Longtime journalist, pollster named to lead Stockton’s Hughes Center
John Froonjian, a longtime journalist and manager of the Stockton Polling Institute, has been named interim executive director of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University, the college announced Monday.
Froonjian,...
Rutgers Cancer Institute gets ‘comprehensive’ designation, $15m grant
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was awarded a $15.1 million grant as part of its redesignation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute on Tuesday.
RCI is the only such recognized cancer institution...
Rutgers partners with SCMA to offer supply chain job opportunities in Canada
Rutgers University announced Monday it has partnered with the Supply Chain Management Association to provide Rutgers Business School graduates who earned their MBA in supply chain management with an advanced standing toward SCMA's Supply...
HCCC, Aspen Institute to launch Workforce Leadership Academy
Hudson County Community College announced Thursday it will be sponsoring a Workforce Leadership Academy, a program designed to create a network of workforce development leaders, in partnership with The Aspen Institute.
The Hudson County Workforce...
Nonprofit profile: Bridge of Books Foundation, celebrating providing 1 million books to underserved children...
In brief
Location: Holmdel
Serving: All of New Jersey
Key members: Abby Daly, founder and executive director, and the board.
Origin
Bridge of Books Foundation was originally started in San Francisco by Tricia McCarthy. Her friend, Abby Daly, brought...
St. Peter’s launches new online master’s in I/O psychology
Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City announced on Wednesday it has formed a new master’s degree program in industrial organizational psychology.
The degree will begin to be offered fully online in fall 2019.
Industrial organizational psychology,...
16 N.J. schools make Safest Colleges in America list by NCHSS
Safety is typically a top concerns of parents when sending their kids off to college.
With that in mind, the National Council for Home Safety and Security has compiled its annual list of the Safest...
Essex County Schools of Technology team wins NJMEP insignia contest
A team from the Graphic Arts program at Essex County Schools of Technology was named the winner of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program’s 2019 insignia contest, the NJMEP announced.
The winning team included Anamarie...
Nonprofit Profile: Schools That Can, creating real-world educational opportunities
In brief
Where: Newark; national nonprofit in New York City.
Serving: STC Newark serves 35 schools, part of the nearly 200 district, charter and independent schools from cities nationwide participating in the STC network.
Key member: Erin...
Opening of Per Scholas’ tech training campus is latest tech win for Newark
Newark has taken another big step toward transforming into the tech hub many city officials have promised it will become.
“Today, we contribute to the beauty of this building and we begin, through tech training...
