• Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster Choir College, was an invited panelist to discuss “K-12 Music Education and Technology: The Road Ahead" at the National Symposium on Music Instruction Technology, held recently in Bismarck, ND. He made two other presentations: "GarageBand Goes to the Movies,” which demonstrated new audio/video synchronization techniques and podcasting, and "Can I Get a Little Help?," a paper on designing graduate-level music technology courses for K-12 teachers.
• Yu Jane Jiang, adjunct instructor of Chinese, published her book entitled “A Reflection Moment” (New York: Cozy House) in July 2006. This book is an award-winning collection of 40 articles published originally in major Chinese newspapers and magazines that captures Jiang’s first 10 years in the United States and traces her life stages. Critics have called it a "true inner reflection and footprint of many immigrants' whispers and unceasing hopes, which enlightens the unconditional endurance in all of us."
• Dr. Dorothy A. McMullen, associate professor of accounting, and Dr. William J. Amadio, associate professor of computer information systems, joined partners from The Mercadien Group and the New York City Police Department to present a seminar entitled “Financial Statements in Electronic Crime Investigation” at the FBI's Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Hamilton. The event was sponsored by the New Jersey Attorney General's Advocacy Institute. The audience consisted of attorneys and investigators from many government agencies including Criminal Justice, Labor and Taxation. McMullen discussed how to detect fraud involving shell companies, billing schemes, expense reimbursement schemes and check tampering. Amadio discussed the many forms of digital evidence, including processing files such as logs and caches that computers create but do not display to the user.

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