Academics & Research

28th Annual Celebration of Student Achievement

The 28th Annual Celebration of Student Achievement will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The event features the research, scholarship and creative activity of TCNJ students from all disciplines. The event will include papers, posters, art exhibitions, video discussions and other products of student work. The schedule of presentations for the School of Business is below.…

TCNJ student team awarded fourth in division and honorable mention at this year’s Solar District Cup

A team of nine students from the College earned fourth place and an honorable mention in their division on Monday at this year’s United States Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition. The team was recognized for designing a clean energy system for SUNY Oneonta that is both financially and environmentally efficient. The students…

Congratulations to our 2025 NJCPA Scholarship Recipient

The New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJCPA) Scholarship Fund has supported more than 2,000 New Jersey students, totaling more than $7 million in awards since 1960. The Fund has helped to increase the number of both minorities and women who enter the accounting profession, and many scholarship recipients have been the first to attend college in…

The School of Business New Honor Society Inductees – 2025

On April 3, 2025, the School of Business held its annual induction ceremony for Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, the New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association (NJCBAA), and Omicron Delta Epsilon. Congratulations to all the new honor society members! BETA ALPHA PSI Beta Alpha Psi is a national honors organization for information professionals, which…

Team Juniper’s winning business plan aims to improve communication between doctors and their patients

Team Juniper, the brains behind an AI transcription platform that aims to simplify medical documentation and billing, won the first-place prize of $30,000 in the 2025 Mayo Business Plan Competition. Team members Yasaman Galer ’25, Livia Minaides ’27, and Isha Patwardhan ’26 conceptualized their innovative app with the goal of streamlining healthcare administration for both…

Management Students Participate in Harvard Strategy Simulation Exercise

Dr. Martine Bertin-Peterson has incorporated an exercise from the Harvard Strategy Simulation into her MGT499 – Strategic Management class. Each student is expected to take part in the exercise and write a paper describing what they learned from it and the strategies they employed. Several of her students “achieved the greatest profit” while participating in…

TCNJ School of Business Ranks 53rd in the Nation!

The College of New Jersey School of Business moved up five spots from last year to #53, as ranked by Poets&Quants Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2025. The system used by Poets&Quants is considered the most comprehensive assessment of undergraduate business programs, ranking the top 100 schools each year. Poets&Quants methodology ranks the top undergraduate…

TCNJ School of Business Real Estate Club holds Its 2nd Case Competition

The Real Estate Club held the first round of its 2nd Annual Case Competition on March 12, 2025, organized by President, Salvatore Zotti (senior, finance major). It was judged by Professor Eric Szabo ’97, Senior Lecturer at TCNJ’s School of Business, and James Keenoy ’07, President and Founder of Farrell Flynn. Seven competing teams were…

Faculty Spotlight: Alan Chernoff, Visiting Instructor, Economics

Our next Faculty Spotlight of the semester is on Dr. Alan Chernoff, Visiting Instructor, Economics. Dr. Chernoff joined TCNJ’s School of Business in the Fall of 2022. He has his BA in Mathematics, and MA in Economics, and, in 2024, earned his PhD in Economics, all from Rutgers University. In 2024, he won two awards:…

School of Business Students Receives CAPM Certification

Logan O’Connor, a Senior Management major, with a Minor in IST, received the CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The certification, intended for college students and those new to the field, requires at least 23 hours of project management education before taking the exam and demonstrates an understanding of…