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Event Highlights
Rise Up: Finding Strength, Voice and Community Through Art
As the academic year came to a close, CLaSE concluded its programming with an event that reflected the heart of its mission: creating spaces where stories, creativity, healing, and community can meet.
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Event Highlights
Watchung Hills Regional High School Students Visit Montclair, Italian-Style
Continuing a years-old outreach tradition, the Italian Program hosted two Italian high school classes from Watchung Hills Regional High School.
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What A War Game Already Told Us About Iran
This article argues that Iran’s tactics in response to the current US military campaign (including swarm attacks, proxy escalation, and Strait of Hormuz pressure) were predicted in detail by a 2002 US military war game.
Just Security
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What A War Game Already Told Us About Iran
Jason Abbott, Political Science professor, has published a new analysis in Just Security examining Iran’s asymmetric response to the current US military campaign. Abbott argues that Iran’s tactics (including swarm attacks, proxy escalation, and Strait of Hormuz pressure) were predicted in detail by a 2002 US military war game. The Pentagon ignored the lessons then. It is paying for that now.
The piece, titled “What A War Game Already Told Us About Iran,” appears in Just Security, a leading forum on law, rights, and security policy based at NYU School of Law. Abbott is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Law and a regular commentator on Asian Politics and International Affairs.
Just Security
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Student Success Stories
Summer 2026 Interns for a Musical Theater Performance in an Italian UNESCO site (Agrigento)
The selected students of the second edition of the Summer Internship in Performing Arts in Italy (The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, a UNESCO site located in the region of Sicily) are two Musical Theatre students, Lorenzo Hilliard and Lizzie Caldon.
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Student Success Stories
Understanding People, Inspiring Change: Noah Festerling’s Path in Forensic Psychology
A Clinical Psychology graduate student, Festerling combined research, real-world experience and mentorship to prepare for a career in the criminal justice system.
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Graduate Spotlights
From Myanmar to Montclair: A Graduate’s Journey of Resilience and Purpose
Despite political unrest, personal uncertainty and a lost scholarship, Kaung Hla Zan persevered – with the support of Montclair State University – to earn a master’s degree and continue his mission in education
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Student Success Stories
Finding Her Voice at Montclair, Speaking Up on Climate at the United Nations
Political Science major Ana Barahona turned faculty mentorship, research and early‑morning commutes into a UN climate role and a future in law and leadership.
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Student Success Stories
Mariah Ayscue’s Journey Through Community, Care and Liberation
A Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and NAIS field school participant, Ayscue reflects on identity, scholarship and the power of being fully human.
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Featured News
Learning Beyond the Classroom: Students Engage with Indigenous Communities in Wisconsin
Last summer, a group of Montclair State University students and faculty traveled to Wisconsin to step beyond the classroom and into spaces where Indigenous knowledge is not only studied, but lived.
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