Amber Palmer ’10 spent a week in March volunteering in Haiti along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border. Watch the video she shot while there. Continue Reading
Author Archives: Kelli Plasket '10
Nursing Student Provides Medical Relief in Uganda
When Jen Garrison ’10 traveled to Uganda this past winter to perform medical volunteer work, she had no expectations that her two-week stint would change the world. But the experience was still a life-changing event for her. Continue Reading
Living with, and Blogging About, a Painful Medical Condition
Tamra Wroblesky’s blog, which started as a self-help tool for venting about living with her medical condition, has since turned into a widely known resource on the syndrome from which she suffers. Continue Reading
TCNJ’s Gamma Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi wins ACE Award
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. Continue Reading
This is one “Boss” Class
Students in Lincoln Konkle’s “Springsteen’s Lyrics as Literature” course are examining the timeless, universal themes—such as growing up, love, death, political power, religious faith, and doubt—that are a part of the Boss’s songwriting. Continue Reading
School for Field Studies: Madeline Emde ’10
Madeline Emde ’10, a political science major with a minor in psychology and concentration in environmental studies, studied at a field station in Puerto San Carlos, Mexico through the School for Field Studies. Continue Reading
School for Field Studies: Jessica Kafer ’10
Jessica Kafer ’10, a biology major with minors in chemistry and anthropology, combined her loves of biology research and community service when she studied abroad in Kenya through the School for Field Studies. Continue Reading
School for Field Studies: Sara Jackrel ’10
This past spring semester, Sara Jackrel ’10, a biology major with a concentration in environmental studies, lived an ecologist’s dream when she spent four months studying rainforests in Australia through the School for Field Studies. Continue Reading
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
Pearson at the Forefront of Merging Computer Science with the Humanities
A $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will allow Associate Professor of English Kim Pearson and colleagues from Villanova University to design new ways to bridge together college-level courses in computer science and the humanities. Continue Reading