Lindsay Frevert ’05, MEd ’10, had no idea a school-wide assembly would turn out to be a surprise celebration to recognize her as one of the nation’s most outstanding teachers. But that is what happened when Frevert, a second grade teacher at Van Derveer Elementary School in Somerville, New Jersey won the 2016 Milken Educators…
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2017-2015
TCNJ gets a plug from Governor as winner of Electrify Your Workplace Competition
TCNJ took home the first-ever Certificate of Recognition for the New Jersey Charging Challenge: Electrify Your Workplace competition through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection yesterday. The award recognizes the electric vehicle charging stations installed in TCNJ’s Metzger parking garage as an outstanding environmental project. The college partnered with PSE&G last year to bring five…
School of Business ranks in top 50 for undergrads
TCNJ’s business program is ranked #36 among undergraduate business programs in the nation, according to rankings released earlier this week by Poets&Quants. “This is the most thorough study of undergraduate business education ever undertaken, an amazing resource for prospective students and parents trying to make smart decisions about where to get the business basics for…
How Bunyad Bhatti is defying cultural conventions
Bunyad Bhatti tells much of her life story in numbers. Growing up, she attended nine different schools in 12 years. She lived in 14 homes, and in two countries. Keeping in line with cultural expectations of someday becoming a doctor, she spent her senior year of high school applying to pre-med programs—Muslim kids are groomed…
Sharon Byrne attains “Diva” status among NJ nurses
Sharon Byrne, co-chair and associate professor of nursing, will be honored at the New Jersey State Nurses Association Institute for Nursing’s annual Diva and Don Gala on Wednesday, December 7. She is one of 13 nurses who will be recognized at this year’s event for extraordinary contributions to the advancement of health care and the…
James Day to serve as interim dean of the School of the Arts and Communication
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jacqueline Taylor announced today that James Day has agreed to serve as the interim dean of the School of the Arts and Communication, effective January 1, 2017. Day joined the college in 1997 as artist faculty in the Music Department, where he led the guitar studies program and…
How a top college is trying to help low-income students succeed in science
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How Jaritza Eusebio’s internship made a company-wide impact
Jaritza Eusebio used to be the shy girl. At least that’s how she saw herself before the handshake at a TCNJ Opportunities Fair that led to her spearheading a special project for Johnson & Johnson’s financial team. Growing up in Camden, New Jersey as the oldest of three girls, the senior management major is first in…
Lions show their pride during TCNJ’s second annual Day of Giving
Lions pride was on display on November 3, 2016 as 1,046 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends came together to raise over $132,426 in just 24 hours as part of the college’s second annual Day of Giving. Included among the highlights: 50 percent of all donations received came from alumni; The largest number of donors (26)…