Keith and Kenny Lucas ’07 wore identical black round-framed glasses and green jackets over black hoodies tossed atop black baseball caps. At times they spoke as one, one brother seamlessly picking up the other’s thoughts without missing a beat. Fortunately for the audience, the brothers sat cross-legged in their chairs on the Kendall Hall…
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TCNJ ensembles to perform world premiere of composition based on Claudia Rankine poem, Oct. 29–30
The College of New Jersey’s Wind Ensemble and Choirs will perform together for the first time since March 2020, as they present the world premiere of Philadelphia-based composer Rollo Dilworth‘s “Weather” during two evening performances on Oct. 29-30 in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall. TCNJ’s Department of Music and the college’s Artivism…
Faigenbaum named Fellow of The National Academy of Kinesiology
Avery Faigenbaum, professor of health and exercise science at TCNJ, was recently named a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Faigenbaum, who has been at TCNJ since 2004, was one of 12 U.S. scholars to earn this distinction. Honorees span the wide diversity of the kinesiology disciplines from bench/lab scientists to social scientists. “The…
Student-faculty research team gets published for exploring COVID-19 news coverage
While many college students may have experienced some pandemic fatigue and tired of the constant news reports about the number of cases and how to stay safe, six TCNJ students worked together to study and dissect the coverage, and came out of lockdown with a new title for their resumes: co-authors. Miranda Crowley, Suchir Govindarajan,…
Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle named first Latina from TCNJ to win Fulbright award
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced that TCNJ English Professor Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Canada for research on social justice advocacy and academic career narratives. Ortiz-Vilarelle is the first Latina and first faculty member from TCNJ’s English department to be awarded…
Forget bending it like Beckham, this soccer forward wants to crush it like Cristiano — TCNJ Magazine
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Recently retired professors look toward the future
You might not be able to put your finger on it, but you can feel that something’s missing on campus this fall. Fifteen beloved faculty members retired at the end of the 2020–2021 academic year and we’re feeling a little emptier for it. We reached out to them to find out what they’re up to…
Student radio station flagship event brings live music into the light
Spread out on picnic blankets on the grass behind the Arts and Interactive Multimedia Building, the TCNJ community enjoyed live music and fresh air at the fall 2021 WTSR Underground event. Underground, which gets its name from the Kendall Hall basement where it is traditionally held, was hosted outside this year to increase COVID safety…