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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