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LAKEWOOD — Sister Rosemary Jeffries is no mir-acle worker, but don’t tell that to the faithful of Geor-gian Court University.

When the 66-year-old sister took over the presiden-cy of the former all-women’s institution in 2001, its fu-ture seemed dim.

Buildings were in serious need of repair or replace-ment and Georgian Court was a long way from its aimof achieving university status.

“Georgian Court was very, very different when Iwas there,” said Keri Carlton, a chemist, alumni boardmember and 1999 graduate of the school.

Georgian Court has been transformed on Jeffries’swatch. Not only has it achieved university status, it hasgone co-educational; there are now men’s dormitoriesand men’s sports teams — changes that helped spur a46 percent increase in applications.

Further, a multimillion-dollar expansion has

brought new residence halls, a library, a student cen-ter, and a nationally-recognized wellness center.But transformations are nothing new to Jeffries,

END OF ANERA AT GCU

Sister Rosemary Jeffries retiring as president

COURTESY OF JEFFRIES FAMILY

A family photo of Sister Rosemary Jeffries duringher art history education at Georgian Court Collegein December 1971.

"I felt a certain sense of calling.

I knew this was the place for me."

SISTER ROSEMARY JEFFRIES,GEORGIAN COURT PRESIDENT

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Georgian Court University has been transformed under the watch of President Rosemary Jeffries, shown in her office.

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THURSDAY 02.12.15

VOLUME136

NUMBER 37

SINCE 1879

ADVICE D5

CLASSIFIED E1

COMICS D4

LOCAL A3

LUXURY LIVING D1

OBITUARIES A12

OPINION A15

SPORTS C1

WEATHER C10

YOUR MONEY A7

A cold spell will settle over the New Jersey coastover the next week, bringing snow and frigid windchills that rival last year’s polar vortex conditions.

The Northeast will be blasted with arctic air and pe-riodic snowfall starting today until Feb. 19, as a series oflow-pressure systems ushers in some of the coldesttemperatures of the season.

The Shore area is expected to get flurries today, Sat-urday and possibly next Tuesday. Some projectionswarn that a more severe snowstorm could develop onSaturday, potentially putting a damper on locals’ Valen-tine’s Day plans, though it’s too early to tell.

“If I was betting on this, I would say that most likelythis is going to be focused on New England and Con-necticut rather than New Jersey,” said Steven DiMarti-no, meteorologist and owner of the NYNJPA weatherservice, “but still we have to keep an eye on it.”

The National Weather Service has issued a hazard-

ous weather outlook for much of the state, includingMonmouth and Ocean counties. However, meteorolo-gist Jared Klein said it’s too early to tell whether a no-r’easter could dump heavy snow onto the Jersey Shore.

“We do have some chances for snow over the nextseveral days,” said Klein, who works at the Mount Hollystation of the National Weather Service. “It doesn’t nec-essarily mean we’re going to be getting big storms.”

The worst is expected over the weekend, as a shot ofcold air comes in Friday followed by a more severe cold

Snow andarctic air

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our waySTEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

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ASBURY PARK — The historic rooftop band shell thatonce hosted concerts on the city’s waterfront sooncould be rehabilitated after sitting idle for the past 14years.

Waterfront developer Madison Marquette an-nounced Wednesday that it would submit design plansnext week for the Arthur Pryor Band Shell — a movethat comes more than four years later than it initiallyagreed to.

City officials say Madison Marquette has been in de-fault of a developer agreement that required it to re-

store the band shell by Dec. 31, 2010. The newly electedcouncil sent the developer a letter in January request-ing it present plans for the structure or face litigation.

“It’s very exciting, but I’m sorry that it’s taken themthis long,” Mayor John Moor said. “If we had to sendthem a letter of default to get them to the table ... I wishthey had done this like five years ago.”

The Arthur Pryor Band Shell sits on top of the FifthAvenue pavilion and has the capacity to seat 200.

Residents say they recall local music groups per-

Developer will

restore AsburyPark band shellNICQUEL TERRY @NTERRYAPP

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N.C. COLLEGE TOWN ‘ROCKED’ BY MUSLIM STUDENTS’ KILLINGS. STORY, 1B

SHOCK FOR SETON HALLJaren Sina will no longer play basketball for Pirates. Sports, C1

READY FOR THE RUNWAYGet the inside scoop from New York Fashion Week superstars. Luxury Living,D1

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