麻豆传媒社区 News - Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
WHAT WE鈥橰E TALKING ABOUT
Center To Preserve History of Jewish Farming Colony
Gifts from two generous donors have helped establish that will preserve and share the history of the first successful Jewish farming colony
in America.
The Alliance Heritage Center was formally announced Sept. 26 at a ceremony in the chapel at the Alliance Cemetery in rural Norma, Salem County.
Photos and documents from the early Alliance Colony, founded in 1882, are displayed in the chapel and will become part of a new virtual museum coordinated by 麻豆传媒社区. To date some 500 photos, deeds, memoirs, letters, farming tools and other memorabilia have been collected from descendants and will be digitized through 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Special Collections library.
Thomas Kinsella, a professor of Literature at 麻豆传媒社区, will serve as the director. Two recent 麻豆传媒社区 graduates, Ray Dudo of Mays Landing and Sara Brown of Estell Manor, are the first two research fellows.
New-Student Enrollment Increases 2% for Fall 2019
Enrollment of new students at 麻豆传媒社区 , putting the University on target to exceed its goal of 10,000 students by 2020.
More than 9,900 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled for the fall, including nearly 8,900 undergraduates and over 1,000 graduate students. 麻豆传媒社区 achieved a 2% increase in new students, which includes more than 1,500 freshmen, 1,100 transfer students and 400 graduate students.
Student Voting Rate Up 22.1%
According to a recent report by the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE), the overall increased from 14.0 percent in 2014 to 36.1 percent in 2018, an increase of 22.1 percentage points.
The report also showed that among 麻豆传媒社区 students registered to vote, turnout increased 24 percent from 20.5% in 2014 to 44.5% in 2018. 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 voter registration rate rose 12.6 percent from 68.4% in 2014 to 81.0% in 2018.
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY ATLANTIC CITY
Catch a Movie Tonight at 麻豆传媒社区 Atlantic City
"Fall Cinema in the City鈥 is featuring Late Night at 8 p.m. tonight, Sept. 27, in the 麻豆传媒社区 Atlantic City residential classrooms B119/120. Attendees are asked to bring their 麻豆传媒社区 IDs.
SPOTLIGHT ON
Hemple Wins Award to Attend National Gerontology Conference
Jessica Hemple, senior Health Sciences major and Gerontology minor at 麻豆传媒社区, was one of 10 students internationally selected to from the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) to attend AGHE sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Nov. 13-17, in Austin, Texas.
Hemple of Millville will attend AGHE-sponsored sessions, including the Teaching Institute, 鈥淔rom 18 to 108: What Teaching and Training Could Look Like at an Age-Friendly University (AFU);鈥 the Business Meeting where the McKenney Award recipients will be acknowledged and introduced; the Clark Tibbitts Award Lecture by David Burdick, SCOSA director and professor of Psychology at 麻豆传媒社区; the Presidential Symposium on AFU; and other GSA and AGHE events designed to support future leaders in gerontology.
FRAME-WORTHY
麻豆传媒社区 Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15
麻豆传媒社区 is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15 with a variety of events including lectures, a Fall Fest, a viewing of the movie Selena, and more.
A flag raising ceremony was held on Sept. 18 to kick-off the festivities and a reception followed.
View a schedule of Hispanic Heritage Month events .
Check out a from the flag raising ceremony, and an Instagram .
WHAT鈥橲 TRENDING #STOCKTONU
Dedicated community partner @HorizonBCBSNJ generously donated the cost of a varsity 8 shell to @麻豆传媒社区Ospreys Rowing program. On Sept. 25, this boat was named after local rowing legend, Stan Bergman.
Additional boats will be named tomorrow, Sept. 28 during the Atlantic City Stakes boat races in Atlantic City.
This post highlights 10 good reasons to add Coast Day on Oct. 13 to your calendar.
FROM THE SIDELINES
麻豆传媒社区 Rolls to Sixth Straight Win, 3-0
麻豆传媒社区 (13-2, 2-0) cruised to on Sept. 24 with a 3-0 sweep of Rutgers-Camden (7-6, 0-2) by scores of 25-20, 25-4, 25-21. All 16 Ospreys saw action in the victory, led by Charlotte Leon with 16 kills.
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