������Ƶ News - Nov. 5, 2021

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Partnership Expands College A.C.C.E.S.S.

Five freshmen from Palmyra High School ������Ƶ to get an idea of what college might be like. But they won’t have to wait until college to take college courses.

The five are among more than 100 students at three New Jersey High Schools that are partnering with ������Ƶ and the George Washington Carver Education Foundation to help typically under-represented students prepare for and attend college.

Palmyra High School, Pleasantville High School and STEMCivics High School in Ewing are participating in the program, which is funded by an Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge (OMIC) grant to the Carver Foundation.

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������Ƶ Remembers Stephen Dunn

Much like what Stephen Dunn looked for in poetry, to his life and work on Nov. 3 was filled with lightness, variety and grace. Tears were shed, but even more laughs were shared as friends, former students and colleagues remembered the man they knew and admired.

“He loved ������Ƶ, and he loved South Jersey,” said Peter Murphy, founder of Murphy Writing of ������Ƶ. “He wrote many of his best poems about the landscapes and the people who he lived among.”

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Survey Shows 74% of ������Ƶ Students Voted in 2020

������Ƶ students registered to vote and voted in 2020 at a higher rate than college students nationwide according to a released Nov. 3.

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) report on student voting rates in the 2020 election shows 86% of ������Ƶ students were registered to vote in 2020, compared with 74% nationally.

In addition, 74% of all ������Ƶ students actually voted, compared with 66% nationally among the 1,200 institutions participating in the survey. The percentage of ������Ƶ students voting represents a 23% increase over 2016, when 51% voted.

SPOTLIGHT ON: GUIA CALICDAN-APOSTLE

Guia Calicdan-Apostle, associate professor of Social Work, was 2021 Outstanding Social Worker of the Philippines in the field of International Social Work Education and Clinical Practice Setting by the Philippine Association of Social Workers (PASWI). 

This award is given by PASWI to a social worker who has made distinctive contributions in the achievement of their agency's/organization's vision, mission; unending commitment to the Social Work Profession in their specific field and dedication for the advancement of PASWI. The organization is a national association of close to 7,000 social work practitioners from over 7,641 islands, making this award that much more impressive.

Calicdan-Apostle, who has taught at ������Ƶ since 2011, was formally recognized during a convention on Zoom on Oct. 19. In attendance were over 1,000 participants of the 2021 Social Work Convention.

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OSPREY NOTES

Read the Fund Times

The Fund Times is the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs' monthly publication dedicated to keeping ������Ƶ's faculty and staff up to date on activities related to grant seeking, internal awards, external funding opportunities, IRB, workshops and news and information for federal, state and private sponsors. Read November's issue .  

 

Read the SCOSA Newsletter

Read the ������Ƶ Center on Successful Aging (SCOSA)'s November for interesting upcoming events and newly added programming.

 

🍂 It's almost time to "fall back!"

This is a friendly reminder to set your clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7.

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������Ƶ memories, past and present . . .

"I absolutely loved ������Ƶ! It is where I to my love of the Performing Arts. The Performing Arts Theater was built and opened in 1976. What a beautiful experience performing for two years on that stage! My professors, directors and fellow students made my experience so much more richer: Pat Hecht (RIP), Paul O'Connell, Peter Smith (RIP), Dwight Baldwin and Leonard Klein (RIP). I still enjoy performing today! I recently did work for an up-and-coming Netflix movie with Adam Sandler!"

- Rhonda Robinson-Oliver '78

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