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.
On Saturday, for the thirteenth consecutive year, Student Centers and Activities in the Division of Student Affairs hosted the MARK Leadership Conference at the Livingston Student Center, featuring speakers and activities that will engage and encourage participants to make their “MARK” on the world.
When Reverend Katrina Jenkins was hired as the assistant dean of faith and spirituality in Off-Campus Life and Community Initiatives (OCLCI) in the Dean of Students Office, she immediately brought a new focus to interfaith organizing across the Rutgers—New Brunswick community. Soon after her hiring, Jenkins also began promoting something less familiar to students, staff, and faculty: labyrinth activities and workshops.
Many students, staff, and faculty members at Rutgers University—New Brunswick know that they have access to the gym facilities located on each campus. Fewer know, though, the range of resources that Recreation offers, including Aquatics, which has rolled out RU Swim School over the past two years.
For many students at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, the spring semester of the academic year is filled with classwork, applications for summer opportunities, and much more. However, many leaders in the 700+ student clubs and organizations at Rutgers are consumed with a different type of work: planning blockbuster end-of-spring events.
Students at Rutgers–New Brunswick, in partnership with Dining, turn eating areas on campus into living laboratories as part of an international collaborative program. Read more in this article from Rutgers Today!
Aryan Gurusamy and Atharva Kulkarni, two first-year students at Rutgers, have come up with a startup which aims to remove carbon dioxide from central ventilation systems at schools: CarbonX. Read more about their work and Shark Tank competition in this article from Rutgers Today!
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.