This spring, Yifeng Hu, an associate professor of communication studies, and a team of eight students made TCNJ history as they brought the school’s first Asian American Pacific Islander advocacy campaign to campus, with a series of interactive activities leading up to May’s AAPI Heritage Month. According to Hu, 2022 is an important year to…
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Money ranks TCNJ among the top of its “Best Colleges for Your Money” for 2022 list
Money just published its 2022 list of the nation’s “Best Colleges for Your Money.” Based on measures of quality, affordability and outcomes, TCNJ ranked #39 overall, and #7 among public institutions of our size (10,000 or fewer students). “The College of New Jersey is a public school that could easily be confused for a private…
An iconic campus fixture gets a facelift
If you’ve ever gazed up at the Green Hall clock tower and felt that time stood still as the electronic carillon reverberated with the college’s alma mater, you’re certainly not alone. Perhaps you were transported by the moment. But more likely, you were probably looking up on one of many days when the 1930s-era clock…
TCNJ joins OceanFirst Foundation scholarship program
TCNJ has been added as an OceanFirst Foundation Scholarship Program partner for 2022. The college will receive a $40,000 grant to provide 16 scholarships for direct educational expenses to students in any year of undergraduate study. “These generous scholarships will provide much-needed financial assistance to 16 hard-working and talented New Jersey students in their pursuit…
Music education major Cesar Gonzalez named Presser Scholar
TCNJ music education major Cesar Gonzalez has been named a 2022 Presser Scholar and was presented with the award during the TCNJ Wind Ensemble concert on Saturday, April 30. He was nominated for the award by the faculty of the TCNJ department of music. The Presser Scholarship is given to an undergraduate music major at…
English professor Jo Carney shares how Shakespeare’s words have stood the test of time
The world has been captured by the enduring language of William Shakespeare, but according to a new book from a TCNJ English professor, no one can seem to give him the last word. Even after 400 years since his death (406 this month, to be exact) our culture has maintained a dialogue with William Shakespeare.…
With a Fulbright to Finland, Susanna Monseau will investigate the connections between trademark law and a cleaner, greener fashion industry
Fast fashion has a sustainability problem, and a TCNJ professor is heading to Finland to find out if intellectual property laws, of all things, have anything to do with it. This spring, Susanna Monseau, a professor of interdisciplinary business, was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study the effects of trademark laws on sustainable fashion with…