院长的话

When students and their families visit the College, I often suggest that the best way to understand the liberal arts at Marist is to take a walk around Fontaine Hall, the award-winning building that houses our school. These are the kinds of things they might encounter:

• A student consulting with a professor in the 历史系 about a project based on the wartime letters of Eleanor Roosevelt. 与 富兰克林D. 罗斯福总统图书馆和博物馆 就在三英里外, our students enjoy the opportunity to perform original archival research about a pivotal time in American history.
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• 一名教员 现代语言学系 & 文化 coordinating the individual placement of a Spanish major for a semester’s worth of study at the Universidad de Seville in Spain. Nearly 50% of Marist undergraduates studied abroad in semester-long or short-term programs.

• An exhibit of paintings commemorating Revolutionary War events taking place in the area. The 哈德逊河谷研究所出版公司，位于方丹 《哈德逊河谷评论 and offers students a variety of 实习 and service opportunities.
• A gathering of faculty and students sorting through scholarly paper proposals. 去年11月是第五次 Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies 举办了 Mid-Hudson River Valley 本科 Philosophy Conference.

• 一份 马赛克, a literary and photovisual magazine published each semester by the 文学艺术学会, a student group of creative writers and artists. 除了出版学生作品, the club’s activities include trips to literary sites, 一年一度的诗歌盛会, and on-campus readings and courses by well-known poets and novelists.
• A poster display highlighting students' research into hunger issues in the Hudson River Valley. Students interested in human rights, social justice, and global citizenship can participate in our 公民参与中心 & 领导 and explore these issues through coursework that includes service learning projects in the Hudson River Valley and globally. 中心提供 塔弗夏季研究员计划, in which students receive paid 实习s at nonprofit organizations and work in collaboration with a faculty member.

The variety of conversations taking place in Fontaine Hall makes the 文理学院 a dynamic learning community. 关闭 faculty and student relationships and interdisciplinary analysis, 包括团队授课课程, 对我们的工作至关重要吗. 在给定的学期中, students might have the opportunity to take Religion and the Law with a political scientist and theologian, 布鲁斯诗歌与诗人和历史学家, or Environmental Literature with a literary scholar and a scientist.

Observing and participating in these kinds of dialogue in the classroom and on our campus sharpens our students’ awareness of the complexity of 21st-century problems and gives them a sense of the integrated solutions they might find for them. 事实上， bet亚洲365欢迎投注的核心 is designed to help our students develop the "knowledge, 技能, and values" that are the hallmark of the bet亚洲365欢迎投注 academic experience. 此外, 广泛的服务学习, 实习, and study-abroad experiences prepares our students for future employment and develops their capacity to be innovative and ethically grounded leaders.

I invite you to explore our programs further by examining the diversity of materials available on our website or by following us on 脸谱网. If you would like more information or have any questions, I encourage you to contact me.

真诚地,

马丁B. 谢弗,Ph值.D.
文学院院长

办公地点:方丹200号
电话:(845)575-3000分机. 2295
电子邮件: 马丁.Shaffer@Marist.edu

Bio:

Dr. Shaffer joined the bet亚洲365欢迎投注 faculty as an Assistant Professor of Political 科学 in 1994, and he served as Chair of the Political 科学 Department from 2001 to 2007, overseeing a period of significant growth in that major. He was appointed Interim Dean of the 文理学院 on August 1, 2007, and he began his duties as Dean on September 1, 2008. 他是纽约州人. Shaffer earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political 科学 from LeMoyne College, and his M.A. 和Ph值.D. in Political 科学 from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at SUNY Albany.

Dr. Shaffer teaches a variety of courses in American politics, 包括美国总统的历史, 今天,美国国会, 政治分析的范围和方法. He has team taught the American State and Urban Politics course with State Senator Stephen Saland on several occasions. Dr. Shaffer's research interests include presidential leadership, 环保运动, 以及纽约州的政治. He has published several articles in scholarly journals, including Policy Studies Review and Presidential Studies Quarterly. Dr. Shaffer is a frequent Op-Ed writer for national and regional publications, and his articles focus on presidential and congressional elections. Dr. Shaffer is a strong proponent of experiential learning, and he was instrumental in starting the 公民参与和领导中心 and the 实习经历 program.