Jennifer Ortiz, associate professor of criminology, was recently honored by the American Society of Criminology for her tireless work supporting and advocating for formerly incarcerated individuals. She received the 2024 Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice Praxis Award at a ceremony on November 14, 2024, at the ASC Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. …
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White Coat Ceremony marks the start of clinical training for TCNJ nursing students
Close to 100 nursing students, most in their sophomore year, filed into Kendall Hall on November 14, each wearing a white scrub shirt and blue scrub pants and with a white lab coat draped across their forearm. They were there to celebrate a rite of passage, the White Coat Ceremony, which marks their transition into…
TCNJ earns grant from DEP for waste audit
The College of New Jersey has received $42,000 from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Recycling Enhancement Act Grant to perform a campus waste and recycle audit. The project, which will be driven by students engaged in fieldwork, will provide campus leaders with reliable baseline data on the college’s current waste management practices. “The…
TCNJ School of Education’s new program aims to grow the number of certified teachers in New Jersey
In an effort to address the state’s growing teacher shortage, The College of New Jersey’s School of Education recently launched a new program designed to train paraprofessionals to become certified teachers. TCNJ’s Paraprofessional to Teacher program, funded by the state of New Jersey’s Some College, No Degree initiative, makes a bachelor’s degree in elementary education more accessible to full-time…
Enid Littwin Bernstein’s Famous Cheesecake Recipe
When Michael Bernstein was officially introduced as TCNJ’s 17th president, he made a lofty claim: that he makes a killer cheesecake. With the holiday season now upon us, President Bernstein shares his mother’s recipe, which he’s been making since he was a teenager. Try it for yourself and email your photos and reviews to alumni@tcnj.edu…
Veterans Day celebration offers a sneak peek at a new space for military and veteran students
The College of New Jersey celebrated veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces in the campus community with a Veterans Day appreciation event in its new Military and Veterans Lounge. Adjacent to the ROTC office on the third floor of Forcina Hall, the newly renovated lounge is a welcoming and collaborative space where TCNJ’s military and…
TCNJ dedicates Emergency Operations Center to former police chief John Collins
The College of New Jersey recently unveiled a plaque dedicating Room 103 in the Administrative Services Building, also known as the Emergency Operations Center, in honor of former chief of campus police John Collins, who passed away in April. The EOC is a central location for command and control of first responders in the event…
The SHOP @ TCNJ expands offerings through grant
The SHOP @ TCNJ, a campus food pantry and resource to aid anyone facing food insecurity, continues to expand its offerings and resources through a grant from Governor Phil Murphy’s Hunger-Free Campus initiative, distributed through the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. The funds allow The SHOP to increase its staffing, replenish its stock…
TCNJ researcher looks into a toddler’s world of possibilities
A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds a new light on how young children think about possibilities. The study, led by Aimee Stahl, associate professor of psychology, found that children as young as two can intuitively distinguish between impossible events and possible but improbable events —…