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15 Prairie WINTER 2022 5. They've had a good run The men's cross-country team went the distance two years in a row as NJAC champs, while Justin Lindsey ran away with the 2021 Coach of the Year honors. 6. Can't stop, won't stop TCNJ hit a 30-year streak with another #1 public college ranking in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Regional Universities—North" category. 7. Level up A group of senior IMM students debuted their puzzle-adventure video game, "Mason and Strings," at Philadelphia's Too Many Games convention in October. "We weren't seen as student developers," says Patrick Merklee '22, one of the game's creators. "We were on the same level with everyone else at the show." Their game can be played on Steam, a major online video game distributor. 8. Game on TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster was appointed to the NCAA Division III Presidents Council, which will take on rewriting the division's constitution so that it better represents student athletes' voices. She will also be chair of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Presidents Council. 9. An esprit de corps Financial assistance plus the ability to help underserved communities at home may be just the peace offering some students are looking for. Thanks to a new partnership, TCNJ graduate nursing applicants who have completed their Peace Corps service are now eligible for the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program. 10. The Bard is in English professor Jo Carney published Women Talk Back to Shakespeare through the distinguished Routledge Press. In it, she looks at how contemporary female authors' adaptations of Shakespeare reveal the cultural currency of his plays even today. ILLUSTRATIONS KATHRYN RATHKE. PHOTO BILL CARDONI 4. She says … "I hope that my participation inspires other women of color to continue seeking out academic and cultural collaborations around the globe." — English professor Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle, the first Latina from TCNJ awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award. Notable 23 Students training to be commissioned officers in TCNJ's ROTC program 83.1% TCNJ student voting rate in the November 2020 elections, earning the college a platinum seal from the All In awards 1795 Print date of a Bible that the Heron family donated to the library archives 1,917,882 tons Estimated CO 2 savings per year expected from solar panels being installed in several spots on campus

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