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June 2007 |
| WELCOME TO RUTGERS' E-NEWSLETTER FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS! |
| This is an exciting time in your life and an exciting time for Rutgers. Our students, faculty, and programs are winning awards and receiving national recognition. Our students accomplish amazing feats to benefit our community and the world. We want to share our success stories with you while giving you an inside look at Rutgers. |
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In This Issue...
Study Abroad Program Expanding
Visit Rutgers This Summer
Medical School in Your Future?
Undergrads Showcase Original Research
Text Message Emergency System Created
Rutgers Prevails in RecycleMania Competition
Help for Expository Writing 101
Graduating Seniors Look Back
Brian Leonard Leaps Into NFL
Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Tell Us What You Think |
Study Abroad Program Expanding
Morocco, Hungary, Thailand, and Venezuela are just some of the countries recently added to Rutgers students' summer study abroad options. Most of these new programs are offered to all majors. In the past few years, summer sessions have extended classrooms to Kenya, Rome, Greece, and South Africa. The Rutgers Study Abroad Program offers more than 40 programs in 28 countries worldwide and is one of the stand-out experiences for many Rutgers students. More. |
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Visit Rutgers This Summer!Now is the time to make your summer plans and spend some time with us. Our summer tour program has begun. You can choose a bus tour or walking tour of the New Brunswick campus, or walking tours of the Camden and Newark campuses. Once you meet our students and see our campuses you'll be hooked! So don't delay and make your tour reservation today! | |
Is Medical School in Your Future?
Rutgers-New Brunswick students with a 3.0 grade-point average (gpa) or higher enjoy a 59% acceptance rate to medical schools compared to a 47% national average. For students with a 3.4 gpa or higher, our acceptance rate jumps to 71%. For more stats and information visit our Health Professions Office website. |
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Undergrads Showcase Original Research
More than 200 undergrads displayed and discussed their research projects at Rutgers' third annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Topics included potential treatments for AIDS, cell cycle regulation and cancer, adolescent behavior, and human-powered sculpture. In any semester more than 1,200 undergrads are engaged in research... a distinguishing characteristic of a Rutgers education.
Students in New Brunswick are typically funded by the Aresty Center for Undergrad Research. Their grants average about $500 and they have the opportunity to work with a faculty mentor throughout their undergraduate years. Summer scholars receive a $3,000 stipend. More | |
Text Message Emergency System Created
Students, faculty, and staff are registering their mobile phone numbers with the university so that they will receive alert messages in the event of a campus emergency related to weather or threats to the safety or security of the Rutgers community. More
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Rutgers Prevails in RecycleMania Competition
Rutgers faculty, staff, and students helped to recycle more than 2.7 million pounds of waste, bringing Rutgers a first-place prize in this year?s RecycleMania competition.
That gargantuan number brought Rutgers the 'Gorilla Prize' for the most cumulative pounds of recyclables. The closest competitor, Stanford University, recycled only half Rutgers' amount.
In addition, Rutgers placed first for recycling the most food and organic material per person, second for recycling the most bottles and cans per person, and third for recycling the most corrugated cardboard per person. More | | |
Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Want a quick overview of the major(s) you're considering? Want to learn more about some of our student organizations? Create your own customized brochure according to your interests. Create one now by visiting http://infopacket.admissions.rutgers.edu |
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Help for Expository Writing 101Have the writing jitters? You're not alone! For students who need help with Expository Writing the Writing Center at Rutgers is the place to go. In the past five years more than 5,000 students have been served by more than 450 student tutors.
Tutoring sessions are scheduled for 80 minutes per week for at least five weeks and are free. Students are tutored in basic composition to advanced research, business, and scientific writing. According to instructor Heather Robinson, the Writing Center is what gets a lot of students through Expository Writing. More | |
Graduating Seniors Look Back
Nathan Hitchen, Political Science
Mantua, NJ
One of 50 students nationwide selected for a prestigious award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Nathan made a mark at Rutgers' Camden with a thesis tackling a hot topic: the reach of presidential powers. To research his 109-page paper, 'A Great Power: The American Executive and His Energy in War,' Nathan traveled to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and otherwise dug deep into historical records and political theory. More
Daphne Davalie, Journalism
Atlanta, Georgia
Friends say Daphne is always on the run, and she doesn't deny it. Downtime was rare for the Rutgers' Newark student as she balanced her work as an assistant fashion editor for a cutting-edge fashion and lifestyle magazine with her journalism studies. "I'm on the go," says Daphne, "and I'm happy with it." More
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Betty Kong, Chemistry, Chinese, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
River Vale, New Jersey Betty's Blog
By working at Rutgers' Waksman Institute, Betty got the chance to immerse herself in the intense world of fertilization research. Her experience helped Betty decide on a career as a physician/scientist. She also studied abroad in China during a six-week summer program. " Waking up in a different country, eating their food, walking their roads, visiting their landlmarks-- no book or movie can substitute for that," she says. " I learned so much both in the classroom and out, made some of the closest friends, and found a passion for traveling." More
Sharo Atmeh, Journalism, Political Science
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Sharo calls Rutgers 'the main driver for my interest in politics.' He was interested in seeking public office before he got here, but the 'very real political environment' of Rutgers, where Sharo was a university senator, helped him to understand the nitty-gritty reality of life as an officeholder. As Sharo notes, 'I had such a hands-on experience here, and I thought, 'I really want to do this with my life. ' More |
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Brian Leonard Leaps Into NFL
With the 20th pick in the second round of the NFL draft, 52nd overall, Brian Leonard was taken by the St. Louis Rams, making him the third highest draft pick Rutgers has ever produced, behind tight end Marco Battalglia in 1996 and Frank Burns in 1949.
Leonard, who finished his career with the Knights as the all-time leader in receptions (207), touchdowns (45) and points (272), will likely be used as a third down back, and the team expects him to contribute almost immediately upon arrival.
(Excerpted from Rutgers Daily Targum 4/30/07) |
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