Special points of interest:

No Increases in Tuition or Fees

for 2013-14 Academic Year

Sergeant Tracy Stuart Named

Officer of the Year

Dr. Susan Davenport Named Vice

Provost for E-Learning

Athletics to Sport New Look

2 Professors Teaching in South

Korea

College Joins National Cyber-

Watch Consortium

External Affairs Launches New

Customer Satisfaction Survey

Volume 2, Issue 45

July 11, 2013

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

Sergeant Tracy Stuart Named Officer of the Year

Sgt. Tracy Stuart of Stockton Police Department was named Officer of the Year at

the Board of Trustees meeting July 10.

Sgt. Stuart, Stockton’s first K-9 officer, and her partner, Hemi, graduated from the

New Jersey State Police Explosives K-9 Scent School in 2011 after becoming a team

earlier that year. Officer Stuart and K9 Hemi have served on the Office of Homeland

Security’s Regional Task Force, NJ Detect and Render Safe, since graduating from

scent school.

Sgt. Stuart began her career with The Richard Stockton College Police Department

in September 2007.

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No Increases in Tuition or Fees for 2013-14 Academic Year

Stockton’s Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to approve the operating and capital

budget for fiscal year 2014 with no increases in tuition or fees, a first in the college’s histo-

ry.

“Stockton is mindful of the issues our students and their parents face in paying for col-

lege,” said President Herman Saatkamp, “and we are determined to keep their costs down

while maintaining the quality of a Stockton education.”

“Through economies such as our energy-savings and other sustainability programs,

Stockton will manage its resources to benefit students, parents and taxpayers,” President

Saatkamp said.

The budget passed by the State of New Jersey includes level funding for state colleges

and universities.

Other costs, such as salary increases negotiated by the state, are rising and we need to

absorb these, noted Charles Ingram, vice president of Administration and Finance for the

college. There will be no cuts in jobs or services, the college said.

Undergraduate tuition for a full-time student from New Jersey is $3,974.09 per semes-

ter, the same as last year’s. Fees for all undergraduate students also remain unchanged for

the coming year, at $2,186.94 per semester.

Tuition and fees for master’s and doctoral courses also will remain the same. Room and

board, passed at the May 8 board meeting, increased an average of 2 percent, depending

on the housing and meal plans chosen.

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Dr. Susan Davenport Named Vice Provost for E-Learning

Dr. Susan Davenport, former associate provost of Graduate Programs and dean of

the Heavin School of Arts and Sciences at Thomas Edison State College, has joined

Stockton as vice provost for E-Learning.

The college’s first vice provost’s responsibilities include working with the faculty

and deans to develop and support online offerings and integrate technology into

teaching and learning.

“The vice provost for E-Learning’s primary responsibility is to provide vision and

support for developing alternative pedagogical styles at the college,” said Dr. Harvey

Kesselman, provost and executive vice president of the college.

“We needed someone experienced in these arenas to jump-start the process –

she’s been a leader in this in New Jersey,” Dr. Kesselman added.

Vice Provost Davenport will also have responsibilities for curriculum redesign and assessment, duties she performed as

dean at Thomas Edison State College’s 9000-student Heavin School of Arts and Sciences. At Thomas Edison, she oversaw

the first completely online Master of Arts in Educational Leadership degree program to be accredited by the Teacher Educa-

tion Accreditation Council (TEAC.)

“I am very excited to join with the Stockton community to grow E-Learning as a complement to existing high quality

degree-earning and non-credit options,” Dr. Davenport said. “By increasing online and hybrid courses and programs as

well as other alternate delivery methods that are designed to engage students and faculty and further build community, we

can provide access to educational opportunities for students not served by existing options.”

Dr. Davenport noted that she has begun to meet and work with the deans of the Schools to further identify graduate

programs for the adult population that would benefit from online learning, expanding the college’s current online offerings

in Physical Therapy and Nursing to include Education, Business and more.

Dr. Davenport holds a doctorate in Educational Studies with an emphasis in Educational Leadership and Higher Educa-

tion from the University of Nebraska. She holds a Master’s of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, and

a B.A. in Psychobiology with an Anthropology minor from Drew University.

Dr. Davenport is also a graduate of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Becoming a Provost

Academy.

Dr. Susan Davenport

Officer Stuart was instrumental in organizing and advising the Stockton

Neighborhood Watch, which has increased in size annually with her leader-

ship. Her proactive and community-oriented approach to police work were cited

as factors that led to her becoming the department’s first K-9 Officer.

Officer Stuart is also a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) instructor and provides

training to the campus community each semester.

Sgt. Stuart and K-9 Hemi have maintained a vigorous training schedule to main-

tain the level of excellence expected from a K-9 Team. She was able to advance K-

9 Hemi’s training resume by obtaining a dual certification as an explosives and

tracking K9.

Officer Stuart’s many accomplishments and contributions have recently earned

her the position of Sergeant of Student Services Administration.

“Sgt. Stuart exemplifies the professional law enforcement officer that The Rich-

ard Stockton College Police Department and The Richard Stockton College Community are honored to acknowledge as Officer of

the Year,” said Lieut. Cynthia Parker, who is serving an interim police chief and who presented the award to Stuart, along with

President Herman Saatkamp.

Stuart Named Officer of the Year Continued

Sgt. Tracy Stuart, center, receives the Officer of the

Year Award from Lieut. Cynthia Parker, left, interim

chief of the Police Department, and President Her-

man Saatkamp.

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Athletics to Sport a New Look, New Uniforms Forthcoming

The Stockton Ospreys will sport a new look this

season. A new Athletics visual identity debuted via

the Athletics website, Facebook page and Twitter

feed July 10.

“We appreciate all of the work that has gone

into our new identity and are thrilled with the re-

sults,” said Athletic Director Lonnie Folks.

“The design is modern, bold and shows action.

It’s just how we wanted it,” he added.

“The design is more than a logo, it’s a whole

package. It’s the Athletics identity,” added Christo-

pher Rollman, sports information director.

Starting now, the college will begin phasing in

the new logos as uniforms and practice apparel are replaced every three years on a rotating basis. Starting with women’s row-

ing, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s lacrosse and cheerleading, uniforms will have the new Athletics

logo. Eventually banners on the Sports Center walls will also include the new logo.

Gary Schenck, a professional

services specialist in Graphics, de-

signed the Stockton S and the new

Athletics identity. He graduated

from Stockton with a bachelor of

arts in Graphic Design in 1996 and

has worked in the college’s

Graphics department since 2005.

“The Stockton S was a launch

pad for the design of the new Ath-

letics logo, but we also wanted to

pay homage to the old logo. The

Osprey head was essential. The

new design marries the two [logos]

together,” explained Schenck.

“The alignment of the new

Stockton S and athletics identity is

a distinctive transformation aimed

at increasing awareness and brand

equity for Stockton athletics and

the institution,” said Geoffrey Petti-

fer, director of Marketing Commu-

nications.

Stockton Production Services produced a video for the Athletics YouTube channel and the gallery televisions throughout

the campus to show off the new design.

Gary Schenck, who designed the Stockton S and the new Athletics logo, poses next to the Stockton S that

was stenciled onto the lawn in front of the Sports Center for Commencement.

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The Office of External Affairs has developed a new customer service satisfaction survey to be distributed via e-mail to a

randomized list of clients after projects have been completed. The new forms will be used to help External Affairs monitor

and evaluate the efficiency and overall satisfaction of projects and services completed.

Satisfaction with a service’s time of delivery and creativity, and the External Affairs staff’s ability to communicate with

and provide assistance to clients are all addressed in the new survey.

“The new Customer Service Satisfaction Survey will help us gauge if our clients are getting not only the services they

need, but in a timely and professional manner,” said Geoffrey Pettifer, director of Marketing Communication. “The goal of

External Affairs is to provide outstanding service to all of our of clients.”

The new surveys were designed in conjunction with the new Service Request Forms launched last month.

External Affairs Launches Customer Service Satisfaction Survey

2 Professors Teaching at Jeju National University in South Korea

Dr. Joseph Lema, associate professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management Stud-

ies in the School of Business, and Dr. Jung Lee, associate professor of Instructional

Technology in the School of Education, are teaching classes this summer at Jeju Na-

tional University in South Korea.

Dr. Lee had previously taught there last summer, as part of Stockton’s agreement

to foster academic and cultural exchange with the South Korean university.

The faculty members are also supervising four Stockton students whose essays

won them the June 23-July 17 exchange trip, paid for by Jeju National University. Kiyle Osgood and Mela-

nie Wallace are Business students, while Grachelle Gernalin is in the Hospitality program and Tarek Gad is studying Econom-

ics with a minor in International Studies, said India Karavackas, director of the college’s Office of International Services.

Dr. Jung Lee

Dr. Joseph Lema

College Joins National CyberWatch Consortium

Dr. Aakash Taneja, associate professor of Computer Science and Information Systems, announced on

Thursday, June 27 that the college has joined the National CyberWatch Consortium. The consortium is

an association of higher education institutions, businesses and government agencies whose mission is

to improve the quality and quantity of the information assurance workforce, according to Dr. Taneja.

CyberWatch members collaborate to share best practices, methodologies, curricula, course modules

and materials, and provide faculty training and support to institutions that want to develop an IA curric-

ulum, Dr. Taneja said. Dr. Aakash Taneja