������Ƶ News - Friday, June 5, 2020

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

Supporting Our Community During Difficult Times

2 Virtual Spaces Happening Today

President Harvey Kesselman shared a message with the campus community reflecting the recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd. As a result, a space will be created for members of the University community to reflect on the recent tragedies and to discuss opportunities to strengthen our support for our African American and Latinx communities on campus.

Read the message in entirety . 

Virtual spaces, sponsored by Student Affairs, Academic Affairs and Institutional Diversity and Equity, are taking place TODAY for our students, faculty and staff of color to connect and support one another during these difficult times and for our allies to cultivate strategies to support our communities of color at the University: 2-3 p.m.,; and 3-4:30 p.m., .

Email Valerie Hayes, chief officer for Institutional Diversity and Equity, and Christopher Catching, vice president for Student Affairs,  if you are interested in lending expertise or assisting with future social justice community efforts for the ������Ƶ community.

The Wellness Center team has coordinated a series of opportunities to support students of color and offer a safe space to talk openly about race, racism and history or individual/personal experiences with racism. 

A Space for Students of Color: Racial Healing Circles is scheduled for 3:30-5:30 p.m., Monday, June 8, Wednesday, June 17, Wednesday, June 24, and Wednesday, July 8.

Email Lucy Allen, assistant director for Counseling Services or refer students who you think would be interested in participating in a small group discussion to Lucy for more information.  

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������Ƶ Scientists are Streaming Live from the Field  

������Ƶ scientists are working in the field this summer, and , they are bringing you with them. 

Aaron Stoler, assistant professor of Environmental Science, explores ������Ƶ's Pinelands campus with his muck boots and a smartphone to teach ecology lessons on Facebook Live. His series, called Streaming with Stoler, is visiting the campus farm, greenhouse and Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) system in June with guest experts. 

Nature enthusiasts, young and old, can follow Stoler's adventures from home by visiting the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Facebook page at 3 p.m. on Fridays. Rain dates occur the following Monday at the same time. 

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Press of A.C. Interns Help Produce Special Section

Each spring, The Press of Atlantic City publishes a special Young Leaders section, honoring talented high school students who are nominated by their schools and communities. An independent panel of judges selects twenty-five students from the nominees to be Young Leaders.

This year, The Press also enlisted six ������Ƶ student interns to , which features biographies and photos of the selected students. For the ������Ƶ interns, Gabrielle Brodde, Edward Kovalski, Emily Montgomery, Paige Crain, Andrew Torres and Marissa Luca, it was an opportunity for real-life journalism experience.

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How We Are Helping #StopTheSpread

This week's  highlights the strong support of the campus food pantry by the University community. Monica Viani, who with Laura Hughes runs the pantry from the Office of the Dean of Students, said since Craig Stambaugh sent out an email on May 12, the donations have been coming in "fast and furious."

"To date, we have received six mail hampers worth of items ordered off of the Amazon wish list and Walmart, with a hamperful coming in every day,"  Viani said last week. "At our donation drive on campus on May 21, we filled over five mail hampers with items dropped off by faculty, staff, students and Chartwells."

PHOTO: Venustiano Borremeo, Monica Viani, Laura Hughes and Jim Gwathney at the May 21 food drive.

Have a story to share? We want to hear it! If you, or someone you know in the ������Ƶ community, is doing something to help, let us know by emailing Diane D’Amico or sharing on social media and tagging @stockton_edu or #stocktonu. Don’t forget to include a photo!

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 Virtual Open House Brings Campus to Prospective Ospreys

���ܲԻ岹��’s  event brought the ������Ƶ campus to prospective students through a Facebook Live session, asynchronous video content from academic schools and offices, and virtual housing tours.

A live Zoom/ session at noon “welcomed” students to the event, of which 255 students in various stages of the admissions process attended.  Several hundred more prospective students logged in throughout the day to view the video content and participate in virtual tours.  Students had the chance to chat live with staff from Admissions, Bursar’s, Financial Aid and Residential Life utilizing ������Ƶ’s text-messaging platform. This enabled students to get very specific questions answered and receive personalized attention.

“This was a great opportunity to connect not only with incoming students for Fall 2020 but also with rising seniors who will be considering ������Ƶ for Fall 2021,” said Bob Heinrich, chief enrollment management officer. “I greatly appreciate the support of all of our partners across the campus community that contributed to the success of our virtual Open House.”

The Division of Enrollment Management is actively planning for an additional Virtual Open House for July.

Virtual Open House By-the-Numbers:

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President Kesselman Named Chair of the NJPC

President Harvey Kesselman has been unanimously elected Chair of the New Jersey Presidents’ Council (NJPC) for a two-year term beginning July 1. 

Kesselman served as vice chair of the  for the past two years. He also chaired the Budget and Governmental Relations Committee & Advocacy and Accountability, which develops a budget for the New Jersey higher education system, advocates for it with the legislative and executive branches of state government, and increases awareness of New Jersey's higher education system.

The NJPC advises the Secretary of Higher Education and Governor on new programs, regional alliances, budget and student aid levels, licensure, and the statewide higher education master plan, and includes 56 New Jersey college and university presidents representing four sectors: senior public institutions (including ������Ƶ), community colleges, public-mission independent institutions, and proprietary institutions. The state's two largest religious colleges represent an additional 23 independent, faith-based schools.  

 

Wednesday, June 10: The Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming Hospitality and Tourism at ������Ƶ (LIGHT), in collaboration with the Greater AC Chamber of Commerce and the ������Ƶ Small Business Development Center is producing a free, three-part webinar series,  to help local businesses learn about the best practices for reopening.

Also on June 10: ������Ƶ Manahawkin presents, "How to Explore the LBI Region this Summer" on .