Campus sexual assault forum in JC
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 95 percent of campus sexual assaults go unreported. A conference in Jersey City on Tuesday will explore what you need to know about the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. The panel of experts will discuss the nature of the continued challenge of sexual assaults on college campuses as well as best practices in complying with the rules that accompany the new campus sexual assault regulation.
It runs this coming Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Mac Mahon Student Center at Saint Peter’s University. The keynote speaker is Robert D. Laurino, first assistant prosecutor, Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. There will be several experts as well.
The conference is free and all are welcome to attend.
PATH education series to be held on Oct. 7
PATH will host its second educational forum, focusing on the rail system’s scheduling process, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Barrow Mansion, located at 83 Wayne St. in Jersey City, within walking distance of the Grove Street PATH station.
Presented by Kevin Lejda, PATH’s Assistant Superintendant, the “Service Planning & Scheduling,” session will give an overview of the PATH system, and participants will also learn about service scheduling, the number of trains on each line, current limitations and capacity, as well as the integrated railcar and signal replacement program. Registration is required.
Visit www.panynj.gov/path to learn more about the Port Authority Trans-Hudson’s public outreach and customer services initiatives and programs.
Developer will repair Korean War Memorial
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, Council President Rolando Lavarro, Jr. and Ward E Councilwoman Candice Osborne last week announced that a local developer, Fields Development Group, has stepped in to help repair damages to the Korean War Memorial that were reported.
Members of the Korean War Veterans of Jersey City filed a police report after visiting the memorial and finding several of the floodlights were damaged and that there was graffiti at the site.
After learning about the vandalism, Rob Caulfield, a partner with Fields Development Group., contacted the city.
“My father was an Army veteran and my grandfather served in World War II, so to see this type of disrespect for our veterans was heartbreaking. We felt the need to do something,” he said.
Caulfield emailed Mayor Fulop and said that the company would provide any services or money needed to repair the memorial. Staff from the company visited the memorial to determine what would need to be done and are currently developing work plans. In addition to repairing the damaged floodlights, the company will upgrade lighting at the memorial and repair lights that are not functioning, restore the granite at the base, and remove any graffiti.
Jersey City gets federal grant to hire 15 new cops
The city has been awarded a $1.875 million COPS grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to hire 15 new police officers.
The fifteen officers will be part of a class of 60 new recruits expected to join the force in late December. Another six of the officers in the new class will be funded through a grant the city previously received to hire veterans.
This will be the third class of officers hired by Mayor Steven M. Fulop in the year and a half since taking office. The first class of 34 officers was sworn in December of 2013 and 38 officers joined the department in June. Currently, there are 797 officers in the department.
Saint Dominic Academy Glee Club teams up with Schola Cantorum
The Saint Dominic Academy Chamber Choir, the Dominoes, under the direction of Joseph Napoli, will participate in the East Coast premiere of “Pieta,” a 90-minute oratorio by noted American composer John Muehleisen, during the Schola Cantorum on Hudson 20th season. The Saint Peter’s Prep VOX choir will also participate in the event scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Saint Malachy’s Chapel in New York City and on Sunday, March 8, at Immaculate Conception Church in Montclair. On Jan. 1, 2016, members of SDA’s nationally award-winning Glee Club will sing in a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, in the Vatican under the auspices of the 40th International Congress of Pueri Cantores.
CarePoint Health Foundation donates $30,000 in college scholarships
The CarePoint Health Foundation has awarded three Hudson County institutions of higher education $10,000 each to help financially-challenged residents of Hudson County to pursue an education in health care. The scholarship checks were presented to Saint Peter’s University, Hudson County Community College and New Jersey City University. Two students at each institution will be the recipients of a $5,000 scholarship check. Dr. Eugene J. Cornacchia, president of Saint Peter’s University, Dr. Glen Gabert, president of Hudson County Community College, and Daniel P. Elwell, vice president of University Advancement of New Jersey City University, were on hand to accept the scholarships funds from Paula A. Nevoso, vice president of CarePoint Health Foundation, Daniel Altilio, board member of CarePoint Health Foundation, and Dennis Kelly, chief strategic officer of CarePoint Health.
Jersey City receives grant for summer and after school meal programs
The National League of Cities has named Jersey City as one of ten cities nationwide to receive a $50,000 grant to create programs to provide school children with afterschool and summer meals. The meals are provided by organizations who service after school children.
Jersey City’s Department of Health and Human Services is working to incorporate more afterschool and summer sites under its umbrella and more comprehensively address the issue of food insecurity among youth.
In addition to $50,000, Jersey City will receive customized technical assistance, access to best practices and national experts, and opportunities for peer learning, as they build and expand programs to bring meals to children.
Award-winning author to speak at St. Peter’s University
The NJ chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Guarini Center for Government and Leadership will present a talk by Irish journalist and author Ed Moloney on Monday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s University.
Moloney’s talk, “The Troubles in Northern Ireland as News and History” will take place in the Duncan Family Sky Room, on the 6th floor of the Mac Mahon Student Center. The presentation will focus on Moloney’s experiences covering the decades-long civil war in Northern Ireland and the controversy over the Boston College oral history project on the conflict.
Moloney was honored in 1999 as Irish Journalist of the Year. He is the author of “Paisley: From Demagogue to Democrat, A Secret History of the IRA and Voices from the Grave,” based on interviews with two contributors to the Boston College archive.
A television documentary with the same title was broadcast in Ireland in 2010 and received the best TV documentary award at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2011.