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Katrina Ballads commemorates 10 years since the storm
It has been said that New Orleans will forever exist as two cities: the one it was before August 29, 2005, and the one that came after—the one that survived the storm. Now through March 7, TCNJ presents an interdisciplinary series of events around the 10th anniversary of the costliest and one of the deadliest…
TCNJ pays you back, according to The Princeton Review
TCNJ’s efforts to make college more affordable are being recognized nationally in a new publication by The Princeton Review. Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In–2015 Edition, names TCNJ as one of the country’s best colleges for students seeking great academics, outstanding career preparation, and…
First year pre-law students Jackson Ganem and Eric Tannenbaum were among the top 8 novice debaters at the Henry Rutgers Championship Invitational of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, Feb. 6–7 at Rutgers University.
First year pre-law students Jackson Ganem and Eric Tannenbaum were among the top 8 novice debaters at the Henry Rutgers Championship Invitational of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, Feb. 6–7 at Rutgers University.
How TCNJ made it into the 2015 Oscars. Nominally.
Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli, assistant dean for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, was driving to work one morning, listening to the radio, when the Oscar announcements began. A movie fan, she pulled into the TCNJ lot and waited to hear the 2015 Best Picture contenders. Soon came a familiar title: Whiplash. Remembering the inquiry she…
Siddhi Desai and Amanda Soliman, first year math/secondary ed majors, established the TCNJ Council of Student Teachers of Mathematics (CSTM)—the first student affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in New Jersey.
Siddhi Desai and Amanda Soliman, first year math/secondary ed majors, established the TCNJ Council of Student Teachers of Mathematics (CSTM)—the first student affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in New Jersey.
How e-mail created an icon at TCNJ
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TCNJ recognized as a top producer of Fulbrights
TCNJ was identified as a top producer of Fulbright scholars, according to data published in The Chronicle of Higher Education this week. This is TCNJ’s first appearance on the list, and the college sits as one of only three New Jersey institutions named (along with Princeton University and Rutgers University). The Fulbright U.S. Student Program…
ELE/ENV100: Where sustainable food is on the syllabus
Curly kale salads punctuated with shaved radish and roasted squash greeted members of the inaugural Environmental Sustainability in Education course and their professor, Lauren Madden, yesterday at Agricola, a restaurant on Princeton’s Witherspoon Street. The course, a requirement for TCNJ’s brand new minor in sustainability education, is largely made up of elementary education majors, but…