Special points of interest:

Farina’s “Gamers” Wins Gold at

Indie Film Festival

Ummarino Creates Original

Series on SSTV

Tana Tracey Retiring from

NAMS Office

Nelson Morales Walking in

March for Babies, Helping to

Raise Funds

Stockton PD Offers Emergency

Preparedness Training

Stockton Staff do the Harlem

Shake, Getting 43,000 Views

GERO Minor Accepts Award

Volume 2, Issue 28

March 7, 2013

T H E R I C H A R D S T O C K T O N C O L L E G E O F N E W J E R S E Y

Christine Farina’s “Gamers” Wins Gold at Indie Film Festival

The film “Gamers,” by Christine Farina, associ-

ate professor of Communications in the School

of Arts and Humanities, won first place in Fea-

ture Documentary at the JamFest Indie Film Fes-

tival recently held in Louisiana. Over 450 films

competed overall.

“Gamers,” an 86-minute film, documents the

cultures and sub-cultures of the gaming lifestyle,

which includes video games, fantasy games, role-

playing games and many others. Gamers cross

every economic and social group, with Farina

estimating about 20 percent of America is in-

volved in some form of gaming.

The film examines the social hierarchy within

the gaming community, with video gamers at the

“cool” end of the spectrum and card players at the opposite end.

Farina’s film will be seen even more widely in the future. It’s entered in 20 interna-

tional film festivals and is scheduled to show in Boston at an M.I.T.-based conference

in September.

“The most exciting news is that I've been offered a contract with SNAG Films, which

is the company that released ‘Supersize Me,’ ” Farina said. “Once the contract is set-

tled, a screenings-tour will be shaped, as well as making it available at Amazon and

Netflix.” She said “Gamers” also may be screened at the Cannes Film Festival's Inde-

pendent Festival this May.

Farina’s new film will screen this June at the Conference for Consciousness Studies

in Lincoln, UK.

Christine Farina’s film has a new dis-

tributor for more screenings

Nick Ummarino Creates Original Series on SSTV

Nick Ummarino, assistant supervisor of Stockton Student Television (SSTV), has

been working with video since he was a kid making movies with friends. “I really dis-

covered my passion and honed my skills once I got to college,” Ummarino said. His

hobby has grown up and now includes an original series, “Dead Awakening.”

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Tana Tracey Retiring from NAMS after 33 years at College

Tana Tracey, secretarial assistant in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is retiring

after 33 years at the College. Tracey started her career at the college in the Admissions Office in

1980. Tracey has worked in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOBL), the School of Nat-

ural Sciences and Mathematics (NAMS) and Counseling Services before returning to NAMS for the

past seven years. Tracey has seen the growth and development of the college, working in various

wings and new buildings.

“It has been a grand time and I have made a full circle at Stockton,” Tracey said. “I have made

great friends and met folks from all walks of life, many of whom have also moved beyond Stock-

ton.”

“Time for some real relaxation, and fun!” Tracey said. A celebration will be held Thursday,

March 28 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the lower C/D-wing Atrium. If you wish to contribute to a gift for

Tana, contact Jennifer Marcello, ext. 4510.

Nelson Morales Walking in March for Babies, Helping to Raise Funds

Nelson Morales, assistant director of admissions, is walking on April 28 with March for

Babies in Philadelphia. The 4-mile walk is a fundraiser for March of Dimes, an organiza-

tion that strives to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature

births and infant mortality.

Morales, a member of Team Angel Baby Nico, participated in the 2012 event in Ocean

City, NJ and will be walking this year starting at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Team Angel Baby Nico is hoping to raise

$500 before the walk. Donations of any amount can be made online at the team’s March of Dimes donation page.

Anyone interested in participating in the walk can also join the team online by registering under Team Angel Baby Nico

here.

Nick Ummarino films during a fall 2012 zombie flash

mob used to promote “Dead Awakening.”

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Ummarino described his role as a “jack of all trades.” Ummarino is

the writer, creator, producer, director and main editor of “Dead Awak-

ening,” a six-part, SSTV-exclusive zombie series that follows the fictional

student Nick Barnes as he tries to survive a zombie outbreak on campus.

“My background in TV/Film started at Stockton,” Ummarino said. “I

was a Communications major here.” After getting a variety of editing

and technical experience in school, he graduated and got a job as the

assistant supervisor of SSTV.

SSTV premiered episode 1 of “Dead Awakening” on Jan. 31 and Feb.

2 in the Campus Center Theater. Episode 2 is currently being edited

with a screening planned for this spring.

To learn more about the series, please visit the Facebook fan page.

To view videos of the first episode, a sneak peak of the next episode,

and behind-the-scenes footage, please visit the series’ YouTube page.

Ummarino Creates Original Series, “Dead Awakening,” on SSTV

Tana Tracey

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On Feb. 21, Hammonton’s Third Thursday event was themed “Hammonton Loves Stockton.” The event featured faculty,

staff and student performances at Kramer Hall. During the event, the Noyes Museum of Art’s gallery within Kramer Hall

opened its inaugural exhibit with artwork by international artists Suzanne Reese Horvitz and Robert Roesch. The Noyes

exhibits will change quarterly and feature work by New Jersey artists and Stockton students. To visit a gallery of images

from the opening reception, visit Flickr.

Noyes Museum of Art Opens Gallery within Kramer Hall

Stockton’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a volunteer team of staff, faculty and students who would

be called upon to assist emergency personnel at critical incidents on campus. In an effort to support the welfare of the

students, faculty, staff and visitors of the College, the Stockton Police Department is preparing a campus wide crises/

emergency response support team through the CERT training.

The next CERT training program, beginning March 18, is a FEMA training program aimed preparing volunteers to help

themselves, family and community in the event of an emergency or disaster. Those who complete this program will have

the skills to help emergency responders in times of need.

CERT training takes about 20 hours to complete and signing up is free. All classes for the next CERT program will be

held in the TRLC from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays. All interested parties should contact Dennis Lepore

at (609) 652-4751 or by e-mail. The class schedule is as follows:

Monday, March 18: Unit 1- Disaster Preparedness and Unit 6- The CERT Organization

Wednesday, March 27: Unit 3 and Unit 4- Disaster Medical Operations 1 and 2

Monday, April 1: Unit 5- Light Search and Rescue and Unit 8-Terrorism and CERT

Monday, April 8: Unit 2- Fire Safety

Wednesday, April 10: Unit 7- Disaster Psychology

Wednesday, April 17: Unit 9- Course Review, Disaster Simulation and Graduation

Left: Eileen Conran-Folks, manager of instructional sites, introduces Neil Aaronson, assistant professor of physics, and the student group Stockapella,

performing at Kramer Hall. Right: Adjunct Instructor Bud Noble performs at Kramer Hall during the Hammonton Third Thursday event.

Stockton Police Offer Emergency Preparedness Training

“Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”

Send Us Your News!

We want to know about things going on in the Stockton community. Do you have an unusual hobby? Did one of

your co-workers win an award or perform outstanding public service? Births, weddings, graduations and the like are

all good things to submit to the Stockton Times.

Contact the editor at (609) 652-4950 or e-mail StocktonTimes@stockton.edu.

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Stockton Staff Do the Harlem Shake, Getting 43,000 Views

More than 20 members in the Office of External Affairs

and the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs sported

wigs, masks, hats and costumes on Feb. 21 for the produc-

tion of a Stockton-style “Harlem Shake” video. With props

borrowed courtesy of the School of Arts and Humanities’

collection used for in-house theater productions, staff mem-

bers quickly went from business professional to actors in

costume. Ed Cornell of Stockton Production Services filmed

and edited the video, which can viewed on YouTube.

The Harlem Shake video was uploaded to the institution-

al YouTube channel on Feb. 26 and in just over a week, the

30-second video has attracted more than 43,000 views from

people in 168 different countries. The top countries by view

count are the United States, Saudi Arabia, India, the United

Kingdom and Germany. An estimated 17,100 minutes of

viewing time has been given to the video, according to YouTube’s Analytics.

A camera suspended in the rafters captures an aerial view of the “Harlem

Shake” filming on Thursday, Feb. 21.

Gerontology Minor Program Accepts Merit Award at Annual Meeting

Stockton’s Gerontology Minor program was awarded the Association

for Gerontology in Higher Education’s (AGHE) Program of Merit designa-

tion. Stockton’s program is just the 14th program to be awarded this

honor since 1998.

Dr. Christine Ferri, associate professor of psychology and GERO coor-

dinator, Dr. Elizabeth Elmore, professor of economics and GERO mem-

ber, and Dr. David Burdick, professor of psychology and GERO member,

attended the 39th Annual AGHE Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL, on Friday,

March 1 to receive the Program of Merit plaque.

“Kudos to all who have worked so hard to ensure the distinctiveness

of our Gerontology Minor Program,” Provost Harvey Kesselman said

when the award was announced. “Special kudos to Christine and, of

course, David for his leadership throughout the years.”

Christine Ferri, Elizabeth Elmore, and David Burdick ac-

cepted the Program of Merit plaque from the Association

for Gerontology in Higher Education on Friday, March 1.