2010 March 31-May 06
âDisneyâs Beauty and the Beast at Wagner College Theaterâ â This Broadway theater website has consistently helped us publicize both Main Stage and Stage One productions on campus.
Read the Broadway World story about Beauty and the Beast Apr 1 Staten Island AdvanceâDisc Jockey Gives History Lessonâ â The Advance ran a âstandaloneâ photo of veteran rock DJ Peter Fornatale speaking at Wagner the previous evening.
Read the Advance story about DJ Peter Fornatale Apr 2 Forbes MagazineâDonât Repeal the 17th Amendmentâ â As usual, Joshua Spivak of Wagner Collegeâs Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform has written another insightful op/ed essay that has been published in a major national periodical â always highlighting in the closing identifying paragraph his affiliation with Wagner College.
Read the Carey Institute op-ed in Forbes Magazine Apr 5 Staten Island AdvanceâTake a Bite out of Mosquitoesâ â Biology Professor Horst Onken was one of the sources for a seasonal news story on public health and mosquitoes. The story jumped from Page One to an inside page.
Read about public health and mosquitoes in the Advance Apr 5 Hispanic Outlook in Higher EducationâRethinking Volunteering: Several New York Colleges Introduce a New Way to Encourage Student Serviceâ â This specialty higher ed magazine ran a 3-page story on New York Campus Compact, in which Wagner Collegeâs civic engagement programs figured prominently (from the middle of the second column on the second page to the end of the story).
Read the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Apr 8 Staten Island AdvanceâA âCellâ of a Productionâ â A short but positive preview of the final Stage One show of the year, Sarah Ruhlâs âDead Manâs Cell Phone.â
Read about "Dead Man's Cell Phone" in the Advance Apr 8 New Jersey Law JournalâMenendez's Critics Shouldn't Jump Up and Down Just Yetâ â Another Spivak op/ed.
Read the story in the New Jersey law Journal Apr 8 Inside Higher EdâMale Studies vs Menâs Studiesâ â This story by Jennifer Epstein, published in one of the premier national daily news sources on higher education, focused on a conference hosted at Wagner College by psychology professor Miles Groth on April 7 to explore âa new academic discipline focusing on male studies at the university level.â The story was highlighted in the monthly Inside Higher Ed roundup as one of the top three most commented upon stories â 79 at the last count. This event was the most written about activity on the Wagner College campus in years, bar none; 26 stories were posted following the April 7 event on the websites of such periodicals and blogs as the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Forbes, the National Post (Canada), Salon.com, Fox News, the Calgary Herald, The Dartmouth, Mother Jones and Times Higher Education. The Inside Higher Ed piece is a good representative of the massive coverage, as are the comments posted at the end of the story.
Read the story on Inside Higher Ed Apr 11 Staten Island AdvanceâWagner College Protesters Return to Find Little Has Changedâ â On April 10, a group of alumni held a symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of the occupation of Cunard Hall to protest the lack of diversity at that time on the Wagner College campus. The following day, the Advance ran a distinctly one-sided story on the symposium, written by senior reporter Judy Randall; weâve annotated her article to correct the record she filed. Several participants in the symposium and members of the audience responded to the Advance story, including: Sharon Richie-Melvan, Wagnerâs first African-American homecoming queen and a member of the group that occupied Cunard (profiled in the latest issue of Wagner Magazine); Dorothy Davison, dean of the library, and Robert Benson, professor emeritus of philosophy; symposium organizers Mike Kelly and Lonnie Brandon, and alumna MaryRose Barranco Morris.
Read about Seeds of Change Read the corrected information in the Advance Read about the response to the Cunard Occupation symposium story Apr 11 New York 1 cable news channelâOnce Upon a Time on Staten Islandâ series â History Professor Lori Weintrob contributed to a series aired by NY1 on the history of Staten Island.
Apr 15 Staten Island AdvanceâAt Wagner College, a Portrait by Many Artistsâ â Staff writer Tevah Platt knows Wagner well, having once worked in the Alumni office and currently teaching an upper-level creative writing course as an adjunct professor. In this story, Platt tells how art professor Jennifer Toth and her students worked with a group from the Lifestyles for the Disabled program to create a mural.
Read the story in the Advance about the mural Apr 15 BroadwayWorld.comâWagner College Theater Presents Beauty and the Beastâ â A somewhat more extended preview of the upcoming Main Stage finale.
Read about Wagner College Theater's "Beauty and the Beast" Apr 17 silive.comâWagner College Displays Seniorsâ Art Workâ â The Staten Island Advance website highlighted the 2010 Senior Art Show.
Read about the Seniors' Art Work on silive Apr 20 Staten Island AdvanceâWagner College to Host Economic Symposiumâ
Read about the Economic Symposium in the Advance Apr 21 Staten Island AdvanceâStaten Islandâs Wagner College Stages âBeauty and the Beastâ â â The Theater Department gave this preview high marks.
Read about Beauty and the Beast in the Advance Apr 23 Staten Island AdvanceâIsland Campuses Urged to Court Veteransâ â Wagner College chief of staff David Martin appears at center in the photo for this story.
See the photo about Wagner chief of staff in the Advance Apr 23 Staten Island AdvanceâSay Happy Birthday to Staten Islandâ â Claire Regan, associate managing editor of the Advance, wrote this article about a reception and presentation at the home of President and Mrs. Guarasci to highlight educational initiatives being developed by Wagner College, St. Johnâs University and the College of Staten Island in connection with the upcoming 350th anniversary of the first European settlement on Staten Island, spearheaded by a committee co-chaired by history professor Lori Weintrob.
Read about the SI-350 reception in the Advance Apr 24 Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.)âCollege Graduates Fuel Rochesterâs Fameâ â Columnist Jim Memmott (a former St. Lawrence University colleague of President Guarasciâs) recalled Wagner Collegeâs founding in Rochester.
Read the story in the Democrat & Chronicle Apr 26 Crain's New York BusinessâPassing the Funding Testâ â Judith Messina chose Wagner College as one of her examples in this story on successful higher ed campaigns conducted in tough economic times. Both President Guarasci and Vice President for Institutional Advancement Myra Garcia were quoted as sources.
Read the story in Crain's New York Business Apr 28 Staten Island AdvanceâBlown Away in a Matter of Secondsâ â Reporter Maura Yates wrote this moving story about the visit by two survivors of the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II.
Read Maura Yates story in the Advance May 5 "Painting Perceptions" blogâBill Murphyâ â An extended essay on the work of Wagner art professor Bill Murphy, including a number of his paintings.
Read about Bill Murphy in the "Painting Perceptions" blog May 6 Staten Island AdvanceâWagner Students Tackle Autismâ â Advance sports editor Jerry Lee highlights a fundraiser for an autism awareness organization coordinated by senior Rachel Delp of Freehold, N.J., backed by Up âTil Dawn, the Promising Student Society and the Student Government Association. Together, our students raised $1,200 this year.
Read the story about the autism awareness fundraiser