Peer Academic Coaches

Peer Academic Coaches provide guidance in reviewing departmental websites, understanding TCNJ policies and procedures, navigating PAWS, and preparing for departmental advising appointments. They also meet with students about time management, study skills, and more. This program, which strives to add an additional layer of support to the TCNJ advising community, enriches the current student-advisor relationship by allowing for more meaningful conversations related to a student’s field of study.

Fall 2022 Hours

Current Peer Academic Coaches

• Name: Brooke Wachter
• Hometown: Delran,NJ.
• Year: Junior
• Major: Deaf/HOH Elementary Education and iSTEM Education solutions.
• Fun fact:
  I wear a headband every single day.
• Campus Involvement: Theta Phi Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors
  Society, AmIOK, STEM Educators Society

• Name: Kira Govindaraju 
• Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
• Year: Sophomore 
• Major: Kinesiology and Health Sciences 
• Fun Fact: I have a goal to set the New Jersey state record of being
  the first female to play college football! 
• Campus Involvement: The College of New Jersey Football & TCNJ
  Army ROTC Company 

• Name: Lizzi Autino
• Hometown:  Wood-Ridge, NJ
• Year:  Junior
• Major: Marketing with a minor in Communications
• Fun fact: I interned for Welch’s fruit snacks over the summer!
• Campus Involvement:  Peer Mentor & Peer Academic Coach for CSS, Fundraising Director
  for TCNJam, Delta Zeta’s Alumni Chair, Member of American Marketing
  Association and Women in Business

   

• Name: Renee Bernabe
• Hometown: Paramus, NJ
• Year: Sophomore
• Major: Psychology with Industrial and Organizational
  Specialization
• Minors: Human Resources Management, Information Systems and
  Technology
• Fun Fact: I play the piano!
• Campus Involvement: AmIOK, Circle K, Dancers of NJ, RECreate Your
  Night

• Name: Anika Pruthi
• Hometown: Piscataway, New Jersey
• Year: Senior
• Major: Biology
• Fun Fact: I am fluent in 4 languages!
• Campus Involvement: TriBeta, AMSA, Math/Science Tutor for the
  Tutoring Center, Student Government, AmIOK, and Kappa Theta Pi

   

Our Peer Academic Coaches (PACs) are excited to work with you. We’re
located in the lobby of Roscoe West Hall.