Green Brook, Watchung Students' Campus News

Melissa Cody, of Green Brook, an Elementary Education major, has been named to the dean's list for the spring 2012 semester in the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences at Rider University.

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Green Brook resident Jessica Romero has enrolled at James Madison University for the fall 2012 semester. Romero plans on majoring in accounting.

James Madison University is a comprehensive university that is part of the statewide system of public higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is the only university in America named for President James Madison.

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Michael Disch, of Watchung, took the first step in becoming a Boilermaker by participating in the annual STAR program at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus. Summer Transition, Advising and Registration (STAR) is Purdue's program for new undergraduate students to receive academic advice and create their initial course schedule. Incoming students select their one-day STAR session and come to Purdue's West Lafayette campus to conduct this and other important business.

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Genevieve Petruccelli, of Watchung, and a student at Mother of Divine Grace, recently completed the University of Dallas' two-week college preparatory program, Arete in Irving. The program introduces students to texts by ancient and modern authors on nobility and excellence. Students were taught by UD professors, participated in college-level seminars, viewed and discussed several films and publicly presented a paper to their peers.

According to Joan Arbery '02, director of the Arete in Irving program, "Arete prepares students for the critical thinking necessary at the university level, making them adept not only in their writing, but also in their ability to articulate their thoughts. Most importantly, Arete engages students in the question of the good life, asking them to take up the call to excellence."