TCNJ News Releases Archive 2021-2018
David McMillan ’21 heads to Scotland on a prestigious scholarship
Unlike the long-storied mysterious inhabitant of Loch Ness, the opportunity in front of David McMillan ’21 is no hoax. He has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to attend graduate school at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he will pursue a master’s degree in public policy. The senior will attend the program as a… Continue Reading
Marla Jaksch named third recipient of the Barbara Meyers Pelson ’59 Chair in Faculty-Student Engagement
Marla Jaksch has been at the forefront of advancing faculty-student research collaboration at TCNJ for 11 years. Now, as the third recipient of the Barbara Meyers Pelson ’59 Chair in Faculty-Student Engagement, she’s aiming to enhance inclusion, diversity, community, and belonging at TCNJ. Jaksch’s proposed project invites the TCNJ community to consider how the campus… Continue Reading
TCNJ alums hit the red carpet at 2021 Academy Awards
As Hollywood prepares for its biggest night of the year, twin brothers Keith ’07 and Kenny Lucas ’07 are poised to represent TCNJ in a big way with their Best Screenplay nomination for Judas and the Black Messiah. The brothers’ idea for Judas — which honors the life of Fred Hampton, the chairman of the… Continue Reading
TCNJ junior Gabriella Son leads #StopAsianHate march in hometown
On Saturday, March 27 over 750 people took to the streets of Fort Lee, New Jersey for a peaceful march to protest the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian women, in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. The march, which included remarks from Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, was organized by TCNJ… Continue Reading
TCNJ celebrates Women’s History Month with keynote speaker, documentary film, alumni panel, and more.
March 1, 2021 marks the beginning of Women’s History Month and TCNJ is holding a slate of events to honor and celebrate achievements of women throughout history. The schedule of events for 2021 includes: From 1919 Black Awakening to 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6 p.m. join via Zoom This event… Continue Reading
Chasing reform: How student criminology researchers and their professor are making news — and change.
The work of a trio of TCNJ undergraduates made front-page national news prompting changes in policy on dangerous police pursuits in New Jersey. Kyle Rich ’22, Nick Scales ’20, and Hailey Stack ’22 gathered information on car chase policies and outcomes from police departments in all 50 states during an independent study with Assistant Criminology… Continue Reading
Making sense of baby brainpower
We’ve all lived it, but few of us can remember it — being a baby, that is. Aimee Stahl, associate professor of psychology, has spent her career researching how infants and young children learn, and as this year’s winner of the Gitenstein-Hart Sabbatical Prize, she’ll delve further into a baby’s power of recall. “During my… Continue Reading
Making sense of the moment: A three-part series examining the long- and short-term causes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
As Americans continue forging through these unprecedented times, The College of New Jersey is presenting a three-part interdisciplinary series examining the long- and short-term causes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The series asks how did we get here, and what does the insurrection tell us about the fissures and future of… Continue Reading
Word gets around: English professor Felicia Steele pinpoints how the pandemic has changed our vocabulary.
Most of us were blissfully unaware of social distancing or flattening the curve before last year; we hadn’t made a curbside pickup much less masked up. In 2020 however, all of those terms were part of a growing pandemic lexicon that even a Covidiot couldn’t ignore. Students in LNG 202: The Structure and History of the English Language recently submitted Covidiot to the American Dialect… Continue Reading
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