The women’s basketball team will be making the program’s first trip to the Final Four after an exciting win this past weekend.

TCNJ’s chapter of the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children sent eight students to Costa Rica during winter break to volunteer at a rehab clinic, teach health education to students at a soup kitchen, and help with earthquake relief efforts at the local Red Cross.

As part of her MD/PhD coursework at Yale University, Katherine Uyhazi ’05 is doing research work at the Yale Stem Cell Center. In February, Uyhazi returned to TCNJ to give a talk, “MDs, PhDs, and Stem Cells: Everything You Wanted to Know but were Afraid to Ask,” as part of the Young Alumni Lecture Series. Afterward, she told us about the research she is doing.

TCNJ librarians swept up all of the honors granted this year by the Research Committee of the joint Association for College and Research Librarians (ACRL) and the New Jersey Library Association’s (NJLA) College & University Research Section.

A weekend full of activities are planned for the special anniversary class celebrations: 1959 (Golden), 1984 (Silver), and 1999 (10th), taking place May 1-3 on campus. Read on to discover what’s in store.

Lions’ alumni, students, and staff were in attendance to witness the inauguration of the nation’s first African-American president. Several were kind enough to share their recollections from that historic day.

Former Lions’ women’s basketball All-American Kimm Lacken ’88 was named a finalist for the 2009 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Hall of Fame. A four-time Scholar-Athlete, she is the College’s all-time leading scorer (1,518 points) and rebounder (855) in women’s basketball, having earned Kodak All-America honors as a senior during the 1987–88 season.

Harpist Kristy L. Chmura ’03, cellist Ardith Collins ’01, and drummer Josh Bicknell ’03 formed double-breasted while students at TCNJ. While they describe their brand of music as “couture rock,” the band feels at home playing some of the state’s legendarily gritty rock clubs. With a new CD out and a growing fan base, things are looking up for this trio.

In 2008, TCNJ’s Department of Psychology was awarded the Mildred Dahne Award for Faculty Excellence. The department has decided to designated its $8,000 prize to the Laurie Ann Mandara Scholarship Endowment Fund for psychology, said Pete Manetas, TCNJ’s vice president for development.