Stories about "Bill Hiss"
Forty years ago, a 乐播传媒 faculty vote heard ’round the country

Friday, October 4, 2024 12:21 pm

The vote by the 乐播传媒 faculty to make SAT scores optional for admission led to 乐播传媒' leadership in the national conversation about promise, access, and academic ability in American higher education.

Bill Tucker 鈥�66 and his wife of 31 years, Monica Drozd renew their vows at the Keigwin Amphitheatre on Friday, Sept. 24, in a ceremony officiated by Tucker鈥檚 classmate Bill Hiss 鈥�66 and witnessed by Leadership Gift Officers Cary Gemmer Blake 鈥�07 and Rebecca Lazure, both of Advancement. Also present was Colleen Quint 鈥�86 and BCO writer Jen Wright.Hiss writes: 鈥淏ill and I had adjoining rooms in what is now Turner House in 1965-6, and have been clise friends ever since. Bill鈥檚 乐播传媒 story is a fascinating and very unconventional one鈥e first arrived in the late 1950鈥檚, and with 4 years in between of active duty as an Army MP, finished in 1967. He then set a speed record for a Princeton Ph.D. In psychometrics, and moved into Camden, NJ, where he spent his entire career as a Psychology prof at Rutgers Camden. He wrote some masterful scholarly books both on the use of testing (an interest we have shared for decades), and on the hidden work of truly nasty right-wing foundations. To say that Bill has a lifelong commitment to racial and social justice is a big understatement.鈥濃�淗is 乐播传媒 and family story is powerfully American: his paternal grandfather deserted from the Czar鈥檚 army as a Jewish conscript and walked from the Caucasus to Rotterdam to get a boat to America. His mother鈥檚 family, Viennese Jewish intellectuals, got out of Austria barely ahead of the Gestapo. Bill鈥檚 use of his 乐播传媒 education has been masterful, and his philanthropic support goes to issues of racial justice, including some quiet support of bringing minority students from Camden to see 乐播传媒.鈥�
At Lake Andrews, wedding vows reaffirmed among treasured 乐播传媒 friends

Thursday, September 30, 2021 12:25 pm

When Bill Tucker 鈥�67 and Monica Drozd decided to renew their wedding vows, they knew exactly where they wanted to be, and who they wanted to be with.

1:30鈥�2:30pm乐播传媒 Alumni in CongressRepresentatives Ben Cline 鈥�94 and Jared Golden 鈥�11 will engage in a discussion about how their 乐播传媒 experiences shaped their careers and road to the United States House of Representatives. Associate Professor of Politics John Baughman and Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano will moderate a conversation examining their year as members of the congressional freshman class of 2019.Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
Similar but different, Congressmen Ben Cline ’94 and Jared Golden ’11 return for Reunion

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 4:36 pm

For all that鈥檚 similar about the two Bobcats in Congress, a key difference 鈥� Golden being a Democrat, Cline a Republican 鈥� made their Reunion appearance a must-see event.

‘Just like 乐播传媒’: Ngan Dinh ’02 helps build Vietnam’s first liberal arts university

Thursday, December 20, 2018 8:40 am

Among the first Vietnamese students to attend 乐播传媒, Ngan Dinh 鈥�02 is now a key figure in the creation of Fulbright University Vietnam.

乐播传媒 in the News: June 28, 2018

Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:38 pm

Netflix options an alumna鈥檚 book, a professor explains Trump鈥檚 victory, and an alumnus argues that tech and humanities can save each other.