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Grand opening of Fitness Center at Campus Town
Get ready to commit to those healthy resolutions for the new academic year because TCNJ’s new fitness center at Campus Town is open for business. The center celebrated its grand opening on Monday, September 21. “It’s way more spacious—it’s actually three times the size of the old gym,” says Krista Koskinen, a student worker in…
Business leaders look at four keys to turn NJ around
—The Asbury Park Press
Jana Gevertz’s mathematical models could help answer cancer questions
Jana Gevertz was drawn to medicine, but she didn’t want to be a doctor. “I was a math major, but wanted to do something that could have a direct societal impact,” she says. Then it happened. As an undergrad at Rutgers University, her father was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma. “That sealed the deal for…
U.S. News and World Report: TCNJ remains top public college in the north
U.S. News and World Report today ranked The College of New Jersey third (and first among public colleges) in its annual listing of the “Best Regional Universities—North.” It is one of a number of recent surveys to rate TCNJ highly. Money recently looked at public colleges where students graduate fastest. Recognizing that the longer it…
Move-in day for the Class of 2019
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Campus Town, open for business
The charm of oversized scissors and a big red bow proved more powerful than the summer heat today as crowds of faculty, staff, students, Ewing community members and VIPs gathered at 100 Campus Town Drive. Acting Governor Kim Guadagno and Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann joined TCNJ President R. Barbara Gitenstein for the obligatory ribbon cutting…
TCNJ mourns the loss of ‘Father Journalism’ Bob Cole
The world lost some of its gumption this week. Dr. Robert Carlton Cole, professor emeritus of English and creator of the college’s journalism major, died on August 4, 2015. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease. Cole arrived in the fall of 1973, just as the Watergate scandal was unfolding. “Watergate was feeding the students,” Cole…
Barnes & Noble opens at TCNJ’s Campus Town
—The Times of Trenton