Chi Epsilon

TCNJ XE co-sponsored a food drive that benefited Home Front and Oceans of Love. Thank you goes to Anthony Cooper who championed the effort, and all members who participated.

Anthony Cooper with food donations from TCNJ XE members

Food Drive Flyer

TCNJ Chi Epsilon hosted a technical seminar with Menard Group on Wednesday, 11/9, featuring Nicholas Benedetto P.E. and Zach Smith E.I.T. They presented several different techniques for ground improvement, and showed practical examples of their methods in action. It was emphasized that extreme care should be taken with each approach to ground improvement to assure safety, quality, and best practices. We would like to thank our speakers and hope to see them again in the future.

Zach Smith and Nick Benedetto from Menard presenting on ground improvement.

On November 9th, TCNJ XE members enjoyed goof food and even better company at Arooga’s. Our fall 2022 inductee Matt Mentonis organized the event and did a great job in getting everyone together.

Clockwise from left: Matt Mentonis, Owen Soler, Patrick Fee, Sean Healy, Paige Rocco, Charlotte Roarty and Connor Conyngham

Congratulations goes to the following candidates for fulfilling the requirements and becoming eligible for induction into the XE chapter at TCNJ:

From left: Johnny Lombardelli, Matt Mentonis, Erin Swierczyna, Julie Stone, Jill Stanton, Mackenzie Bosland

Our members Matt Palermo and Jack Lacina, joined TCNJ’s Humanitarian Engineers to participate in Clean Ocean Action’s beach cleanup in Point Pleasant, NJ on October 22nd. They picked up over a thousand pieces of trash. Great work Matt and Jack!

Jack Lacina (7th from left) and Matt Palermo (second from right)

Teams of TCNJXE members competed on Saturday 10/15, in a Corn Maze race to answer clues and escape the maze the fastest. The Junior team consisting of Dora Krstic and Jill Stanton completed the maze in an impressive 1 hour and 7 minutes, which was adjusted to 37 minutes after accounting for all of their correctly solved clues. The Senior team consisting of Sean Healy and Zach Hauptman were right on their heels and completed the maze with an adjusted time of 43 minutes. Dr. Krstic participated in the race as well and performed valiantly. We had fun and hope to go back next year for a rematch! Thank you Howell Living History Farm for hosting this event.

Jill Stanton, Dr. Krstic, Dora Krstic, Sean Healy, Zach Hauptman

TCNJXE members came together on Wednesday, October 12th to pack Halloween buckets with coloring books, school supplies, candy, and toys for first graders in Highland Park Elementary School in Upper Derby, PA. We are proud to carry on this tradition and continue to help the community through this service event!

TCNJ XE Members, Candidates, and Alumni volunteered at the Susan G. Komen More Than PINK Walk on October 1st. Thank you to everyone who came out on such a rainy and windy day to help set up for the event that will kick off breast cancer awareness month.

From left: Owen Soler, Connor Conyngham, Paige Rocco, Anthony LaRegina, Charlotte Roarty, Johhny Lombardelli, Jill Stanton, Ashley Hyde, Dora Krstic, Anthony Cooper, Dr. Krstic, Jack Lacina, Matt Mentonis

We would like to congratulate our members Hayley Conway (’23) and Dora Krstic (’24) for receiving the Armstrong Scholar Award for the academic year 2021/22. The Fred O. Armstrong Scholar Award is given to 1st years students, sophomores, and juniors in the Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and the Technology Education majors for highest academic achievement. We would also like to acknowledge John Lombardelli (’24), 2022 fall candidate, for receiving a renewal of the Paul A. Canton & Ruth D. Canton Scholarship.

John Lombardelli, Dora Krstic, and Hayley Conway