Circling around Metzger Drive, you’ll notice a small fenced-in plot, tucked neatly in a clearing toward the back of campus. Meet TCNJ Campus Garden, one of several ways students, faculty, and other volunteers are helping to fight food insecurity in the Trenton and Ewing communities. The Presidents’ Climate Commitment Committee and the TCNJ Bonner Institute…
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TCNJ’s EOF program has been an unqualified success for so many who might have otherwise missed their chance at a college education
They arrive on a mostly empty campus in the middle of each July, about 5 percent of the incoming freshman class, waking by 7 a.m. and working until 11 p.m. for five weeks to get a jump-start on college. “It’s an absolute academic boot camp for the students,” says Ivonne Cruz, director of the Educational…
School of Science Dean Jeff Osborn honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science announced today that Jeffrey Osborn, dean of TCNJ’s School of Science, has been named an AAAS Fellow. This is one of the highest honors in his field. Osborn received the award for his distinguished contributions to undergraduate science education, particularly through undergraduate research experiences in biology, and…
For this math major, the formula for success is easy: Just add water.
Say hi to Harrison Yi. He’s a math major, and was named NJAC Swimmer of the Week earlier this month. Time to get up close and see how he got here. > Some of my earliest memories of swimming are just of learning how to swim in general. Mainly splashing around and playing with friends.…
Lions showed their pride during TCNJ’s 4th annual Day of Giving
TCNJ Lions and supporters of the college displayed their pride on November 1, 2018 as 2,098 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends came together to raise $322,105 in just 24 hours as part of the college’s 4th annual Day of Giving. This year’s totals top the 1,471 donors and $283,938 raised last year. Included among the highlights: · 848 donors were…
TCNJ earns grant to fight school absenteeism
TCNJ received a $300,000 grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation’s All Kids Thrive Program to continue the fight against chronic school absenteeism in the region over the next five years. According to data from 2014-15, 32 percent of Trenton Public School students were chronically absent, well above the state average of 10 percent. Chronically…
Professor Juda Bennett likes to walk. Now, he’s launched a course based on his itinerant nature
Juda Bennett doesn’t remember how long the walks lasted. In the 1970s, when the English professor was a younger man, he lived in a commune in Ithaca, New York. He would often commute the 13 miles to work at a downtown vegetarian restaurant by foot. “I didn’t do that a couple times; I didn’t even…
Alumna Sylvia Mazzula says we can find greatness by making ourselves at home
Sylvia Mazzula ’98 MA ’02, associate professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an award-winning mental health researcher, returned to her alma mater on October 30 in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month to urge students to seek greatness. The key to achieving that excellence, she says, is finding connections so that the…