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Faculty members honored at first annual Faculty/Librarian Recognition Awards
The College of New Jersey honored eight distinguished faculty members at the first annual Faculty/Librarian Recognition Awards on Thursday, February 16. The Faculty Senate sponsored and organized the awards, which were given as part of the second annual Excellence in Teaching and Learning Summit. The summit provides opportunities for all TCNJ faculty members and instructional…
Clint Smith, a person we need to hear from now, to speak on March 8
Clint Smith, the award-winning author whose latest book chronicling the legacy of slavery in the U.S. topped the New York Times bestseller list, will visit TCNJ on March 8 as the inaugural speaker in the Foster Distinguished Visitor Series. He will appear at 4 p.m. in Mayo Concert Hall, participating in a conversation with Michael…
Mercer County Community College students to benefit from new paths to TCNJ
On Wednesday, February 15, The College of New Jersey President Kathryn A. Foster and Mercer County Community College President Deborah Preston formalized a new agreement which enables MCCC graduates to seamlessly transfer to TCNJ’s four-year bachelor’s degree programs. Beginning in the fall of 2023, MCCC associate degree graduates in good academic standing who’ve maintained the…
TCNJ students deliver heartfelt Valentine’s Day messages to Princeton House patients
The College of New Jersey’s campus community continued its connection with Princeton House Behavioral Health patients by creating and sending cards bearing messages of love and encouragement for Valentine’s Day. The cards, which were created by students yesterday during an event at the Brower Student Center, were delivered last night by Eric Van Eck, recovery and prevention coordinator…
Communication studies student Bella Mashanski is a passionate advocate for the Deaf community
Bella Mashanski ’23 is a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults. She grew up speaking American Sign Language at home and saw firsthand the need for advocacy that surrounded the Deaf community. “I’m part of the Deaf community, but I still do have privilege: I can hear,” Mashanski says. “I want to be able to…
Former TCNJ President Gitenstein and husband, Donald Hart, gift $1 million to benefit student and faculty scholarship
Barbara Gitenstein, the first woman to serve as president of The College of New Jersey, and husband Donald Hart, a retired professor of philosophy, have gifted $1 million to TCNJ to create two endowments that will benefit the work and research of both students and faculty. The R. Barbara Gitenstein Library, which was renamed in…
TCNJ remains among top producers of physics teachers
The College of New Jersey’s School of Science and School of Education continue to combat the national shortage of physics teachers by producing qualified educators at a pace that ranks among the best in the nation. The Physics Teacher Education Coalition has once again recognized TCNJ with the 5+ Award for graduating five well-prepared physics…