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Congratulations Center Innovation Fellows

The School of Business Center for Innovation and Ethics congratulates its inaugural class of Innovation Fellows, who completed their work in the Spring 2021 semester. Selected for their scholarly achievements and range of interests, the Fellows explored the challenges and opportunities of urban innovation focusing on the city of Trenton. They augmented their research and reading with conversations with Yoshi Manale, former Chief of Staff, and Rick Kavin, Aide to the Mayor, Mayor W. Reed Gusciora, and Dr. Robert McGreevey from the TCNJ History Department.

After proposing and evaluating a number of innovation projects, the group explored the data challenges faced by the City. They developed a white paper, “Revealing Unknown Knowns: A Proposal for the City of Trenton,” which proposed the “creation of a simple executive-level catalogue that identifies and explains each data file currently collected by the City of Trenton.” The proposed catalogue would help the City identify needs and opportunities while increasing departmental collaboration. The white paper describes the catalogue and its value, its development phases, challenges to be addressed, and possible future extensions to a closed or open data portal.

Kevin Michels, Center Director, commented, “It was a privilege to work with these talented students in a small seminar setting. The conversations were extraordinary — thoughtful, respectful, and aimed at real-world change.”

The 2021 Innovation Fellows (all class of 2021) were:

Nipun Majumdar graduated from TCNJ with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Driven by his passion for sustainability and entrepreneurship, he participated in the entrepreneurship club, and the environmental sustainability committee on campus. He comments, “Innovation Fellows was the most exciting class throughout my tenure at TCNJ. It embodied my expectations of higher-level education, by providing to me, the opportunity to innovate for real-world problems.”

 

David McMillan graduated summa cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a triple minor in Economics, Law (LPP), and Classical Studies.

 

 

 

 

Elyse Nardozza is an Engineering Science – Management Specialization graduate with a concentration in Mechanical Engineering. Her senior project focused on the design and construction of an on-campus rollercoaster with a COVID-19 safe car design.

 

 

 

Juan Perez is a School of Business – Accounting graduate who is “grateful to have had the opportunity to share a semester with so many great minds.”  He looks “forward to coming back and seeing what the future fellows accomplish.”

 

 

 

Alex M. Perricone is a Business School graduate who majored in Interdisciplinary Business Studies and completed minors in computer science and history.  He describes the Innovation Fellows as “a roundtable of inspired and expertly diverse individuals” who searched for “elegant practical solutions”.

 

Astronomer Royal Discusses the Future and Humanity

  Astronomer Royal, Dr. Martin Rees visited campus on Monday, April 29, 6:30pm, and spoke to an audience of students, faculty, staff and the public in the Mayo Concert Hall. The evening focus on Dr. Rees’s latest book, On the Future: Prospects for Humanity. exploring issues relating to science, technology, and humanity — including artificial… Continue Reading

How Business Can Innovate with Blockchain

How Business Can Innovate with Blockchain – Tuesday, November 13, 11:00 a.m., BB 105. School of Business Center for Innovation and Ethics will host Mike Scrudato, SVP, Strategic Innovation Leader, Munich Re America in Princeton. The event is open to all, will be nontechnical and assume no background in computing. Continue Reading

Center Director Discusses Innovation, Values and Ethics

Kevin H. Michels, Director, Center for Innovation & Ethics, delivered a talk on, “Innovation — Connecting Values, Ethics & Know-how to Change the World” at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 4, at 11:30 a.m. at the Princeton Marriott Hotel. The talk was the subject of an article by Lynn Robbins in… Continue Reading

Entrepreneurs in Residence Program

The TCNJ School of Business Center for Innovation and Ethics announced today that Brad Downs ‘05 and Sean Devlin will serve as Entrepreneurs in Residence for the 2018-19 academic year. Brad and Sean are the co-founders of Front Rush, a company started at TCNJ in 2006 to help college coaches manage their recruiting on the… Continue Reading

Center Hosts Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author

On Tuesday, September 27th, the School of Business Center for Innovation and Ethics hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, David Cay Johnston, who examined the question, Is the American Economy Fair?”  After Johnston explored a number of economic challenges in his opening remarks, he engaged in conversation with Center Director, Kevin Michels, and answered questions from students and… Continue Reading

President of Victory Packaging Talks Ethics, Innovation and Leadership

On April 15, 2016, the School of Business Center for Innovation and Ethics hosted a conversation with Robert Egan, President of Victory Packaging.  The talk, which was open to the TCNJ community and the public, filled the Education Building’s main classroom.  What’s the secret to building a billion dollar company?  Ethics, innovation and strong leadership,… Continue Reading

Center launches “Personal Journeys” series with CEO Robert Carr

Innovation and Ethics in Business: Insights from a Company Founder and Leader – The Center for Innovation and Ethics kicked off its new series, Personal Journeys, on April 20th, with Robert Carr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., an NYSE company.  Mr. Carr is author of the widely acclaimed book, “Through the… Continue Reading