It all came together for the 1,000th time in her coaching career. Field hockey coach Sharon Pfluger ’82 assessed her upcoming opponent, meticulously scripted a game plan with staff, prepared her players, and set them loose to do battle. The result was a familiar one. The College of New Jersey field hockey team defeated Gwynedd-Mercy…
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2017-2015
Grand opening of Fitness Center at Campus Town
Get ready to commit to those healthy resolutions for the new academic year because TCNJ’s new fitness center at Campus Town is open for business. The center celebrated its grand opening on Monday, September 21. “It’s way more spacious—it’s actually three times the size of the old gym,” says Krista Koskinen, a student worker in…
Business leaders look at four keys to turn NJ around
—The Asbury Park Press
Jana Gevertz’s mathematical models could help answer cancer questions
Jana Gevertz was drawn to medicine, but she didn’t want to be a doctor. “I was a math major, but wanted to do something that could have a direct societal impact,” she says. Then it happened. As an undergrad at Rutgers University, her father was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma. “That sealed the deal for…
Fifteen schools, including TCNJ, make list of standouts in new federal scorecard
The U.S. Department of Education released its new College Scorecard and The College of New Jersey was recognized as one of 15 public schools with high graduation rates leading to high incomes. In his weekly radio address on Saturday, President Barack Obama described the report as a study designed to help students and parents identify…
U.S. News and World Report: TCNJ remains top public college in the north
U.S. News and World Report today ranked The College of New Jersey third (and first among public colleges) in its annual listing of the “Best Regional Universities—North.” It is one of a number of recent surveys to rate TCNJ highly. Money recently looked at public colleges where students graduate fastest. Recognizing that the longer it…
The pursuit of a nursing career is very personal for Edric Vites
Edric Vites ’17 was only 12 when his 7-year-old sister Risella died from biliary atresia, a rare, life-threatening liver disease that affects children. Her death changed the course of his life. He decided to enter the medical field, either as a doctor or nurse. Vites essentially raised himself. After his sister died, his parents…