When freshman biology major Kerstin Baran decided to attend a build-day for her high school’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, she inadvertently ignited her own passion for giving back. Together, with a team of Habitat for Humanity members and construction-volunteers, Baran and the team from Hunterdon Central High School was able to put a roof over the…
TCNJ News Releases Archive 2017-2015
TCNJ joins campuses nationwide in effort to be “Voter Friendly”
TCNJ was recently named a “Voter Friendly Campus” by Campus Vote Project and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. TCNJ is one of only 83 institutions nationwide to receive this designation, and is the only institution from New Jersey. The mission of the Voter Friendly Campus designation is to bolster efforts that help students…
Meet the winners of the 2017 Mayo Business Plan Competition
If Tyler Gambardella hadn’t been so strapped for time a year ago, he wouldn’t be a CEO today. Attempting to balance all aspects of his busy college life—classes and homework, a co-op at Johnson & Johnson, serving on the exec board of his fraternity—left little room in his schedule for things like laundry and errands.…
Mawhinney’s new book examines teacher education at minority-serving institutions
As an African-American woman growing up in a rural area that was predominantly white, Lynnette Mawhinney knew from a young age she wanted to pursue a career in education. “I knew I wanted to teach students who needed extra support,” she says, “but who also needed someone like me, a teacher of color.” Her new…
TCNJ senior using mindfulness in the classroom
—The Hartford Courant
N.J. assemblyman with little hair shaves head for cancer research at TCNJ fraternity fundraiser
—NJ.com
TCNJ and Bryn Mawr College launch partnership
Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and The College of New Jersey have launched a partnership that will enable selected TCNJ students in a number of majors to apply for admission into the GSSWSR Master of Social Service degree program as early as their sophomore year. “Because of TCNJ’s strong…
Meet TCNJ’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship winners
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program is one of the most competitive sources of support for students in STEM fields. The vast majority of recipients are first- and second-year graduate students, but four TCNJ seniors made the list last month when the NSF announced its 2017 awardees: The fellowship is worth a total…
Mayo Business Plan Competition final showdown, April 5
On April 5, three teams of TCNJ student entrepreneurs will square off in the finals of the Mayo Business Plan Competition. Their goal? To convince a panel of judges that their idea is the Next Big Thing. And the stakes are high, with a prize pot of $50,000 to be divvied up among the teams.…