Join us on Wednesday, August 30! |
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Event Location |
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Culinary Conference Center 161 Newkirk Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306 |
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Frederick Shegog
The Message LLC President
Motivational Speaker
Dumpster diving, panhandling, and drinking were once everyday activities for Frederick Shegog. Despite a decade of alcohol abuse and time spent homeless, Shegog transformed himself. First, a successful college graduate, now a public speaker with a passion to share his transformational journey to recovery.
Frederick has presented keynote addresses to educational conferences, colleges, and other venues all over the country, including Achieving the Dream (ATD), The National Institute for Staff, Organizational Development (NISOD), and The Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO).
Frederick is a member of multiple boards that support various community outreach initiatives, including the Students Recover board, which provides online recovery support that is grounded in equity and justice, and the board of BHI, which focuses on substance use disorders and related mental health conditions in teens. Frederick also consults with the Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy in Aurora, Colorado, which promotes an entrepreneurial mindset to young minds. His participation at various press conferences with Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania contributed to the passing of the Pennsylvania HungerFree Campus Bill.
An exposé on Frederick’s life was published in the March 2022 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, titled “The Redemption of Frederick Shegog”, and received the Education Writers Award for a feature story. He was voted a Philadelphia Region’s Black Men Icon of 2020. A documentary of his life story is forthcoming.
Frederick is a proud graduate of Delaware County Community College and served as the commencement speaker at West Chester University where he graduated summa cum laude. Frederick states, “College should not only change my bank account, but my soul as well!”
To learn more, visit www.freddyshegog.com.
Convocation Schedule |
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9:00 A.M. | New Student Welcome - Meet with your Dean and Faculty School of Business, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management - Johnston Rm. School of Humanities and Social Sciences - Student Center, 2nd Fl. School of Nursing and Health Professions - F109 School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - S Multipurpose Rm. North Hudson Campus - NHC Multipurpose Rm. |
CULINARY CONFERENCE CENTER | |
Pre-Function Room | |
9:30 A.M. | Faculty and Staff Breakfast and Networking |
Scott Ring Room | |
10:10 A.M. | Greetings Dr. Paula Roberson, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation |
10:15 A.M. | Welcome Remarks Dr. Christopher Reber, President |
10:30 A.M. | Faculty Greeting Joseph Gallo, Associate Professor, Theater Arts |
10:40 A.M. | Alumni Greeting Prisca Agombe, HCCC Alumna, Class of 2019 |
10:50 A.M. | Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. Darryl Jones, Vice President for Academic Affairs Keynote Message “What Is Your Legacy” Frederick Shegog, President, The Message LLC |
12:00 P.M. | Starting Your Future at Hudson County Community College Dr. Lisa Dougherty, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment |
Clare Room | |
12:15 P.M. | Portrait Session HCCC faculty, staff and administrators are welcome to have their portraits taken. |
Afternoon Events | |
12:15 P.M. | Barbeque and Student Fair Culinary Arts Plaza Park |
Scott Ring Room | |
1:15 P.M. | Student Meet and Greet with Mr. Frederick Shegog |
Associate Professor of Theater Arts
Faculty Greeting
Convocation 2023
Professor Joseph Gallo began his career at HCCC as an adjunct instructor and was hired
as a full-time Instructor of Theatre Arts in the fall of 2013. He was tenured in 2018
and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2019. At that time, he was tasked with
designing HCCC’s first Theatre Classroom. He served as Coordinator for Theatre and
Film from 2012 to 2021. Joseph holds a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from Ohio
University and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Rowan University. He has served
on various college-wide and community committees over the years. He has years of experience
in film, TV and theatre development. Joseph was the recipient of the 2021 New Jersey
Theatre Alliance Grant for New Work.
Alumni Address
Business, Culinary Arts, and Hospitality Management
Class of 2019
Prisca Agombe is a Budget and Fiscal Policy Analyst for the Center for New York City Affairs. Her work focuses on public economic policy in the state of New York. She received her Associate degree in Business Administration from Hudson County Community College in 2019, a Bachelor’s degree in economics and Public Policy from Rutgers University in 2021, and a Master’s degree in Economics at Binghamton University in 2023. Prisca is on the path for a Ph.D. in Economics at the New School University.
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Hudson County Community College provides its diverse communities with inclusive, high-quality educational programs and services that promote student success and upward social and economic mobility.
As one of the nation’s leading and most diverse urban community colleges, we aspire to offer consistently best-practice, transformative educational and economic opportunities for our students and all residents of Hudson County.
Hudson County Community College is committed to these values:
Holistic Services
Understanding through Data
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Student Success
Open to All
National Distinction
Collaboration and Engagement
Academic Excellence
Responsible Stewardship of Resources
Ethical Behavior, Integrity, and Transparency
Support of Innovation and Leadership
Hudson County Community College Board of Trustees
William J. Netchert, Esq., Chair
Bakari G. Lee, Esq., Vice Chair
Pamela E. Gardner, Secretary/Treasurer
Edward J. DeFazio, Esq.
Joseph V. Doria Jr., Ed.D.
Frank J. Gargiulo
Roberta Kenny
Daniel Menendez, Student Alumni Representative
Jeanette Peña
Silvia Rodriguez
Harold G. Stahl Jr.
Christopher M. Reber, Ph.D., College President
County Executive and Board of County Commissioners
Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive
Anthony L. Romano, Jr., Chairperson
Jerry Walker, Vice-Chairperson
Fanny J. Cedeño, Chair Pro Temp
Yraida Aponte-Lipski
Robert P. Baselice
Albert J. Cifelli, Esq.
Kenneth Kopacz
William P. O’Dea
Caridad Rodriguez
Officers of the College
Christopher M. Reber, Ph.D., College President
Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti, J.D., Ed.D., Vice President for External Affairs and Senior
Counsel to the President
Patricia Clay, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Heather DeVries, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Assessment,
Accreditation Liaison Officer
Lisa Dougherty, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment
Nicole Bouknight Johnson, Vice President for Advancement and Communications
Darryl Jones, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs
Anna Krupitskiy, J.D., Vice President for Human Resources
Lori Margolin, Associate Vice President, School of Continuing Education and Workforce
Development
Yeurys Pujols, Ed.D., Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
John Scanlon, Associate Vice President, Institutional Research and Planning
Veronica D’Alessandro Zeichner, CPA, Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief
Financial Officer