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9 Prairie SUMMER 2026 9. An Olympic eavesdropper They don't call curling "the roaring game" for nothing. Just ask audio engineer Sara Davis '17, who was responsible for mixing the sound of every rock slide, broom sweep, player yell, and crowd cheer for NBC Sports' 2026 Olympic Games curling production. FACING PAGE KARI OSMOND; THIS PAGE SARA DAVIS Day of Giving 2026 was a success! Notable 2,046 donors 100 programs received gifts 979 donors supported TCNJ Athletics $671,702 total amount raised — a TCNJ record! 5. Mentoring madness Professor Diane Steinberg received the Delta Award, the highest honor from the interna- tional English honor society Sigma Tau Delta. The award recognizes extensive contribu- tions to the society; in Steinberg 's 25 years as a faculty advisor, she has mentored more than 1,000 members of TCNJ's chapter and written innumerable letters of recommendation. 6. Putting art on the map Marchelo Vera, professor of printmaking, exhibited his work at the 3rd Print Biennale of India in winter 2026. He joined a distinguished group of artists from 34 countries, highlighting the global reach of printmaking research and studio practice. 7. But first, coffee Family physician Sweta Shah '10 served as a medical consultant on a February episode of the TLC series My Strange Addiction. On the show, Shah meets with a woman who admits to drinking about 100 cups of coffee a day. "That's super excessive," says Shah. "The science says that four cups is probably the max in a day for a person of normal size." 8. Heads of state TCNJ President Michael Bernstein welcomed New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill to campus in March for the Excellence in Community Media Awards, an external event hosted by the college.

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