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, […]
Essex County
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
Registration open for RCE environmental stewards
Rutgers Environmental Stewards program – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Make a Difference in Your Community – Become a Rutgers Environmental Steward
Registration is open for the 2019 Rutgers Environmental Stewards program – a great gift for your family’s environmentalist or…a great way to back up your New Year’s “Green” resolution. Since 2005, hundreds of volunteers have made the commitment to protecting New Jersey’s environment by participating in the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program. Offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, […]
Montclair Community Farms project continues to bear fruit
Essex County 4-H
Partnership Between Rutgers, 4-H Helps N.J. Youth Develop Leadership and Life Skills
Children work with university scientists on urban gardening, STEM exploration and more Pig races, tractor pulls and prize-winning produce are the hallmarks of traditional 4-H fairs. But today’s fairgoers also can participate in 3-D printing, robotic and drone demonstrations and follow the progress of student-run urban gardens. Each of these activities honor the national organization’s […]
NJAES Board of Managers Hosts Urban Tour for Legislators
The Board of Managers (BOM), an advisory group to the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), is made up of representatives from New Jersey’s county boards of agriculture. The Board also serves as advocate for the experiment station and provides input to NJAES’ directors on matters concerning the state’s agricultural enterprise. In addition to […]
Water Resources Program Partnership with PVSC Earns Utility “Forward Thinking” Award
In order for New Jersey municipalities to alleviate localized flooding, protect and improve water quality, and prevent processes that cause untreated wastewater from entering local waterways, targeted efforts using green infrastructure are needed for the management of stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution. An example of such an initiative, for the past five years the […]
Best Practices for Establishing Positive 4-H Youth Development Programming in Urban At-Risk Communities
Laura Bovitz, Marissa Staffen, Laura Eppinger, Abbie Kesely – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Budding agriculturalists attend 4-H summit
Jeannette Rea-Keywood – 4-H, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
