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…
Academics & Research
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 Fellows 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…
Goldwater Scholar Ravi Sangani ’26 sees a passion in his research
Public health major Ravi Sangani ’26 was recently named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar — one of the most prestigious national honors for undergraduate students in mathematics, science, and engineering. Out of 1,350 faculty-nominated students across 445 institutions, Sangani — who is minoring in biology and chemistry — was among just 441 selected for the scholarship,…
TCNJ students recognized for their academic achievements at the 2025 Sigma Tau Delta Centennial Convention
Twenty-four TCNJ students attended the Sigma Tau Delta Centennial Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last month, where they presented critical and creative work, participated in professional development workshops led by the Modern Language Association, and participated in roundtables focused on internships, teaching, and popular culture. “Our students were excellent ambassadors from TCNJ and have made us…
Grad student Jaclyn Romano earns honor for student voter engagement efforts
Jaclyn Romano, a graduate student in her final semester of the Master of Public Policy program, was named to the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Student Voting Honor Roll. Romano serves as a graduate assistant in the office of Co-Curricular and Leadership Development. Through that role, she works closely with the TCNJ Votes committee to…
Team Juniper’s winning business plan aims to improve communication between doctors and their patients
Team Juniper, the brains behind an AI transcription platform that aims to simplify medical documentation and billing, won the first-place prize of $30,000 in the 2025 Mayo Business Plan Competition. Team members Yasaman Galer ’25, Livia Minaides ’27, and Isha Patwardhan ’26 conceptualized their innovative app with the goal of streamlining healthcare administration for both…
TCNJ history major works with UPenn program to embark on undergraduate research
Chelsea Berwick is spending time on two college campuses — and growing her support network — this semester as she works to complete her history honors thesis. Berwick, a junior history secondary education major, was selected to participate in the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Consortium Undergraduate Research Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania…