Rutgers Silver Knights Newsletter Fall 2013:188342- 8/26/13 1:41 PM Page 1 SILVER KNIGHTS 2013 FALL H EDITION A PUBLICATION OF THE RUTGERS STAFF RETIREES ASSOCIATION “R S” T F S D. R M. L , R P, D E , E N R n ursday, o ce was located in the old courthouse and ideas behind developing a compre- O October where the famous Lindbergh trial had hensive collegiate Student Life program. 17, 2013 we will taken place. In 1967, he became the As- With his education background, Roger be honored to sistant Director of Resident Instruction. believed whole heartedly that leadership have Dr. Roger In this position, Roger was very involved should come from the students and not Locandro, Profes- with the development and expansion of from the sta . He felt that it should come sor Emeritus in the short courses that CAES and later from the bottom up and not from the top R R F A S C the Department Cook was o ering to professionals in the down. With this concept in mind, he es- e picture above is the nearly completed Retiree Faculty & Sta Center located at the Administrative Services of Ecology, Evolu- eld who needed to become certi ed in tablished the Cook Council, which put Building II on Route 1 in New Brunswick (adjacent to Sears). e room is quite large with workstations, comfortable Dr. Roger M. Locandro tion and Natural their areas of expertise. When he began decision making in the hands of the stu- seating and a conference table. We will continue to keep you informed and will let you know when the Center is Professor Emeritus Resources as our there were about 16 such courses, Roger dents rather than the sta . is concept complete and sta ed with a full-time sta position. Guest Speaker. worked to expand this number to over allowed for students to lead and allowed Born in 1936 in New Brunswick and 90 o erings. Presently, there are over 300 for them to be highly involved in matters a graduate of New Brunswick High courses being o ered. In 1973, Roger regarding their life and experiences as School, Roger began his career at Rut- received his PH.D. in Botany and members of the Cook community. Early gers in 1954 as a freshman student at Ecology from Rutgers. on, this manifested itself in the students’ NJCAES (the New Jersey College of Ag- With Roger’s vast experiences in help- proposal for the building of the Cook riculture and Environmental Science) ing to develop Cook College, in 1981 he Campus Center and in the design and the precursor of Cook College and SEBS. moved from the academic area of the col- building of the Voorhees Dormitory. A er taking a leave of absence twice to lege into the Student Life division when Roger’s career started in 1967 when there teach in two New Jersey high schools, he became the rst Dean of Students at was an enrollment of 365 students. is Roger returned and graduated in 1960 Cook. Roger basically built up the Stu- was a time when he could walk the cam- with a BS degree with a background in dent Life program at Cook from scratch. pus and know every student by name. education, animal science and general He became a member of the National When he retired in 1999, the student agriculture. He joined the CAES sta Student Personnel Administrators, a enrollment was up to 3100. Knowing in 1962 as an Assistant County Agent group that at the time would convene every student by name was no longer working out of Flemington, NJ where his to talk about the needs, programming a possibility, but knowing that he was (Continued on Page 4) T N R, W E H S M , I R T D Rutgers ushered in a new era in New chi told those gathered at Robert Wood Barchi told the crowd of 600 that the new Jersey on July 1, 2013, energized by an Johnson Medical School in Piscataway. Rutgers is ready to lead the way in health Brunswick, N.J. 08901 N.J. Brunswick, New #157 Permit 1 Highway U.S. 57 expanded mission of medical education Hundreds of guests turned out to cel- care education, training and medical New Brunswick NJ 08901 NJ Brunswick New RESOURCES HUMAN UNIVERSITY RUTGERS that promises to turn the university into ebrate as most of the former University research. PAID POSTAGE US Staff Retirees Association Retirees Staff Rutgers an academic powerhouse. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Class First “Now there is no excuse for giving New SILVER KNIGHTS SILVER “ e limitless future of health care de- became part of Rutgers. Jersey anything less than a world-class livery and discovery in New Jersey starts Joined by Governor Chris Christie and university,” Barchi said. “I can tell you that today,” Rutgers President Robert L. Bar- legislators from across the state, President Rutgers is ready to deliver.” – 1 – Rutgers Silver Knights Newsletter Fall 2013:188342- 8/26/13 1:41 PM Page 2 F A T “N R” How long has it been since you retired from Rutgers? One year, ve, een, REGISTRATION FORM twenty years ago, longer? No matter when it was, the Rutgers we all knew or SILVER KNIGHTS RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR • NOVEMBER 8, 2013 CAM remember no longer exists. On July 1, 2013, history was made when Rutgers PUS N S University integrated with UMDNJ establishing Rutgers Biomedical and Health EW e Silver Knights O ers a Spectacular Trip on Friday, Nov. 8th to the “2013 Radio City Christmas Spectacular”. Sciences. is new school will be led by Brian Strom who e ective Dec. 2, 2013 America’s favorite holiday show is back and bigger than ever! e grandest celebration of the holiday season, this year’s Radio will become the inaugural chancellor reporting directly to President Barchi. City Christmas Spectacular features e Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, New York at Christmas, e Living Nativity, and Rutgers, which was already known as a leading national research university, now a dazzling new number by the world-famous Rockettes. Don’t miss out on your only chance to experience it all live and in person. stands as one of America’s largest, most comprehensive university-based centers Total price for package which PLEASE PRINT: for studying and improving human health and health care. With this integration, R U ’ includes prime orchestra seats, round Name _______________________________________________________________ Rutgers now has the advantages of being able to: I G T trip transportation by motor coach • draw more top ight faculty and students T B F T and complete luncheon at L’Allegria Address _____________________________________________________________ • deepen research collaborations Restaurant (northern Italian cuisine) C A L is $130.00 (includes all tax & meal City_____________________________ State ____________ Zip Code __________ • optimize the coordination of health care for residents Rutgers University students have returned gratuity). Bring a relative or friend. e • accelerate economic growth E-Mail:______________________________ Telephone: _______________________ to campus this month and have found motor coach will depart from Lot 98-B • attract even greater public and private support on the Cook Campus at 9:00 a.m. and the school’s iconic grease trucks are no Q Enclosed is my check for _______ tickets at $130.00 each. return approximately 4:30 p.m. Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is the umbrella organization for the longer dishing out “Fat Sandwiches” in following schools and units: their familiar spot on College Avenue. ACT NOW! Note that reservations Make checks payable to Silver Knights and mail to: will be honored on a rst-come/ rst- • Cancer Institute of New Jersey served basis. Please ll out this form SILVER KNIGHTS • Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine and return by October 25, 2013. If c/o Mary Ruesho • Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute you have questions call Mary Ruesho RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HUMAN RESOURCES • Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy @ 732-239-3779 or Sally Kitzi @ 57 US Highway 1 • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 908-295-8947. New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research • Rutgers School of Dental Medicine • School of Health Related Professions • School of Public Health CLIP AND RETURN • University Behavioral Health Care • Medical Schools – New Jersey Medical School – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School The semi-permanent trailers are being REGISTRATION FORM • Nursing Schools displaced from Lot 8, located near the SILVER KNIGHTS FALL LUNCHEON - OCTOBER 17, 2013 – College of Nursing – School of Nursing corner of College Avenue and Hamilton e “New Rutgers” is one of 62 schools in the prestigious Association of American Street, to make space for an apartment PLEASE PRINT: Universities, whose members are North America’s leading research universities. complex that will house 500 students. e Name _______________________________________________________________ Rutgers is a top 25 public university in U.S News and World Report rankings. It is $84 million dollar project will include also a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, an academic con- a 25,000 square-foot public plaza with Address _____________________________________________________________ sortium of 15 top tier American research universities. E ective in 2014 the Athletic a 600 foot video screen, boardwalk and City_____________________________ State ____________ Zip Code __________ Program will become a member of the Big Ten Conference. retail space, developers said. e com- You are invited to attend the Silver E-Mail:______________________________ Telephone: _______________________ e “New Rutgers” will have a student enrollment of over 65,000, 45,000 plus un- plex is part of a larger makeover of the College Avenue campus being built through Knights Fall Luncheon which will be dergraduates and 20,000 plus graduate students.