Keeping up with the latest fashion trends can be challenging at best, and wasteful — even dangerous — at worst. In Kathleen Webber’s First Year Seminar class, “The True Cost of Fashion,” students learned what happens to our clothes when we’re done wearing them: 84 percent of it ends up in landfills, where microplastics and…
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ResEd student staffers channel their inner creativity to educate residents on culturally-sensitive conflict resolution
The Division of Inclusive Excellence challenged TCNJ’s Community Advisors to a bulletin board contest in the residence halls. The goal was for CAs to design displays to help educate their residents about important topics such as implicit bias, microaggressions, intent, and impact. In addition to adding color and energy to the residence halls, the bulletin…
One TCNJ prof cites the pressure to publish as a growing problem in his field
“What’s wrong with psychology?” was both the title of psych professor Jarret Crawford’s presentation, and the big question he asked a room of colleagues from across campus to consider recently. Crawford’s own answer to the question draws a similarity to his transition from a Catholic to an atheist, and he points to “the replication crisis”…
Counselor education prof Kathleen Grant supports local teachers in dealing with students’ “eco anxiety”
Kathleen Grant, assistant professor of counselor education at TCNJ, spoke at Hopewell’s Bear Tavern Elementary School recently as a part of a professional development day for its teachers. Her topic: eco-anxiety. “Climate change profoundly impacts the lives of this generation of children and adolescents,” Grant says. She shares her research with teachers, school psychologists, and counselors…
WCBS 880’s Mets Radio Network awards scholarships to TCNJ students
TCNJ freshman nursing major Samantha Tumbarello was one of two students to receive a $2,500 scholarship from WCBS 880’s Mets Radio Network. TCNJ alumna Kristina Schoenbeck ’10, senior director of sales at Audacy, visited campus on November 1 to meet Tumbarello and present her with a ceremonial check. “When I was told I had…
In the Club: INK
“In the Club” is a series that showcases some of the 230+ recognized student organizations at TCNJ. Want to have your club featured? Drop a line to tcnjtoday@tcnj.edu to be considered for a future story INK, TCNJ’s club for creative writers, takes pride in saying they are a place where “good craziness” ensues. The club hosts weekly…