College Admissions Officer Appointed to Children’s Futures Board

Children’s Futures Inc. (CF) is a nationally recognized, Trenton, New Jersey-based nonprofit organization created to improve health and developmental outcomes for children.

“It is an honor to serve alongside such a distinguished board of directors to enable Children’s Futures to effectively and successfully achieve its mission to improve child health and development outcomes in Trenton from prenatal to age three,” said Tompkins, who has worked at Thomas Edison State College for nine and a half years.

Tompkins is also an adjunct professor of French at Mercer County Community College and a part-time staff member in the development/audience services department at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. A member of Leadership Trenton Alumni Association, Tompkins serves on the boards of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Mercer and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the state of New Jersey. In addition, she is a community volunteer for Princeton Community Works, UIH Family Partners and past chair of the June Fete annual fundraiser for the University Medical Center at Princeton. She earned a bachelor’s degree in French at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., and a master’s degree in education from Rider University.

ABOUT THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE
Thomas Edison State College provides flexible, high-quality, collegiate learning opportunities for self-directed adults. One of New Jersey’s 12 senior public institutions of higher education, the College offers associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than 100 areas of study. Students earn degrees through a wide variety of rigorous and high-quality academic methods that can be customized to meet their individual needs. Identified by Forbes magazine as one of the top 20 colleges and universities in the nation in the use of technology to create learning opportunities for adults, Thomas Edison State College is a national leader in the assessment of adult learning and a pioneer in the use of educational technologies. The College is home to The John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy. The New Jersey State Library is an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College. Further information about admission to the College may be obtained by calling (888) 442-8372, via e-mail at info@tesc.edu or by visiting the College Web site at www.tesc.edu.