TCNJ recently received the third-largest gift in the history of the college – a $3 million donation from the estate of H. Karl Neidlein, who died in 2019. It will be used to establish the Helen T. Neidlein Class of 1968 Fund, which will provide student scholarships, faculty support and enrichment, and additional programming for…
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TCNJ celebrates the class of 2022
Over the course of eight ceremonies spanning Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20, 2022, 1,832 undergraduates and 344 graduate students turned their tassels and officially marked their place in The College of New Jersey’s class of 2022. Graduates from each of the college’s seven academic schools and master’s students from all disciplines walked across…
TCNJ celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with on-campus advocacy campaign
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…
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…