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TCNJ launches environmental studies major amidst growing concerns over climate change

The College of New Jersey’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched an undergraduate environmental studies major to effectively address the disproportionate harm to the planet from climate change and other widespread environmental injustices.   “The scientific understanding of environmental problems is necessary to determine potential solutions, but that alone is not sufficient,” said Diane…


Management Department Alumni Night

Thursday night the Management Department hosted Alumni Night. The Management faculty were joined by 11 alumni and 23 students. The alumni shared their experiences with the students and provided advice on strategies for career success, the value of a management degree, and the variety of career options that management students may pursue. The Management alumni…


Professor Susan Hume Featured on WalletHub Discussion Credit Card Use

Susan Hume, Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, School of Business, The College of New Jersey on WalletHub Discussing Credit Card Use How many credit cards should you have? The average American today has almost 4 credit cards with a credit limit of over $30,000 (according to Experian). This may be a low count as…


TCNJ earns HEED Award for DEI efforts

The College of New Jersey has been awarded a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The award is presented annually to institutions that advance the core values of DEI as evidenced through mentoring, teaching, research, hiring and promotion, recruitment,…


Peer Mentors Participate in Lion’s Day Open House

This weekend The College of New Jersey hosted a Lions Day event to provide prospective students with information and resources regarding admissions, academic majors, and campus tours. This unique event allowed prospective students to connect with the TCNJ community.  Part of that community is the School of Business Peer Mentors. Side by side with the…


Mu Omega Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Wins Two Regional Awards!

The Mu Omega Chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity at the College of New Jersey won two Regional awards: the Outstanding Professional Activities Award for a Collegiate Chapter and the R. Nelson Mitchell Outstanding Collegiate Chapter Award!  The awards were presented during the 2023 Grand Chapter Congress. There is a lengthy application and review…


School of Business BUS 099 Networking Fair

As part of the third week of our Business Orientation Seminar course, all 280+ first-year students took part in a networking fair today that featured student representatives from each School of Business academic department and student organizations. Students in BUS 099 were encouraged to meet at least five new classmates who were not in their…


TCNJ School of Business SHRM Student Chapter Receives Merit Award

SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) awarded a 2022-2023 Student Chapter Superior Merit Award designation to the TCNJ School of Business SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student members. The SHRM Student Chapter Superior Merit Award program encourages the development of more effective student chapters and distinguishes outstanding…


Welcome Back School of Business!

Today, the School of Business hosted a welcome-back picnic for its students. The School served up Wawa hoagies, lots of water, ice cream, and Italian ice served by Lollypops Ice Cream. Lollypops is owned by two School of Business Alumni, Joe & Jeanne Murphy.  Some of the School’s student organizations were present as was the…


New MBA Cohort Begins!

This past weekend, TCNJ’s School of Business was thrilled to welcome 34 students into our Fall 2023 MBA cohort!  These dynamic scholars bring a rich diversity of academic knowledge and professional experience to our program.  They hail from communities as close by as Ewing NJ, and as far as Accra, Ghana.  The energy was palpable…


Fall Alumni Event

Alumni, Join us on September 27, 2023 at Old Hights Brewery!  Come catch up with old classmates, chat with faculty and get caught up on what is going on at the School of Business. The event is free, however, registration is required. Scan the QR code to register. Registration includes light appetizers and two drink…


Spring 2023 Dean’s List

The Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester has been officially released.  Congratulations to all School of Business students named on the list.


Professor Tae-Nyun Kim Featured on WalletHub Discussing Cheap Car Insurance Study

Tae-Nyun KimPh.D., Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, School of Business, The College of New Jersey on WalletHub Discussing Cheap Car Insurance Why do car insurance rates (and even providers) vary so much from state to state? There are a number of factors that contribute to the determination of car insurance rates. In most…


Michael Bernstein named interim president of The College of New Jersey

The College of New Jersey Board of Trustees announced today that Dr. Michael Bernstein has been selected as TCNJ’s interim president for a two-year term beginning on July 1, 2023. An accomplished educator and administrator, Bernstein is provost emeritus at Stony Brook University, having previously served as that institution’s interim president from August 2019 through…


Longtime faculty members retire this month

Five of TCNJ’s most beloved faculty members are retiring this month and while we wish them well, let’s face it — we’re already missing them. Deborah Compte, professor, world languages and cultures Compte, professor of Spanish, joined the college in 1990 and has taught Spanish language courses, as well as senior seminar and graduate topics courses…


School of Business Interim Dean Announced

On Tuesday, June 6, Tammy Dieterich was announced as the incoming interim dean of the School of Business by Jeffrey Osborn, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Dieterich, who currently serves as the School’s assistant dean, will begin in her new role effective July 1. “Serving as assistant dean for the past fifteen years…


Management Faculty and Student Present Research at Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management

Aneta Sieminski, a senior management student and Dr. Brenda Ghitulescu, associate professor of management, presented their research on, “The impact of leadership on employee support during organizational mergers: A psychological contract perspective,” at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management in Philadelphia on Wednesday, May 17. Their collective research was praised and…


Poets&Quants for Undergrads Once Again Names TCNJ a Best Undergraduate Business School

The College of New Jersey School of Business ranked 59th in Poets&Quants for Undergrads‘ 2023 Best Undergraduate Business Schools ranking report. Poets&Quants for Undergrads is considered the most comprehensive assessment of undergraduate business programs. This year, the study ranked the top 93 business programs based on three equally-weighted categories of admissions standards, academic experience, and…


2023 Mayo Business Plan Competition Finalists Announced

The final three teams competing in the 2023 Mayo Business Plan Competition have been selected. A top prize of $30,000 will be awarded to the winning team with prizes of $20,000 and $10,000 for second and third place teams. Open to the public, the live finals will be held on March 29, 5:00pm, in the…


Faculty members honored at first annual Faculty/Librarian Recognition Awards

The College of New Jersey honored eight distinguished faculty members at the first annual Faculty/Librarian Recognition Awards on Thursday, February 16. The Faculty Senate sponsored and organized the awards, which were given as part of the second annual Excellence in Teaching and Learning Summit. The summit provides opportunities for all TCNJ faculty members and instructional…


2023 Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award

Applications are now being accepted through March 20 for the 2023 Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award. The Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award includes a monetary award and will be presented during the School of Business senior awards ceremony. To be eligible for the award, a recipient must be a graduating senior in the School of…


School of Business Reaccredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The College of New Jersey’s School of Business has earned an extension of accreditation by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). According to AACSB, “schools that have earned AACSB business accreditation demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching, research, curriculum development, and student success.” This accreditation includes the School’s MBA program,…


Spring 2023 Resume Review Sessions

Spring 2023 Resume Review Sessions will begin on Friday, January 27 with Martine Bertin-Peterson, adjunct professor, management & marketing. The schedule for the semester will be: Beginning January 27, 2023 through May 5, 2023* Tuesday: 10:00-10:50am, BB215 Tuesday: 12:30-1:20pm, BB105 Friday: 10:00-10:50am, BB215 *There will be no resume review sessions on March 14 or 17,…


Spring 2023 Excel Testing

The School of Business offers its students the opportunity to complete the Microsoft Excel Certification testing for both Associate and Expert levels. The topical coverage of the Associate and Expert levels is described here.  For spring 2023 we will be only offering remote testing. NOTE: There are only two (2) test dates available. After these dates,…


TCNJ recognized as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for college student voting 

­TCNJ has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for making intentional efforts to increase student voter participation. TCNJ joins a group of 394 colleges and universities…


New Finance Faculty: Mengxi Chen

The TCNJ School of Business is excited to welcome assistant professor Dr. Mengxi Chen to the finance department this fall, where she will teach FIN 201 (Fundamental Financial Methods) and FIN 310 (Introduction to Investments). Joining TCNJ from Central Connecticut State University, Dr. Chen says “it is a great pleasure to work for such a…


School of Business Admissions Events

Join assistant dean, Tammy Dieterich, for a School of Business Talk and Tour Friday, November 11, 12:30p, TCNJ, Trenton Hall Register here! Join School of Business faculty and students during a below virtual admissions event. Thursday, October 20, 7:00pm, Zoom, Finance, with chair, Dr. Seung Hee Choi If you have any questions about upcoming events,…


TCNJ is recognized as one of the best colleges for student voting. Here’s why.

TCNJ has one of the highest student voter participation rates in the nation and efforts are underway to maintain that momentum this election season. New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way was at TCNJ on Tuesday, September 20 to kick off the NJ Ballot Bowl, a non-partisan competition among colleges statewide to get students to…


2022 Study Abroad Scholarship Opportunities

There are three scholarship opportunities available for business students interested in studying abroad. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2022. Check out all of the available programs with the Center for Global engagement here. Eric and Gretchen Szabo Study Abroad Scholarship Recognizing the transformational experience of going abroad, this scholarship was established by Eric…


Fall 2022 Resume Review Sessions

Fall 2022 Resume Review Sessions will begin on Tuesday, September 6 in Business Building 215 with Martine Bertin-Peterson, adjunct professor, management & marketing. The schedule for the semester will be: September 6-December 9* Tuesday, 8:30-9:20am Tuesday, 12:30-1:20pm Friday, 8:30-9:20am *There will be no resume review session on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 due to fall break…


New Minor in Wealth Management and Financial Planning

Beginning in the Fall 2022 semester, the TCNJ School of Business will provide students the opportunity to expand their interdisciplinary studies with a minor in Wealth Management and Financial Planning. Housed within the Finance department, this 5-unit program will prepare students for careers in financial services across various specializations such as insurance, retirement planning, private…


TCNJ Business to Host International Multi-Level Marketing and Consumer Harm Conference

The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) School of Business will host an international conference on multi-level marketing and consumer harm on June 10-11, 2022. The conference will take place virtually and will once again be moderated by TCNJ Professor of Marketing William Keep, a critic and academic researcher of MLM for over 20 years. The…


Celebrating Professors Miller and Nouri

Congratulations to Department of Accounting and Information Systems professors Gerald Miller and Hossein Nouri on their retirement. Dr. Miller joined the School of Business in 1995 and Dr. Nouri in 1992.


TCNJ launches arts administration minor

The School of the Arts and Communication has launched a new minor in Arts Administration and Cultural Entrepreneurship, which will prepare students in the arts, education, art history and business for leadership or management roles in arts organizations and cultural settings. Housed within the Department of Art and Art History, the new minor will combine…


Mayo Business Plan Competition Zoom Information

The live finals will be held on March 30, 2022, 5:00pm, in the Mayo Concert Hall. If you cannot make it to campus the Zoom viewing information is below. Topic: Mayo Business Plan Competition Finals 2022 Time: Mar 30, 2022 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://tcnj.zoom.us/j/99012972899?pwd=NXpxK0hHWmdEMWpTaS8yOCtQbExQdz09 Meeting ID: 990 1297…


New Supply Chain Management Minor

The School of Business at The College of New Jersey will now offer students the option to minor in supply chain management (SCM). Newly approved in March 2022, the minor is intended for students who are interested in the study of supply chain activities and design. “The supply chain management minor is ideal for students who are willing…


2022 Mayo Business Plan Competition Finalists Announced

The final three teams competing in the 2022 Mayo Business Plan Competition have been selected. The live finals will be held on March 30, 2022, 5:00pm, in the Mayo Concert Hall. This event is open to the public. A top prize of $30,000 will be awarded to the winning team with prizes of $20,000 and…


2022 MBPC Semi-Finalists Announced

The six semi-finalist teams have been selected to advance to the next round in the Mayo Business Plan Competition. On March 2, the semi-finalists will deliver a presentation before a panel of judges, and the finals will be held in Mayo Concert Hall on March 30, 2022 at 5:00 pm. The finals are open to…


2022 Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award

Applications are now being accepted through March 25 for the 2022 Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award. The Neil Gaston Student Achievement Award includes a monetary award and will be presented during the School of Business Commencement Program. To be eligible for the award, a recipient must be a graduating senior in the School of Business…


Fall 2021 Dean’s List

Congratulations to the School of Business students named to the fall 2021 Dean’s List.


Excel Workshops

The School of Business is offering in person Excel workshops with Professor Pat Singkamanand of the Finance Department. The workshop will be based on projects and financial reporting schedule developments, with major focus on Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP. Excel Pivot Table: a step-by-step tutorial & examples. How to create a Pivot Table to analyze workshop data. How to…


TCNJ’s School of Business ranks as top program in nation

The College of New Jersey School of Business ranked 79th in Poets&Quants for Undergrads‘ sixth annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2022 ranking report. This year, the study ranked the top 94 business programs based on admissions standards, academic experience, and employment outcomes. The report is based on alumni survey responses and school-reported statistics, however, the methodology was updated for…


Spring 2022 Resume Review Sessions

Spring 2022 Resume Review Sessions will begin on Friday, February 4 in Business Building 215 with Martine Bertin-Peterson, adjunct professor, management & marketing. The schedule for the semester will be: February 4-May 6* Tuesday, 9:00-9:50am Tuesday, 10:00-10:50am Friday, 10:00-10:50am *There will be no resume review workshops Tuesday, March 15 and Friday, March 18 due to…


Spring 2022 Excel Certification Testing

Spring Excel Certification exams will be offered online only. Please note that remote testing dates are subject to change as these cannot be booked with Certiport until 3-4 weeks prior to the exam date. Click here to register. You will need to choose whether or not you are taking the associate level exam or expert…


Two New Business Graduate Certificates

The College of New Jersey’s School of Business is excited to announce two new graduate certificates: Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership, and Business Analytics. The Strategy, Innovation and Leadership certificate helps turn students into leading innovators of ideas, products, and services, as they master courses that delve deep into organizational and individual business strategies. The Business Analytics…


Dr. Buddy Mayo Retires

Dr. Herbert “Buddy” Mayo joined the School of Business in 1983 as a professor of finance. He is the author of two popular finance textbooks, Investments: An Introduction and Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management, both now in their twelfth edition. Dr. Mayo studied economics at the University of North Carolina…


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