Philosophy professor James Stacey Taylor, who has written about Navajo views of end-of-life care, was quoted in a New York Times article about new approaches for broaching this difficult topic. “Navajos value the principle of autonomy or self-determination. But their cultural taboos — you can’t think negatively, or it will happen — restrict their ability to autonomously plan for their end-of-life care, since the planning itself requires such negative thinking,” Taylor said. “Using the poem and open-ended questions allows nuanced and respectful solutions to this problem because it gives people the opportunity to discuss end-of-life planning impersonally.”
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2014-2010
Civil War historian Daniel Crofts on the NY Times Opinionator blog: No Better Southern Man
Daniel Crofts, a professor of American history, writes for the New York Times blog, ‘Disunion,’ about the “Southern Opposition” – Union loyalists – on the eve of the Civil War. About two dozen members of the House of Representatives, all of them former Whigs and almost all from the Upper South, they used their influence during the first few months of 1861 to keep the Upper South from seceding – a fact, Crofts says, that explodes any notion of the white South as a unified region hellbent on leaving the Union.
Inuit art from Nunavut at The College of New Jersey Art Gallery
A collection of vivid prints and drawings by Inuit artists from a single studio in a remote hamlet in Nunavut, Canada will be on display at The College of New Jersey Art Gallery from January 26-March 2.
Alternative Break Club leaves New Orleans with memories and a message
ABC, a student-run volunteer organization that allows students to spend break time on volunteer trips, has been traveling to New Orleans over spring and winter breaks since spring 2009.
Senior Valery Lavigne in ABC’s Political Punch blog: Michelle Obama’s China Initiative
Valery Lavigne, a senior at The College of New Jersey, participated in a panel discussion Wednesday in Washington, D.C. on the academic, cultural and career benefits of studying in China. The event was part of a series of activities organized by the Obama administration around the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao and followed a speech by First Lady Michelle Obama.
TCNJ’s Bonner Center in The Times of Trenton
A multi-part series in The Times of Trenton followed members of the Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement on their week-long trip to New Orleans, where they helped build homes in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Senior Valery Lavigne reflects on her study in China at a Washington, D.C. event marking the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao
EWING, NJ … Valery Lavigne, a senior at The College of New Jersey, participated in a panel discussion today in Washington, D.C. on the academic, cultural and career benefits of studying in China. The event was part of a series of activities organized by the Obama administration around the state visit of Chinese President Hu…
TCNJ’s Emilie Lounsberry and team at the Philadelphia Inquirer win prize for investigative series on Philadelphia’s troubled criminal justice system
Journalism professor Emilie Lounsberry was part of an investigative team at the Philadelphia Inquirer that won a John Jay/Harry Frank Guggenheim 2011 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award from John Jay College of Criminal Justice for “Justice: Delayed, Dismissed and Denied,” a multi-part series on a big-city criminal justice system in crisis.
The College of New Jersey Appoints Matthew Golden, Ed.D., as Vice President, College Relations and Advancement
The College of New Jersey Appoints Matthew Golden, Ed.D., as Vice President, College Relations and Advancement EWING, NJ … Barbara Gitenstein, president of The College of New Jersey, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Golden, Ed.D., as Vice President for College Relations and Advancement. In this role, Golden will be responsible for cultivating…
TCNJ to develop academic partnerships with Chinese universities
EWING, NJ … The College of New Jersey is among ten U.S. colleges and universities chosen by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to participate in the year-long International Academic Partnerships Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, to help the College establish partnerships with academic institutions in China. The IIE, a non-profit educational…