We are committed to creating a community that encourages and practices civility, compassion, and care for others. We understand that how we work and provide services directly impacts the student experience. We therefore strive to work together to create connections and relationships that help us respond to the needs of our students.
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. Read more about Swim School here!
As the days grow shorter and colder, a familiar spirit of holiday generosity has returned to New Brunswick, as the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA) ran its annual Winter Wishes program on Saturday, December 7th and Recreation held its annual Big Chill 5k run on Saturday, December 14th. Read more about both events here!
Graduate students at Rutgers University—New Brunswick are a key part of our university campus: they contribute to cutting-edge research, teach and grade important university classes, and may even serve as full-time staff members at Rutgers, too. Balancing academic and parenting responsibilities is not easy. That's where the Graduate Student Affinity Group Supporting Parents and Caregivers at Rutgers (SPCR) fits in.
In December 2023, Amy Vojta, an Assistant Dean in Fraternity and Sorority Affairs in the Division of Student Affairs, was recognized by the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA) with the Dr. Robert H. Shaffer Award. In her twenty-eight-year career with the Division of Student Affairs, Vojta has received eleven awards and currently serves as president of the Central New Jersey Alumane Panhellenic Association. Read more about Amy's work at Rutgers here!
While Rutgers’ Division One sports teams in football, basketball, and other sports often capture the spotlight, student-athletes also thrive in Recreation’s intramural sports program, as well as its club sports program, which includes over 57 student-led organizations that compete against colleges and universities across the nation. These organizations foster camaraderie and community between their members as they compete for regional and national titles. A prime example is the Men’s Club Soccer, which has been rejuvenated in the post-pandemic years under new student leadership.
Student leaders who help build community and launched new groups to celebrate and embrace their culture were honored last week during the Asian American Cultural Center’s 2024 APIDA Leadership Gala. Read more in this story from Rutgers Today!
On an unseasonably warm December morning, more than 2,000 runners participated in the Rutgers Big Chill 5K to benefit Winter Wishes, an annual holiday-themed event that provides clothing and toys to children ages 3-5 in New Brunswick preschool programs, and the Rutgers Student Food Pantry, which provides food to Rutgers students experiencing food insecurities.
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
Each year, the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities (SJE) hosts a free clothing swap. Open to everyone, the clothing swap is a place for those who have outgrown or outgendered their clothes and who may not have the means to purchase new items to pick up new threads. All clothes that are not taken at the end of the event are donated to the Trenton Rescue Mission, which gives them directly to families in need. For more information, visit socialjustice.rutgers.edu.
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.
View Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) through a new perspective. A four-year old with neutropenia, Joey and his family were paired with Rutgers UNICEF through RU4Kids. A joint program between the Embrace Kids Foundation and RUDM, RU4Kids connects student organizations with patient families in hopes that college students can help provide comfort, friendly faces, and fun during trying times. Cameras were rolling as Joey and Rutgers UNICEF took in the sights and sounds of the 2019 edition of RUDM. For more information about RUDM and Embrace Kids, visit marathon.rutgers.edu.
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.