Local Students Honored

Sixteen Camden County College graduates and one instructor were honored at the 2003 New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Professional Association's Student Day Conference.

State EOF programs support students from low-income or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Each year, the most successful graduating students are recognized in four categories of scholarly and personal achievement. Also honored are non-EOF administrators, faculty and staff members who consistently champion the EOF cause.

From CCC, Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards were presented to Lorraine Barker of Cherry Hill (3.48 GPA, nursing); Sean Michael Chance of Atco (3.73 GPA, education); Lydia I. Chapman of Camden (3.52 GPA, education); Patricia L. Collins of Camden (3.46 GPA, Camden); Rosalba M. Lorenzo of Camden (3.70 GPA, education); Laura M. Mazetis of Mays Landing (3.92 GPA, dental hygiene); Dawn Mills of Chesilhurst (3.65 GPA, human services); and Carol Samantha Walters of Pennsauken (3.81 GPA, dance).

Academic Achievement Awards were presented to Cassandra L. Alston of Camden (3.35 GPA, addictions counseling); George Richie Finneman of Camden (3.20 GPA, computer graphics); Lizette Ortiz of Camden (3.28 GPA, education); Kimberly Gae Palmer of Ocean City (3.28 GPA, health science); Heather D. Stein of Pine Hill (3.39 GPA, art); Wendy Aileen Sunstein of Camden (3.21 GPA, education); and Toya T. Walker of Camden (3.27 GPA, social sciences).

José Aquino of Pennsauken (3.05 GPA, history) received an Outstanding Achievement Award for overcoming many obstacles - including being told that he could not succeed in college - to pursue his educational goals.

Adjunct faculty member Theresa I. Wallace Casper of Somerdale was named an "EOF Champion" due to "her graciousness and skill when it comes to accommodating the special needs of EOF students" in her mathematics courses.

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Author: Press Release-Susan Coulby