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…
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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
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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…
NYTimes Columnist Charles Blow lectures on race and policing
The killings of young black Americans by police officers in Missouri, New York, Cleveland, and elsewhere have inspired a steady drumbeat of condemnation and protest. But New York Times columnist Charles Blow believes the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice, among others, could also provide “a springboard to a higher discussion.” “It…
Dr. John Sisko to serve as interim dean of HSS
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jacqueline Taylor announced today the appointment of Professor of Philosophy John Sisko as the interim dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, effective June 1, 2015. The current dean, Benjamin Rifkin, will be stepping down at the end of May to become provost and vice president…
A lab gets at the heart of college romantic relationships
With all due respect to Otis Redding, the next time you and your “bae” hit a rough spot in your relationship, you should try a little empathy, not tenderness. Why? Because people who respect their partner’s point of view in relationship conflicts enjoy healthier, better functioning relationships, according to a recent study based on work…