Paulette Salomon distinctly recalls April of 2016 as a critical point in her school district’s journey to provide the right digital learning resources and opportunities to the students of East Orange, New Jersey — a district where she has been an educator for 22 years, and has served as the educational technology supervisor to approximately 600 teachers and 10,000 students since 2010.
In February, more than 300 educators, superintendents, technology advisors and engaged citizens from districts throughout New Jersey convened at NJIT to promote digital education at the 2018 Future Ready Schools New Jersey (FRS-NJ) North Regional Certification Summit.
"Artists are here to disturb the peace."
-James Baldwin
First things first: Dominique Duroseau isn’t here to make you comfortable.
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) alumna’s unflinching exhibit, “Black Things in White Spaces,” caused quite a stir when it opened at Gallery Aferro during the 16th Annual Open Doors Citywide Arts Festival in Newark.
Come Jan. 20, 2018, 20 middle school students from Sussex Avenue Renew School in Newark will begin a free program to learn basic coding language and hear from guest speakers about coding careers. The initiative, called Newark Kids Code, is a pilot partnership between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Urban League of Essex County.
Whole Foods Market, Chipotle and Hotel Indigo – Newark’s first boutique hotel – have all served as signifiers of urban revitalization in New Jersey’s largest city.
Having grown exponentially over the last decade, the city of Newark continues to burgeon as a mecca of architectural rebirth, thanks in part to creatives like College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) alum Kyle Rendall ’07.
