TCNJ’s Aquatic Center is getting a significant upgrade thanks to a gift by Mike Randazzo ’10. Randazzo, a lifelong competitive swimmer and coach, contributed funds to purchase a state-of-the-art scoreboard for the pool at Packer Hall. Paired with the college’s new Omega Quantum timing system — the same system being used in the upcoming Summer…
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2017-2015
Albert Cavallaro wins inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize
Albert Cavallaro, a 2015 graduate with majors in History and English, has won the inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize for his essay “Western (Mis)perceptions of Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyvich the “Terrible”: Depictions of Ivan IV’s Reign by Western Writers from the 16th to the 21st Century Alongside 16th-Century Works of Western European Political Thought.” Published in…
Poverty simulation offers new perspectives to nursing students
On Wednesday, May 4, a group of TCNJ nursing students experienced first-hand the struggles of living in poverty through a Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) funded as part of a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Students and other volunteers role-played a week in the life of individuals living in poverty, experiencing their day-to-day hardships and…
At TCNJ, revamped program helps at-risk students graduate
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rebecca Santorella named Goldwater Scholar, 2 more receive honorable mentions
Junior mathematics major Rebecca Santorella has been named a 2016 Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious honor awarded by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Santorella was selected alongside six other students from New Jersey in this year’s national competition. Additionally, chemistry majors Sara Martin and Tanya Townsend were selected for honorable mentions this…
How Shawn Syed’s internship made wishes come true
Over the course of his four-month internship at the White House this semester, junior Shawn Syed collected memories by the bushel. He watched Marine One, the presidential helicopter, land and depart from the South Lawn. He attended the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And he worked in the Office of Presidential Correspondence, reading…
Victory is literally a sunny future for these physics majors
In last year’s Mayo Business Plan Competition, the Solar Divide team had a great idea, but they didn’t have the business acumen to back it up—and it cost them. They didn’t advance beyond the first round. This year, like a phoenix rising, team members Nic Freschi and his business partner Cody Combs breathed new life…
Bio prof Matthew Wund inducted into Phi Beta Kappa alongside 69 students
TCNJ’s Delta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 69 new members and its first-ever alumni member, Associate Professor of Biology Matthew Wund, at a formal ceremony in Mayo Concert Hall Thursday evening. In its tenth year since being installed at the college, TCNJ’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has only grown in prestige. Each year…