NJCU's 40th Academic Convocation

40th Annual

Academic Convocation Enter to Learn, Exit to Serve

Margaret Williams Theatre September 15, 2021

Convocation Program PROCESSIONAL At The Purchasers Option With Variations- R. Giddens Performed by the NJCU Multi-Style Strings Ensemble

MACEBEARER

Dr. Frances Moran

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Ms. Tamara Cunningham, Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives

PRESIDING

Dr. Sue Henderson, President Dr. Tamara Jhashi, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

PRESENTATION OF COLORS AND THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER Specialist Simran Ayer, United States Army Lance Corporal Russell Zarzueladizon, United States Marine Corps The Star Spangled Banner– Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 performed by Olivia Ventura

PRESIDENT’S OPENING REMARKS Dr. Henderson

STUDENT LEADERSHIP REMARKS

Mr. Thyquel Halley, President, Student Government Organization, Student Trustee B.S., Political Science, expected 2023

CONVOCATION ADDRESS

Dr. Anthony Jack, Assistant Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

RECOGNITION OF FACULTY, RETIREES, AND IN MEMORIAM Dr. Henderson

CONFERRAL OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS/EMERITA Dr. João Sedycias

CONFERRAL OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Dr. Jhashi

ALMA MATER

Green and Gold – Will Hayes, ’36 and Aubrey Kemper, ’36 Performed by Olivia Ventura and Multi-Style Strings Ensemble

RECESSIONAL

Brandenburg Concerto #3, Mvt. 1- J.S. Bach Performed by the NJCU Multi-Style Strings Ensemble

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Keynote Speaker DR. ANTHONY JACK Dr. Anthony Jack is transforming the way we address diversity and inclusion in education. His book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students, reframes the conversation surrounding poverty and higher education. In it, he explains the paths of two uniquely segregated groups. First, the “privileged poor:” students from low-income, diverse backgrounds who attended elite prep or boarding school before attending college. The second are what Jack calls the “doubly disadvantaged:” students who arrive from underprivileged backgrounds without prep or boarding school to soften their college transition. Although both groups come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, the privileged poor have more cultural capital to navigate and succeed—in the college environment and beyond.

“It’s one thing to graduate with a degree from an elite institution, and another thing to graduate with the social capital to activate that degree,”Jack explains. In many ways, rather than close the wealth gap, campus culture at elite schools further alienate poor students by making them feel like they don’t belong. To challenge these deeply ingrained social, cultural, and economic disparities on campus, we must first begin to question what we take for granted. Jack reveals how organizations—from administrators and association organizers, to educators and student activists—can ask the right questions and bridge the gap.

Anthony Jack is a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and assistant professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He wrote a feature for The New York Times Magazine’s Education Issue, based off his book and life experience as a low-income college student. His research has been cited by The New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, The National Review, The Washington Post, American RadioWorks, WBUR, and MPR. His book The Privileged Poor, was named the 2018 recipient of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by Harvard University Press.

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Professor Emeritus/Emerita

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.

DR. ELLEN GRUBER GARVEY

Dr. Ellen Gruber Garvey joined the English Department in 1982 after completing her Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania. Her first book, The Adman in the Parlor: Magazines and the Gendering of Consumer Culture, was published by Oxford University Press in 1996. The Adman in the Parlor won the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing’s first annual SHARP Book History Prize. Her next book, Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance, also published by Oxford, came out in 2012. Writing with Scissors won the Institute for Humanities Research’s Transdisciplinary Book Award and the Society of American Archivist’s Waldo Gifford Leland Award.

Dr. Garvey brought her innovative approach to literary studies into the classroom, teaching in the Honor’s Program and co-teaching General Education courses including Cut, Copy, Paste: Creative Approaches to Writing and Design. Her commitment to social justice and equity in education is a through-theme of her impressive career. For several years she co-edited Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy, helping to bring the journal to its current publisher, Penn State University Press.

Dr. Garvey has made an indelible impact on generations of NJCU students. Her innovative research techniques and commitment to scholarly excellence exemplify NJCU’s commitment to student success.

Distinguished Service Award Honorees DR. ABISOLA GALLAGHER

Dr. Abisola Gallagher began making contributions towards mental health and wellness when she was still studying for her counseling degrees. She continued this endeavor forty years later through teaching, private counseling, mentoring, and serving in various volunteer roles, even after retirement. In addition to offering kind and empathetic assistance to our students, Dr. Gallagher also co-chaired NJCU’s Gifts from the Heart program. Dr. Gallagher is generous with her time in the wellness community. For the past thirty years, she has been a clinical supervisor at Rutgers University, in their Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. She is an active member in her professional affiliations of the New Jersey Psychological Association and the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). She has been honored with the Outstanding Service Award for the New Jersey Chapter-Association of Black Psychologists, 2020 and the Black Girl Magic Service Recognition Award, Office of Campus Life, New Jersey City University, 2019.

MS. SHEILA KIRVEN ( POST HUMOUSLY)

Ms. Sheila Kirven served the NJCU community as an Education Services Librarian for the Frank J. Guarini Library beginning in 1998. Her commitment, dedication, engagement in university organizations including BAAFSSO and the Gothic Knight Ally Safe Zone Program as well as her overall presence at the university, spoke the mission. Ms. Kirven was an avid researcher and a “mom” to many.

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Retirees

New Jersey City University honors those faculty and professional staff who have retired, including: RETIREE

YEARS

DEPARTMENT

Dr. Jay Berman

39

Criminal Justice

Dr. Sandra Caravella

17

Mathematics

Dr. Donna Connolly

18

Music, Dance, and Theatre

Mr. William Craven

31

Accounting

Mr. Robert Foster

34

Media Arts

Dr. Frances Levin

24

Literacy Education

Dr. Adela Martinez

38

English as a Second Language

Dr. Ana Rosado

31

Music, Dance and Theatre

Mr. Ivan Steinberg

51

Economics

Dr. Connie Yu

20

Computer Science

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New Hires NAME

DEPARTMENT

SCHOOL

Dr. Muhammad Jawad

Finance

School of Business

Dr. Lauren Michele Johnson

Management

School of Business

Ms. Nathalie Pfeifer

Fitness, Excercise & Sports

College of Professional Studies

Dr. Jonathan D. Rosen

Professional Security

College of Professional Studies

Dr. Natoshia Scruggs

African American Studies

College of Arts and Sciences

In Memoriam

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.

Ms. Sheila Kirven, Education Services Librarian

Ceremonial Mace

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.”

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National Anthem

Performers

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Vocalist

Francis Scott Key

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Olivia Ventura

NJCU MULTI-STYLE STRINGS ENSEMBLE Ms. Martha Mooke, Director

Violins

Javier Garcia Morato Mileisy Mustelier-Charadan Courtney Pinski Eamon Dingle Ignacio Lara Romero

Viola

Jennifer Frantz Lourdes Rosales

Cello

Bryan C. Wilson Thomas Valdez

Alma Mater

Bass

Benjamin Daniels

GREEN AND GOLD

Will Hayes ’36 and Aubrey Kemper ’36 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.

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NJCU LEADERSHIP

Dr. Sue Henderson, President Dr. Tamara Jhashi, Provost and Senior Vice President Mr. Andrés Acebo, J.D. Interim Chief of Staff to the President Dr. Aaron Aska, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dr.Jodi Bailey, Interim Vice President, Student Affairs Dr. Sue Gerber, Associate Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness Dr. Angel Gonzalez, Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Officer Mr. Jason Kroll, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Mr. Al Ramey, J.D., University Counsel Mr. Benjamin Rohdin. Interim Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Success Mr. James White, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mr.Rafael Perez, Esq., Chair Dr. T. Steven Chang Mr. Edward. P Fowlkes Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris Mr. James A. Jacobson Mr. Carlos Leijnieks Mr. Vij Pawar Mr. Joseph F.Scott, FACHE Mr. Luke Visconti Dr. Edward A. Whittaker Mr. Thyquel Halley, Student Trustee Mr. John J. Moore, ’56, L.L.M., Trustee Emeritus Ms. Marilyn Bennett, Trustee Emeritus Dr. Sue Henderson, ex-officio

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CONVOCATION PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dr. Gail Fernandez, Co-Chair • Ms. Bernadette, Shery, Co-Chair • Dr. Tamara Jhashi • Dr. Jodi Bailey • Ms. Anna Carhart• Ms. Sabrina Ceballo• Ms. Stephanie Chaiken • Mr. Chris Cunningham • Ms. Tamara Cunningham • Mr. Victor Delvalle • Mr. Edie DelVecchio • Mr. Jeffrey Dessources • Mr. Gary Gordon • Dr. Angel Gonzalez • Mr. Thyquel Halley • Ms. Faith Jackson • Dr. Maria Lynn • Mr. Jason Martinek • Ms. Ella Rue • Mr. Michael Sims • Mr. Ira Thor • Mr. Justin Tinker • Dr. Marvin Walker