On Tuesday, June 30, TCNJ’s Board of Trustees approved a new graduate dual-certification program in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education. This new dual-certification program offers those interested in becoming teachers an opportunity to seek New Jersey Certificates of Eligibility with Advanced Standing (CEAS) in both early childhood (pre-K through 3rd grade) and elementary education (Kindergarten through 6th grade). …
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Jekabs Hayes awarded inaugural TerraCycle innovation award
Mechanical engineering major Jekabs Hayes ’20 was awarded TerraCycle’s first annual Ernel Simpson Innovation Award for incorporating sustainable practices in his senior project. Hayes earned a $500 stipend to cover his research. Hayes teamed up with fellow seniors Peter Stahl and Christopher Garr and his advisor, George Facas of the mechanical engineering department, to construct…
How two engineering students are angling to reduce fishing pollution
Jake DeGennaro and Alexander Iorio are lifelong friends. They’re also avid recreational fishermen who noticed a problem with their pastime that was literally dangling right in front of them. “Jake and I were fishing together on the Delaware River and right in the trees above our heads you could see all this tangled fishing…
TCNJ adds minor in social justice
In recent years, TCNJ has framed a bold approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in part responding to student activism. To help address the growing demand for education around equity and inclusion, TCNJ’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences will add a minor in social justice beginning with the fall 2020 semester. The minor offers…
Physics professor Lauranne Lanz uncovers something new about jumbo galaxies that has the astronomy world spinning
Lauranne Lanz spied Jupiter through a telescope when she was just 4 years old, the first celestially significant moment in her life but not the last: The budding astronomer would eventually help identify a new class of galaxies. Super spirals, discovered in 2016 by a team of four astronomers including Lanz, assistant professor of physics,…
What makes Thai fireflies synchronize their flashes? (Hint: It’s math.)
Matthew Mizuhara wants to talk about fireflies. Not the ones that flicker in New Jersey, but a species found in the forests of Thailand. During mating season, these insects stop flashing as individuals — here and there and anytime — and align all their internal light switches, beaming collective bursts into the darkness. There is…