William Paterson University is a public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of New York City. It is set on 370 wooded acres in northeast New Jersey, the campus is located just 20 miles west of New York City. The University has 10,970 students. During the Fall 2005 semester, 9,110 undergraduate students and 1,860 graduate students were enrolled. It has 1,152 full-time employees, 33.5% of whom are faculty members (386). The average class size is 21.8 with a student to faculty ratio of about 14.6 to 1. Approximately 77% of the undergraduate population are commuter students. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Wayne is a township located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ... For the Bon Jovi album, see New Jersey (album) Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... A mascot, originally a fetish-like term for any person, animal, or thing supposed to bring luck, is now something—typically an animal or human character—used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than 20 miles from midtown Manhattan. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...

History

The school was founded in Paterson, New Jersey in 1855 as the Paterson City Normal School to provide professional preparation for teachers. In 1875 started to provide a one year program for teachers, which later expanded into a two year program. By 1936 the school accepted those that did not intend to become teachers, later expanding offerings in nursing and business. The name of the school was changed in 1937 to the New Jersey State Teacher's College at Paterson. The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1950 the college moved to its current hill-top location in Wayne, New Jersey. The school dropped the word "teachers" from its title in 1958 before being renamed The William Paterson College of New Jersey in 1967, in honor of the New Jersey statesman and patriot, William Paterson. The college was renamed William Paterson University of New Jersey in 1997 after sufficiently expanding its program. In 2005 the school celebrated its' 150th year of operation. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... William Paterson William Paterson (December 24, 1745–September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the United States Constitution, and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Schools

It offers 32 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs through its five colleges: Arts and Communication, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Certification is available in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education. Preprofessional programs in dentistry, law, medicine, and veterinary medicine are arranged at the request of students. The most popular fields of study are education and business.

Athletics

The University has 18 intercollegiate sports teams in the NCAA Division III, eight for men and ten for women, including successful NCAA teams in men’s baseball and women’s softball. Campus facilities include a competition-size indoor pool, outdoor tennis courts, and a lighted athletics field complex. All teams are named "The Pioneers." The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

Growth and Renovation

William Paterson has been experiencing an increase of students, causing a demand for newer facilities and expanding residence hall facilities. The most drastic and noticeable of these changes has been to the Machuga Student Center, which in 2003 began extensive renovations and additions. While promised to be completed by 2004 or 2005, as of early 2007 the Student Center remains unfinished, to the chagrin of many students. The proposed additions include a 500 seat ballroom, four meeting rooms, an enclosed glass walkway from the Student Center to Wayne Hall Dining Facility, and several dining facilities in the center itself. The supply and demand model describes how prices vary as a result of a balance between product availability at each price (supply) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand). ... Renovation is the process of restoring or improving a structure. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated puprose of which is holding dances (balls). ...

Another addition has been the newly completed "High Mountain" Residence Halls, which took the place of incoming freshman residence halls in the Fall 2006 semester. The Towers,which had been the freshman residence halls since their completion in the mid-70's, experienced a partial shutdown in the 2006 semester due to lack of interest in staying there. The South Tower has undergone renovations while the North Tower remained open and functional for students' use. Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... An academic term is the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...

Parking Issues

Much like Rutgers University and Montclair State University, William Paterson has experienced a burst in student growth, which has led to parking pains. Currently, the University has only two large scale parking lots (Lots 5 and 6), however, Lot 5 is restricted to between 2:00 AM and 7:00 AM. All lots other than Lots 2 and 6 are closed between the hours of 2:01 AM and 6:59 AM. Many students, both commuters and those residing on campus, have voiced their concerns about the situation of the lack of parking, which has largely been dismissed as an issue by the President. Rutgers redirects here. ... Montclair State University is a public university located in Montclair, New Jersey, Little Falls, New Jersey, & Clifton, New Jersey. ... Underground parking garage at the University of Minnesota. ...

Academic Facilities

• Shea Center for the Performing Arts
  • Shea is the premiere auditorium of the school. It features seating for upwards of nine hundred people, a full orchestra pit, and a lifting platform under the stage to raise and lower musicians and actors to and from. Many productions are produced there every year and classes are frequently held in the lower floors for music majors.

• Hobart Hall
  • Hobart Hall is a large telecommunications education building, used primarily for TV, Radio, and Movie production classes. It features a live TV Studio, a radio station (WPSC-FM), screening and editing rooms, video/teleconferencing rooms, and is home to The Pioneer Times, the communication department newspaper.

• Coach House
  • Contrary to what its name might imply, the Coach House is not where the coaches on staff live. The Coach House is a reference to its original use as a facility for the storage and maintenance of old horse-drawn coach carriages. Today, it is mainly used for computer science classes.

• Wightman Gym
  • Wightman Gym is the smaller of the two on-campus gymnasiums. It is used primarily for athletic and health academic courses, and can be used as a "party hall" of sorts for hosted events. It also has a large-scale pool used mainly for the swim team.

• Hunziker Hall and Hunziker Wing
  • Hunziker Hall originally started out as a local high school and was absorbed into the college campus as it grew and other facilities were built. It is used primarily for the humanities and social sciences courses. Its addition, Hunziker Wing, is used for Philosophy and includes the Academic Support Center, where one can go for tutoring. Hunziker Wing also has an auditorium for production of plays and concerts.

• Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts
  • The heart of the university's painting, sculpting, and liberal arts education can be found here. Many famous painters' art can be found on display in the galleries during various parts of the year, alongside students' work.

• David and Lorraine Cheng Library
  • The resident library of the university features private study rooms, an auditorium for guest speakers, and over 350,000 books and reading material. Mounted alongside the library is a live webcam where students may view the construction progress of the Machuga Student Center.

• Raubinger Hall
  • Raubinger Hall is where the executive vice president, provost, academic services, and financial aid are all located. The upper floors hold classrooms where languages, history, and anthropology are mainly taught.

• Science Hall
  • The soon to be renamed Science Hall is where all science and most mathematics classes are held. It is expected to undergo renovation or even deconstruction and rebuildment upon the Machuga Student Center's completion.

• Atrium
  • The Atrium is a large, narrow building at the front of the campus. It has four computer labs, features many professor offices, and a Graduate Studies Lounge. It also had an auditorium used mainly for lectures and important briefings by the university president.

• 1600 Valley Road
  • 1600 Valley Road is home to The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales, the E*TRADE Financial Learning Center, and is primarily used as the university's business and teaching education facility. It also has a cafeteria inside for students' use.

• Power Arts Center
  • Located on Power Avenue in Wayne, just off of Hamburg Turnpike, Power Arts is one of the newest acquisitions by the university. The building has replaced the Ben Shahn Center as the center of all studio classes. Painting, sculpture, woodworking, printmaking, and ceramics studios can be found there, along with several darkrooms for photographic use and a state-of-the art lighting studio. Power Arts Center has become something of a mecca for the fine arts majors at the college.

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Administrative Buildings

• Hobart Manor
  • Originally known as Alisa Farms when first constructed, this forty room mansion originally belonged to John McCullough, a Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the wool industry, constructed a two-story fieldstone castle with two octagonal turrets facing the valley to the East. When he returned to Scotland, the family of Garret A. Hobart, the Twenty-Fourth Vice President of the United States, who had served under William McKinley purchased the house. His son expanded the original design of the house greatly, to its' present day size. In 1948, the building was sold to the University for $200,000, which then converted most of the rooms to offices, three classrooms, and the library. During the celebration of the Bicentennial, the building was listed on the New Jersey and National Registers for Historic Places and, in recognition of its history, was renamed Hobart Manor. In 1985, the Manor was emptied and a major renovation began. Partitions were removed, and much-needed electrical and plumbing repairs were made. The leaded glass windows, beautiful marble fireplaces, and original hardwood floors were all restored. Today, the Manor houses the offices of the President, Institutional Advancement, Development, and Alumni Relations. Its refurbished public rooms include the original dining room, drawing room, library, billiards room, and central foyers. Furnished with period reproductions, the rooms once again offer a reminder of life in another era.

• Morrison Hall
  • Morrison Hall is the center for Campus Outreach activities. It is primarily used for students who are looking for jobs in the area, students looking for internships, and students interested in foregin exchange and study abroad programs.

• College Hall
  • College Hall is home to administrative offices, the Bursar and Registrar offices in particular.

• Admissions Hall
  • Located behind Hobart Hall, the admissions hall is where all things pertaining to actual admission to the university are handled.

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Student Life Buildings

• Machuga Student Center
  • The Machuga Student Center is the heart of all student life activities. Currently, however, it is undergoing massive renovation to the entire structure of the building, which has been met with mixed to negative reviews due to the cost and time it has taken to complete the renovations. The student center is home to the bookstore selling books, merchandise, and other supplies), "Center Cafe" (a Starbucks with a lounge area), an arcade, a pool hall, and a table tennis room. The SGA (Student Government Association), MEISA (Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association), SABP (Student Activities Programming Board), Pioneer Times, The Beacon, and all other clubs also have offices on the second and third floors.

• • The Student Center as a whole has come under fire lately for the time and cost of completion to the renovations. "Ground" was broken in Spring 2003 and was promised to be completed by Spring 2006. As time went on, however, this date has been pushed back time and time again, to a point where many students have wondered if the building will ever be completed. The proposed renovations include many fast food shops, as well as a 500 person ballroom. The Student Center will also include an aerial bridge to connect it to Wayne Hall.

• Wayne Hall
  • Also known as "The Stall," it is the main cafeteria for the university, it is under renovation to allow for better facilities and access. Currently, only the buffet-style section is open, including burgers, pizza, and a deli sandwich section, and is currently the only food facility on campus open for use with students' meal plans. Food at Wayne hall is prepared by the food catering company Sodexho.

• The Rec Center
  • Far larger than Wightman Gym, the Rec Center is an all-inclusive recreational facility, including a gymnasium, an exercise machine room, and various other recreational services.

• Campus Catholic Ministry
  • The Campus Catholic Ministry building is mainly for students in the Campus Catholic Ministry.

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Residence Halls

William Paterson features many on-campus living facilities, both old and new.

• High Mountain East and High Mountain West
  • The most recently constructed residence halls, completed in Summer 2006 feature card-key locking mechanisms on the doors. They are designed to accommodate 372 students.

• The Towers
  • The North and South Tower complex were originally the complex for the housing typically of sophomore and freshman students. The North Tower can hold 526 students while the South Tower can hold 486. Currently, due to lack of interest and budget cuts, the South Tower is closed for renovation.

• Hillside Hall
  • Hillside Hall currently holds all students, but is typically for upperclassmen. It can hold 247 students.

• Century Hall
  • Century Hall currenty holds all students, but is typically reserved for upperclassmen. It can hold 287 students, and features an in-hall "W Store" which is the campus' convienence store. It is also the only fully serviceable residence hall all year round.

• White Hall
  • White Hall is currently open to students that are of age 21 or older, due to the alcohol permittance in this building. It is a smaller residence hall, holding only 73 students.

• Matelson Hall
  • Matelson Hall is currently open to students with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Its' current capacity is 138 students. The fourth floor is typically reserved to biology, nursing, and health majors as a quiet study floor due to the intensity of these areas of study.

• Pioneer and Heritage Halls
  • Commonly referred to simply as "The Apartments", Pioneer Hall and Heritage Hall are reserved for upperclassmen age 21 or older, or age 20 and have obtained at least 58 credits of study (thus attaining Junior status.)

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Notable Alumni

• Raymond Arthur, president of Toysrus.com
• Kevin Burkhardt, On-air Personality and Jets Beat Reporter for Sports Radio 660AM, WFAN
• Wendy Coakley-Thompson, writer, Back to Life (novel).
• Christos Cotsakos, former CEO of E-Trade Group.
• Rod Daniels, Anchorman for WBAL Channel 11 in Baltimore.
• Horace Jenkins, Ex-NBA Player
• Dan Pasqua, Major League Baseball Player
• William Pesce, president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Joseph D. Pistone, class of 1965, a.k.a "Donnie Brasco", FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family
• Eileen Scott, CEO of Pathmark Stores, Inc.
• Graham Stewart, track athlete
• Jack Wolf, President, CEO, Emerging Health Information Technology
• Ian Ziering, Cast of Beverly Hills 90210
• Peter J. Lamont, Esq., class action attorney
• Josh Dion, Singer/Drummer

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External link

• William Paterson University website