Stockton News - July 5, 2024
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
Stockton Faculty Members Continue Learning at NYU
Fifteen Stockton faculty members immersed themselves in various professional development opportunities offered through the Faculty Resource Network (FRN) program at New York University (NYU) in June.
The faculty who attended the June 11-14 Summer Seminar represented every academic school at Stockton. While the sessions and workshops varied in topic, all of them had a common thread: Exploring new and innovative ways to create a learning environment for both faculty and the students that they teach. Below is a recounting of some of their experiences.
Stockton Foundation Board Names Two New Members
The Stockton University Foundation welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors at its June 6 meeting. Steven Cocchi, of Linwood, and Sage Del Valle '20/MBA '21, of Mays Landing, begin their terms immediately.
Cocchi serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of South Jersey
Industries. He is a member of the Public Utility Law Section of the New Jersey State
Bar Association, the State Affairs Committee of the American Gas Association and the
Board of Trustees at the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City.
Del Valle is co-founder and chief executive officer of Differnt Systems, a technology consulting, development and implementation firm. Del Valle leads an award-winning team of installers, engineers and designers to deliver efficiency, innovation and insights to their diverse portfolio of clients. He is a two-time graduate of Stockton and serves as a member of the Stockton University Business Advisory Board. He also is a board member for the Cape May Chamber of Commerce and other educational institutions.
SPOTLIGHT ON
Faculty, Students Win Awards at Criminal Justice Conference
Faculty and students recently attended the annual Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (NEACJS) Conference
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where several presented research and also won significant
awards.
Criminal Justice master’s student Blake Cronin received the Michael Israel Graduate Student Scholarship, which is presented in honor of Mike Israel to recognize his contributions to public policy and criminal justice. The scholarship is awarded annually to a student pursuing a graduate degree in Criminal Justice or Criminology. Student nominees must have completed one semester of graduate study. Nominations are accepted from members of NEACJS and include a letter of recommendation and a copy of the student’s resume. The selected scholarship recipient will receive a $250 check, as well as a one-year student membership to NEACJS.
Recent graduate Casey Berchtold, who received her master’s degree in Criminal Justice, won first place for the David Orrick Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper, “Elderly Inmates in the United States,” which she also presented at the conference. Berchtold was also the student speaker during the master’s and doctoral degrees ceremony in May. She said she was deeply honored when she learned she had won first place and pleasantly surprised.
"I am deeply grateful to my program chair, Christine Tartaro, who nominated me for the award. She suggested that I submit a final paper from one of her courses. Initially, I was hesitant, but her belief in my work gave me the confidence to apply,” Berchtold said.
FRAME-WORTHY
Picture Stockton... hiking, printing and learning about the pines
A group of hikers listened to ascending notes of birdsong as they crossed the Mordecai Swamp in Wharton State Forest on one of the 1808 trail's log bridges. "That's a pine warbler singing," someone called out after getting confirmation from the Merlin Bird ID app.
The hikers were participants of the 8th annual Pinelands Summer Short Course on June 28. Stockton Continuing Studies & Adult Education and the Pinelands Commission hosted the event at Stockton's Kramer Hall in Hammonton with field trips in the surrounding area.
Sisters Rosemarie Mason and Diane Mason, of the Outdoor Club of South Jersey, led a hike along the 1808 Trail blazed in 2022 and maintained by their club. The former logging trail got its name from a map dated 1808 that showed a road connecting Crowleytown, now Buttonwood Campground, and Batsto Village.
WHAT'S TRENDING @ #STOCKTONU
Facebook: Spending our summer creating 🎨🖼️☀️for the community!
X: Prepare to have your mind blown Lauren Seyler, assistant prof of Biology, just explored the depths of the ocean during @SchmidtOcean's #AtacamaTrenchAncients expedition as a lead astrobiologist.
Instagram: Welcome to your new home, Ospreys! 🦅🦅🦅
UPCOMING EVENTS
👩💻 Professional Development Opportunities
Now- July 26: Atlantic City Walking Tours
Now-Aug. 23: American History Through War Perspectives
July 10-Aug. 7: Children’s Summer Playhouse
July 19-Aug. 11: Surfside Casual Furniture 2024 Summer Show House
Aug. 1: 🎹 “The Mischlinge Exposè” with Carolyn Enger
Aug. 4: 🎡 Stockton Day at Morey’s Piers
