March 29, 2015
Dear Students:
I believe that it’s Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, and activist who said “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
What is in your power to do?
We have about 6 weeks left in the semester now. How do you define your own success this semester?
Please give that some thought and then think what you can do and what you must do to ensure the success that you want for yourself.
It’s worth not just dreaming about it: it’s also worth it to think and plan because YOU have the power to achieve your own success.
One of the ways you can build your own success right now is to register to participate in the College’s Celebration of Student Achievement. The deadline to register is April 8: http://celebration.tcnj.edu/. Do it now!
Sincerely,
BR
Congratulations
Congratulations to Philosophy Major Nicholas Lauda, Class of 2015, who has been chosen to carry the Gonfalon at Commencement. Nick and Dean Rifkin will be leading the seniors into the stadium for the college-wide commencement exercise.
Congratulations to Psychology Major Mitchell Farrell, who has been awarded the Marshall P. Smith Scholarship for 2015-2016.
Congratulations to Psychology Major Talia Everett, who has been awarded the Laurie Ann Mandara ’07 Scholarship for 2015-2016.
Congratulations to The Signal and to these Signal journalists for having won awards from the NJ Press Foundation: Kimberly Ilkowski – 3rd place for Feature Writing; Sydney Shaw – 3rd Place for Editorial Writing; George Tatoris – 1st Place for Sports Writing; Kimberly Ilkowski – 2nd Place for Arts & Entertainment/Critical Writing; Tom Kozlowski – 2nd Place for Enterprise/Investigative Reporting; and Tom Kozlowski and Natalie Kouba together – 3rd Place for Enterprise/Investigative Reporting.
Congratulations to Psychology Major Jessica Gorham and with her teammates on Team ProjectSpotter: This team has been selected as a finalist in the 4th Annual Mayo Business Plan Competition.
Congratulations also to Psychology Major Pauleena Pal and her Teammates on Team Tikka Roll: This team has also been selected as a finalist in the 4th Annual Mayo Business Plan Competition.
Congratulations to these students who have won awards from Sigma Tau Delta, the national English honor society: Robyn Gold – $1,000 Eastern Regent Scholarship to enroll in the 5-year MA in English; Sara Stammer – elected student representative for the estern region of Sigma Tau Delta (and therefore now a board affiliate for the national board); Carly DaSilva – one of only 5 stuents invited to the annual Rectangle creative writing reading; Erin Shannon’s paper “White Privilege in Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit” won a $600 first prize for best essay in the category of critical essays related to Latino or Native American literature; Heba Jahama’s paper “Conceptions of Rape in a Qu’ranic Narrative” won a $300 2nd prize for best critical essay in British or World Literature; Andrew Ryan’s paper “Identity in Invisible Man: A Kind of Combat” won a $300 2nd prize for best critical essay in American literature; Stephanie Pilipshen’s paper “19th Century Homelessness and Twain’s Huck Finn” won a $150 3rd place prize for best esay in American literature. Congratulations also to these students’ mentors – Dr. Juda Bennett, Dr. Celia Chazelle, and Dr. Bernard Bearer – and to the advisors of TCNJ’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, Dr. Felicia Steele and Professor Diane Steinberg
Opportunities
There will be a general interest session on post-graduate fellowships on March 31 at 12:30 in 105 Education.
There will be a session on Fulbright programs featuring TCNJ alumnus Bryan Furman at 11 am on April 1 in Business Lounge.
There will be a presentation by Bryan Furman (TCNJ Class of 2013) about applying to graduate school at 5 pm on Tuesday, March 31 in the Library Auditorium.
Don’t forget that you can submit your work to the Journal of Student Scholarship. See joss.tcnj.edu for more details.
The deadline to submit a proposal for a Roebling award for study abroad in the fall 2015 semester, winter 2016, or 2015-2016 academic year is April 1. For more details, see hss.tcnj.edu/roebling.
The deadline to apply to register for the College-wide Celebration of Student Achievement is April 8: http://celebration.tcnj.edu/
Events
Mon., March 30 Film Screening: “Semper Fi Always Faithful” at 7-9 pm in Kendall Screening Room (125 Kendall) about one man’s fight to reveal a grave injustice at Camp Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the country. The screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s editor Purcell Carson.
Tues., March 31 “Is ‘Jihad’ Really Calling? Understanding Violent Extremist Movements in Post-Soviet Space,” a Politics Forum lecture by TCNJ Alumnus Bryan Furman, at 4 pm in the Library Auditorium.
Tues., March 31 Close Readings: Dr. Manish Palilwal will present on the Bhaavad Gita and Krishna’s counsel in times of war, in Science P101 at 12:30 to 1:45 pm
Tues., March 31 “A Queer and Pleasant Danger,” a film featuring performance artist and writer Kate Bornstein exploding binaries and deconstruting gender – and her own identity – from 5:30 to 8 pm in Mayo Concert Hall. After the showing of the film, Bornstein herself and film director Sam Feder will be present for discussion.
Tues., March 31 INK Student Reading Series from 8:30 to 10:30 pm in the Library Auditorium
Wed., April 1 Presentation about the Fulbright Program by TCNJ and Fulbright Alumnus Bryan Furman (Class of 2013) at 11 am in the Business Lounge. If you have questions about Fulbright, contact Dr. Jaksch by email at fellowships@tcnj.edu
Wed., April 1 Wonder Women and the Quest for Perfection: Dr. Deborah Spar, President of Barnard College, will give a talk about leadership, diversity, and inclusion, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in Mayo Concert Hall.
Wed., April 1 Study Abroad 101 for students planning on study abroad in the future, from 2 to 2:30 pm in 130 Social Science
Wed., April 1 Diverse Perspectives in the Global Workplace, a panel presentation by three experts about diversity in the global workplace from 5 to 6:30 pm in Education 115. Attendees are asked to come in business attire.