Student Affairs creates innovative learning opportunities, programs, and services that prepare students to lead, serve, and become engaged members of a global society. Our stories represent the foundation of our core values and guide how we do our work and fulfill our mission.
In May 1988, Mahtab Hariri and Mehrdad Rahimi, two Iranian citizens studying on student visas, met in a pharmaceutical marketing class. The pair soon founded the Rutgers University Iranian Cultural Club (RUICC), aiming to fill the need for Iranian community and identity at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
For Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, Rutgers Today asked students to write an open letter about their heritage, their loved ones, and those responsible for their cultural upbringing, and to share what makes them proud to be who they are. These are their stories.
The Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, along with campus partners, has taken a lead on providing support and programming during Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
As a new year at Rutgers gets underway, Rutgers Today asked current students—including some who work in Student Affairs—to share some advice with members of the incoming class.
Members of Rutgers’ Class of 2026 have already built a resume of activism, achievement and service before entering their first university classroom or laboratory.
Over 14,000 students returned to on-campus life at Rutgers last week, moving into apartments, halls, towers, and quads across the Livingston, Busch, Douglass, College Ave, and Cook-Douglass campuses.
Rutgers Dining Services has spearheaded sustainable initiatives in the food service industry for generations, and that work continues to this day.
To say the Rutgers Cantonese Club grew despite the pandemic would be an understatement. More accurately, it thrived, gaining members and a stronger sense of community through and beyond the pandemic.
The Dean of Students Office, located in Student Affairs, provides students with the support they need during periods of crisis.
Although the majority of CAPS’s counselors are located at 17 Senior Street on the College Avenue campus, the support service embeds counselors within departments, professional schools, and cultural centers through its community-based counseling (CBC) program.
