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Tip-Top SHAPE
Jordan Paton '19 received the "Major of
the Year" award from the Society of Health
and Physical Educators for her outstanding
achievements as an undergraduate health
and physical education major. Paton was
the New Jersey student representative at the
statehouse for the signing of the Recess Bill
in August 2018, and she's been published
multiple times in her discipline's top
scholarly publication, the Journal of Physical
Education, Recreation & Dance.
NURSING, HEALTH,
AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF
CLASS OF 2018
AVERAGE STARTING SALARY
$65,149
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
781
MAJORS
Health and exercise science
Nursing
Public health
White Coat Celebration
Nursing department faculty presented 61 sophomore nursing students with white lab coats
at the fourth annual White Coat Ceremony — a rite of passage that officially welcomes
students into the nursing profession.
NextGen MPH
TCNJ's new Master of Public Health program welcomed its first cohort of 15 students in
fall 2018. Drawing on expertise from all seven schools, the MPH degree is a comprehensive,
interdisciplinary program that provides students with the knowledge and skills to protect
and improve family and community health in the rapidly changing public health landscape.
