Atlantic Cape Holds Community College Completion Challenge

COURT HOUSE — Atlantic Cape was one of 19 community colleges across the state that hosted a series of campus-based activities for the first-ever statewide N.J. Community College Completion Challenge (NJ C4) kickoff week, Oct. 14-19.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges’ Center for Student Success and the New Jersey Education Association, the NJ C4 initiative is an effort to increase the number of community college students completing their associate degrees so they have the credentials they need to transfer to four-year colleges and universities to earn their bachelor’s degrees and enter careers that provide family-sustaining wages.
“We are excited that the students of Alpha Delta Mu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at our college are leading this effort,” said Dr. Peter L. Mora. “NJ C4 is a terrific program where our Phi Theta Kappa honor students will work directly with other students to encourage college completion.”
Each day, students were invited to sign a pledge committing to complete their college degree in less than three years on a banner displayed at each campus. Dr. Mitchell Levy, dean of students, presented a series of student success workshops, and a rally closed out the week. The winners of the college-wide student essay contest were announced at the rally.
The national Community College Completion Initiative began in April 2010 when leaders from the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, the American Association of Community Colleges, the Association of Community College Trustees, the League for Innovation in the Community College, and the Center for Community College Student Engagement signed Democracy’s Colleges: A Call to Action. Learn more at the Community College Completion Challenge website, www.cccompletionchallenge.org.
Shown in the photo are, from left, Stephen Davey of Mays Landing, third-place C4 essay winner; Dianeli Alvarado of Mullica and Mary’Ana Harmon of Atlantic City, first-place winners; and Dr. Peter L. Mora at the C4 Rally Oct. 17.