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Honors & Awards

Communication Studies professor wins national “Distinguished Educator” award

Communication Studies professor wins national “Distinguished Educator” award

Communication Studies professor John C. Pollock was given the annual “Distinguished Educator” award by the Mass Communication and Society Division. The Distinguished Educator award is the highest honor awarded annually to those who have had a significant effect on communication pedagogy through excellence in teaching and mentorship.Continue Reading

First recipient of Alyssa Ruggieri ’09 Scholar Award announced

Chelsea Tompkins ’13 was named the first Alyssa Ruggieri ’09 Scholar. The award honors Ruggieri, a 2009 marketing graduate who tragically died in March 2010, and allows a junior or senior business student to work with a marketing professor on a research project. Continue Reading

Den mother

Sharon Pfluger ’82 has built two sports dynasties—and one big, extended family—at her alma mater. Continue Reading

Education professor celebrated with national and state honors

Education professor celebrated with national and state honors

The 2011-2012 academic year certainly was a time of recognition for Blythe Hinitz, an early childhood education professor at The College of New Jersey.

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Professor honored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Professor honored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology

He Len Chung, associate professor of psychology at The College of New Jersey, has won the 2012 Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award given by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.Continue Reading

Princeton Review names TCNJ one of America’s most environmentally-responsible colleges

The College of New Jersey is one of the most environmentally-responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. Continue Reading

Senior communication and women’s and gender studies major wins 2012-2013 Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in India

Senior communication and women’s and gender studies major wins 2012-2013 Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in India

TCNJ senior Carolina Chica has received a Fulbright Fellowship to be an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in India next year.Continue Reading

Communication studies students win at international, national, and state levels

Communication studies students win at international, national, and state levels

TCNJ Communication studies students have triumphed recently at international, national, and state levels. Continue Reading

TCNJ named to The Princeton Review’s list of “Best Value Colleges for 2012”

TCNJ named to The Princeton Review’s list of “Best Value Colleges for 2012”

The College of New Jersey remains one of America’s “Best Value” colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review’s “The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition.”Continue Reading

TCNJ Communication Studies students officially recognized as best in the nation

The National Communication Association (NCA), the largest and most distinguished organization of communication scholars in the United States has confirmed that TCNJ communication studies students have won more national honors in the form of elected officers and “best student paper in the nation” awards than have students from any other college or university in theContinue Reading