Students in a 200-level linguistics course have “locked in” on this year’s submissions for the American Dialect Society Word of the Year, with a slang-heavy list of entries that have been amplified and boosted by social media. “Lock in,” meaning to focus, was on the list that was considered when the society chose a winner…
TCNJ News Releases
The start of a proud new TCNJ tradition
Members of the campus community started a new tradition in advance of finals week this semester, and it involves getting up close and personal with a lion — our bronze lion, to be exact. On the last day of classes this semester, students gathered around the bronze lion for hot cocoa, lion-shaped cookies, and a…
New internship program opens doors for first-gen students to lead in conservation
The College of New Jersey will partner with Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space and the Outdoor Equity Alliance to launch a new internship program aimed at diversifying the land stewardship workforce. A $49,990 Watershed Restoration and Community Engagement Program grant, awarded by New Jersey Audubon through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, will fund…
Criminology professor honored with ASC Praxis Award
Jennifer Ortiz, associate professor of criminology, was recently honored by the American Society of Criminology for her tireless work supporting and advocating for formerly incarcerated individuals. She received the 2024 Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice Praxis Award at a ceremony on November 14, 2024, at the ASC Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. …
White Coat Ceremony marks the start of clinical training for TCNJ nursing students
Close to 100 nursing students, most in their sophomore year, filed into Kendall Hall on November 14, each wearing a white scrub shirt and blue scrub pants and with a white lab coat draped across their forearm. They were there to celebrate a rite of passage, the White Coat Ceremony, which marks their transition into…
TCNJ earns grant from DEP for waste audit
The College of New Jersey has received $42,000 from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Recycling Enhancement Act Grant to perform a campus waste and recycle audit. The project, which will be driven by students engaged in fieldwork, will provide campus leaders with reliable baseline data on the college’s current waste management practices. “The…
TCNJ School of Education’s new program aims to grow the number of certified teachers in New Jersey
In an effort to address the state’s growing teacher shortage, The College of New Jersey’s School of Education recently launched a new program designed to train paraprofessionals to become certified teachers. TCNJ’s Paraprofessional to Teacher program, funded by the state of New Jersey’s Some College, No Degree initiative, makes a bachelor’s degree in elementary education more accessible to full-time…
Veterans Day celebration offers a sneak peek at a new space for military and veteran students
The College of New Jersey celebrated veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces in the campus community with a Veterans Day appreciation event in its new Military and Veterans Lounge. Adjacent to the ROTC office on the third floor of Forcina Hall, the newly renovated lounge is a welcoming and collaborative space where TCNJ’s military and…
TCNJ dedicates Emergency Operations Center to former police chief John Collins
The College of New Jersey recently unveiled a plaque dedicating Room 103 in the Administrative Services Building, also known as the Emergency Operations Center, in honor of former chief of campus police John Collins, who passed away in April. The EOC is a central location for command and control of first responders in the event…
The SHOP @ TCNJ expands offerings through grant
The SHOP @ TCNJ, a campus food pantry and resource to aid anyone facing food insecurity, continues to expand its offerings and resources through a grant from Governor Phil Murphy’s Hunger-Free Campus initiative, distributed through the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. The funds allow The SHOP to increase its staffing, replenish its stock…