Not long after Tracy Perron started teaching at TCNJ, she realized that students in her nursing classes and those enrolled in the college’s Career and Community Studies program for students with intellectual disabilities had things to learn from one another. “I thought they needed to learn to interact,” said Perron, who chairs the Nursing Department. And so,…
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In the Club: Unified Sports
“In the Club” is a series that showcases some of the 230+ recognized student organizations at TCNJ. Want to have your club featured? Drop a line to tcnjtoday@tcnj.edu to be considered for a future story. Cameron Bogdanoff ’23 is a self-described “sports guy.” Ever since he was young, he’s been a superfan of all of…
TCNJ recognized as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for college student voting
TCNJ has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for making intentional efforts to increase student voter participation. TCNJ joins a group of 394 colleges and universities…
Surviving an apocalypse just got easier, thanks to this first-year seminar.
School of Education faculty member Steven Singer used to jump out of airplanes in the Army. These days he climbs mountains and teaches his students how to survive in the event of an apocalypse. We spoke to Singer about his first-year seminar course, “The Last of Us: A Study of Human Nature and Threats to…
TCNJ earns award from Governor for veterans programs
Representatives from TCNJ accepted the New Jersey’s Governor “We Value Our Veterans” Academia Award at a ceremony held this morning at the New Jersey State Vietnam War Memorial in Holmdel, New Jersey. Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Jordan Draper, Chief of Campus Police Services Tim Grant, and Director of Leadership…
When art and social justice collide
On a Monday afternoon, Colleen Sears received a message from an individual who attended The Artivism Project that ran on campus earlier that day. That person, a teacher in the East Brunswick school district, said that her mindset on the topic discussed “had been transformed.” It was the compliment of a lifetime for Sears, assistant…
Meet the TCNJ freshman fighting pollution in his hometown
TCNJ freshman mechanical engineering major Liam Curran is working with his hometown of Ramsey, New Jersey to reduce pollution and flooding as a result of clogged storm drains. Curran launched his “Adopt a Drain” program in 2021 as part of his Eagle Scout service project. He then collaborated with Ramsey’s Environmental Commission on a website,…
Three tips on breaking into the music industry from alum Jennifer Fowler ’96
For Jennifer Fowler ’96, a career trajectory in the music industry took off from the time she was a young child and her dad would fill her home (and her heart) with the sounds of Motown. A communication studies major at TCNJ, she found her fit in the basement of Kendall Hall as music director…
A $600,000 grant from NSF is helping Melissa Zrada ’12 prep teachers to see data differently
So much of the information we absorb in today’s world is visual — from maps to pie charts to dashboard icons. Being able to present data in a visual form, as well as being able to view and understand data, is fast becoming a necessary skill set across all professions, and it’s why Melissa Zrada ’12,…