MUWinter2014

classNOTEs
class Of 1995
kRIsTINE a. bROWN (comm.) (M.a.
corp. & Pub. comm. '99) recently
accepted a new job as the director of
Media Relations at Rider university
in lawrenceville. she was previously
director of communications and Public
affairs at the New jersey department of
children and families in Trenton.
dR. daNIEl j. WEEks (M.a. hist.) has
earned a Ph.d. in american history from
Rutgers university. he is an assistant
research professor at the Thomas
a. Edison Papers at Rutgers. he has
recently published Les symbolistes (blast
Press 2013), translations of french 19 th -
century poetry and prose.
class Of 1996
hEaThER E. gaRRETT-Muly (sp.
Ed.) was elected in November to the
Manasquan school board. she is a
teacher of the handicapped in
Wall Township.
cOuRTNEy l. WhITE (comm./Ed.) was
elected in November to the keyport
school board.
class Of 1997
RObERT ONOfRIETTI (bus. adm.)
(M.b.a. '06) recently started his own
mortgage company, shore home
loans. The Toms River-based company
specializes in residential lending.
for more information, visit
www.shorehomeloans.com.
kaThERINE g. vERdI (M.a.T.) was
re-elected in November to the
Manasquan school board.
class Of 1998
PhOTO: cOlIN aRchER fOR ThE NEW yORk TIMEs
PaTRIck j. cashIN (comm.) was
featured in the “vows” section of the
new York Times in November as a follow
up to the april 1999 announcement
of his wedding to Terry Williams in
the Times. Mr. cashin, a graduate of
Ringling brothers and barnum & bailey
clown college, volunteers as a clown at
jersey shore university Medical center
in Neptune; writes a blog, clownalley.net
(about clown history); and is trying to
resuscitate the captain kangaroo brand,
whose trademark he owns. Read the
new York Times article at:
http://tinyurl.com/cashinp.
EdMuNd f. fITTERER jR (crim. j.) was
elected in November to the Eatontown
school board. he is an attorney at
shackleton & hazeltine law office in
ship bottom.
jOaNNE jOdRy (M.a. Psych. couns.)
was elected in November to the Neptune
city school board. jodry, a licensed
professional counselor, is a specialist
professor in Monmouth’s Psychological
counseling department.
lauREN N. (vIcIdOMINI) RadsNIak
(bus. Mrkt.) and her husband, david,
welcomed their second daughter,
Maya jordyn on November 6. she joins
big sister, Taryn sage, who was born
on august 18, 2012. They live in
Point Pleasant.
class Of 1999
shauN gOldEN (Poli. sci.), an adjunct
professor at Monmouth and the
current Monmouth county sheriff, was
honored on October 18, 2013, as an
Outstanding Member of the community
by the latino american association
of Monmouth county for supporting
issues and mentoring youth in the
community. The Monmouth county
sheriff’s Office conducts bilingual
programs throughout Monmouth
county such as the dangers of
strangers, bicycle safety, youth Id and
Ident adult, all aimed at promoting
public safety.
hETTIE WIllIaMs (M.a. hist.), an
instructor in the department of history
and anthropology at Monmouth, is
pursuing a doctorate in history and
culture at drew university where she has
abd (all but dissertation) status. she
earned her master’s in the program in
december 2013. she is also co-author
of Color struck: essays on race and
ethnicity in Global Perspective (2010), and
Converging Identities: Blackness in the
Modern African Diaspora (2013) with dr.
julius adekunle, a professor of history at
Monmouth university.
class Of 2000
lINda a. dOWNINg (M.s. stud. Pers.
serv.) (M.s.Ed. '00) was re-elected in
November to the lacey Township school
board. she is principal at the East dover
Elementary school in Toms River.
48
48 MONMOuTh uNIvERsITy MagazINE WINTER