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Members of Lions Composting decorate pots at Fall Fest in the Campus Garden on Nov. 10 (Photo courtesy of Julieta Altman).

‘Fall Fest’ spreads sustainability and promotes students organizations at Campus Garden

By Kaitlin Bavaro | Nov. 17, 2021

The College’s Environmental Sustainability Council and Bonner Institute hosted “Fall Fest” for the campus community on Nov. 10 in the Campus Garden to promote causes relevant to their organizations along with good habits for students. The two-hour event was cosponsored by Fernbrook Farms, Lions Composting and TCNJ on Wheelz. The event consisted of snacks and drinks, pumpkin painting and free plants for students, and the cosponsors set up their own tables to promote their organizations.

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The Colleges Against Cancer executive board joins a survivor for his speech at Relay for Life on Oct. 23 in the Recreation Center (Izzy Smith / Photographer).

Colleges Against Cancer’s Relay for Life raises awareness, over $6,000 for American Cancer Society

By Alessia Contuzzi | Nov. 14, 2021

Colleges Against Cancer’s (CAC) annual Relay for Life event took place in the Recreation Center on Oct. 23 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Co-sponsored by Alpha Epsilon Pi, Kappa Delta Rho and Sigma Kappa, this entertaining and emotional event raised $6,666.64 for the American Cancer Society and made a hopeful impact on the lives of those affected by cancer.

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President Foster cuts the ribbon for the Center for Student Success’s new Advising Bar in Roscoe West Hall on Oct. 27 (Emma Ferschweiler / Staff Writer).

Center for Student Success launches new Advising Bar to help struggling students

By Emma Ferschweiler | Nov. 13, 2021

The College’s Center for Student Success (CSS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 27 to reveal the Advising Bar, which is a supplemental advising program to the tutoring and other support offered by CSS. With one snip of her golden scissors, President Foster unveiled the space located in the lobby of Roscoe West Hall where struggling students can be helped within minutes with tutoring, workshops and walk-in questions facilitated by trained students.

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Student participants pose in the Brower Student Center at “Dancing with the Greeks” on Oct. 29 (Photo courtesy of Eric Hedlund).

Dancing with the Greeks: A night to remember raising funds for Operation Holiday Child

By Myara Gomez | Nov. 13, 2021

On Oct. 29, the College’s Inter-Greek Council (IGC) hosted a fundraiser called “Dancing with the Greeks.” The event was an early fundraising event for Operation Holiday Child, which is a yearly effort by IGC around the holiday season to raise funds and collect toy donations for children in need in surrounding areas such as Ewing, Trenton, Hamilton and several other towns.

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The suspects of the stolen parts at Rider University were seen driving this black, four-door Audi with tinted windows, according to Grant’s Oct. 25 email (Timothy Grant / Chief of Police).

Catalytic converter theft ring strikes the College area

By Alessia Contuzzi | Nov. 13, 2021

A catalytic converter was stolen from a student’s vehicle in the south parking lot of Campus Town sometime between Oct. 6 and 8. Students were notified of the crime via an email sent by Timothy Grant, the chief of police at the College, on Oct. 9 and were urged to report any suspicious activity or further knowledge of the crime. 

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Community Learning Day provides events and panels on #resilience

By Kaitlin Bavaro | Nov. 13, 2021

The last 18 months have been challenging for people over the world. The College kept this in mind for this year’s Community Learning Day intellectual theme: resilience. To be resilient means to be able to alleviate difficulties with strength. The College’s students and faculty have especially been resilient this fall by coming back to campus after being remote for so long.

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Proposing new assistant vice president positions was the main goal of the Nov. 3 SG general body meeting (sg.tcnj.edu).

Significant changes proposed in SG general body meeting

By Signal Correspondent | Nov. 5, 2021

At the Student Government (SG) general body meeting on Nov. 3, the Structural Innovation Task Force presented an idea to restructure SG. The plan — proposed by Chief of Staff Lakshmi Gurram and arts and communications senator Peter Corso — included creating assistant vice president positions, creating roles with clear responsibilities and forming a committee with representatives from all divisions of student government to enhance their cohesiveness.

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The Oct. 27 SG general body meeting included a self-defense presentation and update on mask guidance on campus (sg.tcnj.edu).

Patrolman Tyler McGilligan gives self-defense and situational awareness presentation at SG meeting; College mask mandate likely to continue for remainder of semester

By Kaitlin Bavaro | Oct. 29, 2021

On Oct. 27, at the student government (SG) meeting, Executive President Roshni Raji said that mask-wearing will most likely continue for the rest of the fall semester. She also said a critical conversation with College health board members will take place at the end of the semester about what was learned this fall in regards to Covid-19, as well as what the College’s protocols will be in the spring.

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Adult Nurse Practitioner Barbara Clark (left) holds the College’s trophy awarded for placing first in the 2020 New Jersey College and University Flu Challenge next to Erika Lobe (right), Adolescent/Adult Immunization Coordinator in the Vaccine Preventable Disease Program with the New Jersey Department of Health (Photo courtesy of Barbara Clark).

College hosts three flu vaccination clinics

By Kaitlin Bavaro | Oct. 27, 2021

On Sept. 29, the College hosted its first of three flu vaccine clinics for students and faculty from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 212 of the Education Building. The second clinic is Oct. 20 with the same location and time and the last clinic is Nov. 17 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 100 East in the Brower Student Center. 168 people were vaccinated during the Sept. 29 clinic, 123 of which were students, according to Janice Vermeychuk, director of Student Health Services.

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The event was led by the Director of the Center for Community Engagement Brittany Aydelotte and the Director of Leadership Dr. Avani Rana (alumni.tcnj.edu). 

SG alumni return for panel event

By Myara Gomez | Oct. 16, 2021

The College hosted an informative alumni panel led by Brittany Aydelotte, the director of the Center for Community Engagement at the College, on Friday, Oct. 8 at 11:00 a.m. Both Aydelotte and the Director of Leadership Dr. Avani Rana helped set up this event. The three alumni on the panel were Kari Osmond, Brandon McKoy and Rob Matos Moran. All of the panelists were members of Student Government (SG) when they were at the College. 

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