A partnership between The College of New Jersey and Penn Medicine Princeton Health is adding to the nearly 6.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered so far in the state of New Jersey. On Friday, April 16, Penn Medicine Princeton Health set up shop in the Brower Student Center and delivered 264 doses of the…
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TCNJ partners with NJPRF and Overdeck Family Foundation to launch Summer Tutoring Corps Program to tackle COVID-related learning loss.
To accelerate student learning and address COVID-related learning loss, TCNJ’s School of Education announced today it will partner with the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, in conjunction with Overdeck Family Foundation, to launch the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program in late June. The program will provide tutoring this summer for thousands of K–5 students who have experienced pandemic-related learning loss. TCNJ designed the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program based on best practices from other statewide initiatives and research that…
TCNJ junior Gabriella Son leads #StopAsianHate march in hometown
On Saturday, March 27 over 750 people took to the streets of Fort Lee, New Jersey for a peaceful march to protest the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian women, in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. The march, which included remarks from Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, was organized by TCNJ…
How this winning team is taking plastic cups out of the landfill and into the compost pile.
The red plastic cup has become synonymous with good times, popping up at picnics, parties, and tailgates all over the country. But single-use plastics are coming under scrutiny for their negative impact on the environment. Team Zero, composed of four TCNJ seniors, is on a mission to bring to market a comparable, but compostable version,…
TCNJ Educational Psychologist Ruth Palmer named president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research
Ruth Palmer, associate professor emerita in TCNJ’s School of Education has been named president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research. She will take office as president-elect in summer 2021 and become president of the organization in summer 2022. “To serve as CUR president-elect 2021 is an honor which I receive respectfully,” Palmer said. “What I…
TCNJ adds anthropology major for fall 2021
Starting in fall 2021, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is welcoming a new major into its lineup, general anthropology. This new major, which has been in the works for more than 10 years, explores the past and present of human cultures around the world through disciplines such as archeology, language study, and biology. …
TCNJ wins funding for sustainability initiative
TCNJ is one of 10 colleges/universities recently awarded a pro bono consulting opportunity that will help advance sustainability and climate projects on campus. Second Nature, a Boston-based NGO whose mission it is to accelerate climate action in, and through, higher education, issued this opportunity that is being provided and sponsored by Brailsford & Dunlavey and…
Message on the Atlanta shootings from James Felton, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
To the Campus Community: Like many of you, President Foster and I were horrified to learn of the senseless and deadly shootings of eight people that took place across a string of Asian-owned businesses in Georgia yesterday. Whether or not the ongoing investigation into these acts of violence finds a racial motivation, the rise in…
Winterhalter gift allows college to “close the loop”
Students, faculty, staff, and the local community will soon be able to close the loop — around Metzger Drive, that is. Thanks to a generous unrestricted estate gift from Harold ’40 and Lois Winterhalter, the college will begin the process to complete and update “the loop” — a popular 1.8 mile walking/jogging path — around campus.…