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Montclair State University

Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university[6] in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Clifton and into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public university in New Jersey.[7] As of November 2021, there were 21,005 total enrolled students: 16,374 undergraduate students and 4,631 graduate students.[8] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[9] The campus covers approximately 252 acres (1.02 km2). The university offers more than 300 majors, minors, and concentrations.

For the New Jersey Transit train station, see Montclair State University station.

Former names

New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair (1908–1927)
Montclair State Teachers College (1927–1958)
Newark Normal School of Physical Education and Hygiene (1917–1928)[1]
Panzer College of Physical Education and Hygiene (1928–1958)
Montclair State College (1958–1994)

Carpe Diem (Latin)

"Seize the Day"

Public research university

September 28, 1908 (1908-09-28)

MSCHE

$81.1 million (2020)[2]

Jonathan Koppell

4,500

21,115[3]

16,988

4,127[4]

Montclair-Little Falls
,
New Jersey
,
United States

40°51′32.78″N 74°11′55.27″W / 40.8591056°N 74.1986861°W / 40.8591056; -74.1986861

Large Suburb, 486 acres (1.97 km2)

The Montclarion

Red and white
   

Red Hawks

NCAA Division III – NJAC

Rocky the Red Hawk
(formerly, the Indians)[5]

montclair.edu

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Men's Ice Hockey ()

ACHA Division II

Women's Ice Hockey ()

ACHA Division II

Men's Rugby ()

MetNY RFU Division II

Men's Volleyball (Middle Atlantic Collegiate Volleyball Conference)

Baseball (National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II Central)

Men's Lacrosse (National College Lacrosse League, NY Metro Conference, Division II)

Quidditch (Unofficial with the as of Spring 2015)

International Quidditch Association

The Red Hawk Deck, MSU's first parking garage, opened in spring 2003

The Village Apartments at Little Falls, an apartment complex accommodating 850 students, opened in fall 2003.

The Women's Softball Stadium opened in 2004.

The 500-seat Alexander Kasser Theater opened in fall 2004.

The Montclair State University station and Parking Deck was opened October 20, 2004. It provide direct access to and from New York Penn Station, the city's main public transportation hub. This is also a major parking and transfer point on the Montclair-Boonton Line.

NJ Transit

The Children's Center, Montclair State University's daycare facility for children of students and faculty, opened in fall 2005.

University Hall, the largest building on campus at the time and home of the College of Education and Human Services, opened in spring 2006.

The Gallery, located on the fourth floor of the Red Hawk Deck, opened in spring 2006.

George Segal

Cafe Diem, a cafe attached to Sprague Library, opened in January 2007.

Chapin Hall, nearly 100 years old, was completely renovated and expanded to house the new John J. Cali School of Music.

A 77,000-square-foot (7,200 m2) Student Recreation Center opened in spring 2008.

Sinatra Hall, a new suite style residence hall near the Village, housing 300 undergraduate and graduate students, opened in August 2010.

CarParc Diem, the largest parking structure at MSU with approximately 1,600 spaces, opened in August 2010.

The Heights, two new housing complexes and a dining facility accommodating 2,000 students, opened August 2011.

Montclair State University CDP

 United States

 New Jersey

Passaic, Essex

0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2)

0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2)

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364 ft (111 m)

2,180

6,123.60/sq mi (2,365.73/km2)

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34-47524[45]

2806142[43]

Barbara Brummer, State Director of The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey since 2004. Prior to this she served in leadership roles in industry, including President of Johnson &Johnson Canada Inc., and Worldwide Vice President of the Women's Health and Wellness Franchise. Brummer earned her BA in Biology at MSU in 1968.[50]

[49]

(1918–2010), physicist and astronomer, known as the "father of the Arecibo Observatory", director of the Arecibo Observatory and later Professor and Dean at Rice University. He earned B.A. and M. A. degrees from Montclair State College in 1939 and 1942 respectively.[51][52][53]

William E. Gordon

(1947–2015), Professor, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School[54]

Paul J. Lioy

Anthony Scriffignano, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Scientist for Worldwide Data and Insight, Dun & Bradstreet. He earned a BS, cum laude, in Computer Science in 1982 and an MS in Computer Science in 1985.

[49]

(1916–1985), co-discoverer of tetracycline and president of Bristol-Myers Company graduated from Montclair State College[55]

Herman Sokol

(1916–2008), operatic soprano[103]

Brenda Miller Cooper

(1947-2023), cinematographer (also alumni)[104]

Ken Kelsch

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