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Dr. Rahshida Atkins Publishes on Service Learning

Dr. Rahshida Atkins published an article in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing with Tami Jakubowski and Madeline McSweeney. You can find the article Service learning: Nursing students’ civic engagement with diverse populations of children with special needs.

“Purpose: There is limited knowledge of nursing students’ perspectives about engagement with special needs populations. The purpose of this study was to identify the advantages/benefits and disadvantages/challenges of nursing students’ engagement experience with children with special mental and physical disabilities. Recommendations to enhance student engagement experiences were also provided.”

Join us in celebrating Dr. Atkins’ work. We are excited for her Advanced Community Engaged Learning class “Diversity, Culture, and Health Equity: Concepts, Linguistics, Ethics and Theories” this Winter 2023.

Elizabeth Borland features CEL in Footnotes Magazine

TCNJ Sociology Professor Elizabeth Borland wrote about the importance of community engaged learning in her article CER: A Learning Opportunity for Undergrads. “Smithey’s project is a great example of the kind of collaborative community-engaged research that can yield many benefits, not only to community partners but to undergraduates, too. Our students learn best when they can… Continue Reading

TCNJ Earns All In Democracy Challenge Platinum Seal

Voter engagement has been a constant topic of conversation on campuses across the country in the last few election cycles–including at TCNJ. TCNJ Votes is the campus committee devoted to increasing voter education, constructive political engagement, and voter turnout within our campus community. Many segments of campus came together to support these efforts in 2020… Continue Reading

“Any Given Child Aims to Help Trenton Students”

TCNJ Bonners were mentioned in an article by Drew Mumich in the Trenton Daily for their participation in Any Given Child’s events to give out art supplies in Trenton. “The organization is set to bundle 10,065 art supply kits to students K through 12 in all Trenton public schools. Jacqui Ivey, Owner of the Conservatory… Continue Reading

Bonner 2021 Spring Orientation Keynote Speaker: Hoda Katebi

Each year, at the start of the fall and spring semesters, the TCNJ Bonner program holds an orientation for Bonner Scholars to further immerse and broaden their knowledge and understandings of their roles in service. With several engaging workshops and speakers directly related to the issues they combat on the daily, orientation is a day… Continue Reading

Know Your Issue Project

The Know Your Issue (KYI) project connects the public policy research interests and capabilities of college students with the information needs of community-based organizations working to address pressing social, economic, and environmental issues. This research opportunity provides students with training and support to explore the scope of the problem, current policies, and effective solutions to… Continue Reading

“TCNJ Students Help Adults Achieve A GED”

The TCNJ Bonner Institute was featured in an article by Drew Mumich in the Trenton Daily for their work with Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). “The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Bonner Program is collaborating with Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) to offer free accelerated preparation courses for adults to achieve a GED. The program… Continue Reading

Community Engagement & Professional Development Provide An Impactful Summer of Service

Preparing meal & food donations for Trenton residents. Making literacy and science fun for local youth on Zoom. Connecting with community members within the community garden. These are just a few examples of TCNJ’s Summer Community Leaders’ experiences this summer. On August 20th, TCNJ’s Center for Community Engagement, in collaboration with the Center for Career… Continue Reading

TCNJ Bonner Volunteers

During the Spring 2021 semester, TCNJ Bonner Volunteers continued to support and volunteer with the Bonner Scholars Program even though the Covid-19 virus was still having a major impact on their daily lives. Even though as expected, the number of students who signed up to volunteer with our organization declined, one could still see the… Continue Reading

Food Recovery Network

As food security rates rose throughout the COVID-19 pandemic soup kitchens, food banks, and other supplemental nutrition programs across the country were being utilized at increasingly high rates. Simultaneously, food waste has continued to plague the country, with grocery stores and restaurants throwing out thousands of pounds of edible food because of tricky regulations. One… Continue Reading