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Academics & Research
Tom Cilla’s front row seat to history-in-the-making
Tom Cilla’s fellow students may be hard-pressed to top his “What I Did On My Summer Vacation” essay. As an intern with the United States Solicitor General’s office in Washington, D.C., Cilla was witness to two landmark rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. He heard Justice Stephen Breyer read the majority opinion in Whole Woman’s…
Carole Kenner Selected for Prestigious Nursing Educators Award
Carole Kenner, dean of the college’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science, has been selected by the National League of Nurses’ Board of Governors as a member of the Academy of Nursing Education Fellows class of 2016. This prestigious distinction acknowledges individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the field of nursing education. Kenner…
Symone Yancey’s journey to Columbia Law School
Symone Yancey ’16 scored offers of admission from seven of the nation’s top law schools, and then parlayed them into a full ride at Columbia University to study civil rights law. But how did the first college graduate from a working-class family in Somerdale, N.J., do it? Yancey, 22, is down-to-earth about her secret: Hard…
Nursing prof Geralyn Altmiller recognized for advancing quality and safety education for students
For Geralyn Altmiller, associate professor of nursing at The College of New Jersey, incorporating patient safety and quality care education as a component of comprehensive nursing school curricula should be a guiding principle for any successful nursing program. It just makes sense. That is why she was so taken aback when she learned that she’d…
Albert Cavallaro wins inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize
Albert Cavallaro, a 2015 graduate with majors in History and English, has won the inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize for his essay “Western (Mis)perceptions of Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyvich the “Terrible”: Depictions of Ivan IV’s Reign by Western Writers from the 16th to the 21st Century Alongside 16th-Century Works of Western European Political Thought.” Published in…
From Packer to Poland: Lions Television footage at heart of international incident
When Ellie Schuckman ’18 rose last Tuesday morning, the only thing on her mind was her 11:00 a.m. final. But then the Lions Television programming director found a startling request in her in box: Reuters, the international news agency, wanted footage the student-run station had shot of former President Bill Clinton’s May 13 visit to…
At TCNJ, revamped program helps at-risk students graduate
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Rebecca Santorella named Goldwater Scholar, 2 more receive honorable mentions
Junior mathematics major Rebecca Santorella has been named a 2016 Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious honor awarded by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Santorella was selected alongside six other students from New Jersey in this year’s national competition. Additionally, chemistry majors Sara Martin and Tanya Townsend were selected for honorable mentions this…