������Ƶ News - Friday, April 3, 2020

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

Updates to University Practices

������Ƶ has announced a few changes to University processes in light of COVID-19.

Effective April 1, all Pcard purchases require pre-approval. The new process, as well as a recorded Zoom session on the process, will be available on the .

������Ƶ is suspending its practice of allowing employees to work on Friday, April 10 (Good Friday) and earn compensatory time, with the exception of certain functions deemed absolutely necessary to support faculty instruction or essential operations. For all other employees, a holiday schedule will apply. Contact Lawrence Fox, interim director of Human Resources, with any questions.

������Ƶ is expanding its Pass/No Credit (P/NC) grading option for the Spring 2020 term. This applies only to undergraduate courses. Details are available on the University’s .

The Office of Enrollment Management is hosting a series of virtual April 6-9 to provide information to prospective students in lieu of the cancelled A Day in the Life event. Please encourage any prospective students you may talk with to participate in these events.

Please check the  for the most up-to-date information on procedures, FAQs for faculty and staff and other important announcements.

Hughes Center Helps Promote Census 2020

The William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at ������Ƶ is a partner in the U.S. Census Bureau's efforts to count the U.S. population during this year's decennial Census.

Hughes Center Executive Director John Froonjian Lori S. Carlin, Census Partnership Specialist for Atlantic and Cape May counties on April 1, Census Day, about the importance of completing the Census.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP

Resources Available to Staff, Faculty During COVID-19

There are many resources and best practices being made available to staff and faculty working remotely that can be found by visiting Instructional Technology’s . Tips for online course instruction can be found . IT has published  to prevent and report “Zoombombing" in an effort to reduce the chance of disruption during meetings and classes.  Additionally, a  is posted that provides the fastest way to record a video using Zoom locally and then post that video to Blackboard via Google Drive, which will require the least amount of processing time possible.  

The Office of Human Resources shared that focuses on helping you effectively manage your time while working from home. Additional online training opportunities can be found . Human Resources also shared Deer Oaks April , which offers additional resources to employees.

Murphy Writing at ������Ƶ continues to . Another virtual reading is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight, April 3, featuring ������Ƶ professor Emari DiGiorgio, Judith Lindbergh and Paul Lisicky. It will be livestreamed via Zoom and also available by phone.

������Ƶ News invites faculty and staff to share any tips & tricks for working and teaching remotely and your stories on your experiences operating remotely. Please share by emailing UniversityRelations@stockton.edu.

SPOTLIGHT ON

Radwanski Sews it Forward, One Mask at a Time

Jen Radwanski, director of Parent and Family Partnerships, for Deborah Heart and Lung Center's Emergency Room staff.

"As a professional quilter, I just felt this was something I had to do. I had the supplies and reached out to my colleague Mark Adelung to see if they needed them, and they did," she explained.

Pictured is Adelung, assistant professor of Nursing who also works at Deborah Heart and Lung Center's ER, wearing one of the masks.

Now that's sew rad!

FRAME-WORTHY

Mind Your Peas ... in Space 🚀

The closest Sophia Bradach had been to space was following NASA astronauts on Instagram, until this year, when the freshman Environmental Science major that was selected to launch to the International Space Station in the fall.  

Bradach, of Point Pleasant Borough, wants to know if snow peas can self-fertilize through nitrogen fixation in a microgravity environment. She is working with her mentor, Peter Straub, dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, to find the answer.  

See more photos on .

The Press of Atlantic City the story.

WHAT’S TRENDING #STOCKTONU

FROM THE SIDELINES  

Virtual’ Track & Field Meet Lifts Spirits

When ������Ƶ’s Track & Field teams could not host their first meet on March 28, women’s coach Todd Curll had an idea. He contacted Jayson Resch, director of Cross Country and Track and Field at ������Ƶ and they came up with their own “virtual” track and field event mixed with a dash of humor.

Students submitted videos of themselves creatively performing their events, and Curll spliced them together for a well, let’s just say non-traditional, track and field event.

“They all have individual events, but they came together as a team to do this,” Curll said. 

and posted about the team's creative, unique take.

The ������Ƶ Women's Volleyball team hosted a , as well, to stay engaged and have some fun

OSPREY NOTES      

FAFSA Filing Deadline Extended to June 1

The New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) announced on April 1  that the deadline for current students to apply to renew their State financial aid has been extended from April 15 to June 1.

Faculty, please encourage your students to file the 20-21 FAFSA by June 1. Anyone who misses this deadline will lose out on over $7,500 of free money for the 20-21 academic year, if eligible.

Please note: All remaining FAFSA Friday sessions for the Spring 2020 semester have been cancelled; however, the Office of Financial Aid is still available to help.

Remember, the State Won’t Wait! Students can apply at .

Staff in the office are working remotely, so please have students contact us at finaid@stockton.edu with any questions they may have and someone will work to respond as soon as possible.