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    1. Student Success Stories

      Announcing the 2026 English Department Scholarship and Award Recipients

      The English Department is excited to announce the 2025 recipients of the Department’s various scholarships and awards.

      A bronze statue of a Red Hawk in front of a building with a bed of red flowers in the foreground
    2. Faculty Voices

      English Professor Celebrates New Book

      Adjunct Creative Writing Professor, Jill Rosenberg, held a book launch party at Watchung Booksellers on April 30th.

      Composite image showing a book cover for “now i’m photogenic and other stories I tell myself” alongside a photo of the author, an English professor wearing a green and white t-shirt and standing in front of a flight of stairs
    3. Student Success Stories

      Writing Studies Department Honors Writing Contest Winners, Honor Society Inductees and Interns

      During the ceremony, which took place on April 9 in the Feliciano School of Business, awards were given for outstanding work in First-Year Writing as well as in other Public and Professional Writing (PPW) classes.

      A group of six college students pose in a line, one students sits and holds a book which has the words "PPW Awards 2026" written in it
    4. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Presents About Her In-progress Documentary at Georgetown University in Florence

      On April 14, 2026, Dr. Teresa Fiore gave an invited talk at Georgetown University in Florence: “The 1943 Allied Landing in Sicily: Food Practices, Migration and Film Representations.”

      A college professor stands in front of a projector screen and delivers a presentation about "War and Film"
    5. Event Highlights

      2026 Annual Scholarships and Awards Ceremony

      On April 7, the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America hosted its 23rd Annual Scholarships and Awards Ceremony at the

      Italian Scholarship Ceremony
    6. Event Highlights

      Digital Humanities Webinar on a Sicilian Iconic Site: Scala dei Turchi (April 29)

      The Ecocultures of the Scala dei Turchi is a digital and environmental humanities research project that offers alternative paths to experience the iconic “Turkish Steps” geological formation in the Province of Agrigento in Sicily. Co-conceived and co-realized by Prof. Vetri Nathan (UCLA) and Prof. Teresa Fiore (Montclair State University), the project is based on Prof. Nathan’s research on the co-existence of various species and forms of life (vegetable, animal, human, mineral, etc.) in his Multispecies Futures Lab at UCLA. This event will officially unveil the project for North American audiences and feature a lively conversation among the various researchers involved.

      the iconic “Turkish Steps” geological formation in the Province of Agrigento in Sicily.
    7. Student Success Stories

      Italian MAT Student Wins Prestigious NECTFL and NOIAW Awards

      February 27, 2026 – Angela Sabetta, Montclair State University’s first student in the Master’s Program for the Teaching of Italian, was awarded the prestigious Future Language Educator Award funded by Vista Higher Education offered by the Northeast Conference for Teachers, for Languages, for Cultures at the NECTFL conference on February 27 th in New York.

      A college student holds one end of a large check while representatives from Vista Higher Learning hold the other
    8. Event Highlights

      Interdisciplinary Studies, Made Visible

      The Spring Interdisciplinary Showcase, held on April 2, was a tremendous success, bringing together faculty, students, and collaborators from across Montclair State University and Bloomfield College.

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    9. Student Success Stories

      A Summer at Wyck: Rediscovering the Lives of a Chinese Desk

      Cristina Freire examining Wyck’s lacquered Writing Desk up-close. Montclair State University student Cristina Freire, a senior History major

      A person wearing gloves examines an old, wooden desk
    10. Event Highlights

      GCHT and Montclair State Athletics Host “Red Card to Trafficking” Awareness Game

      On April 10, 2026 – The Global Center on Human Trafficking in partnership with Montclair State University Athletics, hosted its Red Card to Trafficking Awareness Game at Yogi Berra Stadium, as the Montclair State Red Hawks took on Kean University.

      Two people stand at a baseball stadium, behind a table with tablecloth reading "Montclair State University Global Center on Human Trafficking"