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e College of New Jersey ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019 Untold Stories Assistant Professor of History Mekala Audain's research revealed stories of fugitive slaves who fled from Texas to Mexico in the 1850s. Runaways heading south typically traveled a minimum of 300–400 miles through the inhospitable southwestern desert, often chased and sometimes met by slave catchers at the border. A Whole New World A new Bachelor of Arts in world languages and linguistics addresses demand from students who wish to pursue advanced study in a language and prepare for employment in the growing field of linguistics. The program will offer students a strong grounding in linguistics coupled with in-depth study of one of five world languages already offered at the college: Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish. The new program also will encourage students to travel abroad and expand their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and cultural diversity on a global scale. CLASS OF 2018 AVERAGE STARTING SALARY $49,049 TOP GRADUATE SCHOOLS Columbia Drexel Fordham Johns Hopkins NYU Penn Penn State Rutgers TOP EMPLOYERS AmeriCorps City of Trenton Dow Jones Penguin Random House Prudential Sony New Jersey Legislature U.S. Secret Service Procrastination Station Psychology major Shira Pollack '19 loves procrastination — studying it, that is. Working in psychology professor Ashley Borders' Reactivity Lab, Pollack launched an independent study to determine which comes first for her peers: bad moods or procrastination. After learning that bad moods lead to more procrastination, she set out to solve the problem. During her senior year, she enlisted 257 students for a longitudinal study looking at the effects of daily "gratitude journaling" and found it helped in fending off procrastination and the rumination that precedes it. Common Ground Francesca Paldino '19 researched the history of the William Trent House in downtown Trenton as part of her Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience. With the help of her faculty mentor, Assistant Professor of history Craig Hollander, Paldino revealed a lost truth: the New Jersey state government now rests on a former slave plantation.

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