Laura Lawson, interim executive dean at Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, recently received an Honorary American FFA Degree from the National FFA (Future Farmers of America.) Lawson, along with her fellow honorary degree recipients, were recognized as “individuals who have provided exceptional service on a national level to agriculture, agricultural education, or FFA.” […]
Student Snapshot: Meaghan Schneid (SEBS’22)
“SEBS has been a huge part of my growth and transformation as a student and the opportunities have helped me as a person and an athlete.” My name is Meg Schneid and I am a senior and dual degree student studying Landscape Architecture. In addition, I am a four-year varsity athlete on the women’s rowing […]
Celebrating First Generation Student Day: Jinayah Lighty (SEBS’25), Animal Science Major
in 2017, November 8 was selected as the date for the annual National First-Generation College Celebration to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Higher Education Act (“HEA”) emerged out of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. Being a first-generation college student is a rewarding feeling overall, […]
Rutgers Graduate Students Explore the Southern Ocean
Rutgers graduate students Quintin Diou-Cass and Joe Gradone joined University of Connecticut Postdoc Jessie Turner on the R/V Nathaniel Palmer to head to the West Antarctic Peninsula to conduct hands-on field research in the Southern Ocean. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Rutgers leads a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project – entering […]
National Transfer Student Week: Pruthvi Talvekar – Smooth Transition to Rutgers During COVID-19
National Transfer Student Week—every third week in October—celebrates transfer students and the professionals who support them on their journeys. Join us in recognizing those who have made this journey! #TransferStudentWeek. Here we meet Pruthvi Talvekar, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences with a minor in Business Administration. Talvekar transferred from Middlesex County College right when COVID hit in the Spring of 2020. […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Catching up With Young Alumni Starting their Careers
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), we caught up with some of our recent alumni to see where they are in their journey as they launch their careers. Amber Lynn Betances SEBS’16 (Landscape Architecture), GSNB’17 (Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture) Assistant Landscape Architect NYC Department of Parks & Recreation “When people […]
A Proud Product of EOF, Kevin Guerrero (SEBS’19), Thrives in Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Kevin Guerrero (SEBS’19, Exercise Science) is a first-year medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, who was born in North Bergen but raised in West New York, NJ. Although born in the U.S., he considers his upbringing as having always been heavily influenced by his Mexican and Latinx culture. Both of his parents […]
Michelle De Freitas-Montes (SEBS’18), SEBS EOF Alumna and Future Physician
Michelle De Freitas-Montes is a self-described “first-generation Hispanic immigrant, and avid lover of sport, food and culture who hopes to work with underserved populations as a future physician.” To that end, she is enrolled at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and working towards that coveted medical degree. Exactly what specialty, Michelle is not yet sure […]
Rutgers Alumnus Paul Orbe (CC’94) Receives Fulbright Award
On August 31, the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Paul Orbe (CC’94), an-award winning teacher, has received a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award. He teaches Honors Chemistry and Forensic Science at Union City High School in New Jersey. Orbe has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from […]
The Passing of a Cook Campus Icon: Bruce ‘Doc’ Hamilton
Message from Richard Alomar, associate professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture. The SEBS community is mourning the loss of Bruce ‘Doc’ Hamilton who died on August 31. Bruce was a Rutgers alumnus from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, going on to Penn State for his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He […]
