The publication Diverse: Issues In Higher Education recently honored Winnifred Brown-Glaude, professor of African American studies and sociology, on its 40 Outstanding Women in Higher Education list. Diverse recognizes trailblazing women who are paving the way for other female leaders. The publication’s editorial team selected each of this year’s honorees for demonstrating perseverance and tenacity, and broadly impacting the…
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2024–25 Gitenstein-Hart winner will raise historical voices of Black women in new book project
Leigh-Anne Francis, recipient of the 2024-2025 Gitenstein-Hart Sabbatical Prize — an award that supports faculty by allowing them to focus more deeply on their scholarly work — will spend her sabbatical year working toward completing her book, Jane Crow (In)Justice: Race, Crime, and Punishment in New York State, 1893–1933. The Gitenstein-Hart Sabbatical Prize was established…
TCNJ’s Women’s History Month celebration will feature activist X González, ALOK, and hip-hop feminisms writer Joan Morgan
Throughout March, TCNJ will hold a slate of events to honor and celebrate Women’s History Month. Among the scheduled events is activist and gun control advocate X González (born Emma González), who will speak on Wednesday, March 20 at 6 p.m. in the Mayo Concert Hall. González (they/them) is a survivor of the 2018 school…
As the war in Ukraine hits the two-year mark, TCNJ students and faculty provide solace to their Ukrainian peers through virtual cultural exchange
For students at Sumy University in war-torn northeast Ukraine, life has been anything but a fairytale for the past two years. But for a few hours each week, a TCNJ professor and his students offer a respite. As part of the U.S. state department’s Virtual English Language Educator Program, Stuart Carroll currently teaches the English language to…
Grad student Sobia Ahmed earns $10,000 fellowship
Sobia Ahmed, a graduate student in The College of New Jersey’s master’s in clinical mental health counseling program, has been named a fellow in the NBCC Foundation Minority Fellowship Program. This $10,000 award provides financial support to one student who is currently enrolled in a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs-accredited counseling…
Brett Davidson named associate vice president for development and alumni engagement
TCNJ announced today the appointment of Brett Davidson to the position of associate vice president for development and alumni engagement, effective February 19. In this role, Davidson will be responsible for increasing overall support for the college and overseeing comprehensive and targeted fundraising campaigns. He also will develop goals, strategies, and programs for the successful…
The Pavilion at TCNJ to provide versatile space in centralized campus location
The TCNJ Foundation has launched a new fundraising campaign, For the Love of Community, for the design and construction of The Pavilion at TCNJ, a multi-purpose venue that will provide opportunities for both indoor and outdoor programming that serves the college and the broader community. This new venue will offer rehearsal space, classroom and meeting…
Department of State names TCNJ a top producer of Fulbrights
The U.S. Department of State has recognized The College of New Jersey as one of only three “Top Fulbright-Producing Institutions” in New Jersey — alongside Princeton and Rutgers–New Brunswick — for the 2023–24 academic year. Only 170 institutions of higher learning in the United States received this distinction. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s…
TCNJ Art Gallery exhibition explores how artists generate dialogue and awareness during times of conflict
With the war in Ukraine marking its second anniversary later this month, TCNJ Art Gallery’s new exhibition, “Two Years Gone,” features contemporary Ukrainian artists reflecting on the psychological and physical stress of the ongoing conflict. The exhibition opened on February 7 with a panel discussion featuring the exhibit curator and two featured artists. “The exhibit…