Internationally Renowned Educator to Speak at CSE July 12

Dr. David Hargreaves, renowned educator and author on school reform, will speak at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., on Monday, July 12, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Annunciation Center on campus. He will address the topic, “Is School Transformation Necessary and Imminent?” The event, sponsored by the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at CSE, is free and open to the public.

Dr. Hargreaves, known for his work on transforming schools for the 21st century, believes schools cannot be simply modified to meet the needs of today’s students, but must be transformed. The current structures, he writes, are rooted in the industrial age and are no longer appropriate for students who live and work in the information/digital age. D

Dr. Hargreaves is the associate director for development and research, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, England. He has been a teacher serving for many years in teacher education, including as a reader in education at the University of Oxford and professor of education at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books, including Social Relations in a Secondary School; Interpersonal Relations and Education; and, Deviance in Classrooms.

Previous speakers for the doctoral program summer lectures have included Dr. Margaret Wheatley and Dr. Kent Keith, both supporters of servant leadership and well-known authors on the topic. The three-year doctoral program in educational leadership began at CSE in August 2007. A new cohort or learning group for the program begins this July.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.

College of Saint Elizabeth Opens Portrait Art Exhibition

Portraits by more than 30 artists will fill the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery in Annunciation Center at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., in a new exhibition that opens June 10 with a reception that is open and free to the public. The exhibition closes August 15, 2010.

Through paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and collage pieces, Who We Are: Contemporary Portraits documents a myriad of ways that artists investigate and record themselves and the people around them.
Dover sculptor Jim Kearns’s portrait by CSE adjunct art instructor Ellen Denuto pays double homage to him as well as to his figurative sculptures, one of which is in the show. A 10-foot by 8-foot collage portrait of Van Gogh made out of current art world detritus including NYC Gallery Guide pages, bar codes, security envelopes, packing tape and pencil drawing, is the contribution by Athens, N.Y. artist Sam Sebren. Digital painter, Wayne Roth, a Mountain Lakes, N.J. resident, combines a photograph and his own digital creations to produce a memorable portrait of Eric Pryor, the director of the State Museum in Trenton.

Pulled from newspapers, silly putty portraits are placed in petri dishes that make up an accumulation piece called Cultures by Fairfax, Va., artist, Travis Childers. Short Hills, N.J., photographer, Leslie Milton, depicts herself as a tiara and tutu-wearing Tinker Bell, ready to scrub the bathroom. Hair patterns fascinate Wayne, N.J., artist, So Yoon Lym, while Neal Korn from Union, N.J., is fascinated by odd vistas of his subjects’ chins and upside down eyes.

These portraits and more may be seen during the Gallery’s summer hours, Tuesday through Sunday, 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. or by appointment (artgallery@cse.edu or 973-290-4314).

Starting June 23, 2010, visitors may picnic on the grounds and enjoy Carlo Goldoni’s play, The Servant of Two Masters, presented in the College’s outdoor Greek Theater by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. For tickets and information, call 973-408-5600 or visit http://www.shakespearenj.org/.

Artists Exhibiting in Who We Are: Contemporary Portraits

Rob Barth, Lafayette, N.J.
Amy Becker. Madison, N.J.
Patricia A. Bender, Somerset, N.J.
Gianluca Bianchino, Little Falls, N.J.
Janet Boltax, Montclair, N.J.
Travis Childers, Fairfax, Va.
Judy Cooperman, Great Neck, N.Y.
Ellen Denuto, Denville, N.J.,
Todd L.W. Doney, Gillette, N.J.
Pat Flaherty, North Caldwell, N.J.
Enrique Flores-Galbis, Forest Hills, N.Y.
Marianne Fourie, Hoboken, N.J.
Hayat Huma Gul, Wayne, N.J.
Neal Korn, Union, N.J.
Yen-Hua Lee, Scarsdale, N.Y.
So Yoon Lym, Wayne, N.J.
James Kearns, Dover, N.J.
Kendall Messick, Jersey City, N.J. Leslie Milton, Short Hills, N.J.,
Charles Perkalis, Whippany, N.J.
James Patrick Reid, Madison N.J.
José Rodeiro, Madison, N.J.
Larry Ross, Madison, N.J.
Wayne Roth, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Sam Sebren, Athens, N.Y.
Miriam Stern, Teaneck, N.J.
Peter Tilgner, Montclair, N.J.
Doreen Valenza, Livingston, N.J.
Raul Villarreal, Verona, N.J.
Willem VanDooijeweert, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Bill Westheimer, West Orange, N.J.
Barry Zawacki, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Sue Zwick, Summit, N.J.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at http://www.cse.edu/.

College of Saint Elizabeth Holds 108th Commencement May 15, 2010

The 108th Commencement, which took place on Saturday, May 15, 2010, was marked by several milestones for the graduates and the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J. Among the 437 graduates were the first doctoral recipients in the history of the 110-year old College. Seven students received their Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership. In addition, CSE awarded for the first time a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology and Counseling to seven students and a Master of Arts in Justice Administration and Public Service to one student.

Under a tent the size of a football field pitched on the front lawn of the campus, 214 undergraduates and 223 graduate students were welcomed by CSE President Francis Raftery who said, “Graduates, you know and we know that you stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before you.”

She continued, saying, “Seventy-five percent of our students are the first in their family to receive a higher education degree. Ten percent are international students, but 100 percent have families that love and care about them. We welcome all of the families today.”

Commencement Speaker: Father Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.

11th president of DePaul University in Chicago

For his outstanding contributions and leadership in higher education, the College of Saint Elizabeth awarded Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa.

Father Holtschneider, who became president of DePaul University in 2004, has a broad range of higher education experience. From 1996 to 1999, he was an administrator with St. John’s University, Queens, New York, first serving as assistant dean of Notre Dame College, then as associate dean of the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater, Niagara University, Niagara, N.Y., as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He is the author of one book and co-author of another book and numerous articles on U.S. higher education and Catholic higher education. He is a frequent consultant and speaker on these topics. In January 2010, he was elected to chair the board of directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

Father Holtschneider, a native of Detroit, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Niagara University and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Harvard University.

In his commencement address, Father Holtschneider encouraged the graduates to push through the challenges that lie ahead. Using the lives of Marie Ponsot, poet, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity, as examples, he compared their responses to their lives’ challenges. After an early critical failure, Ponsot stopped writing poetry for decades, returning to it much later in her life. “She let an early disappointment almost stop her from a brilliant career,” said Fr. Holtschneider.

Fr. Holtschneider commented that St. Elizabeth’s tragedies and difficulties caused her to develop an inner sense of mission that changed her life. Those challenges made St. Elizabeth more responsive to caring for others in similar situations. Speaking directly to the graduates, Fr. Holtschneider, “I have hope for you because of who you are. You are graduates of the College of Saint Elizabeth. You have been taught at an institution that is more than information. It is purpose. It is mission. It is vision and heart. Take that with you. Take the friendships, relationships, knowledge, skills, vision, name of Elizabeth Ann Seton, and go out from here to be a blessing to the world. Live up to the vision of service that you saw here.”

About Honorary Degree Recipients

Sister Mary Canavan, S.C., B.A., A.M.

Former General Superior, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth

CSE bestowed a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, degree to Sister Canavan for her dedicated and outstanding service to both education and health care.

Sister Canavan, a 1957 graduate of the College with a Bachelor of Arts in French, was named the Sisters of Charity assistant provincial for the Northern Province, then provincial in 1973. Six years later, she became assistant general superior and general superior from 1987 to 1995. Sister Canavan was a member of the CSE board of trustees from 1979 to 1995, serving first as its secretary, then as its chairperson. The next year, Sister Canavan served as the vice president for mission services at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn. Her achievements have been recognized by both the Saint Raphael Healthcare System, which awarded her the Elizabeth Seton Award. She received this recognition for her work as chair of the hospital’s board and being the general superior of the Sisters of Charity during the congregation’s 135th anniversary.

Kathleen DiChiara, B.S., L.H.D.

President and CEO of Community FoodBank of New Jersey

DiChaira received a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, from the College in recognition of her community service and leadership.

DiChiara began her non-profit organization by distributing food and groceries from the trunk of her car in 1975. Today, Community FoodBank of New Jersey is one of the largest food banks in the nation with a staff of 144, more than 25,000 volunteers, and two warehouses. The food bank distributes more than 33 million pounds of food and groceries to more than 1,500 charities in 18 out of 21 New Jersey counties. DiChiara has received numerous awards, both local and national, including those from three presidents, three governors of New Jersey, and the Pope. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the State University of New York at Oneonta, as well as seven honorary doctorates from colleges and universities in New Jersey and New York.

About Our Student Speakers

Aracely Tagliaventi, ’10, of East Orange, N.J., B.A. in Sociology and Justice Studies, Legal Track, Represented the Women’s College

In her speech entitled, “A Seat Before the World,” Tagliaventi said, “Whether you entered the College as a first time freshmen, transfer, resident, or commuter you have sat at the table of a legacy grounded in tradition. At the College’s first graduation, there were only four women. Today, graduates as you look around you may see that we are vast in numbers, diverse in ages, of different cultures, and are of opposite gender. We are the embodiment of the CSE mission. We have been grounded in a Catholic liberal arts tradition. The College of Saint Elizabeth for 100 and 10 years has prepared its students to sit at the table of the world. As we leave here today with tears in our eyes, memories in our hearts, and a degree in our hands let us always remember where our journey began.”

Sandra Ooms, ’10, of Vernon, N.J., B.S. in Nursing

Represented the Adult Learners

In her speech entitled, “Our CSE Educational Journey,” Ooms told her fellow graduates, “I wanted to come up here and give you a deep profound mysterious riddle that will guide us into the future, but after days of racking my brain, I realized the College of Saint Elizabeth has given us the foundation to go forward and demonstrate our new responsibilities. Through the College’s own values and mission, they have given us the knowledge to go forth as caring, respectful and ethical members of society, and the tools necessary to act on our social obligation to others and provide needed services to our communities. So, use all of the knowledge and skills the College has given us, coupled with your own values and mission, to go forward and demonstrate your new responsibilities as a servant leader. It is only through the use of our CSE education and participation that we can better the world for our future generations.”

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.

Native American Poet and Artists Featured In College of Saint Elizabeth Cultural Programs

Dinẻ (Navajo) poet Luci Tapahonso will visit the College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., on April 14, for a free public poetry reading in the Octagon Theater in Mahoney Library at 7 p.m. This event is part of a humanities program focusing on Native American culture this spring. After her evening program, Tapahonso will be available for book signings and her book will be on sale. The art gallery will be open before and after the poetry reading. The accompanying art exhibition Traditional Traces in Native American Art, on display in the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery in Annunciation Center, is free and open to the public, through May 24.

Luci Tapahonso, Ph.D., is a professor of American Indian Studies and English at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She is the author of five books of poetry including Blue Horses Rush In, which won the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association’s 1998 Award for Poetry. Tapahonso’s appearance is part of the CSE Poets and Writers Fund program and is supported by the campus’s Lectures and Concerts Committee. Her book Radiant Curve is being read by CSE students in several English classes, including the Native American Literature seminar for senior English majors, taught by Dr. Margaret Roman. At 3:30 p.m. on April 14 in the Octagon Theater, Dr. Roman will conduct a conversation with the poet as part of a master class.

Dr. Roman has firsthand knowledge of Native American cultures. She has taught literature and writing to high school students on the Navajo reservation in Arizona and has brought her love of their literature back to the CSE campus with the creation of this course.

“It is important for the students to know the indigenous literature of this country,” said Dr. Roman. “Native American cultures are vibrant and alive with a great volume of literature that is grounded in their oral tradition. The students find it compelling. It broadens them and gives them an appreciation of Native American culture.”

The art exhibition features the paintings, sculptures, prints and mixed media pieces of four, Native American women artists: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Corales, New Mexico; Lynne Allen, Boston, Massachusetts; Anna Hoover, Grapeview, Washington; and Melissa Staiger, Brooklyn, New York. The gallery is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, from 1 to 7 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, and Monday, from 1 to 5 p.m.; and is closed Sundays.

“The work of these artists poignantly reveals how ancestral histories, politics, passions, and subject matters continue to reverberate through a variety of formats, patterns and media in their contemporary art,” said Dr. Virginia Fabbri Butera, director of the CSE Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery and associate professor of art history. In conjunction with coordinating Traditional Traces in Native American Art exhibition, Dr. Butera is teaching a course at the College entitled Art of Early Cultures with a focus on the history of Native American art.

About the Artists

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation, Montana, is an internationally renowned painter, printmaker, and artist. She uses a wide variety of media, including painting, printmaking, and richly textured mixed media pieces. Smith’s work is held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, both in Washington; the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York City. Her art has been reviewed in the New York Times, ArtNews, Art in America, and many other notable publications.

Lynne Allen, professor of art and director of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University, has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. On her mother’s side, she is descended from members of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Allen’s work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art Library, and the New York Public Library, all in New York. In Washington, her work has been shown in the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress. She has exhibited in the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri and the Minneapolis Museum of Art. Internationally, Allen’s work has been displayed in the Vesteros Kunst Museum in Sweden and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Anna Hoover, an Aleut artist, and daughter of carver John Hoover, has worked in many media including photography and sculpture. The Aleuts are the indigenous people of Alaska. Hoover was a recent recipient of a National Native Creative Development grant. She is currently a graduate student working on a double degree in art history and communications in the University of Washington's Native Voices program. She has exhibited recently at the Daybreak Star Indian Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington, and The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington. Her piece, Skin of the Earth, using sewn photographic landscape images, is on special loan to the College of Saint Elizabeth. This work is part of a touring exhibition, Dry Ice: Alaska Native Artists and the Landscape, curated by Julie Decker, Ph.D., director of the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage, Alaska. Dry Ice has been exhibited at the Arts Council of Princeton, New Jersey, Alaska House in New York, and this summer will be on display in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Melissa Staiger is of Cherokee descent and has her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, and her Master in Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where she resides. She has been actively exhibiting and curating in various galleries including Nurture Art, AIR Gallery, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Denise Bibro Gallery, and The Halls, all located in New York.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.

College of Saint Elizabeth Women's College Hosts Open House, April 11

On Sunday, April 11, 2010, the Women’s College of CSE, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J. will host an Open House for prospective undergraduate students and their families from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Open House begins with information sessions hosted by College organizations and staff, where prospective students and their families will learn about the CSE experience. In addition, attendees may take a tour of the campus to visit classrooms, residence halls, and other facilities. After the tour, students will have the opportunity to speak with members of the campus. For more information about the CSE Open House, please call 1-800-210-7900 or visit www.cse.edu.

The College of Saint Elizabeth is an independent, four-year liberal arts college for women, located on 200 acres within Morris County, New Jersey. It is the oldest women’s college in New Jersey and the first Catholic college in the United States to award degrees to women. In addition, CSE offers undergraduate programs for non-traditionally aged adults, both men and women, as well as a comprehensive graduate program. The College offers a diverse array of academic majors, minors, and several certification programs.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.

College of Saint Elizabeth Hosts Open House for Adult and Graduate Students Monday, April 12, 2010

On Monday, April 12th, the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J. will host an Open House starting at 6 p.m. for all of its graduate and undergraduate programs for adults. The College offers over 35 graduate, undergraduate and professional certificate programs for men and women.

“Adults are increasingly returning to school in this uncertain economic climate to enhance and improve their job prospects,” said James Dlugos, Vice President of Academic Affairs. “At present we have over 1500 adults in our programs – ranging from education, healthcare, nursing, business, nutrition and psychology, to our newest offerings -- an online Masters in Justice Studies and professional certificates in Social Media Management and Executive and Career Coaching.”

Academic advisors, admissions representatives and program directors will be at the Open House to answer potential students’ questions. The program will be held in the Annunciation Center. Doors open at 5:30, and the formal Open House program will begin at 6 p.m.
For more information about the Open House, call (800) 210-7900 or log on at www.cse.edu/visit.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.

College of Saint Elizabeth Relays for Life March 26-27, 2010

Jessica Dunleavy, ’10, is a young woman with a mission. For the third consecutive year, Dunleavy is the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) representative for the Relay for Life – The Colleges of Madison Avenue. She has been participating in the event since she was a freshman at CSE, her motivation stemming from a personal loss. Her support of the American Cancer Society comes from the death of her father while she was in high school. The event has helped Dunleavy communicate her experience, she “learned how to talk about it and be more open, because that is how people will understand.”

Relay for Life, hosted by The American Cancer Society, is a team event that helps raise awareness and funds to fight and to prevent cancer. Dunleavy says, “It is an overnight event that is meant to symbolize the fact that cancer never sleeps, so neither will we (sleep) that night.” The Fourth Annual Relay for Life – The Colleges of Madison Avenue hosted by Drew University, begins Friday March 26 and runs through Saturday, March 27, 2010. CSE, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park, N.J., and Drew University, Madison, N.J., will participate.

The event begins with an opening ceremony welcoming all participants who have raised funds through sponsorships. Later that evening, the Lumineria Ceremony is held, where illuminated bags are placed around the walking track, bearing names of people that have battled cancer. The participants walk around the track in silence to honor and remember those affected by cancer. Throughout the evening, teams raise funds through the sale of merchandise and donate the proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Last year, more than 450 students from the three schools participated in the event and they raised more than $55,000. Dunleavy single handedly raised $2,500 last year. This year’s goal is to raise $60,000 to aid in the fight against cancer.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.