U.S. News & World Report released its 2020 Best Colleges rankings today and The College of New Jersey again received high marks. TCNJ ranked fourth overall and placed first among public colleges, in the “Best Regional Universities—North” category. TCNJ has held the top spot in its region among public colleges since 1991. The college tied for…
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TCNJ Engineering’s diversity efforts recognized with national award
The College of New Jersey’s School of Engineering has been named one of the inaugural recipients of an award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Diversity Recognition Program. The honor is given to colleges and universities for establishing an institutional infrastructure to improve diversity and inclusion in engineering education. It is the first…
TCNJ and Sussex County Community College enter articulation agreement
TCNJ and Sussex County Community College have entered into an articulation agreement that will enable honors program students with an associate’s degree from Sussex to complete a BA or BS degree at TCNJ. The agreement was formally signed at an event on TCNJ’s campus on Wednesday, September 4. “We understand that for many reasons, including…
Salika Lawrence named Campbell Endowed Chair of Urban Education
TCNJ welcomes Salika Lawrence, who joins the School of Education as the inaugural Campbell Endowed Chair of Urban Education. She began her new post on August 15, 2019. As chair, Lawrence will develop programming related to urban education, mentor students in the urban education programs, develop and sustain strategic partnerships with teachers and administrators in…
Chuck Wright honored with CASE District II namesake award
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education announced today the new Charles A. Wright Opportunity and Inclusion Leadership Award as part of its 2020 District II Achievement Awards program. Named in recognition of TCNJ’s associate vice president for development and alumni engagement — known to all on campus as Chuck — the award acknowledges…
TCNJ honors longtime STEM donor John Martinson
A highly decorated U.S. Air Force pilot, John Martinson trained intensely to become an astronaut — but he was too tall to rocket into space. Instead, he founded Edison Partners in 1968 and fostered technological advances as a venture capitalist. Martinson channeled his passion for science and technology into his charitable work with the Martinson…
How simple outdoor seating is transforming the trip across our campus, one accessible rest stop at a time
The new benches on campus — 32 of them — are more than just picturesque study spots. They’re part of a universal design. Positioned at approximately 200-foot intervals along three key pathways of campus — the art walk, the main campus walk, and the residence walk — their purpose is two-fold: to identify paths leading to…