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    1. Event Highlights

      Sharing French Culture of the World at the 2026 “French Day”

      An engaging half-day immersion program of interactive workshops in French brought together students and teachers from twelve schools for

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    2. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Co-Translates Italian Novel about Abandonment and Adoption

      March 10, 2026 marked the launch of Farewell to Russia: Memories of When I Was Kola, a book co-translated from Italian by Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, WLC Department).

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    3. Faculty Voices

      English professor Jeffrey Gonzalez publishes an article on 9/11 representations in fiction

      Jeffrey Gonzalez, an associate professor of English, has published an article in the peer-reviewed journal “Studies in American Fiction.”

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    4. Event Highlights

      Distinguished Author Mira Jacob visits Montclair

      Montclair State University’s English Department was proud to host novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic Mira Jacob on

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    5. Alumni Spotlights

      Leon Zimmerman ’59 And How Montclair Shaped His Future

      Leon J. Zimmerman, class of ‘59, loved sports … and he loved writing. It only makes sense that he wanted to be a sportswriter. Pursuing his

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    6. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Interviewed on Radio In 102 About ArcGIS project on the Iconic Site of Scala dei Turchi (Sicily)

      On Feb. 16, 2026, Prof. Fiore was interviewed on Radio In 102 about an ArcGIS project on the iconic site of Scala dei Turchi in Sicily, which she co-designed and co-created with Prof. Vetri Nathan (Multispecies Futures Lab, UCLA) for the Italian national initiative Agrigento 2025 Capital of Culture.

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    7. Event Highlights

      English and Child Advocacy Complete Children’s Book Drive for Bridge of Books Foundation

      Faculty, students, and staff from English, Social Work and Child Advocacy, History, and the Interdisciplinary School for Social Transformation completed a children’s book drive benefiting the Bridge of Books Foundation, donating 13 boxes of like‑new books for young readers across New Jersey. 

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    8. Featured News

      Record Number of Montclair Students Study in Germany in Summer 2025

      For the third summer in a row, a cohort of Montclair students spent the month of August as visiting students studying German language at

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    9. Student Success Stories

      Student Profile: Ptissem Assou

      What brought you to French? I was drawn to French because I want to master the language at an advanced and academic level and eventually

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    10. Faculty Voices

      Melinda Knight Publishes Essay on William Gardner Smith

      Melinda Knight’s essay, William Gardner Smith’s The Stone Face: A Novel Buried in Obscurity for Too Long, was just published in the

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