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Archived article from Oct 4, 2004
Nick Belkin, professor of library and information studies, has been appointed by President Richard L. McCormick to the Presidential Committee on Standards and Priorities in Academic Development. Belkin will serve a two-year term on the committee, which for 20 years has played a critical role in policy development and reviews and evaluations of graduate and undergraduate programs at the university. The
committee works closely with the president and the senior academic administration.
Angus Gillespie, professor of American studies, recently delivered a lecture on his studies of coal-mining archivist George Korson at the American Folklife Center, part of the Library of Congress. Best known as the founder of the NJ Folk Festival, Gillespie wrote a book on Korson, whose 1940s collections documented this unique facet of occupational folk life. Korson’s archives were recently donated to the Library of Congress.
Felix James, associate provost for university outreach in Camden, has been named an Eisenhower Fellow for the Philadelphia International Leadership Initiative. The Eisenhower Fellowships organization, which fosters international understanding and productivity through the exchange of information and perspectives among young leaders, develops programs abroad for up to 12 fellows each year from New England, Philadelphia and the Research Triangle in North Carolina.
Maggie Shiffrar, professor of psychology on the Newark campus, was recently elected fellow of the American Psychological Association. In addition to this honor, Shiffrar received the Lansdowne Scholar Award from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and the Max Planck Gesellschaft Scholarship from the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich, Germany.
John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, has been nominated by Gov. James E. McGreevey to chair the Highlands Regional Council. Pending Senate confirmation, Weingart will take on the task of leading a group of 15 members through an 18-month process of developing a master plan for New Jersey's Highlands region. Before joining the institute, Weingart served in New Jersey state government for 23 years during the administrations of two Democratic and two Republican governors.
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