The Showboat property occupies a block of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front north of the Trump Taj Mahal.
Lisa Honaker, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Stockton University, will be the guest speaker at the annual Membership Meeting of the Ocean City Arts Center 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. The public is invited to attend and light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Honaker will discuss the conversion of Showboat Atlantic City Casino into a branch of Stockton University. Stockton purchased the former casino for $18 million on December 12, 2014.
The university will create an Island Campus, which is planned to include student housing, classrooms, student dining and recreational facilities, a hotel, along with retail and restaurant space. Some summer session classes are planned for the upcoming season.
Dr. Honaker (Ph.D., Rutgers University) joined the Stockton faculty in 1995. She teaches a variety of courses in Victorian through contemporary British literature, as well as literary research methods, serial narrative, environmental literature, popular culture, and rhetoric and writing. She is a member of the Modern Language Association, Norhtheast Victorian Studies Association, American Democracy Project and Political Engagement Project.
The Ocean City Arts Center is hosting the dean of the university as a service to the community. The meeting provides a venue for residents to become informed about the upcoming expansion of our local university into Atlantic City.
During the Annual Membership Meeting, staff and board members of the Ocean City Arts Center will report on the status of classes, events and activities at the center as well as the election of several members of the Board of Trustees.
The Ocean City Arts Center is celebrating its 50th year of operation in 2015. It is one of the oldest Community Arts Centers in New Jersey and the largest in the area. Monthly exhibits, more than 100 Arts Classes, and three Juried Art Shows are held each year. The Arts Center is located on the second floor of the Ocean City Community Center at 1735 Simpson Avenue.
For further information visit www.oceancityartscenter.org or call (609) 399-7628. Hours are 9 am to 9 pm, Monday through Friday, and 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday. Admission to the gallery is free and Somers Point artists Heather Mulvenna is featured in March. Juried Photography Show entrys will be received from March 16 through March 26 at the Center for the exhibit in April.
— News release from the Ocean City Arts Center
