Ultimate Korea

From K-Pop bangers to Oscar winners to Netflix megahits, Korea has changed the way we think about entertainment. Yet Korea’s greatest show is Korea itself. The best way to get front row seats is on a privately guided trip. No waiting for other group members. It’s just you, your guide, and the best Korea has […]

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Volunteer Recognition

We’ve mentioned our “A Taste of Vineland & Volunteer Recognition” event in past columns and now that the word is out regarding who we’ll be honoring, I wanted to give those details. The event, now in its 11th year, will take place on Wednesday, October 26 from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Greenview Inn

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Pandemic Art

As various artists, literary and otherwise, begin to offer fresh perspectives on a pandemic-laden world, the limited viewpoint resulting from quarantine and distancing is already widening. But, curiously enough, the earliest of interpretations of a world-gone-wrong appeared only eight months into Covid’s U.S. arrival. Don DeLillo’s novel The Silence was not inspired by Covid, but

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New York Times Bestseller Author Melanie Benjamin To Visit RCSJ

Melanie Benjamin, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, will share insights about her novel, The Children’s Blizzard, at Rowan College of South Jersey’s (RCSJ) Cumberland campus on Wednesday, October 12. Benjamin is the featured author in this year’s One Book, One College reading program. The public is invited to attend this free,

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Wawa CEO Kicks Off Veritas Speaker Series at St. Augustine Prep School

Wawa President/CEO Chris Gheysens recently spoke to a crowd of nearly 700 at St. Augustine Preparatory School, and kicked off the school’s new Veritas Speaker Series in the process. Gheysens, a St. Augustine Class of 1989 alumnus, impressed the students, staff, and faculty on September 19, as he discussed topics including servant leadership, innovation, value-based

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Children Left Behind: Rutgers–Camden Researcher Explains How Pandemic Worsened Racial Achievement Gap

When it comes to the pandemic’s impact on academic achievement, no children are immune. But just as COVID-19 itself has hit underserved demographics the hardest, minority students in poorly equipped schools experienced the steepest slides in the national test-score decline. According to a new federal study, math and reading scores fell across the board for

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Shapiro Named New Jersey AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador

The Authority is proud to host Cameron Shapiro as 2022-2023 Area 17 New Jersey AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador. The Authority continues to serve as a host agency for individuals participating in the AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassador Program (NJWAP), during their term of service. The NJWAP addresses diverse environmental needs of the state primarily through observing

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