Academics & Research
Professor Juda Bennett likes to walk. Now, he’s launched a course based on his itinerant nature
Juda Bennett doesn’t remember how long the walks lasted. In the 1970s, when the English professor was a younger man, he lived in a commune in Ithaca, New York. He would often commute the 13 miles to work at a downtown vegetarian restaurant by foot. “I didn’t do that a couple times; I didn’t even…
TCNJ Jazz Ensemble Celebrates Michael Ray: A Lifetime of Musical Achievement
As the centerpiece of its 100th anniversary celebration, the TCNJ Department of Music, in collaboration with Trenton Makes Music, presents guest artist, internationally renowned trumpeter, and Trenton native Michael Ray. Mr. Ray will join the TCNJ Jazz Ensemble for a performance featuring iconic pieces from his days as a member of Kool and the Gang…
TCNJ’s Trenton Roots explored in new exhibit
On Friday, October 26, TCNJ unveiled a new exhibit entitled “Our Trenton Roots” in the lobby of Trenton Hall. The display, which explores the history of the college from its beginning in the city of Trenton until present day, was conceived, designed, written, and fabricated by TCNJ students and faculty from the history and interactive…
White Coat Ceremony marks first professional milestone for nursing students
Faculty from TCNJ’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science presented white lab coats to 61 sophomore nursing students during the school’s fourth annual White Coat Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 24. A rite of passage that formally welcomes students into the nursing profession, the White Coat Ceremony is a long-standing tradition in health-related fields. It…
Business team wins big at first-ever AT&T National Sales Competition
A team of six TCNJ business students took home the proverbial gold at AT&Ts first-ever National Sales Competition at AT&T Corporate Headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 18–20, 2018. The TCNJ team beat out 30 schools from across the country for a prize pot that included scholarship money, job and internship opportunities, and a $10,000 sponsorship…
$375,000 grant will help TCNJ combat mental illness in local communities
TCNJ received a grant of $375,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to create a local Youth Mental Health First Aid project in collaboration with a variety of community partners in Trenton and Ewing. The project will raise awareness and provide training and referral education across a number of constituencies to build the capacity of adults working with area youth to appropriately…
Could you escape the epidemic?
Inside a simple white tent propped up outside the Science Complex, four students garbed in aprons and medical masks pored through pamphlets, drawers, and chests to find a Spanish flu antidote and save a patient who lay on a slim cot. The patient, played by public health major Alana Adams ’20, needed the vaccine, but…
How a mentored research project launched a new relationship between TCNJ and a preeminent historic site in Trenton
As Francesca Paldino ’19 probed the history of the William Trent House as part of TCNJ’s Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience, her research made clear that the “country estate” of Trenton’s founder had, in fact, been a slave plantation. Craig Hollander, associate professor of history and Paldino’s faculty mentor says her findings are illustrative of the…