TCNJ continues to identify ways to ease the financial hardships being endured by members of our campus community during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the college is expediting the distribution of the Higher Education Emergency Relief funding it received through the establishment of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. “We know…
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The Signal earns prestigious college newspaper awards
The Signal, TCNJ’s student-run newspaper, earned seven awards in the 2019–20 New Jersey Press Foundation College Newspaper Contest, including first-place awards in the categories of Biography and Personality Profile, and Investigative Reporting. The Signal was established as TCNJ’s student newspaper in 1885, making it one of the oldest college newspapers in the nation. Emilie Lounsberry,…
Social distancing can’t dampen school spirit
The coronavirus global health emergency may have emptied TCNJ’s campus for the semester but it hasn’t stopped the college’s music and voice students from making beautiful collaborations together—albeit virtually. Inspired by President Kathryn Foster’s “Lion Strong” email message to campus, Assistant Professor of Music Eric Laprade called on some of TCNJ’s most musical students to…
Students engineer solution to construction challenge
When an engineering building poses an engineering challenge, the solution isn’t far away. As renovations to Armstrong Hall were taking place, the building’s doors required the quick thinking of a few of the industry’s future members. That’s when a team of mechanical, civil, and biomedical engineering students broke out the heavy machinery. The handles and…
TCNJ’s student newspaper continues despite campus closure
The news never stops and neither does the reporting from the staff of The Signal, TCNJ’s student newspaper. Emmy Liederman ’21, Jane Bowden ’20, and Camille Furst ’22, comprise the newspaper’s leadership team. The editors share how they’ve been able to cover the global health emergency while they contend with this unique situation. TCNJ: What…
Mechanical engineering alumnus helps make face shields for NY hospitals
Andrew Ziemer ’19 is helping the doctors and nurses who are facing supply shortages of personal protective equipment. Working around state orders to remain indoors during the health crisis, Ziemer is part of a team that is 3D printing face shields that are being donated to local New York hospitals — all from the safety…
Dr. Kathryn A. Foster named TCNJ’s 16th president
New Jersey native will return home, bringing to The College of New Jersey 30 years of experience as a proven teacher, scholar, leader, and staunch advocate of public higher education. The TCNJ Board of Trustees voted unanimously this morning to appoint Dr. Kathryn A. Foster as the 16th president of The College of New Jersey.…
Tufts professor gets geometrical about gerrymandering
Moon Duchin, associate professor of mathematics at Tufts University, visited TCNJ on Feb. 27 to share her insights into the mathematical side of a hot-button political issue: gerrymandering. Earlier this year, Pennsylvania’s congressional map was ruled unconstitutional as a result of the practice, where the boundaries of an electoral constituency are manipulated or redrawn in…