In her 2016 Welcome Back address, TCNJ President R. Barbara Gitenstein reflected on recent tragedies domestically and abroad as well as the unprecedented divisiveness that threatens to suffocate constructive dialogue. Highlighting the college’s many accomplishments over the past year, she called on the campus community to embrace its special responsibility as a leader in higher…
News with Syndication for TCNJ Home
Princeton Review gives TCNJ high marks for student satisfaction, more
Princeton Review asked 143,000 students at 381 colleges and universities across the country what they thought of their school on a range of topics. Based on the responses, the publication compiled a variety of rankings. In addition to being named a “Best College,” here’s where TCNJ placed on a number of its lists. Thanks to…
TCNJ welcomes new freshman class
— NJ.com
Carole Kenner Selected for Prestigious Nursing Educators Award
Carole Kenner, dean of the college’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science, has been selected by the National League of Nurses’ Board of Governors as a member of the Academy of Nursing Education Fellows class of 2016. This prestigious distinction acknowledges individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the field of nursing education. Kenner…
TCNJ and PSE&G Cut Ribbon on Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Officials from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today marked the completion of a five-station electric vehicle (EV) charging system at the college. The EV charging system is located in the Metzger parking garage (Lot 7) and is part of a PSE&G pilot program designed to help…
Students get to work down on Chesterfield farm
—Burlington County Times (PDF)
State-of-the-art scoreboard to make a splash at Packer pool
TCNJ’s Aquatic Center is getting a significant upgrade thanks to a gift by Mike Randazzo ’10. Randazzo, a lifelong competitive swimmer and coach, contributed funds to purchase a state-of-the-art scoreboard for the pool at Packer Hall. Paired with the college’s new Omega Quantum timing system — the same system being used in the upcoming Summer…
Albert Cavallaro wins inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize
Albert Cavallaro, a 2015 graduate with majors in History and English, has won the inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize for his essay “Western (Mis)perceptions of Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyvich the “Terrible”: Depictions of Ivan IV’s Reign by Western Writers from the 16th to the 21st Century Alongside 16th-Century Works of Western European Political Thought.” Published in…
From Packer to Poland: Lions Television footage at heart of international incident
When Ellie Schuckman ’18 rose last Tuesday morning, the only thing on her mind was her 11:00 a.m. final. But then the Lions Television programming director found a startling request in her in box: Reuters, the international news agency, wanted footage the student-run station had shot of former President Bill Clinton’s May 13 visit to…
Poverty simulation offers new perspectives to nursing students
On Wednesday, May 4, a group of TCNJ nursing students experienced first-hand the struggles of living in poverty through a Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) funded as part of a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Students and other volunteers role-played a week in the life of individuals living in poverty, experiencing their day-to-day hardships and…