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.
Rutgers students sometimes experience mental health issues that require a higher level of care than regular therapy appointments. While these students would be forced to choose between hospitalization or intensive outpatient care to meet their needs at most universities, Student Health's CAPS Next Step program steps in to provide a higher level of care that allows them to keep taking classes.
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.
Junior Esha Rao talks about her role as a student facilitator, wilderness response training, and Go Outdoor Adventure Recreation trips. Find more information about adventure recreation.
Go behind the scenes at WRSU as music director Mica Finehart talks about the station’s music selection process, ways students can get involved, and what she’s listening to now. Learn more about WRSU.
As an undergraduate student, Katie Miller SAS’17, was involved in a variety of on-campus organizations, but it was her time with RUPA that really allowed her to explore her interest in the concert production world. Her hands on experiences with RUPA ultimately connected her with her current employer Groove Boston Mission 6, the production company that helps make Beats on the Banks happen every year. Katie is back at Rutgers to help set up Beats on the Banks and reflect on her experiences with RUPA.