An Honors College Tradition introduces first-year students to what it means to be HC in their very first days at Rutgers. With our annual Welcome Days Rise Against Hunger event comes an opportunity to do service, a requirement to become an Honors College Scholar upon graduation and a reflection of our motto: Curiosity. Knowledge. Purpose.

As I watched and listened, the students got the feedback they’d been waiting for. After a year or more of hard work, almost fifty soon-to-graduate researchers, investigators, and creators were finishing up presentations of their projects at the annual Honors College Capstone Showcase on April 12, 2019.

Fifteen teams were chosen by peers this spring to present at the Forum plenary before a panel of judges from business and academia and approximately 250 peers. Congratulations to all of the teams who presented and to the six teams who placed—three chosen by the judges and a different three chosen by peers!

More than 335 members in the Rutgers University Class of 2019 are graduating as part of the inaugural class of the Honors College at Rutgers-New Brunswick earning distinction as Honors College Scholars. Meet some members of the first graduating class!

Mariya Galochkina and Rikab Gambhir, both juniors at the Honors College, together with Rutgers sophomore Brandon Gomes received the Goldwater Scholarship from a pool of 1,223 applicants across 442 colleges and universities throughout the country.

As Annie ('19, Bloustein/HC) reflects on her experiences at Rutgers, she believes that the most important takeaway is Merakhi, a company that she created with her fellow Honors College students to develop smart jewelry that prevents sexual assault and saves lives.