The College of New Jersey has been awarded a $1,339,503 grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the New Jersey Biomed-Bridge Scholars Program. Over the next five years, this innovative initiative will provide resources and pathways for groups of students from Brookdale Community College and Mercer County Community College to transfer into TCNJ’s… Continue Reading
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Summer internship fuels a graduating senior’s mission to diversify speech therapy
TCNJ senior Emma Baby played with emotions and language this summer as a research assistant at New York University’s LEARN — Language Experience and Acquisition Research at NYU — Lab. Joining a team of interns from colleges and universities around the country, Baby, a speech pathology and audiology major, received hands-on research experience coding and analyzing video data of… Continue Reading
TCNJ scores high marks in Wall Street Journal college rankings
The Wall Street Journal recently released its 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. list and TCNJ ranked among the top 20 percent of all institutions in the country. TCNJ also ranked as the top public college in New Jersey and was second only to Princeton for all institutions in the state. The WSJ rankings assess 500 colleges… Continue Reading
A close watch: Students and faculty watch presidential debate together, and with understanding
Students gathered in Kendall Hall’s TV Studio on Tuesday, September 10, to watch the first (and possibly only) debate between 2024 presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. But in an election cycle that has been as unusual as it has been divisive and polarized, the college offered students a crash course in civility before… Continue Reading
TCNJ earns bronze seal from ALL IN for robust voter engagement efforts
The College of New Jersey has been awarded a bronze seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for nonpartisan engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter turnout in the 2022 midterm elections. The TCNJ Votes! program is the college’s initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout in each election. The effort aims… Continue Reading
TCNJ hosts &Girls conference and welcomes elected officials to campus
On Saturday, September 7, The College of New Jersey hosted Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman’s &Girls Conference, a day-long seminar to engage, uplift, and empower Black girls in middle and high school. The event featured five breakout sessions and addresses by prominent Black women leaders, including New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02),… Continue Reading
Faculty member Sandy Gibson named Addiction Educator of the Year
Sandy Gibson, professor of online counselor education at The College of New Jersey, has been named Addiction Educator of the Year by the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Gibson, who was nominated for the award by former student Arthur Roman ’24, teaches graduate-level addiction counseling courses at the college. She is a… Continue Reading
Audacy New York awards scholarships to TCNJ students
Incoming first-year students Leah Gross and Lia Sclafani have each received a $2,500 scholarship from Audacy New York and its Mets Radio Network. The pair attended the Mets vs. Miami Marlins game at Citi Field on Friday, August 16 to meet TCNJ alumnus and team broadcaster Pat McCarthy ’18. Gross, a secondary education major at… Continue Reading
TCNJ students study everything under the sun during Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience
Summer was hot with research at TCNJ. Throughout June and July, 92 students and 45 faculty members worked on 53 projects as part of TCNJ’s Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience, known as MUSE. The eight-week experience gives students the opportunity to conduct research or engage in creative activity in collaboration with TCNJ faculty members in all… Continue Reading
NJ DEP Commissioner LaTourette visits TCNJ to highlight Youth Inclusion Initiative
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette recently visited The College of New Jersey to meet students participating in his department’s Youth Inclusion Initiative. The program connects young adults from inner cities throughout the state to work in the TCNJ Campus Garden, receive educational training from the DEP, and assist TCNJ’s Bonner scholars… Continue Reading