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13 Prairie WINTER 2023 5. 20,000 pounds That's the amount of food the student-run Food Recovery Network has collected from local grocery stores and distributed to area soup kitchens and food pantries since the club started in August 2020. 6. Breathtaking NYC views Jennifer Bauman '95 completed the 20 Bridges Swim, a 28.5-mile course around Manhattan, in just under eight hours. From the waters of the East, Harlem, and Hudson Rivers (and between breaths!), she glimpsed land- marks such as the GW Bridge, the Empire State Building, and the Freedom Tower. 7. Code for equity A computer science learning hub is coming to TCNJ. Tanner Huffman, iSTEM education professor, and Rebecca Turner, assistant director of professional development, won a New Jersey Department of Education grant to create programs that will give more students access to computer science. FACING PAGE ERIKA HEINRICH '23; TOP KATHRYN RATHKE; BOTTOM SHUTTERSTOCK 8. He says … "There is nothing like postseason baseball. To see everyone exhilarated, whether baseball fans at the core or on the surface, was incredible!" — Tom McCarthy '90, play-by-play broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies in reference to the team's surprise playoff and World Series run. 46 Stamps on the passport of Michael Breece '01. His latest: Cote D'Ivoire, where he will serve as director of the International Community School of Abidjan. –100 TCNJ produces fewer pounds of CO 2 per megawatt (so, less pollution) compared to the local power grid, according to a Reuters special report: tcnj.edu/reuters. 9. A highest compliment In Princeton Magazine, Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton Univer- sity, says that instead of looking at school rankings, people should consider graduation rates and how engaged students and faculty are in the coursework. He calls TCNJ an "underappre- ciated gem in American higher education" because the college excels in those areas. 10. Opening new doors When 350 students went back to school this fall at 1200 Bruns- wick Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey, their building had a new name: Crosby Copeland Jr. Elementary School. Copeland MEd '68 was a former superin- tendent of Trenton public schools and the first African American principal of Trenton Central High School. 329 Flu shots nursing students put in arms in three days of vaccine clinics at TCNJ.

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