TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
Ewing resident is new president of TCNJ Alumni Association
EWING, NJ … Ewing resident Theresa Martinac `72, MEd `73 loves her alma mater, no mater its name. “It was a wonderful school when I was a student there and we called it ‘Trenton State,’ and I still value the excellence of the school now known as ‘TCNJ’,” she said.
Terri chose to attend then-Trenton State College because she “wanted to be a teacher, and TSC had such a great reputation as a teacher’s college at the time.” Though her career path diverged from that original goal – she worked for 15 years in higher education, and has spent the past 20 years working for the Department of Law and Public Safety – “the education I received and leadership skills I learned at the College have served me well throughout my career,” Terri said.
Now, she continues to give back to her alma mater both financially (she recently endowed a music scholarship in honor of her parents) and through volunteering her time. Her term as Alumni Association president started this fall and she hopes to inspires more alumni to do either or both.
“The College of New Jersey is a great place,” she said. “I loved it as a student and I love the satisfaction I get from helping the College continue to move forward.”
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
