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february 2007 ContentsGrant funds interdisciplinary research in trenton With a recent grant award of $40,000, professors and students at The College of New Jersey will be spending the summer examining community and environmental transitions in metropolitan Trenton.
Alums step into big screen spotlight
If members of the College community were paying close attention during the competition scenes toward the end of Sony’s blockbuster major motion picture, Stomp the Yard, chances are they may have recognized a few familiar faces.
Liberal Learning Director garners national honors for student advocacy
Freshmen slam down a grand for foundation Students of The College of New Jersey’s Freshmen Business Colloquium raised $1000 for the Grand Slam We Care Foundation during the fall semester as they learned that, in the corporate world, giving is just as important as getting.
Students Have 'great conversations' with forrester
Doug Forrester spoke in “Great Conversations,” an interdisciplinary class that takes students from different areas of study and provides them the opportunity to discuss a number of different subjects with professors and peers, from politics to poetry and music.
Leadership Takes center stage on Founders' Day
TCnj tops New Jersey schools in kiplinger's 2007 'best value' ranking
Women's History Month PreviewSusan F. Wood, former assistant commissioner for women’s health at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and director of the FDA Office of Women’s Health, will serve as the keynote speaker for The College of New Jersey’s Women’s History Month events, beginning on Thursday, March 1. February sports highlights Read about Girls and Women in Sports Day, "Think Pink Night" and student, staff, and coach honors.
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Robert Anderson, director of liberal learning at The College of New Jersey, has been honored as an Outstanding First-year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for First-year Experience and Students in Transition. 
At the 11th Annual Founders’ Day Leadership Convocation on February 9, the Alumni Association awarded its highest honors to two outstanding alumni and one professor emerita, and also recognized the accomplishments of the School of Culture and Society. 
TCNJ ranked as the 22nd best value in public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. 
