The Trentones, The College of New Jersey’s only competitive a cappella group, gave a special performance in the entrance plaza at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia prior to the Flyers game on Thursday, January 18. Despite an impending snow storm and frigid temperatures, the group greeted fans entering the arena with a 40-minute set…
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TCNJ history prof wins top honors from the American Historical Association
Michael Marino, professor of history, recently received top honors from the American Historical Association, winning the William and Edwyna Gilbert Award for the best article in a journal, magazine, or other serial on teaching history. The awards were announced at the AHA’s 137th annual meeting, which took place in San Francisco from January 4–7, 2024. His…
President Bernstein named to New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
The College of New Jersey’s President Michael Bernstein was recently named to the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The chamber board works to strengthen the organization’s goal of fostering a strong business environment in New Jersey. “I’m honored to have been elected to this position” Bernstein said “The board of directors is comprised of passionate community…
TCNJ launches flexible Master of Professional Studies program
The College of New Jersey will give students a customizable way to earn a graduate degree, tailored to their career needs, with the creation of a Master of Professional Studies degree. The program involves a minimum of 30 credits, including two core courses, and the completion of two certificate programs within the academic schools at…
This First-Year Seminar empowers students to reduce the environmental impacts of the fashion industry
Keeping up with the latest fashion trends can be challenging at best, and wasteful — even dangerous — at worst. In Kathleen Webber’s First Year Seminar class, “The True Cost of Fashion,” students learned what happens to our clothes when we’re done wearing them: 84 percent of it ends up in landfills, where microplastics and…
TCNJ boasts highest graduation rate in NJ for community college transfer students
The College of New Jersey, which already boasts the eighth highest four-year graduation rate in the nation and highest in NJ among public colleges and universities, has extended that distinction to include transfers students. The college was recently ranked the top institution in New Jersey — and now among the best in the nation —…
TCNJ School of Business to launch two new hybrid graduate programs
The College of New Jersey’s School of Business is launching two new, hybrid online graduate programs: Master of Science in Accounting and Business Analytics and Master of Science in Management and Organizations. Applications are now being accepted for classes that will begin in fall 2024. “TCNJ has an outstanding reputation for delivering a rigorous education,”…
TCNJ nursing students achieve perfect pass rate on NCLEX exam
Nursing students at The College of New Jersey continue to pass the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s NCLEX exam at a rate that far surpasses most institutions. In fact, the most recent cohort of 44 students, which includes those who have taken the exam as of October 1, achieved a perfect pass rate…