On March 22, 2012 Stockton held its 12th Annual Day of Scholarship. This day is dedicated to the presentations of both students and faculty alike. To begin the day, the Provost’s Welcome by Harvey Kesselman was held in the Campus Center Event Room. Afterwards, presentations were held throughout the campus at locations including the Campus Center Event Room, Campus Center Theater, multiple Campus Center meeting rooms, and several classrooms in the F wing.
While some of the presentations were presented in the form of speakers and power points, many were poster sessions. It was the poster session in the Campus Center Event Room that I had the privilege of viewing. Some of the posters represented local organizations. These included: The Atlantic County Department of Public Safety and Office of Emergency Preparedness (focused on the safety and education of the public on disasters and necessary responses), Arc Angels (hopping to improve the lives of intellectual and developmental disabilities in Atlantic County), South Jersey Field of Dreams (a non-profit org. based out of Absecon, NJ allowing physically and cognitively challenged children enjoy baseball), The Atlantic City Rescue Mission (advertising their Family Fun Run/Walk and their goal of ending homelessness), and many others.
Other posters featured current studies being done. These included: The Effects of Physical Activity on Achievement in School-aged Children, Interactive Instructional Technology Utilizing Mobi Pads, Sediment Characterization of New Jersey’s Coastline, and much more. Two displays that I found particularly interesting were Investigation of Underwater Hearing and the display of Ornithischia: Ankylosauridea. The first was a study based on human hearing under water. The goal was to investigate how the solidity of the human skull and the path of pressure waves to electrical stimulus in the brain would affect human hearing under water when compared to hearing in air. The latter was an interesting poster on new finds and discoveries of the dinosaur Ankylosaurous. Along with the informative poster was a display of several fossils of the creature.
Throughout the day, many interesting exhibits, sessions, and presentations were held exhibiting the talent and efforts of the many faculty and students of Richard Stockton. The Day of Scholarship allowed these individuals to show others what they have been doing, and spread the word on many interesting topics. I hope that this day continues to be part of the Richard Stockton calendar, for its beneficial opportunities are quite noticeable, and the impact on the college community quite intellectual.