Many generous donors have made contributions to the fund, including University Board of Trustees member Joseph Velli '80 and the The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, to help William Paterson students dealing with emergency financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have so much to offer New Jersey college students, from top academic programs and excellent faculty, to innovative career programs and a dynamic campus community—all of it affordable and close to home," says President Richard J. Helldobler.
The University’s new fully online degree platform, WP Online, has launched with 10 different degree programs in education, nursing and business. It is set to begin during Summer II on July 13, 2020.
“I believe that the Cotsakos College of Business mission—which focuses on preparing students for career success in business through programs that develop academic excellence and professional enrichment, supported by the applied research of faculty—are well aligned with my commitment to student success through intellectual rigor, teaching excellence, and practical experiences,” says Dean Anthony Bowrin.
"One of the most important things is that people don’t give up hope… and it’s not just doctors and nurses. It is also food service workers and maintenance staff and everyone making sure operations run smoothly," says Brenda Marshall, WP nursing professor and Fulbright Scholar Specialist.
Professors Lily Prince, Maria Villar, and Miryam Wahrman are highlighted this month.
School buildings may be closed due to the pandemic, but College of Education early childhood professors in residence (PIRs) are supporting school districts in new virtual ways.
Schwartz, who retired on February 1, 2020, has established the Paul and Ruby Bernstein Memorial Scholarship, an endowed fund that will provide a scholarship for a student who demonstrates outstanding leadership and academic excellence .
When he’s not teaching, WP sociology professor Andrew Gladfelter is providing hundreds of frontline workers with much-needed personal protective equipment in the fight against COVID-19.
Michelle Krasowski, a first semester transfer art student, did what many people do when they want to know how to do something: she turned to Google, found a YouTube video of how to make a printing press, and worked with her father to assemble one in her garage .