Janet Hinds Pivalis ’71 Honored by University of Findlay
Janet Hinds Pivalis was one of eight people honored at the University of Findlay’s Homecoming and Family Weekend. Janet is a retired educator who taught for 34 years in what she calls her “dream job” in Delran Public Schools. After retiring from Delran in 2009, she was an adjunct professor for seven years at Rowan College Burlington County, teaching intensive reading and composition.
Janet earned numerous teaching awards throughout her career including the New Jersey Governor’s Teacher of the Year Recognition in 1988 and 2006. In 2007, she was named the Special Education Outstanding Educator by the National Association of Special Education Teachers. Janet has also dedicated time and energy to helping various nonprofit organizations over the years. She served as a 211 telephone crisis counselor for Contact of Burlington County, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, food pantries and food kitchens, and EARS Animal Rescue Thrift Shop in Englewood, FL, where she and Frank, her husband of 43 years, reside during some of New Jersey’s cold months.
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MFS Alumna is a Candidate for the New $20 Bill
An organization called Women On 20s is campaigning to put a woman's face on the $20 bill. Their mission is to make sure that when the next face of currency is chosen, it is decided in an online referendum "from a slate of candidates who embody the values, ambitions,...
Everett Aldrich ’14 Named Winner of Journey to Health Art Competition
Everett Aldrich '14 was one of four winners in the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey art competition. He received $1000 for his work, and it will be displayed at Horizon BCBSNJ's headquarters in Newark! From Everett's artist statement: [wc_testimonial...
Fredric Jameson ’50 Awarded Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
A book by Fredric Jameson ’50 is the winner of the 2014 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. His book The Antinomies of Realism was chosen by an international panel of prominent critics and writers — Terry Castle, Garrett Stewart, Michael Wood, John Kerrigan,...
