NJCU is proud to announce the transformation of the Proyecto Science Summer Program into the NJCU STEAM Academy. The expanded program adds arts and humanities while maintaining excellence in math and science. Through expanded opportunities, students can now access college credits as part of the program. Applications are now open for teachers and teaching assistants. Undergraduate students in Math and Sciences are encouraged to apply. Visit our website here for more information: https://www.njcu.edu/academics/adult-and-continuing-education/njcu-steam-academy

The Jo Anne Juncker Children's Learning Center is pleased to announce Project Aspire Childcare Scholarship are now available!

These scholarships provide 100% childcare tuition for eligible student-parents.

To be eligible, you must:

Members of the armed forces or veteran students are also eligible separate from the above qualifications.

If you are interested in the grant scholarship, please register for the program, and then contact Jennifer Arroyo, Director of the Jo Anne Juncker Children's Learning Center, who will provide further information.

For more information, call 201-200-3342 or email njcuclc@njcu.edu

The 2025-2026 FAFSA is now open! Don’t miss out on the financial aid you need for college. Apply early to maximize your chances of receiving federal grants, scholarships, work-study opportunities, and loans.

How to Apply:

If you have any questions stop by the Financial Aid office in Hepburn Hall 215!

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Supercharge your nursing career with our M.S. in Nursing, specializing in School Nursing! This dynamic program includes the Graduate School Nurse Certificate, helping you enhance your clinical skills and leadership abilities. Make a lasting impact in the lives of students and communities while advancing your expertise. Ready to lead in school nursing? Start your journey today!

Ready to become a certified teacher in New Jersey? Join our Zoom info session to discover how NJCU's Alternate Route programs can help you earn your certification in P3, ESL, Elementary, and Secondary education! Learn about program details, eligibility, and the admissions process — all from the comfort of your home. Don't miss your chance to start your teaching career with NJCU!

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The NJCU men's wrestling team will celebrate Senior Night as it hosts Keystone College in a home bout.

The NJCU women's basketball hosts The College of New Jersey in the first meeting between the schools since last year's New Jersey Athletic Conference championship game.

Basketball tickets must be purchased in advance on the Hometown Ticketing app; no cash is accepted.

The NJCU men's basketball enters the week in second place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference — just one game out of first place! Come support the Gothic Knights as they take on preseason conference favorite The College of New Jersey.

Basketball tickets must be purchased in advance on the Hometown Ticketing app; no cash is accepted.

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In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NJCU will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025. This federal holiday honors Dr. King's profound legacy of civil rights leadership and his enduring vision of racial equality and justice. We encourage our campus community to use this day not only as a time of reflection, but also as a day of service – embracing Dr. King's belief that "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

The spring semester will begin and university offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 21.

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At NJCU, we meet the growing demand for skilled professionals with comprehensive programs in Medical Billing, Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician courses, and more. This industry is experiencing rapid growth annually. Join us and take the next step in advancing your career in these high-demand fields!

Click on any of the below offerings to learn more!

Medical Billing and Coding - English | Spanish Version

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - English | Spanish Version

Pharmacy Technician 

Sterile Processing Technician 

For more details or to enroll, contact us: Adult and Continuing Education    | 201-200-3089 | conted@njcu.edu

The Information Technology (IT) sector is thriving, fueled by rapid technological advancements and increasing reliance on digital solutions across industries. In New York City, IT salaries average $131,000, reflecting the city's leadership in fintech and e-commerce, while New Jersey has also seen substantial growth in tech opportunities and pay.

Click on any of the below to learn more about our program offerings and to Register Today!

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP): Gain comprehensive knowledge in information security, preparing you for roles such as Security Analyst or IT Security Manager.

CompTIA A+ Certification: Develop foundational IT skills, including hardware, software, and troubleshooting, essential for entry-level IT positions.

For more details or to enroll, contact us: Adult and Continuing Education | 201-200-3089 | conted@njcu.edu

Select a therapist that aligns with your personal preferences, including gender, language, ethnicity, and area of expertise. Additionally, choose a time that suits your schedule, whether it be during the day, night, or weekend. You can conveniently connect with them through video, phone, chat, or message.

Experiencing a mental health crisis?

Help is available 24/7/365 by contacting: 866-646-1526.

Ask. Listen. Refer. is an online suicide prevention training designed to give you the skills to recognize signs of suicide and have a conversation with someone you are concerned about. As we continue to dedicate ourselves to increasing mental health awareness, and suicide prevention efforts, this training is essential for all of our offices. It will take about 15-20 minutes and has very valuable information.

Ask. Listen. Refer. is designed to help faculty, staff, and students prevent suicide by teaching them to:

Ask. Listen. Refer. provides a certificate of completion, and also includes a pre and post-test. If you need proof of completion, please connect with me, as I will be able to track its participants. This interactive online suicide prevention program has been shown to increase the ability of students to recognize and respond to peers at risk for suicide.

This is an excellent, convenient program that is a great resource for our division and the campus.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Larry D. Johnson Jr. has served as the second president of the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College-CUNY since July 2021. Prior to joining Guttman, Johnson served as the first Black president of Phoenix College—a first in the college’s 100-year history. He has also served as provost, department chair, and a full-time faculty at two and four-year institutions. Dr. Johnson is a fierce advocate for fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in higher education. He has been instrumental in cultivating an ecosystem that supports culturally responsive pedagogy and establishing the vision for the institution to holistically support students, faculty, and staff.

This amazing event will connect small businesses directly with banks that offer loans to them. Partnering with SBA and other organizations this will be an opportunity no business owner will want to miss!

The Speicher-Rubin Women's Center for Equity and Diversity and the PRIDE Center are kicking off the new year with another Vision Board event taking place on Tuesday, January 28 at 1 p.m. A new feature is Vision Bingo! You bring your visualization of goals for 2025, and we will supply the materials and refreshments.

Partnering with No Plan B and The Next Generation Network, this will be a paid event that Women-owned businesses can attend to create and plan their visions for 2025. Supplies will given to make their vision boards a reality.

What to expect:

The NJCU Lemmerman Gallery is pleased to present "Pat Lay: Hybrid", to showcase highlights of the prolific multimedia artist, Pat Lay, who is based in Jersey City. Over two decades Lay’s artwork has explored technological metaphors of human experience. Her sculptures, made of fired clay, computer parts and other readymade elements, are hybrid forms that have cross-cultural references and question what it means to be human.

In Lay’s collages, digital images scanned from computer circuit boards are transformed into a new matrix. Reminiscent of Buddhist mandalas, these abstractions are created in response to our world of technological advancement and digital progress. In her ongoing series, "Soul Bots and Nested Bots", she embeds computer parts such as aluminum heat sinks and cooler fans in organic clay forms, suggesting possible hybrid creatures and plants of the near future. “How are we as humans changed by the new advances in technology?” Lay asks. By working both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, Lay seeks answers to the question through visual and tactile explorations.

Pat Lay (born in Milford, Conn.) has been a professional artist since 1968. She lived in SoHo, New York City for 12 years before settling in Jersey City, NJ in 1981. She received a B.S. degree from Pratt Institute and an MFA in ceramic sculpture from Rochester Institute of Technology. Lay is a retired Professor of Art at Montclair State University.

Lay has received grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She has been awarded several public art commissions including the installation of a large-scale site-specific sculpture in the sculpture park at the Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, Norway.

She has had solo exhibitions at Elza Kayal Gallery, Tribeca, NYC; Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey; the Jersey City Museum; New Jersey State Museum; and Douglass College, Rutgers University. Her work has been included in group exhibitions in Japan, Austria, Korea, China, Norway, Wales and Slovakia and at the Jersey City Museum, Newark Museum, New Jersey State Museum, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Everson Museum, and the 1975 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lay’s work is featured in a number of books including "Lives and Works", "Talks With Women Artists", Volume II by J. Arbeiter, B. Smith, S. Swenson; and "The Craft and Art of Clay", Editions 1995, 1999, 2012, 2024, by Susan Peterson. Her work is included in numerous private collections and the following public collections: Montclair Art Museum, Zimmerli Art Museum, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway; Montclair State University, Jingdezhen Sanbao Art Institute, China; Rutgers University, Aidekman Center; and IBM, Rochester Institute of Technology.

No matter where you are in life—just getting started or planning for retirement—a session with Joe Del Grande can help you create a plan for your goals. And it's at no cost as a part of your retirement plan.

You’ll get answers to these questions and more.

RSVP today, as space is limited. Register for sessions at www.tiaa.org/schedulenow or by calling 800-732-8353, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ET). We look forward to working with you.

Future Dates:
Monday, March 3, 2025 | 2-4 p.m.
Monday April 7, 2025 | 2-4 p.m.
Monday, May 5, 2025 | 2-4 p.m. | State of the SGA

The NJCU Visual Arts Gallery is pleased to hold an exhibition of the Jersey-City-based sculptor, Jerome China. "Found and Reclaimed" is an exploration of rediscovery, transformation, and the reclamation of what was once thought to be lost, forgotten, or overlooked. In this exhibition, the artist investigates the idea that what is "found" is often more than just a physical object or a moment in time; it is the reawakening of something deep within us, something that holds meaning, power, or beauty that was hidden in plain sight or lost to time. This work challenges the notion of permanence, suggesting that everything has the potential for reclamation, whether it’s a forgotten memory, a discarded object, or a part of our own identity.  

The works featured in "Found and Reclaimed" utilize metal sculpture to tell stories of rediscovery. These pieces examine how the act of reclaiming something—whether a personal narrative, a physical object, or an abstract concept—can give it new life, purpose, and significance. The artist presents "found" objects and ideas that were once discarded, reimagined, or altered, breathing new life into them and reflecting on the potential inherent in reinterpreting what has been overlooked.

Jerome China was born in 1961 in Richmond, Virginia. He received his early training as the first artist in residence at All Iron Works commercial welding and fabrication shop currently located in Hoboken, N.J. In addition, he studied with blacksmith Paul Januz at Gravity Line Forge. These residence experiences provided a balanced foundation in welding, blacksmithing, and metallurgy. He has lived in New York and Virginia and currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Hair We Are Again is hosting a signature event aimed at E.R.A.S.E. — Education, Resources, Affirmation, Support, and Empowerment — for all curly and coily hair textures. The event will spotlight the CROWN Act, legislation that seeks to end discrimination based on hair texture and styles, ensuring a future where everyone is free to embrace their natural hair without fear of bias.

Attendees will enjoy a day filled with local vendors, live entertainment, and powerful “hairspiration” stories from women, men, and trans individuals who have embraced their natural locks.

Join us for this transformative event and be part of a movement to celebrate and normalize diverse hair identities.

For more information, visit: CROWN Act.

NJCU is partnering with All About Us Festival to bring a meaningful initiative to campus: the McCourty Twins Tackle Sickle Cell Blood Drive to support individuals affected by sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell disease disproportionately impacts our Black community and Black patients often face challenges in finding compatible blood donors. Blood donations from people of similar ethnic backgrounds are critical for managing this condition through transfusions.

All events/announcements must be submitted no later than Wednesday at noon to be included in the weekly email newsletter that will be released on the following Monday.