How I Got Here: Julia Mayernik ’24

No matter her pursuit, TCNJ’s softball backstop has home covered.

Julia Mayernik

My family comes first. We are each other’s biggest cheerleaders when it comes to any accomplishment. There’s so much pride in all that our family has achieved.

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Defying dark days

Two TCNJ professors help teachers and students in Ukraine to prepare for their country’s future.

Greer Burroughs, TCNJ, November 9, 2022

On a recent fall day, Greer Burroughs woke up early to meet with a dozen professors in Ukraine teaching a course she’d developed about democracy.

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Two for the road

We caught wind of two alumni who participated in athletic feats of endurance this fall.

Heather Fehn and Tom Ruggia

We caught wind of two alumni who participated in athletic feats of endurance this fall. Thomas Ruggia ’98, CEO of Samsara Vision and TCNJ Foundation board member, completed the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Heather Fehn ’94, MA ’96, the college’s chief of staff to the president, finished the Berlin (Germany) Marathon, which is considered one of the six major world marathon races.

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Of course!

Check your class schedule. Clever courses abound at TCNJ.

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Students enter college with a lot of “Intro to” and “Foundations of” courses. At TCNJ, freshmen also take a seminar or writing course that may be themed around a professor’s passion rather than an academic field.

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10 things you need to know about … our new view of space

It’s likely by now you’ve seen the stunning photos of the universe coming from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The images are bringing new details and clarity to what we know about space. TCNJ grad Knicole Colon ’07, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explains some of the Webb’s key findings. The first […]

Pillars of Creation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

It’s likely by now you’ve seen the stunning photos of the universe coming from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The images are bringing new details and clarity to what we know about space. TCNJ grad Knicole Colon ’07, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explains some of the Webb’s key findings.

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