It all came together for the 1,000th time in her coaching career. Field hockey coach Sharon Pfluger ’82 assessed her upcoming opponent, meticulously scripted a game plan with staff, prepared her players, and set them loose to do battle. The result was a familiar one. The College of New Jersey field hockey team defeated Gwynedd-Mercy…
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Paramount Pictures internship helped Allie Weiner map her future
Even as a little girl, Elizabeth “Allie” Weiner was, she says, acutely aware that her favorite film, Clueless, was a Paramount picture. “At a very early age, I was interested in who produced and distributed a movie.” Weiner, a senior communications major, worked this past summer as a Creative Affairs intern at the legendary…
Fifteen schools, including TCNJ, make list of standouts in new federal scorecard
The U.S. Department of Education released its new College Scorecard and The College of New Jersey was recognized as one of 15 public schools with high graduation rates leading to high incomes. In his weekly radio address on Saturday, President Barack Obama described the report as a study designed to help students and parents identify…
The pursuit of a nursing career is very personal for Edric Vites
Edric Vites ’17 was only 12 when his 7-year-old sister Risella died from biliary atresia, a rare, life-threatening liver disease that affects children. Her death changed the course of his life. He decided to enter the medical field, either as a doctor or nurse. Vites essentially raised himself. After his sister died, his parents…
Backed by national funding, Mi-Yeon Park closes in on her passion
Backed by national funding, Mi-Yeon Park closes in on her passion
A Cuban study tour brought Kaitlyn Galindo together with family she’d never met
I’d grown up hearing stories about my family in Cuba—especially about Roberto, my abuela’s brother. My grandparents on my mother’s side left Cuba in 1964 when they could no longer put food on the table for their children. My abuela, my grandmother, couldn’t tell her father or brother she was leaving because both were strict…
Barnard President Debora Spar on motherhood and other ambitions
Women who try to have it all are bound to fail. If they want to be an investment banker and earn a massive salary, something has got to give on the home front. But if they want to make every one of their kids’ soccer games, then they’re not going to be able to work…