As educators, we understand that learning occurs both inside and outside the classroom. We facilitate a supportive campus environment that contributes to student learning and personal development. Additionally, we seek to inspire students to be engaged citizens within the Rutgers community and beyond.
Students at Rutgers University—New Brunswick participate in all kinds of activism—they attend rallies and protests, run for positions in Rutgers University Student Assembly, and start political organizations to make their voices heard on-campus. For the rest of January, the Cultural Center Collaborative in the Division of Student Affairs will be providing a program on social justice and activism that students can tap into: its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Series.
In honor of Tuesday's National First-Generation College Celebration, we asked students to share their stories about what it means to be the first in their families to go to college. Here is what they had to say.
The Division of Student Affairs will dedicate a reading room of nearly 2,000 books from the personal library of Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime professor at the university and highly regarded scholar of African American literature, American literature and feminist criticism.
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.
Mark Schuster, dean for Graduate Student Life at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, who established emergency assistance programs and was a champion for social justice and LGBTQA+ rights, will be remembered during a virtual commemoration.
Growing up queer and biracial, Ashlee Bonsi has had her share of uncomfortable, and sometimes downright painful, interactions with educators and peers who would make jokes that were thinly veiled with casual, harmful racism.
During winter 2020, Vice Chancellor Sal Mena visited the neighborhood where he grew up to show how his ties to the Bronx have shaped who he is and inform the work he does with students. Read the full story on Rutgers Today.
As part of the Rutgers Alternative Break Program, a group of students traveled to Pipestem, West Virginia to provide housing repair services to the community. Learn more about Alternative Breaks
April is a busy month for Kyra Boss. When she isn’t serving the community with Omega Phi Alpha or serving as a Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) captain, she is working with the animals at the Rutgers Farm. We caught up with her this week about what it was like to supervise the Animal Fitting, Handling, and Exhibition class.
Juniors living in the Livingston Apartments, Oyinade and Sandra talk about how they met, adjusting to living together, and answer questions about one another in the first episode of the Roommate Game. Learn more about living on campus and the housing selection process.
Senior Melissa Perdomo and junior Amarachi Chukwuma try their hand at Rutgers Recreation’s newest fitness class offering, virtual cycling. Learn more about Rutgers Recreation.
Scarlet Smash treasurer Khloe Cabalfin stops in to talk about her favorite characters, streamers, and the Rutgers gaming community. Learn about Scarlet Smash and other student organizations.