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Rebecca Santorella named Goldwater Scholar, 2 more receive honorable mentions
Junior mathematics major Rebecca Santorella has been named a 2016 Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious honor awarded by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Santorella was selected alongside six other students from New Jersey in this year’s national competition. Additionally, chemistry majors Sara Martin and Tanya Townsend were selected for honorable mentions this…
Bio prof Matthew Wund inducted into Phi Beta Kappa alongside 69 students
TCNJ’s Delta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 69 new members and its first-ever alumni member, Associate Professor of Biology Matthew Wund, at a formal ceremony in Mayo Concert Hall Thursday evening. In its tenth year since being installed at the college, TCNJ’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has only grown in prestige. Each year…
Jess Row receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Jess Row, associate professor of English, has been awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Often characterized as a “midcareer” award, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The fellowship allows for uninterrupted time for recipients to…
TCNJ School of Business remains #1 in NJ, according to Businessweek
The College of New Jersey’s School of Business jumped 28 places to #35 in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2016 ranking of the top 100 undergraduate business programs in the nation. TCNJ has the number one undergraduate B-school in New Jersey, according to the publication’s survey of Best Undergraduate Business Schools. The ranking is based on a number of…
Oscar nom’s advice to aspiring TCNJ filmmakers? Patience.
Damien Chazelle, writer/director of the Academy Award-winning film “Whiplash,” visited TCNJ on March 28 to conduct a master class for communication studies students interested in pursuing careers in the film industry. Not unfamiliar with TCNJ—his mom, Celia, teaches in the history department—Chazelle spent time researching the college’s academic dismissal policy, which he later used in…
Money Magazine: TCNJ “most likely to pay off financially”
According to a new report by Money magazine, TCNJ is one of 20 public colleges nationwide—and one of only two in the state—that are “most likely to pay off financially.” Money scoured through PayScale.com’s just-released return-on-investment data to determine the public colleges and universities where students not only go on to earn high salaries, but…