[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 58 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMEMORATING DR. BARBARA-JAYNE LEWTHWAITE AS 12TH PRESIDENT OF 
                           CENTENARY COLLEGE

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 22, 2010

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate 
Dr. Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite upon being inaugurated as the 12th 
President of Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
  Dr. Lewthwaite is only the second woman and second former faculty 
member to hold the position since Centenary's founding in 1867. Part of 
the Centenary College community for more than 20 years, she brings to 
the post sound academic credentials, strong educational leadership 
skills and valuable business acumen.
  Dr. Lewthwaite was appointed Acting President of the College on 
January 1, 2009. Since that time, she has used her academic background 
to enhance the College's mission: providing a student-centered liberal 
arts education with a career focus and a special emphasis on community 
service.
  Before assuming the Presidency, Dr. Lewthwaite served Centenary in 
several leadership positions, including Chief Academic Officer and 
Acting Chief Operating Officer. As a member of Centenary's Executive 
Staff since 2003, she spearheaded significant accomplishments at the 
college: supporting the development of a faculty of talented teachers 
and scholars; upgrading academic expectations that are grounded in the 
adoption of standards such as the Centenary Greater Expectation 
Learning Outcomes; leading the academic assessment movement that 
resulted in the College being the first in New Jersey to receive pre-
accreditation from the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC); 
achieving extensive articulation agreements with local and global 
partners; and undertaking a major revision of the curriculum which 
included movement from a three-credit to a four-credit course 
curriculum, and numerous faculty-generated enhancements that have 
focused on experiential learning, service learning, global initiatives, 
and substantive new online offerings in the adult and traditional 
student programs on the graduate and undergraduate level.
  Madam Speaker, we are fortunate to have Dr. Lewthwaite at the helm of 
Centenary College in northwestern New Jersey. With her leadership I am 
confident that Centenary will continue to provide high-quality 
education to its students, preparing them for the 21st Century.

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