Snapshots
Winter 2024 Issue
Snapshots
Here are photo highlights from recent University activities. Follow Stockton on social
media to see more photos from recent events.
Chapter one began with Welcome Week Sept. 1-4. Strangers became friends, decorations transformed dorms into new homes and current students led the way with smiles, advice and words of encouragement.
Spirit Day united new students and encouraged everyone to make the most of their Stockton experience.
More than 1,100 individuals contributed over $440,000 toward scholarships and programs from 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4 through 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. The theme of this year’s event was gratitude, encouraging supporters to express their appreciation for Stockton, its programs, and the support it provides to its students and the communities it serves.
Senior Tamara Farrow encouraged her fellow classmates to join her in making a gift.
“Joining in on Ospreys Give and donating for the first time felt great. I'm happy to give back to Stockton. This place has had a huge impact on who I've become,” said Farrow, a Business Studies major.
A number of alumni, board members, faculty, staff and others provided match and challenge gifts to inspire others to participate and provide the opportunity for some gifts to be doubled and more. Leading the effort was Spencer's and Spirit Halloween, which provided a $250,000 challenge gift when the campaign reached its goal of 1,000 donors. The gift will support the School of Business with a check presentation to take place at the company’s headquarters later in October.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and families came out to enjoy the Stockton celebration and show their University pride.
Olutoyosi “Toyo” Aboderin, an Africana Studies faculty member and alumna of the Communication Studies program, gave a keynote speech that highlighted how Stockton University’s celebration of diversity is “a key form of resistance” on Sept. 13’s event.
“This takes not only events and dynamic programming but a real-life commitment. A commitment to protecting spaces like this, to actually creating and showing up to these events. Acknowledging what we have and will accomplish and envisioning more than we ever could have dreamed. Real diversity is felt, not just seen.”
