The NJCU Lemmerman Gallery is pleased to present "Pat Lay: Hybrid", to showcase highlights of the prolific multimedia artist, Pat Lay, who is based in Jersey City. Over two decades Lay’s artwork has explored technological metaphors of human experience. Her sculptures, made of fired clay, computer parts and other readymade elements, are hybrid forms that have cross-cultural references and question what it means to be human.

In Lay’s collages, digital images scanned from computer circuit boards are transformed into a new matrix. Reminiscent of Buddhist mandalas, these abstractions are created in response to our world of technological advancement and digital progress. In her ongoing series, "Soul Bots and Nested Bots", she embeds computer parts such as aluminum heat sinks and cooler fans in organic clay forms, suggesting possible hybrid creatures and plants of the near future. “How are we as humans changed by the new advances in technology?” Lay asks. By working both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, Lay seeks answers to the question through visual and tactile explorations.

NJCU will host its third edition of its newly-launched Presidential Fireside Chat Series on Monday, February 3, 2025 from 2-4 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge, featuring the Honorable Jose L. Linares '75 ('18 Honorary).

The Honorable Jose L. Linares became Chief Judge of the New Jersey Federal District Court on June 1, 2017. He is the first Hispanic in the history of the New Jersey Federal Court to serve as Chief District Court Judge, and the first Cuban-born to serve as Federal District Court Chief in the United States.

Linares was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush in 2002, and served from 2002 to 2019 on the U.S. District Court, before retiring from service.

The 1975 NJCU (then Jersey City State College) alumnus was an All-New Jersey Athletic Conference offensive lineman for the Gothic Knight football team. At the university's 2018 Commencement ceremony, he received an honorary doctor of humane letters and addressed that year's graduating class.

Today, Linares is a partner at the law firm of McCarter & English, LLP, where he chairs McCarter’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice.

The Department of Athletics will offer the following Intramural activities during the Spring 2025 semester. Click on the links below to register for the activities.

For more information, contact Sergio Villamizar at 201-200-2170 or email svillamizar@njcu.edu.

The Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education is pleased to announce the establishment of the Distinguished Alumni Awards. This award will honor the outstanding achievements and contributions of alumni whose work has positively impacted schools and communities.

The deadline to nominate is Friday, March 7, 2025. Award winners will be celebrated at a special recognition event on April 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge in Hepburn Hall 202 on campus.

Eligibility and Nomination Process
Teachers, administrators, and other education or counseling professionals who completed an NJCU College of Education undergraduate or graduate program are eligible for nomination. You may recommend a friend or colleague or submit a nomination for yourself. All nominations should include a nomination statement and appropriate supporting documentation.

Statement of Nomination
Explain why the nominee is a qualified candidate. How has the preparation the nominee received at NJCU contributed to the impact they make as educators? How does the nominee exemplify the college's mission to prepare educators to empower every student and/or the university’s mission to “enter to learn, exit to serve”?

Supporting Documentation: Current curriculum vita or resume of the nominee, a supplementary letter of recommendation from a colleague or supervisor of the nominee, or summary of other recognitions.

Selection Process
A committee of faculty, staff, and alumni from the Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education will select the award recipients. When the selection process is complete, nominees and nominators will be notified of the results. Once all award recipients are contacted, the results will be posted online.

About the Award
Our college's namesake, Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe, inspires the creation of this award. Throughout her life, Dr. Wolfe challenged racial and gender barriers and helped reform education. Among her many achievements, she served as Chief of Education for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor and helped to shape legislation that originated Head Start, financial aid, community colleges, and modern vocational education. We celebrate those who continue Dr. Wolfe's work to provide equitable access to education and who exemplify our mission to prepare educators to empower every student.

If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact Dr. Mary McGriff, Acting Associate Dean of the Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education, at Mmcgriff@njcu.edu or call 201-200-2101.

January is National Blood Donation Month. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood or platelets, however, only about 3% of age-eligible people donate blood yearly.

Your blood donation can save three lives. Appointments preferred; walk-ins welcome if space permits. Remember to eat, drink, and bring your donor ID or personal ID with name and photo.

Sign up at: 

https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/328044 or www.nybc.org/drive. Sponsor code 07616 

Sign up for our workshop on resume writing and cover letters. This event will be focused on those entering STEM fields.

These workshops will continue throughout the Spring 2025 semester as part of the #CareerReadyKnights series.

Check This Week at NJCU every week for additional events.

NJCU women's basketball is back in action when it welcomes to Jersey City historically one of the best teams in the country in the Amherst College Mammoths. You'll want to see this one.

Basketball tickets must be purchased in advance on the Hometown Ticketing app; no cash is accepted.

This amazing event will connect small businesses directly with banks that offer loans to them. Partnering with SBA and other organizations this will be an opportunity no business owner will want to miss!

The Speicher-Rubin Women's Center for Equity and Diversity and the PRIDE Center are kicking off the new year with another Vision Board event taking place on Tuesday, January 28 at 1 p.m. A new feature is Vision Bingo! You bring your visualization of goals for 2025, and we will supply the materials and refreshments.

This interactive workshop is designed to help college students build the skills and confidence needed to succeed in job interviews. Participants will learn how to answer common interview questions, utilize the STAR method for behavioral interviews, and improve their professional presence through tips professional etiquette, and researching potential employers. Students will leave feeling more prepared to make a strong impression and stand out in their job search.

Hosted by the NJCU Center for Career and Professional Development.

Attend this event to learn about the SummerTech Internship! SummerTech Computer Camp is seeking computer science majors to spend six weeks this summer working with children, teaching code, playing video games, and having an amazing time with a smart, motivated staff. SummerTech has been in operation since 2002 and is the gold standard of tech camps, coding curriculum, and geek culture. Room and meals included.

Hosted by the NJCU Center for Career and Professional Development

NJCU is the defending New Jersey Athletic Conference women's basketball champions, having won the title in three of the last four seasons. The Gothic Knights have won four consecutive NJAC games, with exciting wins over TCNJ and Rowan included. Check out NJCU on Wednesday night as they look for a fifth straight league win as it hosts Rutgers Newark. NJCU has defeated Rutgers-Newark in eight consecutive meetings.

The New Jersey Athletic Conference men's basketball standings are neck-and-neck, and every game matters now for the Gothic Knights. Check out NJCU as they meet Rutgers-Newark at home on Wednesday night on 'Coach Charlie Brown Court.' NJCU won the first meeting against Rutgers-Newark this season, 78-66.

Partnering with No Plan B and The Next Generation Network, this will be a paid event that women-owned businesses can attend to create and plan their visions for 2025. Supplies will given to make their vision boards a reality.

What to expect:

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Presidential Fireside Chat Series:
featuring the Honorable Jose Linares '75
Monday, February 3 | 2-4 p.m.
The Gothic Lounge (Hepburn Hall Room 202)

See Spotlight Events for more information.

Looking to expand your skills or explore a new passion? NJCU’s Adult and Continuing Education is now enrolling for Spring 2025! Discover a variety of flexible, non-credit offerings designed for personal and professional growth.

Featured programs include:

Explore the full list of programs and register today. Don’t wait spring into learning with NJCU today!

For more details or to enroll, contact us: Adult and Continuing Education    | 201-200-3089 | conted@njcu.edu

Select a therapist that aligns with your personal preferences, including gender, language, ethnicity, and area of expertise. Additionally, choose a time that suits your schedule, whether it be during the day, night, or weekend. You can conveniently connect with them through video, phone, chat, or message.

Experiencing a mental health crisis?

Help is available 24/7/365 by contacting: 866-646-1526.

Ask. Listen. Refer. is an online suicide prevention training designed to give you the skills to recognize signs of suicide and have a conversation with someone you are concerned about. As we continue to dedicate ourselves to increasing mental health awareness, and suicide prevention efforts, this training is essential for all of our offices. It will take about 15-20 minutes and has very valuable information.

Ask. Listen. Refer. is designed to help faculty, staff, and students prevent suicide by teaching them to:

Ask. Listen. Refer. provides a certificate of completion, and also includes a pre and post-test. If you need proof of completion, please connect with me, as I will be able to track its participants. This interactive online suicide prevention program has been shown to increase the ability of students to recognize and respond to peers at risk for suicide.

This is an excellent, convenient program that is a great resource for our division and the campus.

The Office of Marketing and Communications is providing free professional headshots for you to use on your Faculty & Staff Directory pages or LinkedIn profile. Just stop by to see our university photographer, Paul Gargiulo. We'll offer these sessions at least one day each month, so if you can't make this one, check This Week at NJCU for future dates. 

No matter where you are in life—just getting started or planning for retirement—a session with Joe Del Grande can help you create a plan for your goals. And it's at no cost as a part of your retirement plan.

You’ll get answers to these questions and more.

RSVP today, as space is limited. Register for sessions at www.tiaa.org/schedulenow or by calling 800-732-8353, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ET). We look forward to working with you.

The NJCU Office of Specialized Services and Supplemental Instruction (OSS/SI), which provides equal access to college programs through the provision of reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, will be spending the day in the Office of Military & Veterans Services. Please stop by with any questions on how they can assist you, as you navigate your academic career. Some common concerns they can assist with include, but are not limited to, physical disabilities, mental health challenges, learning disabilities, and mild TBI's and PTSD. Please stop by for more information.

For more information about any of the scheduled events, please contact the Office of Military and Veterans Services at 201-200-3199 visit www.njcu.edu/veterans.

The Division of Academic Affairs invites you to join us for our next open forum on Wednesday, February 5 from 2-4 p.m. in the Michael B. Gilligan Student Union Multipurpose Room B.

This forum is open to all NJCU faculty, staff, and students. This is a great opportunity to get updates on what’s happening on campus, discuss concerns, and share ideas!

Mark your calendars and join Donna Adair Breault, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Jonelle Knox, Assistant Provost of Student Success and Retention, Dr. Jason Martinek, Assistant Provost of Faculty and Staff Development, Dr. Scott O’Connor, Assistant Provost of Academic Programming, and the deans of our four colleges for this open forum.

These forums, which will be in a similar format as the university-wide Campus Conversations the university holds each semester, will be regularly scheduled throughout the year.

For further information, please email the Office of the Provost at provost@njcu.edu.

And save the following dates for additional forums:

The Student Government Association will hold its first general council meeting of the spring semester. All meetings this semester will be held in the GSUB Multipurpose Room.

Future Dates:

The NJCU Visual Arts Gallery is pleased to hold an exhibition of the Jersey-City-based sculptor, Jerome China. "Found and Reclaimed" is an exploration of rediscovery, transformation, and the reclamation of what was once thought to be lost, forgotten, or overlooked. In this exhibition, the artist investigates the idea that what is "found" is often more than just a physical object or a moment in time; it is the reawakening of something deep within us, something that holds meaning, power, or beauty that was hidden in plain sight or lost to time. This work challenges the notion of permanence, suggesting that everything has the potential for reclamation, whether it’s a forgotten memory, a discarded object, or a part of our own identity.  

The works featured in "Found and Reclaimed" utilize metal sculpture to tell stories of rediscovery. These pieces examine how the act of reclaiming something—whether a personal narrative, a physical object, or an abstract concept—can give it new life, purpose, and significance. The artist presents "found" objects and ideas that were once discarded, reimagined, or altered, breathing new life into them and reflecting on the potential inherent in reinterpreting what has been overlooked.

Jerome China was born in 1961 in Richmond, Virginia. He received his early training as the first artist in residence at All Iron Works commercial welding and fabrication shop currently located in Hoboken, N.J. In addition, he studied with blacksmith Paul Januz at Gravity Line Forge. These residence experiences provided a balanced foundation in welding, blacksmithing, and metallurgy. He has lived in New York and Virginia and currently resides in Jersey City.

Hair We Are Again is hosting a signature event aimed at E.R.A.S.E. — Education, Resources, Affirmation, Support, and Empowerment — for all curly and coily hair textures. The event will spotlight the CROWN Act, legislation that seeks to end discrimination based on hair texture and styles, ensuring a future where everyone is free to embrace their natural hair without fear of bias.

Attendees will enjoy a day filled with local vendors, live entertainment, and powerful “hairspiration” stories from women, men, and trans individuals who have embraced their natural locks.

Join us for this transformative event and be part of a movement to celebrate and normalize diverse hair identities.

For more information, visit: CROWN Act.

Are you ready to invest in your graduate education but unsure how to navigate the financial side? Join us for the HESAA Financial Information Session and take the first step toward securing your future.

Discover everything you need to know about graduate student loans, repayment plans, and funding options tailored for your success. Experts from HESAA will guide you through the process and answer your questions to help make your graduate journey stress-free.

Why Attend?

 Don’t miss out — secure your spot today and make your dreams a reality!

Questions? Email gradadmissions@njcu.edu.

NJCU is partnering with All About Us Festival to bring a meaningful initiative to campus: the McCourty Twins Tackle Sickle Cell Blood Drive to support individuals affected by sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell disease disproportionately impacts our Black community and Black patients often face challenges in finding compatible blood donors. Blood donations from people of similar ethnic backgrounds are critical for managing this condition through transfusions.

NJCU and its TRiO Learning Community (TLC) Program will host the inaugural TRiO SSS Student Leadership Conference. Also attending will be TRiO students from Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland, Passaic County Community College, Saint Peter's University and Seton Hall University.

TRiO/TLC is a federal student Support Services Program at NJCU, funded by the United States Department of Education and the university. This program is designed to provide support services to low-income, first-generation students and/or students with disabilities. The TRiO Learning Community (TLC) Program at NJCU is known nationally as a federal Student Support Services (SSS) program.

Please note, this event is only for members of the TLC program.

All events/announcements must be submitted no later than Wednesday at noon to be included in the weekly email newsletter that will be released on the following Monday.