As the centerpiece of its 100th anniversary celebration, the TCNJ Department of Music, in collaboration with Trenton Makes Music, presents guest artist, internationally renowned trumpeter, and Trenton native Michael Ray. Mr. Ray will join the TCNJ Jazz Ensemble for a performance featuring iconic pieces from his days as a member of Kool and the Gang…
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TCNJ’s Trenton Roots explored in new exhibit
On Friday, October 26, TCNJ unveiled a new exhibit entitled “Our Trenton Roots” in the lobby of Trenton Hall. The display, which explores the history of the college from its beginning in the city of Trenton until present day, was conceived, designed, written, and fabricated by TCNJ students and faculty from the history and interactive…
TCNJ spirit is now cast in bronze
First introduced to campus during Homecoming 2017, the William M. McLagan ’87 Lion was welcomed officially to its permanent home — a prominent pad between Brower Student Center and the AIMM Building — during Homecoming 2018 on Saturday, Oct. 27. The sculpture, a three-foot-tall masterpiece-in-bronze, is a gift from McLagan, a retired career Army officer…
White Coat Ceremony marks first professional milestone for nursing students
Faculty from TCNJ’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science presented white lab coats to 61 sophomore nursing students during the school’s fourth annual White Coat Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 24. A rite of passage that formally welcomes students into the nursing profession, the White Coat Ceremony is a long-standing tradition in health-related fields. It…
Business team wins big at first-ever AT&T National Sales Competition
A team of six TCNJ business students took home the proverbial gold at AT&Ts first-ever National Sales Competition at AT&T Corporate Headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 18–20, 2018. The TCNJ team beat out 30 schools from across the country for a prize pot that included scholarship money, job and internship opportunities, and a $10,000 sponsorship…
$375,000 grant will help TCNJ combat mental illness in local communities
TCNJ received a grant of $375,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to create a local Youth Mental Health First Aid project in collaboration with a variety of community partners in Trenton and Ewing. The project will raise awareness and provide training and referral education across a number of constituencies to build the capacity of adults working with area youth to appropriately…
President Foster discusses goal of aligning budget, capital investment, and programming choices with strategic priorities
At Tuesday’s meeting of TCNJ’s Board of Trustees, President Kathryn Foster reviewed her first 108 days in office. Harkening back to the four questions she presented at her first board meeting in July, she emphasized that the overarching aim of her first year as president is to clarify our priorities and align the relevant pieces — our…
Could you escape the epidemic?
Inside a simple white tent propped up outside the Science Complex, four students garbed in aprons and medical masks pored through pamphlets, drawers, and chests to find a Spanish flu antidote and save a patient who lay on a slim cot. The patient, played by public health major Alana Adams ’20, needed the vaccine, but…
$7,400 scholarship helps support student’s recovery with education
Eric Van Eck ’18 met a lot of professors since he first enrolled at TCNJ in 2006. “Mostly for bad reasons,” he said, “like being in the principal’s office. But Van Eck had a very good reason to be in Trenton Hall 123 in late September: he was receiving a $7,400 scholarship from TCNJ Lion’s…