�鶹��ý���� News - June 20, 2024

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A Day of Fellowship and Fun in the Sun at Juneteenth Celebration

All eyes and ears were fixed on New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way �鶹��ý����'s annual Juneteenth celebration on Monday, June 17. 

As the sun shone on the audience of students, staff and faculty gathered in the Residential Quad of Kesselman Hall in Atlantic City, Way proudly declared, "It's a beautiful Juneteenth to be with �鶹��ý����." 

Beautiful, indeed. The wind off the ocean provided perfect moments of relief as everyone sat at tables decorated with red, green and yellow tablecloths, numerous pins and rubber bracelets. 

In her remarks, Way reaffirmed her and Gov. Phil Murphy’s commitment to commemorating and honoring the memory of Juneteenth. According to Way, Murphy felt that the historic legislation signed into law in 2020 was a milestone that should’ve happened long before their administration.

New Jersey observes Juneteenth on the third Friday in June, while nationally, it is recognized as June 19. 

"In order to honor Juneteenth, we must do more and deliver justice through providing economic opportunities, fully funding public schools, increasing homeownership and employment opportunities and providing mentorship and investment for Black entrepreneurs and businesses. Restorative justice requires all of us,” Way said.

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Alliance Heritage Center Receives 2024 Innovative Archives Award 

A digital museum and archive centering on the lived experiences of the first successful Jewish farming village in the United States housed at �鶹��ý���� has for its preservation and accessibility efforts by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC).

“(The 2024 MARAC NJ Caucus Innovative Archives Award) recognizes archival organizations that have developed innovative educational or outreach models utilizing archival sources, provided leadership during a time of emergency or crisis, demonstrated new thinking in finding a solution to an issue or problem and exhibited creativity in increasing awareness of local history resources among New Jersey residents and visitors, or otherwise provided exemplary service to the archives and history communities. The committee felt that the work of the Alliance Heritage Center makes it a deserving winner of the Innovative Archives Award,” Caryn Radick of the MARAC Awards selection committee shared in an email.

The Alliance Heritage Center, established in 2019, preserves and disseminates the history and culture of the Alliance Colony and similar Jewish farming communities in southern New Jersey.

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$650,000 Grant to Promote K-12 Climate Change Education

�鶹��ý���� recently became the only college or university in southern New Jersey a $650,000 state grant to help K-12 schools improve climate change instruction.

The grant from the state Department of Education is part of an effort spearheaded by First Lady Tammy Murphy to incorporate climate-change instruction into the classroom. In 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to integrate climate change across multiple teaching areas, including science, social studies, world languages and the arts.

“Our nation-leading climate change education standards are setting New Jersey students up for a successful future as climate literate leaders of tomorrow,” Murphy said.“These grants will ensure our state’s climate change instruction remains at the highest academic standard and that our educators are supported as they prepare new and innovative lessons. I am eager to see the creative approach each school will take to continue the successful rollout of this critical instruction across all learning standards.”

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Picture �鶹��ý����... surveying the New Jersey coast

The �鶹��ý���� Coastal Research Center (CRC) offers a job for students that takes them to 171 New Jersey beaches to swim, and they're hiring. Wetsuits and fins are provided. 

Student workers dive in to the state's coastline and collect data that determines the future of New Jersey's beaches. 

Kimberly McKenna, interim executive director of the CRC, started as a student worker in 1984, two years before the New Jersey Beach Profile Network (NJBPN) was established to monitor the state's shoreline conditions. She has witnessed four decades of coastal processes and continues to document the evolving shoreline with the help of students and staff.   

"(Initially), it was me, Stew (Farrell, the former director of the CRC) and Gus (Stew's dog). Back then we used the Emery method for beach profiling," she recalled.

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