To the Campus Community: This is the message I have wanted to write for fifteen months. It is the one that responds to our collective yearning for community and connection by announcing that TCNJ is all-systems-go for an in-person return to campus in Fall 2021.  What will an “in-person return” mean? To allow us to…

Dear All, We know from history, as corroborated by an analysis from the April 19, 2021 New York Times, that cases involving police and Black and Brown people often end without a conviction at trial. Many watching the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the death of George Floyd, believed that…

Dear TCNJ Faculty and Staff, The college community has consistently dedicated itself, and made important investments, to deliver a personalized, collaborative, and rigorous education that engages students at the highest level within and beyond the classroom. This has led to TCNJ being recognized nationally for quality, value, and outcomes. To sustain this model of educational…

Dear All, A year ago I wrote to the campus community as it was completing its first week of remote working and learning, thanking you for your resilience amidst uncertainty. In the face of state cutbacks, I also announced measures to tighten our belts for the semester ahead. We did not know at the time…

Dear All, With gratitude to the campus community, I am pleased to report a meaningful decline in the then-increasing number of positive virus cases that I addressed in my campus message of February 28, 2021. In the past 14 days, we recorded 30 positive on-campus cases and 22 off-campus cases, with generally declining positivity rates,…

Dear TCNJ Faculty, Staff, and Students, As reported last month, nearly 300 members of the college community participated in the Committee on Strategic Planning and Priorities’ (CSPP’s) focus group conversations or submitted their responses through a Qualtrics survey about TCNJ’s next strategy framework. Thank you again to everyone who shared their feedback and to the…

Dear TCNJ Students, Over 10 recent days of testing on campus, the college saw 67 positive student cases of COVID-19, yielding over 200 close contacts. I had hoped that one month into the semester we would have settled into a new normal where everyone was following the public health protocols that were put in place…

Dear All, I had the pleasure this past weekend to stop by the “drop-and-go” pre-move-in happenings at the Brower Student Center and across campus. For those who have been lamenting their distance from campus and community—I am one of these—the chance to experience the excitement and quasi-normalcy of move-in was inspiring. Thank you to the…

To the Campus Community: Before I get to Spring Flex updates, let me express in writing how proud I have been of this community over the past several months. In the face of profound disruption to daily life–some with close loved ones lost, many with newfound worries, all with dreams deferred—you continued to make extraordinary…

Dear All, I am pleased to write with the promised overview of plans for Spring Semester 2021. Because the spring semester is still roughly three months away, these plans are necessarily contingent upon future conditions and governmental restrictions, but we want to share our intentions prior to spring registration and other decisions on your plate…