Week of Engagement
Galloway, N.J. – The Stockton Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning will host a week of celebrating community service and engagement from Monday, Nov. 18, to Friday, Nov. 22.
Here’s a full list of activities:
Reed’s Farm Documentary Showing
Monday, Nov. 18 | 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m., Campus Center Meeting Room 5
Over the course of the semester, Professor James Chairman and his class, Documentary Production, have been working closely with Reed’s Farm to create a series of documentary-style films highlighting the non-profit’s unique mission, commitment to sustainability and the vital role it plays in local communities. Chairman will be available for questions and discussion following the showing.
Kramer Hall Community Mural
Monday, Nov. 18 – Friday, Nov. 22 | All day, Kramer Hall
Students, faculty and staff are welcome to contribute to an interactive mural that raises the question, “How do you contribute to your community?” The mural will be on display all week at Stockton’s Hammonton campus.
Celebration of Service Student Poster Presentations
Tuesday, Nov. 19 | 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Board of Trustees Room
Students will present their service-learning projects and the discuss the impact of community service and engagement.
Day of Discussions
Wednesday, Nov. 20 | Zoom & F-101
- Conversations with Academic Deans about Community Engagement, 10 a.m.
- Community Engagement and Service-Learning Discussion with Faculty, 1 p.m.
- SCCESL Drop-In Discussion on Service-Learning & Scholarship of Engagement, 3:00 p.m.
Fall Day of Service
Thursday, Nov. 21 | Multicultural Center and Karmer Hall
Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in service projects on both the Galloway and Hammonton campuses.
Projects on the Galloway campus will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude at 2 p.m. The Front Street Clean-Up Project on the Hammonton campus will begin at 2 p.m. in front of Kramer Hall.
SCCESL Alumni Panel
Thursday, Nov. 21 | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Campus Center Meeting Room 5
This panel, co-hosted with the offices of Alumni Relations and Career Education and Development, will bring alumni to campus to discuss their service careers and the impact community service had on their college journey.
Community Engagement Mural
Friday, Nov. 22 | 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Lower E-Wing Gallery
Students, faculty and staff are welcome to contribute to an interactive mural that raises the question, “How do you contribute to your community?”
Stockton Celebrates 20 Years of Service to the Community
January 15, 2024
Galloway, N.J. – For 20 years, students, faculty and staff of Stockton University have come together and spent Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day honoring the civil rights and social justice icon by committing to various projects that serve the communities they live in.
Around 750 volunteers on the Galloway, Atlantic City, Hammonton and Woodbine campuses had the opportunity to explore over 30 projects that ranged from smaller-scale craft-based creations – such as making positive affirmation buttons and decorating pencil cases for local schoolchildren – to deeper interactions with community members like Stories of Atlantic City’s storytelling stations.
Inspired by Zakat, an Islamic principle that encourages charity, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich-making party for their day of service project. Around 30 volunteers made over 100 bags of sandwiches, which will benefit the Atlantic City Rescue Mission.
“It's always an honor and humbling to be able to do these sorts of events, and to be able to help the community come together by hosting an event is even more meaningful to us,” Ahnjeles Maldonado, Health Science major and public relations chair for MSA, said.
Ann Delva, president of the Caribbean Student Association, said the organization was inspired to craft handmade cards for local nursing homes by a program within the Stockton Center on Community Engagement and Service Learning (SCCESL) that promoted playing games and socializing with older adults. Delva said about 40 volunteers created more than 100 cards on Monday.
– Story by Loukaia Taylor
– Photos by Lizzie Nealis and submitted by the Stockton community
