News Briefs
Fall 2017 Issue
University News
Unite Against Hate
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff joined the Unite Against Hate gathering on Sept. 21, organized by ĢƵ Student Senate in response to white supremacist flyers posted on campus in September. The University community was invited to gather in the Campus Center and march on campus to show that hate will not be tolerated.
Hughes Center Honors
Former Vice President Joe Biden presented the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award to
U.S. Ambassador William J. Hughes at ĢƵ’s Hughes
Center Honors on Nov. 9.
The evening’s honorees included state Sen. Diane Allen and ĢƵ alumna Brigid Callahan Harrison, a professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University, and political commentator; U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman; Maryam Sarhan ’17; and the late Sen. Jim Whelan, who died in August.
ĢƵ Exhibition Project Update
More than 100 students, faculty and staff attended the Oct. 30 panel discussion, “What’s in a Name?” led by members of the ĢƵ Exhibition Project Steering Committee in the Campus Center Theatre. More information is available at .
