Camden County College
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Camden County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college
located in Camden County
, New Jersey
. Camden County College has three distinct campuses located in Blackwood
, Camden
and Cherry Hill
. The main campus is located in Blackwood.
As a community college, the school offers both liberal arts and technical training including a Nursing Program, a Laser Engineering Program, an Automotive Training Program. The College also has a liberal arts Honors College. It is currently the second largest school in New Jersey (by enrollment) with over 16,000 students. The College offers degree programs in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. The College also offers a theater program, several varsity teams (including highly ranked baseball and soccer teams) and a graphic/computer design program. Camden County College is also home to the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility which provides lecture series and workshops conducted by nationally recognized academic figures.
He passed away in 2009. Currently, there are two display cases of personal-professional affects; including a poem writing by a student, two gift pen sets (the first given in 1967 with the opening of the school the second presented on his final day and set to May 8, 1987)and a diorama of his office designed by Sharon Yancey.
In 2010, Leah Mauke contributed $50,000 to start a scholarship endowment. The endowment represents the largest individual donation to Camden County College.
Three Seminary buildings, Roosevelt, Wilson and Jefferson halls, are still in use. The Three buildings form an "U" shape with a small central courtyard. The 1969 graduation commencement took place in the courtyard of the three major buildings. Currently, a small memorial to the Mother of the Savior Seminary resides in that courtyard. In 1967, Wilson Hall served as an administrative center, library, cafeteria and activity room. Jefferson Hall served as the main Science Building. Originally, there was a pond and creek on campus which later included a series of waterfalls, lounge beaches, and pedestrian walks.
Otto R. Mauke was chosen to be the first president of the college in March 1967 and his staff moved into Washington Hall in June 1967. First Day of classes for the college was on September 25, 1967 only six months from the "founding" of the college.
When Camden County College was founded it was composed of one campus, seven academic programs and a handful of buildings. The original buildings included Wilson Hall (which is composed of three distinct parts: East, West and Center), Washington Hall (razed in 2010), Jefferson Hall, Roosevelt Hall, and Lincoln Hall. Washington Hall housed the college offices, Wilson West housed the Library, Lincoln Hall contained both a gym and an auditorium, Wilson Center provided the cafeteria and dining rooms, Wilson East housed faculty offices and Jefferson Hall contained science laboratories and general classrooms. Today, Camden County College is composed of three campuses. Camden City Campus is composed of two multistory tower buildings, the Rohrer Campus is one multistory complex, and Blackwood Campus, the largest campus, has over twenty buildings on its 320 acres (1.3 km²) site.
The college began with less than a thousand students but quickly grew exponentially. By 2010, Camden County College's enrollment topped 16,000 students. In 1969, Camden County College hosted its first Commencement by graduating 172 students with associate degrees. At 2010's Commencement ceremony, the college conferred degrees on 1,790 students, the largest class in the school's history.
In 1969, CCC opened its first campus in Camden City. In 1970, the first new building, Adams Hall, was built at the Blackwood campus. 1969 also marked the beginning of the first multimillion dollar expansion project. The $9 million dollar (1969 dollars) project constructed five new buildings: Madison Hall, now Blackwood's premier - and recently overhauled - academic building, Taft Hall, the current science building, the Wolverton Learning Resource Center, which houses the college's library and student services like a testing center, tutoring center and study rooms, and the College Community Center, which was renamed in 2009 to honor the first president of the college, Otto Mauke. Plans were also made to construct two more buildings: the Papiano Gymnasium and Truman Hall, a center for career technology training. Most of the buildings were opened by 1972.
During the 1970s, the College added a Laser Institute, a Nursing School, a Dental Assistant Institute. Meanwhile, the Camden City Campus moved several times.
In 1984, the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Technology program was begun and by 1988 a massive new building was built. The CIM building contained a fully functioning factory floor as one of its classrooms. In 1989, a new 10000 square feet (929 m²) Laser Institute building was built on the Blackwood campus, as was a 4700 square feet (436.6 m²) Child care center. Also in 1989 construction began on a new, permanent, Camden City Campus location.
On June 4, 2010, the Camden County College Board of Trustees approved a five year plan for the College's development. This plan will contain five broad concepts to help improve the quality of the facilities, the faculty, the staff and the student body. Much of the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan will continue to Blackwood campus transformation which began in 2005 as part of an 83 million dollar initiative to renovate the Blackwood Campus.
The renovation and the Strategic Plan highlights the construction of a new science building and the renovation of Taft Hall plus the construction of a "Ring Road" to allow better transportation, pedestrian traffic and facility access.
Other highlights of the Strategic Plan is offer more "green" technology and renewable energy technology programs, building a fully wireless internet campus at all three campus locations, make technology and presentation equipment available in every classroom, expand the Rohrer campus and facilities, continue to enhance security measures for the College community, increase student advisement and tutoring on campus, develop more "work-readiness" programs to retrain workers for future, high pay, employment, and to increase ties with both the surrounding adult community and enhance the partnership with county high schools.
The Madison Connector building houses Civic Hall and The Forum - two high-technology meeting/conference/lecture spaces which serve as the hub for the presentations given by the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility. Civic Hall is a 244 stadium seat lecture hall containing a full presentation room in the back and multiple cameras and projectors. The Forum is a 40-seat amphitheater built to be reminiscent of the both the Roman Forum and Medieval Observation Classrooms. The Forum is also outfitted with modern presentation equipment.
. Also attending and giving brief remarks were Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr., Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, Freeholder Ian K. Leonard, Gloucester Township Mayor David R. Mayer
and CCC trustee chair Kevin G. Halpern.
The New Sciences Building will include:
It was founded in 1969 on land formerly belonging to the Mother of the Savior Seminary. The campus currently contains nearly twenty (20) academic buildings but in the midst of the 2005-2015 Freeholder building program new buildings (such as the Madison Hall Connector and a new Science Building) are being constructed while older, outmoded buildings are being demolished.
The main academic buildings include:
Also located on the main campus is the Wolverton Library Complex which not only houses the main library for Camden County College but also the academic testing center, a large tutoring center and study spaces - which include both large open spaces and small offices for groups seeking privacy in their work.
Roosevelt Hall is the main administrative building on campus. It houses the Office of the President, Alumni Relations, The Camden County College Foundation, the Office of Institutional Research in addition to other administrative offices.
The Blackwood campus also contained the Camden County Police Academy within the Capt. Thomas J. McDonnell Criminal Justice Center. Members of the police academy would, Monday through Friday, conduct the flag raising and lowering ceremony on campus. The Flag Raising ceremony, which included both a United States national Flag and an MIA/POW Flag, was conducted before the beginning of classes. The Flag Lowering ceremony would take place just before the conclusion of the business day of the college. This tradition began in 1988 when the police academy was moved to Camden County College. With the move of the Police Academy to another CCC campus the raising and lowering cermeony, which included elaborate parade maneuvers by cadets and the singing of the United States National Anthem, was concluded in May 2011. The video below is the Flag Raising Ceremony at Camden County College by the Camden County Police Academy in April 2011.
College Hall was a five story, fifty thousand sq foot building. It houses liberal arts classrooms, an art room, a science laboratory, a child care center, computer rooms, and offices for student services.
In 2004, a new building was opened across the street from College Hall is the Camden Technology Center (CTC). The CTC is a US$19.6 million, 278000 square feet (25,827 m²) facility built as part of the Camden Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act. The purpose of the facility is to create a space for the teaching and learning of technology-driven careers in health, business and technology fields. Amenities include technologically “smart” learning spaces, an “electronic village” computer lab, fully wired conference rooms, a 621-space parking garage and a University District Bookstore. The 13500 square feet (1,254.2 m²) bookstore is open to the public, includes an internet cafe, and services the book requirements of the schools in the Camden University District including Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University.
The Camden City campus services more than two thousand students per semester - about 14% of the Camden County College student population.
. The campus was opened on April 19, 2000 during the college presidency of Phyllis Della Vecchia and the chairmanship of Kevin Halpern of the Board of Trustees. Also important to the project were Riletta Cream, the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ liaison for education, Jeffrey Nash, Camden County freeholder director; Susan Bass Levin, mayor of Cherry Hill Township; and Linda Rohrer, William G. Rohrer Foundation trustee and 1997 Camden County College honorary degree recipient.
The Campus is composed of one two story building. When it opened only 200 students took classes in the building. that number had increased to nearly 1,800 students by the Spring 2010 semester. The purpose of the third campus, despite being smaller than the main campus in Blackwood New Jersey, is to provide students unable to attend wither of the other campuses with the chance of obtaining a completed associates degree in business administration, pre-nursing, psychology, elementary/secondary education, liberal arts and English. As such the campus has Fall, Spring and Summer semesters with morning, afternoon and evening classes.
The campus is also highlighted by its technological offerings. The campus building contains several computer labs, an E-Library for student research which allows students to access all the digital offerings of the main campus, and a digital cafe. The campus is also wifi enabled and every classroom has digital projector technology to allow professor's the most up-to-date lecture and presentation equipment. The campus also has a fully stocked campus bookstore and a student lounge.
On May 1, 2010, the College celebrated the tenth anniversary of the opening of the building. During the reception a new portrait of William Rohrer was unveiled and continues to hang in the main hall of the campus building.
Enrollment at the three campuses, as well as the online course program, have all increased over the 2000s. Between 2005 and 2010 the online course program has increased its enrollment credits by 64% from 5,965 credits to 9,773 credits. The Rohrer Campus, located in Cherry Hill New Jersey, increased its enrollment credits by 44% over the same period. The Camden City Campus increased its enrollment credits by 27% between 2005-2010.
As the college for Camden County New Jersey, the demographics of the institution broadly coincide with the demographics of the county. In Fall 2010 there were 15,493 students enrolled at the college's three campuses. 54% identified themselves as Caucasian, 22% identified themselves as African-American, 8% identified themselves as Hispanic, 6% identified themselves as Asian. 74.5% of the students lived in Camden County and 96% lived in the state of New Jersey. The average age of a student at Camden County College is 27 years old representing the importance of the institution as a trade and retraining center. 59% of the students were female, representing the general demographic trends of higher education in the United States, while 39% identified themselves as male. The College accepted and enrolled a full quarter of all the high school graduates of Camden County - with many coming into the school with college credit obtained through the High School Dual Credit Program.
Graduates from the Honors Program have transferred into Honors Programs at Rutgers-Camden
, Arizona State University
, American University
, Stockton & Drexel
as well as to Wesleyan University
.
The current Honors Program includes 13 classes (including classes in History, Political Science, Psychology, Chemistry, Art, Philosophy, Theater, Music, and English Composition and Literature) and, as of Fall 2011, 150 students. The retention rate for students within the program (students maintaining the academic standing to continue in the program) has never dipped below 90%.
The Honors program also has a partnership with Rutgers-Camden
which allows CCC students transferring to Rutgers-Camden to be automatically approved for admittance into the Rutgers-Camden Honors Program.
Starting in Fall 2011, high school students meeting the requirements of the program can enter the Honors Program in their first semester at Camden County College.
The Honors Program is run by Jennifer Hoheisel, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, who was also the college's 2010 Lindback Award winner for teaching excellence.
To accomplish this goal the Center conducts of a yearly lecture series which brings prominent academics and intellectuals to speak at Camden County College. The lecture series brings leading scholars to Camden County College in order to discuss their scholarship. These lectures are organized around a central theme, usually topical to current events (such as the Rise of China and India) or local interest events (such as the lecture series on Cleopatra and Egypt while the Franklin Institute
hosted a Cleopatra exhibit). The lecture series has hosted scholars from Yale, Rutgers, University of Pennsylvania, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University
, Bob Brier of Long Island University
, and Georgetown University
. The lecture series has also received support from partnerships with University of Pennsylvania, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and several Philadelphia based museums.
The Center also conducts a large array of "mini-course" lectures on topics ranging from the Rise of Empires to Baseball's Role in Popular Culture. This lectures and mini courses are open free-of-charge to the public and endeavor to help people to gain the knowledge and tools necessary to become informed active participants in the social and political processes of American society.
The programs of the Center also count towards professional development credit for teachers .
Part of the Center's new programs includes a lecture and workshop series concerning Autism
and Education. Begun in 2010, this program aims to bring together educators and professionals in order to better understand the needs of autistic spectrum students. The series has also had workshops for first responders, parents and other members of the public who may engage with autistic individuals without knowing it beforehand.
The 2010 Lecture Series centered on the life and times of Cleopatra and was closely linked to the Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin Institute
. "Cleopatra's World," presented with the aid of a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, was a series of six lectures conducted by preeminent scholars such as Bob Brier
of C.W. Post, Jeremy McInerney of the University of Pennsylvania, David Silverman, Stephen Phillips and Jennifer Houser Wegner of the Penn Museum, Tracy Musacchio of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Leslie Anne Warden of the West Virginia Institute of Technology. The lecture series was so popular it had to be moved to a larger venue - the 600 seat Dennis Flyer Theater. A reception/birthday party was held at the end of the lecture series to commemorate Cleopatra's 2,080th birthday.
In 2010, the recipient of the Civic Leadership Award went to former New Jersey Governor James Florio
for his attention to education, the environment and gun control.
, previously known as the Teaching Excellence Award, is the highest award given to faculty members at Camden County College. It has been granted since 1982. Thirty-five faculty members have won the award. http://www.camdencc.edu/about/awards.htm In 1998, in response to faculty members' assertions that the award reflected faculty contributions to the college's status rather than actual teaching performance, the award became known as the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. It is funded by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.
(NJCAA) in Region XIX. The college's Cougars and Lady Cougars athletic teams participate at the Division III level, which is the designation for colleges that do not offer athletic scholarships. The College is also a member of the Garden State Athletic Conference
, in which it competes against other community colleges in New Jersey. Camden County also competes against junior colleges from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Currently the college fields varsity teams for men in baseball, basketball, golf, and soccer, while the women's teams compete in basketball, soccer, and softball.
The total record of the program is 199 wins, 91 losses and 24 ties.
In 1993, two years after the program was created, the Lady Cougars finished 11-2-2 and won the Garden State Championships. In 1994 the team repeated as Garden State Champions and won the championship again in 2000. The Lady Cougars were a Region XIX Finalist for six straight years (2000 - 2006).
In 2003, the team went 12-0-1 posting the first undefeated season in school history. The team lost in the quarter finals of the National Championships. The Lady Cougars finished the season ranked 5th in the NJCAA national rankings. In 2004 the program made the Final Four tournament and finished 3rd in the National Championships. The team went 13 wins 2 losses 1 tie and finished the year ranked 3rd in the NJCAA national rankings. In 2005 the program made the Final Four tournament for the second year finishing 3rd in the National Championships. The Team finished with 10 wins, 4 losses and 3 ties and ranked 4th in the NJCAA rankings. In 2007 and 2008 the program came in second in Region XIX. In 2009 the Lady Cougars made the Region XIX playoffs and lost in the first round. In 2010 the Lady Cougars finished 4th and lost in the regional playoffs.
See Camden County College Athletics
for a list of records and player awards.
Other Important Alumnus
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located in Camden County
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...
, New Jersey
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. Camden County College has three distinct campuses located in Blackwood
Blackwood, New Jersey
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, Camden
Camden, New Jersey
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and Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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. The main campus is located in Blackwood.
As a community college, the school offers both liberal arts and technical training including a Nursing Program, a Laser Engineering Program, an Automotive Training Program. The College also has a liberal arts Honors College. It is currently the second largest school in New Jersey (by enrollment) with over 16,000 students. The College offers degree programs in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. The College also offers a theater program, several varsity teams (including highly ranked baseball and soccer teams) and a graphic/computer design program. Camden County College is also home to the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility which provides lecture series and workshops conducted by nationally recognized academic figures.
Otto R. Mauke
First President of Camden County College from 1967 until 1987. He was named President Emeritus and in 2009 the College Union was named the Otto R. Mauke Community Center. During his tenure the College grew from 500 students in 1967 to 8,000 students. He was an important part in expanding Camden County College into Camden City and extending college credit classes to pre-college students.He passed away in 2009. Currently, there are two display cases of personal-professional affects; including a poem writing by a student, two gift pen sets (the first given in 1967 with the opening of the school the second presented on his final day and set to May 8, 1987)and a diorama of his office designed by Sharon Yancey.
In 2010, Leah Mauke contributed $50,000 to start a scholarship endowment. The endowment represents the largest individual donation to Camden County College.
Robert W. Ramsay
Served as president of Camden County College from 1987-1993. During his tenure the college built a new campus in Camden city at Cooper and Broadway. He also expanded the technical facilities at the main campus located in Blackwood New Jersey. A dedicated Criminal Justice Center was built as was the Laser Institute of Technology and the Helen Fuld School of Nursing.Phyllis Della Vecchia
Served as president of the college from 1993-2006. During her presidency Camden County College built a third campus in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Camden city campus was expanded to include the Camden Technology Center. During her tenure the campus attained rankings as one of the larger community colleges in the country being in the top 100 in growth, enrollment and degrees granted.Raymond Yannuzzi
Is the current president of the college. He was hired as Vice President of Academic Affairs in 2000 and became president of the college in 2006. The New Jersey Council of County Colleges honored Dr. Yannuzzi with a 2005 Community College Spirit Award in recognition of his exemplary service to the state’s community colleges. He was cited for his leadership in developing the New Jersey Pathways Leading Apprentices to College Education Program, which connects registered apprenticeships in building/construction trades to college degree programs. Also acknowledged were his instrumental role in forming the Shipyard College Consortium of Philadelphia-area colleges, which helped bring commercial shipbuilding and other economic development activities to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. During his presidency the school has expanded its online classes and partnered with WHYY Public Television Philadelphia in order to share content. Dr. Yannuzzi has also served on the advisory councils of the Rowan University College of Education and the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission.Founding of the College
In 1962, a New Jersey State law enabled the establishment of colleges by counties. Camden County created a college board in 1964 and a voter referendum, in 1965, approved the creation of a county college. In 1966, the Freeholders of Camden County charged Harry Benn, then secretary of the Camden County College Board, and a small commission to find land capable of maintaining a college in the central part of the county. The Salvatorean Fathers, who ran Mother of the Savior Seminary, were looking to sell the land and close down the facility. Camden County College was established in 1967 on 320 acres (1.3 km²) of land which had belonged to the Mother of the Savior Seminary.Three Seminary buildings, Roosevelt, Wilson and Jefferson halls, are still in use. The Three buildings form an "U" shape with a small central courtyard. The 1969 graduation commencement took place in the courtyard of the three major buildings. Currently, a small memorial to the Mother of the Savior Seminary resides in that courtyard. In 1967, Wilson Hall served as an administrative center, library, cafeteria and activity room. Jefferson Hall served as the main Science Building. Originally, there was a pond and creek on campus which later included a series of waterfalls, lounge beaches, and pedestrian walks.
Otto R. Mauke was chosen to be the first president of the college in March 1967 and his staff moved into Washington Hall in June 1967. First Day of classes for the college was on September 25, 1967 only six months from the "founding" of the college.
Development of the College
The college began with less than a thousand students but quickly grew exponentially. By 2010, Camden County College's enrollment topped 16,000 students. In 1969, Camden County College hosted its first Commencement by graduating 172 students with associate degrees. At 2010's Commencement ceremony, the college conferred degrees on 1,790 students, the largest class in the school's history.
In 1969, CCC opened its first campus in Camden City. In 1970, the first new building, Adams Hall, was built at the Blackwood campus. 1969 also marked the beginning of the first multimillion dollar expansion project. The $9 million dollar (1969 dollars) project constructed five new buildings: Madison Hall, now Blackwood's premier - and recently overhauled - academic building, Taft Hall, the current science building, the Wolverton Learning Resource Center, which houses the college's library and student services like a testing center, tutoring center and study rooms, and the College Community Center, which was renamed in 2009 to honor the first president of the college, Otto Mauke. Plans were also made to construct two more buildings: the Papiano Gymnasium and Truman Hall, a center for career technology training. Most of the buildings were opened by 1972.
During the 1970s, the College added a Laser Institute, a Nursing School, a Dental Assistant Institute. Meanwhile, the Camden City Campus moved several times.
In 1984, the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Technology program was begun and by 1988 a massive new building was built. The CIM building contained a fully functioning factory floor as one of its classrooms. In 1989, a new 10000 square feet (929 m²) Laser Institute building was built on the Blackwood campus, as was a 4700 square feet (436.6 m²) Child care center. Also in 1989 construction began on a new, permanent, Camden City Campus location.
Freeholder Capital Investment Initiative and Strategic Plan (2010-2015)
Announced in 2005, the Freeholder initiative began a multi-year transformation of the buildings and facilities of the Blackwood campus. The capital investment, totaling US$83 million, is the largest renovation and expansion of the campus since its initial construction in the late 1960s. The capital infusion is a partnership between Camden County, The State of New Jersey and Camden County College and is funded by three bond issues in 2005, 2007, and 2008.On June 4, 2010, the Camden County College Board of Trustees approved a five year plan for the College's development. This plan will contain five broad concepts to help improve the quality of the facilities, the faculty, the staff and the student body. Much of the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan will continue to Blackwood campus transformation which began in 2005 as part of an 83 million dollar initiative to renovate the Blackwood Campus.
The renovation and the Strategic Plan highlights the construction of a new science building and the renovation of Taft Hall plus the construction of a "Ring Road" to allow better transportation, pedestrian traffic and facility access.
Other highlights of the Strategic Plan is offer more "green" technology and renewable energy technology programs, building a fully wireless internet campus at all three campus locations, make technology and presentation equipment available in every classroom, expand the Rohrer campus and facilities, continue to enhance security measures for the College community, increase student advisement and tutoring on campus, develop more "work-readiness" programs to retrain workers for future, high pay, employment, and to increase ties with both the surrounding adult community and enhance the partnership with county high schools.
Madison Connector Building
The Madison Connector Building is a new construction project begun simultaneously with the renovation of Madison Hall. The Connector is a three story breezeway-office-classroom facility linking Madison Hall with the College Community Center. It features a dramatic curved exterior. The building is 32000 square feet (2,972.9 m²) and represented the first new construction on campus since the early 1990s. Madison Connector contains a lecture theater, an amphitheater, high-tech classrooms and office spaces. Innovative “smart” technologies fill the building, providing state-of-the-art wireless and hard-wired teaching spaces and presentation capabilities. The most visually appealing part of the Madison Connector is the "Atrium" a three story open space paneled by tall glass walls on three sides making the Atrium sunlight throughout the day. As such, it has become a gathering space for students wishing to study in a more open environment. Construction was begun in 2005 and completed in Fall of 2008.The Madison Connector building houses Civic Hall and The Forum - two high-technology meeting/conference/lecture spaces which serve as the hub for the presentations given by the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility. Civic Hall is a 244 stadium seat lecture hall containing a full presentation room in the back and multiple cameras and projectors. The Forum is a 40-seat amphitheater built to be reminiscent of the both the Roman Forum and Medieval Observation Classrooms. The Forum is also outfitted with modern presentation equipment.
Demolition of Outmoded Buildings
Seven outmoded buildings including Roosevelt Hall and Wilson Hall, both of which were constructed in the 1950s and predate the College's tenure of the land, will be demolished. Also to be demolished are Washington Hall, Adams Hall and the Camden County College Optical Clinic - all of which were built in the late 1960s as part of the campus's original expansion. In 2010 Washington Hall, which had been vacant, was razed. Washington Hall was one of the original buildings of the college's founding in 1967 and had been part of the seminary which predated the college's use of the land.Construction of a New Sciences Building
The new science building is a $30 million capital project. It had its groundbreaking on October 26, 2010 and is expected to be completed in 2012. College President Raymond Yannuzzi gave the opening remarks and was followed by honored guests including several members of the Camden County Board of Freeholders and the College Board of Trustees and other Honorored guests including U.S. Representative Robert E. Andrews, D-NJ, and New Jersey State Senator Donald NorcrossDonald Norcross
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. Also attending and giving brief remarks were Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr., Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, Freeholder Ian K. Leonard, Gloucester Township Mayor David R. Mayer
David R. Mayer
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and CCC trustee chair Kevin G. Halpern.
The New Sciences Building will include:
- Three floors and 107000 square feet (9,940.6 m²) of classroom, office and lab space.
- Ten Biology Laboratories
- Six Chemistry Laboratories
- Medical Technology Laboratory
- Veterinary Technology Laboratory
- Surgical Suite for Surgical Technology Program
- Twenty seven classrooms and lecture halls
- New Headquarters for the Nursing Arts Center
- Nursing Skills Laboratory
- Demonstration kitchen and student run cafe for Hospitality and Nutrition Program
- Expansion of Dental Hygiene Clinic will allow a 25% increase in services, such as low cost dental examinations, for the community.
Other developments
- College Drive Roundabouts.
- On January 14, 2010, the college held a ribbon cutting to inaugurate the newly renovated College Drive Entrance, the main roadway entrance for the college. The new entrance is part of a county construction project on College drive. Installed was an series of roundabout traffic circles and new ramps connecting college drive to Route 42, the major highway connecting Atlantic City and Camden/Philadelphia. The new ramps entrances were opened on August 27, 2010.
- "Ring Road" Around Blackwood Campus
- Construction has begun on the first phase of the new ring road at the Blackwood Campus. This first installment extends around the southern side of the campus from Peter Cheeseman Road to Roosevelt Drive East next to the Papiano Gym. Ultimately the road will circle the “academic core” at Blackwood and greatly improve traffic circulation around the campus by permitting drivers to circumnavigate the entire campus without leaving college property.
- Taft Hall Renovation
- Preliminary work has begun on the renovation and conversion of Taft Hall into a new student services center and college administration building replacing both Wilson Hall and Roosevelt Hall. Renovation of Taft Hall will commence once the new Science Building is completed and the current staff and faculty are moved to the new facilities. The renovation is expected to take about a year.
Main Campus in Blackwood
The Main Academic Campus of Camden County College is located in Blackwood, New Jersey.Blackwood, New Jersey
Blackwood is a census-designated place located within Gloucester Township, in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 United States Census, the section population was 4,692...
It was founded in 1969 on land formerly belonging to the Mother of the Savior Seminary. The campus currently contains nearly twenty (20) academic buildings but in the midst of the 2005-2015 Freeholder building program new buildings (such as the Madison Hall Connector and a new Science Building) are being constructed while older, outmoded buildings are being demolished.
The main academic buildings include:
- Madison Hall for Liberal Arts,
- Taft Hall for the Sciences,
- The Gabriel E. Danch CIM Center for Engineering and Fabrication,
- Lincoln Hall (which contains the Dennis Flyer Theater) for the Arts,
- Jefferson Hall for Foreign Languages,
- The Laser Institute of Technology for Engineering and
- Wilson Hall for additional Liberal Arts.
- Truman Hall for Automotive, Computer Graphics and Technical Knowledge
Also located on the main campus is the Wolverton Library Complex which not only houses the main library for Camden County College but also the academic testing center, a large tutoring center and study spaces - which include both large open spaces and small offices for groups seeking privacy in their work.
Roosevelt Hall is the main administrative building on campus. It houses the Office of the President, Alumni Relations, The Camden County College Foundation, the Office of Institutional Research in addition to other administrative offices.
The Blackwood campus also contained the Camden County Police Academy within the Capt. Thomas J. McDonnell Criminal Justice Center. Members of the police academy would, Monday through Friday, conduct the flag raising and lowering ceremony on campus. The Flag Raising ceremony, which included both a United States national Flag and an MIA/POW Flag, was conducted before the beginning of classes. The Flag Lowering ceremony would take place just before the conclusion of the business day of the college. This tradition began in 1988 when the police academy was moved to Camden County College. With the move of the Police Academy to another CCC campus the raising and lowering cermeony, which included elaborate parade maneuvers by cadets and the singing of the United States National Anthem, was concluded in May 2011. The video below is the Flag Raising Ceremony at Camden County College by the Camden County Police Academy in April 2011.
Camden City Campus, Camden Technology Center
Located in Camden City at the nexus of Broadway and Cooper Street Camden County College has built two facilities. Camden County College opened a campus in Camden City in 1969 when it created an evening program for citizens who had not finished high school. In 1970 a new set of classrooms and offices was opened at Carmen Street in Camden City. In 1973, the Camden City campus expanded to a new building at 319 Cooper Street. In 1978, the Camden City campus expanded again through a move to a new facility located at Seventh and Cooper streets. This remained the location of the city campus until 1991 when the campus was moved to its current location, at the corner of Broadway and Cooper streets, and is known as College Hall.College Hall was a five story, fifty thousand sq foot building. It houses liberal arts classrooms, an art room, a science laboratory, a child care center, computer rooms, and offices for student services.
In 2004, a new building was opened across the street from College Hall is the Camden Technology Center (CTC). The CTC is a US$19.6 million, 278000 square feet (25,827 m²) facility built as part of the Camden Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act. The purpose of the facility is to create a space for the teaching and learning of technology-driven careers in health, business and technology fields. Amenities include technologically “smart” learning spaces, an “electronic village” computer lab, fully wired conference rooms, a 621-space parking garage and a University District Bookstore. The 13500 square feet (1,254.2 m²) bookstore is open to the public, includes an internet cafe, and services the book requirements of the schools in the Camden University District including Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University.
The Camden City campus services more than two thousand students per semester - about 14% of the Camden County College student population.
William G. Rohrer Campus in Cherry Hill
The Rohrer Campus is Camden County College's third campus location. It is located at the corner of Route 70 and Springdale Road in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on an 11 acres (44,515.5 m²) site. In 1997 the Rohrer Charitable Foundation awarded a million dollar grant to the college. Mr. Rohrer had been a college trustee for nine years and was the longtime Mayor of Haddon Township, New JerseyHaddon Township, New Jersey
Haddon Township is a Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 14,707....
. The campus was opened on April 19, 2000 during the college presidency of Phyllis Della Vecchia and the chairmanship of Kevin Halpern of the Board of Trustees. Also important to the project were Riletta Cream, the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ liaison for education, Jeffrey Nash, Camden County freeholder director; Susan Bass Levin, mayor of Cherry Hill Township; and Linda Rohrer, William G. Rohrer Foundation trustee and 1997 Camden County College honorary degree recipient.
The Campus is composed of one two story building. When it opened only 200 students took classes in the building. that number had increased to nearly 1,800 students by the Spring 2010 semester. The purpose of the third campus, despite being smaller than the main campus in Blackwood New Jersey, is to provide students unable to attend wither of the other campuses with the chance of obtaining a completed associates degree in business administration, pre-nursing, psychology, elementary/secondary education, liberal arts and English. As such the campus has Fall, Spring and Summer semesters with morning, afternoon and evening classes.
The campus is also highlighted by its technological offerings. The campus building contains several computer labs, an E-Library for student research which allows students to access all the digital offerings of the main campus, and a digital cafe. The campus is also wifi enabled and every classroom has digital projector technology to allow professor's the most up-to-date lecture and presentation equipment. The campus also has a fully stocked campus bookstore and a student lounge.
On May 1, 2010, the College celebrated the tenth anniversary of the opening of the building. During the reception a new portrait of William Rohrer was unveiled and continues to hang in the main hall of the campus building.
- [The Honorable Riletta Cream was honored during the 2011 Graduation Commencement Ceremony with an Honorary Degree from Camden County College. The Honorary Degree was given in recognition to her service as a member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and for her service to both Camden County College and Camden County and City Education. An elementary school in Camden, New Jersey is named for her.]
Enrollment and Demographics
Camden County College, with its three campuses, is one of the largest public colleges in New Jersey. When the college started, in September 1967, there were 464 students. In the Fall of 2010, the college enrolled 15,493 students; an increase of over 3,200% in the college's forty-three years of existence. The College jumped from 464 to 2,114 students in its second year (1968). In September of 1989, enrollment topped 10,000 students for the first time and enrolled more than 15,000 for the first time in 1992. In total, Camden County College has served the educational needs of over 326,000 students in the forty three years of its existence.Enrollment at the three campuses, as well as the online course program, have all increased over the 2000s. Between 2005 and 2010 the online course program has increased its enrollment credits by 64% from 5,965 credits to 9,773 credits. The Rohrer Campus, located in Cherry Hill New Jersey, increased its enrollment credits by 44% over the same period. The Camden City Campus increased its enrollment credits by 27% between 2005-2010.
As the college for Camden County New Jersey, the demographics of the institution broadly coincide with the demographics of the county. In Fall 2010 there were 15,493 students enrolled at the college's three campuses. 54% identified themselves as Caucasian, 22% identified themselves as African-American, 8% identified themselves as Hispanic, 6% identified themselves as Asian. 74.5% of the students lived in Camden County and 96% lived in the state of New Jersey. The average age of a student at Camden County College is 27 years old representing the importance of the institution as a trade and retraining center. 59% of the students were female, representing the general demographic trends of higher education in the United States, while 39% identified themselves as male. The College accepted and enrolled a full quarter of all the high school graduates of Camden County - with many coming into the school with college credit obtained through the High School Dual Credit Program.
Honors Program at Camden County
The Honors Program was inaugurated in the Fall 2008 semester. The purpose of the Honors Program is to create an academically rigorous yet supportive community. Students must maintain a 3.5 gpa to remain in the program. Classes within the Honors Program are smaller -usually capped at 20 students rather than the usual 40 - and are writing intensive. Honors classes require six written assignments to be completed per class per semester. Members of the program are also required to participate in three campus based cultural or service events and will have special social, academic and scholarship opportunities available to them during the school year. Students who graduate as a member of the Honors Program receive a special designation in the Commencement Brochure.Graduates from the Honors Program have transferred into Honors Programs at Rutgers-Camden
Rutgers-Camden
Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, USA , is a state-funded, coeducational, public, research university. Founded in the 1920s, Rutgers–Camden began as an amalgam of the South Jersey Law School and the College of South Jersey. It is the southernmost of the three regional campuses of Rutgers,...
, Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
, Stockton & Drexel
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...
as well as to Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
.
The current Honors Program includes 13 classes (including classes in History, Political Science, Psychology, Chemistry, Art, Philosophy, Theater, Music, and English Composition and Literature) and, as of Fall 2011, 150 students. The retention rate for students within the program (students maintaining the academic standing to continue in the program) has never dipped below 90%.
The Honors program also has a partnership with Rutgers-Camden
Rutgers-Camden
Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, USA , is a state-funded, coeducational, public, research university. Founded in the 1920s, Rutgers–Camden began as an amalgam of the South Jersey Law School and the College of South Jersey. It is the southernmost of the three regional campuses of Rutgers,...
which allows CCC students transferring to Rutgers-Camden to be automatically approved for admittance into the Rutgers-Camden Honors Program.
Starting in Fall 2011, high school students meeting the requirements of the program can enter the Honors Program in their first semester at Camden County College.
The Honors Program is run by Jennifer Hoheisel, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, who was also the college's 2010 Lindback Award winner for teaching excellence.
Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility
The Center For Civic Leadership and Responsibility, directed by Professor John Pesda, is part of Camden County College's outreach to the local community. It goal is to "create an informed citizenry with a heightened sense of civic responsibility..." The mission of the center is to create an informed citizenry with a heightened sense of civic engagement and responsibility through exposure to the arts and humanities, the social and natural sciences as well as the critical issues in a democratic society.To accomplish this goal the Center conducts of a yearly lecture series which brings prominent academics and intellectuals to speak at Camden County College. The lecture series brings leading scholars to Camden County College in order to discuss their scholarship. These lectures are organized around a central theme, usually topical to current events (such as the Rise of China and India) or local interest events (such as the lecture series on Cleopatra and Egypt while the Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States, dating to 1824. The Institute also houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.-History:On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughn Merrick and...
hosted a Cleopatra exhibit). The lecture series has hosted scholars from Yale, Rutgers, University of Pennsylvania, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, Bob Brier of Long Island University
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...
, and Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. The lecture series has also received support from partnerships with University of Pennsylvania, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and several Philadelphia based museums.
The Center also conducts a large array of "mini-course" lectures on topics ranging from the Rise of Empires to Baseball's Role in Popular Culture. This lectures and mini courses are open free-of-charge to the public and endeavor to help people to gain the knowledge and tools necessary to become informed active participants in the social and political processes of American society.
The programs of the Center also count towards professional development credit for teachers .
Part of the Center's new programs includes a lecture and workshop series concerning Autism
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
and Education. Begun in 2010, this program aims to bring together educators and professionals in order to better understand the needs of autistic spectrum students. The series has also had workshops for first responders, parents and other members of the public who may engage with autistic individuals without knowing it beforehand.
- A Sample of the Yearly lecture Series have been the following:
- Sex and Society in America: (2011)
- Cleopatra's World (2010) in connection with Franklin Institute's Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt
- The Crucial Presidential Election of 2008
- Iraq and the Crisis in the Middle East
- Russia and the Soviet Union (2006)
- America's Greatest War: World War II (2005)
- The Glory of Greece: Included a lecture by Jeremy McInerney of University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
- Origins of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia
- Jack the Ripper and The Woman Questions in Late 19th Century England
The 2010 Lecture Series centered on the life and times of Cleopatra and was closely linked to the Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States, dating to 1824. The Institute also houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.-History:On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughn Merrick and...
. "Cleopatra's World," presented with the aid of a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, was a series of six lectures conducted by preeminent scholars such as Bob Brier
Bob Brier
Robert Brier , also known as Mr. Mummy, is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology. A Senior Research Fellow at the C.W...
of C.W. Post, Jeremy McInerney of the University of Pennsylvania, David Silverman, Stephen Phillips and Jennifer Houser Wegner of the Penn Museum, Tracy Musacchio of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Leslie Anne Warden of the West Virginia Institute of Technology. The lecture series was so popular it had to be moved to a larger venue - the 600 seat Dennis Flyer Theater. A reception/birthday party was held at the end of the lecture series to commemorate Cleopatra's 2,080th birthday.
In 2010, the recipient of the Civic Leadership Award went to former New Jersey Governor James Florio
James Florio
James Joseph "Jim" Florio is a Democratic politician who served as the 49th Governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994, the first Italian American to hold the position...
for his attention to education, the environment and gun control.
Honors Societies on Campus
Camden County College currently hosts a number of international, national and state honors societies.- Kappa Delta PiKappa Delta PiKappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering the field of education. Kappa Delta Pi claims over 600 chapters across North America and...
- Kappa Delta Pi is a national honor society for education majors. Camden County College was the first community college in the United States to have a KDP chapter. To be a member a student must maintain a 3.0 gpa. Recent service events include a Literacy Alive program with elementary age students, lunch with Santa for underprivileged children, dinner with families at the Ronald McDonald House in Camden and other child-focused projects. Active members receive educational publications, scholarship opportunities, beginning teacher resources and information about networking and conferences. Graduating members wear purple and teal cords.
- Mu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
- is a national math honor society. Members are expected to maintain a 3.5 gpa in college math classes. You do not need to be a math major to join the society. Every May there is an induction ceremony in association with the recognition of AMATYC Student Math League competitors. Graduating members wear one blue cord and one gold cord during commencement.
- New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association Honor Society
- is a state honor society recognizing achievement in the field of Business. Only the top 1% of students in the State of New Jersey are invited to join. A state wide induction ceremony is held in Trenton, New JerseyTrenton, New JerseyTrenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...
in May. At graduation, members of the society wear pins presented at the induction ceremony.
- Phi Theta KappaPhi Theta KappaPhi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK , is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. It also includes Associate's degree-granting programs offered by four-year colleges...
- is an international honor society for two year colleges. Members must maintain a 3.5 gpa. At commencement members of Phi Theta Kappa wear gold stoles marked with the greek letters for the society. The CCC chapter is the Dr. Charles Roy Chapter.
- Psi Beta is the national honor society in Psychology for community colleges. The society promotes excellence in scholarship, leadership, research, and community service. The Chapter at Camden County College was chartered on 22 November 1993. Members of the honor society wear the http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.psibetastore.org/files/CPB00000/039.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.psibetastore.org/(S(4deaaz552qwkcxj10cq15h45))/default.aspx/act/Catalog.aspx/catalogid/39/category/Graduation%2BMerchandise/browse//MenuGroup/Home/desc/Medallion%2Band%2BRibbon.htm&usg=__rf7ZQoJWmFothqsq_vw7mGOOoOk=&h=625&w=300&sz=31&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=iL2SnFTypHzrrM:&tbnh=151&tbnw=69&ei=Atb7TbOXHqTf0QHS7djZAw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpsi%2Bbeta%2Bmedallion%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D943%26bih%3D787%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=417&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=44&ty=93&biw=943&bih=787society medallion] at graduation commencement. Those graduating with a 3.5 or higher gpa also wear the gold stole with the society emblem.
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- Alpha Mu GammaAlpha Mu GammaAlpha Mu Gamma is a national collegiate foreign language honor society founded at Los Angeles City College in 1931. More than three hundred charters have been granted to chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands...
- is an honor society honoring achievement in the foreign languages. Student members graduating from CCC wear the gold honor cord of the society.
- is an honor society regarding achievement in Dietetics. Members wear a gold and maroon honor cords during commencement. Members also wear a pin given during the induction ceremony before graduation.
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
The Lindback AwardLindback Award
The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award is given out by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.-History:Christian Lindback was President and owner of Abbotts Dairies. He was also a Trustee of Bucknell University...
, previously known as the Teaching Excellence Award, is the highest award given to faculty members at Camden County College. It has been granted since 1982. Thirty-five faculty members have won the award. http://www.camdencc.edu/about/awards.htm In 1998, in response to faculty members' assertions that the award reflected faculty contributions to the college's status rather than actual teaching performance, the award became known as the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. It is funded by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.
| Camden County Teaching Award Recipients | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient | Department |
| 1982 | Philip Winkie | Biology |
| 1983 | Anthony Spatola | English |
| 1984 | Kathryn Zimmerman | Behavioral Sciences |
| 1985 | Edith Goodman | Math |
| 1986 | Joseph Haro | Business Administration |
| 1987 | John deFrancesco | Foreign Languages |
| 1988 | Betty Joynes, Gwendolyn Weiant | Dietetic Technician, Secretarial Sciences |
| 1989 | Judith Rowlands, Barbara Brooks | Speech & Theater, Math |
| 1990 | Richard Carney | Computer Science |
| 1991 | John Pesda | History |
| 1992 | Raman Kolluri | Physics |
| 1993 | Bonita Primas | Human Services |
| 1994 | Charles Miller, Odum Burney | Math, Engineering |
| 1995 | Cheryl Copeland, Sebastian Vasta | English, English |
| 1996 | Barbara Daniels | English |
| 1997 | Barbara Jane Sparks | Academic Skills Math |
| 1998 | Ellen Freedman | Academic Skills Math |
| 1999 | Paul Harris | Economics |
| 2000 | Adrienne Coons | Nursing |
| 2001 | Claire Berger | English |
| 2002 | Kelly Jackson | Academic Skills Math |
| 2003 | Catherine Boos | Dental Program |
| 2004 | Dorothy Brown, Hoda Zaki | Academic Skills Math, English as a Second Language |
| 2005 | Robert Lorenzi | English |
| 2006 | William Wilhelm | Business Administration |
| 2007 | Faustino Gonzalez | Math |
| 2008 | Dianne Falvo, Carla Monticelli | Interpreter Education, Math |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Bass | Academic Skills Reading |
| 2010 | Jennifer Hoheisel | Philosophy |
| 2011 | Lawrence Chatman Jr., William Taylor | Engineering Technology, Computer Science |
Grants awarded
In Financial Year 2010, Camden County College faculty and staff won 25 grants totaling $4,432,114. During FY 2011, Camden County College has won 11 grants totally $3,533,376.Athletics
Camden County College is a member of the National Junior College Athletic AssociationNational Junior College Athletic Association
The National Junior College Athletic Association , founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States. It is held as Divisions and Regions. The current NJCAA holds 24 separate regions.-History:The idea for the NJCAA was...
(NJCAA) in Region XIX. The college's Cougars and Lady Cougars athletic teams participate at the Division III level, which is the designation for colleges that do not offer athletic scholarships. The College is also a member of the Garden State Athletic Conference
Garden State Athletic Conference
The Garden State Athletic Conference is a junior college conference for many technical and community colleges in Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only conference in Region XIX of the National Junior College Athletic Association...
, in which it competes against other community colleges in New Jersey. Camden County also competes against junior colleges from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Currently the college fields varsity teams for men in baseball, basketball, golf, and soccer, while the women's teams compete in basketball, soccer, and softball.
All American athletes
| Player | Year | Sport | Level/Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Del Ciotto | 1983 | Baseball | Honorable Mention, Outfield |
| Dave Miller | 1986 | Baseball | First Team, Pitcher |
| Blaise Kozeniewski | 1990 | Baseball | Second Team, Infield |
| Joe Cruz | 1997 | Baseball | First Team, Infield |
| Jared Moffett | 1997 | Baseball | Third Team, Designated Hitter |
| Patti Murphy | 1988 | Softball | Second Team, Infield |
| Jill Faralli | 1995 | Softball | Honorable Mention, Outfield |
| Jeanine DaCierno | 2001 | Softball | First Team |
| Amanda Ellis | 2001 | Softball | Second Team |
| Kyrstal McErlain | 2001 | Softball | Third Team |
| George Hobbins | 1974 | Men Soccer | First Team, Goalie |
| Roger Johnson | 1974 | Men Soccer | Second Team |
| Gene Knorr | 1974 | Men Soccer | Honorable Mention |
| Jim Elliot | 1975 | Men Soccer | Second Team |
| Bob Klineburger | 1976 | Men Soccer | Second Team |
| Frank Duddy | 1978 | Men Soccer | Second Team |
| Johan Sandlof | 1987 | Men Soccer | Honorable Mention |
| Mike Chapman | 1972 | Track and Field | National Champion, Javelin |
| Gene Barber | 1971 | Wrestling | Second Place, 167lb Class |
| Karissa McMorris | 1999 | Women Basketball | First Team |
| Ashley Baker | 2007 | Women Basketball | First Team |
| Ashley Baker | 2008 | Women Basketball | First Team |
| Beatty Barnes | 1970 | Men Basketball | Honorable Mention |
| Curtis Barnes | 1979 | Men Basketball | Honorable Mention |
| Dave Wynn | 1982 | Men Basketball | Third Team |
| Tyrone Cunningham | 1985 | Men Basketball | Honorable Mention |
| Kurtis Carter | 1990 | Men Basketball | Honorable Mention |
| Robert Sargeant | 2000 | Men Basketball | Honorable Mention |
| Debbie Martinelli | 1993 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Gina Napoli | 1993 | Women Soccer | Second Team |
| Jaime Clark | 1994 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Jaime Clark | 1995 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Alexandria Marinucci | 2000 | Women Soccer | Honorable Mention |
| Samantha Becker | 2003 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Brittney Mancine | 2004 | Women Soccer | Second Team |
| Michele Redman | 2004 | Women Soccer | Second Team |
| Samantha Becker | 2005 | Women Soccer | Second Team |
| Julia Weisel | 2007 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Kylie Magitz | 2008 | Women Soccer | Second Team |
| Janine Mullen | 2009 | Women Soccer | First Team |
| Danielle Magazzu | 2009 | Women Soccer | First Team |
Women's soccer
The Lady Cougar soccer team is one of the most successful programs on the college. The program has made the playoffs seventeen of its nineteen years and for fourteen straight years (1997 - 2010). It has had a winning record for fifteen seasons and has won four Garden State Championships and two District B championships. The program has been ranked as one of the top 10 programs in the country by the NJCAA four times. The current coach is John Gallagher.The total record of the program is 199 wins, 91 losses and 24 ties.
In 1993, two years after the program was created, the Lady Cougars finished 11-2-2 and won the Garden State Championships. In 1994 the team repeated as Garden State Champions and won the championship again in 2000. The Lady Cougars were a Region XIX Finalist for six straight years (2000 - 2006).
In 2003, the team went 12-0-1 posting the first undefeated season in school history. The team lost in the quarter finals of the National Championships. The Lady Cougars finished the season ranked 5th in the NJCAA national rankings. In 2004 the program made the Final Four tournament and finished 3rd in the National Championships. The team went 13 wins 2 losses 1 tie and finished the year ranked 3rd in the NJCAA national rankings. In 2005 the program made the Final Four tournament for the second year finishing 3rd in the National Championships. The Team finished with 10 wins, 4 losses and 3 ties and ranked 4th in the NJCAA rankings. In 2007 and 2008 the program came in second in Region XIX. In 2009 the Lady Cougars made the Region XIX playoffs and lost in the first round. In 2010 the Lady Cougars finished 4th and lost in the regional playoffs.
See Camden County College Athletics
Camden County College Athletics
Camden County College is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association in Region XIX in the United States. The college participates at the highly competitive Division III level which is the designation for colleges that do not offer athletic scholarships. The college is a member of...
for a list of records and player awards.
Notable alumni
Outstanding Alumnus Award- 1983, Dr. Orieda Chu Pund, Class of 1975.
- Dr. Pund received the first Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1983. Following her graduation from Camden County College, she received degrees from Rutgers University, Villanova University, and the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a professor and received the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students.
- 2008, Eugene J. “Gene” Toni, Class of 1973.
- Eugene Toni, of Alexandria, Va. was the first person to seek admission when Camden County College was founded in 1967. He left the college during his third semester to serve in Vietnam and returned to CCC to complete his degree. He was wounded in combat. He earned his associate’s degree from CCC, and completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
- 2009, J. Mark Powell, Class of 1973.
- Mr. Powell, of Madison, Wis., joined the Peace Corps following graduation from CCC. Along with his associate’s degree from CCC, Powell holds a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and a master’s degree from Cornell University. He earned his doctorate from Texas A&M University. An international expert in agronomy, Powell now holds a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is a soil scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center.
- 2010, Trymaine Lee, Class of 2001.
- Trymaine Lee was hired by the Times Picayune New Orleans as a staff writer. He, with his colleagues at the Times Picayune, received two Pulitzer prizes, in the breaking news and public service categories, for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He also received an Emerging Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists in 2006. Mr. Lee is currently a senior reporter with the Huffington Post. Prior to joining the Huffington Post in March 2011, he was a reporter with the New York Times.
- 2011, Robert A. Emmons, Jr., Class of 1996.
- Robert A Emmons Jr. completed an associate's degree at Camden County College in 1996. He earned a Masters from Rutgets-Camden, a doctorate from Drew UniversityDrew UniversityDrew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...
. Currently, he is a professor of media studies at Rutgers-Camden and the associate director of the Honors College there. He instructed film-making at the Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia and served as an academic director of the Art Institute of PhiladelphiaArt Institute of PhiladelphiaThe Art Institute of Philadelphia is a private, for-profit school of art. It is primarily located at 1622 Chestnut Street; however, it also utilizes several more buildings throughout the Center City district of Philadelphia...
. - Dr. Emmons has also served as director of several film festivals including the Philadelphia Video Festival. He is also a member of the International Documentary Association and won an award from the Garden State Film FestivalGarden State Film FestivalThe Garden State Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Asbury Park, New Jersey which showcases over 100 films annually over three days in March or April....
and the nation of Mexico.
Other Important Alumnus
- Kenneth LeFevreKenneth LeFevreKenneth C. LeFevre is an American Republican Party politician. He served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1996 to 2000, where he represented the 2nd Legislative District.-Early career:...
, member of the New Jersey General AssemblyNew Jersey General AssemblyThe New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...
from 1996 to 2002.
- Robert Pots, Batting Practice pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1977, Mr. Pots was on the Camden County College baseball team which went to the Junior League World Series. He is coach of an AFC baseball team in Cherry Hill, New JerseyCherry Hill, New JerseyCherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...
. He is currently the Postmaster of Mount Laurel, New Jersey.