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2005-2006 Events

Alvin S. Felzenberg Presents New Biography of Former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean June 15, 2006
	Author Alvin S. Felzenberg and former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean sign copies of Felzenberg's recently published biography of Kean, Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9-11 Commission.
Tough Choices: The Politics of Immigration Reform June 7, 2006
	Rutgers Professor Tichenor talks with guests Steven and Ingrid Tyler after the program on Tough Choices.
The Morning After panel discussion June 7, 2006
	Institute director Ruth B. Mandel welcomed Doug Forrester, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002, and Democratic State Senator Loretta Weinberg at the traditional morning after election event held at the Eagleton Institute.
Eagleton Fellows End-of-year Celebration May 11, 2006
	Associate director John Weingart in discussion with Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Eagleton Visiting Associate Jack Hall before the Fellows’ closing program.
Historican Sean Wilentz Speaks at Eagleton April 17, 2006
	After reading excerpts from his new book, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, to a large, appreciative audience at Eagleton in April, author and historian Sean Wilentz signed copies and chatted with attendees.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Speaks at Livingston Student Center April 3, 2006
	Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, this year’s holder of the Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women’s Political Leadership at CAWP, inspired the crowd at her talk highlighting American women’s growing participation in the workforce and their quest for legal rights.
Michael DuHame Speaks at Eagleton March 23, 2006
	Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow chatted with Republican National Committee political director Michael DuHaime during his visit to Eagleton.
Ann Lewis, 2006 Lewitt Lecturer, Speaks at Eagleton February 2006
	Ann Lewis, director of communications for HILLPAC and Friends of Hillary, was this year’s Lewitt Lecturer. She spoke at Eagletin in February about where the Democratic party stands today relative to the positions of out-of-power parties looking toward presidential elections in earlier years.
Toast to Women in Government February 2006
	Governor Jon Corzine spoke from the stairway at Wood Lawn to the crowd at a February “Toast to Women in Government,” co-sponsored by the Eagleton Institute of Politics, the Center for American Women and Politics, the Bipartisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments, and the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey.
Visiting Associates Dinner December 1, 2005
	Eagleton Fellows Christine McGovern, Johanna Dobrich and Anna Mitchell converse at the annual Visiting Associates dinner, an evening of networking for graduate students in Eagleton’s three fellowship programs. Visiting Associates are people with extensive experience in New Jersey politics and governance who agree to provide assistance and advice to Eagleton Fellows and to the Institute as a whole.
	Eagleton Fellows catch up at a reception prior to the Visiting Associates Dinner. From left to right are: Jason McCann, Sara Merin, Emily Berton, Christine Boyle and James Fazzari.
	Senior Policy Fellow Don Linky, Visiting Associate Tom Byrne, and... share laughs at the Visiting Associate reception.
	Eagleton Fellow Mariam Manichaikul picks the brain of Visiting Associate and long-time Fellows Seminar instructor Pete McDonough.
	From left to right: Eagleton Visiting Associate Greta Kiernan, Fellow Fabiana Pierre-Louis, Visiting Associate Richard Roper, Fellow Theresa Luhm, and Visiting Associate Cary Edwards discuss current events after dinner.
	Visiting Associate Tom Byrne, Fellow Emily Berton, Director Ruth Mandel, and Fellow Jennifer Taylor discuss possibilities in the upcoming 2008 presidential election.
	From left to right, Fellows Meagan Johnson, Mariam Manichaikul, Matthew Camp, New Jersey Project director Ingrid Reed, Fellow Anna Mitchell, and Visiting Associate Jack Hall engage in discussion over dessert.
The Serpent in the Garden State: A Brief History of Corruption in New Jersey A lecture by Marc Mappen December 1, 2005
	Dr. Marc Mappen, co-editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey and former associate dean at Rutgers University, spoke on the history of corruption in New Jersey to a packed room at Eagleton.
	Mappen is also the author of Jerseyana: the Underside of New Jersey History.
	Mappen speaks with Eagleton fellow Anita Thomas over dinner after his talk.
The Morning After panel discussion November 9, 2005
	West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and Ingrid Reed director of the New Jersey Project, discuss local elections at The Morning After breakfast.
	Herb Jackson of The Record, one of New Jersey’s most noted political journalists, said goodbye to the Garden State as a panelist at Eagleton’s Morning After event. He is relocating to Washington, DC to cover national politics.
	Jon Shure of New Jersey Policy Perspective discussed issues likely to take center stage in the new administration and legislature.
	Judy Shaw, senior partner at MBI GluckShaw, was one of five panelists to comment on the 2005 election at Eagleton’s Morning After event.
	Rick Thigpin, partner at The Strategy Group, spoke about the political events to come in New Jersey, including a possible Constitutional convention.
	Gregg Edwards, president of the Center for Policy Research of New Jersey, offered a Republican perspective on the November election.
Election Day Luncheon November 8, 2005
	Eagleton holds an annual Election Day Luncheon. University faculty and staff and Eagleton Visiting Associates enjoy the traditional meal for the occasion – fried chicken and corn fritters – and compete for the Eagleton Cup. An Election Day Quiz asks participants to guess local, state and national election outcomes, and the name of the person who provides the most correct answers is inscribed on the Cup. Here guests wait for the chance to take the quiz. Pictured at center is the Cup winner for 2005, Lucy Baruch, Eagleton’s director of finance and administration.
	Eagleton Associate Director John Weingart welcomes guests to the luncheon and explains the rules for the Election Day Quiz. The Eagleton Cup is displayed behind him on the mantle.
	Theresa Thonhauser and April Rapp of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling and Jim Dawson of the Rutgers University Foundation make their election predictions.
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, 2005 Clifford Case Professor of Public Affairs October 24-25, 2005
	The Honorable Thomas H. Kean is the 2005 Clifford Case Professor of Public Affairs. Kean, a popular former governor of New Jersey, chaired the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the US.
	Clifford Case Professor of Public Affairs Thomas H. Kean took time to visit with students in Eagleton’s undergraduate associate and graduate fellowship programs and the Institute for Women’s Leadership scholars program.
	Kean delivered the 2005 Clifford Case public lecture at the Busch Campus Center.
Social Security: Are Private Accounts the Right Direction for Reform? October 6, 2005
	Former US Commissioner of Social Security Kenneth Apfel spoke at Eagleton in October about the future of Social Security.
	Kenneth Apfel explains each of the proposed plans for reform of the current US Social Security program.
	Rutgers University CFO and treasurer Jeff Apfel with his brother Ken Apfel, before the talk.
The Future of the Republican Party, a talk with Jo Ann Davidson September 29, 2005
	Jo Ann Davidson, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, spoke at Eagleton on Sept. 29th about the future of her party.
	Eagleton alumnus Frank Dominguez confers with Senator Joe Kyrillos at the reception prior to Davidson’s talk.
	Long time friends Cathy Fenton, former press secretary to First Lady Laura Bush, and Eagleton Visiting Associate Susan Doctorian catch up at the reception for Jo Ann Davidson.
	Eagleton alumnus Brian Nelson and Virginia Haines, New Jersey Republican National committeewoman, discuss the upcoming gubernatorial election.
	Jo Ann Davidson greets reception guest Senator Joe Kyrillos before her talk.
	Davidson and Senator Kyrillos chat over dinner.
Thomas Fleming, Two Cheers for the Organization: My Family and the Hague Machine September 26, 2005
	At the podium: Thomas Fleming, author of Mysteries of My Father, a memoir on the Hague era politics in Jersey City, New Jersey. To his left is Senator Joe Doria, who introduced Fleming. Doria represents part of Jersey City in the Senate and is also Mayor of Bayonne.
Annual Opening Event for Faculty, Staff, Students and Visiting Associates
	Visiting Associates Susan Doctorian (standing, l.) of Monmouth University and Nancy Becker (standing, r.) of Becker Associates offer guidance to Eagleton students at the Institute's annual opening event.
	Eagleton Fellows (l to r) Brett Berman, James Digiulio, Fabiana Pierre-Loius and Georgette Fries visit with Education Program Director Chris Lenart (standing, r) after dinner at the Eagleton opening event.
	Eagleton Visiting Associate Jack Hall, formerly of Johnson & Johnson, introduces himself to new members of the Eagleton family.
	Visiting Associate Greta Kiernan, former New Jersey Assemblywoman, Peter Shapiro of Swap Financial Group and Jon Shure of New Jersey Policy Perspectives catch up at the Eagleton opening event.

2004-2005 Events

Political Campaigning Class

	Chris Christie, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, speaks to students in the political science course on political campaigning taught at Eagleton by Roger Bodman and Harold Hodes.
	Senate President and Acting Governor Dick Codey addresses students in Political Campaigning; instructor Roger Bodman observes.
	Senate President and Acting Governor Codey and former Governor Christine Todd Whitman speak to students in the course on political campaigning about the office of governor in New Jersey.
Electronic Voting and the Democratic Process at the Robeson Center, Rutgers Newark
	DeForest B. Soaries, Commissioner, United States Election Assistance Commission, speaks at the Paul Robeson Center on the Rutgers-Newark campus. Above him hang flags representing the University’s international student body.
	Guests enjoy lunch before Commissioner Soaries’ talk about electronic voting.
	Commissioner Soaries addresses “Electronic Voting and the Democratic Process.”
Youth Voting Panel
	Susan Sherr, assistant research professor at Eagleton and director of the Institute’s Civic Engagement and Political Participation program, and Lindsey Berman of Rock the Vote discuss the national youth vote effort at a panel discussion which reviewed what was learned about young voters as a result of the 2004 presidential election.
	Charles Hill from the National Hip Hop Political Convention spoke about the role of music and the media in the youth vote movement.
	Lindsey Berman from Rock the Vote responds to audience questions, while Veronica De La Garza, executive director of the Youth Vote Coalition, looks on.
Visiting Associates Dinner
	Visiting Associate Richard Roper, founder and principal of The Roper Group, visits with Fellows Nadia Brown, Zenzele Isoke and Patrice Morris.
	Visiting Associate Velvet Miller, principal, DMG and president and CEO, My Parent's Concierge, talks with Fellows Tim Kenyon and Bobby Stroud.
	Senator Joe Doria and Fellow Margie Watson chat at the event.
	Visiting Associate Susan Doctorian, associate vice president for public affairs at Monmouth University, greets Fellows.
	Visiting Associates Roger Bodman, senior partner, Public Strategies Impact, L.L.C, and Michael Catania, president and founder of Conservation Resources, Inc., talk with Eagleton fellow Jennifer Krumins.
	Michael Catania and Fellow Catrina Sparacio discuss politics over dinner.
Election Day Luncheon
	Quiz takers are deep in thought. Each year the University faculty or administration member who most successfully anticipates election results gets his or her name engraved on the coveted Eagleton Cup and has the right to display the cup in his/her office until the next fall election.
Undergraduate Associates Class
	Rebecca Moll Reed (center), lawyer and campaign finance consultant, and Candace Straight (right), fundraiser, speak to Eagleton’s Undergraduate Associates during John Weingart’s Processes of Politics class.
	Sharon Harrington of the State Council on the Arts and Dennis Hart of the NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust speak to students about boards and commissions in New Jersey.
	Jon Shure (center), of NJ Policy Perspective, and Kevin Ryan (right), of NJ Child Advocate, speak to students in John Weingart’s class about seeking policy change.
	Former Governors Jim Florio (center) and Don DiFrancesco (right) speak with Herb Jackson of The Record at Eagleton’s Morning After program this past June on the day after the gubernatorial primary.
	Ingrid Reed (right), director of Eagleton’s New Jersey Project is pictured with two of her students in the Rutgers University Academy of Life-long Learning program. The class was taught at Wood Lawn mansion by Reed in fall 2004.
Speakers at Eagleton
	Joe Trippi, manager of Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign, visited the Institute to speak about his book, The Revolution Will Not be Televised. Here, Trippi signs a copy of his book for an Eagleton student.
	Frank Newport of The Gallup Poll speaks at Eagleton about his book Polling Matters: Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People.
	Ingrid Reed, director of the New Jersey Project and Trevor Potter, general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center in Washington D.C., and former general counsel of McCain 2000, at a program where Potter spoke about how the McCain-Feingold Act is changing campaign finance.
	Potter answers audience questions.
	Newsday Columnist Marie Cocco gives her Washington insider opinion of the 2004 presidential election.
Gerald Pomper- Ordinary Heroes and American Democracy
	Professor Emeritus Gerald Pomper speaks at Eagleton about his Pulitzer prize-nominated book, Ordinary Heroes and American Democracy.
2005-06 Fellows at Eagleton
	Deputy chief of staff to Governor Corzine and Eagleton alumna Maggie Moran spoke to Eagleton Government and Governor’s Executive Fellows in Trenton at their Statehouse orientation on Friday, January 27, 2006.
	Maggie Moran takes time to answer student questions.
	(Left to right) Ruth B. Mandel, director, Eagleton Institute is seated beside Art Maurice, first vice president of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, who spoke to the fellows about the budgetary tasks facing the new governor and the factors that will influence new fiscal policy.
	Ruth B. Mandel with Commissioner Susan Bass Levin of the Department of Community Affairs, standing, who spoke to the Fellows about her career and the relationship between the Governor’s cabinet members and the Governor.
	Commissioner Susan Bass Levin takes time after her talk to field questions from fellows Matthew Camp and Jason McCann who will be placed, respectively, Office of Smart Growth in the Dept. of Community Affairs and at the Hackensack Meadowlands Commission for their internships.
	Left to right are Bill Castner, executive director of the Assembly Democratic Office, Kay Henderson, general counsel to the Assembly Democratic Office. John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics and Greta Kiernan, former New Jersey Assemblywoman and Eagleton Visiting Associate. Castner and Henderson spoke about interactions between the legislature and the governor’s office.
	Left to right are Ruth B. Mandel, Kaitlin Guerney of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jon Shure of New Jersey Policy Perspective, Pete McDonough of Winning Strategies, and John Weingart. The panel focused discussion on the media and the executive branch.
	A panel of lobbyists concluded the Fellows orientation with a talk on lobbying the executive branch. Seated left to right are Eagleton alumni Adam Kaufman and Ginger Gold of Capitol Public Affairs and the NJEA respectively, Richard Van Wagner of Sterns and Weinroth, Judy Shaw of MBI GluckShaw and John Weingart.
	The Eagleton Fellows absorb experts’ insights into the executive branch during the January 2006 transition.
	The Fellows orientation took place in the former New Jersey Supreme Court Chambers.
	Eagleton Fellows Georgette Fries, Fabiana Pierre-Louis, Meagan Johnson, Sara Merin and Christine Boyle participate in the Government and Governor’s Executive Fellows Orientation at the Statehouse in January.
	The Raimondo Fellows at their statehouse orientation in December 2005. From left to right are Jennifer Taylor, Matthew Cono Capozzoli, LaTanya Harry, Christopher Ore, James Digiulio, Albert Suh, Hannah Shostack of the Office of Legislative Services, Brett Berman, Christine McGovern and Christine Lenart, education programs director at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
	Raimondo Fellows listen to speakers at their orientation. Seated right to left are Albert Suh, Christine McGovern, Raimondo Fellow alumnus Jim Reilly, Jennifer Taylor, Christopher Ore, and LaTanya Harry.
	David Rosen and Hannah Shostack from the Office of Legislative Services(OLS) speak to the Raimondo fellows about the roles of partisan and non-partisan offices in the legislature.
	Raimondo Fellows in class during fall 2005. Professor Alan Rosenthal is seated beside two class speakers, Dale Florio of Princeton Public Affairs and Ginger Gold of the NJEA.
	David Rosen, director of the Office of Legislative Services, takes time to explain the budget process and the history of New Jersey’s growing deficit to the Raimondo fellows.
	Raimondo fellows at their February session in Trenton. From left to right are Matthew Cono Capozzoli, LaTanya Harry, Brett Berman, Christine McGovern, Albert Suh, James Digiulio, and Christopher Ore.

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