“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. Order of the Nose-Biting Teacups — it’s the TCNJ club with a funny name, but any Harry Potter fan will…
Author Archives: Emily W. Dodd
This course finds the right formula for mixing art, chemistry, and global travel.
While chemistry and art might seem like polar opposites, chemistry professor Lynn Bradley and art professor Elizabeth Mackie are showing TCNJ students that there is in fact a unique link between the two areas: whether an artist is developing a photograph, mixing paints, or casting a sculpture, chemical reactions make artistic processes possible. Bradley and…
In the Club: TCNJ Food Recovery Network
“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. TCNJ Food Recovery Network started in late 2019 with the goal of limiting food waste and fighting food insecurity by…
TCNJ’s Stuart Carroll selected by U.S. Department of State for prestigious program
Stuart Carroll, associate professor of elementary and early childhood education at TCNJ, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for the Virtual English Language Educator Program. The project will allow Carroll to engage virtually with English language learners and teachers online at Sumy State University in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. Carroll,…
Two engineering students strive to create more sustainable communities
For electrical engineering major Yoelis Brito ’23, the drive to create a more sustainable world started in middle school when she participated in neighborhood clean-up projects as part of Earth Day activities. “I’m from Newark (New Jersey) and was used to litter in the streets, but I didn’t see it as a negative thing — it…
Suzanne McCotter named Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education
The College of New Jersey announced today that Suzanne McCotter will begin a new role as the Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education, effective January 3, 2023. McCotter has served as dean of TCNJ’s School of Education since 2017. Diversifying TCNJ’s offerings to learners beyond the bachelor’s degree is a key goal of the college’s…
Gitenstein Library awarded grant to preserve and organize historic archive
TCNJ’s Gitenstein Library was recently awarded $311,594 from The National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures grant program, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The funds will help the college create a digital preservation infrastructure for its Archives and…
How TCNJ students are getting a little help from their furry — and even scaled — friends.
Nobody would say that TCNJ has gone to the dogs … or cats and bunnies, for that matter. But in the last decade more students have brought emotional support animals to campus, echoing a nationwide trend that is providing comfort for a growing number of students. There are 20 approved ESAs on campus this semester…