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Strengthening Face-to-Face Connections Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While social isolation and physical distancing during the global COVID-19 pandemic is keeping us physically separated from friends and loved ones, technology is keeping us more connected than ever before, says Mary Chayko , a sociologist, interdisciplinary teaching professor and director of the Digital Communication, Information and Media, and Gender and Media programs at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information.

Root Song

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Resilience in the Age of COVID-19, an HC Series. For Gavin, the disappointments that came with the pandemic led him to explore nature. He says, "...While human nature determines how we grieve, our human experience determines how we emerge from grief stronger and more resolute. When the pandemic made one summer job unfeasible, I looked towards something else. When the trees couldn’t grow any higher, they grew more leaves..."

Honors College Student Awarded Second Marshall Scholarship

Portrait of Maya Ravichandran, Photo Courtesy of Maya Ravichandran

Maya Ravichandran, an HC student whose extraordinary interdisciplinary undergraduate work set her apart, was one of only 46 students in the nation awarded the postgraduate scholarship. The profound experience of losing her grandfather to leukemia when she was only 5 continues to guide Maya as she pursues a career as a physician-scientist working with artificial intelligence (AI).

HC Students Share Their Changemaking Leadership Experiences

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Honors College Mentors, Sabrina Lima and Peristera Vikatos, share their experiences in student leadership and how their work has helped them grow personally and professionally, find their community, and support the experiences of fellow Honors College students.

Daniel Raser: Why I Give

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Daniel Raser is a first-year Honors College student studying Engineering. Upon entering the Honors College, he had a strong belief in the importance of giving back and joined the Career with Purpose Changemaking Community. His passion for giving back to local communities stems from his experience volunteering for a youth lacrosse program his freshman year of high school. He worked on a team to help create a free camp for youth lacrosse players from Newark.

Mallory Vollbrecht: Why I Give

Honors College student Mallory Vollbrecht (‘21, SAS/HC), a senior majoring in Cell Biology/Neuroscience and Psychology on a pre-med track, currently serves as the Philanthropy and Outreach Lead for the HC Serves Leadership Team. However, her experience with service work dates all the way back to her elementary school days where she first served by helping to care for the gardens surrounding her school.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Fall 2020 Forum Pitch Competition!

This fall, our students once again demonstrated Curiosity,  Knowledge,  and Purpose as they collaborated in small interdisciplinary teams to create sustainable business and service concepts to address specific local challenges in communities near and far. Congratulations to all of the teams who presented before a panel of judges from business and academia and to our winners from this fall's Forum Competition!

Mira Yin & Sarah Velez: Why We Give

Mira & Sarah with purple knitted hats and loom

Mira Yin (‘23, SOE/HC) and Sarah Velez (‘23, SEBS/HC) are Honors College students with a shared passion for service work. They co-founded a group called the Purple Hats Project, which works to hand-craft purple hats for the organization Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey. This organization then delivers these hats to hospitals where they are handed out to new parents to raise awareness of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Class of 2021 Senior Spotlight: Jorden Xavier

Jorden has served in countless ways during his time at Rutgers, from co-founding in his freshman year E-NABLE, an organization where he could apply his engineering skills to create affordable prosthetics for children; to counseling for the National Crisis Text Line weekly; and serving in multiple Honors College leadership roles.

A2E—An Honors College Student Legacy of Community Engagement

Eshan Kaul and Nick Pellitta standing on the Honors College terrace overlooking the Raritan River

When the Honors College opened its doors in the fall of 2015, its staff and leaders told their first class that they would play a major role in defining its mission, as captured in the motto “Curiosity. Knowledge. Purpose.” The story of A2E (Asset Based Community Driven Education, or Access to Education) exemplifies how fully the students embraced that mission and their long-lasting impact on the community. The A2E program has grown from a group of students determined to build bridges with the community to a full-fledged tutoring and mentoring partnership with the ci

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