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Rutgers University

● is the State University of New Jersey

● 3 campus locations:
○ Camden
○ Newark
○ New Brunswick
 B1G Academics. B1G Athletics.

Rutgers became a member of the B1G conference in 2014. Not only does this conference pin
Rutgers against some of the best schools in the country athletically, but it also recognizes Rutgers
as a big time research university.

The schools in the B1G are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, and Wisconsin
 History of Rutgers

● Originally named Queens College

● Founded in 1766
● 1825 name changed to Rutgers College
● Home of the first collegiate football game in 1869. RU beat
Princeton 6-4!
● Access for women arrived in 1918, when the New Jersey College
for Women (now Douglass Residential College) was founded
 Rutgers By The Numbers
● 31 Schools and Colleges
● 100+ undergraduate majors
● 200+ graduate programs
● More than 67,000 students
from all 50 states and more
than 115 countries
● More than 48,000
undergraduates
● More than 19,000 graduate students
● New Jersey residents: 86%
● Out-of-state: 14%
● 47% men and 53% women
● More than 8,000 full- and part-time
faculty
● More than 14,000 full- and part-time
staff
● More than 470,000 alumni live in all 50
states and on six continents
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 Rutgers Business School–Newark and New
Brunswick

School of Arts and Sciences

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
School of Communication and Information
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
School of Engineering
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
School of Health Related Professions
Graduate School of Education
School of Management and Labor Relations
Graduate School–New Brunswick
School of Nursing (Newark and New Brunswick)
Mason Gross School of the Arts
School of Public Health
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

School of Social Work

 Douglass Residential College

● Is not a separate college, one is still a student of Rutgers University and whichever academic
school you are in
● Must live in DRC housing for at least one year and take Women’s Knowledge and Power
Course
● Provides great resources and connections both within years as student at Rutgers and after
graduation
 What are
some benefits
to attending a
specialized
college like
this?
Douglass Campus

● Douglass Residential College

○ all female dormitory options
● Voorhees Chapel
● Passion Puddle
○ walk around the puddle 3 times with significant other myth
○ whale bones at bottom myth
● Cabaret Theater
● Eagle Institute of Politics
● Mason Gross School of the Arts
 Cook Campus

● Cook/Douglass Gym
● Cook Farms
● School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
● Cook/Douglass Health Center
 Busch Campus

● Visitor’s Center
● Sport fields
○ High Point Solutions
Stadium
○ Yurcak Field
● Werblin Recreation Center
● School of Engineering
Livingston ● Rutgers Athletic
Center (RAC)
Campus ○ home of Rutgers
Basketball
○ Rutgers Wrestling
● Rutgers Business
School
● Busch-Livingston
Health Center
● livingston
Recreation Center
 College Avenue Campus

● School of Arts and Sciences

● Graduate School of Education
● Honors College
● College Avenue Gym

● Old Queens
● Voorhees Mall
● Alexander Library
 College Ave
Campus

● Brower Dining Commons ● Hurtado Health Center

● Museums ● Bishop Beach & Bishop House
○ Zimmerli Art Museum
○ Geological Museum
 Rutgers Organizations

● Over 500 organizations

○ Greek, academic, profession, sports, SERVICE and more
 Rutgers & Community Service

● Has 65+ community service organizations

● University wide service
○ Big Chill 5k Run
○ Scarlet Day of Service
○ Dance Marathon
Rutgers Research
Helping the
Community

● Selman A. Waksman RC'15
○ Microbiologist (Nobel Prize
Winner)
● Junot Diaz RC'92
○ Author, The Brief Wondrous Life of
Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize)
● Roger Bart MGSA '85
○ Actor, Young Frankenstein; The
Producers; Desperate
Housewives; You're a Good Man,
Charlie Brown (Tony Award)
● Mario F. Batali RC'82
○ Chef, Restaurateur, TV Host,
Writer
Notable Rutgers Alumni and
Accomplishments
● Carli Lloyd RC'06
○ U.S. Women's National Soccer
Team Player
● Frank Iero
○ Guitarist, My Chemical
Romance
● John J. Byrne Jr. RC'54
○ Chair & CEO, GEICO
● Milton Friedman RC'32
○ Economist (Nobel Prize Winner)
● Garret Augustus Hobart RC 1863
○ U.S. Vice President
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