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SCOSA, College Foundation Re-ceive Council’s Endowment Fund

Stockton Partners to Offer Physi-cian Assistant Master’s Program

Construction Begins in K-Wing, Parking Lots, Across Campus

Dianne Stalling Meets Lt. Gov. Guadagno at NEW Leadership NJ

Dr. Sara Martino Named First Critical Thinking Coaching Fellow

Stockton Participates in Statewide Celebration for NJ’s 350th

Dr. Mary Padden and Cynthia Miller Receive Seven Seals Award

July 3, 2014

T H E R I C H A R D S T O C K T O N C O L L E G E O F N E W J E R S E Y

SCOSA, College Foundation Receive Council’s Endowment Fund The Southern New Jersey Council on Issues of Aging (SNJCIA) signed a gift agreement dur-

ing a luncheon on Wednesday, July 2 to transfer its assets of approximately $18,000 to the

Stockton College Foundation with the establishment of the Southern New Jersey Council on

Issues of Aging Endowment

Fund.

“This endowment will assist

the Stockton Center on Suc-

cessful Aging (SCOSA) in ful-

filling our mission to nurture

body, mind, and spirit of New

Jersey’s older adult community

through research, education

and service,” said SCOSA Direc-

tor Dr. David Burdick, who not-

ed that his work with and ad-

miration for the council goes

back nearly 30 years.

Dr. Burdick, along with

Stockton President Herman

Saatkamp, Dr. Philip Ellmore,

chief development officer, Peg

Fiore, director of Gift Fund

Stewardship, Dr. Lisa Cox, SCO-

SA research chair and associate professor of Social Work, Dr. Christine Gayda-Chelder, SCO-

SA service chair and assistant professor of Psychology, Dr. Christine Ferri, SCOSA education

chair and associate professor of Psychology and Gina Maguire, SCOSA assistant and Geron-

tology adjunct instructor, attended the endowment signing event.

Representing the council were board members John Rogge and J. David McCann.

The luncheon also honored two recent generous donors to SCOSA: Dr. Jo Frances Stow,

retired professor of Health Sciences and Emerita Foundation board member, and Richard

Gastowich.

Dr. Ellmore noted that this gift signing is the first of the new fiscal year, and the first

since the closing of Stockton’s “You Make The Difference” campaign.

Founded in the late-1980s by John L. McDonnell, an executive with Atlantic Electric Com-

pany, and other forward-looking and civically minded business leaders from the eight south-

ern counties, the SNJCIA sought to provide information of importance to senior citizens; to

advocate initiatives promoting the health and well-being of its senior citizen stakeholders;

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From the left, J. David McCann, SNJCIA board member; Dr. David Bur-dick, director of SCOSA and professor of Psychology; Dr. Christine Fer-ri, SCOSA education chair and associate professor of Psychology; Pres-ident Herman Saatkamp; Dr. Philip Ellmore, chief development officer; and John Rogge, SNJCIA board member, after the Southern New Jersey Council on Issues of Aging (SNJCIA) signed a gift agreement to transfer its assets of approximately $18,000 to the Stockton Foundation July 2.

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Stockton Partners to Offer Physician Assistant Master’s Program Stockton is partnering with Philadelphia University and Reliance

Medical Group to offer an Atlantic City-based Physician Assistant

Studies Master’s Program. The program will allow graduates to re-

ceive their bachelor’s degrees from Stockton’s School of Health Sci-

ences and their master’s in Physician Assistant Studies from Philadel-

phia University.

Reliance, which has 30 practices in Atlantic, Cape May, Camden,

Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties, will take the medical and

clinical lead in this groundbreaking program.

All courses in the five-year program will be provided at facilities in

Atlantic City, although the site has not yet been determined.

Students will spend the first three years taking Stockton courses

and then matriculate to Philadelphia University for the final two

years. Qualified students will receive their bachelor’s degree from

Stockton at the end of year four. Students will not have to apply for

separate graduate school admission, and will be on a faster track to

complete their advanced degrees. Similar programs often take six years to complete.

Stockton plans to admit up to 12 high school graduates as freshmen in the program beginning in the Fall 2015 semester and to

eventually expand to 20 students.

Physician Assistant students enrolled in the satellite program in Atlantic City will have full access to Stockton’s facilities – includ-

ing the library, computer labs, and fitness center.

In addition, Philadelphia University will establish labs on Stockton’s campus for select courses, including a cadaver anatomy lab

and a simulation lab.

Reliance will provide a medical director for the program and help place students in clinical rotations with doctors and hospitals.

Construction Begins in K-Wing, Parking Lots, Across Campus Construction began June 27 in lower K-Wing in the School of Arts and Humanities and Performing Arts Center areas. Until fur-

ther notice, this area will be closed. Occupants have been temporarily relocated to the left side of K-Wing.

The 4,500-square-foot renovation will include nine new offices, a dean’s suite, the PAC director’s office, a workroom, confer-

ence room and file room, said Glenn Brown, associate director of Facilities and Planning. Work is expected to be completed on or

about the third week of August.

“K-Wing will have the same look and style as the G-Wing renovation which was completed in Summer 2011,” Brown said.

Construction will commence July 7 for the Parking Lot Improvements Project. The dirt parking lot in front of the Arts & Science

Building will be closed and will reopen in August. In addition, Parking Lot #7 will also be under construction but will remain open.

Other projects underway this summer include improvements to doors in the main campus building and Housing 3 roof and me-

chanical replacements.

All construction is anticipated to be complete by the end of August.

SCOSA, Stockton Foundation Receive Endowment Fund Continued Continued from previous page and to promote volunteer and intergenerational activities.

"It was only years later that our national professional organizations in aging embraced the business community,” said Gerontol-

ogy Coordinator Christine Ferri. “We really hope to encourage a professor in the School of Business to teach a course on aging and

business one day soon.”

The SNJCIA effectively carried out its mission for two decades through annual conferences, a newsletter and other important

advocacy efforts.

To view more photos from the luncheon, click here.

Dr. Matt Dane Baker, executive dean of Philadelphia University's Col-

lege of Science, Health and Liberal Arts; Dr. Harvey Kesselman, provost

and executive vice president; Dr. Theresa Bartolotta, dean of the School

of Health Sciences; Jon M. Regis, M.D., president and CEO of Reliance

Medical Group; the Hon. Don Guardian, mayor of Atlantic City; Vince

Papaccio, executive vice president and COO of Reliance Medical Group;

and Dr. Stephen Spinelli Jr., president of Philadelphia University, after a

press conference July 1 at City Hall in Atlantic City.

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Dianne Stalling Meets Lt. Gov. Guadagno at NEW Leadership NJ

Dr. Sara Martino Named First Critical Thinking Coaching Fellow Dr. Sara Martino, associate professor of Psychology, has been named Stockton’s first Critical Thinking

Coaching Fellow, a one-year appointment effective Sept. 1.

In her role as Critical Thinking Coaching Fellow, Dr. Martino will provide instructional coaching related to

critical-thinking pedagogy for faculty who participated in the Stockton Critical Thinking Institute (SCTI) dur-

ing the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years.

Her responsibilities will include meeting with faculty to discuss their professional goals with respect to

teaching critical thinking; observing multiple classes for each participating faculty member and conducting

follow-up coaching sessions; and attending the Instructional Coaching Institute in Lawrence, KS to be trained

in the theory and methods of instructional coaching.

Dr. Martino participated in SCTI in 2012 and helped facilitate the program in summer 2013. She also attended the International

Conference on Critical Thinking in 2013.

“I have always been passionate about my teaching and that is part of the reason why I came to Stockton,” Dr. Martino said. “I

am excited about the prospect of helping others in their teaching while also improving my own.”

Mark Berg, associate professor of Psychology, Michael Frank, professor of Psychology, Jed Morfit, associate professor of Art,

and Bill Reynolds, associate professor of Social work, served on the selection committee for the Coaching Fellow.

Dianne Stalling, assistant director of Student

Development, recently attended the NEW Leader-

ship New Jersey program, a camp developed by

the Center for American Women and Politics

(CAWP) at Rutgers University to address the un-

derrepresentation of women in American poli-

tics.

The national bi-partisan program is a six-day

residential summer institute to educate college

women about the important role that politics

plays in their lives. The 2014 NEW Leadership

New Jersey class included 38 students from 25

New Jersey colleges and universities.

“I attended this event in order to support our

Stockton students,” explained Stalling. “I am

committed to recruiting our students to envision

themselves taking a more active role in govern-

ment and politics as a result of this great leader-

ship opportunity.”

At NEW Leadership, students are afforded the

opportunity to meet women leaders with a wide

range of backgrounds, experiences and political views. Participants also learn about women’s political participation and prepare

themselves to become effective public leaders.

Each year CAWP invites a high-ranking woman in state or national politics to give the NEW Leadership NJ keynote address.

“We were delighted to have Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as our 2014 NEW Leadership New Jersey keynote speaker,” said Debbie

Walsh, director of CAWP. “As the highest-ranking elected woman in New Jersey politics, she is an inspiration and role model to

young women around the state.”

“This program allows Stockton female students to network, build relationships and better understand the political process. The

program has inspired students to become involved in politics,” Stalling said.

Dr. Sara Martino

Dianne Stalling, assistant director of Student Development (right), and Stockton students Lau-

ree Klein, Kathi Lloyd, and Stockton alumna Ariel Miles ’11 (second from right) met Lt. Gov.

Kim Guadagno (center) at the 2014 NEW Leadership New Jersey program held at Rutgers

Eagleton Institute of Politics on June 6.

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Stockton Participates in Statewide Celebration for NJ’s 350th Stockton rang in New Jersey’s 350th anniver-

sary, striking Stockton Seaview’s historic red

fire bell in Independence Plaza at noon on June

24 to commemorate the occasion.

Stockton’s event was one of many that oc-

curred throughout the state.

Citizens and organizations were invited to

mark the occasion by ringing bells, blowing

horns, or joining in the communal celebra-

tion. Many religious, civic, and educational or-

ganizations participated in the public project.

Bells also rang on the Isle of Jersey at the

equivalent time.

Circa 1922, the Stockton Seaview fire bell

was mounted on the roof of the Boiler Building.

The boiler engineer would use it to alert the

property fire department in the event of an

emergency.

For additional information on the Garden

State’s 350th anniversary, click here.

Pedro Santana, dean of students, Thomasa Gonzalez, vice president for Student Affairs, Carl

Archut, Jr., Student Senate president, and Dr. Dee McNeely-Greene, associate vice president

for Student Affairs, stand in front of Stockton's two-story replica of the Declaration of Inde-

pendence on the Garden State's 350th birthday.

Dr. Mary Padden and Cynthia Miller Receive Seven Seals Award Dr. Mary Padden, assistant professor of Nursing, and Cynthia Miller,

adjunct instructor in the Nursing Program, received the Seven Seals

Award at the Theta Sigma local chapter’s 2nd Annual Dinner on June 11.

Dr. Padden and Miller are officers in the Theta Sigma local chapter

of Theta Sigma Tau, the National Nursing Honor Society.

Col. Alan Smith of the National Guard and Reserves presented the

award to Dr. Padden and Miller in recognition of chapter support to the

men and women who serve in the National Guard.

Members of the Theta Sigma chapter have supported military mem-

bers by offering continuing education programs on campus and to re-

serve units.

As its name suggests, the Seven Seals Award bears the seals of the

seven components of the National Guard and Reserve. The award is in

recognition of significant individual or organizational achievement, ini-

tiative, or support to include the efforts of more than 4,700 volunteers

for the Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve.

Cynthia Miller, adjunct instructor in the Nursing Program, and Dr.

Mary Padden, assistant professor of Nursing, received the Seven

Seal Award from Col. Alan Smith (right) at the Theta Sigma local

chapter’s 2nd Annual Dinner on June 11.