Rutgers Business School student Esron Holder traveled the world, started a business, gained a supportive community and confidence as part of his experience living in the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University–Newark.
Nyree Oliver overcame incredible odds to become a graduating senior who belongs to four honor societies. She shared her story with donors who helped to make her Rutgers education possible, telling them, “Thank you for being the reason lives like mine are forever changed.”
Justin Benton is graduating with his M.D. degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School with deep appreciation for the support he received from scholarship donors, including Rutgers alumnus Ravi Goel.
Kerry Robinson, a Maida Public Interest Fellow, plans a career helping communities provide affordable housing to underserved populations.
Rutgers–Newark graduate with plans for a law career says donors to university programs that support students helped her pursue her dreams.
Christian Simon is the fifth in his family to earn a degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jodiefoss Ramos, who is set to graduate from Rutgers and begin a career as a U.S. Air Force nurse, faced challenges that caused her to worry that she would never complete her degree. She says a program backed by donors to the university gave her “the support I needed to keep going.”
The Rutgers Future Scholars program in Rahway is helping one single-parent family of five children attend college. The oldest will graduate with a Rutgers degree in May. Inspired by her kids, their mother plans to begin work toward a Rutgers degree this fall.
Rutgers University–Newark celebrated its 80th anniversary at an event that honored its role as a gateway to opportunity and a bedrock of the city and state’s economic and cultural life.