The College of New Jersey recently opened its doors to the TCNJ Student Evaluation Clinic, a service that provides educational, psychological, and speech-language evaluations. The clinic is located on campus in Ewing and works with both parents and school districts at a rate that is nearly half the cost of existing options. A centerpiece of…
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Paramount Pictures internship helped Allie Weiner map her future
Even as a little girl, Elizabeth “Allie” Weiner was, she says, acutely aware that her favorite film, Clueless, was a Paramount picture. “At a very early age, I was interested in who produced and distributed a movie.” Weiner, a senior communications major, worked this past summer as a Creative Affairs intern at the legendary…
Jana Gevertz’s mathematical models could help answer cancer questions
Jana Gevertz was drawn to medicine, but she didn’t want to be a doctor. “I was a math major, but wanted to do something that could have a direct societal impact,” she says. Then it happened. As an undergrad at Rutgers University, her father was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma. “That sealed the deal for…
The pursuit of a nursing career is very personal for Edric Vites
Edric Vites ’17 was only 12 when his 7-year-old sister Risella died from biliary atresia, a rare, life-threatening liver disease that affects children. Her death changed the course of his life. He decided to enter the medical field, either as a doctor or nurse. Vites essentially raised himself. After his sister died, his parents…
Alana Huszar strikes Gold(water) with graph theory
Alana Huszar once dreamed of becoming a puppeteer or a voice actress, until she got her first taste of advanced math in a high school calculus class. That’s the moment Alana fell in love with mathematics — and she hasn’t looked back. The 20-year-old junior from Bridgewater, New Jersey, has won a Goldwater Scholarship, the…
New campaign launches to fund major TCNJ priorities
On Saturday, April 25, approximately 1,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends gathered on a sunny and crisp Quimby’s Prairie to be a part of college history. The moment came at 4 p.m., when TCNJ President R. Barbara Gitenstein took center stage for the big reveal—the special announcement that the college was undertaking a major initiative…
Students got facetime this spring with DC legislators and alumni
Despite a chilly, rainy forecast and a pre-sunrise departure, Poonam Kotak ’16 was one of several dozen students who climbed aboard a bus to the nation’s capitol this semester for TCNJ’s first-ever DC Networking Day. The purpose of the trip was to link students with successful alums who can explain how to search for that…
TCNJ tests ‘SNACK’ phys ed program targeting childhood obesity in local schools
—The Times of Trenton
Food startup wins $22K in Mayo Biz Competition
Until recently, all Mehak Aswani, Pauleena Pal, and Sheenal Parikh had to show for their future restaurant, Tikka Roll, was an Excel file full of projected sales figures and long list of needs, including a fridge, a sink, and a fryer. But after winning first prize in the 2015 Mayo Business Plan Competition on April…