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About Alumni GeorgeSince1968UCC’s EducationalOpportunity Fund(EOF) has provided higher education opportunitieswith financial andacademic supportTerry W. Benjamin ‘72 to over 10,000UnionCountyCollege students. This federal programhelps economically and educationallydisadvantaged students to follow theirdreams of a college degree.This year’s EOF program will celebrate its success at the UCCHomecoming & Reunion at Union onNovember 22, 2008. EOF alumni areencouraged to attend to renew friendships and reconnect with faculty andstaff. This year will be an exciting timefor all as we launch an EOF AlumniHave a“MiniReunion”at theReunionat Union!Scholarship Fund drive and recognizeoutstanding EOF alumni and faculty.Terry W. Benjamin ‘72, novelist, publisher and literary innovator, has agreedto serve as the Honorary Chair of thisEOF reunion and the new EOF AlumniScholarship campaign. Mr. Benjamin,who lives in Rahway, was in UCC’s firstEOF class and was also a popular EOFCounselor for many years. EOF alumniwill have the opportunity to becomepart of UCC’s EOF program history bycontributing to the endowed scholarship fund as well as to volunteer to be amentor.For information about the EOFReunion, the new EOF AlumniScholarship or the EOF mentoring andleadership program, please contactSharon Johnson, Director, at (908) 7097085 or Johnson@ucc.edu.If you were part of a club or activity when you wereat UCJC / UJC / UC or UCC and would like to get thegroup together again, Mini-Reunion tables can CC/Upsala College Alumni - Linda Ross Dolinis a 1967 alumna of UJC and a 1969 Upsala graduateand will host an Upsala table. “Our first college is“alive and kicking” and celebrating its 75th Anniversary. Get into the spirit and wear your UCC colors ofRed & White or your Upsala colors of Blue & Gray.Please contact me through the Alumni Office at(908) 709-7066.”Alpha Sigma Nu (Fraternity for Vietnam vets).James C. Garry, who last attended in 1969, is eager toreunite with some of the men who helped make hiscollege time as an older student fun. Contact him atgarry1602@optonline.net.N. Apgar, Jr. ’72 is a customerservice representative in the telecommunications industry in Piscataway, NJ. Helives in North Brunswick, NJ. Nadinia Davis ’73 is now Assistant Prof.of the Health Information ManagementProgram at UMDNJ in Newark. She hasMBA, CPA, RHIA, and FAHIMA credentials.Davisn1@umdnj.edu Elizabeth (Sosenheimer-Lee) Elyoussef’75 is retired in Tarpon Springs, FL after acareer as a human resources executive inthe insurance industry.She enjoys the beach,working out at the ‘Y’ and travel abroad, andis the religious education director at herchurch. Eliese2850@tampabay.ee.com Dr. Winifred V. Quinn ’82 has moved toAlexandria, VA to work in DC at AARP asthe Senior Legislative Representative forthe Center to Champion Nursing inAmerica.WQuinn@aarp.org Karen Roman ’76, of Kenilworth, NJ, alicensed realtor since 1995, has joined theBergdorff ERA firm in Westfield. Dawn Campagnola ’96 lives in MenloPark, CA where she is a certified yoga andmeditation instructor. In June 2008 sheearned her second master’s degree, inMarriage and Family Therapy, and willwork with teens and adults on grief issues.dawncampagnola@gmail.com. Zulema Cheek ’03, of Piscataway,NJ,is passionate about her music. She formed thegospel group Blayze 5 in 2003 and writes andarranges all their songs. They are working ontheir third CD. Zulema is the DepartmentSecretary for UCC’s Counseling Services.Blayze5onfire@yahoo.com Melissa D. (James) Passaro ’03, ofHillside, NJ, works at the Newark Museumand is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator.mpassaro@yahoo.com Darlene Altvater ’04 of Clark, NJ, graduated in 2008 with a BA in Spanish fromKean U. She is working in Cranford as asubstitute teacher.Twix2219@yahoo.com Robert L. Muccia ’06, of Union, NJ, isworking as a substitute teacher whilestudying for his bachelor’s degree. rmlteach@yahoo.com Ijeoma Opara ’07, of Roselle,NJ,is a psychology major at New Jersey City U. andworks as a care coordinator at a home careagency in Cranford. Missij86@yahoo.comIN MEMORIAM Frank J. Cicarell ‘49January 2007. Princeton, NJ George A. Danskin ‘62January 2008. New Paltz, NY William G. Klebous ‘46April 2008. Mountainside, NJ. Robert B. Moore ‘55May 2008. Baltimore, MDFall 2008 5

Saluting the past Welcoming theFutureVoting by the 75th Anniversary PlanningCommittee members on submissions to a slogancontest resulted in the above slogan, proposed byProfessor Emerita of English Susan Stock. The logowas also voted on from designs from UCC’s awardwinning Marketing & College CommunicationsDept. Planning the 75th anniversary year has beenVictor M. Richela group effort, under the leadership of ChairmanVictor M. Richel, Chair of the UCC Board ofTrustees and a College Governor, and coordinated by the UCC Foundation.Committees consisting of alumni, board members, faculty, staff and friendsworked under the leadership of their Chairs:& Celebratory Events –Dorothy Andrews, IT, andProf. Paula Belmonte, Business DecadesUNIONCOUNTYCOLLEGEDay & Academic Conference –Dr. Cynthia Singer, Business, andDr. Susannah Chewning, English Founders& Archives – Dr. Lawrence Hogan,Economics/History/Government History– Dr. Harold Damerow,Economics/History/Government RecognitionUCC will be able to better preserve itsunique history of beginning as a small “emergency college” during the Depression to becoming a comprehensive community college withfour campuses serving 35,000 credit and continuing education students each year. Althoughthere is not yet a public space, a UCC Archiveshas begunand is col1948 – The “Nomahegan Tract” islectingthe future home of UJC, Cranfordappropriateitems to preserve for future generations.(Contact Dr. Hogan at Hogan@ucc.edu.)Other activities include an Authors ofUCC exhibition, Immigration at UCC throughthe Decades, a display and event in the springon the Elizabeth campus sponsored by theInstitute of Intensive English, creating a 75thAnniversary section on the College web site,and placing celebratory banners on streets inCranford, Elizabeth and Plainfield.2008 – RenovatedDr. Kenneth C. MacKay Library, Cranford6 Fall 20081933 – Abraham Clark High School, Roselle75th AnniversaryHonoreesDuring the College’s 75thAnniversary celebration, up to fortyindividuals will be named as 75thAnniversary Honorees in five categories: Alumni, former Board Members,Emeriti Faculty, Friends, and retiredStaff.They will be recognized for theirdedication and contribution to UnionCounty College and its mission,achievements that brought credit tothe College, records of distinction andaccomplishment in their fields, or anysignificant leadership or service to theUnion County College community.Honorees will each have a one-year 1,000 scholarship in their names andwill be invited to the annualScholarship Reception to meet theirstudent recipients. They will be recognized with a special certificate at celebratory events during the year and willhave their names placed on a permanent installation in the Victor M. RichelStudent Commons, along with namesfrom 1933 to 2008 of CollegePresidents,ChairsoftheCollege and Foundation Boards, FacultyChairs, and Presidents of the UCCAlumni Association.

Fall 75th Anniversary EventsSeptember 19 – October 30Snapshots in Time: Vernacular Photographyfrom the Past 75 YearsProf. Robert Yoskowitz, Guest Curator,Tomasulo Art GalleryVernacular photographs are “great images by as yet unappreciated and undervalued artists” who take everyday life and common things as subjects.The UCC community can participate bysubmitting photographs (one each) for exhibition on a wall inthe art gallery. Send photos to Prof.Yoskowitz at UCC. Photoswill not be mailed back, but can be picked up 30 days after theshow. If your photo is UCC-related, consider donating it to theArchives. (See page 2 for Gallery hours.)October 1 – 19Authors of UCC Exhibit, Victor M. Richel Student CommonsOctober 14, 2008 – 7:30 pm75th Anniversary President’s Program & ReceptionJim Cramer, Host of CNBC’s MAD MONEY and MarketsCommentator of TheStreet.comCurrent Market Conditions Where Do We Go From Here?1933 – 1938Union County Junior College1938 – 1968Union Junior College1968 – 1982Union College1982 –Union County CollegeRoy W. Smith Theater,Admission by Ticket OnlyBook signing will follow lecture in the Victor M. RichelStudent Commons.October 16, 2008 – 12:00 noon75th AnniversaryFounders’ Day CelebrationKevin Kane, Folk Singer, Music of the FDR EraVictor M. Richel Student CommonsSongs from the early decades of the College will haveyou tapping your foot and singing along. Enjoy WoodyGuthrie’s Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, adapted for UCC! Cometo sing along and enjoy some 75th birthday cake.October 25, 200875UCC Foundationth DiamondAnniversaryGalaNovember 22, 2008Homecoming & Reunion at UnionTheater ProjectSalutes Teachers withDiscounted Ticketsfor Fall PlayDefying Gravity by JaneAnderson, a play inspired by the1986 Challenger disaster, was chosen as a fitting tribute to UCC in its75th year. In expressing the thirstfor knowledge and art that the character “Teacher” inspires, DefyingGravity is an accolade to educatorseverywhere.The Study Guide createdby Professor Emerita SusanStockisavailableatw w w. t h e t h e a t e r p r o j e c t . o r g .Student tickets are always only 10,but for this production all teacherscan also present ID and see the playfor 10! Defying Gravity runsSeptember 25 to October 12 - seepage 2 for details.Fall 2008 7

About CampusEvelynne Blatt, Director of FinancialAid, is the President-Elect of the NJAssociation of Student Financial AidAdministrators.Dr. Susannah Chewning, English, coauthored Teaching Medieval Studies inthe Two-Year College in SMART: Studiesin Medieval and Renaissance Teaching,Fall 2008.Neblett Prize forEducational Excellencein Teaching & Learning.For the second year, prizes established by the bequest of Dr. Richard F.Neblett, longtime board member of theCollege and the Foundation, were presented at Awards Night in May. The fourfaculty honorees are Assoc. Prof. ofBusiness Maureen Greenbaum, Assoc.Prof. of Psychology/Sociology TobyMarx, Adjunct Prof. of MathematicsRicardo M. Pijuan, and Associate Prof. ofMathematics Cynthia Roemer. Picturedare the late Dr. Richard F. and BarbaraNeblett.HELPSHAPE THEFUTURE!Look for UCC’swise and friendlyowl Icarus in hisBig-Owl-onCampus sweater atwww.uccfoundation.orgto make a gift via credit card,or use the enclosed envelope.Make a 75th Anniversarygift today!President’s Council, Benefactors andFounders (annual donors of 1,000 )are invited to dine with the CollegePresident.Your gift to the Shaping Our Futureannual fund will help UCC students, andearn you recognition on the Tree ofEducation.Thank you!8 Fall 2008Biology Dept. Chair Professor WilliamDunscombe made five presentations inNew Jersey about the Pinelands – to theLinden AARP, the Moorestown GardenClub, the Delaware Valley Senior’sLearning Program, the Towne Club ofNew Providence/Berkeley Heights, andthe Chatham Historical Society.The Center for Modern PsychoanalyticStudies Spring 2008 Art Show in NewYork City included three paintings byProfessor George Hildrew, English/Modern Languages/Fine Arts.The April – May 2008 issue of theNational Baseball Hall of Famemagazine, Memories and Dreams, features an article by Dr. LawrenceHogan, Senior Prof. of History.Blackball and the Sounds of Music ispart of his project on the history ofblack baseball and black music.ProfessorEileenKaufman,Psychology, presented Birth Order: AnAdlerian Perspective at the 92nd Street Yin New York City as part of the GreatWorld of Ideas series.Adjunct Professor Bill Lipkin,Economics/Government/History, is thenew President of the New Jersey StateFederation of Teachers-AFT. He is thefirst higher education representative tobe president. He is also President of theUCC Adjunct Faculty Federation.Communications Professor Michael Z.Murphy is the Coordinator for theNortheastRegionInternationalListening Assoc. (ILA).At the March convention in Portland, ME he co-presenteda workshop, Humanifestation, concerning listening to oneself.Dr. Jack Parl, Emeritus Professor ofEnglish, has created the Parl Family website to chronicle his father’s extraordinary life – e Professor Helene RoholtMoen, English/Modern Languages/FineArts, was honored in April 2008 with theDistinguished Chapter Advisor Award atthe 2008 Phi Theta Kappa InternationalConvention in Philadelphia. She wassaluted for 36 years of service to UCC’sIota Xi Chapter.FACULTY RETIREMENTS 2008Assoc. Professor Louis Campo,EngineeringSenior Professor Dr. Risetta Jacobs,PsychologySenior ProfessorDr. Raymond Krukovsky,PsychologySenior Professor Dr. James F. Lind,ChemistryProfessor Jerry A. Nathanson (2007)EngineeringAssociate ProfessorHelene Roholt-Moen,Modern LanguagesProfessor Regina Siemoneit,PsychologyIN MEMORIAMProf. Edna Doll,Continuing EducationFebruary 2008. Cranford, NJEmeritus Prof. Donald HedeenMathematics, 1969 – 1995.March 2008. Lightfoot,VAEvelyn D. Merritt,EOF CounselorMay 2008. Plainfield, NJGreat Discounts!Great Gifts! Use now!Buy 2009B O O K Sfrom the UCC Alumni AssociationNew Jersey Editions 25Call (908) 654-4485 To Order Now

Focus on AlumniI Found a Community ofShared Learning as aTutor at UCC’s AcademicLearning CenterBy Liza Singer ‘08When I was first offered a job as a tutor, I didn’t know if Iwould have the time for it, but having had experience tutoringand teaching classes informally, I felt I could handle it. However,my perceptions did not prepare me for what the ALC had instore for me. In the end, the ALC felt less like a job to simplyscribble down on a resume and instead became a community ofshared learning.For a socially reserved person,an early challenge for me wasmaking the environment comfortable for tutees. Gail Hein, theALC Director, explained the importance of making the tutoringcenter a warm and inviting experience.Gradually I began to findways to open both the tutee and myself to the experience, andto make it a pleasing one.Slowly those who would visit my table on a regular basisformed bonds with one another. I became so emotionally invested in these people that the reward of their efforts and achievements offset the modest monetary rewards. I still rememberhow on overwhelming days where I’d have two tables of students all needing my help, a tutee who was either in the sameclass or a higher-level class would help another while my attention was occupied elsewhere. I also formed social bonds withthe other tutors, where we’d work as a team to help each othertutor effectively.Of course, tutoring at the ALC was not always an easy task.Sometimes a student and I would not be on the same page andan explanation wouldn’t click. We would then search for newand different techniques to overcome the hurdle. Many times Ifound myself surrounded by a growing number of studentswhere I’d only be able to help with one problem at time forhours on end. Still, in the end, to see the academic growth madeall the effort worth it.However, it needs to be understood that as a tutor it wasnever my job to “make someone smarter”. Most of the time Ifound it was simply giving the time to students that felt neglected, and helping them to realize their own abilities. I came acrossbrilliant writers who were not given the SAT grammar drillingexercises and mathematicians who only needed the confidenceto be assured that their answers were right.Many times I was learning along with them. Focusing onspecific grammatical points and/or math problems I hadn’t seenfor a while helped strengthen my own academic work. Whenthere was a comprehension disconnect it drove me to find newways to explore certain problems that originally hadn’t crossedmy mind.What is great about the ALC is it gives students who trulyhave the desire to succeed a chance.Whether it is because students can’t connect with the professor’s learning style, or arerequired to know something they don’t have the backgroundfor, or they haven’t been in school for a while, or maybe theyjust need the extra time, these disconnects are able to beresolved thanks to the ALC.Some students put so much attention and passion into theiracademic success that I was at many times humbled by theirwork ethic.It made me realize that the people who will truly succeed in life are not those who easily slide through all the roadsof life, but those who have relentless motivation and don’t takesuccess for granted.Sometimes they just need an extra boost.The Academic Learning Centers (ALC) on the Cranford, Elizabeth andPlainfield Campuses offer tutors in almost all credit courses taught at UCC,with special emphasis on high-risk courses. Liza Singer of Short Hills, NJ wasa peer tutor at the Academic Learning Center in Cranford. She is now astudent at the Gallatin School at NYU.SCHOLARS AT SCHOLARSHIPRECEPTIONAll smiles at the annual Scholarship Reception in April areCollege dignitaries, three Eleanor B. Reiner FoundationScholarship recipients, and one proud little boy. The students are in the American Sign Language & Deaf Studies program. Dr.Thomas H. Brown, College President, is at left, andVictor M. Richel, Chair of the Board of Trustees and TomSharkey, Jr., UCC Foundation Chair, at the right.Fall 2008 9

Bruno “Bud” ZiolkowskiUCC Loses ADedicated FriendNew member Dr. Sondra Fishinger (l.), Dr. Thomas H. Brown and Dr. Tressa BrownHeritage SocietyAppreciationLuncheonHeritage Society members are honoredin perpetuity for their generosity in makingplanned gifts to benefit UCC. Seven newmembers were inducted into the HeritageSociety on June 5th at the annual appreciation luncheon for planned gift donors.The new members inducted are CharlesT. Davis, Vista, CA; Dr. Sondra B. Fishinger,Emerita Professor of English, Rahway, NJ;Richard Haberski ’48 and his wife LaVerneHaberski, Emerson, NJ;Anonymous ’71, NC, and Dr.Thomas J. Kehoe, EmeritusProfessor of History andJane C. Kehoe.Guest speaker Dr.Cynthia Singer, SeniorProfessor of Business, provided a provocative talk,Globalization: A PersonalPerspective – PreparingOur Students to Compete inthe Global Economy. Tolearn about the HeritageSociety and gift planningwith the UCC Foundation,please contact Ann Poskocil,Director of Development at(908) 709-7028.10 Fall 2008Patricia Hobbie and James R. Perry,Vice Chair of the UCC Board of Trusteesat the Heritage Society luncheon.On Sunday, May 18, 2008, UCCTrustee and former FoundationChairman Bruno E. “Bud”Ziolkowski passed away. One of thestaunchest of UCC supporters, hewill be missed greatly. A long timemember of the Heritage Society,Bud had made a planned gift of lifeinsurance. His dedication and foresight will provide for future generations of UCC students.The College communityextends its sincere condolences tothe Ziolkowski family. Bud is survived by his loving wife, Maria E.Ziolkowski, two sons, Joseph andMichael, and his brother Thomas.He was predeceased by his daughter, the late Cynthia Angus.Memorial donations may be madeto the Cynthia Angus MemorialScholarship Fund, c/o the UnionCounty College Foundation, 1033Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ orto the N.J. Caddie ScholarshipFund, c/o Echo Lake country Club,Westfield, NJ.Gift Planning at theUCC FoundationTo confidentially discuss gift annuities,bequests, trusts, etc. at any time pleasecontact Director of DevelopmentAnn M. Poskocil at (908) 709-7028or poskocil@ucc.edu.Check out the Gift Calculator atwww.uccfoundation.org

Evening at the Races – a Winnerfor Student Scholarships!A good time was had by all at the Meadowlands on June 26th. Friends ofUCC helped the UCC Foundation’s 15th annual fund raising event at thePegasus Restaurant to raise over 45,000. Save the date and plan to gather agroup of your friends next year – Thursday, June 25, 2009 – to enjoy gourmet dining, harness racing, and great company.Dedicated members of the Races Committee,(and UCC Foundation trustees) enjoyed theevening with friends

April2008. Mountainside,NJ. Robert B. Moore '55 May2008. Baltimore,MD Since 1968 UCC'sEducational OpportunityFund (EOF) has provid - ed higher educa - tionopportunities withfinancialand academic support to over 10,000 Union County College students. This federal program helps economically and educationally disadvantaged students to follow their