The College of New Jersey’s School of the Arts and Communication has recently partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to expand upon the hospital’s existing Holistic Arts programs by designing innovative online music therapy experiences for cancer patients. This fall, nine TCNJ students are taking a course entitled “User-Centered Musical Design,” offered jointly…
In the Community
Halle Luttrell ’21 is curating for her community
Amidst the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, senior fine arts major Halle Luttrell is bringing color back into her community. With inspiration from author and art collector Gertrude Stein — “The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence” — Luttrell created an open-air gallery…
Student research boosts Trenton Circus Squad’s mission to help kids juggle the trials of adolescence
Five TCNJ sociology students had a front-row seat at the circus last fall, when they took on a project to look closely at just what the Trenton Circus Squad does. The five-year-old nonprofit, housed in the city’s Roebling Market, teaches children aged 11 to 18 juggling, ropewalking, stilt-walking, and other feats of derring-do, which,…
5 takeaways from Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo Movement
Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo Movement, spoke to TCNJ students, faculty, and guests at a packed Kendall Hall on Monday, September 23. Burke, a sexual assault survivor, is an advocate for compassionate communities that support victims of sexual assault while attempting to change toxic cultures. Here are five major takeaways from her talk: 1.…
Computer science and business students team up to provide real-world solutions to local charity
When Mercer Street Friends, a Trenton-based human service agency, needed to upgrade their information systems they found help in a friendly collaboration with TCNJ. A semester-long project co-created by computer science professor Monisha Pulimood and business professor Kevin Michels tasked students with designing applications that would streamline Mercer Street Friends’ information systems used to keep…
TCNJ earns grant to fight school absenteeism
TCNJ received a $300,000 grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation’s All Kids Thrive Program to continue the fight against chronic school absenteeism in the region over the next five years. According to data from 2014-15, 32 percent of Trenton Public School students were chronically absent, well above the state average of 10 percent. Chronically…
$375,000 grant will help TCNJ combat mental illness in local communities
TCNJ received a grant of $375,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to create a local Youth Mental Health First Aid project in collaboration with a variety of community partners in Trenton and Ewing. The project will raise awareness and provide training and referral education across a number of constituencies to build the capacity of adults working with area youth to appropriately…