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The Honors College mission course, the Forum, challenges first-year students to develop projects designed to address societal issues that could also become sustainable, profitable ventures. The Fall 2016 Forum was extraordinary—approximately 70 social innovation ideas were created and from those 14 were chosen to be presented to peers and a panel of judges who work with startups and Fortune 500 companies alike.

HC Students Receive Top Honors

The Rutgers University Mock Trial Association made an outstanding showing at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament in Los Angeles, making it the second time ever that Rutgers has advanced to the national level and the first time in five years. Rising from a pool of more than 650 college and university teams, the Rutgers team competed among the top 48 in the country where they took 15th in their division with an Honorable Mention. 

Can you honestly say that you've had the experience of sipping a butterbeer while listening to a potions-making lecture, without having walked through a brick wall in a London subway station? The Honors College offered exactly that opportunity on March 2, 2017 when students from across Rutgers came for a Harry Potter-themed Geek Week celebration dedicated to the “geeks” of the sci-fi and fantasy genres.

HC students traveled the world this year from Spain and Ireland to the Dominican Republic, Chile, China, and elsewhere across the globe! Take advantage of all of the travel opportunities that Rutgers has to offer—study abroad for a semester or year, take a short trip as part of an Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar, do service abroad through an Alternative Break, and more.

The Honors College Spring Forum resulted in more than 50 exceptional project ideas with social innovation at their core. From among those projects, 13 were chosen to be presented in front of peers and a panel of professional judges from academia and industry.

Where are you from? Plainsboro, New Jersey (in Central Jersey, near Princeton!)

School/grad year/major: I just finished my first year at Rutgers University, so I will be graduating in May of 2020. I am majoring in Political Science, Business Analytics & Information Technology, and Middle Eastern Studies, with a possible minor in International & Global Studies.

Last thing you searched on Bing: NJ Transit train schedule (boring, I know)

Curiosity. Knowledge. Purpose.

This is the motto of the Honors College of Rutgers University- New Brunswick, and it understandably permeates everything that the innovative living and learning community does.

“We think of it as a promise fulfilled,” says Matt Matsuda, academic dean of the Honors College. “The idea was to really put together a community [with] on-site advising, special curricula and incredible opportunities to really raise the level of possibilities here at the university.”

Dr. Mary Chayko is a sociologist, a professor of communication and information at the Rutgers' School of Communication and Information (SC&I), and the author of four books, including Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life (Sage, 2016), which will come out in an updated second edition this spring. Her research explores the impact of the Internet, digital technology, and social media on the way we live our everyday lives and form communities with one another. Dr.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers women's soccer program continues to raise the bar year in and year out. The success has progressed into this year's 6-0-1 start. A key behind the momentum has been the depth of the roster and leadership of the squad.

On December 1 last year, Rutgers University–New Brunswick Honors College students gathered for their usual morning Coffee with the Deans, but it was no ordinary morning. It was the first-ever Rutgers Giving Day, and the students were ready to leap into action in support of the place they call home.