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Alexandra Hulsman, Girl Scout Troop 12052, Bayonne, TCNJ, Receives Scholarship

Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Awards More Than $18,000 in Scholarships to Local Girl Scouts Through the William and Ida M.Kiefer Trust

Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 William and Ida M. Kiefer Trust Scholarships—awarded to Girl Scouts from Essex and Hudson counties pursuing post-high school education. This year, a total of $18,426 was distributed among ten outstanding applicants, with individual scholarship amounts ranging from $250 to $3,757.

The Kiefer Trust provides annual scholarships for “deserving students in Essex and Hudson counties wishing to further their post-high school education,” whether at a trade school, two-year college, or four-year university. Awards were given to applicants who demonstrated the strongest combination of academic achievement, community service, Girl Scout involvement, extracurricular participation, and financial need.

2025 Kiefer Scholarship Recipients:

  • Alexandra Hulsman, Troop 12052, Bayonne, TCNJ
  • Grace Stewart, Troop 20194, Roseland, University of Pittsburgh
  • Tasiyah Stone-Bey, Troop 21246, East Orange, Rutgers University–Newark
  • Luciana Musano, Troop 20194, Roseland, Seton Hall University
  • Gabrielle White, Troop 20874, Maplewood, Spelman College
  • Sofia Maatos, Troop 10648, Kearny, University of California – Los Angeles
  • Vanessa Costa, Troop 12771, Kearny – Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Isabella Fernandes-Santinho, Troop 10648, Kearny, Smith College
  • Alanya Friedman, Troop 20514, Maplewood, Virginia Tech
  • Ava Lawdanski, Troop 10648, Kearny, Seton Hall University
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Two TCNJ Students from Hudson County to Perform at Lincoln Center

TCNJ Students to Perform at Lincoln Center

TCNJ Center for the Arts and the Department of Music are pleased to announce that TCNJ’s Choirs will once again be performing in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall as part of the second annual Project Hand-in-Hand concert.

The following students will be among those performing in the TCNJ Choir:

Sergio Hernandez, a resident of West New York

Agnes Kalinowski, a resident of Bayonne

The choirs, led by Dr. John P. Leonard and Dr. Ryan J. Tibbetts, along with 80 high school students from the earthquake disaster-area in Japan and The Friends of Japan Orchestra, comprised of members of New York City Opera Orchestra, will collaborate to perform Guiseppi Verdi’s Requiem on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:00pm. The Project Hand-in-Hand performance serves to support Japan’s long-term recovery efforts as well as a means to express gratitude for the support that has been received from around the world. Continue reading Two TCNJ Students from Hudson County to Perform at Lincoln Center →