Tara Pretty (Class of 2013) and Patricia Lin (Class of 2014) taught Chinese to students–kindergarten up to 12th grade–at Edison Chinese School on weekends from September 2012 to June 2013. Pretty and Lin were honored for their dedication and commitment to teaching Chinese language and culture with “Teacher of the Year” awards from the Chinese… Continue Reading
Student Accomplishments
Senior Seminar 2012-2013 Award Recipients
Jenna Leopold and Katherine Heitmann receive department awards for the best Senior Seminar students of 2012-2013 for their outstanding work. Continue Reading
Jenna Leopold named a recipient of HSS DAELA Award
Jenna majored in Spanish and minored in Communications Disorders. She is a member of the Sigma Delta Pi (the National Hispanic Honors Society) and serves as a peer mentor for the Spanish major. Jenna has been a teacher’s assistant and substitute teacher in the Spanish immersion preschool classroom at the Spanish Workshop for Children in… Continue Reading
Japanese Program Recent Successes
Accepted to the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JET/about_JET.html). They will be joining four other TCNJ alumni in teaching English in Japan: Stephanie Cuono Ashlee Dixon Elissa Wu 2013 Japanese National Honor Society (http://www.aatj.org/studentactivities/jnhs/JNHS-CC.html) TCNJ Chapter inductees: Stephanie Cuono Ashlee Dixon Angeline Taylor Elissa Wu Continue Reading
Mary Jane Dempsey Wins Undergraduate Achievement Award
Mary Jane Dempsey, a senior at The College of New Jersey, is a double-major in History and International Studies with a minor in Italian, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While studying abroad in Bologna, Italy at the Spring Hill College Italy Center she conducted research in order to understand what laws have been… Continue Reading
Mary Jane Dempsey (Bologna and Torino) Spring Summer 2012
Che prendi, signorina?” Un signore con una bella cravatta nera mi chiede cosa voglio per colazione. Dopo avere scelto , mi siedo a tavola e comincio a guardare tutte le foto della mia macchina fotografica che ho fatte durante il mio giro a Torino. Tanta gente pensa che Firenze, Roma e Venezia siano i luoghi… Continue Reading
Bryan Furman: Finding Love in Russia
Bryan Furman accepted the Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to study in Moscow, Russia, on American Councils’ Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP). He committed himself to a career in U.S. national security and to nine months in one of Eurasia’s political, economic, and cultural hubs. Moscow’s lifestyle and RLASP’s vast… Continue Reading
Mary Jane Dempsey: Researching Italian Citizenship
Pasta. Opera. Art. These are words most people associate with Italian culture. Last year, Mary Jane Dempsey ‘13 delved beyond stereotypes to learn about the current Italian society. While residing in Siena and studying at the University, Dempsey met people from all over the world; she noted the growing influence of multiculturalism in Italian cities.… Continue Reading