Graduate Student Wins Three GIS Mapping Awards at Statewide Competition
Eden Buenaventura, master’s degree candidate in Ecology and Evolution and a new employee at the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) at Rutgers, won three awards at the 27th annual New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection GIS Mapping Competition on April 10.
USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack Congratulates Cooperative Extension on 100th Anniversary
Cooperative Extension Celebrates its Centennial May 8
Cooperative Extension celebrates its centennial in 2014, commemorating the Smith-Lever Act, which established the Cooperative Extension Service and celebrating the impact the Extension system has made on people nationwide through life-changing education. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act into law on May 8, 1914, providing for the organization of Cooperative Extension at county, state […]
All in the Rutgers Family – Mother and Son Share 2014 Graduation
Graduation is a time when seniors reflect on the people they’ve encountered on campus and connected with in a variety of ways – as classmates, professors, advisors, roommates, club members, teammates and, for one SAS senior, mom. John O’Connell, an Economics major at Rutgers and his mother Christine O’Connell (SEBS ’14, Communications) are not only […]
A Look at the George H. Cook Scholars Program
The George H. Cook Scholars Program, an honors thesis opportunity designed for advanced students in their senior year, wrapped up its final presentations on April 22 at the Cook Campus Center. This year, 51 seniors will graduate as George H. Cook Scholars at the SEBS Convocation on May 19. Named for George H. Cook, who […]
Celebrating 100 Years: Gov. Christie Declares May Cooperative Extension Month in NJ
In 2014, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System. May 8, 2014 is the primary day of the national celebration to signify the date on which the Smith-Lever Act was signed in 1914. In New Jersey, the month of May […]
Rutgers IFNH Hosts Human Performance Conference
In March 2014 the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health hosted the 1st Annual Human Performance Conference.
SEBS 2013 Valedictorian Earns Full Scholarship for Prestigious DVM/Ph.D. Program at CSU
On the verge of graduation, many college students ponder whether all their hard work will pay off. As they cross the threshold bearing their undergraduate degrees, will their dedication open doors of opportunity? Rutgers graduate Nora Jean Nealon’s (SEBS 2013) path of hard work has landed her in a laudable position. On the heels of […]
Scenes from Ag Field Day 2014
Sunshine, music, food and fun – another successful Ag Field Day, part of Rutgers Day!
