The move comes as New Jersey City University continues efforts to dig out of a financial hole and right-size its budget, decreasing the total number of sport offerings from 22 to 17.

At Ideal Institute of Technology in Atlantic County, students are being given a chance to learn the ins and outs of running a food truck – with the potential of having their own service funded by an angel investor group.

The 150-year-old Jersey City institution said the drive – dubbed Peacocks Rise: The Campaign for Saint Peter’s University – has already raised $70 million in its silent phase.

Senior Vice President Ron Ladell assumes the post from inaugural co-Chairs Carl Goldberg and James Hanson.

The institute offers case work, research and hands-on education in this developing field, with a vision to secure justice through the ethical and proficient use of IGG to support the resolution of cases involving wrongful convictions, unidentified human remains and violent crime.

The award will allow Equity in Action Presidential Fellow Saran Nurse to study the ability of businesses to respond to four types of economic disruptions: natural disaster, COVID-19, civil unrest and gentrification.

“Cannabis legalization may come with a series of direct cost ... and our study suggests that indirect costs – associated with an increase in alcohol use, for one – should probably be added to this analysis when policy makers decide about cannabis legalization,” said William Paterson University professor Rahi Abouk, director of the school's Cannabis Research Institute and a co-author of the report.

According to the education provider, the location will allow students to access instructors online with locally focused career and placement support.

Ren Parikh, who founded the Atlantic County-based career college a decade ago, said, “At Ideal, we don’t fundraise, we work-raise. For the holiday season, our students offer several gift options for everyone on your shopping list with ... gift cards, which can be used at our student enterprises, as well as towards purchases of goods from our woodworking shop.”

The website offers more than 250,000 pieces of research to provide local, national and international innovation communities with insight into the work being conducted at five New Jersey universities.

The school is one of 14 that will take part in the initiative conducted by the Common App, which is designed to level the playing field for prospective students, especially minority and first-generation learners.

The program is expected to begin Nov. 22 at the South Plainfield campus and will last from eight to 12 weeks.