September 2007 Contents

meet the class of 2011

The co-founder of a long-board company…a Miss Teen New Jersey winner…a nationally ranked BMX racer…a ballet dancer who has performed at Lincoln Center. These are just some of the 1,316 exceptional students whom the College welcomed as members of the Class of 2011. Watch the video to meet some of them.

2007 helen shaw winners announced

The 2007 Helen Shaw Staff Special Achievement Award this year was shared by two individuals and one team, representing three departments in three schools.

learning community offers understanding of different religions and cultures

The Religion, Culture, and Identity Learning Community offers a select group of undergraduates the opportunity to investigate the beliefs and institutions of major religions and their profound impact on human culture and individuality.

training tomorrow's urban educators

The Urban Teacher Academy, now in its second year at The College of New Jersey, showed 48 local high school students the chalenges, and rewards, of becoming a teacher in an urban school district.

surp offers graduate-level research opportunities to tcnj's undergraduate students

Summer vacation? What's that? Students in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program spent their break working side-by-side with faculty researching issues in biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, and math. [Play Video]

New Academic year kicks off with president gitenstein's annual "welcome back" speech

Faculty, staff, students, and a number of special guests were on hand in Kendall Hall on August 29 to hear President Gitenstein's annual “Welcome Back” speech. The president highlighted last year’s institutional and individual accomplishments, before announcing initiatives for the coming academic year, including the formation of a Center for Institutional Effectiveness and the signing of a commitment to reduce, and eventually eliminate, the College’s global warming emissions. You can hear the president’s full speech by clicking the link above.

september sports briefs

Jess Kohut battled back from a horrific injury suffered while pitching for the Lions softball team, and in the process won the Honda Inspiration Award. Also, 31 student-athletes combined to win 46 All-America citations last year.

In Brief

"In Brief" contains news and announcements submitted by members of the campus community or compiled by the Office of Public Affairs. If you would like to submit news for consideration, please send it to update1@tcnj.edu or call extension 2368 before the fifth day of the month in which you'd like it to appear.