Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey City University’

Friday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Sep 3rd, 2010 • Category: Blog

FYI: We’re taking Monday off in honor of the Labor Day holiday. This is our last roundup until Tuesday. Enjoy the holiday weekend, if you don’t have to work.
- Liberty Humane Fight Gets Ugly: Liberty Humane Society board member John Hanussak has filed a report with the Jersey City Police Department after a person posting [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Sep 1st, 2010 • Category: Blog

- New Fire Chief: Deputy Chief Darren Rivers will be promoted to fire chief either later this week or early next week, according to the Healy administration. Rivers, who will be the first black fire chief in Jersey City history, took over on a provisional basis at 12:01 am today from Chief Michael O’Reilly, who [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Aug 30th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Schundler’s Fall: Gov. Christie fired Education Commissioner Bret Schundler on Friday just days after New Jersey was denied federal Race to the Top funding, in part because of a clerical error. For his part, the former Jersey City mayor defended himself Friday against any perception that he had lied to Governor Christie about the [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Aug 4th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- There Will Be More Time to Comment on Pipeline: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the agency will continue to receive public comments on the proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through Jersey City — even after the August 20 end of the “scoping” period. In addition, a spokesperson for the agency points [...]



NJCU Program at Suburban Middle School Saved by Fundraising Campaign

By Jon Whiten • Jul 29th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

A few months ago, Proyecto Science’s outpost at Morris County’s East Hanover Middle School faced an uncertain future, as funding cuts threatened to end the program that prepares students for careers as engineers and scientists altogether. But New Jersey City University (NJCU), which administers the program, announced last week that it had been saved and [...]



NJCU Prepares to Float $43 Million in New Bonds

By Jon Whiten • Jul 27th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

New Jersey City University (NJCU) is preparing to issue two sets of bonds in early August for a total of $43 million. The money will primarily be used to pay down older bonds and fund maintenance projects on campus.
“Due largely to the state’s lack of consistent capital funding support for higher education, the university’s debt [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Jul 15th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Shakeup at Liberty Humane: The entire board of directors of Liberty Humane Society resigned last night, alleging mismanagement of finances and citing a loss of control over the Liberty Humane Society’s decisions. Animal advocates had been upset by the board’s vote last month to cap the number of dogs housed at the shelter at [...]



Moody’s: State Budget Cuts Will Put Increased Debt Pressure on NJCU & Other New Jersey Public Universities

By Jon Whiten • Jul 7th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

Now that state lawmakers have passed the fiscal year 2011 budget, with its massive cuts in government spending and reductions in direct aid to New Jersey’s public universities, the credit-rating agency Moody’s reports that financial trouble may be brewing for the institutions, although the firm says it remains confident the schools will make the proper [...]



NJCU Awarded Green Building Fellowship

By Jon Whiten • Jun 16th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

New Jersey City University (NJCU) is one of 25 higher education institutions around the country that has received a 2010 Kresge Fellowship Award from the Boston-based nonprofit Second Nature.
The fellowships, part of Second Nature’s Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Initiative, are designed to provide under-resourced institutions with information and networking opportunities that will [...]



PHOTOS: 16th Annual Festival of the Andes

By Steve Gold • Jun 7th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog, News

Performers and vendors representing the highland cultures of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Eduador, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay gathered at New Jersey City University Sunday, June 6 for the 16th annual Festival of the Andes.

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