President's Office Photo Gallery: 2007

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President Mora with Governor Jon S. Corzine at NJ Transfer Signing Ceremony

On September 13, 2007 Governor Corzine signed into law legislation that will ease the transfer process for NJ community college graduates that pursue baccaulareate degrees at public four year institutions within the state. Learn more about this legislation by clicking here.

President Mora with NJEA attendees and co-panelists at the 2007 NJEA Convention

NJEA Convention

On November 8, President Mora joined fellow educators from across the state as a panelist at the annual NJEA Convention in Atlantic City. Left to right: Barbara Prilka, Saddle Brook; Dr. Pete Mora, ACCC; Anne Christiansen, Hamilton Twp.; Jaclyn Wallace, Camden County College; Kim Rogers-McLean, NJ Dept. of Human Services; Robert Bowman, NJ Workforce Consortium; Carol McCormick, Camden County College

President Mora presented at the Garden State Employment and Training Association as well as the NJ Association of Counties annual conferences recently.

Dr. Pete Mora presented alongside Jane Oates, Exec. Dir. of the NJ Commission of Higher Education and DOL Commissioner David Socolow on the community college's role in workforce development.

ACCC students Carole and Rachel Dieterly recognized for Phi Theta Kappa Achievements

Dieterly

Board Chairman Robert Boyer and Dr. Pete Mora presented Carole and Rachel Dieterly with special honors in recognition of their achievement as members of the All USA Academic Team. Ken and Diane Dieterly accompanied their daughters at the May Board meeting.

ACCC Trustee, Mr. David Evans, was recently recognized by the County of Atlantic at its Veterans Service Awards Ceremony.

Mr. David Evans, ACCC trustee, served in the US Navy from 1965-1969. He presently works as a teacher in the Galloway Twonship district and is an active member of the Vietnam Veterans Association of the American Legion in Galloway Township.

ACCC and its partners celebrate the Grand Opening of the Institute for Service Excellence at the Hamilton Mall, Mays Landing.

ISE

Atlantic City Hotel and Lodging Association awards scholarships to ACCC students at its annual Scholarship Luncheon

ACHLA

For more information on the ACHLA, visit Atlantic City Hotel & Lodging Association

Student Group Shares Successes with Board

Male Retention program

Members of the Black and Latino Male Retention program, Howard Tibbs, Jamal Crouch, Todd Scott, Hakeem Torian and Michael Smith, who attended the March Board of Trustees meeting with Paula Davis, director of counseling and support services, told the board how the program had affected their lives. For more information on the program, visit Student Leadership Programs - ACCC.

Board Honors State Senator Gormley

Evans and Gormley

N.J. State Senator William Gormley, who retired in February 2007, was on hand at the March meeting of the ACCC Board of Trustees. Gormley was presented with a framed resolution honoring him for serving as a distinguished governmental leader for more than 32 years and thanking him for his “significant and longstanding commitment as an advocate for the mission of Atlantic Cape Community College.”

Cape May County Campus Receives Lighting Award

CMCC Lighting Award

L to R: South Jersey Astronomy Club President Ray Maher, Dr. Joseph Rossi, Ms. Terry Sampson, Mr. Mark Streckenbein, SJAC member Bill Warfield

The SJAC presented ACCC's Cape May County Campus with the Good Neighbor Award for Lighting. CMCC's external light design successfully reduces light pollution and curbs ambient light.

ACCC Hosts Award Reception for Jersey Shore Council of the Boy Scouts of America

BSA Award Reception

L to R: Dr. Pete Mora; Galloway Mayor Thomas Bassford; Explorer Post 276 Leader Rich Huenke; Young American Award recipient Michael O’Hagan; Howard Kyle; Chief John Mooney; Gus Harmon

Academy of Culinary Arts Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

Above, President Mora was presented with a commemorative gift for the Academy of Culinary Arts 25th Anniversary. The Marzipan-based centerpiece was created by ACA student Louis Savieri as part of his Centerpiece Artistry class taught by Chef Educator Ann Marie Chelius. For more information on the Academy of Culinary Arts 25th Anniversary, visit the ACA web page.

New Gymnasium Floor kicks off Basketball Season

Buccaneers

A generous private donation provided the ACCC community with a new gymnasium floor. Pictured above, President Mora and the Men's Basketball team, the Buccaneers, with Coach Tom Borucki. For the ACCC athletics schedule, visit Athletics - ACCC.

ACCC Second Annual Board Retreat

Board Retreat 07

Board Chairman Robert Boyer hosted ACCC's second annual Board Retreat in February 2007. Pictured above are members of the ACCC Board of Trusteesand retreat panelists, Front L to R: Lynn Baumgardner, Robert Boyer, Andre Melchiorre, Dr. Liz Dworsky; Rear L to R: Dr. Pete Mora, Dave Evans, Maria Ivette Torres, Eric Reynolds, Helen Walsh, Ed Graham, Brian G. Lefke, James Perry, Dr. Larry Nespoli. For more information on the Board retreat, visit the ACCC Board of Trustees Web page.

ACCC Receives Equity Award

ACCT Equity

Photo by Keith Weller, ACCT Photgrapher

Atlantic Cape Community College received the Northeast Region Charles Kennedy Equity Award for actions it took to enhance and expand opportunities for minorities and women at the school. ACCC President Mora and trustee Brian Lefke accepted the award at the Association of Community College Trustees Annual Leadership Congress in Orlando.