Rutgers–New Brunswick
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick |
Official Seal of Rutgers University |
| Motto |
Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra |
| Motto in English |
Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also. |
| Established |
November 10, 1766 |
| Type |
Public, Research university |
| Endowment |
US $603 million (systemwide)[1] |
| President |
Richard L. McCormick |
| Executive Vice President |
Richard L. Edwards (Interim) |
| Academic staff |
2,080[2] |
| Admin. staff |
5,340[2] |
| Students |
38,912[2] |
| Undergraduates |
30,351[2] |
| Postgraduates |
8,561[2] |
| Location |
New Brunswick-Piscataway, New Jersey, USA |
| Campus |
Urban/Suburban |
| Former names |
Queen's College |
| Alma Mater |
On the Banks of the Old Raritan |
| Colors |
Scarlet
Cool grey
Black |
| Mascot |
Scarlet Knights |
| Affiliations |
Association of American Universities,
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,
Big East Conference |
| Website |
nb.rutgers.edu |
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- This article discusses Rutgers University's campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For general information on the University as a whole, please see Rutgers University. For other uses of "Rutgers", please see Rutgers (disambiguation).
Rutgers–New Brunswick is the largest campus of Rutgers University (the others being in Camden (Rutgers–Camden) and Newark (Rutgers–Newark)). It is chiefly located in the City of New Brunswick and Piscataway Township. It actually comprises several campuses: College Avenue, Busch, Livingston, Cook, and Douglass, the latter two sometimes referred to as "Cook/Douglass," as they are adjacent to and intertwined with each other. Rutgers–New Brunswick also includes several buildings in downtown New Brunswick. The New Brunswick campuses include 19 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, School of Engineering, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School, the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, the Graduate School of Education, School of Management and Labor Relations, the Mason Gross School of the Arts, the College of Nursing, the Rutgers Business School and the School of Social Work.
While several student centers, libraries, commercial venues, and dining halls are found on the various campuses, each campus has a unique environment created by the academic departments and facilities it hosts.
Campuses
- Busch: Busch Campus is located entirely within Piscataway Township, New Jersey. The campus is named after Charles L. Busch (1902–1971), an eccentric millionaire, who unexpectedly donated $10 million to the University for biological research at his death in 1971. The campus was formerly known as "University Heights Campus" and the land was donated to the University by the state in the 1930s. The land was formerly a country club and the original golf course still exists on the campus. The campus is home to the High Point Solutions Stadium, and provides a high-tech and suburban atmosphere focusing on academic areas primarily related to the natural sciences; Physics, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Geology, Biology and Psychology. The Rutgers Medical School was also built on this campus in 1970 but a year later was separated by the State to create the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now UMDNJ). The two universities continue to share the land and facilities on the campus in a slightly irregular arrangement.
- College Avenue: This urban campus boasts a vibrant and lively community and includes the historic seat of the university, a block known as Old Queens campus. It is within walking distance of shops, restaurants, and theaters in downtown New Brunswick, as well as the NJ Transit train station which provides easy access to New York and Philadelphia. Many classes are taught in the Voorhees mall area. Socially, College Avenue is known for its proximity to "Frat Row" and much off-campus student housing in the fifth ward.
- Cook: Farms, gardens, and research centers are found on the George H. Cook Campus, including the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (formerly Cook College), the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers Gardens and Helyar Woods, and the Center for Advanced Food Technology.
- Douglass: Adjacent to New Brunswick's second ward, Douglass provides a less urban setting than College Avenue, with many open fields, Passion Puddle, and many stately buildings with traditional architecture. All of the campus's housing is reserved for women, in line with the former women's college which shared the campus name. Douglass campus is home to the Douglass Residential College for women [1].
- Livingston: Livingston Campus is heavily focused on first-year students ("freshmen") and is home to many of the social science departments and the Rutgers Business School. The Louis Brown Athletic Center (commonly known as "the RAC"), the student-founded Livingston Theater, and the Rutgers Ecological Preserve are also found here. The campus is situated in Piscataway Township although it extends into parts of Edison Township and Highland Park. Livingston campus is the focus of a large expansion and renovation project for the university's future, with a significant amount of student housing to be added to the campus in coming years.
Facilities
- Transportation: The campus bus and shuttle system is a service provided as a means to travel between campuses. Multiple bus lines between campuses exist due to the sheer passenger volume and distances involved. Complete bus schedules and routes for the academic year and breaks as well as other information may be found on the Rutgers Department of Transportation Website here Traveling by busses is free and not restricted to university students.
- Computing centers: Student accessible computers are mainly concentrated within computer labs. Rutgers has many computing centers to serve the university community.
- Meals: The dining services claim to be the third largest student dining operation in the USA, serving 4.5 million meals annually. There are four student dining facilities which also provide catering for over 5000 University events yearly. The dining halls on Busch, College Avenue, and Livingston campuses also have faculty dining rooms. Dining halls provide various "event nights" including a midnight breakfast during exams week and King Neptune Night. All student centers also provide food services, mostly "fast food" style.
- Health centers: Rutgers has 3 health centers/pharmacies which provide primary care to Rutgers students. The RUHS nurse line (1-800-890-5882) is available at no charge to Rutgers University students when the Health Centers are closed. Hurtado Health Center is located on the College Avenue campus, and the Busch-Livingston Health Center shares a parking lot with the RAC on the Livingston Campus.
- Museums: The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located in Voorhees Mall of the College Avenue campus. It was founded in 1966 and later named after Jane Voorhees Zimmerli who was the mother of philanthropist Alan Voorhees. The Geology Museum is also located on college Avenue Campus. The Mason Gross Galleries are located downtown in the university's Civic Square building.
Residence life
Residence halls provide many facilities for students. Despite some over-crowding, students wishing to live on-campus are usually accommodated, with a lottery system determining the order in which students choose their preferred housing. Single, double, and triple-occupancy rooms (in traditional residence halls), apartments housing four students each, and suites housing six students each are available. Rooms and apartments are single-sex, with the exception of married graduate student housing, which also permit children of students. Most floors and buildings are co-ed, with the exception of Douglass Residential College facilities for women. Rooms usually contain beds, desks, chairs, dressers, and a closet for each student. Cable/internet access are also provided, but due to the widespread use of mobile phones, traditional land-line phone service is no longer provided in the halls. Many residence halls include laundries, main lounges with TVs, foosball and ping-pong, floor lounges with sofas, study tables, and kitchenettes, study lounges, and vending machines. Every floor or house has a resident advisor, an upper class student mentor who has received special training and is responsible for handling a number of tasks, such as planning programs and events, monitoring for safety, and documenting policy and procedure violations.
In the past, due to overcrowding, Rutgers has rented rooms for students in the Franklin Township Crowne Plaza. Shuttle buses provided transportation to campus for these students.
Residence halls by campus:
- Busch Campus. Residence Halls: Barr, Allen, Mattia, Metzger, Davidson. Suites: Crosby, Judson, McCormick, Morrow, Thomas, Winkler. Apartments: Nichols, Richardson, Silvers, Buell, Johnson, Marvin, Russell.
- College Avenue Campus. Residence Halls: Brett, Campbell, Clothier, Demarest, Frelinghuysen, Hardenbergh, Hegeman, Leupp, Mettler, Pell, Stonier, Tinsley, Wessels, Ford. Apartments: University Center Apartments, Rockoff Hall
- Cook Campus. Residence Halls: Helyar House, Nicholas, Perry, Voorhees. Apartments: Cook, Newell, Starkey.
- Douglass Campus. Residence Halls: Bunting-Cobb, Katzenbach, Lippincot, Jameson, New Gibbons, Old Gibbons, Woodbury. Apartments: Henderson.
The Henderson Apartments are named after Robert J. Henderson, Jr. after he donated 1 million dollars to the University in 2007 in exchange for free tuition and the naming rights to the Apartments on Douglass. Interesting Fact: Mr. Henderson made his first few million dollars in high school day trading while he was supposed to be attending class.
New housing is currently in the process of being built on the Busch and Livingston campuses to accommodate more students.
Graduate family housing
Four complexes provide graduate family housing. They are Johnson Apartments, Marvin Apartments, Nichols Apartments, and Russell Apartments.[3] All four apartment facilities are located in Piscataway Township.[4][5][6][7]
In 1966 Johnson was built.[4] In 1973 Marvin was built.[5] Nichols was constructed in 1975.[6] Russell was constructed in 1976.[7]
Demographics
As of 2003 about 5,000 Jewish students attended Rutgers New Brunswick.[8]
Student life
Newspapers
- The Daily Targum, dating back to 1869, is the largest student paper at Rutgers, and independent, boasting a circulation of 17,000. It features international, national, local and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds and sports.
- The Green Print covers general news as well as environmental issues.
- The Rutgers Review is the bi-weekly alternative arts and opinions newspaper.
- Libertas is the official publication of the Rutgers University Democrats.
- The Rutgers Centurion is the monthly conservative magazine.
- The Caellian is the Progressive paper of Douglass Residential College, and features artistic submissions and LGBT issues.
- The BVCL (Black Voice Carte Latina) is the paper of the black / Hispanic student body.
- The Medium is a self-billed "entertainment weekly" known for its politically incorrect content.
Greek life
The campus is home to over 50 fraternities and sororities, including African-American, Latino/a, multicultural and Asian-interest. Several organizations maintain houses for their chapters in the area of Union Street (known locally as "Frat Row"), adjacent to the College Avenue Campus. Greek organizations are governed by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.
Traditions
The Grease Trucks are a group of truck-based food vendors located on the College Avenue Campus. They serve traditional grill fare, Middle-Eastern specialties, and are especially well known for serving "Fat Sandwiches," a sub roll containing various ingredients such as cheesesteak, burgers, pork roll, chicken fingers, French fries, mozzarella sticks, eggs, bacon, gyro meat, marinara sauce, etc.
The Dance Marathon is a student-run organization that consists of a year-long series of fundraisers and culminates with the annual Marathon on April 5–6 in the College Avenue Gym. At the Marathon over 400 dancers pledge to raise funds and remain standing for 32 hours without sleeping. The 'Dancers', along with over 500 volunteers and countless visitors, are entertained by live bands, comedians, prize giveaways, games, sports, a mechanical bull, computer and internet access, various theme hours and much more. Rutgers has held this tradition since 1999 and to date has raised in excess of $1.3 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation.
RutgersFest is a day-long cultural event which takes place outdoors on Livingston Campus near the Louis Brown Athletic Center or on Busch Campus across the Werblin Recreation Center. It is designed to promote college spirit through student organization participation with activities and entertainment throughout the day, culminating with a free concert and fireworks at night. In years past, musical guests have included: Kanye West, Everclear, Sugar Ray, Guster, Goldfinger, Ludacris, Reel Big Fish, Method Man and Redman, Fuel, Third Eye Blind, Hawthorne Heights, Ok Go, N.E.R.D, Pitbull, and more. Some carnival attractions at recent RutgersFests have been the bungee bull, bouncy boxing, moon walk, electronic basketball, a recording studio and tons more to keep the students entertained. It is mainly a chance for students to experience one last major social event with the Rutgers community in an effort to celebrate the end of the academic year and relax before finals.
In 2011, it was held on Busch campus due to construction on Livingston. The musical guests were Yelawolf, Pitbull, and 3OH!3.
After several violent incidents which happened after the 2011 concert including several involving gunshot wounds,[9] RutgersFest has been canceled for the future. President Richard McCormick in a letter to the Rutgers community commented: "The problems that occur following Rutgersfest have grown beyond our capacity to manage them, and the only responsible course of action is to cancel the event." [10]
Although the University sponsored concert of Rutgersfest has been officially cancelled the student body has taken it upon themselves to keep the tradition alive. Within hours of the email from President McCormick informing students that Rutgersfest was cancelled, numerous students fled to social networking sites, mainly Facebook, and let their opinions be known. There was several student created events, all named Rutgersfest or a version of it, and again within hours these events had such a huge following that the creators were interviewed by the school paper. It seemed that the most common reasoning behind the students outcry was that the violent incidents that occurred did not involve university students.
Bus System
The size of the campus requires the use of mass transit to get students around to the different residential campuses. Bus Service is now (as of July 2011) provided by [First Transit], and is provided all year including breaks and weekends. When the campus transit system is not in service, a smaller point to point shuttle called the Knight Mover is provided for the students.
Weekday Transit Lines
- A - College Avenue / Busch (Clockwise on Busch) - After 9pm, service between Busch and College Ave is reliant upon the "H" bus
- B - Busch / Livingston
- EE - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook via George Street
- F - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook via Route 18
- H - Busch / College Avenue (Counter Clockwise on Busch)
- LX - College Avenue / Livingston
- LXc - College Avenue / Livingston (Returns to College Ave via Cedar Lane in Highland Park, and River Road)
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- Service will be discontinued by the end of the 2010-2011 academic year
- REXB - Busch / Douglass
- REXL - Douglass / Livingston
Special Weekday Service
- C - Busch Commuter Loop
- Ward Shuttle
Weekend Service
- Weekend 1 - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass / Cook
- Weekend 2 - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook / Livingston / Busch
Special Break Service
- All Campus 1 - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass / Cook
- All Campus 2 - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook / Livingston / Busch
- Ward Shuttle (Runs on select days)
Former Bus Services
- L College Avenue/Livingston via Highland Park
- G Busch/Cook/Douglass via busch campus center
- GG Busch/College Ave/Cook/Douglass via George Street
Athletic heritage
In 1864, rowing became the first organized sport at Rutgers. Six mile races were held on the Raritan River among six-oared boats. In 1870, Rutgers held its first intercollegiate competition against the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard. During the following century, Rutgers built a strong men's crew program consisting of both heavyweight and lightweight teams. A women’s crew team was added in 1974. In the fall of 2007, men's heavyweight and lightweight crew, along with men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, and men's and women's fencing were cut as NCAA Division I sports by the university administration. The university claimed these changes were due to budget cuts, while others said it was a politically motivated move used to protest funding changes by the state. The university currently has no plans to restore these sports.
Rutgers University is often referred to as The Birthplace of College Football as the first intercollegiate football game was held on College Field between Rutgers and Princeton on 6 November 1869 on a plot of ground where the present-day College Avenue Gymnasium now stands. Rutgers won the game, by the score of 6 to Princeton's 4.[11]
See also
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- ^ "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010". National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "2010–2011 Factbook". Rutgers University. http://oirap.rutgers.edu/instchar/factpdf/enroll10.pdf. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ "Graduate Family Housing." Rutgers-New Brunswick. Retrieved on October 6, 2011.
- ^ a b "Johnson Apartments." Rutgers-New Brunswick. Retrieved on October 6, 2011. "171 Davidson Road Piscataway NJ, 08854"
- ^ a b "Marvin Apartments." Rutgers-New Brunswick. Retrieved on October 6, 2011. "611 Marvin Lane Piscataway NJ, 08854"
- ^ a b "Nichols Apartments." Rutgers-New Brunswick. Retrieved on October 6, 2011. "194 DAVIDSON ROAD Piscataway NJ, 08854-8063"
- ^ a b "Russell Apartments." Rutgers-New Brunswick. Retrieved on October 6, 2011. "158 Bevier Road Piscataway NJ, 08854"
- ^ "HATE AN ISSUE Rutgers confab will be allowed." Home News Tribune. July 18, 2003. A1. Retrieved on October 6 2011. "There are 5000 Jewish students students at Rutgers, New Brunswick, he said."
- ^ Rowe, Amy. "Four shootings follow Rutgersfest activities". Daily Targum. http://www.dailytargum.com/mobile/news/four-shootings-follow-rutgersfest-activities-1.2545099. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ McCormick, Richard L.. [The problems that occur following Rutgersfest have grown beyond our capacity to manage them, and the only responsible course of action is to cancel the event. "In Regard to RutgersFest"]. The problems that occur following Rutgersfest have grown beyond our capacity to manage them, and the only responsible course of action is to cancel the event.. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ NFL History at the National Football League website, accessed 10 September 2006.
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