Category Archives: April 2009

TCNJ Magazine: April 2009 Edition

Goldstein ’72 Reflects on Role in Lower the Voting Age

Goldstein ’72 Reflects on Role in Lower the Voting Age

This April marked the 40-year anniversary of a national drive spearheaded by three college-aged lobbyists, including one TCNJ alumnus, to put the 18 year-old vote on the ballot in the New Jersey.Continue Reading

The Campus in Springtime

The Campus in Springtime

As Emily Dickinson wrote, “A Light exists in Spring / Not present on the Year / At any other period.” With that, we offer these photos of the campus in the springtime for your enjoyment.Continue Reading

Winter Sports 2009 Highlights Video

Winter Sports 2009 Highlights Video

Watch highlights from the Lions’ winter sports teams. Continue Reading

Students Attend Power Shift ’09

Students Attend Power Shift ’09

Eleven environmentally conscious TCNJ students traveled to Washington, DC earlier this year to participate in Power Shift ’09, a conference organized by the Energy Action Coalition to mobilize young people concerned about climate change and interested in advocating for clean energy policy.Continue Reading

TCNJ Music Students Take Part in Philadelphia Cherry Blossom Festival

TCNJ Music Students Take Part in Philadelphia Cherry Blossom Festival

On Saturday, April 5, four TCNJ music students took part in Sakura Sunday/2009 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia.Continue Reading

Two Students Garner Goldwater Scholarships

Biology major Sara Jackrel ’10 and mathematics major Glen Wilson ’10 were awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarships for the 2009–2010 academic year. A total of 278 scholarships were awarded to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from the United States, and only six recipients were from New Jersey Institutions.Continue Reading

Brian Pinkney, Award-Winning Illustrator and Author, Addresses Children’s Lit Class

Brian Pinkney, Award-Winning Illustrator and Author, Addresses Children’s Lit Class

Children’s book illustrator and author Brian Pinkney spoke to adjunct professor Patricia Slager’s Multicultural Children’s Literature classes on Thursday, April 1. Continue Reading

TCNJ Students Choose Service, Not Partying, as their Spring Break Activity

TCNJ Students Choose Service, Not Partying, as their Spring Break Activity

Members from TCNJ’s Alternative Break Club traveled to Houma, LA, to perform disaster relief with the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance during their spring break. Continue Reading

Klimowicz named State Farm/Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association Division III Player of the Year

Klimowicz named State Farm/Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association Division III Player of the Year

Throughout her career, Hillary Klimowicz ’09 has garnered numerous accolades for her athleticism, dedication, and leadership. Her most recent accomplishment is being named the 2009 State Farm/Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association Division III Player of the Year, a first for a TCNJ women’s basketball player and New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) athlete.Continue Reading

Noted Alumnus Lectures on “Post 9/11 Perceptions of the U.S. on the Arab/Muslim Street”

Noted Alumnus Lectures on “Post 9/11 Perceptions of the U.S. on the Arab/Muslim Street”

Yassin El-Ayouty ’53, PhD, drew on 50 years of experience as a diplomat for the United Nations, a law professor, and an attorney specializing in transnational law when speaking of the “calamitous” effects of his adoptive country’s foreign policy choices following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.Continue Reading