Several New Jersey health care facilities are getting a boost: their current front-line employees are receiving training to upgrade their skills through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE), thanks to a $1 million grant awarded to OCPE by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL). The goal: help individual workers […]
Youth/Community Development
ARCS students help to replenish state oyster population
Local students took their lessons outside Thursday in Galloway Township. Kids at Assumption Regional Catholic School helped to replenish the state’s oyster population by participating in Project Ports on Thursday. Students filled shell bags today that …
Rutgers Hosts Ocean Days Event for School-age Kids
For three packed days in April, over 400 students from public, private, and informal science education programs across New Jersey came to the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick for “Rutgers Ocean Days,” an annual event celebrating the ocean as well as the scientific accomplishments of the students from grades 3-12. This year’s event was […]
“Bare-bones” Equine Research at Rutgers
In 2012, the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences celebrated the addition of its most unique member of the equine research herd, an authentic articulated horse skeleton! Carey Williams and Sarah Ralston, professors in the Department of Animal Sciences, were instrumental in acquiring the equine skeleton, which was purchased […]
Rutgers Gardens Hosts Gardening Program for Local Schools
WHAT: Hands-on activities including learning how to grow and tend vegetables from around the world, and a ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling the Rutgers Gardens’ theme, “Our Planet, Plant It.” WHEN: Tues., May 28, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m WHERE: Rutgers Gardens, 112 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ.
Cape May County Cyber Explorers 4-H Club: Marine Robotics Champions
For the second consecutive year, the Cape May County 4-H Youth Development Program fielded a rookie team to the Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge and walked away with top awards. The Cyber Explorers 4-H Club high school team, comprising David Heacock, Nate Hoffman and Ben and Joe Johnson captured the award for overall winner in the […]
Participants in Poultry Workshop Fine Tune their Skills
On May 4, the Cape May County 4-H Youth Development Program‘s Livestock Committee hosted a Poultry Clinic. Nearly 40 members of the community and 4-Hers from as far away as Ocean County attended the educational event, held in the Lockwood 4-H Youth Center in Cape May Court House, NJ. Pictured above, senior 4-H members Cody […]
First Green Car Wash off to a roaring start in Clark
Using rainwater collected from a roof, last weekend Cub Scout Pack 145 performed the first known "green" car wash fundraiser in Union County, at the public works building in Clark. The event was a success for the Scouts, who washed almost 100 c…
State 4-H Camp Hosts Overnight Youth Camp for More Than Six Decades
For many youngsters, the first extensive time away from the family hearth is a sleepaway camp during the summer, like the one offered by the Lindley G. Cook 4-H Youth Center for Outdoor Education. Each year, for the past 62 years, the center has offered a high quality, fun-filled overnight camp experience to countless youths, grades […]
New Brunswick 4-H Recognizes Volunteers, Community Partners
The New Brunswick 4-H Club showed its thanks on Monday to its network of volunteers and community partners that help make the club’s programs a daily reality. The club held a volunteer appreciation lunch at the New Brunswick Free Public Library, recogn…
