Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

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Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (previously Stockton State College and Richard Stockton State College) is a public liberal arts college located in Pomona in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The College is named in memory of Richard Stockton, a New Jersey signer of the Declaraton of Independence. Its 1,600-acre (6 km²) is in the middle of the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. The College is located 15 minutes from Atlantic City, one hour from Philadelphia, and two hours from New York City. Its president is Herman Saatkamp, who replaced Vera King Farris in 2004.

The college was founded in 1969, and today serves approximately 7,200 students at its five undergraduate schools, plus additional students in its graduate programs. Stockton has over 100 clubs and organizations, several fraternities and sororities, and an independent student-run newspaper, called The Argo. The school mascot is the Osprey. The college is ranked 5th nationally among public liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. One of America's Best Colleges according to the 2007 issue of U.S. News and World Report. Stockton College is one of 224 select colleges and universities in the Northeast that The Princeton Review profiles in the new 2006 edition of its book, The Best Northeastern Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review, August 2, 2005.

Originally, the school didn't have grades, but students later insisted on a grading system. Until recently, its grading system was on a wide scale in that it only offered A's, B's, C's, D's, F's. Beginning in the Fall 2004 semester, the college began using a +/- system.

Stockton College has begun a massive construction project with the Facilities Master Plan, which will add more academic space, housing, and parking decks. Some of the completed expansion includes the construction of the Townsend Regional Life Center; a building in which many student activities are held. The college completed construction of the F-Wing Overbuild in time for the 2006 Fall semester which adds more academic and research space. The college is home to one of the the world’s largest single closed loop geothermal HVAC systems, totaling 1,741 tons of installed geothermal heating/cooling capacity that heats and cools the entire academic complex.

The college is experiencing robust growth in enrollment. Stockton is an economic driver for Southern New Jersey in aerospace, homeland security, alternative energy infrastructure, marine and environmental sciences and coastal research. Stockton has developed innovative business partnerships, and collaboratives with Federal, State, local governments, and the private sector.

Among the school's off-campus facilities include: [1]The Carnegie Library Center [2] Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center Astronomy Observatory, named after the late Physics Professor Hal Taylor. Along with the observatory, Hal also instituted the geothermal well-based system that environmentally and economically heats and cools the entire academic complex.

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Richard Stockton College of New Jersey - official website
America's Best Colleges 2007: Richard Stockton College of New Jersey from U.S. News & World Report

New Jersey Athletic Conference
Buffalo State^† • Kean • Montclair State • New Jersey • New Jersey City^‡ • Ramapo^‡ • Richard Stockton^‡ • Rowan • Rutgers-Camden^‡ • Rutgers-Newark^‡ • SUNY Cortland^† • Western Connecticut State^† • William Paterson ^† football-only member ^‡ non-football member