In April, 2005, Tryon Eggleston of Bloomfield College and Stephen Schur of Ramapo College of New Jersey reached out to webmasters of New Jersey institutions of higher education via email to join the “New Jersey HigherEd Webmasters group”.
The goal was that this new group would provide New Jersey higher education webmasters with an opportunity to share their experiences, concerns, technology breakthrough and ideas while getting to know one another.
June, 2005 Meeting
The first meeting was held on June 1 at the Ramapo College campus and featured a discussion on portals, and usability. Most of the people in the group became the Steering Committee for the new organization.
August, 2005 Meeting of the Steering Committee
This very productive meeting at Montclair State University on Wednesday, August 3 resulted in an excellent first draft of the by-laws for the new organization.
Steering Committee
The members of the Steering Committee came from state colleges and universities, community colleges, and independent four-year colleges and universities of New Jersey.
State Colleges and Universities (of 9)
- Matthew Winkel, The College of New Jersey
- Stephen Schur, Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Cindy Meneghin, Montclair State University
Community Colleges (of 19)
- Maureen Conlon, Ocean County College
- Anthony Young, Union County College
- BJ Smith, Salem Community College
- Fatmir Fanda Ibraimi, Passaic County Community College
Independent Four-Year Colleges (of 14)
- Doug Hooper, Centenary College
- Jarine Joly, College of Saint Elizabeth
- Tryon Eggleston, Drew University
- Matt Pierce, Drew University
- Joyce Beck, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Bill Kennedy, Fairleigh Dickinson University