The College of New Jersey has been awarded a bronze seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for nonpartisan engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter turnout in the 2022 midterm elections. The TCNJ Votes! program is the college’s initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout in each election. The effort aims…
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TCNJ hosts &Girls conference and welcomes elected officials to campus
On Saturday, September 7, The College of New Jersey hosted Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman’s &Girls Conference, a day-long seminar to engage, uplift, and empower Black girls in middle and high school. The event featured five breakout sessions and addresses by prominent Black women leaders, including New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02),…
Faculty member Sandy Gibson named Addiction Educator of the Year
Sandy Gibson, professor of online counselor education at The College of New Jersey, has been named Addiction Educator of the Year by the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Gibson, who was nominated for the award by former student Arthur Roman ’24, teaches graduate-level addiction counseling courses at the college. She is a…
TCNJ physics department joins regional NSF-funded photonics initiative
Zay Farzan knew nothing about photonics when she transferred to TCNJ, but that quickly changed after joining professor David McGee’s physics lab. There, she got in touch with her experimental side, building lenses and getting hands-on with the lasers and advanced microscopes that help researchers push the boundaries in the burgeoning field of photonics: the…
Audacy New York awards scholarships to TCNJ students
Incoming first-year students Leah Gross and Lia Sclafani have each received a $2,500 scholarship from Audacy New York and its Mets Radio Network. The pair attended the Mets vs. Miami Marlins game at Citi Field on Friday, August 16 to meet TCNJ alumnus and team broadcaster Pat McCarthy ’18. Gross, a secondary education major at…
TCNJ student soars with NASA summer internship
Matthew Kaufman spent his summer spacing out — at a 10-week NASA internship that was the perfect blend of science and writing that allowed him to interview top scientists and nab some bylines on NASA’s website. From June through early August, the rising senior journalism major interned at NASA’s Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, honing…
TCNJ students study everything under the sun during Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience
Summer was hot with research at TCNJ. Throughout June and July, 92 students and 45 faculty members worked on 53 projects as part of TCNJ’s Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience, known as MUSE. The eight-week experience gives students the opportunity to conduct research or engage in creative activity in collaboration with TCNJ faculty members in all…
NJ DEP Commissioner LaTourette visits TCNJ to highlight Youth Inclusion Initiative
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette recently visited The College of New Jersey to meet students participating in his department’s Youth Inclusion Initiative. The program connects young adults from inner cities throughout the state to work in the TCNJ Campus Garden, receive educational training from the DEP, and assist TCNJ’s Bonner scholars…
TCNJ President Michael Bernstein signs letter calling for more NSF funding for NJ
TCNJ President Michael Bernstein was one of 20 presidents and chancellors of New Jersey colleges and universities to sign a letter to the New Jersey Congressional Delegation requesting they support and advocate for robust funding for the National Science Foundation in 2025. The letter states, in part, that “NSF is the cornerstone of America’s scientific…