Announcement from Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Veronica Jones, Ph.D. joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Essex County. She will be part of the Housing and Health Equity Cluster, supporting education, outreach and scholarship alongside colleagues in the Rutgers School […]
Essex County
Apple supports Rutgers 4-H Computer Science clubs
Marissa Staffen, RCE of Essex County
Marycarmen Kunicki, RCE of Passaic County
Rutgers and Montclair Community Farms Coalition Receive Three Year USDA Grant
Marissa Staffen – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
NJ in Yearly ‘Danger Zone’ for Lyme Disease
Amy Rowe – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
In Memoriam: John (Jack) Kupcho, Alum and Former Ag Agent and Department Chair
John (Jack) Kupcho, former Essex County agricultural agent and former chair of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) within Rutgers Cooperative Extension passed away on May 11, 2020 at the age of 83. Born in Peckville, PA, he served in the U.S. Air Force and earned his undergraduate degree in ornamental horticulture from […]
Gardening Encouraged During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Cultivating Thoughts
Michelle Casella – Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
Children, adults collect blue ribbons for flowers, vegetables, artwork
Essex County 4-H – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers STEM Ambassador’s program inspires new cohort of New Jersey high schoolers
Chad Ripberger, Janice McDonnell – 4-H
Rutgers STEM Ambassador Program Inspires New Cohort of New Jersey High Schoolers
This year’s Rutgers STEM Ambassador program, an interactive, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiative for mostly 9th and 10th grade students in a campus setting, drew about 60 participants from Atlantic, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties. Chad Ripberger, Rutgers 4-H agent from Mercer County, and Janice McDonnell, 4-H SET agent, […]
Rutgers 4-H Helps N.J. Youth Develop Leadership and Life Skills
Rachel Lyons, 4-H Youth Development
Marissa Staffen, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County 4-H
