Sharon Pfluger ’82 has built two sports dynasties—and one big, extended family—at her alma mater.
In the Community
BLOG: TCNJ students repairing NOLA during winter break
More than six years post-Hurricane Katrina, the damage is still in need of repair. Follow TCNJ students during their annual service trip to New Orleans.
Editorial: College of New Jersey’s ‘Campus Town’ project takes advantage of public-private partnership
Simply and appropriately dubbed “Campus Town,” a long-planned project along Pennington Road in Ewing has started to emerge from the blueprints.
The Mistress of Moss
Each year, plant enthusiasts make pilgrimages to Norie (Riddering) Burnet’s garden, Eden Woods, where the superstar plant is one that’s more often poisoned or yanked out than it is revered.
Channeling anguish into art
Kasey Tararuj’s disability is a frequent theme in her drawings and paintings, prompting some to call her a modern-day Frida Kahlo.
Running with the Coatman
Meet the king of the stunt runners: Dennis Marsella ’75, aka the Coatman. Since 1981, Marsella has completed more than 120 marathons in some of the most counterintuitive running garb imaginable. Yet underneath the showman is an intensely serious runner.
Teamwork for life
In between delivering babies and taking graduate nursing classes at the College, Kelly Mitchell ’09 serves as an assistant coach for the field hockey and lacrosse teams she once played on.
Adjunct and emeritus profs make toe-tapping music on their band’s latest CD
Ed Goldberg’s Odessa Klezmer Band, which features Robert Mehlman on clarinet, has been making audiences “hetsken zich” for more than two decades.
Education major volunteers in Kenya
Justine Brancato ’13 spent two weeks student teaching in Africa this summer on a volunteer mission she organized and raised funds for herself.
Internship confidential
History major Kevin O’Brien reveals what he can about working for the United States Secret Service.