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…
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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…
TCNJ ECE faculty member Ambrose Adegbege wins Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria
Ambrose Adegbege, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering for the 2023–2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He will head to Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. While abroad, Adegbege will work with scholars in Nigeria on an area of…
TCNJ cuts ribbon on solar arrays to enhance sustainability efforts
The College of New Jersey hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning to celebrate the five solar arrays located in parking lots and building roofs across campus. Greenskies Clean Focus, a national leader in renewable energy solutions, funded the projects at no upfront cost to TCNJ, who will purchase the power generated by the arrays from Greenskies…
Longtime faculty members retire this month
Five of TCNJ’s most beloved faculty members are retiring this month and while we wish them well, let’s face it — we’re already missing them. Deborah Compte, professor, world languages and cultures Compte, professor of Spanish, joined the college in 1990 and has taught Spanish language courses, as well as senior seminar and graduate topics courses…
TCNJ to launch accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program
Furthering efforts to combat a nursing shortage in New Jersey and beyond, The College of New Jersey’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences will launch an accelerated second-degree bachelor of science in nursing program in May. The program will allow students who hold a non-nursing bachelor’s degree to earn a bachelor of science in nursing…
TCNJ English department makes an impressive showing at national honor society convention
The College of New Jersey’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society is fresh off a trip to the society’s annual convention, this year held in Denver, Colorado. Thirty-five TCNJ students and two alumni were among 650 total student presenters, sharing their papers and critical work and participating in roundtable discussions. Additionally, the…
TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster to step down on June 30
Kathryn A. Foster, 16th president of The College of New Jersey, announced today in a message emailed to the campus her decision to step down as president at the end of this academic year. Following a yearlong sabbatical, Foster, who holds a PhD in public and international affairs, will join the college’s political science faculty.…