A new year at a new Rutgers: An essay on undergraduate education by Barry Qualls
Since April 2004, we in New Brunswick have been debating
undergraduate education, sometimes even shouting about it. In April 2004, President
Richard L. McCormick and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip Furmanski
convened the Task Force on Undergraduate Education because they wanted to
ensure that “undergraduate education is, and will be, a priority of discussion
every year at Rutgers, not just when a
committee has produced a report.” Their charge was to find the answers to two
essential questions: “What is a Rutgers education?” and “What does it mean to
be a graduate of Rutgers?”
If we have not fully answered those questions yet, we have certainly put in place many changes and much that is new, all designed to provide our students, faculty, and staff the incentives for answering them.
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A welcome for all
The first convocation – part pomp, part party – for all New Brunswick first-year and transfer students sets a new tradition.
At the board
This summer, the Rutgers Board of Governors named five new chairs and professorships and took action to further construction projects at the university.
Event Highlights
A new gameday lecture series, the President's annual address, Homecoming across the campuses, and more.
Career Summer Institute at Rutgers encourages high school students to challenge career stereotypes
A place where it's OK for boys to dream of styling hair and girls to dream of patrolling the streets.
Rutgers hosts emergency management exercise
Law enforcement and public safety officials practice responding to a hostage crisis at the Lynton Towers on Livingston Campus.
Rutgers' strengths captured in 30 seconds
A new television spot showcases Rutgers University's impact throughout history, in the state of New Jersey and across the globe.
News Briefs
A record-breaking fundraising year; new officers on the Board of Trustees, an approved fiscal year budget; a new degree program in Newark; longtime staff recognized; and a new degree program at Rutgers–Newark
Staff Spotlight
Hearing impaired
since birth, Career Services Assistant Director Larry Jacobs strongly encourages students to overcome life’s
obstacles and take control of their own lives, just as he has done.
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What I learned on the New Faculty Traveling Seminar
Camden English Professor Lauren Grodstein thought she knew New Jersey until she traveled the state with nearly 40 other faculty members.
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A striking, new gateway into the Camden Campus
An art installation made of two 10-foot-high and 60-foot-long walls of glass and stainless steel, is at once breathtaking and thought-provoking.
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