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Prairie FALL 2021
Home, sweet home
TCNJ welcomes back all of its pride.
BILL
CARDONI
Students kicked off their fall 2021 classes on August 31,
creating a palpable buzz around campus. With the college
fully opened for the first time in a year and a half, the day
marked a welcome return to the traditional TCNJ experience.
Long lines at the bookstore, students taking back-to-school
selfies in front of Trenton Hall, and the brassy clap of the
pep band echoing from Lions Stadium were all good signs
that maybe, just maybe, we are getting back to normal.
And while the college continues to address the ever-
changing needs of the pandemic, including mandatory
COVID-19 vaccines and face coverings to combat the Delta
variant, there is hope that the sorely-missed energy and
campus harmony will remain.
"Every new school year is exciting," says TCNJ president
Kathryn Foster. "This one seems more so as we reconnect
with one another and return to the fulfillments of living,
working, and learning together."
— David Pavlak
