Archive: Online Exclusives

Fisher Middle School Journalists Break the News at TCNJ Institute

As news coverage and analysis expands into new technological realms, an alliance of TCNJ professors and Ewing public school teachers has teamed up to educate the youngest of up-and-coming journalists in the ways of modern multimedia. Their work received special recognition from former President Bill Clinton.

Looking Back: 1959 Bus Tragedy

Fifty years ago this month, a tragic crash took the lives of 11 students and one beloved professor.

TCNJ Athletics—Plays of the Month

Check out the action that made TCNJ’s sports highlight reel for September 2009, including the play of the month.

Alumni Association Offers Members a Discounted Punta Cana Winter Dream Getaway

The College’s Alumni Association is pleased to offer alumni the opportunity to select an affordable, all-inclusive, four- or seven- day winter getaway to The Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana Resort & Spa in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

William F. Phelps

Read about William F. Phelps, the first principal of the New Jersey State Normal School.

William H. Hausdoerffer ’36

The man for whom one of the new student apartments is named—Willam “Bill” Hausdoerffer—has been associated with this institution as a student, alumnus, and/or faculty member for 77 years; or, to look at it another way, for half of the time the College itself has been in existence.

The School of Business Gets a New Dean

William Keep has a PhD in marketing from Michigan State University and a BA in social science and economics from James Madison College, a residential college at Michigan State. He comes to the College from Quinnipiac University, where he has held the positions of associate vice president for academic affairs and director of assessment for the institution’s School of Business.

The School of the Arts and Communication Gets a New Dean

John Laughton comes to TCNJ from the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth, where he was most recently a professor and chair of the music department. He also served for seven years as the dean of the university’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. He has more than 30 years experience as a higher education educator and administrator, international arts consultant and performer, and trained mediator.

The School of Culture and Society Gets a New Dean

Benjamin Rifkin received his BA and MA in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University, and his AM and PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. He comes to TCNJ from Temple University, where he served most recently as head of the Russian section in the Department of French, German, Italian and Slavic Languages.