California : Geography: deserts, rivers, earthquakes, and human geography
In this program, we will look at why California is an earthquake prone region, lay out its human geography, and explore its geographic regions - not formed by geologically recent tectonic activity - and their related ecosystems.
California : Geography: coastline, mountain ranges and valleys
Fog-shrouded rocky coastlines, spectacular mountain peaks, rich agricultural valleys, vast barren deserts. California's astonishing physical geography is dominated by rugged north-south running mountains separated by huge valleys. This program looks...
Oral history interview with Clark C. Carney, 1985
Carman discusses his relationships with the college, first as a student in the summer library school during the 1930s and then as a professor since 1961. Topics include various college presidents during his years, his extensive work in the professio...
Assignment Japan
Compilation of a series of Special Report series. Looks at life in Japan. Compares the bustle of Tokyo to the relative quiet of Kyoto. The overview includes commerce, local customs (flower arranging, tea ceremonies), the Shinkansen (bullet trai...
Oral history interview with Jessie R. Turk, 1991
Turk discusses her experience as geography professor at Trenton State College for over three decades.
Latin America : a region in transition:
Bill Berlin discusses the changes in Latin America with Tony Spanakos, an expert in Latin America and assistant professor of political science and law at Montclair State University.
Oral history interview with Adelbert K. Botts, 1982
Botts discusses how he came to be interviewed and hired by President West and his classes, teaching load, and other duties in his initial years. Topics also include his professional background, his exchange professorship in New Zealand, various peop...
Study abroad in Nice
Montclair State University sponsors various study abroad programs each summer. For the past several years, students and faculty have settled in Nice, France for a month to learn about the French language and culture.
Ghosts of the pines
The story of towns and houses abandoned in the New Jersey Pinelands. Includes a discussion of Ong's Hat, New Jersey, a town founded in the late 1600's to early 1700s. The town was named after Jacob Ong and is now considered to be a ghost town.