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Author Archives: Emily W. Dodd
Six questions with Pamela Barnett, dean of the School of the Arts and Communication
Let’s get to know Pamela Barnett, TCNJ’s newest academic dean. Q. What drew you to TCNJ? A. TCNJ was like a magnet drawing me in. In 2022 I was invited to TCNJ to lead a diversity, equity and inclusion program, and then the next week to give a keynote address “How Good Teaching Can Change…
TCNJ School of Nursing and Health Sciences gets shot in the arm thanks to $33 million grant from Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
The College of New Jersey has been awarded a $33 million capital facilities grant by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education of New Jersey as part of the joint solicitation of four revolving Capital Facilities Bond programs. The awarded funds will be used for the college’s “Educating New Jersey’s Next Generation Health Workforce” plan, which will reimagine and…
TCNJ faculty-led program featured on national Ghana news program
A TCNJ study abroad program recently received television news coverage on GBC — Ghana Broadcasting Company — for their work with a special needs school in the country’s capital. TCNJ in Ghana is an interdisciplinary faculty-led program in partnership with the Haven School for Special Education in Accra, the capital of Ghana on the Atlantic coast…
TCNJ alum at center of largest 4th of July Festival in the country
The largest July 4th celebration in America takes place in nearby Philadelphia and TCNJ alum Michael DelBene ’01 will be right in the middle of it all. As president and CEO of non-profit organization Welcome America, Inc., DelBene is responsible for producing the Wawa Welcome America Festival, a celebration of the nation’s rich history through a series…
Michael Bernstein named interim president of The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey Board of Trustees announced today that Dr. Michael Bernstein has been selected as TCNJ’s interim president for a two-year term beginning on July 1, 2023. An accomplished educator and administrator, Bernstein is provost emeritus at Stony Brook University, having previously served as that institution’s interim president from August 2019 through…
Kinesiology professor Avery Faigenbaum earns honor from American College of Sports Medicine
Avery Faigenbaum, a professor in The College of New Jersey’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, has won the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2022 Best Paper of the Year award for the second time in three years. This year’s winning article explores the intersections between physical and mental health, as well as the impact of COVID-19…
TCNJ ECE faculty member Ambrose Adegbege wins Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria
Ambrose Adegbege, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering for the 2023–2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He will head to Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. While abroad, Adegbege will work with scholars in Nigeria on an area of…