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…
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February is the Month to Get Your Om On
The power of “living in the moment” is often overlooked—and that’s why the month-long Breathe In–Breathe Out Mindfulness Challenge is now underway at TCNJ. This month, students, faculty, and staff are invited to challenge themselves and their peers to make a conscious effort to be mindful. “Our goal is to inspire as many people as…
Senior Kristi Marciano and Dr. Simona Wright (World Languages/Italian) coauthored a paper—“Migrant Crossings: A Politics of the Body As Body Politics”—that has been accepted for a conference in Split, Croatia, in June
Senior Kristi Marciano and Dr. Simona Wright (World Languages/Italian) coauthored a paper—“Migrant Crossings: A Politics of the Body As Body Politics”—that has been accepted for a conference in Split, Croatia, in June
How one TCNJ alum uses Minecraft in his classroom
Ramu Indrasimhan ‘14 had just finished teaching his 7th-grade class in Chennai, India, about the Roman Empire. He asked his students to submit final projects on ancient Rome, and one teen decided to build his own miniature Colosseum. When he had trouble finding the right materials, he came to Indrasimhan with an unusual request: Can…
From major Civil Rights photographer to Etsy insider—it’s all here.
This semester, the TCNJ Center for the Arts has done its best to fill your every waking moment with cultural fare. Put these dates in your phone or wall calendar today. Now through March 1 This week, TCNJ Art Gallery opens its spring season with Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. The…
Faculty and staff hit the theater for group viewing of Selma
“It is one of my proudest days at the college,” says Brenda Leake. Leake, an associate professor of elementary/early childhood education, and more than 150 of her faculty and staff colleagues celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday—and supported the college’s strategic initiative around diversity and inclusion—with a group trip to view the film Selma…
TCNJ receives Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
Community engaged learning is a hallmark of a TCNJ education, and the college has worked to infuse the curriculum with activities where students learn by serving and engaging with diverse communities on and off campus. These experiences allow TCNJ students to excel academically and to be engaged citizens both locally and globally. For these efforts,…
Perfect Timing: Obama’s direction on Cuba is sweet for TCNJ students there this month
Off the grid and into casas particulares—private houses—are where 23 students and three faculty members find themselves as they arrive in Havana this week. In the casas, students will live with Cuban families and study the art and culture of Cuba, catching some of the very last glimpses of the country as it has been…
Kiplinger’s ranks TCNJ among the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2015
EWING, NJ … The College of New Jersey was ranked #23 in the top 100 colleges on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of Best Values in Public Colleges for 2015. The ranking cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value. TCNJ ranks #23 for in-state tuition, and tops the list of New Jersey public…