2010 TCNJ graduate with a Self-Designed major in Italian, won the FLENJ teacher of the year award. FLENJ Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey and NECTFL celebrated all the finalists for Teacher of the Year. Pictured are FLENJ President Elect Amanda Seewald and the 2016 FLENJ Teacher of the Year… Continue Reading
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Intensive Languages Karaoke Night
March 24, 2016 Students and faculty in the Japanese and Chinese language programs joined for a fun-filled evening of song on March 24th, 2016. Chinese and Japanese language filled the room as students performed in groups and on their own. The evening culminated with everyone singing together a song in Chinese and one in Japanese,… Continue Reading
Russian Mardi Gras
TCNJ Russian students, professors, and friends celebrate the Russian Mardi Gras: the pancake holiday Maslenitsa! Find out more about Maslenitsa here: http://www.sras.org/maslenitsa_blin MASLENITSA AT TCNJ Continue Reading
Actuación de La llamada
The SPA 497 class performed in the Spanish play La llamada, by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, at the Celebration of Student Achievement on 12/02/2015. As it can be seen in this video, they did a superb job!!! ¡Enhorabuena a todos! Cast: Luis Arroyo, Zachary Dzierzgowski, Samantha Godoy, Eileen Goepfert, Ana Obika. Lights: Danielle DeLizzio… Continue Reading
Bunkasai (Japanese cultural festival) 2015
Bunkasai (Japanese cultural festival) 2015 October 24, 2015 The Japanese Program held its fifth annual Bunkasai on Saturday, October 24th in the Bliss Hall lounge. All students currently taking Japanese, as well as the Anime Club and TCNJ Kokikai Aikido clubs, gave interactive presentations. We learned about different regions of Japan, how to make… Continue Reading
Dr. Marco Circelli on the New Geographies of the Made in Italy
On Thursday Oct. 29th Dr. Marco Circelli, Executive Director of the Italy-America Chamber of Greater Philadelphia spoke to Italian students about the New Geographies of the Made in Italy. After the 2008 economic crises, Italian companies and entrepreneurs have been devising new strategies to market their products in the US. The crisis brings new opportunities… Continue Reading
Spectacular Turnout for Thomas Christensen’s “The China Challenge”
Renowned world politician Thomas J. Christensen visits The College of New Jersey to discuss his critically acclaimed book, The China Challenge. TCNJ welcomed Mr. Christensen with open arms as he spoke to a full house in the library auditorium. Every person in attendance was fascinated with what this man had to say about his new… Continue Reading
Fantastic Rock Poetry Reading Turnout
What a crowd for the “Rock Poetry Reading” by Huang Xiang and Meng Lang. Some 60 students came, and the house was fully packed. Some even had to sit on the floor. A huge thanks to these two poets for giving an exciting and inspiring reading! Continue Reading
Alumna Ashley Shaffer’s Inspirational Words
I wanted to contact the TCNJ World Languages department to say thank you and give some exciting news that I feel is overdue in writing and that I owe partially to the department. This fall, I started as a PhD student of Spanish at Temple University with a specialization in Hispanic Linguistics. I am also teaching undergraduate Spanish… Continue Reading
Women’s Lives in the Renaissance
The position of a woman in society is often considered a test by which a civilization of a country or an age may be judged. A Renaissance woman had many duties and very few rights. Who could chose what to do? Who was truly free to make a choice? Was their life decided by their… Continue Reading
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