May 21, 2007
EDITORS NOTE: Reporters contacting Ken Branson from May 21 to May 25 should call his cell phone, 908-797-2590
A DAY OF EDUCATION AND ART
FOR RUTGERS NEW FACULTY TRAVELING SEMINAR
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WHAT: A visit and panel discussion between students and faculty at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, and new faculty and administrators at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; a discussion over dinner about the role of the arts in fostering vibrant communities
WHRE: Lakewood High School, 855 Somerset Ave., Lakewood; Savannah Restaurant, 10 Bridge St., Red Bank
WHO: In Lakewood, selected students, faculty and staff of Lakewood High School; at Savannah Restaurant in Red Bank, David A. Miller, executive director of the New Jersey Council on the Arts, as moderator; Gail OReilly, planner for Red Bank; Jim Quinn, mayor of Millville, N.J.; Linwood Oglesby of the Newark Arts Council; Rutgers faculty and administrators, including President Richard L. McCormick
WHEN: Wednesday, May 23, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Lakewood; 7 p.m. in Red Bank
BACKGROUND: Wednesday is the third day of Rutgers fourth annual New Faculty Traveling Seminar. The seminar, which lasts five days, exposes new faculty members to the people, issues and opportunities of New Jersey. On this day, after driving through Atlantic City and visiting a cranberry bog in Chatsworth, the seminar visits with students and faculty at Lakewood High School and hears a panel discussion on the role of the arts in fostering vibrant communities.
Contact: Ken Branson
732-932-7084, Ext. 633
E-mail: kbranson@ur.rutgers.edu
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