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Dr. Barbara Heard, associate professor of Science and current Science coordinator; Dr. Louise Kaplan, Professor Emerita; Dr. Barbara Gaba, president of Atlantic Cape Community College and Mr. Dave Coskey, chairperson of the Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees.

The highlight of last week’s Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees meeting on March 27 was the resolution bestowing Dr. Louise Kaplan of Mays Landing with the rank of Professor Emerita. The title of Professor Emerita is a prestigious one, available only to full-time tenured professors after retirement and is recommended by a committee of college peers for exemplary service to the college and the community.

Dr. Kaplan began her distinguished teaching career at Atlantic Cape in 1968 as a part-time instructor of anthropology. She secured a full-time assistant professor position in 1969, was named associate professor in 1977 and then promoted to professor of anthropology in 1988, adding bioethics to her curriculum a few years later. Dr. Kaplan taught at Atlantic Cape for 44 years and in that time chaired the medical laboratory technology program evaluation committee, counseled students at the advisement center and served as the chairperson of the Presidential advisory search committee for Atlantic Cape, helping to select Mr. Ronald Bush and Dr. William Orth. Dr. Kaplan also served as a member of the AtlantiCare ethics committee. Continue reading →