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VENEZIA IS ONE OF YOUNGEST MAYORS<br />
Michael Venezia '05 won election<br />
as mayor of Bloomfield on<br />
November 5, 2013, and was<br />
sworn into office on January 1. At 32,<br />
Venezia is one of the youngest mayors in<br />
New Jersey. Prior to his successful bid for<br />
mayor, the lifelong Bloomfield resident<br />
served on the town council for three years.<br />
Venezia earlier served on the staff<br />
of notable politicians such as the<br />
late Senator Frank Lautenberg and<br />
Congressman Bill Pascrell, representing<br />
the ninth district of New Jersey. As a<br />
projects director in Senator Lautenberg’s<br />
office, Venezia managed the daily<br />
operations of a staff of ten.<br />
APOSTOLOU PRESIDES OVER MOCK TRIAL<br />
“It was a real pleasure working with<br />
Michael in and beyond the classroom<br />
when he was a student at Monmouth,”<br />
said Dr. Joseph Patten, chair of the<br />
Political Science department. “He<br />
always had a seriousness of purpose and<br />
a strong desire to bring positive change<br />
through politics. He's a natural leader<br />
and we were beyond excited to learn<br />
he was elected Mayor of Bloomfield,”<br />
Patten said.<br />
Venezia was sworn into office by Essex<br />
County Executive Joseph DiVicenzo at a<br />
ceremony at Bloomfield College.<br />
MElIssa gaRRETT '00, fREEhOld cOuRThOusE subsTaNcE abusE EvaluaTOR; ERIc schNEIdER '12M,<br />
asbuRy PaRk MIddlE schOOl TEachER; MaRk aPOsTOlOu '76; davId WRONkO '02 '09M, sOcIal sTudIEs<br />
TEachER; aNgEl kaMEs '75<br />
Mark T. Apostolou '76, a retired Asbury Park court judge, served<br />
as presiding judge for a mock trial program, “Journey to Justice,”<br />
for seventh and eighth grade students at the Asbury Park Middle<br />
School in January.<br />
The assembly was coordinated with the help of several other Monmouth<br />
University alumni including Melissa Garrett '00, Freehold Courthouse<br />
Substance Abuse Evaluator; Angel Kames '75, an alternative classroom setting<br />
teacher for the Asbury Park School District; and Eric Schneider '12M and<br />
David Wronko '02 '09M, both social school teachers in the Asbury Park<br />
Middle School.<br />
sENaTOR cORy bOOkER aNd MayOR MIchaEl vENEzIa<br />
aT hIs INauguRaTION cEREMONy ON jaNuaRy 1.<br />
bOOkER ENdORsEd vENEzIa IN july 2013 WhIlE<br />
sERvINg as MayOR Of NEWaRk<br />
RAMPONE IS ONE OF ALL-TIME BEST<br />
U.S. Olympian Christie Rampone<br />
'99 HN '05 was selected as<br />
one of U.S. Soccer’s All-Time<br />
Women’s National Team XI as part of<br />
the organization’s centennial celebration.<br />
Striving to honor players’ legacies,<br />
longevity, and overall performance and<br />
contribution on the field (especially<br />
in World Cups), 11 players are chosen<br />
by a 56-member panel of media,<br />
administrators, and former players, with<br />
results leaning heavily toward the team<br />
that won the 1999 World Cup.<br />
Rampone, a defender, joined Alex<br />
Morgan and Abby Wambach as well<br />
as two unanimous ballot selections, Joy<br />
Biefeld and forward Mia Hamm. Also<br />
chosen were midfielders Michelle Akers<br />
and Kristine Lilly with near unanimous<br />
ballot selections.<br />
The former Hawk standout marshaled<br />
her U.S. women’s soccer team to its third<br />
consecutive Olympic gold in 2012. Team<br />
captain since 2008, Rampone has played<br />
in eight major tournaments.<br />
Rampone and the U.S. Women’s<br />
National Team opened up the 2014<br />
season with a 1-0 win over Canada.<br />
This win stretched their winning streak<br />
to 78 games.<br />
40 MONMOuTh uNIvERsITy MagazINE WINTER
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