CCC MLK CELEBRATION TO FEATURE FACULTY- AND STUDENT-CREATED TRIBUTES

Camden County College will honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a collegewide celebration planned for Friday, Jan. 21, 2005.

The presentation “My Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Collective Works by Faculty and Students of Camden County College” will feature poems and other commemorative pieces created by members of the CCC community. Each piece intends to recognize the impact that King’s life had on the American civil rights movement and, consequently, the United States as a whole. All of these compositions will be delivered to mark the 76th anniversary of the slain civil rights leader’s birth.

Faculty members and students are collaborating to create a moving program of individual and group works that are both personal and universal. Professor Marjorie Sokoloff, who heads the college’s Theatre Department, is coordinating the production.

“My Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” will take place in Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre, which is located inside Lincoln Hall on the college’s Blackwood Campus. The program is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

The national observance of the King holiday is set earlier that week. CCC is conducting its tribute several days later, however, to coincide with students’ return to campus for the spring semester.

Admission to “My Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” is free, and members of the public are invited to attend.

For further details about this event, contact Margo Venable, who is the director of the college’s Office of Student Life and Activities. She can be reached by telephone at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4282, or via e-mail at mvenable@camdencc.edu.

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New and returning students alike will find in a single place all of the resources they need to sign up for Spring 2005 credit courses at Camden County College when one-stop registration starts Jan. 12.

The Danch CIM Center will again host open registration activities on the Blackwood Campus. Current and prospective students will be able to procure transcripts and placement test scores, receive academic advisement, enroll in classes and handle financial matters.

To complete one-stop registration on the Camden City Campus, current and prospective students must visit the second-floor administrative offices in the Camden Technology Center. At the William G. Rohrer Center in Cherry Hill, registration may be completed at the information desk.

College personnel will be available to assist students at all three locations. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 and 20 as well as 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 14 and 21.

Payment of at least 50 percent is required throughout the one-stop registration period. On Jan. 18, the college will begin registration on a space-available basis for those senior citizens and unemployed persons who are eligible to enroll for free through CCC’s tuition-waiver program.

Returning students also have the option of enrolling via the Internet. To register online, visit the college’s site on the World Wide Web at www.camdencc.edu and click on the “Spring 2005 Credit Registration” link.

Further details regarding registration are available on the Web site or by calling the college’s toll-free information line at (888) 228-2466.

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Seventy-five Camden County College students have been inducted into the Alpha Nu Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Members must complete a minimum of 12 college credits and attain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Chapter advisers are Professor Jennifer Hoheisel and Professor Anthony Fortini.

Inducted this semester were:

• Atlantic County: Lisa L. Zielinski, Linwood.

• Burlington County: Rita J. Biancosino, Burlington; Amar H. Desai, Marlton; Erica M. Durso, Marlton; Robert J. Lorenzi, Marlton;

• Camden County: Charmaine C. Allen, Pennsauken; Cierra A. Allen, Cherry Hill; Oguzhan Ayakta, Voorhees; Nicole Baxter, Somerdale; Christina M. Cannatella, Runnemede; Teresa Carroll, Audubon; Sean F. Castellanos, Hi-Nella; Regina M. Colalongo, Laurel Springs; Anishia K. Coleman, Hi-Nella; Margarita Colon, Camden; Franklin G. Cowherd, Camden; Daniel T. Darragh, Haddonfield; Diane Datz, Voorhees; Suzanne M. Daub, Gibbsboro; Thomas M. DeAngelis, Pennsauken; Laura J. Deeley, Oaklyn; Cathy Lyn Dennis, Cherry Hill; Amanda E. Diehl, Lindenwold; Jason L. Diperstein, Cherry Hill; April J. Ebling, Laurel Springs; Roberto Esposito, Lindenwold; Christopher S. Glackin, Haddon Township; Dana C. Grady; Audubon; Migdalia Guzman, Camden; Catherine G. Hall, Atco; Benjamin J. Hample, Audubon; Rosalie Hawn, Audubon; Megan E. Hee, Somerdale; Candace B. Hooper, Cherry Hill; Chantelle Israel, Sicklerville; Dana P. Issersohn, Voorhees; Gerald C. Joyce, Cherry Hill; Kotomi Kaihatsu, Stratford; Sean M. Luessenhop, Berlin; Charles J. Marchione, Cherry Hill; Gina T. Marioni, Mount Ephraim; Nicole L. Marks, Bellmawr; Chavon C. Owens, Blackwood; David G. Pyle, Cherry Hill; Amanda J. Rentz, Gibbsboro; Michele Richardson, Oaklyn; Nancy Rojas, Sicklerville; Abhirup Roy, Voorhees; Crystal L. Simpson, Berlin; Harold A. Smith, Camden; Mahoma Sosa, Pennsauken; Brian R. Thomas, Pine Hill; Denise M. Toff, Audubon; Tara M. Trongone, Glendora; Charles C. Tyminski, Cherry Hill; Jo Angela Vassey, Cherry Hill; Virginia B. Vaughn, Magnolia; Kimberly L. Velazquez, Camden; Zakiyyah I. Wilson, Pine Hill; Anthony D. Wolfe, Atco; Stephen M. Wyzykiewicz, Berlin; Sayuri Yoshii, Cherry Hill.

• Gloucester County: Jacob Cohen-Eller, Sewell; Amy L. Hillman, Swedesboro; Linda M. MacKnight, Sewell; Nicole R. Manganaro, Mantua; John M. Monayhan, Sewell; Anthony J. Pannacciulli, Pitman; Lisa L. Reign, Williamstown; Suzanne Scuilli, Sewell; Robert B. Sheridan, Williamstown; Jeannette A. Spina, Sewell.

• Salem County: Thomas H. O’Reilly, Monroeville.

• Out of State: Lassina Kone, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sung-Kyu Park, Elkins Park, Pa.

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WHAT: Writer Mark Drolsbaugh, author of Deaf Again and Anything But Silent, will deliver a presentation based on his books and complete a book-signing at Camden County College.

WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004.

WHERE: Auditorium, Gabriel E. Danch CIM Building, Blackwood Campus.

WHY: Camden County College’s MidAtlantic Post-Secondary Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, along with its Deaf Culture Club, are co-sponsoring this free event as an exploration of deaf/hearing relations. Among the topics that Drolsbaugh will address are the rift between English and American Sign Language; the “hidden world” of the hard of hearing; political and educational oppression; and the idiosyncrasies of deaf culture as compared to the culture of the hearing. His presentation will mix humor and insight to evoke knowing nods from those within the deaf community and enlighten those who are new to its conventions.

DETAILS: Drolsbaugh was the hearing son of deaf parents through his toddler years, became hard of hearing as a child, became physically deaf as an adolescent and emerged as a culturally deaf adult.

Sign language interpretation and C-Print captioning services will be provided.

Continuing education units for teaching and other professional studies will be available.

TO COVER: Contact event coordinator Dennis Jones by telephone at (856) 374-5039; by TTY at (856) 374-4855; by fax at (856) 374-5003; or by e-mail at djones@camdencc.edu.

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“Children of a Lesser God” uses the love story of a young deaf woman and her hearing teacher to explore how the deaf and hearing cultures communicate, clash and collaborate. Written by Mark Medoff to be performed to hearing audiences, the drama requires a lead actress who is deaf rather than a hearing actress who is playing deaf. Phyllis Frelich won a Tony Award for originating the role of Sarah Norman on Broadway, and Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for her performance in the film version.

Denai Aytch of Lindenwold stars as Sarah in CCC’s production, communicating as she does in life primarily through sign language. Paul Jost of Vineland portrays her teacher and husband, James Leeds, whose own lines have been crafted to vocalize Sarah’s dialogue as well. Completing the cast are Joe Christopher of Turnersville; Brett Fauver of Millville; Lindsey Sherman of Gloucester City; Danene Vogt of Somerdale; and Paige Reinzo of Franklinville.

Professor Marjorie Sokoloff is the director. CCC Interpreter Education Program director Brian Morrison and his students interpreted rehearsals for Aytch and trained the hearing actors in the signing necessitated by the script. Interpreters will be available for deaf/hard of hearing audience members.

“Children of a Lesser God” will be performed at 8 p.m. Dec. 10, 11, 17 and 18 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 12 in Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre, which is located inside Lincoln Hall. The Dec. 18 show, which will be followed by a reception with the cast, will serve as a benefit performance for the Camden County College Foundation’s Naureen Farooq Collazo Scholarship Endowment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

Tickets for the Dec. 10, 11, 12 and 17 shows are available at the door at a cost of $6 for students, college staff and senior citizens or $10 for all others. Tickets for the Dec. 18 show are available in advance at a cost of $25 for the performance and party or $10 for just the performance or at the door at a cost of $35 for the performance and party or $20 for just the performance.

For additional information regarding the Dec. 10, 11, 12 and 17 shows, contact the Camden County College Theatre Department at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4737, or msokoloff@camdencc.edu. For further details regarding the Dec. 18 show and reception, contact the Camden County College Foundation at (856) 374-4946 or mmckelvey@camdencc.edu.

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A study by Community College Week newspaper has once again identified Camden County College as one of the fastest-growing two-year institutions of higher education in the United States.

CCC ranked 23rd among schools with 10,000 or more students. The college recorded a credit enrollment increase of 7 percent between Fall 2002 and Fall 2003, the semesters for which the most current comprehensive data are available. During that period, Camden County College's enrollment rose from 13,804 to 14,829.

CCC ranked 11 slots higher in this year's study than it had previously. In last year's study, the first of its kind to be conducted by Community College Week, the college had ranked 34th.

"Camden County College's mission is to provide affordable, convenient, academically excellent higher education to all who seek it," said CCC president Dr. Phyllis Della Vecchia. "Thanks in large part to our excellent faculty and an impressive range of quality programs, our enrollment growth serves as a positive indicator that we are fulfilling > our mission."

Community College Week conducted its study by analyzing figures submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by nearly 1,000 two-year institutions of higher education. The newspaper published the results as a special report titled "Here We Grow Again: America's Fastest Growing Community Colleges" in its Dec. 6 edition. Community College Week also conducts annual studies of overall enrollment totals and the nation's top associate's degree/career certificate producers. CCC has achieved significant placements in both of those studies in recent years. Earlier this year, for example, the latter study found that CCC ranked sixth nationwide in number of associate's degrees awarded to education majors.

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WHEN:   11 a.m. , Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004 .

WHERE:  Cafeteria, College Hall, Camden City Campus , Camden County College , Broadway and Cooper Street , Camden .

DETAILS:        “Voices, Chapter I” is a one-hour dramatic and musical presentation that showcases the life stories and music of Patti LaBelle, Tupac Shakur and Billie Holliday. Local performers with numerous credentials of their own will portray this legendary trio.

Carla Benson (LaBelle), who is known as the “First Lady of Philadelphia Soul,” sang background vocals for LaBelle and recently performed in the award-winning documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Lamont Dixon (Shakur), author of Urban Beats and Ghetto Blues, is the founder of the monthly jazz/poetry series in Camden called The Poet’s Den. Connie Jackson (Holliday), the writer and director who created this presentation, has sung throughout the United States and Europe.

Thanks to the co-sponsorship of Arline Construction LLC of Camden , admission to this event is free and open to the public.

TO COVER:        Contact Susan Coulby, media relations coordinator, by telephone at 856-374-4949 (office) or 609-605-0874 (cell) or via e-mail at scoulby@camdencc.edu

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WHAT: Camden County College elementary/secondary education majors hosting their annual “Lunch with Santa” for local children.

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004.

WHERE: Runnemede VFW Hall, Black Horse Pike and East Sixth Avenue, Runnemede, N.J.

DETAILS: CCC’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society -- which was the first community college chapter in the world -- makes community service a part of its membership activities. Inductees regularly conduct outreach events within Camden County. These include read-aloud days, the holiday luncheon and other affairs.

VISUALS: From 11 to 11:45 a.m., participating children will be served lunch and then begin face-painting and craft activities.

From 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., they will participate in group circle activities.

From 12:15 to 1 p.m., they will have story time and a sing-along.

At 1 p.m., Santa Claus will arrive to the singing of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”

From 1 to 1:30 p.m., the children will sit with Santa and receive wrapped gifts. They will choose additional gifts from a selection of books.

TO COVER: Contact Susan Coulby, media relations coordinator, by telephone at 856-374-4949 (office) or 609-605-0874 (cell) or via e-mail at scoulby@camdencc.edu.

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Stages at Camden County College, CCC’s theater production area, will select performers for its spring children’s play and main theater production during open audition sessions on Dec. 13 and 14. Each tryout begins at 7 p.m. in The Little Theatre, which is located inside Lincoln Hall on the college’s Blackwood Campus

The spring semester’s show for children will be “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” which is based upon the children’s book of the same name by Kevin Henkes. This story teaches lessons about school, revenge and remorse by showing what happens when Lilly the mouse can’t stop playing with her musical purple pocketbook during class.

“Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” will be performed on the college’s Blackwood Campus on Feb. 18 and 19.

The spring semester’s adult production will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” This Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic, comedic and musical show uses song, dance and dialogue to explore a love triangle in the turn-of-the-20th-century American West. 

“Oklahoma” will be performed on the college’s Blackwood Campus on April 29 and 30 as well as on May 1, 6 and 7.

Actors of all ages and types are sought for these productions. Auditioning performers should be prepared to deliver a short contemporary monologue or read from provided scripts as well as sing 16 bars of a Broadway standard. An accompanist will be provided.

For further details about the auditions or the productions, contact Professor Marjorie Sokoloff by telephone at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4737, or via e-mail at msokoloff@camdencc.edu.

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Students of all ages, educational backgrounds and native languages can expand their professional and personal horizons by taking English as a second language (ESL) courses at Camden County College.

Many students enroll in ESL courses because they want to earn a college degree but must first develop their English skills. Some need to improve their English to get, keep or advance in a job. Others enroll because they want to live more comfortably in an English-speaking environment - to be able to talk with their children’s teachers, understand their doctors, communicate better when shopping and so forth. Still others feel that knowledge of English -- which truly has become the international language -- will benefit them when they return to their native countries.

CCC boasts an ESL student population from all over the globe. Ranging in age from 17 to 60-plus, many of these students are originally from African and South American nations while others are from Asian, European and other nations. A wide array of native languages is represented.

CCC’s ESL Program is at the forefront of using technology such as specialized software to help students develop their English skills. The program offers five levels of classes - beginning through advanced - in reading, writing, grammar and oral communication. Classes are available at all three of the college’s locations in Blackwood, Camden and Cherry Hill. Many meet during the morning or afternoon, and others meet in the evening. In addition, both the Blackwood and Camden campuses feature computer-assisted language labs that are reserved for ESL students only.

Financial aid is available for students with financial need, high school diplomas from institutions in the United States or their native countries and U.S. citizen, permanent resident or refugee status.

Placement testing for the Spring 2005 semester, which begins Jan. 19, is taking place now.

For more information about ESL classes in Blackwood or Cherry Hill, call Jesse Orlando at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4539. For Camden City Campus information, call Deirdre Gray at (856) 968-1311.

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 TASK FORCE RELEASES ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY

CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY -- (November 17, 2004) -- A new study by the City of Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force shows that its member institutions have a significant impact on the economic well being of both the city and county of Camden and New Jersey as a whole.

The report, which was released during a press conference at Cooper University Hospital today, indicates that these institutions have produced a sizable return on state investments, provided significant quality-of-life improvements to residents, and made multi-million dollar collective investments of tremendous value to the city and region.

The members of the Task Force are CAMCare Health Corporation, Camden County College, Cooper University Hospital, Lourdes Health System, Rowan University, Rutgers-Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, and Virtua Health.

Operating on the principle that a stronger Camden means a stronger county, region, and state, the member institutions are playing an important role in the rapidly expanding revitalization efforts in Camden and have taken primary responsibility for ensuring the fulfillment of the goals of the Camden Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act.

Located within Camden for many years, each of these institutions has served as a driving force for economic growth and development.  The study presents their collective commitment to promoting economic vigor and dramatic return on investments, and to providing civic and community leadership

According to State Senator Wayne R. Bryant, who was instrumental in the decision of the institutions to join forces to coordinate their support for the city’s revitalization, “The hospitals and higher education institutions of Camden have always been a vital force of stability and economic opportunity for our residents.  This study reflects the important multi-faceted role that they play and the solid return on investment they produce for Camden and all New Jersey.”

Among the study’s most notable findings is that each dollar invested by the state in the Task Force institutions produces a significant return on investment.  For every dollar in state financial support received, the institutions generate $20.60 in total spending and $8.60 in wages.  In addition, 82 cents of each dollar are recaptured by the state in the form of annual tax revenues estimated at $53.8 million (generated from institutional operations) plus another estimated $1.8 million (generated from institutional investments).

The effects of these returns cascade throughout the state’s economy.  For example, a collective $611 million in overall spending ($360 million in wages and $251 million in goods and services purchases) generated nearly $1.4 billion in total spending throughout the state.

The study also found that the Task Force is the leading employer in Camden, employing 7,224 full- and part-time workers or 33 percent of the non-governmental employees working in Camden, including 955 city residents.  Further, 55 percent of those employed by the eight institutions are Camden County residents and 91 percent of them are New Jersey residents. 

Moreover, the Task Force supports growth of area businesses and community organizations through activities such as spending by students, employees and visitors, financial transactions, facilities use, and charitable donations. Task Force members also attract new grant funding and renewal investments, the latter of which totaled more than $27 million in major capital projects in 2001.

In addition to the direct economic benefits, the study further highlights that task force members are responsible for educating more than 8,800 students and awarding more than 1,500 degrees and certificates each year.  The institutions also provide quality-of-life services such as pre-college preparation programs, job training, continuing education, professional teacher development, and medical services.

The Camden Higher Education Healthcare economic impact study was completed by The Roper Group in association with A. Ilan Consulting and is based on data from fiscal year 2001.

 Since the study began, the member institutions have made substantial progress on new capital projects in the city, funded in part from the $175 million Camden Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act of 2002.

 “The task force members form the foundation upon which a brighter future for Camden is being built,” Senator Bryant said.  “This study demonstrates that they are important assets and that our investments in them have been, and will continue to be, well worth it for the citizens and taxpayers of New Jersey.”

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WHAT:   Release of a new study focusing on the economic impact that the eight member institutions of the Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force have had on the city’s revitalization.

WHEN:   11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004.

WHERE:  Front entrance, Cooper University Hospital, Haddon Avenue and Benson Street, Camden. Media representatives should park on the sidewalk area behind the adjacent fence and away from the hospital drive.

WHY:    The study shows that the Task Force’s member institutions have had and will continue to have a significant economic impact on the well-being of the City of Camden, Camden County and New Jersey as a whole. It indicates that these institutions have produced a sizable return on state investments, provided significant quality-of-life improvements to residents and collectively made multi-million-dollar investments to the city and region.

DETAILS:        The Task Force’s members are CAMCare Health Corporation, Camden County College, Cooper University Hospital, Lourdes Health System, Rowan University, Rutgers-Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and Virtua Health.

       
                Among the dignitaries set to present the study’s findings are state Sen. Wayne R. Bryant and the chief executive officers and other top-level administrators from each institution.

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CCC’s Alpha Alpha Psi chapter is the first branch of KDP to be established at a community college. Until the chapter received a charter and held its first induction ceremony in 2003, Kappa Delta Pi had been open only to students at or graduates of four-year colleges and universities.

KDP recognizes the scholarship of students who are pursuing education as an occupation and helps professional educators develop resources to grow throughout their careers. To apply for membership, students must achieve a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average for at least 50 credits of coursework.

Membership includes community service projects. These include activities such as the chapter’s third annual “Lunch with Santa” event, which according to chapter president Alice Buscio has been planned for Dec. 4 at the Runnemede VFW Hall.

Inducted this semester were:

• Burlington County: Kelly Ann Mulholland, Medford.

• Camden County: Nicole Estrella, Stratford; Jennifer Leigh Hendricks, Atco; Janice Elaine Hughes, Runnemede; Amy Ann Humphrey, Blackwood; Melanie Rosa Lewellen, Clementon; Lisa Hammond Mackin, Stratford; Nicole Marie Marabito, Berlin; Tammy Martin, West Berlin; Mary Ann Miles, Erial; Jesse Martin Palmer, West Berlin; Mindy Ann Pratt, Berlin; Stefanie Marie Snapp, Glendora; and Jamie Speiser, Stratford.

• Gloucester County: Erika Murphy, Sewell.

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Camden County College is offering convenient, individual assistance with Spring 2005 enrollment and registration during a series of special events planned for December and January.

Adult Learner Workshops are intended for anyone aged 23 or older who would like help with admissions, course selection and other tasks. Community Registration Events are intended for any new or returning student.

Scheduled are:

Adult Learner Workshop, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7, CCC Camden City Campus, Camden Technology Center, Cooper Street, Camden.

Adult Learner Workshop, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8, CCC Blackwood Campus, Danch CIM Center, Peter Cheeseman Road, Blackwood.

Community Registration Event, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9, Haddon Township Library, MacArthur Boulevard, Westmont.

Community Registration Event, 1 p.m. Dec. 15, Haddonfield Visitors Center, Kings Highway, Haddonfield.

Adult Learner Workshop, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15, CCC William G. Rohrer Center, Route 70 and Springdale Road, Cherry Hill.

Community Registration Event, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12, Cherry Hill Mall County Store, Route 38, Cherry Hill.

Community Registration Event, noon Jan. 13, Winslow Township County Store, Williamstown Road, Sicklerville.

Community Registration Event, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13, Echelon Mall County Store, Voorhees.

For additional information, call (856) 227-7200, ext. 4714.

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WHAT:   Students from Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School will explore future career options as part of Allied Health Professions Week at Camden County College.

WHEN:   9 a.m. to noon, Friday, Nov. 12, 2004.

WHERE:    9 a.m. - Washington Hall Ophthalmic Clinic (ophthalmic science)

10 a.m. - Truman Hall, Room 125 (medical laboratory technology)
11 a.m. - Madison Hall, Room 300 (paramedic science and dietetic technology)

WHY:            Allied Health Professions Week is a national observance that honors the approximately five million workers who are employed in more than 80 allied health fields throughout the United States. Allied health professionals, which constitute roughly 60 percent of all healthcare providers in this nation, support, facilitate and complement the roles of physicians and other healthcare specialists.

Through 2010, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates a growth rate of 28.8 percent in the healthcare professions -- which is twice the rate of job growth in other professions -- and a need for more than five million new healthcare workers to fill resulting job openings.

DETAILS:        Camden County College’s Allied Health Professions Week provides discussions and demonstrations to highlight allied health majors that are offered by the institution. Area high-schoolers are attending to discover if one of these fields is right for them.

Students from Charles Brimm Medical Arts High School in Camden visited campus on Nov. 8. Students from Camden High School and Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden will do so on Nov. 17 and 22, respectively. All four field trips are sponsored, in part, by a Health Career Opportunity Program grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

TO COVER:       Contact Susan Coulby, media relations coordinator, by telephone at (856) 374-4949 or (609) 609-0874 or via e-mail at scoulby@camdencc.edu.

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It’s alive, and it’s inhabiting Camden County College’s Blackwood Campus through December. CCC is one of just 80 stops for the nationwide traveling exhibition “Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature,” which was developed by the National Library of Medicine in Collaboration with the American Library Association. It has been made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., and the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.

" Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature” will be shown in the Blackwood Campus Library through Dec. 2. Complementing it is “Frankenstein Memorabilia from the Collection of Ron MacCloskey,” a display of 750 items from the largest privately owned collection of its kind on the East Coast. Planned in conjunction with these free exhibits are two free lectures and two free film screenings.

Scheduled are:

Lecture, “Frankenstein’s Scientific Background,” 7 p.m. Nov. 11, Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre. Prof. Rita Connolly will explore whether the novel was science fiction or grounded in science.

Film, “Bride of Frankenstein,” 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Blackwood Campus Library. This 1935 sequel to the original features Boris Karloff reprising his 1931 role and Elsa Lanchester as his bride.

Lecture, “Morality & Science in the 21st Century,” 7 p.m. Nov. 18, Danch CIM Center. Prof. Jennifer Hoheisel will consider ethical dilemmas raised by the decision to create life.

Film, “Young Frankenstein,” 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Blackwood Campus Library. This 1974 comedy stars Gene Wilder as Dr. “Frahnken-shteen” and Peter Boyle as his monster.

For additional information, call library director Joan Getaz at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4406, or visit www.camdencc.edu/library/Frankenstein/frank.htm.

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Camden County College's dance students will perform their annual fall recital at 2 p.m. Friday, November 5; at 8 p.m. Friday, November 5; and at 8 p.m. Saturday, November 6.

Each performance will take place in Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre, which is located in Lincoln Hall of Camden County College's Blackwood Campus.

This year's show is titled "Vindicated." It will feature student- and faculty-choreographed works to music by Norah Jones, Mase, Sarah McLachlan, Evanescence, Aerosmith, Maroon 5, Depeche Mode, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and many others. In addition to recorded music, the event will feature live piano and vocal performances by Camden County College music students as well as brief theater excerpts.

General admission is $4, with proceeds going to help needy area families celebrate the holiday season.

For tickets, audience members can call 856-227-7200, ext. 4364.

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Players from four South Jersey counties will try for a national title when Camden County College competes in the 2004 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Women’s Soccer Championship this weekend. The CCC squad earned its first trip to nationals after capturing this year’s Region XIX crown for the third time in five years.

CCC will play defending champions Mohawk Valley Community College, which is hosting the tournament in Utica, N.Y., on Saturday. The winner of that game will play either Springfield Technical Community College (Massachusetts) or Richland College (Texas) for the title on Sunday.

By county, the members of CCC’s team are:

• Atlantic County: Lindsay Corgliano of Hammonton.

• Burlington County: Tammy Lodge of Willingboro, Brittney Mancine of Mount Laurel and Michele Redman of Marlton.

• Camden County: Alicia Anderer of Collingswood, Samantha Becker of Clementon, Elizabeth Caccia of Laurel Springs, Jarece Coleman of Laurel Springs, Katie Ferrara of Somerdale, Rachel Guevara of Blackwood, Kelly Joyce of Blackwood, Stacey Miklosey of Blackwood, Andrea Scurti of Berlin, Cindy Serrano of Collingswood, Kristan Simone of Blackwood, Becky Vaughn of West Berlin, Rebecca Vindick of Pennsauken and Elisha Weckesser of Westmont.

• Gloucester County: Andrea Fiore of Williamstown and Rachel Treston of Turnersville.

Mancine and Redman are first-team All-Region XIX selections for 2004 and also have been named two of the year’s Top 5 Players in the region. Named first-team All-Region XIX as well this year was Caccia. Also this year, Corgliano and Vindick received first-team All-Garden State Athletic Conference honors and Fiore received second-team honors. In 2003, Becker was a first-team All-America selection.

The team is coached by John Gallagher. Captains are Becker, Guevara, Redman and Serrano.

Press contact for the tournament is Bob Lacell of MVCC. He can be reached by telephone at (315) 792-5330 or via e-mail at rlacell@mvcc.edu.

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Camden County College professor Dr. John L. Pesda will be available to provide political analysis to Philadelphia/South Jersey media outlets throughout Election Night 2004.

Pesda has been a faculty member at CCC for more than 30 years. He teaches history and political science and coordinates a free, public lecture series for the college each semester. He has been awarded grants from many organizations -- including the United States Institute for Peace, the Ford Foundation, the New Jersey Historical Commission and the Holocaust Education Commission of the New Jersey Department of Education -- to underwrite these endeavors.

This semester, Pesda created and hosted the college’s “Election 2004” lecture series. The renowned scholars and authors that he engaged for this series (which ended Oct. 28) included Stephen Wayne, author of The Road to the White House; Thomas Schaller, executive editor of the online political magazine Gadflyer; Jocelyn Crowley of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University; Ross Baker of Rutgers University; David Rebovich, managing director of the Rider Univers