Student Spotlight

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)

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.

Rising senior earns spot in undergraduate research program for minority students at Keck School of Medicine of USC  

"Resist the idea to manage your career alone," says Steven Haverlock, a senior studying Human Resource Management and Women’s and Gender Studies, who recently secured a full-time post-graduation offer with Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in their Human Capital Management division.

MCAT is eliminated and students have conditional guarantee to medical school in 4+4 Program

Under a new program at Rutgers, first-year student Helen Gao is on a unique path to medical school, one that includes time to pursue a degree in fine arts. Devin Busono will have time to explore his passion for music production and learn Japanese as he prepares to become an ear, nose, and throat doctor.

Congress has set aside $5 million for an open educational resources pilot program -- the most significant federal push for alternative textbooks. Advocates are encouraged.

Three times since 2013, members in both houses of Congress have introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which would create a federal program to fund the creation of open educational resources on a nationwide scale. Each time, that bill has faltered in committee.

For second-year Honors College (HC) student Paolo Arante, service provides the opportunity to engage in community partnership and empower a community to give back. Arante is a marketing major and dance minor who enjoys working with and supporting others through extracurricular activities, including serving as the service lead on the HC Serves Leadership Team.