Education

ON TO PLAN B – Plans to turn the historic Tulipwood House into an RVCC satellite campus were shelved due to cost and historic preservation concerns. A plan to convert an historic township building into a satellite campus for Raritan Valley Community College was scuttled, mainly because of renovation price constraints. The idea of converting the circa-1892 Tulipwood House on …

Tuition at Raritan Valley Community College will increase $6 per credit, starting in the Fall 2023 semester. That means tuition for the average full-time student taking 30 credits will increase by $180 for the year, according to a press release from the College.. For the average part-time student taking 12 credits during the academic year, tuition would increase by $72, …

UP, UP, AND AWAY – Stephen White of COSI uses a model rocket to make a point during one of his presentations to students at Pine Grove Manor School on March 31. Students at Pine Grove Manor Elementary School were the beneficiaries March 31 of a special partnership between the Franklin Food Bank and an Ohio-based science museum. The museum, …

BUDGET TIME – Schools Superintendent John Ravally explains some elements of the tentative FY 2024 district budget at the school board’s special open Finance committee meeting on March 9. Update: The Board of Education on March 16 voted to introduce it’s tentative FY 2024 budget. It now goes before the Somerset County Executive Superintendent for review, and final adoption in …

Ankita Chatterjee of Franklin Park was among more than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students recently awarded degrees at Adelphi University, including those who completed degree requirements in December 2021 and May 2022. Chatterjee earned a Master of Science in Biology. Harvinder Kaur, of Somerset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, NJ has been named to the …

A resident of Somerset, Skyllar Capuno graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. – Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Media and Communication from Muhlenburg College on May 22. The following local students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester:  Devan Santiago, Nicolas DiMeglio, Timothy Drake, and Mackenzie Faust, all of …

The recipients of the 2022 Warrior4Life Foundation scholarships were honored at a special ceremony June 12 at the Cultural Arts Gazebo in the Municipal Complex. The Warrior4Life Foundation on June 12 held a special ceremony at the township Cultural Arts Gazebo on DeMott Lane to award its latest round of college scholarships. A total of $9,500 was awarded to 10 …

Students were able to operate robots built by the Franklin High School robotics team. Franklin Park School 3rd Graders spent June 2 building little machines out of Legos and operating robots built by high school students, and participating in other activities meant to introduce them to the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. It was all part of “Third …

Somerset County college students can apply for scholarships of $500 to $1,000 from the Somerset County Democratic Black Caucus. Students must have completed at least one year of college credit at the time of the scholarship’s awards. For more information, click here.

David Robinson of Somerset has been named to the dean’s list at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, for outstanding academic achievement for the spring 2021 semester. Darlene Slavick, of Somerset was named to Susquehanna University’s dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester. The dean’s list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or higher out of a possible 4.0 …