The College of New Jersey was in the house at ESPN’s star-studded ESPY Awards in Los Angeles last week as rising sophomore Conor Campbell was honored for mentoring children in an after-school program in Trenton. Campbell received the Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award for his work with the Academic Sports Academy at the Hedgepeth-Williams…
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TCNJ named to Phi Theta Kappa honor roll for efforts to welcome transfer students
The College of New Jersey continues to garner accolades for efforts to recruit and welcome transfer students to the campus community. The college, which saw a 24 percent increase in transfer applications for the fall 2024 semester, was recently named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Roll, which recognizes excellence in the development and support…
TCNJ receives $4.25 million in grants to launch new online mental health counseling program, lower education costs for future professionals
Amid a shortage of mental health professionals nationwide, The College of New Jersey has launched a new online Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling program to bolster diversity within the workforce. This new offering is funded by a $3 million grant from The Tepper Foundation and a $1.25 million grant from Accelerate the…
TCNJ earns high praise from Money
TCNJ earned a strong 4.5-star rating (out of five) on Money’s 2024 list of Best Colleges, sponsored by SoFi. Money’s Best Colleges rating offers a practical analysis of more than 700 four-year colleges. The publication considers dozens of data points related to quality, affordability, and student outcomes to determine their ratings. “The College of New Jersey…
TCNJ hosts ASL Fun Day for students who use sign language
Last month, The College of New Jersey’s School of Education gathered over 100 members of the hearing and deaf communities including local high school students and members of the college’s Deaf Hearing Connection student group, for the first-ever ASL Fun Day. The event featured various activities, including a deaf business fair, scavenger hunt, a challenge…
TCNJ offers options for students from the University of the Arts and Delaware College of Art and Design
The College of New Jersey is saddened by the sudden closing of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and Delaware College of Art and Design. We recognize the incredible disruption and distress this causes to students and their families, and are here to help. The college has options to assist students in ensuring continuity…
Baker plans to strengthen student skills in data literacy and artificial intelligence as fourth Pelson chair
Given the ever-increasing pace of technological transformations in our data-driven society, TCNJ chemistry professor Joseph Baker intends to engage and educate the campus community in the areas of data literacy, computation, and artificial intelligence as the fourth recipient of the Barbara Meyers Pelson ’59 Chair in Faculty-Student Engagement. “Students need to be able to successfully navigate this…
Communication studies professor receives inaugural award to capture and share AAPI voices and stories
Yifeng Hu, associate professor of communication studies, is the inaugural recipient of the ASIANetwork-Mellon Foundation Award for AAPI Voices and Stories: Community-based Digital Storytelling. The award provides $500,000 in funding over three years and will support oral history and community conservation projects designed to capture and preserve the experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander…
TCNJ holds 168th commencement ceremonies on May 16–17
The College of New Jersey held its 168th commencement celebration on May 16–17, 2024 at Lions Stadium on campus with school-specific ceremonies that served as the culmination of the TCNJ experience for the 1,785 undergraduates and 299 graduate students in TCNJ’s Class of 2024. TCNJ Interim President Michael A. Bernstein presided over his first commencement at the…
What’s next for the Class of 2024?
The Class of 2024 is ready to turn their tassels. From their unprecedented start as the “COVID class,” starting their studies behind computer screens and masks, to walking across the commencement stage in their caps and gowns, here’s a sampling of what some of TCNJ’s newest grads are up to next: Benjamin Winkler, electrical engineering…