November 30, 2012 - Atlantic Cape Community College

he received an award for it at the Communication and Art Awards. Joel’s is one of nine short original
plays by local playwrights that will be read. There is a suggested admission donation of $5.
Complimentary refreshments will be served.
Adjunct instructor Neil Brandt welcomed the Rev.
Thich Hang Dat to his RELG 110 classes at Cape May
County and Mays Landing campuses this month,
continuing his tradition of having clergy visit his
classes. The minister detailed his life starting with his
escape from Vietnam as a “boat person.” He started his
training as a Buddhist monk in the refugee camps. The Rev. Thich Hang Dat, center, visits Brandt’s class.
While finishing his engineering degree at Penn State,
Thich finished his monk training. He and the students discussed living in the here and now, meditation,
focusing and concentrating to help alleviate desire and stress in our lives.
Chelsea Pizzi, college relations, was one of the featured speakers on the public relations panel discussion
held Nov. 28 at the Cape May County campus. The discussion focused on personal branding, and was
organized by students in the Intro to Public Relations class of Joy Jones, assistant professor of
communication. Chelsea spoke on how to use social media to develop your personal brand.
Kathy Corbalis, APR, executive director of college relations, was guest speaker at the Public Relations
Council of Greater Atlantic City’s November meeting. She spoke on using social media in a crisis, with
emphasis on the role it played in communicating news about the college during Hurricane Sandy.
For the ancient celebration of Halloween, adjunct instructor Helen McCaffrey gave her class the option
to dress as an historical figure and research that person for the class or not skip a section of the exam.
Several students took her up on the offer and came in costumes including Cleopatra, Marie de Guise, Blue
Beard the Pirate, Julius Caesar, Boadiccea, Aphrodite, a Roman Senator, a Colonial gentleman and a
Colonial dame. It was great fun and very instructive.
ATLANTIC CAPE IN THE NEWS
The Press of Atlantic City reported on the Foundation’s efforts to raise funds for students impacted by
Hurricane Sandy, and quoted several students about how the storm destroyed books, computers and more.
The Student Government Association’s $10,000 contribution to the Sandy Relief Fund to help fellow
students was also highlighted in the article, http://bit.ly/10Oakuo.
Elinor Mattern, assistant professor of English, was quoted in The Press of Atlantic City article “South
Jersey’s amateur poets find inspiration in the digital age” about how she incorporates poetry into her
classes, http://bit.ly/Sbbn3Z.
Chef Educator Michael Huber wrote about the Atlantic City Country Club’s modern fare in an article for
Atlantic City Insiders, http://bit.ly/U14uzN. He wrote about the shore restaurants’ twists on the traditional
Thanksgiving meal for The Press of Atlantic City, http://bit.ly/XzCZFy.
Dave Murphy, adjunct instructor of English, was quoted in the Courier-Post article, “Growing number of
South Jerseyans are church shopping,” http://on.cpsj.com/Sb7QCM, and wrote a column about religious
convictions that was published in the Courier-Post, http://on.cpsj.com/10PvysQ.
The Current and the Middle Township Gazette reported on the recent graduation of nine students in the
five-month noncredit culinary arts training program, http://bit.ly/QJnFU0 and http://bit.ly/TjcqNP.
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