Co-Curricular Hunger & Nutrition Programs

Sponsoring Group or Department: The Center for Experiential Learning & Career Services-Service Learning

Community Partners:

• Food Pantries in all communities     
• Monmouth/Ocean County Food Banks
• Project EAT
• Soup Kitchens in Monmouth/Ocean Counties
• Men & Women shelters in Monmouth/Ocean Counties

Description: Students from numerous courses participate in service-learning, providing hundreds of hours of service to community agencies addressing hunger  issues.

Campus Contact: Linda Mass, Director of Experiential Learning & Career Services, lmass@brookdalecc.edu, 732.224.2572

Website: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/186.asp

Sponsoring Group or Department: Student Life & Activities

Community Partners: 

• Various non-proft agencies in Monmouth/Ocean Counties

Description: Student clubs and associations provide services such as food drives, volunteering at soup kitchens, food pantries, clothing drives, etc.

Campus Contact: Robert Quinones, Director Student Life & Activities, rquinones@brookdalecc.edu, 732.224.2396

Website: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/112.asp

Sponsoring Group or Department: Student Life & Activities-AmeriCorps

Community Partners:

• Various non-profit agencies in Monmouth/Ocean Counties

Description: AmeriCorps participants work with the Student Life & Activities Department to coordinate community service efforts for the student clubs and organizations.

Campus Contact: Robert Quinones, Director Student Life & Activities, rquinones@brookdalecc.edu, 732.224.2396

Website: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/112.asp

Sponsoring Group or Department: Brookdale Employee Volunteer Connection

Community Partners:

• Various non-profit agencies in Monmouth/Ocean Counties

Description: Staff, faculty, & administrators volunteer for many local organizations by coordinating on-going food drives, preparing monthly meals for individuals in shelters, raising funds for numerous charities, fundraising to fight hunger for our local pantires, etc.

Campus Contact: Linda Mass, Director of Experiential Learning & Career Services, lmass@brookdalecc.edu, 732.224.2572

Website: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/186.asp 

Academic Courses with Hunger & Nutrition Connection

Department:  Chemistry

Course Title:  CHEM 116-Chemistry in Life

Department:  Culinary Arts

Course Title:  CULA 131-Nutrition in the Culinary Arts

Department:  Environmental Science

Course Title:  ENVR 105-Environmental Studies

                    ENVR 106-Environmental Gelogy

                    ENVR 107-Environmental Science

Department:  Humanities

Course Title:  HUMN 129-Issues in Women's Studies

Department:  Nursing

Course Title:  NURS 163-Nursing and Human Needs in the Community

Department:  Political Science

Course Title:  POLI 101-Introduction to Political Science

                    POLI 105-American National Government

                    POLI 109-Current Global Topics

Department:  Psychology

Course Title:  PSYC 105-Introduction to Psychology I

                    PSYC 106-Introduction to Psychology II

Department:  Sociology

Course Title:  SOCI 101-Principles of Sociology

                    SOCI 105-Intercultural Communications: The Person and the Process

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