Intergenerational Service Initiatives
SCOSA's Intergenerational Service Initiatives create connections between Stockton students and older adults in the community.
Service-learning is an experiential learning approach that takes students beyond the classroom, engaging them as active participants in their education. In SCOSA's service-learning activities, students will deepen their understanding of course content by exploring new ideas alongside older adults.
For the Fall 2025 semester, SCOSA is hosting eight weeks of activities to promote intergenerational learning and collaboration on the Galloway campus. Please register for all of the sessions that interest you!
Sessions will be held on Mondays (10-11 a.m.) & Thursdays (8:30-9:30 a.m.) from September 29 through November 20. Each week, the Monday and Thursday sessions will feature the same content and activities. So, please register for either the Monday session OR the Thursday session in a week.
September 29 & October 2: Introductions & Intergenerational Icebreakers
October 6 or October 9: Cooking Up Your Own Recipe for Successful Aging
October 16: SCOSA Art Exchange Projects
October 20 or October 23: Reminiscence Activities
October 27 or October 30: National Senior Health & Fitness Activity
November 3 or November 6: Family History Reflection
November 10 or November 13: Game Day
November 17 or November 20: Wrap Up & Reflection Session
For more information and to register, please click HERE
Questions? Please email kerstin.maguire@stockton.edu
In this new program, you are invited into Stockton’s classrooms! Participants will read and discuss assigned books with professors and their students in their fall semester courses. A hard copy of the book will be provided to the first 12 SCOSA participants to register in each class.
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
2025 Common Reading for all first-year students
Professor Aleksondra Hultquist’s class, The Passions
Meeting on Tuesday, October 7, 10:30 - 12:20 p.m.
Click on the title to register, 12 seats available.
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt, Ph.D.
Professor Kaite Yang’s class, The Psychology of Race & Racism
Attend all four meetings on:
Wednesday, October 8, 10 - 11 a.m.
Wednesday, October 15, 10 - 11 a.m.
Wednesday, October 22, 10 -11 a.m.
Wednesday, October 29, 10 -11 a.m.
Click on the title to register, 11 seats available.
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
2025 Common Reading for all first-year students
Professor Christine Gayda-Chelder’s class, Aging & Society
Attend both meetings on:
Wednesday, October 22, 12:45 - 2 p.m.
Friday, October 24, 12:45 - 2 p.m.
Click on the title to register, 8 seats available.
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Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program - Spring 2026
GERO 4905 PRACTICUM: NEW JERSEY GERIATRIC WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (GWEP)
The GWEP program offers an evidence-based immersive interprofessional experience (IPE) where student teams will give presentations and conduct health assessments for the residents of The Village of St. Peter’s Senior Housing Community in Pleasantville, NJ. Students will also create and implement wellness plans for the residents under faculty supervision. We invite all students (graduate and undergraduate) interested in health care, medicine or gerontology to apply! Fluency in Spanish preferred, but not required.
The SPRING 2026 program is a 2-credit placement that takes place on Thursdays, 11 am – 2 pm.
For more information and to apply, email SCOSA Director Christine Ferri, Ph.D. at Christine.Ferri@stockton.edu and include your major/concentration/minor and your resume.
Limited space available. Application deadline is Friday, January 23, 2026.
