The College of New Jersey’s minor in Environmental Sustainability Education recently received accreditation by the North American Association for Environmental Education. TCNJ’s is the only program in the state to earn this recognition, and is one of few environmental education programs specific to pre-service PreK–12 teachers at the undergraduate level in all of North…
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TCNJ Literacy Advancement Project partners with Robinowitz Education Center
TCNJ’s Literacy Advancement Project and Dyslexia Initiative has kicked off Dyslexia Awareness Month by partnering with the Robinowitz Education Center to broaden services to the community. The partnership will provide scholarship-supported evaluations for children and adults with literacy difficulties, including individuals suspected of having a specific learning disorder such as dyslexia. The free evaluations, offered…
Avi Shah ’20 awarded $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Avi Shah of East Brunswick, New Jersey, has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Shah is one of 58 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship. Shah received a bachelor’s degree in biology…
Overall cost of attending TCNJ drops for all undergraduates
Continuing efforts to limit the financial burden on our campus community during the COVID pandemic, TCNJ’s Board of Trustees approved a budget at its June 30 meeting that will result in a lower overall cost of attendance for undergraduate students for the coming academic year. The cost will be reduced by 3.5 percent for in-state…
TCNJ approves dual-certification program in Elementary and Early Childhood Education
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). …
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…
Standing Together: A message from President Kathryn Foster and Vice President James Felton
The below message was shared via email with all members of TCNJ’s campus community on Monday, June 1, 2020: Dear TCNJ Community, Last week’s death of George Floyd was yet another example of the racism, bigotry, and incivility facing the nation and the members of every community. It follows the deaths of Breonna Taylor in…
TCNJ to offer test-optional application policy
In response to the challenges high school students are having scheduling standardized tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The College of New Jersey will implement a test-optional admissions policy for first-year applicants, beginning with the 2020–2021 admission cycle. The test-optional policy will be for a three-year period, during which first-year applicants can choose whether or…
TCNJ joins initiative inviting residents studying out of state to come home
TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster joined the presidents of nine other New Jersey four-year public universities and colleges today in issuing a call for the 120,000 state residents who attend higher education institutions outside of New Jersey to come home, enroll in New Jersey institutions, and help rebuild the state as a part of a…