Announcements
TCNJ launches environmental studies major amidst growing concerns over climate change
The College of New Jersey’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched an undergraduate environmental studies major to effectively address the disproportionate harm to the planet from climate change and other widespread environmental injustices. “The scientific understanding of environmental problems is necessary to determine potential solutions, but that alone is not sufficient,” said Diane…
Six alumni join TCNJ Board of Trustees
The College of New Jersey’s Board of Trustees has added six new members, all of whom are alumni of the college, ranging from the Class of ’76 to the Class of ’18 James “Butter” Allen ’76, Kevin Drennan ’02, Sumit “Shu” Mukherjee ’01, Priscilla Nuñez ’18, Jim Schulz ’93, and Madeline Urbish ’11, have all…
TCNJ and Thomas Jefferson University sign articulation agreement for speech-language pathology program
To meet the growing needs for professionals in the field of speech pathology, The College of New Jersey and The Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences of Thomas Jefferson University recently signed an articulation agreement to provide an additional path for students. The partnership, which will launch in the fall of 2024, will enable first-year applicants…
Event will bring business leaders from across the country together for a day of networking and story sharing
The 13th Annual Women’s Leadership Summit will be held on Wednesday, November 1 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. in TCNJ’s Education Building, Room 212. The summit is a networking event that brings female business leaders from around the country together for interactive workshops and to share stories of their career paths with TCNJ students, faculty, and…
TCNJ earns HEED Award for DEI efforts
The College of New Jersey has been awarded a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The award is presented annually to institutions that advance the core values of DEI as evidenced through mentoring, teaching, research, hiring and promotion, recruitment,…
TCNJ innovation and business partnership efforts to get boost through new NSF grant
As part of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program, The College of New Jersey has been awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant to strengthen innovation and encourage partnerships with industry, nonprofits and governmental entities. The college will partner with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in this work. “TCNJ produces…
Physics department energized by grant to continue nanoparticle research
TCNJ physics professor Angie Capece has been awarded a $728,715 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the formation and growth of nanoparticles. Capece, along with a team of TCNJ students, will investigate potential ways to create silver nanoparticles using a bench-top plasma source, which is more environmentally sustainable than using conventional chemicals.…
TCNJ School of Nursing and Health Sciences gets shot in the arm thanks to $33 million grant from Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
The College of New Jersey has been awarded a $33 million capital facilities grant by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education of New Jersey as part of the joint solicitation of four revolving Capital Facilities Bond programs. The awarded funds will be used for the college’s “Educating New Jersey’s Next Generation Health Workforce” plan, which will reimagine and…
Michael Bernstein named interim president of The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey Board of Trustees announced today that Dr. Michael Bernstein has been selected as TCNJ’s interim president for a two-year term beginning on July 1, 2023. An accomplished educator and administrator, Bernstein is provost emeritus at Stony Brook University, having previously served as that institution’s interim president from August 2019 through…