CCC CELEBRATION TO HONOR KING, TUBMAN AND UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Camden County College will honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at noon on Friday, Jan. 19, 2007.
“The Underground Railroad: A Living History Experience” will mark King’s birthday while celebrating the network of abolitionists that transported slaves from South to North and from bondage to freedom. The presentation will convey what it was like to journey hundreds of miles through rough terrain while evading professional slave catchers, hunting dogs and legal and physical punishment.
The event will feature dramatizations of Harriet Tubman and William Still, two key African-American figures in the anti-slavery movement. Known as the “black Joan of Arc,” Tubman was born a slave in Maryland but escaped to freedom and then guided more than 300 others out of slavery. Still was a businessman who had been born a free black man in New Jersey and went on to become a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad and the author of a book documenting the subject.
Philadelphia actress, singer and playwright Millicent Sparks will portray Tubman, and audience members will be able to ask questions of her in character. Also part of the program will be freedom songs and traditional spirituals.
“The Underground Railroad: A Living History Experience” will take place in Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre. The venue is located inside Lincoln Hall on Camden County College’s Blackwood Campus.
Admission is free. Members of the public are invited to attend, and large groups will be accommodated.
To schedule group attendance or for further details, contact the CCC Office of Student Life and Activities by telephone at (856) 374-5088, or via e-mail at jtenuto@camdencc.edu.
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CCC MAKES ENROLLING FOR SPRING CLASSES A ONE-STOP EVENT
New and returning students alike will find all of the resources they need to sign up for Spring 2007 credit courses at Camden County College when one-stop registration with academic advisement starts Jan. 10.
Wilson Hall Center’s student services suite will host open registration activities on the Blackwood Campus. On the Camden City Campus, registering 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.
Hours at each of these locations are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 as well as 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 12 and 19.
Throughout the one-stop period, current and prospective students will be able to procure academic program evaluations and placement test scores; receive academic advisement; select and enroll in classes; and handle financial matters. College personnel will be available to assist students with these activities at all three locations.
Returning students are encouraged to take advantage of the college’s online registration option. To register using the Internet, visit www.camdencc.edu and click on the “Spring 2007 Credit Registration” link.
Payment of at least 50 percent is required of all students throughout the one-stop registration period. On Jan. 16, 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.
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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84 STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO CCC'S TOP HONOR SOCIETY
Eighty-four Camden County College students were inducted into the Alpha Nu Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, during the Fall 2006 semester.
Inductees must attain and maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 and have completed 12 or more college credits. Chapter advisors are Professor Susan Choi and Professor Jennifer Hoheisel.
By residence, the Fall 2006 inductees are:
Atlantic County: Michael D. Minton, Somers Point.
Burlington County: Leslie I. Branch, Moorestown; Maribeth Goldberg, Lumberton; Dana C. Litwornia, Tabernacle; Annett E. Thom, Moorestown.
Camden County: Ritta Altoun, Cherry Hill; Megan A. Aydt, Bellmawr; Melissa A. Baccari, Blackwood; Kristyn J. Beaty, Laurel Springs; Khadija Begum, West Berlin; Arionna L. Brasche, Laurel Springs; Andrea L. Brooks, Blackwood; Nicholas S. Brown, Pennsauken; Marquita M. Cabrera, Blackwood; Diane M. Chamberlain, Cherry Hill; Lori Christinzio, Runnemede; Rebecca E. Davis, Cherry Hill; Desiree M. DePaola, Blackwood; Shereen Diggs, Camden; Maurice Diogo, Audubon; Daniel L. Eckhart, Sicklerville; Amanda E. Ellis, Sicklerville; Joseph A. Fratanduono, Sicklerville; Cindy M. Friedman. Cherry Hill; Angela M. Gardiner, Runnemede; Sara L. Gleason, Blackwood; Gregory T. Goins, Cherry Hill; Alexandra N. Hayden, Cherry Hill; Joanne Helms, Pine Hill; Megan A. Herbert, Erial; Christine E. Hoffman, Cherry Hill; Rebecca M. Hohman, Blackwood; Heriberto Inostroza, Camden; John P. Kelley, Sicklerville; Amie Kelso, Glendora; Marie- Cecile B. Kruse, Pine Hill; Daniel T. Lefebvre, Atco; Lisha L. Leong, Audubon; Elizabeth M. Licorish, Audubon; Kim C. Lopez, Sicklerville; Stacy L. Luciany, Merchantville; Melissa Marquez, Camden; Lauren L. McLachlan, Laurel Springs; Glorieli Melendez, Magnolia; Mary A. Neale, Cherry Hill; Raymond Ngiau, Haddonfield; Cherry M. Nicdao, Blackwood; Yin Pang, Cherry Hill; Lyn C. Peek, Haddon Heights; Kathryn Puchon, Pennsauken; Chanelle D. Robinson, Camden; William R. Rodeffer, Cherry Hill; Nelson A. Rodriguez, Blackwood; Murray Rose, Cherry Hill; Andrew D. Ruggles, Brooklawn; Amelia Salgado, Cherry Hill; Dana M. Simone, Magnolia; Michelle Stortini, Glendora; Pei S. Tang, Sicklerville; Xiangrong Tong, Voorhees; Cristina M. Trebour, Atco; Emeka V. Udunni, Clementon; Robert T. Waite, Laurel Springs; Scott M. Wooton, Atco; Barbara J. Wunsch, Gloucester City.
Gloucester County: Bareeq Albarqawi, Sewell; Ashley R. Boobbins, Turnersville; Peter G. Boyajian, Sewell; Sarah C. Diluzio, Sewell; Michael A. Fortini Turnersville; Kelly M. Kaelin, Mantua; Shaylen C. Pearson, Williamstown; Linda H. Santillo, Williamstown; Dawn M. Sheridan, Mullica Hill; Michael L. Straus, Williamstown; Meridith L. Woodruff, Gibbstown.
Salem County: Daniel J. Ellis, Salem; Carroll E. Mattiace, Salem.
Out of state: Irana Barysheva, Philadelphia, Pa.; Abdoulaye Diallo, Philadelphia, Pa.; Priscila L. Fiorda, Drexel Hill, Pa.; Susan M. Houwen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Nabeel S. Sheikh, Columbia, Md.; Daouda Yattassaye, Philadelphia, Pa.
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CAMDEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS RELEASE HOUSING SURVEY RESULTS
TASK FORCE SURVEY SUPPORTS INTEREST IN NEW CAMDEN HOUSING
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY – (DEC. 4, 2006) – A study by the Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force shows that a potential market exists within their staff, medical professionals and graduate students for new housing convenient to their places of employment.
Forty-four percent (371) of those who responded said “yes” in answer to, “(i)f new housing were built in the city of Camden and cost was not a factor, would you consider living there?” Further, of those 371 respondents, 71 percent (263) do not currently live in Camden, but rather in the surrounding suburbs.
Task Force members – CAMCare Health Corp., Camden County College, Cooper University Hospital, Lourdes Health System, Rowan University, Rutgers University-Camden, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Virtua Health – are working collaboratively to help improve the city of Camden and the quality of life of its residents and support the redevelopment of Camden’s neighborhoods.
Toward that end, to identify the potential demand for new housing (rental and sale) in the city, the member institutions conducted a survey of their Camden-based employees and graduate students in March 2006. The survey focused on their interest in new housing near their places of employment or school. Eight hundred and thirty-seven (837) survey responses were received from seven of the member institutions (Camden County College, Cooper, Lourdes, Rowan, Rutgers, UMDNJ and Virtua), which represents 10.8 percent of their total (7,781) Camden-based employees, medical professionals and graduate students.
“To our knowledge, this is the first such study conducted in the city,” said John Sheridan, senior executive vice president, Cooper University Hospital. “It indicates that among city and suburban residents who work in Camden, there is an interest in new housing located near their places of employment. In fact, 94 percent (789) of all respondents consider housing to be an important factor in recruiting employees and students to the city.”
Penrose Properties is constructing 28 market-rate homes near Rutgers University. Charles Lewis, vice president, Penrose Properties, stated that the results of the study bode well for the redevelopment efforts of Camden.
“In the world of real estate, ‘location’ is the operative word, and Camden is an ideal, convenient location,” Lewis said. “The task force study highlights a target market for the right mix of commercial, residential and retail development near these major employers.”
James Wallace, senior vice president for Advocacy & Institutional Advancement for the Lourdes Health System agreed.
“We really wanted to know the answer to one question, and that was if our employees and other professionals would consider moving to new housing in Camden near where they work,” said Wallace. “We’re telling developers, city planners, the media and all interested in Camden that a critical mass of respondents to the survey said ‘yes.’”
Ollyn J. Lettman, coordinator of Housing and Community Development at UMDNJ, and the technical staff of the university compiled the results of the housing survey.
This is the second study released by the Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force. The Roper Group, in association with A. Ilan Consulting, completed a November 2004 economic impact study. That study demonstrated that the member 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.
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SEVEN PROFESSORS EARN TENURE AT CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE
Seven full-time Camden County College faculty members from a range of disciplines have been granted tenure by the institution’s trustees.
They are:
• Elena Bogardus (academic skills mathematics) of Stratford. Bogardus holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from what is now Rowan University.
• Peter DiLorenzo (health/exercise science) of Mickleton. DiLorenzo holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond and master’s and doctoral degrees from Temple University.
• Karen Hamburg (visual, performing and communication arts) of Blackwood. Hamburg holds a bachelor’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from Temple University.
• Melvin Howell (computer information systems) of Glenside, Pa. Howell holds an associate’s degree from Mercer County Community College, a bachelor’s degree from what is now Arcadia University and a master’s degree from LaSalle University.
• Francine Mallon (veterinary science) of Rosemont, Pa. Mallon holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University, a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska and a doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
• Elena Nitecki (human services) of Philadelphia, Pa. Nitecki holds a bachelor’s degree from LaSalle University and master’s degrees from Neumann College and Temple University.
• Elaine Reeder (computer graphics) of Turnersville. Reeder holds associate’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from George Washington University.
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CCC’S WINTER INTER-SESSION PACKS FULL SEMESTER INTO JUST A FEW WEEKS
Students who want to earn credits fast can do so during Camden County College’s winter inter-session, which is offering more than three dozen course options in a variety of academic subjects in December and January.
All of these options pack a full semester’s worth of study into seven weeks or less. All courses are worth three college credits.
Winter inter-session courses being offered on the Blackwood Campus include “Basic Psychology,” “Computer Literacy,” “Elementary Spanish I,” “English Composition I,” “Introduction to Nutrition,” “Introduction to Sociology,” “Public Speaking,” “World Civilization I” and “World Literature I.” These courses run Dec. 18 to Jan. 12.
Courses being offered at the William G. Rohrer Center in Cherry Hill include “Art Appreciation,” “Basic Psychology,” “Computer Literacy,” “Cultural Geography,” “English Composition I,” “Health and Wellness,” “Introduction to Sociology” and “Public Speaking.” These courses run Dec. 18 to Jan. 12, except “Introduction to Sociology,” which is taught partially online and ends Jan. 26.
Courses being offered online include “Basic Psychology,” “Educational Psychology,” “Elementary French I,” “Health and Wellness,” “Human Resource Management,” “Introduction to Ethics,” “Introduction to Management,” “Introduction to Nutrition,” “Introduction to Philosophy,” “Introduction to Sociology,” “Medical Terminology,” “Microeconomics” and “Western Civilization I.” These courses run Dec. 11 to Jan. 26.
Tuition costs just $79 per credit for Camden County residents and $83 per credit for out-of-county residents.
For more information, visit www.camdencc.edu and click on the “Winter Inter-Session” link under the “Recent News” bar. Further registration details can be acquired by calling (888) 228-2466.
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ADVISORY: Survey of Camden-based workers to be released
WHAT: The Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force will release the results of a housing-related survey of personnel working or studying at its member institutions. Speakers will include administrators from several of the institutions.
WHEN: 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 4, 2006.
WHERE: Executive Conference Room (Room 201), Camden Technology Center, Camden City Campus, Broadway and Cooper Street, Camden.
WHY: The Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force exists to help improve the city and the quality of life of its residents and support the redevelopment of Camden’s neighborhoods. Toward that end, member institutions surveyed their Camden-based personnel to identify the potential demand for new rental and sale housing in the city.
DETAILS: The surveys were completed in March by medical professionals, staff members and graduate students from seven of the task force’s members: Camden County College, Cooper, Lourdes, Rowan, Rutgers, UMDNJ and Virtua. The survey results were compiled by UMDNJ personnel.
This is the second study completed by the task force. In November 2004, the results of an economic-impact study were released to the public.
TO COVER: Contact Susan Coulby, Camden County College media relations manager, at 856-374-4949 (office), 609-605-0874 (cell) or scoulby@camdencc.edu.
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CCC RECEIVES $744,000 GRANT TO DEVELOP OPTICS/PHOTONICS CENTER
Thanks to a grant of nearly $750,000, Camden County College is on its way to becoming a National Science Foundation-designated National Center for Optics and Photonics Education and, as a result, an even more prolific producer of well-trained optics and photonics technicians.
Optics and photonics deal with the manipulation and transmission of light energy for a variety of purposes. Laser eye surgery, supermarket scanners and laser light shows are among the common applications of this emerging technology.
The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education Program has awarded a grant to CCC and its partner in this project – the national, nonprofit Center for Occupational Research and Development, also known as CORD – to develop the new center, which will be called OP-TEC. The $744,000 in funding that the college will receive over the next four years will enable the development of career pathways for local students as well as the purchase of new equipment such as cutting-edge lasers, fiber optics and telecommunications equipment.
Dr. Fred Seeber, who is the college’s principal investigator for this project and a professor emeritus at CCC, is being assisted by CCC faculty member Dr. Raman Kolluri. Seeber plans to recruit students from area schools and professional workplaces. He also will develop telecommunications learning opportunities starting at the middle school level and progressing to the graduate level.
Seeber has been a college professor for 40 years. He has written many articles on laser safety and physics education and co-authored two textbooks on laser physics, laser safety and physics education. He also has lectured throughout the nation and abroad on laser physics, laser applications, laser safety and medical applications of lasers.
Seeber was among the founders of the Laser Institute of Technology for Education and Research at CCC’s Blackwood Campus. This facility has helped the college’s photonics program achieve a graduate-placement rate of 100 percent as well as rankings among the nation’s top two-year programs from the Laser Institute of America.
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GRANT OF NEARLY HALF-MILLION DOLLARS FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS AT CCC
Camden County College has received a $477,879 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholars Program. This is the first NSF grant of its kind received by the college.
“This grant will support enhancing educational opportunities for low-income, academically talented students who are pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics associate’s degree programs,” said Professor Lawrence Chatman, CCC’s engineering programs coordinator.
Low-income and underrepresented groups – including women, Hispanics, African-Americans, Native Americans and students with disabilities – will benefit from the five-year grant. The money will used to provide 104 scholarships to qualified students.
To be eligible, STEM Scholarship recipients must be enrolled in a transfer or career associate in applied science degree program in one of the STEM disciplines at CCC. They also must maintain a grade-point average of 2.5 or better, with the goal of obtaining a 3.0 by graduation or transfer.
The scholarships will be awarded beginning in the Fall 2007 semester. Recipients will have the advantage of extra student support services and faculty mentors who will monitor their monthly progress and provide counseling.
Students interested in applying for the STEM Scholars Program at Camden County College can contact their high school guidance counselors. Or they can contact Chatman at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4523, or lchatman@camdencc.edu
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ADVISORY: CCC professor available for Election Day/Night Commentary
Camden County College professor Dr. John L. Pesda will be available to provide political analysis to Philadelphia/South Jersey media outlets throughout Election Day and Election Night 2006.
Pesda has been a faculty member at CCC for more than 30 years, teaching history and political science. He also coordinates a free, public lecture series for the college each semester.
Pesda holds a bachelor’s degree from Bloomsburg State University and master’s and doctoral degrees from Kent State University. He was named Teacher of the Year at CCC in 1991. He also has been honored by the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey; the Camden County Commission on Women; and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern New Jersey.
In 2004, he created and hosted the college’s “Election 2004” lecture series. The renowned scholars and authors that he engaged for this series included Stephen Wayne, author of The Road to the White House; Thomas Schaller, executive editor of the online political magazine Gadflyer; and Jocelyn Crowley of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
Pesda is a frequent public speaker, a former television host and a veteran of many print and broadcast interviews. Throughout Election Day, he will be available until about 6 p.m. in his on-campus office (856-227-7200, ext. 4432). He will be available later at his home (856-719-0479).
To arrange for him to be a part of your Election 2006 coverage, you/your staff can call him directly. Or you/your staff could contact me by telephone at 856-374-4949 (office) or 609-605-0874 (cell) or via e-mail at scoulby@camdencc.edu.
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CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE PLANS POETRY SLAM AT CITY CAMPUS
Poetry plus performance plus pronouncement of champions will equal competitive recreation when the Camden County College Mental Elevations Book Club sponsors its annual fall poetry slam and open mic night on Friday, Nov. 10.
The event will be held in the cafeteria of College Hall on the college’s Camden City Campus, which is located at Broadway and Cooper Street in Camden. It will run from 4 to 7 p.m.
Poetry slams take the traditional poetry reading to the extreme, providing a forum for poets to perform rather than just read and to compete rather than just entertain. Quality of content and quality of presentation both factor into the judging criteria, and winners typically are masters at both.
Another key difference between the slam portion of the evening and the open mic portion is attendee involvement. Audience members are encouraged to be very vocal with their feelings about each performance and contribute toward the judging.
Attendance at and participation are both free and open to the public. Prizes will be awarded, and free refreshments will be served.
Audience members who would like to read short pieces as part of the open mic portion may do so without prior notification. Poets who would like to compete, however, must sign up.
To register or for additional information, contact Mental
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Elevations club president Chris Ingram at mentalelevations2cc@yahoo.com or Professor Elisabeth Bass at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4360, or lbass@camdencc.edu
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CCC SESSIONS PROVIDE INFO FOR AREA INTERNATIONAL, ESL RESIDENTS
Camden County College is reaching out to local residents who are interested in education but may be from another country or may not speak English.
Weekly information sessions at the Camden City Campus intend to help current and potential international or English as a second language (ESL) students explore their educational options at CCC. They are taking place at 1p.m. each Monday in Room 209-C of the Camden Technology Center throughout the Fall 2006 semester.
Topics that are covered include testing for ESL level, course content, support services and how to enroll at Camden County College. Presenters include ESL advisor Deidre Gray; financial aid technician Adelaide Diaz and students Ly Nguyen and Perla Garcia.
The first session was held on Oct. 16. Attending were about two dozen currently enrolled students and community members, many of whom were family members of the current students.
“The turnout was great,” said Theresa Smith, assistant dean of the Camden City Campus. “It was a real success.”
For additional information, contact Gray by telephone at (856) 227-7200, ext. 1311, or (856) 338-1817 or via e-mail at dgray@camdencc.edu.
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CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE HOLDS ‘TOPPING OFF’ CEREMONY FOR NEW BUILDING
Camden County College recently conducted a “topping off” ceremony for its Madison Connector Building, which is the first new construction begun under the $83 million Blackwood Campus transformation project that was announced by CCC and the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2005. The Oct. 25 event, which took place on the construction site, was the first topping ceremony conducted by CCC. It took place almost one year to the day that the groundbreaking ceremony for the building had been held.
Acting President Raymond A. Yannuzzi served as master of ceremonies. Also taking part were other college officials as well as members of the Camden County freeholder board, other elected officials and members of the trade organizations that have been involved in the construction. Attendees signed a special I-beam created by the college’s computer integrated manufacturing area for the occasion. The piece later will be installed in the completed building as a part of its décor.
Topping ceremonies emerged from an event conducted when the first stone building was completed in Egypt in 2700 B.C. and evolved through various incarnations as the custom spread throughout Europe and Asia. The version practiced in the United States today involves placement of a live evergreen tree and an American flag on an I-beam to celebrate completion of the infrastructure and bestow good luck upon the building and those who inhabit and utilize it.
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CCC’S TOYOTA PROGRAM ‘REVS’ IN GLORY OF NATIONAL AWARD
Camden County College’s Toyota Technical Education Network (T-TEN) program has been awarded a T-TEN School Recognition Award.
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. selected CCC’s T-TEN program as one of only six recipients of its inaugural awards. The college earned this recognition due to its excellent implementation of the corporation’s T-TEN training model through 2005.
Schools were judged on graduate objectives; placements at Toyota dealerships; the maintenance of instructor and program certifications; and compliance with corporate training requirements. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. treated CCC program personnel to a dinner cruise on Philadelphia’s Spirit of 76 to celebrate and then honored them during a national conference.
CCC’s T-TEN program is jointly sponsored by Camden County College, Toyota Motor Sales USA and area Toyota dealerships. The program combines classroom learning with hands-on experience at Toyota dealerships. CCC’s T-TEN instructors have won numerous awards and are recognized nationally for their teaching and automotive expertise.
CCC Automotive Technology Program coordinator Tony Marchetti said he was proud of the college’s receipt of the T-TEN award. He also expressed gratitude regarding those who had helped bring it about.
“I owe this honor to our instructors and dealer support,” Marchetti said. “Without their help, we would have never been able to achieve this.”
For additional information regarding CCC’s T-TEN program, contact Marchetti by telephone at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4317 or ext. 4382 or via e-mail at tmarchetti@camdencc.edu.
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CCC’S EDUCATION HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTS 21 STUDENTS THIS FALL
Twenty-one students have been inducted into Camden County College’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society.
KDP recognizes the scholarship of students who are pursuing education as an occupation and helps professional educators develop resources to grow throughout their careers. CCC’s Alpha Alpha Psi chapter was the first chapter of KDP to be established at a community college.
By county, the student inductees for Fall 2006 were:
Burlington County: Lisa Romond, Marlton.
Camden County: Victoria Baughn, Cherry Hill; Jared Bier, Haddon Heights; Nina Feola, Sicklerville; Neyda Gonzalez, Pennsauken; Dana Harris, Berlin; Sandra Heintz, Glendora; Brittani Henszey, Berlin; Megan Herbert, Erial; Hilary Manders, Laurel Springs; Asata McFarland, Camden; Patrick Musser, Laurel Springs; Kristin Pucca, Somerdale; Joelle Quick, Pennsauken; Anita Sipala, Laurel Springs; Victoria Smith, Voorhees; Deborah Sperling, Voorhees; Franklin Walker, Pennsauken.
Gloucester County: Kristin Brodzuk, Westville; Lisa Murphy, Turnersville.
Salem County: Jennifer Dougherty, Pedricktown.
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ADVISORY: CCC ‘topping off’ framework of new campus building
WHAT: “Topping off” ceremony for Camden County College’s Madison Connector Building, the first new construction begun under the $83 million Blackwood Campus transformation project that was announced by CCC and the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2005.
WHEN: 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006.
WHERE: Construction site, between Madison Hall and the College Community Center, Blackwood Campus.
WHY: Topping ceremonies emerged from an event conducted when the first stone building was completed in Egypt in 2700 B.C. and evolved through various incarnations as the custom spread throughout Europe and Asia. The version practiced in the United States today involves placement of a live evergreen tree and an American flag on an I-beam to celebrate completion of the infrastructure and bestow good luck upon the building and those who inhabit and utilize it.
DETAILS: CCC’s ceremony is taking place one year after the groundbreaking for the Madison Connector Building was held. It will be the first topping ceremony conducted by the college. Acting President Raymond A. Yannuzzi will serve as master of ceremonies. Also taking part will be other college officials as well as members of the Camden County freeholder board and the trade organizations that have been completing the work on the Madison Connector Building.Attendees will be signing an I-beam created by the college’s computer integrated manufacturing area for the occasion. The piece later will be installed in the completed building as a part of its décor.
TO COVER: Contact Susan Coulby, media relations manager, by telephone at 856-374-4949 (office) or 609-605-0874 (cell) or via e-mail at scoulby@camdencc.edu.
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ADVISORY: Consortium announces new training for Guard, Reserve
WHAT: The Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, of which Camden County College is a member, will announce the receipt of $500,000 in federal funding for the Delaware Valley Continuing Education Initiative for National Guard & Reserves. This program will provide career training to National Guard and Reserve members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to help them retain previous civilian jobs or acquire new ones.According to Camden County College Acting President Raymond A. Yannuzzi, recently approved federal funding will allow the Consortium to employ the nationally lauded model that it developed to help workers displaced by the closure of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to assist hundreds of local National Guard and Reserve displaced by overseas service.“As a founding member of the Consortium, Camden County College is pleased to be a part of the organization’s latest endeavor and extension of services,” Yannuzzi said. “I can think of no one more deserving of this vital assistance than those who have served our nation with honor.”
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006.
WHERE: Main lobby, Liberty Property Trust, 1 Crescent Drive, The Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
DETAILS: The non-profit Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development consists of six Philadelphia-area institutions of higher education: Drexel University and Community College of Philadelphia, Delaware County Community College, Bucks County Community College, Montgomery County Community College and Camden County College. Since it was created in 1994, the Consortium has provided training and education to more than 5,000 individuals.Funding for the Delaware Valley Continuing Education Initiative for National Guard and Reserves was signed into law in September as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007. The press conference will be attended by representatives of the member colleges and elected officials, including U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz and Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania.
FOR QUOTE: Contact Susan Coulby, Camden County College media relations manager, at 856-374-4949 (office), 609-605-0874 (cell) or scoulby@camdencc.edu.
TO COVER: Joseph P. Welsh, Collegiate Consortium chief executive officer, at 215-218-3886 or josephpwelsh@collegiateconsortium.org.
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CCC USHERING IN HALLOWEEN SEASON WITH ‘LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW’
Camden County College’s FirstStages, Theatre for Young Children, will present “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” during four shows this weekend.
Based on the short story by Washington Irving, this play centers on prim schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the encounters he has with what appears to be his town’s spectral Headless Horseman.
Starring as Ichabod Crane is A.J. Johnson. Sarah Funke of Audubon stars as his love interest, Katrina Von Tassel, and Justin Mead of Williamstown stars as Brom Bones, his romantic rival.
Rounding out the cast are narrators Sara Dunn of Magnolia, Rose Neufeld of Westmont, Tina Nichols of Hi-Nella and Stephen Stonis of Woodbury.
The director is Professor Marjorie Sokoloff of Pitman. The stage manager is student Victoria Stevens of Haddon Heights.
Performances will be given at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 20 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 21. They will take place in Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre, which is located inside Lincoln Hall on the college’s Blackwood Campus.
Individual admission is $6 for students, staff and senior citizens and $8 for others. A special rate of $5 is available for members of groups of 20 or more.
For further details, contact Sokoloff at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4737, or msokoloff@camdencc.edu.
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NEW FALL SEMESTER CLASSES STARTING AT CCC THE WEEK OF OCT. 25
Think it’s too late to enroll in Fall 2006 courses at Camden County College? Think again!
CCC is offering 17 on-campus classes that begin the week of Oct. 25 and run through the week of Dec. 15. Subjects include accounting, allied health, American Sign Language, computer literacy, economics, English, history, management, mathematics, music, paramedic science, psychology and sociology.
Each of these mini-session courses packs a full semester’s worth of study into just seven weeks. Classes are available on all three of the college’s campus locations.
Available at the Blackwood Campus are “Accounting II,” “Waived Lab Testing,” “American Sign Language II,” “English Composition I,” “Introduction to Management,” “Principles of Paramedic Care I,” “Paramedic Electrocardiography,” “Paramedic Clinical Practice I” and “Basic Psychology.”
Available at the Camden City Campus are “Computer Literacy” and “Music Appreciation I.”
Available at the William G. Rohrer Center in Cherry Hill are “Accounting II,” “Microeconomics,” “Introduction to Management,” “Elements of Statistics II,” “Basic Psychology” and “Sociology of the Family.”
Another way for busy students to earn the credits they need in less time is through Camden County College’s winter inter-session, which runs between the end of the Fall 2006 semester and the beginning of the Spring 2007 semester. Online courses in the winter inter-session begin the week of Dec. 11 while on-campus courses in the winter inter-session begin the week of Dec. 18.
For more information about CCC’s seven-week options, visit www.camdencc.edu/7week. Additional details regarding enrollment at Camden County College can be acquired by calling (888) 228-2466.
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CCC PROFESSOR’S ON-CAMPUS SHOW EXPLORES THE UNREALITY OF PERCEPTIONS
Nature, science and human perception will combine for an experience that suggests the real while suspending recognition in an upcoming solo exhibition by a Camden County College faculty member.
“An Evolution of Form: Recent Drawings and Sculpture by Gregory Brellochs” will be displayed in The Art Gallery at Camden County College from Oct. 11 to Nov. 3. The gallery is located in Lincoln Hall on the Blackwood Campus in Gloucester Township.
Admission is free. An artist’s reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 11
“An Evolution of Form” will express Brellochs’ personal vision through a coordinated display of two-dimensional images and three-dimensional objects. This vision supports the interpretation of the external as a projection of the internal.
“My work offers the possibility of exploring the relation of the self to environment, and through that, to examine perception as a form of mapping one’s internal world onto the external,” Brellochs says.
Brellochs, a resident of Philadelphia, has been a full-time faculty member at Camden County College since 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and a master’s degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Brellochs’ previous solo exhibitions have been presented at Clay College in Millville and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He also has shown work at Arcadia University, Moore College of Art and Design and Wayne Arts Center. His two-dimensional work recently was added to the registry of contemporary drawings at New York City’s The Drawing Center.
For more information about the show, contact Art Gallery at Camden County College director Kassandra Huerta at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4201, or artgallery@camdencc.edu.
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CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE -Fall 2006 Cultural Arts Events
FILM SCREENING: Italian and Irish Cinema: Sharing the Spotlight”
7 p.m. October 16 and 18
College Community Center
Blackwood Campus
Elizabeth Mannion of Rutgers University will speak and host film screenings from the Italian (1948’s The Bicycle Thief) and Irish (1989’s My Left Foot) culture. A Humanities Festival Week event supported by a grand from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Admission: Free.
Contact: Professor Eileen Radetich, (856) 227-7200, ext. 4767, or eradetich@camdencc.edu.
CHILDREN’S PLAY: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
10 a.m. October 26 and 27
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. October 28
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre
Blackwood Campus
Based on the short story by Washington Irving, this play centers on prim schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the encounters he has with what appears to be the town’s spectral Headless Horseman. A production of Camden County College’s FirstStages, Theatre for Young Audiences.
Admission: $6 for students, staff and senior citizens; $8 for others; $5 for members of groups of 20 or more.
Contact: Professor Marjorie Sokoloff at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4737, or msokoloff@camdencc.edu.
DANCE PERFORMANCE: Fall Recital
8 p.m. November 4
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre
Blackwood Campus
CCC dance students will take the stage in their annual fall performance, which will feature pieces choreographed in a variety of styles.
Admission: $4.
Contact: Dr. Judith Rowlands, (856) 227-7200, ext. 4377, or jrowlands@camdencc.edu.
ART EXHIBIT: “Camden County College Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition 2006”
November 15 to December 15
The Art Gallery at Camden County College
Blackwood Campus
Recent works by CCC faculty members will be displayed in this annual exhibition. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. November 15.
Admission: Free.
Contact: Gallery director Kassandra Huerta at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4201, or artgallery@camdencc.edu.
PLAY: “The Miracle Worker”
8 p.m. December 1, 2, 8 and 9
3 p.m. December 3
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre
Blackwood Campus
Based on Helen Keller’s autobiography The Story of My Life, this drama by William Gibson depicts the relationship between the deaf and blind Keller and teacher Annie Sullivan, who ultimately transformed Keller from an untamed child into an accomplished young woman. A production of Camden County College’s CenterStage.
Admission: $7 for students, staff and senior citizens; $10 for others; $6 for members of groups of 20 or more.
Contact: Professor Marjorie Sokoloff at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4737, or msokoloff@camdencc.edu.
MUSIC: Camden County College Choral Concert
8 p.m. December 13
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre
Blackwood Campus
This vocal ensemble of students and community members will perform a range of classic and contemporary selections under the direction of Robert Futer.
Admission: $5.
Contact: Professor Michael Billingsley at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4563, or mbillingsley@camdencc.edu.
MUSIC: Small Combos & Big Band Concert
8 p.m. December 14
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre
Blackwood Campus
Under the direction of Professor Michael Billingsley, Camden County College students will perform jazz, rock and chamber music as small groups and a funky blend of jazz standards and experimental compositions as the CCC Big Band.
Admission: $5.
Contact: Professor Michael Billingsley at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4563, or mbillingsley@camdencc.edu
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OFF-CAMPUS ART SHOW BY CCC PROFESSOR SUPPORTING GREYHOUND RESCUE
Thousands of healthy greyhound dogs are destroyed each year because they no longer race as fast as their owners would like. A number of organizations exist to save these elegant creatures from needless death, and an exhibition of paintings by a Camden County College professor aims to support these efforts.
Professor Kay A. Klotzbach’s show “Dog Years: Paintings from 2000-2006” will be displayed at Vineland Community Art Alliance, located on Landis Avenue in Vineland, from Oct. 6 to 31. An artist’s reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 13.
“Dog Years” presents images of Klotzbach’s three dogs – two of which are greyhounds adopted through a rescue organization – from unusual spatial vantage points. Many depictions are so realistic that they appear surreal while other representations appear to make time stand still.
“Although my dogs are the subjects, the content of the work goes much deeper,” Klotzbach says. “Loneliness, taking a journey, dreamlike states, longing, devotion, searching, abandonment and loss are touched on in these paintings.”
Sponsored by the Greyhound Friends of New Jersey, the exhibition will feature a catalogue and a poster. Admission is free, but a percentage of proceeds from the sales of these items will go toward greyhound rescue.
Klotzbach, a resident of Lindenwold, has been a CCC faculty member since 2000. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Moore College of Art and Design and a master’s degree from Vermont College.
Klotzbach has exhibited her work within the region and across the nation. Venues have included Penn State University, the New Jersey State Museum, the South Bend Regional Museum of Art in Indiana, the University of Virginia, the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Michigan, Westbeth Gallery in New York City, the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, the Stedman Galleries at Rutgers University-Camden, the Borowsky Gallery in Philadelphia and the Anchorage Art Museum in Alaska.
Klotzbach’s works are in the permanent collections of the Noyes Museum, the Channings Hotel in Florida, Mercer County Medical and The Children’s Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She has received two Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowships as well as residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts.
For more information about the show, call Vineland Community Art Alliance at (856) 794-9499.
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CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE WELCOMING ALUMNI HOME FOR BREAKFAST
Alumni from all past graduating classes of Camden County College are being invited to attend CCC’s first Alumni Homecoming Breakfast on Oct. 14.
This free event will include a meeting with the college’s acting president, Dr. Raymond A. Yannuzzi. It will begin at 9 a.m. on the institution’s main campus in Blackwood, which is located on College Drive at Peter Cheeseman Road in Gloucester Township.
More than a quarter-million students have taken credit courses at Camden County College since it was founded in 1967. With the 40th anniversary of its founding fast approaching, the college intends to celebrate that milestone with a number of special events during the 2007-08 term.
The alumni breakfast meeting will provide an opportunity for graduates to share memories of their time at CCC and offer suggestions for the upcoming year of celebration. They will be able to reconnect with classmates and network with alumni from other graduation years as well.
The breakfast is taking place at the same time as the college’s first fall open house event. This means that alumni can revisit their past at CCC while their high-school-age children and other family members can explore a possible future at CCC. Alums also will be offered tours of the Blackwood Campus, which has seen many updates over the last 40 years and currently is undergoing an $83 million renovation.
For further information or to register for the breakfast, contact development associate Melissa McKelvey by telephone at (856) 374-4946 or via e-mail at mmckelvey@camdencc.edu by Oct. 6.
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TASTE ALL THAT CCC HAS TO OFFER DURING FIRST-EVER FALL OPEN HOUSE
Anyone who wants to sample college before taking a bigger bite of higher education can attend Camden County College’s first-ever fall open house from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 14.
Prospective students of all ages and educational backgrounds can attend this free event to discover all that CCC has to offer. The open house will be held in the College Community Center, which is located on the college’s Blackwood Campus.
All who attend will have the opportunity to:
- Meet faculty, staff and students.
- Discuss CCC’s 150-plus associate’s degree and certificate programs.
- Explore the academic requirements for the hottest careers.
- Learn about student services, financial aid and transfer options.
- Find out about athletics, extracurricular activities and campus events.
- Take a campus tour.
- Apply for admission.
For further details, contact enrollment representative Ryan J. Allen at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4660, or rjallen@camdencc.edu or enrollment representative Lesley Bryant (856) 227-7200, ext. 4714, or lbryant@camdencc.edu.
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CCC OFFERING FREE WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS, THE PUBLIC DURING FALL 2006
Camden County College is offering dozens of tuition-free workshops on a range of topics in history, literature, science and culture during the Fall 2006 semester. Each session is open to the general public yet geared toward helping teachers create mind-activating lessons for their students.
CCC is an official New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Provider and the first out-of-state institution approved as an Act 48 Continuing Professional Education Provider for Pennsylvania. Its teacher courses and workshops offer New Jersey and Pennsylvania educators the opportunity to bolster lessons with fresh material while satisfying professional-development requirements for maintaining state certification.
Providing development hours this semester are 48 individual on-campus workshops in 12 series and three one-day off-campus sessions. All are being offered on a tuition-free basis, but fees will be charged for the off-campus workshops at Adventure Aquarium, the Mutter Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Workshop series include “America and the New Age of Terrorism” (Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23, Blackwood Campus); “Hitler: A Study in Tyranny” (Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23, Blackwood Campus); “Making Shakespeare Fun” (Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25, Blackwood Campus); “Open the Classroom Door to Education” (Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25, Blackwood Campus); “Relationship Enrichment” (Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25, Blackwood Campus); “Independent Black Film” (Oct. 5, 12 and 19, Blackwood Campus); “Viruses, Plagues and History” (Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, Blackwood Campus); “Irish Immigration and Culture” (Oct. 5, 12 and 27, Blackwood Campus); “Introduction to Forensic Science” (Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26, Blackwood Campus); “Murders That Changed the Course of History” (Oct. 9, 16, 23 and 30 and Nov. 6, Blackwood Campus); and “The Environmental Debate” (Oct. 18 and 25 and Nov. 1, 8 and 15, William G. Rohrer Center, Cherry Hill).
Thanks to special collaborations, Camden County College also is offering three off-campus workshops this semester. They are “Sharks! – Putting Science Back into Your Curriculum” (Adventure Aquarium, Camden, $42) “Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians” (Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, $35); and “King Tut and the Amarna Period in Ancient Egypt” (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, $40). Each meets on Nov. 7.
Participants may attend all installments of a series or select any number of individual sessions. Registration is required for all planned attendances. For details or to register, call (856) 227-7200, ext. 4432, or e-mail jpesda@camdencc.edu.
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EXPERIENCE THE PLUCK OF THE IRISH WITH CCC LECTURE SERIES
Camden County College’s Fall 2006 free public lecture series, “The Irish Immigrants: Their Journey, Their Hopes, Their Dreams,” will explore the struggles and successes of Irish immigrants in America. The series is being supported by the “We the People” initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Each lecture will be delivered by a scholar who is a noted expert on his or her topic. All will be given at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the auditorium of the Danch CIM Center, which is located on CCC’s Blackwood Campus.
Scheduled are:
· Sept. 21: “’Tis the Irish Immigrants” with Camden County College professors Eileen Radetich and Patrick Hughes. They will give an overview of the struggles and successes of Irish immigrants in America.
· Sept. 28: “Irish Immigrant Women” with Hasia R. Diner of New York University. She will discuss the difficulties that Irish women overcame as they adjusted to American life and achieved a sense of identity within their new culture.
· Oct. 5: “Less Shamrock, Less Shillelagh” with James Murphy of Villanova University. He will use personal narrative to explore the difficulties experienced by Irish immigrants in comparison to other immigrants to America.
· Oct. 12: “The Irish in New Jersey” with Dermot Quinn of Seton Hall University. He will discuss four centuries of the local Irish experience and how Irishness figures into the American identity.
· Oct. 27: “The Long Journey Home for the Irish in America” with Michael Moloney of New York University. Moloney will provide a true cultural experience as he explores the idea of the American dream through an evening of talk and musical performance.
Camden County College has been designated as an official New Jersey Professional Development Provider and as an official Pennsylvania Department of Education Act 48 Professional Provider. As a result, state-certified teachers can earn two hours of approved professional development for each lecture that they attend.
Also planned is the Humanities Festival Week lecture and film screening “Italian and Irish Cinema: Sharing the Spotlight,” which will be presented at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 and 18 in the Blackwood Campus College Community Center. Elizabeth Mannion of Rutgers University will host showings of 1948’s The Bicycle Thief and 1989’s My Left Foot. This event is supported by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For further details, contact series coordinator Professor Eileen Radetich by telephone at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4767, or via e-mail eradetich@camdencc.edu.
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ADVISORY: Pulitzer winner marking Constitution Day at CCC
WHAT: Camden County College will celebrate the second annual Constitution Day with a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson. His talk, “The Politics of Fear: America at the Crossroad,” will examine how fear has been exploited for political purposes from the late 1940s to the present and explain how the constitutional rights and civil liberties of Americans have been jeopardized during times of crisis.
WHEN: 7
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