Rutgers-Camden to celebrate Rutgers' 237th birthday

DATE: Monday, Nov. 10

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

PLACE: Campus Center

Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers-Camden campus

WHAT: Two hundred and thirty seven years ago Monday, Queens College - the predecessor of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - was chartered in New Brunswick. Today, Rutgers has three campus across the state (in Camden, Newark and New Brunswick) and enrolls more than 50,000 students in undergraduate, masters, doctoral and post-doctoral programs.

Founded in 1766, Rutgers is older than the United States and is the nations eighth-oldest institution of higher education. Rutgers-Camden traces its roots to 1926, when its predecessor institution, the South Jersey Law School, was founded. The Camden campus joined Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1950.

The Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptor will lead a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday and provide free cake for students, faculty and staff. Across New Jersey and the nation, Rutgers alums are encouraged to show their pride by wearing scarlet (Rutgerss color) throughout the day.

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