The College of New Jersey announced today the creation of a new center for health and wellness. The center will continue the counseling work that had previously been housed in the TCNJ Clinic, in addition to providing increased educational and health and wellness resources for the campus and community. “The creation of this center expands…
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A gift for the pride
If you attended homecoming last weekend, perhaps you caught a glimpse of him or even rubbed his nose. He’s three feet high and 3,000 pounds, with a perfectly bronzed complexion. We are of course talking about the William M. McLagan (Trenton State College, Class of 1987) Lion, the newest campus adornment, which was officially unveiled…
Rafiatu Nawuridam studies in Jordan, thanks to Boren Scholarship
TCNJ junior Rafiatu Nawuridam is spending the 2017–18 academic year in Jordan, thanks to a $20,000 Boren Scholarship. Nawuridam, an international studies major with a specialization in Middle East studies and a minor in Arabic, is studying Arabic—both Modern Standard Arabic and Ammiya, the Levantine Arabic dialect spoken among Jordanians, Syrians, Palestinians and Lebanese—at the…
History faculty publish new book based on late colleague’s scholarship
TCNJ history faculty members Christopher Fisher and Robert McGreevey have completed a book, Global America: The United States in the Twentieth Century, recently published by Oxford University Press. The book explores how Americans were “swept up in the swift-moving currents of twentieth-century world history,” according to Oxford, and is based largely on the scholarship of…
TCNJ receives 2016–17 Division III CAANJ Cup
TCNJ Athletics was named the recipient of the Division III Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey Cup for the 2016–17 academic year. The award, which is voted upon by the 43 member institutions of the CAANJ, recognizes overall athletic excellence. It is the 13th time in the past 20 years that the college has earned…
TCNJ launches Master’s of Public Health program
TCNJ’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science announced today the creation of a dynamic Master’s of Public Health program aimed at addressing the lack of proficient public health facilitators worldwide. The program will begin next fall, pending state approval. The MPH program, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in July, is a…
TCNJ remains top ranked public college in region
released its annual Best Colleges rankings today and The College of New Jersey again received high marks. TCNJ tied for 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. TCNJ also ranked as the top university…
Two students win Gilman scholarships for study abroad
TCNJ students Scott Borton and Julie Scesney received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship this year. Borton ’20, an international studies major with a specialization in global health, development, and environment, will study at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata City, Japan, for the full academic year. The $5,000 award will fund his homestay with a…