In her 2016 Welcome Back address, TCNJ President R. Barbara Gitenstein reflected on recent tragedies domestically and abroad as well as the unprecedented divisiveness that threatens to suffocate constructive dialogue. Highlighting the college’s many accomplishments over the past year, she called on the campus community to embrace its special responsibility as a leader in higher…
In the Community
TCNJ’s Center for Excellence in STEM Education develops innovative curricula for Philadelphia elementary school
At a June 14th press conference, it was announced that a small corner of Philadelphia’s University District will be transformed this fall when Chester A. Arthur elementary school completes work on its state-of-the-art Outdoor STEM Learning Center, an interactive space for students that will include four science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning laboratories, multi-purpose…
Students get to work down on Chesterfield farm
—Burlington County Times (PDF)
State-of-the-art scoreboard to make a splash at Packer pool
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…
From Packer to Poland: Lions Television footage at heart of international incident
When Ellie Schuckman ’18 rose last Tuesday morning, the only thing on her mind was her 11:00 a.m. final. But then the Lions Television programming director found a startling request in her in box: Reuters, the international news agency, wanted footage the student-run station had shot of former President Bill Clinton’s May 13 visit to…
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…