The College of New Jersey announced today that, following a national search, Sunita Gupta Kramer has been named dean of the School of Science, effective July 1, 2022. Kramer comes to TCNJ from Rutgers University where she served 12 years as faculty before taking on progressive leadership roles. She currently serves as the university’s inaugural…
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TCNJ participating in Garden State Guarantee program
TCNJ announced today that it will participate in the Garden State Guarantee program, a new initiative from the state of New Jersey. The Garden State Guarantee, which begins with the 2022–23 academic year, is New Jersey’s promise to make a college degree more accessible and affordable. By reducing out-of-pocket costs for students and families, New…
President Foster named to NCAA Division III Presidents Council
TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster has been named to the NCAA Division III President’s Council and will begin her term in January 2022. She will also serve as the chair of the New Jersey Athletic Conference President’s Council for the next two years. “This is a historic time in the NCAA as members rewrite the…
Campuswide solar project begins this month with installation of parking lot solar arrays
The College of New Jersey is taking major strides toward a more sustainable campus as it breaks ground on a campuswide solar project this month. The project consists of five solar arrays — a collection of solar panels that generate electricity as a system — that will be located in parking lots and building roofs…
TCNJ receives bronze in the Global Equity & Inclusion Scorecard for Global Education Programming
The College of New Jersey has completed Diversity Abroad’s Global Equity & Inclusion Scorecard and earned a Bronze rating. This assessment tool leverages Diversity Abroad’s Global Equity & Inclusion Guidelines, and is a gold standard for identifying, implementing, and evaluating diversity and inclusion policies and practices in the field of global education. Taking a systematic…
TCNJ announced as 2021 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge award winner
Today, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge hosted its third biennial awards ceremony to recognize select higher education institutions, educators, and students for their extraordinary work in student voter engagement during the 2020 presidential election. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and most students learning virtually, the honorees ensured students across the country could cast their ballots. …
Black Hawk chopper, football home opener, and military and first responder appreciation will commemorate 9/11 on Saturday, Sept. 11
On Saturday, September 11, The College of New Jersey will commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by honoring military and first responders during a special halftime presentation at TCNJ football’s home opener against SUNY Cortland. Kickoff is at noon in Lions Stadium. Gabrielle Bobo ’22, a health and exercise science major and member of ROTC,…
I Am TCNJ docustory project receives double Emmy nods
I Am TCNJ: A Docu-Story Project has been nominated in two categories in the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Awards. The segment “Now is the Time” is nominated in the Interactive Media category, and “To My Professors” is nominated in the Education/Schools – Short Form Content (single story) category. Debuting in spring 2021, the docu-story project…
TCNJ partners with Trenton Board of Education for Early College High School Program
On Thursday, June 17, The College of New Jersey and the Trenton Board of Education formally announced a partnership to allow Trenton students to earn dual enrollment college credits while in high school under the national Early College High School Program. The announcement event, which was attended by TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster, Trenton Mayor…
Marla Jaksch named third recipient of the Barbara Meyers Pelson ’59 Chair in Faculty-Student Engagement
Marla Jaksch has been at the forefront of advancing faculty-student research collaboration at TCNJ for 11 years. Now, as the third recipient of the Barbara Meyers Pelson ’59 Chair in Faculty-Student Engagement, she’s aiming to enhance inclusion, diversity, community, and belonging at TCNJ. Jaksch’s proposed project invites the TCNJ community to consider how the campus…