TCNJ News

Faigenbaum's Kids' Fitness Tips featured in U.S. News

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:53:26 EST

Avery Faigenbaum, professor of health & exercise science, offers tips for kids' fitness in U.S. News & World Report.

All games and no sleep make TCNJ students win big

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:22:25 EST

Imagine developing and designing the programming, art, and sound for a video game in just two days. It sounds crazy. It sounds impossible. But it can be done – and done well – as proved by three teams of current and former students.

Student engagement at TCNJ is top notch, according to national survey

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:42 EST

The National Survey of Student Engagement shows that a variety of colleges and universities have shown steady improvement in the quality of undergraduate education, and The College of New Jersey is no exception.

TCNJ Orchestra to perform Mussorgsky on Sat., Nov. 21

huston4@tcnj.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:22:47 EST

The orchestra, directed by Philip Tate, will perform Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.

Collegium Musicum celebrates composer Purcell's 350th birthday

huston4@tcnj.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:01 EST

The College of New Jersey’s Collegium Musicum will present an evening of works by Purcell and contemporaries on Wednesday, December 2 at 8:00 P.M.

TCNJ student art teams rank highly at design competition

huston4@tcnj.edu — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:47 EST

Sixteen TCNJ Graphic Design majors competed last month in a 12-hour-long state competition and came away with several honors.

TCNJ professor awarded Princeton fellowship for Caribbean research

huston4@tcnj.edu — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:09 EST

Winnifred Brown-Glaude, assistant professor of African-American studies at TCNJ, has been invited to spend the 2010-11 academic year as a visiting fellow at Princeton University’s sociology department.

TCNJ's Gamma Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi wins ACE Award

huston4@tcnj.edu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:18:26 EST

The College of New Jersey’s Gamma Zeta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international education honor society, received the Achieving Chapter Excellence (ACE) Award at KDP’s 47th Biennial Convocation in Orlando, Florida in October, one of only 29 chapters nationwide to receive the award.

TCNJ receives National Science Foundation funds for advancement of women in science

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:35:18 EST

A high-powered team of principal investigators will use its recent National Science Foundation (NSF) award, one of several granted the College this year, to establish a program for the advancement of women in academics.

International Education Week: Nov. 17-20

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:39 EST

For nine years, International Education Week has served as an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Learn more about TCNJ's 2009 events.

TCNJ tops U.S. News List of Best Colleges for 18th consecutive year; ranked highly for its commitment to undergrads

winkelm@tcnj.edu — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:26:09 EST

The College of New Jersey once again is the top public college in U.S. News and World Report's list of Best Universities-Master's category for the northern region of the country. Moving up in rank from last year, the 2010 edition ranks the College as the number one public and fifth overall school in the standings among both public and private institutions in the Best Universities-Master's category for the north.

TCNJ featured in new 2010 edition of The Princeton Review Guidebook: The Best 371 Colleges

eweiss@tcnj.edu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:32:05 EST

The College of New Jersey is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the College in the new 2010 edition of its popular guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges.