Archive: June 2010

Photo gallery: Looking back at the Pub and the Rat

A collection of archival images of students letting loose in the Pub and the Rat.

CNN Reports on TCNJ’s value

CNN reported recently on The College of New Jersey being a cost-effective institution, with many students making their college decisions based on admission prices and the quality of education provided. Read on watch the CNN report.

Letter box: June 2010

Some readers have their say. Find out how you can, too.

Student thespians get WIRED!

No college show blends a greater number of eccentric characters, ridiculous plot pieces, punchy one-liners, and pop-culture references than campus theater’s insomniac mash-up, WIRED!

Students and alumnae provide help for Haiti

Amber Palmer ’10 spent a week in March volunteering in Haiti along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border. Watch the video she shot while there.

First-ever Laurie Ann Mandara ’07 Scholarship awarded

Hope Fine ’11, a psychology major with a specialization in biopsychology, was named the first recipient of the Laurie Ann Mandara ’07 Scholarship.

New X-ray diffractometers aid teaching and research in chemistry department

TCNJ has joined a select group of primarily undergraduate institutions in the country that house both single-crystal and powder X-ray diffractometers.

Study of hospital near misses reveals the important role nurses play

Assistant professor of nursing Stacen Keating recently completed a qualitative study that provides insight into the skills nurses need to be successful and the key role they play in patient care.

Engineering prof’s research could make it a “breeze” for municipalities to reduce energy costs

Lisa Grega, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is helping two New Jersey towns study the feasibility of installing wind turbines that could provide the municipalities with a virtually limitless source of clean, affordable energy.