Ellie Kreider ’25, a biology major at The College of New Jersey, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Open Research Award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Germany for the 2025–2026 academic year. Her work is entitled “Untangling the role of calcium channel proteins in…
Academics & Research
TCNJ adds sports management and communications minor
The College of New Jersey’s School of Business has recently added a minor in Sports Management and Communications to its academic offerings. “The business of sports is a fast-paced, ever-evolving $490 billion industry,” said Brenda Ghitulescu, chair of the Management Department. “The growth and development of sports will continue to expand and play a key…
TCNJ appoints permanent deans for the School of Education and the School of Graduate, Global, and Online Education
The College of New Jersey President Michael Bernstein announced today the permanent appointments of Tabitha Dell’Angelo as dean of the School of Education and Linda Mayger as dean of the School of Graduate, Global, and Online Education. Both appointments are effective as of July 1, 2025. “These appointments reflect the valuable insights shared by our…
TCNJ receives grant from The Presser Foundation to upgrade Music Building facilities
The College of New Jersey was awarded a $40,000 grant from The Presser Foundation to replace the instrument storage facilities in the Music Building. The current lockers will be upgraded to industry-standard storage solutions that will provide enhanced security for student instruments. As an added benefit of the project, some of the existing storage cabinets…
TCNJ begins work with Master Teacher Fellows on NSF grant for STEM educators
The College of New Jersey recently began working with its first cohort of Sustainable and Innovative STEM Master Teacher Fellow on the execution of a National Science Foundation grant to increase levels of teacher engagement in K–5 STEM education in New Jersey. Funding for this six-year, $2.9 million initiative was awarded to TCNJ researchers in…
TCNJ student papers “Provide Renewed Hope for our Discipline and our World” at national health communication conference
TCNJ student papers “provide renewed hope for our health communication discipline and our world” according to Anne Nicotera, professor and organizer of the national biannual D.C. Health Communication Conference hosted by George Mason University May 1–3, 2025, in Herndon, Virginia. “To see this caliber of work produced by undergraduate students is rare and exceedingly gratifying,”…
Mechanical engineering seniors want to take their capstone project out of this world — literally.
Robotic arms, 3D printers, wind turbines. These are the types of dynamic products senior engineering students typically pour their time into designing for their year-long group capstone projects, which are meant to demonstrate their mastery of the concepts they’ve learned over the course of their four-year degree program. But this year, one TCNJ team wanted…
TCNJ partners with American Museum of Natural History to offer graduate courses
The College of New Jersey has partnered with New York City’s American Museum of Natural History to offer online graduate classes through the museum’s Seminars on Science series. The courses, which are designed to deepen students’ understanding of scientific content and enhance knowledge of the process of scientific inquiry, are asynchronous, providing flexibility for the…