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Students
Rutgers CMSI and The Whether Host Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for HBCU Students
To increase the number of historically Black college and university (HBCUs) students pursuing entrepreneurial career paths, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) partnered with mentorship network The Whether to create the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur (MEPE) fellowship program.
May 5, 2020
Latest News
2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Nichole Margarita Garcia
Garcia has found a way to do what so many scholars find difficult: to combine the personal with the theoretical, bringing her lived experiences to her scholarship, and, in doing so, inspiring a generation of younger scholars to do the same.
January 27, 2020
African-American
Dr. Jonathan Holloway Appointed First Black President of Rutgers University
Dr. Jonathan Holloway, provost of Northwestern University, was named president of Rutgers University this week, becoming the New Jersey institution’s first Black leader.
January 20, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
What I Learned from The Vagina Monologues
One of the proudest accomplishments of my undergraduate experience was my involvement with the V-Day Movement that produces The Vagina Monologues every year. Freshman fall, I joined this organization whose mission is to “end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence).”
November 7, 2019
Students
The Unintentional Foray into the Transformative Experience of Morgan State University
In October of 2018, my colleague, Dr. Janelle L. Williams and I were engaged in collecting data on Black students who were possibly influenced to apply and attend historically Black colleges and universities due to the current social and political climate triggered by the election of the 45th president of the United States.
October 21, 2019
HBCUs
Grambling State University: God’s Plan
As a transfer student, admittedly Grambling was not Ayeisha’s first choice. Though in her words “Grambling was the best choice I made for my life.”
October 15, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Rutgers University President to Step Down, Join Faculty
Dr. Robert L. Barchi, Rutgers University’s 20th president, has announced that the upcoming academic year will be his last as president and that he will continue on as a member of the faculty. “It has been my privilege and pleasure to lead this community during the past seven years, and this will continue to be […]
July 25, 2019
News Roundup
Feds Investigating Cornell’s Ties to Qatar and China
When President Donald Trump welcomed the emir of Qatar to Washington with a lavish Treasury Department dinner, the guest list included the president of Georgetown University, one of six U.S. schools that operate branch campuses in the country, according to a report in The Ithaca Journal. But while Trump was praising Qatar at the event […]
July 11, 2019
News Roundup
Alumna Commits $30M to Rutgers for Mental Health Initiative
Rutgers University alumna Marlene Brandt has committed $30 million to the school to launch an initiative that leverages resources to address a serious need for comprehensive mental health services for young people in New Jersey. Adolescents and young adults with behavioral health disorders who are from underrepresented and underserved communities will be particularly welcomed for […]
June 25, 2019
LGBTQ+
Tyler Clementi’s Death Continues to Prompt Action
For Rutgers—the public flagship research university in New Jersey—Tyler Clementi’s death represented an opportunity to turn an awful tragedy into a valuable learning experience. It was an opportunity to turn pain into healing.
June 9, 2019
News Roundup
Rutgers Under Criticism for Defunding Student Newspaper
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has called on Rutgers University to restore funding to The Daily Targum and reform its “unconstitutional funding policy” after a referendum vote stripped the student newspaper of its funding. FIRE officials cited four ways in which the university violated students’ rights, singling out the referendum vote that […]
June 4, 2019
News Roundup
Rutgers University Faculty Union Discuss Potential Strike
Rutgers University faculty union members are preparing to participate in a potential strike to fight for salary raises, among other things. This would be the first faculty strike in Rutgers’ history. The union, Rutgers AAUP-AFT, has been in negotiations with university administrators for over a year on a new contract to create an agreement on […]
April 2, 2019
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