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August 2005 ContentsTCNJ Rises in U.S. News List of Best Colleges
Breathtaking Design and State-of-the-Art Amenities Highlight New Library
TCNJ Hosts Summer Concert Series
New Faces, New PlacesThe College welcomes many new faculty members this fall and has undergone serveral changes within its administrative ranks. Whitman Symposium to Draw Top Scholars Triefeldt Sculpture on Display at Franklin Institute
Warren Elected to National Hall of Fame
New Program Offers Alternate Route to Special Education CertificationDue to a nationwide shortage of teachers to staff classrooms for special education children, The College of New Jersey has designed an Alternate Route to Special Education certification program, new for the 2005-2006 academic year. In Brief"In Brief" contains news and announcements submitted by members of the campus community or compiled by the Office of College and Community Relations. If you would like to submit news for consideration, please send it to update1@tcnj.edu or call extension 2368 by the third Friday of the month in which you would like it to appear. |
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. The College climbed one spot to the number four overall (public and private) ranking in its region, where 165 schools were ranked.
After nearly seven years of anticipation and preparation, the major objectives for the completion of the new library now consist of polishing the rich cherry banisters and thoroughly vacuuming and sweeping up 134,000 square feet of floor, all in time for the start of the 2005-2006 academic year.
During the month of July, faculty, staff, and various other campus-goers were delighted by the sounds and visual spectacles created by the participants in the 2005 Governor’s School for the Arts.
From September 22 through September 24, The College of New Jersey will host a three-day symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. The symposium coincides with the College's own sesquicentennial celebration.
The symposium, which is open to the public, will feature some of the
nation's most prominent poets, scholars, and intellectuals and will
attract teachers and scholars from around the region.
The unpredictable artwork of Rein Triefeldt, adjunct professor of art at the College, is now a permanent fixture in the Franklin Institute’s newest exhibit, Sir Isaac’s Loft: Where Art and Physics Collide. The exhibit opened to the public on July 15.
Tracy Warren, a standout softball player and 1987 broadcast communications graduate of the College, was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame on July 6. 