Dear All, I write in the afterglow of the moving and masterful virtual commencement for the Class of 2020. If you did not get a chance to see it in real time, you may find it here. Now I pivot back to the COVID-driven issues of the day. Uncertainty and divergence remain watchwords—consider uneven virus incidence;…

Dear All, We will have plenty of Fridays to share news of budgets, scenarios, and decisions to come, but we will never have another Friday before Commencement 2020. So it is that after one important business matter, I step away to take a breather and focus this week’s corona-missive on the pomp, circumstance, and joy of…

Dear All, If last week’s missive was a mere two items elaborated, this week’s is the opposite: multiple snippets to keep us informed and engaged. Last Day of Classes in a Historic Semester. It was not easy, it was not normal, it was not satisfying in many ways. But in a time of rapid, extensive, and…

Dear All, Responding to your most common queries and suggestions since I last wrote, let me devote this week’s corona-missive to two worthy topics: scenario planning and our graduating class. Scenario Planning. How are we thinking about the decision to “reopen” TCNJ for the fall semester? I hope it lifts your heart to hear that we…

Dear All, As prelude to important items of business below, let me share six guideposts as we deliberate and make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. These have been helpful to me and perhaps will be to you, too, particularly as you see them reflected in choices made and still to come. Spring 2020 Tuition. We…

Dear All, I thought that last Friday’s corona-missive would be longer than most, given how much ground there was to cover in the first. Not so, as you see here. Your many questions and topic requests—input that also included short- and long-term business plans and impressive Gantt charts, I should say—destine this second corona-missive to…

Dear All, Has it been only three and a half weeks since most of us left campus for remote learning and work? It seems far longer, a disorienting time warp caused perhaps by unrelenting draws on our energy and emotions. Eager, then, for the discipline of a scheduled commitment and encouraged by your questions and…