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Blackwood’s Tiffaney Tango Named 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar

Tiffaney Tango from Camden County College is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society members named a 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Tango, a Human Services major from Blackwood, was excited and shocked when she heard the news. “I am in recovery now and have been clean for five years. My sponsor was president of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society at CCC and she told me about the organization, so I joined and when I was on the website I saw the scholarship and applied.”

Tango also received two other scholarships from CCC, the Addictions Counseling Club Scholarship and one of the Riletta L. Cream Scholarships. “I feel proud because of how far I have come in life,” states Tango. She will graduate this spring as a dual major in Human Services and Addictions Counseling and plans to continue her education at Rowan University next fall.

The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program helps new Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society members defray educational expenses while enrolled in associate degree programs. Scholars are also encouraged to assume leadership roles by participating in Society programs and are selected based on scholastic achievement, community service, and leadership potential. More than 1,200 applications were received.

“Camden County College is proud to hear Ms. Tango is one of the 2018 recipients,” states CCC President, Donald A. Borden. “As a community college, we always strive to not only provide excellent academic programs that lead to jobs, but also opportunities for students to enter leadership roles that prepare them for their chosen careers. The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise national scholarship is a wonderful resume builder for our students and Ms. Tango certainly exemplifies the qualities of the scholarship.”

Tango’s professor, Leroy Stanford offers his congratulations and support, stating, “Tiffany has served as co-secretary for the Addiction Counseling Club as well as a member of the Diversity Club here on campus. Tiffany participated in various community support advocacy projects the Addiction Club support last year and I look forward to having her back in a leadership role for the club and the next phase of success for the Addiction Counseling Program and Camden County College.”

A total of $207,000 is awarded through the Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation provides $200,000 in funding for the scholarships, with $25,000 set aside for members who are veterans or active members of the U.S. military. The remaining amount is supported by donations to the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation and provides seven Global Leaders of Promise Scholarships, earmarked for international students.

“The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has a long history of providing financial assistance to outstanding students at community colleges,” said Jane Hale Hopkins, Executive Vice President and President-Elect of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. “We are proud to partner with Phi Theta Kappa, make it possible for more deserving students to achieve their educational goals, and support tomorrow’s leaders of the global community.”

“Research shows that Phi Theta Kappa members are four times more likely to complete a college degree than their peers,” said Dr. Monica Marlowe, Executive Director of the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation. “The Leaders of Promise Scholarships recognize students for what they have achieved already and assure that financial need isn’t an obstacle to achieving their academic goals.”

Phi Theta Kappa is the premier honor society recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helping them to grow as scholars and leaders. The Society is made up of more than 3.5 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in 10 nations. Learn more at ptk.org.

Jeff Hatch, former NFL player, speaks about sports injuries, pain medication & addiction

The Camden County Board of Freeholders and The Camden County Addiction Awareness Task Force present:

Jeff Hatch
Thursday, September 20, 5 to 7 p.m.
Camden County College
200 College Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012

Jeff Hatch was drafted by the NFL’s New York Giants in the 3rd round of the 2002 draft. He spent seasons with both The Giants and The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and battled addiction on and off the field, until his retirement in 2006. Jeff is now in long term recovery. Jeff will share his story of sports injuries, pain medication and addiction. This event is open to the public.

To register, go to: http://bit.ly/JeffHatch

CCC Soccer Ranked #4 in the Nation

Today the NJCAA released the 2018 Men’s Soccer Pre Season Rankings and Camden County College’s Soccer Program is ranked #4 in the Nation.

First year Head Coach Kevin Nuss will look to completely improve the program with more structure and accountability on the field and in the classroom!

See the national rankings

Foundation Board Looking for a Few Good Men & Women

The Camden County College Foundation Board of Directors is seeking new faces for its general membership.

Founded in 1992, the CCC Foundation supports the College mission to provide accessible, affordable and high-quality education to all who can benefit from such opportunity. The CCC Foundation raises money to fund scholarships for students, supply enrichment opportunities for faculty and enhance instructional equipment and technological capabilities of the institution. In addition to awarding $250,000 in student scholarships annually, the Foundation hosts several fundraising events and alumni events each year.

Efforts to meet this challenge are steered by the Foundation board of directors, which is made up of local leaders who donate their money, time and talents toward continuing the Camden County College 50-year tradition of academic excellence and student success. Leading this 21-member resource team are chairman John R. Dillon of Morgan Stanley, who resides in Moorestown; vice chairman Louis R. Moffa Jr. of Montgomery McCracken, who resides in Cherry Hill; secretary Silvia Moffa of L.J. Zucca, who resides in Gloucester Township; and treasurer Kurtis J. Stroemel of HR&S Financial Systems, who resides in Voorhees.

Applications are being accepted for additional volunteers to serve on the board. Prospective members should be available to attend quarterly meetings of the full board as well as monthly meetings of their respective committees and several college events per year.

For additional information or an application, contact development associate Melissa Daly at (856) 374-4946 or mdaly@camdencc.edu.

Camden Gateway to College Program Receives National Award

Camden Gateway to College Program receives 3rd National Award

Gateway to College Delegates
Camden Gateway delegates – Left to Right: Calvin Ferguson, George Bonett, Margo Venable, Scott Oliver, Faith Grant, Irvin Sweeney, (Missing – Katrina White)

The Gateway to College program at Camden County College received another Program Excellence Award at the 2018 Gateway to College National Peers Learning Conference (PLC) held in Portland, Oregon from July 23rd to 25th. The theme of the conference was Gateway to Program Success: Accelerating Achievement. This was the third consecutive national award to be presented to the Camden Gateway program by the National Network for exceeding all the benchmarks (in 2016-17) used to assess the performance of Gateway centers nationwide. Camden Gateway has earned this prestigious award each year since it was introduced.

Ms. Emily Froimson, President of the Gateway to College National Network applauded the Camden Gateway to College program as a symbol of excellence, as she presented the award to its Director, Irvin Sweeney.

The Camden Gateway to College delegation attending the conference included Executive Dean Dr. Margo Venable, members of the Gateway Administrative team and four Gateway students. Two of the Camden students were selected as panelists for the national Student Panel discussion.

The Gateway to College program was also presented the first Equity Trailblazers Award (in November 2017) at the “65 by 25 Summit” by the Honorable Rochelle Hendricks, Secretary for Higher Education, for advancing the objective of the state of New Jersey: to raise the percentage of New Jersey residents that have attained a post-secondary credential from the current 50% to 65% by 2025, thereby helping to ensure an innovative, competitive, inclusive and more prosperous future for the state.

The Gateway to College program at Camden County College enables young people age 16 to 20 (who may have dropped out of school or at risk) to complete their high school education in a collegiate environment and earn college credits at the same time. The program is supported by the Camden and Pennsauken School Districts, Camden County College and the Gateway to College National Network.

Camden County College helps at-risk students get high school diplomas

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Camden County College has been giving potential high school dropouts another shot at diplomas with its Transition to College program.

College Executive Dean Margo Venable said the program partners with six South Jersey high schools to help these at-risk students stay the course.

“This is a real second chance for them to complete their high school diploma, and either get post-secondary education or workforce training,” she said.  “It is a real partnership between the college and the school districts in the county.”

She said CCC collaborates with guidance officials and curriculum experts at the school, and they identify students who may have attendance issues or show other signs they may not complete high school.

Retired educators and current teachers both work in the program.

Venable said the program covers all of Camden County and some schools beyond it.

“Over the last six years, it is probably close to 500 students that have obtained their high school diploma,” she said. “They get everything that they would get in high school. We meet the same curriculum standards that they use in the high school. They take the PARCC testing as well. And they actually will get their high school diploma from their sending school district.”

Venable said the college also has a similar program, Gateway to College, which services school districts in Camden City and Pennsauken.

In many cases, the program also helps students prepare for college.

“One student had about 12 credits. So he had one semester, fully completed, while he also was graduating high school. So you can see, it is a real jump start for education for in the future as well,” Venable said.

Joe Cutter is the afternoon news anchor on New Jersey 101.5.

 

‘Sensational 60’ graduate from Gateway to College program

As seen in TAPinto Camden

Credit: George Woolston

CAMDEN, NJ—The path to a high school graduation was not an easy one for Pablita Malave, who after losing her great grandmother, and then her best friend at the age 14, began to lose hope.

“As a child I was well known for having a smile on my face and being very happy and outgoing,” said Malave, 19. As time went on, she told the packed auditorium at Camden County College, “that smile started to fade away … instead of being able to focus on my future, I had to worry about just surviving the present,” she said.

It got to the point where the pain and the loss became too much to bear, she said.

“I had two ways to go — I was going to end everything, or I was going to get the help I needed. I started to get the help. I put my future on hold,” Malave said.

Malave, along with her 59 classmates, can now take their futures off hold after graduating from Camden County College’s Gateway to College program on Thursday, June 21.

The Gateway to College program is a dual credit program which enables disengaged youth to earn their high school diploma and college credits on a college campus. The program is supported by the Camden City and Pennsauken School District, the Gateway to College National Network, Camden County College and the state.

This year’s class, dubbed the “Sensational 60” by keynote speaker Rochelle Hendricks, was the largest class yet to graduate from the program, according its director Irvin Sweeney.

Sweeney said the 54 of the students were from Camden City School District, five from the Pennsauken School District, and one student from LEAP Academy.

The program, in its seventh year, has now graduated over 300 students who once had dropped out of high school, said Sweeney.

“There are many students here who had never thought this day would be possible. Some had to overcome the challenges associated with homelessness, illness, crime, parenting, working two jobs to support their family and conflicts with the judicial system,” said Sweeney.

“This is a program that understands what real opportunity means. This is a program that’s not content to simply beat the odds, this is a program that chooses to change the odds,” said Hendricks, secretary emeritus of higher education for the state.

According to Sweeney, over 80 percent of the graduating students are either enlisted in the military or attended college after graduation.

Malave will be apart of the third cohort of students to go through the Rowan University Rutgers Camden Board of Governors Medical Assistants Training Program, it was announced in press release earlier this month.

The Camden Gateway received the Gateway to College National Network Program Excellence Award twice for attaining the highest graduation rate nationwide and exceeding the network’s performance benchmarks.

Recently, the program won the Equity Trailblazers Award by the Department of Higher Education as well, and according to Sweeney, will receive its third National Network Program Excellence Award this summer.

Transition to College Program gives 26 students a second chance at earning their diplomas

Cherry Hill Courier-Post

GLOUCESTER TWP. – Cleveland Foat III was not discouraged when a former guidance counselor told him it was unlikely he’d be accepted into Camden County College’s Transition to College Program for a second chance at receiving a high school diploma.

“I used that as motivation to keep on pushing,” the 18-year-old said. “I saw people who were in the program and said ‘if they can do it, I can do it.’”

Foat, of Sicklerville, was recognized recently at the Transition to College’s Completion Ceremony along with 25 other students who had left high school early or were at risk of dropping out for earning their diplomas as the class of 2018.

The program, in its sixth year, provides a second chance for at-risk students, ages 16 to 21, from six partner high schools to pursue their education, according to Camden County College’s website.

The media advisory for the program says students “are able to get a head start on college credits in a collegiate environment that includes extra-curricular activities.”

Family and friends filtered into the college’s Civic Hall auditorium at the Blackwood campus, watching the soon-to-be graduates earn recognition for their achievements.

At the beginning of the ceremony, college President Donald Borden said, “we take hopelessness and turn it into hope; we take closed doors and kick them open.”

Terron Boone, 18, also of Sicklerville, said that before the program he was on the edge of getting kicked out of high school.

“This program was a blessing, I didn’t think I’d be here right now,” he said.

Each student’s senior bio and future goals were read to the audience before receiving their diplomas.

Kayla Bagwell, 18, of Sicklerville, plans to earn a college degree and go to cosmetology school, with hopes of owning her own hair shop.

In regards to completing her diploma, Bagwell credits the instructors of the Transition to College program.

She says that she has been shown care unlike anything experienced in her prior education.

“Being here showed me what love felt like, coming from an educator,” she said.

When Foat was asked what advice he would give to someone thinking about pursuing their diploma again, he would say to “stick with it and get back into it.”

Like his fellow graduates, Foat realizes that the completion of this program is the beginning of his future. He said no one his age should believe that they will not become something in life.

Wilmington University and Camden County College Join Forces

By SNJ Today Staff 

NEW CASTLE, DE –
On Thursday, June 14th, Camden County College (CCC) and Wilmington University (WilmU) teamed up to bring residents of Camden County affordable, WilmU bachelor’s and master’s degrees—on the campus of CCC in Blackwood and Camden City, NJ, and 100-percent online.

CCC President Donald A. Borden said, “Like WilmU, Camden County College wants to provide accessible and affordable, high quality educational opportunities for students to seamlessly transfer to four-year degree programs that would otherwise have cost them thousands of dollars more during their first two years in college.

This partnership is just another example of the many opportunities available to students who choose to take advantage of the both the high quality education and the fiscal rewards offered by completing their A.A. or A.S. degrees on our campus.”

“Wilmington University will serve Camden County College students and alumni with the same degree of care they have come to know from CCC, while providing strong bachelor’s and master’s degree completion programs. Our partnership offers students the opportunity to earn in-demand, higher-level degrees without leaving the area,” said Dr. LaVerne Harmon, President of Wilmington University.

Dr. Jacqueline Varsalona, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at WilmU, adds, “Our agreement allows Camden County College students and alumni to seamlessly transfer into Wilmington University programs right at Camden County College, or through our award-winning online campus, which provides the flexibility many working adults need.”

WilmU helps Camden County College students maximize their transfer credits by accepting their entire associate degree—up to ninety credits—toward a bachelor’s degree completion program.

Transition to College Program helps students earn high school diplomas & college credit

Camden County College’s Transition to College Program helped 26 students earn high school diplomas and college credit
By SNJ Today Staff

Camden County College is giving students who never finished high school a second chance at earning their degree.
Camden County College’s Transition to College Program recognized 26 former at-risk high school students, on Wednesday, June 13th, from six partner high schools at a completion ceremony.

The program, now in its sixth year, has a 92-percent graduation rate and gives individuals a second opportunity to further their education and improve their futures.

Officials say the program demonstrates the county’s commitment to educational opportunities and gives students a unique chance to get back on track.

Students in the program received their high school diplomas and gained a head start on college credits so they can continue their education.

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