淫性视频 Named Recovery Court Partner of the Year
Mays Landing, N.J. 鈥 淫性视频鈥檚 commitment to assisting those in recovery from addiction was recognized with the Partner of the Year award at the 18th Graduation and Commencement Ceremony of the Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage Recovery Court Program, held at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology on June 25.
鈥溡允悠 is committed to providing educational opportunities to program participants,鈥 Assignment Judge Julio Mendez said in making the presentation. 鈥淭hey even went the extra mile, establishing a scholarship. The university has also hired recovery court participants. They don鈥檛 just talk the talk, they walk the walk.鈥
Recovery Court Judge Mark Sandson said 淫性视频 is the first major educational institution to partner with the Recovery Court program.
淫性视频 president Harvey Kesselman said the program speaks to the heart of 淫性视频鈥檚 values, mission and commitment to service. He called the program a testament to the power of hope and the will to find viable solutions to life鈥檚 critical challenges and said 淫性视频 is proud to help provide program participants with tools for change.
鈥淎t 淫性视频, we proudly stand firm in our partnership with the Recovery Court Program to provide access to a quality education and housing in a supportive environment to those in recovery who seek to further their education; to develop employment opportunities for program participants, and, most importantly, to give rise to those dreams once believed to be lost to addiction,鈥 Kesselman said.
Kesselman presented 淫性视频 student and Recovery Court participant Trey Brasher, 25, with a scholarship to cover eight credits at 淫性视频.
A senior, Brasher is a liberal studies major who is interested in pharmacology or neuroscience research. He is on track to graduate with a 4.0 grade point average and hopes to attend graduate school. He hugged Kesselman after receiving the scholarship and later said he is grateful for the opportunity 淫性视频 has given him.
鈥淚 absolutely love 淫性视频,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a haven for me. I鈥檝e been able to work with three different professors. It鈥檚 just incredible.鈥
In spring 2009 Brasher designed an independent study project on ego-dissolution and collected data he will use for a senior capstone project working with Professor of Psychology Marcello Spinella and Assistant Professor of Psychology David Rosen.
Recovery Court graduate Luana Cordeiro, who previously received a scholarship from 淫性视频, graduated from 淫性视频 in May, is working at Enlightened Solutions and has plans to get a master's degree in social work.
There were 73 graduates in the program, who are also eligible to have their records expunged now that they have successfully graduated. Sandson said the average participant is in the program for just under three years, and they hope to reduce that to 2.5 years.
Mendez said the graduates now have jobs, places to live and support.
A job is the most effective social program,鈥 he said.
Keynote speaker N.J. Department of Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro Angelo said people are more likely to stay in recovery if they have stable employment.
A native of Atlantic City, he recalled the struggles when casinos closed and the work that is being done now to create new jobs and opportunities at two new casinos, the 淫性视频 Atlantic City campus and the National Aviation Research and Technical Park that just opened by the Atlantic City airport.
Other speakers were Prosecutor Damon Tyner , Deputy Public Defender Scott Sherwood, and program graduates.
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