Avery Faigenbaum, professor of health and exercise science, spoke with the the Los Angeles Times about the emotional benefits of weight training for overweight children.
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2014-2010
TCNJ’s Mark Kiselica ranked a top scholar in counseling
Mark Kiselica, vice provost and professor of counseling at The College of New Jersey, has been ranked one of the top scholars in the counseling profession based on a recent content analysis of the Journal of Counseling and Development (JCD), the premier publication of the American Counseling Association.
NY Times: Applications Rise (Yet Again) at Dozens of Selective Colleges
Compared to this time last year, TCNJ has seen a 1.35% increase in admissions applications for the 2011-2012 academic year.
NJ Rep. Rush Holt at TCNJ to push science, technology & math
Rush Holt visited The College of New Jersey to discuss with faculty and students how TCNJ is using federal funds to produce more graduates in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Video: TCNJ celebrates the Chinese New Year
TCNJ celebrates the Chinese New Year Video.
Civil War historian Daniel Crofts on the NY Times Opinionator blog: The Diary of a ‘Susseader’
The newest installment from Daniel Crofts, a professor of American history. Crofts writes for the New York Times blog, ‘Disunion,’ which follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
Paul Loser Hall will glow red to promote heart health
The College of New Jersey has declared a “red alert” for Friday, February 4 to help the American Heart Association direct attention to heart disease, the number one killer of New Jersey and American women. Most noticeably, Paul Loser Hall will be illuminated with red lighting that day as a reminder of the disease’s deadly impact.…
Just back from Egypt, TCNJ sophomore talks politics to the Trenton Times
Sophomore Adam Morsy returned to campus in January following a semester at the American University in Cairo. In an article in the Trenton Times, he described the country’s domestic politics as “a pile of flammable material flaming up.”
CBS Moneywatch: TCNJ has a top four-year graduation rate
Using a federal education database, CBS Moneywatch compiled a list of 25 public colleges and universities with the best graduation rates. TCNJ ranked 12th on that list with a four-year graduation rate of 68 percent. The Moneywatch reporter noted that “the vast majority of students in this country, however, attend public institutions where the average four-year grad is a measly 27%.”
Biologist Howard Reinert in the NY Times Dot Earth blog: Island Birds + Invading Boa = Trouble in Paradise
Biologist Howard Reinert, who researches the ecology, behavior and physiology of reptiles and amphibians, weighed in on conservation challenges on the island of Aruba for a recent posting of the the New York Times blog, Dot Earth. Reinert, who has studied Aruba’s snakes since 1985, argued that “Aruba would have a lot more birds, lizards, rabbits, bats, and cascabels if everyone would hunt and kill goats instead of boas.”