Thursday, January 31, 2013
Rosaria Andraka advised honors students and helped coordinate educational opportunities outside the classroom.
Rosaria Andraka had a knack for guiding students during what could be an overwhelming time for them—starting college in an honors program. The honors program coordinator for Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham gave advice, explained scheduling and helped coordinate educational opportunities outside the classroom, such as having students participate in conferences and visit Washington, associate campus provost Brian Mauro said Wednesday. She also was charismatic, a class act, and lit up a room when she walked in, he said. "Rose was gifted at making students understand the process," he said. The campus is in mourning this week after Andraka, who worked for the university more than eight years, and her husband, Chester Andraka…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Honors coordinator Rosaria Andraka, who authorities say was killed and her husband committed suicide at their Parsippany home, is being remembered by students.
Read: Murder, Suicide Ruled in Deaths of FDU Professor, Wife
Chester and Rosaria Andraka called a 'perfect couple' found dead inside their Parsippany home.
A former Caldwell Police sergeant committed suicide and his wife was murdered inside their Parsippany home, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Chester Andraka, 46, committed suicide with a single gunshot wound and his wife, Rosaria Andraka, 43, was killed by "gunshot wounds inflicted upon her," according to a brief statement released Tuesday evening by Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp. The causes of the deaths were determined following an investigation and autopsies conducted by the Morris County Medical Examiner, Knapp said. No further information was released. The Andrakas, who were found inside their Medford Road home, were considered a "perfect couple," according to Karen Delli Santi, of West Caldwell, who grew up…
Monday, January 23, 2012
Residents agree with rule requiring attendants to pump gas.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
A majority of New Jerseyans would prefer to pump fists, not gas. According to the latest recent statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind, 63% of voters said they support the state’s rule that an attendant must pump gas. Only 23% opposed the rule, while 14% said they weren’t sure. There were no differences in the vote according to age of voters, according to the poll, but women were much more likely to support the rule than men. Just over 70% of women supported the rule, while 55% of men were in favor. Read the release below for more and take our poll. New Jersey voters are pumped up about not pumping gas. According to the most recent statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMindTM, 63% of voters say …
Friday, January 13, 2012
Favorable rating a change from previous polls.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
As Republicans continue to duke it out for the GOP presidential nomination, New Jersey voters are split on President Obama's job evaluation, according to the latest recent statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. According to the FDU poll, 46 percent of Garden State voters approve of the job Obama is doing as president while 45 percent disapprove—a reversal, albeit barely, of two previous polls in which the majority of voters didn't give his performance a thumbs-up. Also, more voters said they were optimistic about the country's direction. 28 percent said the country is taking the right path—a jump of six points—while 61 percent still believe the U.S. is on "the wrong track." Read the release below for more and take …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Favorable rating remains unchanged from October.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Headed into his annual State of the State address, New Jersey’s governor continues to turn in strong public approval numbers, according to the latest recent statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. According to the FDU poll, 53 percent of Garden State voters approve of the job Chris Christie is doing as governor, while 37 percent disapprove, a net advantage of 16 percentage points and virtually identical to his standing a year ago before his 2011 State of the State address. “That’s the way any office-holder wants to begin the new year,” said Peter Woolley, director of the poll. “But in this economic climate, many aren’t.” Even the recent toll hikes do not make a dent in the governor’s standing. Households that pay …
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Area colleges report most security issues involve the use of alcohol and drugs
Liquor and drug violations far outpace any other illegal activity on four Morris County college campuses, according to annual reports filed by the schools. The reports are filed under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act by the College of St. Elizabeth, County College of Morris, Drew University and Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham Campus). The reports are available to the public at each school. In 2010, the latest figures available, Drew recorded 287 liquor law violations that were referred for college disciplinary action or judicial review as crimes, and 12 drug arrests. Fairleigh-Dickinson recorded 53 liquor incidents and four drug-related events in dormitories that were referred …
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Poll says half don't know who he is, but he'd still beat challenger.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez is doing fairly well in the latest statewide poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind polling center—even though about half of the voters in the state apparently have never heard of him. Maybe his relative success (the poll says he'd still beat potential Republican challenger John Crowley handily) is due to just how blue of a state New Jersey is. Maybe it has something to do with comparative name recognition—84 percent of those polled say they don't know who Crowley is. Or maybe voters, overall, just like the job the senator's been doing for the last five years. But is any of that true in Morris Township and Morris Plains? In heavily Republican Morris County? So voters, tell us what you think. …
Monday, December 20, 2010
Patch asked NJ residents what they think of the practice.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Maybe they're thinking green (or maybe they're just thinking about saving some green), but more than a third of New Jersey residents admit to "regifting" in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll. "The popularity of regifting is driven by many things for different people," said Burçak Ertimur, a professor of marketing at FDU's Silberman College of Business. "For some, it's thrift in difficult economic times, or it's a way to get around annoyingly high expectations about gift-giving. It's also awareness of, or guilt over, how much stuff goes into the landfill. But the main reason might be just the sheer volume of stuff we have." As a complement to the poll, Patch also asked residents throughout New Jersey what they think…
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Complementing poll, Patch asks statewide voters what they think of the teachers union.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Voters throughout the state are nearly split in their opinions of the New Jersey Education Association, Fairleigh Dickinson University's latest PublicMind poll finds. Of those surveyed by FDU, 39 percent have a favorable opinion of the public teachers union, while 38% have an unfavorable opinion. But the poll also finds that a majority of voters in public-employee households (60 percent) have a favorable view of the NJEA and just a quarter have an unfavorable view (26 percent). Among all other voters, the NJEA runs behind, 32 percent favorable and 43 percent unfavorable. As a complement to the FDU poll, Patch asked voters throughout the state what they think of the teachers union. See the video attached to this article for their …
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4:42 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
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