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Saint Peter’s University Celebrates 150 Years
Saint Peter’s University is proud to announce its Founders’ Week celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of April 3, 1872, the day Saint Peter’s was granted its charter from the State of New Jersey. The celebration began with a Mass on Sunday, April 3 and...
New Jersey: the Garden State, the Education State and (for two weeks, at least) the ‘Center of the College Basketball Universe’!
By Steve Reynolds, President, Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey A remarkable season for ICUNJ schools - - with monumental upsets, championships, and dramatic comebacks New Jersey is known for its beautiful and plentiful gardens and as the...
Fairleigh Dickinson University Scholarship Luncheon
On March 24, 2022 in Hennessy Hall on Fairleigh Dickinson University's campus in Madison, NJ donors and students had an opportunity to meet in the person after a two year hiatus because of COVID. Students seated at the...
Thank you, Peacocks!
By Steve Reynolds, President, Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey THANK YOU, PEACOCKS! By Steve Reynolds, President, Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey Last night, I had the great privilege to be among the thousands of proud New...
Saint Peter’s Cinderella run is done — but its impact on Jersey City has just begun
ByTom Bergeron (Jersey City) -March 28, 2022 As a former vice chair of the NCAA board of governors who now serves as president of the organization’s diversity and inclusion committee, Sue Henderson has been going to the Final Four for years. The longtime president...
Montclair State University and Bloomfield College Announce Efforts to Forge a Permanent Relationship
Bloomfield CollegeWed, 03/23/2022 - 09:30AM Bloomfield to remain open through the 2022-23 academic year MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair State University's Board of Trustees today authorized the University to provide financial support to Bloomfield College, if needed, to...
‘A seminal moment in our history’: Saint Peter’s president talks March Madness impact
Eugene Cornacchia on applications increasing, the university's website crashing and college sports' most famous mustache. Jerry Carino NorthJersey.com Eugene Cornacchia has been around Saint Peter’s University for four decades. Prior to being named president in 2007,...
Shaheen Holloway’s Saint Peter’s success story began as Seton Hall recruit
By Steve Serby He watches Saint Peter’s play Cinderella basketball — Sweet 16 basketball next against Purdue on Friday night in Philadelphia — and he understands better than most why these proud Peacocks play the way they play: hard, smart, together and...
Heartbreak in the Hoosier State: Princeton women’s basketball comes up short in bid to reach Sweet 16 for first time
By KYLE FRANKO | kfranko@trentonian.com | The TrentonianPUBLISHED: March 21, 2022 at 10:07 p.m. | UPDATED: March 22, 2022 at 12:09 a.m. Tigers falls to Indiana, 56-55, in second round of NCAA Tournament Abby Meyers dropped in a three-pointer. The buzzer sounded. The...
NEW JERSEY: “THE EDUCATION STATE” – The “Case” for a Second Nickname
By Steve Reynolds, President, Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey[1] Last September, I posted a blog outlining my light-hearted but sincere proposal to create a more representative and accurate second nickname for our State.[2] Citing the rankings...