TCNJ School Pride

The College of New Jersey is a fairly small school of about 6,500 undergraduate students. We are a college of 7 schools, Business, Science, Health Science and Nursing, Music, Social Sciences, Arts and Communication and Education. Each school has a variety of majors approximately a total of 52 majors and growing. All majors have very challenging courses with professors who are always willing to help. The College of New Jersey is a great public college with lots of opportunities.
Names over the years

• 1855 — New Jersey State Normal School
• 1908 — New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton
• 1929 — New Jersey State Teachers College and State Normal School at Trenton
• 1937 — New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton
• 1958 — Trenton State College
• 1996 — The College of New Jersey

Courtesy of Good ole Wikipedia :)

Mission Statement

The College of New Jersey, founded in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, is primarily an undergraduate and residential college with targeted graduate programs. TCNJ’s exceptional students, teacher-scholars, staff, alumni, and board members constitute a diverse community of learners, dedicated to free inquiry and open exchange, to excellence in teaching, creativity, scholarship, and citizenship, and to the transformative power of education in a highly competitive institution. The College prepares students to excel in their chosen fields and to create, preserve, and transmit knowledge, the arts, and wisdom. Proud of its public service mandate to educate leaders of New Jersey and the nation, the College will be a national exemplar in the education of those who seek to sustain and advance the communities in which they live.

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