participating in this [...]
When not busy teaching Political Science courses, Professor Patrick McGuinn spends his time researching, writing, and speaking about educational policy reform. “Parent Power: Grass Roots Activism and K-12 Education Reform,” published in July 2012 served as the required reading for a conference in D.C with policymakers in November. His latest article, “Parent Power: Grass Roots [...]
Vice President for Enrollment Management Since coming to Drew a few months ago, I have been working to establish a comprehensive enrollment management system that is designed to serve all three colleges of the university. Recruiting students of high quality is certainly a priority for all of us at Drew. We are equally interested in [...]
The Drew University Board of Trustees recently announced the appointment of Dean Criares C’85 as its chair. Dean has served on the board since 2004 when he was selected as one of two college alumni-elected trustees. As Chair, he will work closely with the president to advance the university’s mission, including financial planning and fund [...]
I’ve seen disaster reports before, but this is the first time I’ve recognized pictures. There, behind the reporter standing shin-deep in ocean water, is the street to my friend’s house. There’s Governor Christie, striding along the boardwalk where I spend my summers. That’s my gas station with a three-hour wait and odd-even rationing, and I [...]
Even before campus resumed its normal schedule the Monday after superstorm Sandy pounded New Jersey, conversations began among faculty, staff and students about how to help with relief efforts. An ad hoc committee quickly came together with representatives from the Drew Disaster Relief Project, Circle K, Volunteer Resource Center, Hillel and the Theological and Graduate [...]
Dear Alumnus: “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.” I believe baseball’s accidental philosopher, Yogi Berra, was on to something when he said this. All of us who have been fortunate enough to study at Drew Theological School can recognize the deep truth in this Yogi-ism. The world, [...]
Among the nearly $2 million in grants pledged to Drew by corporations and foundations during the last academic year, the following grants were awarded: $20,000 from the Willits Foundation for the College of Liberal Arts Scholarship Fund $40,000 from PSE&G for Drew Summer Science Institute $110,000 from the F. M. Kirby Foundation for on-going Campus [...]
Professor of Political Science Emeritus OK. It’s confession time. In the Fall of 1972 the chartered bus pulled out of the Lincoln Tunnel and on to 42nd Street, passed by the gauntlet of porn shops, passed the New York Public Library and eventually turned left on 1st Avenue in front of the United Nations loaded [...]