Student Spotlight

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. 

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.

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)

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.

Honors College student Aasha Shaik (’20/RBS, DRC) was accepted to attend the 18th annual Public Policy and Leadership Conference (PPLC) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government next February in Cambridge, MA.

This year, PPLC received more than 800 applications from 220 different colleges and universities, and invited 73 students in all to attend the three-day conference, which will provide an introduction to the field of public policy and include a series of distinguished speakers, policy workshops, and exposure to possible public service careers.

Andrew Hanna came to Rutgers–New Brunswick in search of his passion. Luckily for the public health major he discovered two.

An aspiring dentist, Hanna’s two loves – dentistry and humanitarian work – led him to Nicaragua last summer, where he spent a week providing medical and dental care in underprivileged areas with Rutgers Global Brigades.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Big Ten Conference recognized 78 Rutgers student-athletes on the Fall 2017 Academic All-Big Ten list, it was announced Wednesday. Seven different programs were represented on the list including, eight from field hockey, 25 from football, nine each for men's and women's cross country, 10 on men's soccer, 11 on women's soccer and six from volleyball to round out the field.
 

HC student Eshan Kaul ('19/SEBS) spoke with NJTV earlier this month as part of a larger story on the special relationship between Rutgers and New Brunswick that also featured Rutgers–New Brunswick's Chancellor Dutta and Barry Smith, founder of Youth Empowerment Services - YES. Eshan spoke about the work that he and several other HC students have done with YES to scale up their tutoring program, A2E, to include hundreds of Rutgers student volunteers over the last two years.

The Honors College Changemaker Award is an annual scholarship established to recognize students who have demonstrated exceptional awareness and commitment to service, an integral part of our mission. Please join us in congratulating this year’s outstanding Changemaker Award recipients who have served in their communities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and beyond:

April Nicklaus