Camden College of Arts and Sciences

CAMDEN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Margaret Marsh, Dean
Daniel Hart, Associate Dean

There was much good news for students and faculty in the 2002-2003 year. Students and faculty were relieved that renovation projects in the science and fine arts buildings finally were completed, and most were pleased with the state of the art labs that were created. The prolonged process of transforming traditional classrooms into “smart” classrooms which can be used with computers reached an end as well, with nearly thirty rooms now equipped with projectors and computer interfaces. Finally, many construction projects on Cooper Street were completed, and revealed a campus from Fifth Street to the Delaware River with considerable charm.

The growing attractiveness of the campus is probably one reason that the College is becoming more desirable to students. There was an 8% increase in applications to the Camden College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) from 2001 to 2002. Moreover, the average SAT score for those who entered CCAS was higher in 2002 than it was in 2001. These new students will continue the tradition of scholarship and service evident in the students who graduated in 2003. The Dean's letter, which prefaces this report, details many of the accomplishments of these graduates; a list of student awards for distinguished work can be found in Appendix D5: Honors Convocation Awards.

Not only were buildings remodeled in 2002-2003, so too was the curriculum. The Faculty Senate, led by Carol Singley, completely revised the general education requirements for undergraduates. The new curriculum is more coherent than the one it replaces and meets the needs of students in an increasingly cosmopolitan world.

The sense of progress among faculty members owes much to the influx of new faculty members. In 2002-2003, the faculty welcomed thirteen new colleagues. They communicated passion and excitement for learning, teaching, and scholarship, to the benefit of everyone—students, staff, and faculty—in the College. The new faculty members stand to benefit as well by their membership in a highly successful collection of scholars. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles, 15 books, and hundreds of chapter articles, poems, and stories. Artists on the faculty participated in more than 50 exhibits and performances. Finally, more than $3,500,000 in grants was awarded to members of the faculty.

We believe that the College is gaining forward momentum, and that next year our report will suggest that the current state of success is a foundation for growth rather than the ceiling of possibility.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES BY MEMBERS OF THE DEAN'S OFFICE
MARGARET S MARSH, Dean

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
- American Association for the History of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

1999-2004 National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Division. $150,000 "John Rock and the Twentieth Century Reproductive Revolution." Collaboration with Wanda Ronner, MD.

SERVICE

- The American Experience PBS Series. "The Pill." Released February 2003.
- Chair, Finance Committee, American Association for the History of Medicine
- American College of Obstretricians and Gynecologists, Selection Committee for History Fellows, 1990-Present.

SERVICE TO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

-Member, Presidential Search Committee
- Member, Search Committee for the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
- Strategic Planning Committee (Southern Division) for University Restructuring.
- Member, Commitee for the Future, Co-Chair, Liberal Arts and Sciences Subcommitee

DANIEL HART, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

PUBLICATIONS

Neighborhoods, Adults, and the Development of Civic Identity in Urban Youth. Applied Development Science, in press. with R. Atkins.

Civic Development in urban youth. Applied Development Science, 6,2002, 227-236. with R. Atkins.

Personality and development in childhood: A person-centered approach. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, in press. with R. Atkins and S. Fegley.

The Development of moral identity. In G. Carlo & C.P. Edwards (Eds.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 51.

Moral Motivation through the lifespan: Theory, research, and application, in press. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. DANIEL HART (Continued…)

Moral identity development and school attachment. In D. Lapsley and D. Narvaez (Eds.) Moral Development: The Self and Identity, in press. Hillsdael, NJ: Erlbaum. with R. Atkins.

Religious participation and the development of moral identity in adolescence. In T. Thorkildsen, J. Manning, & H. Walberg (Eds.) Nurturing Morality. New York: Kluwer. With R. Atkins, H. Saurez, & K. Beckwith.

Community Service and Adult Development, In J. Demick & C. Andreoletti (Eds.) Handbook of adult development (pp.585-597). 2003. New York, Plenum. With N. Southerland and R. Atkins.

Moral development in childhood. In M. H. Bornstein, L. Davidson, C. L. M. Keyes, K. A. Moore (Eds.) Well-being: Positive development across the lifespan (pp. 355-370). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2003. with B. London, D. Burock, & A. Miraglia.

Prosocial Development in Childhood, A. Slater & G. Bremner, (Eds.) Introduction to Developmental Psychology (pp. 334-356). Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. with B. London and D. Burock.

Religious participation as a gateway to community service in adolescence. In L. Saherrod (Chair) Development Components of Civic Engagement. Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa Florida. April, 2003. with R. Atkins.

The development of moral identity. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Lincoln, Nebraska. April, 2003.

Overview and criticism of character and spirituality. Indicators of Positive Development Conference, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. March, 2003.

Motivation, values, and civic participation. The Democracy Collaborative Knight Foundation Civic Engagement Project, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. October, 2002. with J. Youniss.

Religious participation and the development of moral identity in adolescence. Wingspread Conference on Nurturing Morality, Racine, Wisconsin. September, 2002. with R. Atkins, H. Suarez, & K. Beckwith.

Panel on mentoring in research on diverse children and youth. Third Annual Cross-University Collaborative Mentoring Conference, Fordham University. May, 2003

EDITORSHIPS OF JOURNALS

- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Adolescence.
- Editorial Reviewer, Child Development.
- Editorial Reviewer, Development Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

- Campbell Soup Foundation. "The Camden STARR Program."
- W.T. Grant Foundation. "The Development of Civic Competence in Adolescence".
- Ernest E. McMahan Class of 1930 Award (2003).

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

- Acting Dean.

MARIE E. CORNELIA, Associate Dean of the Graduate School

PUBLICATIONS

"Memory Play: Bernhard Schlink's 'The Reader'," in an Der Jahrtausendwende: Schlaglichter AUF Die Deutsche Literratur, edited by Cosentino, Ertl and Muller, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003, 117-124.

PAPERS, ABSTRACTS AND LECTURES

"Spenser's Una: Subject in the Poem, Object of the Gaze," Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, March 2003.

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

- Development of new Bachelor's Program in Liberal Studies, University College, Camden.

SERVICE

- Member, Middle States Association Evaluation Team, Buffalo State University Commission on Higher Education.

SERVICE TO N.J. STATE

- Member, Board of Trustees, Ritz Theatre, Oaklyn, NJ.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

- Member, Crisis Procedures Committee.

- Member, Women's Studies Committee.

- Advisory Board Member, Center for Foreign Studies.

- Member, Women's Center Task Force.

- Associate Dean, Graduate Studies.

- Member, Curriculum Committee.

- Member, Personnel Committee.

- Member, Italian Studies Committee.

NANCY ROSOFF, Assistant Dean for Academic Program Development and Administration

PUBLICATIONS

"Beth Daniel," in The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed. Walter Edgar (University of South Carolina Press, forthcoming 2005).

"Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920," Women's History Magazine (U.K.), Summer 2003.

"A glow of pleasurable excitement": Images of the New Athletic Woman in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920," in Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Teaming up Gender with the Language of Sport, ed. Linda K. Fuller (Haworth Press, 2003), forthcoming.

PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND LECTURES

"Empathy and Controversy: Assessment Strategies for Critical Thinking," National Council for the Social Studies, Phoenix, AZ, November 2002.

"Do Not Eat the Snow": Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920," Invited Lecture, University of Delaware, History Workshop in Technology, Society, and Culture, September 2002.

"You are learning, girls, how to handle and carry your bodies": Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920," Women's History Network Annual Conference, London, England, September 2002.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

- American Historical Association.
- National Council for the Social Studies Organization of American Historians.

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT
Sharon Beales, Director

The Office of Development directs and supports activities to generate funds that will benefit students and programs for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. For the fiscal year 2002-2003, the Office helped raise $1,127,051 for students and programs. Philanthropy for other organizations has been driven down by the recession economy and a higher degree of philanthropic focus. Although we remain strong in a young development program, corporate support is becoming more difficult to obtain. The number of individual gifts increased from 1576 last year to 1863. The percentage of gifts from individuals out of the total dollars raised increased from 11% to 22%. Gifts at the $500 level have grown significantly from the previous year.

We have exceeded our goal of $2.7 million ending the fiscal year with $4,198,571.88 in the current University capital campaign. There are still goals within the dean’s priorities that have not been met, even though we have exceeded the overall campaign goal.

There have been numerous events carried out by the Office to reconnect with alumni and friends, steward donors and cultivate new prospects. These include:

• Dean's Reception before the Alumni Reunion
• 3nd Annual Arts and Sciences Golf Outing, Medford Lakes Country Club
• Retired Faculty/Staff Luncheons
• Scholarship Donor Dinner at Honors Convocation
• CEO Lecture Series for Honors College students featuring CEOS: Steve Hovnanian, Principal – J.S. Hovnanian & Sons, Lyn Kremer, Publisher – Philadelphia Business Journal, and Dean Pappas, CEO – Clemment Pappas & Co., Inc.
• Verizon Check Presentation
• Provost’s Donor Reception for $1,000 and above donors
  

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council met quarterly last year to develop a plan to raise a $2 million Academic Excellence Endowment to provide scholarships and programmatic funds for students. This effort will be centered around the development of an alumni gateway on 4th Street. This initiative will include planned giving, major gifts, other geographic areas with representation from Chicago, New York City, Florida (east coast), and Washington D.C., and special interest groups.

The Dean and I visited graduates in northern and southern California in the winter of 2003.

This was the first time they had been visited by anyone from the Camden campus since graduation.

As the University follows through on its capital campaign, one of the Office of Development’s major tasks will be to continue to position Faculty of Arts and Sciences so its concerns are heard and its needs are met. The 2003-2004 academic year holds much promise as Dean Marsh continues to talk with alumni and friends to generate increased interest and support for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.