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3 Rutgers People in District 1 3 Did You Know? 2 2 1,794 Alumni Aquaculture, the farm- 1 ing of fish and seafood in 1 384 Undergraduate and Graduate Students captivity, dates back cen- 554 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally turies, but states such as New 75 Faculty/Staff Jersey are investing today to 2,807 Total encourage high-tech, large-scale commercial versions. Rut- gers’ Multispecies Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 1 which is nearing completion in Cape May, will be used to • MBA Team Consulting Program: Marketing plan for historic perform research and training related to the develop- Cold Spring Village developed by a team of MBA students ment of aquaculture as a large-scale New Jersey indus- (Cape May) try. The complex, managed by Rutgers’ Haskin Shellfish • Rutgers’ Cape Shore Laboratory: A research facility studying the Research Laboratory, will consist of a series of indoor tanks breeding processes and hybridization of aquaculture in and outdoor ponds for raising finfish and shellfish, an southern New Jersey (Green Creek) indoor hatchery facility, and a pumping station to supply • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the saltwater needs. Rutgers’ Haskin Shellfish Research Labo- state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity ratory has a more than 100-year tradition of disseminat- for professional advancement (Cape May, Cape May Point, ing research results and working cooperatively with state Stone Harbor, Vineland City) and federal agencies and the fisheries and aquaculture • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, communities in southern New Jersey. The laboratory funding, and support to group homes, residential treat- generates and disseminates research information directly ment facilities, and community-based service providers for applicable to all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture sci- children on the brink of aging out of foster care (Vineland) ence, concentrating on species of commercial importance • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based outreach and to New Jersey. summer camp programs in such areas as food and nutrition, family and community health sciences, and 4-H (Cape For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy May Court House, Millville) programs, contact:

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 1 Friends of Rutgers • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based pre-K Department of University Relations through grade 12 classroom innovations (Millville, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Vineland) 101 Somerset Street • NJ Math Science Partnership: Improving student achievement New Brunswick, NJ 08901 in mathematics and sciences (Millville, Vineland) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Website: http://for.rutgers.edu demonstrations for middle school and junior high students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Cape May) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • High School Financial Planning Program: Workshops from the state. Rutgers Cooperative Extension to help teachers implement a curriculum on personal finances (Cape May Court House, Leesburg, Millville, Ocean City, Vineland, Wildwood)

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4 6 4 9 3 Rutgers People in District 2 3 Did You Know? 22 2,209 Alumni Rutgers works with Atlantic Cape Community 1 1 613 Undergraduate and Graduate Students College (ACCC) to bring degree 1,203 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally programs to Atlantic and Cape 69 Faculty/Staff May counties, a region traditionally 4,094 Total underserved by state higher education. Hotel and casino workers are able to earn a Rutgers bachelor’s degree in Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 2 hospitality management through a program offered by • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the Rutgers–Camden and ACCC that allows students to receive state’s workforce current (Absecon, Atlantic City, Egg Har- Rutgers credit while attending classes in Atlantic City. bor Township, Galloway, Hamilton Township, Pleasantville) This spring the program offered five courses with enroll- • Cultivating Youth and Communities for Positive Futures: ment of more than 100. The program focuses on hotel, Workforce readiness for at-risk youth through farm stand, food and beverage, and gaming operations and manage- nutrition, gardening, and other projects (Atlantic City, ment and helps workers advance professionally. Hotels Pleasantville) and resorts gain access to a workforce educated through • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information the Rutgers program’s practical, industry-oriented and outreach focused on 4-H youth development, food courses. Past students are now employed at every level and nutrition, gardening, and more (Atlantic City) of casino management, including a vice president of sales and a director of training for two of the boardwalk’s most Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 2 • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based classroom recognizable hotels. In addition, Rutgers offers three other innovations to improve pre-K through 12th grade learning programs at ACCC’s Atlantic County campuses: bachelor’s (Pleasantville) programs in liberal studies, master of business administra- • Seeds to Success: Prepares at-risk youth for the workforce tion, and graduate courses in education. through classroom and on-the-job training by operating For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy summer farm stands in their communities (Atlantic City, programs, contact: Pleasantville) • Teens Teaching Middle School Youth Workforce Preparation: Friends of Rutgers Teambuilding, communication, goal-setting, job exploration, Department of University Relations and character education activities for more than 700 mid- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey dle school youth (Atlantic City) 101 Somerset Street • Roots of Knowledge: Increases science literacy, healthy New Brunswick, NJ 08901 lifestyle practices, and workforce readiness in high-risk Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 youth through gardening (Atlantic City, Pleasantville) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • High School Financial Planning Program: Free or low-cost workshops from Rutgers Cooperative Extension to help teachers Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research implement a curriculum focusing on personal financial university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in management (Atlantic City, Linwood) the state.

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Rutgers People in District 3 3 Did You Know? 3 2 2 2,501 Alumni The Food Innovation 1

Center, an initiative of the 1 471 Undergraduate and Graduate Students NJ Agricultural Experiment 200 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Station at Rutgers, helps farmers 176 Faculty/Staff develop and market new niche 3,348 Total products to maintain economic viability and preserve farmland in New Jersey. In the spring of 2007, Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 3 construction will begin on a new 23,000-square-foot • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the center that will offer farmers and food businesses access state’s workforce current (Bridgeton, Clayton, Pennsville, to state-of-the-art food processing equipment, technical Pittsgrove, West Deptford, Woodstown) support, and business advice. The new facility is scheduled • NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Offices: Low-cost to open in early 2008. Since its establishment in 2001, and no-cost services for small business (Carneys Point, the center has aided more than 700 clients in the Salem) agricultural and food sectors. It is projected that over • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Works with hospitals to improve $200 million in cumulative new revenue will be created by quality of care for hospitalized patients with congestive the center’s highest performing clients over the next five heart failure (Salem) years, which will also result in over 1,000 new jobs. The • Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center: Research on center has been recognized by the USDA as one of only 10 production of crops with maximum economic benefit and national exemplary “Agricultural Innovation Center Demon- minimum environmental risk (Centerton, Upper Deerfield) stration Programs,” has received international attention, and • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based outreach in is a model for university-led business incubation centers food and nutrition, family sciences, gardening, and youth being developed in Africa. 4-H development (Clayton, Woodstown) • MBA Team Consulting Program: MBA students develop afford- For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy able business, marketing, and benchmarking plans for programs, contact: client companies (Pilesgrove)

• Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps a Friends of Rutgers wide array of businesses to train better managers (Sewell, Department of University Relations Swedesboro) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 101 Somerset Street Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 3 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Seeds to Success: Prepares at-risk youth for the workforce Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 through classroom and on-the-job training by operating Email: [email protected] summer farm stands in their communities (Woodbury, Website: http://for.rutgers.edu Paulsboro) • NJ Math Science Partnership: Helps districts improve mathe- Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research matics and science education from pre-kindergarten university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in through 12th grade (Bridgeton) the state. • BizEd Leadership Program: College-level business education for outstanding high school students (Paulsboro High School, West Deptford High School)

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30 7 Assemblyman David R. Mayer (D) 8 10 5 8 Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D) 5 9 9 6 6 4 4 Rutgers People in District 4 3 Did You Know? 2 3 3,333 Alumni Rutgers Cooperative 2 Extension (RCE) offers an 1 905 Undergraduate and Graduate Students extensive statewide program in 450 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally integrated pest management 1 161 Faculty/Staff (IPM) for greenhouses/floricul- 4,849 Total ture, nurseries, and field, fruit, and vegetable crops; a new program covers schools. IPM provides pesticide Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 4 applicator training, guidance on alternative pest manage- • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and ment approaches, an information-packed website, and outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family and newsletters, among other services and resources. The community health sciences, and 4-H youth development Camden County RCE office in District 4’s Clementon is (Clementon) home to the state’s Greenhouse/Floriculture Integrated • NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Office: Low-cost Pest Management program for commercial growers of and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services annual and perennial flowers, herbs, and vegetable for small business (Clementon) transplants. The office offers pesticide application training • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the and publishes Northeast Greenhouse IPM Notes, a full- state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity color newsletter for greenhouse growers prepared jointly for professional advancement (Gloucester, Monroe, by RCE and Cornell University. The newsletter, which is Washington) archived and available online, contains the latest informa- • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, tion on pest sightings and trends in the Northeast. funding, and support to group homes, residential treatment facilities, and community-based service providers for children on the brink of aging out of foster care (Glassboro) • Seeds to Success: Prepares at-risk youth for the workforce For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy through classroom and on-the-job training, operating farm programs, contact: stands in their communities (Glassboro) Friends of Rutgers • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping Department of University Relations limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Clementon, Franklin, Glassboro, Gloucester, 101 Somerset Street Lindenwold) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 4 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • BizEd: Introduction to college-level business education for Email: [email protected] outstanding high school students (Gloucester, Lindenwold) Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • D’Arts Distance Learning in the Arts: Live, interactive art and Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research theater classes through videoconferencing (Pitman) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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Technology Campus, a 1 1,151 Undergraduate and Graduate Students business incubator funded 534 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally through a partnership between 2 318 Faculty/Staff the Rutgers School of 5,863 Total Business–Camden, the Delaware River Port Authority, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, and 1 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 5 the U.S. Department of Commerce, stimulates economic The following is a small sampling of Rutgers activities in development in Camden by providing entrepreneurs with District 5, which is home to Rutgers’ Camden Campus. low-cost services, high-tech support, and in-depth strategic • The Rutgers–Camden Campus continues to grow as Rutgers counseling to launch and grow their businesses. The incu- renovates a three-block area of Victorian properties on Camden’s bator recently moved into the newly constructed, state-of- Cooper Street and expands the law school. The university also the-art Waterfront Technology Center and currently houses secured grant and external funding to restore historic Johnson approximately 29 on-site and 10 virtual tenant busi- Park to its Victorian-era splendor, creating a public space for nesses that generate more than 155 jobs and $6 million the entire community to enjoy. in payroll in Camden. Six businesses launched at the incu- • The Fairview Neighborhood Partnership: Revitalizing historic bator have graduated and are thriving independently, pay- Camden through collaboration of the Rutgers–Camden ing taxes, purchasing goods and services, and contributing law school, business school, and Walter Rand Institute for to the economy. Staff members expect at least three addi- Public Affairs tional businesses to grow out of the incubator by the end • Camden Special Services District: A successful partnership with of this year. corporate neighbors to maintain a friendly and clean urban downtown • Children’s Justice Clinic: Legal representation by Rutgers– Camden law school students for Camden youth facing For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy delinquency charges programs, contact:

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 5 Friends of Rutgers (In the Camden School District) Department of University Relations LEAP Academy: • Holistic approach to student achievement, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey including K–12 charter schools and family services. This 101 Somerset Street year, LEAP breaks ground on an early childhood facility on New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Cooper Street with classrooms for infants, toddlers, and Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 preschoolers as well as a research center and space for Email: [email protected] professional development. Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • BizEd: Introduction to college-level business education for Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research outstanding high school students university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts: • Arts After School places the state. professional teaching artists in after-school programs • MPA Aspiring Principals Program: Preparing Camden teachers and staff for principal positions

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Rutgers People in District 6 3 Did You Know? 3 2 8,900 Alumni Like so many NJ commu- 2 nities, Camden and sur- 1 1,804 Undergraduate and Graduate Students rounding municipalities are 520 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally grappling with the need to serve 1 362 Faculty/Staff economic development while 11,586 Total staying focused on housing, natural resources, recreation, and physical health and mental wellness issues Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 6 for all residents. The Camden County Board of Chosen • NJ Small Business Development Centers: Low-cost and no-cost Freeholders requested that the Walter Rand Institute at consulting, training, and networking services for small Rutgers–Camden study the need for a working collabora- business (Cherry Hill, Voorhees) tion among the city of Camden and its first-generation, • MBA Team Consulting Program: MBA students develop afford- inner-ring suburbs to address regional revitalization issues. able business, marketing, and benchmarking plans to That five-year study, Toward a Metropolitan Complex: overcome challenges and problems identified by client The Camden Hub Smart Growth Report, is the basis for companies (Cherry Hill) the recently issued Camden Hub Plan. This regional plan • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping is designed to be used by municipal, county, regional, and limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices state government agencies, as well as the private and when buying, cooking, and storing food (Cherry Hill, nonprofit sectors, as a multidimensional revitalization Collingswood) strategy to guide future resource investments throughout • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the the Hub. District 6 communities in the Hub area include state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for Audubon Park, Cherry Hill, Collingswood, Haddon, Haddon- professional advancement (Camden, Cherry Hill, Voorhees) field, and Oaklyn. Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 6 • BizEd: Introduction to college-level business education For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy for outstanding high school students (Cherry Hill, programs, contact: Collingswood, Haddon, Haddonfield, Winslow) • Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps busi- Friends of Rutgers ness start-ups, family-owned concerns, large corporations, Department of University Relations public agencies, and nonprofits train better managers and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey supervisors (Winslow) 101 Somerset Street • High School Financial Planning Program: Free or low-cost work- New Brunswick, NJ 08901 shops from Rutgers Cooperative Extension to help teachers Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 implement a curriculum focusing on personal financial Email: [email protected] management (Collingswood, Oaklyn) Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in of information in our global community (Cherry Hill) the state. • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- sional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Collingswood, Haddonfield, Voorhees) RU-0607-0108

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4 9 Rutgers People in District 7 3 Did You Know? 2 4 5,255 Alumni As employment oppor- 1 tunities become increas-3 1,270 Undergraduate and Graduate Students ingly linked to technology 2 330 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally and communications and less 195 Faculty/Staff tied to manual, skill-based jobs, 7,050 Total employers need access to a highly literate1 workforce. With the goal of strengthening Burlington County’s business Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 7 landscape, the Burlington County Workforce Investment • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the Board has contracted with the Rutgers–Camden Walter state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity Rand Institute for Public Affairs to conduct a literacy for professional advancement (Beverly City, Cinnaminson, needs assessment among workers in six targeted indus- Delran) tries: transportation; manufacturing; health science; educa- • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused tion and training; hospitality and tourism; and the service nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Mount sector. The institute has developed and distributed a survey Holly, Westampton) to human resource managers and is conducting interviews • Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps busi- with HR personnel working for the county’s largest business start-ups, family-owned concerns, large corporations, nesses. And, finally, Rand staff will conduct interviews with public agencies, and nonprofits train better managers and county adult literacy service providers. The goals of the supervisors (Delanco, Pennsauken) assessment are to provide an indication of the prevalence • NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Office: Low-cost of illiteracy in industry, identify gaps in programs avail- and no-cost services for small business (Mount Holly, able to businesses, provide strategies to overcome Westampton) those obstacles, and determine how best to meet the • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and literacy expectations of Burlington County businesses. outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family and community health sciences, and 4-H youth development For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy (Mount Holly) programs, contact:

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 7 Friends of Rutgers • BizEd: Introduction to college-level business education for Department of University Relations outstanding high school students (Cinnaminson, Delran) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • D’Arts Distance Learning in the Arts: Live interactive art and 101 Somerset Street theater classes through videoconferencing (Riverside, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Riverton) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior Website: http://for.rutgers.edu analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Burlington) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in Politics program to increase voter turnout and engagement the state. in civic life (Pennsauken)

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4 Rutgers People in District 8 3 Did You Know? 2 3 Few activities are as vital 7,391 Alumni 2 to the Pinelands as cran- 1 1,289 Undergraduate and Graduate Students berry and blueberry farming. 804 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 1 New Jersey ranks second nation- 212 Faculty/Staff ally in blueberry production and 9,696 Total third in cranberry production. And virtually all of it is centered in the Pinelands region. The Philip E. Marucci Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 8 Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center of • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the Rutgers in Chatsworth is at the forefront of research directly state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity applicable to the production of high-quality blueberries for professional advancement (Evesham, Medford, and cranberries. The center has recently received a two- Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Pemberton) year, $96,200 EPA grant to develop the pest management • NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Office: Low-cost technology necessary to reduce pesticide use in the cultiva- and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services tion of these two wetland crops. The center has also taken for small business (Evesham) the lead in research related to growing consumer and • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Youth development programs industrial interest in both berries’ potentially enormous including 4-H Explorers Club (Medford) and horse clubs health benefits. Using a $650,000 USDA award, the center (Eastampton, Lumberton, Mount Laurel, Shamong, will investigate the possibility that these two superfoods Southampton, Woodland) may prevent diabetes, tooth decay, and keep harmful • Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps busi- bacteria away from the urinary tract and stomach. ness start-ups, family-owned concerns, large corporations, public agencies, and nonprofits train better managers and supervisors (Mount Laurel) • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, funding, and support to group homes, residential treat- For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy ment facilities, and community-based service providers programs, contact: for children on the brink of aging out of foster care (Lumberton) Friends of Rutgers Department of University Relations Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 8 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • BizEd: Introduction to college-level business education for 101 Somerset Street outstanding high school students (Moorestown) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based pre-K Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 through grade 12 classroom innovations (Pemberton) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research turnout and engagement in civic life (Moorestown) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • D’Arts (Distance Learning in the Arts): Live, interactive art and the state. theater classes through videoconferencing (Medford)

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17 18 18 13 14 13 15 14 15 District 9 12 12 11 Senator Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R) 11 30 7 7 30 Assemblyman Christopher J. Connors (R) 1010

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3 Rutgers People in District 9 3 2 Did You Know? 2 2,705 Alumni The Barnegat Bay Shell- fish Restoration Program, 1 359 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 1 an initiative of Rutgers Cooper- 374 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally ative Extension (RCE) and the 117 Faculty/Staff NJ Department of Environmental 3,555 Total Protection (NJDEP), educates the community about the natural cycle and ecology of the Barnegat Bay, promotes Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 9 environmental stewardship of this vital resource, and • Rutgers Marine Field Station: Field laboratory for the Institute uses clams and oysters as teaching tools to achieve these of Marine and Coastal Sciences conducting graduate- goals. For the past two years, scientists from the Rutgers and postdoctoral-level research with recent work on the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, RCE, and the NJDEP have ecology of fishes and the habitation effects of dominant trained more than 35 volunteers from the community. species in the environment (Tuckerton) RCE also conducted a six-week training program for youth, • Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve: Assorted ages 5 to 14, called “Clam Camp,” which included class- habitat regions used for physical, chemical, and biological room and hands-on activities on shellfish, water quality, research for long-term data on environmental conditions, and aquaculture. Together, the program’s many partners ecological progression, and coastal resource management and volunteers have raised and planted over 1.2 million (Tuckerton) hard clam seed. This process not only repopulates the • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the bay with the pollution-filtering shellfish but also improves state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity understanding of how human activities can degrade our for professional advancement (Lakehurst, Manchester) waters and our shellfish populations. Ultimately, the • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Stations: Four of program’s goal is to strengthen the bay’s ecology and 40 stations operated by the state climatologist at Rutgers, economy. supplying real-time weather information (Bass River, Berkeley, Eagleswood, Harvey Cedars) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps busi- programs, contact: ness start-ups, family-owned concerns, large corporations, public agencies, and nonprofits train better managers and Friends of Rutgers supervisors (New Gretna) Department of University Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 9 101 Somerset Street • Jacques Cousteau Coastal Education Center: Education and out- New Brunswick, NJ 08901 reach hub for programs of the Jacques Cousteau National Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Estuarine Research Reserve (Based in Tuckerton, serving Email: [email protected] schools throughout New Jersey) Website: http://for.rutgers.edu NJ Civic Education Consortium: • Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in turnout and engagement in civic life (Lacey Township) the state. • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Lacey Township)

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11 Senator Andrew R. Ciesla (R) 30 7 30 7 10 Assemblyman James W. Holzapfel (R) 10

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4,379 Alumni The NJ Hydrogen3 Learn- ing Center is an initiative of 1 503 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 2 Rutgers’ Center for Energy, 597 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Economic, and Environmental 128 Faculty/Staff Policy. It is funded by the Office1 of 5,607 Total Clean Energy at the NJ Board of Public Utilities, and its mission is to facilitate collaboration and networking among Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 10 its stakeholder network, which is made up of businesses, • Seaside Heights Revitalization Plan: Analysis and implementa- nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions across tion strategies for improving quality of life in the borough, New Jersey already involved in the burgeoning hydrogen developed by Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and economy. Center partners include Ocean County College, Public Policy graduate students (Seaside Heights) which installed a 250-kilowatt direct fuel cell power • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the plant on its Toms River campus; the power plant supplies state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity approximately 80 percent of the electricity needed in a for professional advancement (Seaside Park, South 54,000-square-foot instructional building and preheated Toms River) water to boilers that feed an additional five buildings. The • NJ Small Business Development Centers: Low-cost and no-cost center has also developed hydrogen curriculum modules consulting, training, and networking services for small to train students in the fields of engineering, science, business (Toms River) and environmental protection at five state institutions: • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” The College of New Jersey, Ocean County College, Ramapo bringing university research to local communities, from College, Richard Stockton College, and Rutgers University. 4-H to good nutrition (Toms River) • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, funding, and support to group homes, residential treatment facilities, and community-based service providers For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy for children on the brink of aging out of foster care programs, contact: (Toms River) Friends of Rutgers Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 10 Department of University Relations • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum 101 Somerset Street disorders (Brick) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • NJ Math Science Partnership: Improving student achievement Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 in mathematics and sciences (Toms River) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • NJ Statewide Systemic Initiative: Broad community partnership to strengthen mathematics, science, and technology Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research education (Manasquan) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- the state. sional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Brick, Island Heights, Point Pleasant, Point Pleasant Beach, Toms River)

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11 Senator Joseph A. Palaia (R) 11 30 30 7 Assemblyman Steve Corodemus (R) 10

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5,275 Alumni In the fourth year of a 4 five-year, National Science 1 787 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 3 Foundation-funded study to 230 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 2 determine the behavior of the 177 Faculty/Staff effluent, nutrients, and contami-

6,469 Total nants in New Jersey’s coastal 1waters, researchers at Rutgers’ Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences have Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 11 continued to expand their knowledge of the Hudson River • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the plume that travels through New York Harbor to the New state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity Jersey shore. In May 2006, researchers released a nontoxic for professional advancement (West Long Branch) red dye near Sea Bright and tracked it as it traveled along • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused the coastlines of such District 11 towns as Asbury Park, nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Asbury Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Long Branch, Ocean Grove, Park, Neptune) and Spring Lake. Using radar, satellite tracking, and • NJ Coastal Communiversity: Union among eight colleges and remotely controlled underwater gliders, scientists gathered universities offering selected higher education degrees and data along the plume’s path. The information researchers graduate certificates in Monmouth County (Wall) collect will inform New York’s future sewage disposal plans • Center for Exercise and Aging: Fitness testing, senior walking and New Jersey’s chances for a cleaner coastline. The programs, and fitness-oriented social events (Eatontown) project, which will enter its final year in March 2007, has • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Station: One of 40 net- an extensive website (marine.rutgers.edu/cool/latte/ worked weather stations operated by the Office of the NJ latte2006.htm) with information for the scientific commu- State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather nity and the general public. information to enhance safety and security (Sea Girt)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 11 For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior programs, contact: analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Brielle) Friends of Rutgers • High School Financial Planning Program: Workshops from Rut- Department of University Relations gers Cooperative Extension to help teachers implement a Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey curriculum on personal finances (Avon, Oakhurst) 101 Somerset Street • ESTEEMS (Establishing Excellence in Education for Mathematics and New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Science): Professional development, content knowledge Email: [email protected] assessment, on-site classroom visitations, and coaching Website: http://for.rutgers.edu to teachers in algebra and earth science (Asbury Park, Long Branch) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • D’Arts (Distance Learning in the Arts): Live, interactive art and university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in theater classes through videoconferencing (Neptune) the state.

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86 5 4 9 Rutgers People in District 12 3 6 Did You Know? 2 4 7,782 Alumni Since 1998, residents of the greater Monmouth3 1 1,686 Undergraduate and Graduate Students County area have been able to 2 1,809 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally obtain Rutgers degrees while stay-

379 Faculty/Staff ing close to home. In the last year, 1 11, 656 Total about 650 Rutgers students have enrolled in Rutgers courses held at the Western Monmouth Campus of Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 12 Brookdale Community College located in Freehold. As • Monmouth Park: A new, seven-furlong, oval turf course, engi- part of the Rutgers-Brookdale Partnership in Higher Edu- neered by Rutgers turf experts to promote drainage, plant cation, Rutgers offers baccalaureate programs in criminal growth, and racing safety (Oceanport) justice, labor studies and employment relations, liberal • MBA Team Consulting Program: Affordable business, market- studies, and nursing as well as a range of graduate and ing, and benchmarking plans developed by MBA students continuing professional education courses in education, (Little Silver, Morganville, Tinton Falls) nursing, social work, and more. Typically, students complete • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information an associate’s degree at Brookdale or another New Jersey and outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, and community college and then continue at Rutgers for the 4-H (Freehold) bachelor’s degree. • Adelphia Plant Science Research and Extension Center: Solves problems relating to the production of food, feed, or fiber and to environmental or aesthetic quality (Freehold) • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Free- hold, Red Bank, Tinton Falls) • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Classes for citizens over 50 For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy years old who want to continue learning in a stimulating, programs, contact: friendly environment (Freehold)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 12 Friends of Rutgers • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior Department of University Relations analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey disorders (Colts Neck, Freehold) 101 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Aims to increase voter turnout Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 and engagement in civic life (Tinton Falls) Email: [email protected] Waksman Student Scholars Program: • Yearlong program in Website: http://for.rutgers.edu molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Tinton Falls) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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4,767 Alumni Matawan is home to one 9 1 of New Jersey’s 18 state- 6 1,185 Undergraduate and Graduate Students designated Transit Villages.4 120 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Transit Villages are3 communities 288 Faculty/Staff that have embraced a smart 2 6,360 Total growth vision with opportunities for growth and economic revitalization, a commitment to compact,

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 13 mixed-use development, a strong1 residential component, • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the including affordable housing, jobs, restaurants, arts and state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity entertainment, and preservation of a rich architectural for professional advancement (Holmdel, Middletown) character, all within walking distance of a passenger • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Satellite Office: Center transportation facility. Rutgers’ Alan M. Voorhees Trans- for regional information, research, and educational portation Center (VTC), a national leader in transportation resources in marine and coastal ecosystems (Sandy Hook) policy, is evaluating the progress of the Transit Villages in partnership with the NJ Department of Transportation Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 13 (NJDOT), other state agencies, and the communities where • K–12 Fellows: Learning community of the university and K–12 schools in science and mathematics (Old Bridge) the villages are located. VTC services to Transit Villages include fiscal impact studies that have consistently • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior demonstrated that Transit Villages are beneficial to analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Holmdel, Keyport) the communities in which they are located. In 2006, as part of the NJDOT contract, VTC launched Transit-Friendly • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in Development, a newsletter designed to keep municipal molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Holmdel) officials, planners, and advocates up-to-date. • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high students For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile programs, contact: laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Holmdel) • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Friends of Rutgers sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Department of University Relations mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey across the curriculum (Aberdeen, Holmdel, Keansburg, 101 Somerset Street Keyport, Matawan-Aberdeen, Middletown, Old Bridge, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Union Beach) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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6 8 5 4 Rutgers People in District 14 3 9 Did You Know? 6 2 7,086 Alumni Like so many New Jersey 4 1 communities, the Mercer3 1,588 Undergraduate and Graduate Students County town of West Windsor 2 286 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally is faced with the sometimes- 714 Faculty/Staff conflicting goals of smart develop- 1 9,674 Total ment in the face of rapid growth, preservation of open space, and protection of natural resources. Sustainability Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 14 is a particular concern, as it is for communities throughout • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping the Northeast. The NJ Sustainable State Institute, working limited-resource families make healthy nutrition with graduate planning students as part of a hands-on choices (Hamilton) studio class given at the Edward J. Bloustein School of • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused Planning and Public Policy, and using the sustainability nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents planning framework developed by West Windsor’s Environ- (West Windsor) mental Commission as a starting point, expanded on that • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the framework’s breadth and detail in the specific areas of New Jersey workforce current and offering citizens land use, circulation, society, and natural resources. They opportunity for professional advancement (Cranbury, developed objectives and proposed indicators for tracking Hamilton, Monroe) progress as well as offering recommendations, including • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Youth development through mixed-use zones, transit-oriented development, and a local 4-H clubs and school outreach, ranging from Explor- community shuttle program, for possible action. Commu- ing Marine Science workshops to the Mercer County 4-H nity leaders will draw on the proposals in their efforts to Fair (Hamilton, West Windsor) guide smart development. • Center for Exercise and Aging: Fitness testing, senior walking programs, and fitness-oriented social events (Monroe) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 14 programs, contact: • K–12 Fellows: Learning community of the university and K–12 schools in science and mathematics Friends of Rutgers (South Brunswick) Department of University Relations • School Psychology Practicum: Supervised training experiences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for doctoral-level school psychology students 101 Somerset Street (South Brunswick) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Email: [email protected] demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Website: http://for.rutgers.edu in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Plainsboro) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (South the state. Brunswick High School, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School)

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30 7 11 Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D) 10

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Rutgers People in District 15 3 Did You Know? 28 5,627 Alumni Through the summer 5

4-H Youth Farmstand 1 9 1,058 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Program, at-risk youth from 6 841 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Trenton learn important work- 4 562 Faculty/Staff force preparation skills and are 3 8,088 Total motivated to stay in school. The program is a collaboration of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Mercer County2 4-H Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 15 Youth Development, Rutgers’ School of Environmental • Trenton Academic Center: Connecting state legislators and and Biological Sciences, and the Mercer County One- Stop Career Center. The program stresses job attainment officials with Rutgers, from student internships to a gradu- 1 ate course on state budgeting (Trenton) and survival, workplace skills, leadership and self- • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping development, and personal skills. In 2006, teams of youths limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices operated two “Jersey Fresh” farm stands in Trenton every (Ewing, Lawrence Township, Trenton) Tuesday through Thursday, with each team responsible for • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Helps hospitals improve quality inventory, ordering, delivery, marketing, customer relations, of care for patients with congestive heart failure in New and cash transactions. Positive impact on the community Jersey (Trenton) extended even past the program’s participants: 16 percent • NJ Small Business Development Centers: Low-cost and no-cost of farm stand sales were to senior citizens and young services for small business (Ewing, Trenton) families via the Farm Market Nutrition Program produce • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and voucher program, and local farmers provided 93 percent outreach in such areas as gardening and composting, 4-H of the produce sold at the farm stands. The program youth development, food and nutrition, family and commu- ended with a closing ceremony in which the youths nity health sciences (Pennington, Trenton) received recognition and profit sharing checks. • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy state’s workforce current (Ewing, Lawrence Township, programs, contact: Pennington, Princeton, Trenton)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 15 Friends of Rutgers • Teens Teaching Middle School Youth Workforce Preparation: Department of University Relations Teambuilding, goal-setting, job exploration, and character Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey education activities for more than 700 middle school youth 101 Somerset Street (Trenton) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based classroom Email: [email protected] innovations to improve pre-K through 12th grade learning Website: http://for.rutgers.edu (Trenton) • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research Politics program to increase voter turnout and engagement university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in in civic life (Lawrence Township, Princeton) the state.

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4 8 Rutgers People in District 16 35 Did You Know? 2 9 10,356 Alumni Rutgers’ Pharmaceutical 6 4 Industry Fellowship Pro- 1 1,589 Undergraduate and Graduate Students gram consistently attracts3 top 1,641 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally postdoctoral talent from around 2 744 Faculty/Staff the nation to New Jersey’s leading pharmaceutical corporations. The program—the largest 14,330 Total 1 of its kind in the United States, with about 70 percent of Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 16 the market share for industry-based postgraduate training • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low-cost for pharmacists—gives New Jersey companies a distinct and no-cost consulting services for small business (North competitive recruiting advantage. Fifty fellows complete Branch) the program each year, with about half accepting positions • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions KART : Provides training, with their host companies. District 16 host companies funding, and support to group homes, residential treat- include Raritan-based Ortho-McNeil and Bridgewater- ment facilities, and community based service providers based Ortho Biotech, Sanofi-Aventis, and Tibotec. The for children on the brink of aging out of foster care program is based at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Phar- (Bridgewater, Hillsborough) macy, New Jersey’s only pharmacy school. • Center for Exercise and Aging: Fitness testing, senior walking programs, and fitness-oriented social events (Bridgewater) • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” bringing university research to people in their communities, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition (Bridgewater) • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for professional advancement (Bernards, Branchburg, For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Hillsborough, Somerville) programs, contact:

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 16 Friends of Rutgers • School Nurse Fellowship Program: Weeklong alcohol and drug Department of University Relations studies intensives designed to increase school nurses’ and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey administrators’ knowledge and awareness of adolescent 101 Somerset Street health issues (Bernards, Bridgewater, Bound Brook, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Manville, Montgomery, Somerville) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Email: [email protected] demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Website: http://for.rutgers.edu in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Manville) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in the state. molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Bridge- water, Hillsborough, Somerville)

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18 17 13 14 District 17 15 1812 14 Senator Bob Smith (D) 11 13 30 15 7 Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula (D) 10 12 8 Assemblyman Joseph V. Egan (D) 5 9 11 6

4 30 Rutgers People in District 17 3 Did You Know? 7 2 10 13,338 Alumni Rutgers Center for Green Building and the 1 5,057 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 8 New Jersey Sustainable5 State 9,105 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Institute, both programs of the 9 5,420 Faculty/Staff Edward J. Bloustein School of 6 32,920 Total Planning and Public Policy,4 have an ongoing role in Highland Park’s mission to become an environmentally 3 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 17 responsible and sustainable community. Faculty and staff The following is a small sampling of Rutgers activities in are working with the town’s mayor and borough2 council, District 17, which is home to Rutgers’ New Brunswick municipal employees, volunteers, and other stakeholders to Campus. create a comprehensive green plan for sustainable develop-

• Rutgers continues to contribute to a growing New ment that uses indicators and target1 s to track progress. Brunswick. A winning team was named in a competition to They conducted environmental design studios for the com- redesign the College Avenue Campus. Rockoff Hall opened on munity and collaborated to identify ways in which sustain- Heldrich Plaza George Street. is set to open soon, with a able features could be incorporated into municipal facilities hotel, conference center, condominiums, academic facili- and practices. Some of the center’s recommendations ties, and retail space. And ground will soon be broken for included the use of hybrid cars, environmentally prefer- an 18-story tower that will house the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. able purchasing, geothermal heating and cooling, solar panels, and rain gardens to clean water runoff. Borough • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Classes for citizens over 50 taxpayers now save $14,000 per year in reduced energy years old who want to continue learning in a stimulating, costs. Other initiatives include sustainable streetscape friendly environment (Highland Park) design, pesticide-free native planting and grounds mainte- • Center for Exercise and Aging: Fitness testing, senior walking nance, urban gardening and walking programs. programs, and fitness-oriented social events (Highland Park, New Brunswick) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 17 programs, contact: • GEAR UP Partnership: Counseling, mentoring, and tutoring Friends of Rutgers coordinated by the Graduate School of Education to pre- Department of University Relations pare students for college (New Brunswick) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: • Interactive science lessons for 101 Somerset Street middle school and junior high students in a 40-foot mobile New Brunswick, NJ 08901 laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Highland Park, Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 New Brunswick) Email: [email protected] • School Psychology Practicum: Student counseling, testing, and Website: http://for.rutgers.edu teacher consultation from the Graduate School of Applied Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research and Professional Psychology (New Brunswick, Piscataway) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in School Nurse Fellowship Program: • Weeklong training for school the state. nurses and administrators on adolescent alcohol- and drug-related problems (Milltown, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Piscataway)

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6 4 30 Rutgers People in District 18 73 Did You Know? 2 10 9,571 Alumni Metuchen is home to one of New Jersey’s 18 8 1 3,317 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 5 state-designated Transit Vil- 531 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 9 lages. Transit Villages are commu- 6 1,646 Faculty/Staff nities that have embraced4 a smart 15,065 Total growth vision that includes opportunities for growth and economic3 revitalization, a commitment to compact,

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 18 mixed-use development, a strong residential2 compo- • Rutgers’ Livingston Campus: The “College Town” vision will nent, including affordable housing, jobs, restaurants, create a lively commercial and residential district on the arts and entertainment, and preservation of a rich Livingston Campus (Edison) architectural character, all within walking distance of a 1 • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping passenger transportation facility. Rutgers’ Alan M. Voohees limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices Transportation Center, a national leader in transportation (East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen) policy, is evaluating the progress of the Transit Villages in • Cook College Student Organic Farm: Local residents invest in partnership with the NJ Department of Transportation a student-run farm in exchange for weekly shares of (NJDOT), other state agencies, and the communities organically grown food (East Brunswick) where the villages are located. In 2006, as part of its NJDOT contract, the Voorhees center launched Transit-Friendly Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 18 Development, a newsletter designed to keep municipal • K–12 Fellows: Learning community of the university and K–12 schools in science and mathematics (Edison, officials, planners, and advocates up-to-date on the Metuchen) potential for development and redevelopment around transit stations. • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (East Brunswick, Edison) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • ESTEEMS (Establishing Excellence in Education for Mathematics and programs, contact: Science): Professional development, content knowledge assessment, on-site classroom visitations, and coaching for Friends of Rutgers teachers in algebra and earth science (Edison, Metuchen) Department of University Relations • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey demonstrations for middle school and junior high school 101 Somerset Street students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed New Brunswick, NJ 08901 mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (East Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research of information in our global community (Edison) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- the state. sional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, South Plainfield, South River, Spotswood)

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4 30 Rutgers People in District 19 3 Did You Know? 7 2 10 4,365 Alumni As part of a 7-year grant

from the National Insti- 1 1,305 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 8 tute of Environmental5 Health 451 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally Sciences, students in the Wood- 9 455 Faculty/Staff bridge Township School District6 4 6,576 Total are participating in SUC2ES2, a cross-curricular program in which they learn about the relationship between human 3 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 19 health and exposure to chemical and physical agents. 2 • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the The program’s curriculum includes units on health, state’s workforce current (Carteret, Sayreville) language arts, math, and science. The project, which is • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping a collaboration between the University of Medicine and limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices Dentistry of New Jersey, the 1state Department of Education, (Perth Amboy, South Amboy, Woodbridge) Rutgers’ Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, the Rutgers • Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H: Youth development Graduate School of Education, and the National Environ- programs including Explorations Week summer camp to mental Education and Training Foundation, is designed to build youth self-confidence and Teen Council Project GIFT enhance students’ comprehension of and interest in envi- to provide free holiday shopping for families in need ronmental health sciences. The program aims to improve (Medford, Perth Amboy, Sayreville) student academic performance and life skills through the use of integrative curriculum units for children in grades 2, Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 19 • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in 5, and 7. The program’s goals are to develop a collaborative molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Colonia, model using environmental health themes and to better Woodbridge) prepare students to become responsible and successful • Teens Teaching Middle School Youth Workforce Preparation: members of society. Team-building, communication, goal-setting, job explo- For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy ration, and character education activities for more than programs, contact: 700 middle school youth (Sayreville) • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Friends of Rutgers sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Department of University Relations mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey across the curriculum (Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, 101 Somerset Street South Amboy, Woodbridge) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

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18 16 19 13 14 District 20 15 12 17 Senator Raymond J. Lesniak (D) 11 18 30 7 Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen (D) 10 13

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Rutgers People in District 20 3 Did You Know? 11 2 3,123 Alumni The Elizabeth-Port 30 Authority and Port 1 809 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 7 Newark operate as one fully 10 47 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally integrated marine terminal, form- 149 Faculty/Staff ing the largest and most com-8 5 4,128 Total prehensive collection of maritime cargo handling facilities 9 on the east coast of North America. Consequently, port 6 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 20 safety, security, and efficiency are of vital concern to port- • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low-cost area districts. That’s4 why researchers from the Rutgers and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services School of Business–Camden, Rutgers’ School of Engi- for small business (Union) neering3 , and Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Infrastructure

• Latina Healthy Heart Program for Senior Citizens: “Healthy heart” and Transportation will spend the2 next three years study- classes for seniors at two sites, including recipes and food ing ways to improve port productivity and competitiveness. demonstrations (Elizabeth) The project, Partnership to Maximize Port Industry Per- • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the formance, connects Rutgers researchers with representa- state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity tives from the Port Authority1 of New York and New Jersey, for professional advancement (Elizabeth) the shipping industry, terminal operators, state and local • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused highway agencies, and freight and technology companies. nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Eliza- Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, beth, Kenilworth, Roselle, Union) the research team will work toward developing a collabora- • Senior Nutrition Program: Serving nutritious meals to senior tive forum that will allow for tracking and analyzing infor- clients at community sites (Elizabeth, Kenilworth, Roselle, mation across complex systems with the goal of improving Union) cooperation between the various agencies. • Rutgers Master Gardeners of Union County: Rutgers Cooperative For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Extension supplies guidance on landscaping revitalization programs, contact: (Elizabeth)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 20 Friends of Rutgers • Union County 4-H Summer Science Program: For seven weeks Department of University Relations each summer, 4-H enriches the summer vacations of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey approximately 500 low-income children, ages 6 to 12, 101 Somerset Street by providing science teachers to summer day camps New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (Elizabeth) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based classroom Website: http://for.rutgers.edu innovations to improve pre-K through 12th grade learning (Elizabeth) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • NJ Math Science Partnership: Improving student achievement university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in in math and science (Roselle, Union) the state.

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3 Rutgers People in District 21 8 Did You Know? 5 2 8,650 Alumni Through Rutgers’ Osher 9 6 Lifelong Learning Institute, 1 1,131 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 4 New Jerseyans over the age of 354 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 3 50 can register for continuing 2 344 Faculty/Staff education courses taught by active 10,479 Total and retired instructors from area colleges and high schools. There are no grades or tests, and a1 college degree is Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 21 not required to enroll in any of the low-cost, noncredit • Highlands Regional Information System (HiRIS): Comprehensive courses and seminars. Topics range from history, sociology, website containing data on conservation, population languages, and African-American studies to science, litera- growth, land-cover changes, buildout scenarios, and more ture, opera, art, film studies, and jazz. In 2007, through a (Harding) grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, Rutgers will • Transit Village Initiative: Collaborative state, community, expand this popular program, already available at two other and Rutgers effort to revitalize New Jersey’s downtowns locations in the state, and begin offering classes in West- (Cranford) field. Rutgers’ Division of Continuous Education and Out- • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused reach supports the institute, which offers 63 courses at nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents three locations to help state residents attain their lifelong (Cranford, Roselle Park, Springfield) education goals. • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” bringing university research to people in their communities, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition (Westfield)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 21 • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter programs, contact: turnout and engagement in civic life (Cranford, Millburn, Springfield, Watchung, Westfield) Friends of Rutgers • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Department of University Relations demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile labo- 101 Somerset Street ratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Cranford) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Watchung) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • NJ Center for Character Education: Support for educators who teach core ethical values to develop children’s social, emo- Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research tional, and moral functioning (Cranford) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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Neighborhood and 1 9 1,083 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Brownfields Redevelopment, 6 26 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 4 part of the Edward J. Bloustein

461 Faculty/Staff School of Planning3 and Public

7,136 Total Policy, is an active partner in Plainfield’s2 West End revitalization program. The center brought residents, faith-based Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 22 organizations, and the city of Plainfield together to focus • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping on the neighborhood revitalization1 needs of a 44-block limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices area. The center organized and conducted community when buying, cooking, and storing food (Middlesex) visioning sessions that defined and prioritized needs, • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused helped residents to combine data and vision priorities into nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Clark, a written action plan, and sponsored meetings to educate Linden, Plainfield, Rahway, Scotch Plains) the community and its evolving leadership on organiza- • Watershed Management: Rutgers Cooperative Extension tional and funding issues associated with implementing assists with a wetlands park installation (Rahway) those plans.

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 22 • NJ Statewide Systemic Initiative Implementation Grant: Standards-based curriculum, instructional practice, and assessments, including team learning, hands-on explorations, discussions, scientific experiments, and problem solving (Dunellen) • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy disorders (Green Brook, Linden) programs, contact: • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Friends of Rutgers in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile Department of University Relations laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Plainfield) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • ESTEEMS – Establishing Excellence in Education for Mathematics 101 Somerset Street and Science: Professional development for teachers, content New Brunswick, NJ 08901 knowledge assessment, on-site classroom visitations, and Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 coaching in algebra and earth science (Plainfield) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research of information in our global community (Linden, Plainfield) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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1 ing Program at Rutgers 1 973 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Business School–Newark 605 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally and New Brunswick brings the 368 Faculty/Staff knowledge and experience of 9,430 Total MBA students to bear on challenges identified by clients. The win-win program enables students to integrate and Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 23 apply their classroom learning while clients receive • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the insightful analysis and valuable recommendations. The state’s workforce current (Hackettstown, Oxford, Reading- rural Warren County community of Belvidere was in need ton, Washington Township) of just that kind of service when the town’s economic • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low- development committee began seeking ways to attract cost and no-cost services for small business (Washington new businesses to the downtown. The MBA team helped Township) Belvidere to identify what kinds of businesses would • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused prosper and made recommendations on incentives for nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Annan- prospective businesses. dale, Belvidere, Blairstown, Flemington, Glen Gardner, Hackettstown, Phillipsburg, Port Murray, Washington Town- ship, Whitehouse Station) • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and outreach in such areas as 4-H youth development, food and nutrition, and more (Belvidere) • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Stations: Office of the NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers supplies real-time weather information (Franklin Township, Greenwich Town- For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy ship, Hackettstown, Hope, Kingwood, Oxford) programs, contact: • Snyder Research and Extension Farm Great Tomato Tasting: Public Friends of Rutgers samples nearly 85 varieties of New Jersey’s best plum, Department of University Relations paste, cherry, and large slicing tomatoes (Pittstown) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 23 101 Somerset Street • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior New Brunswick, NJ 08901 analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 disorders (Greenwich) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based classroom innovations to improve pre-K through 12th grade learning Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research (Phillipsburg) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • NJ Math Science Partnership: Helps districts plan strategically the state. for improving their mathematics and science education from pre-K through 12th grade (Phillipsburg)

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Rutgers Cooperative 1 576 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Extension has run the Lindley 311 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally G. Cook 4-H Youth Center in 159 Faculty/Staff Branchville. The center offers 5,241 Total year-round programming to NJ youngsters and adults, including a summer residential camp, team building train- Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 24 ing, and more. Each summer, the camp enrolls more than • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the 600 NJ children, many of whom are also 4-H club mem- state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity bers. Its facilities are available for use by external groups for professional advancement (Andover, Branchville, ranging from 4-H teen councils and clubs to scouting Newton, Vernon) troops, environmental education groups, and even family • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and reunions. Situated on 108 acres in the heart of Stokes outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family and State Forest, the center has a lake, trails, fully equipped consumer finances and sciences, gardening, and 4-H youth summer camp facilities, and a winter headquarters. The development (Newton) facility is fully winterized and heated for winter use. • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Stations: Networked weather stations operated by the Office of the NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather information to residents and officials to enhance safety and security (Montague, Netcong, Walpack, Wantage)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 24 • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Byram, Hopatcong) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy programs, contact: • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Friends of Rutgers mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Department of University Relations across the curriculum (Califon, Chester, Hamburg, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Hopatcong, Lafayette, Mount Olive, Newton, Sparta, 101 Somerset Street Stanhope, Sussex, Tewksbury, Wantage) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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136 Faculty/Staff Regional Information System 2 7,165 Total (HiRIS), an interactive website of geographic information to help citizens and governments make the best land-use 1 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 25 decisions for their communities in the Highlands region. • NJ Small Business Development Center: Low-cost and no-cost The system features such information as conservation consulting, training, and networking services for small values, population growth, 1972–2000 land-cover changes, business (Randolph) and buildout scenarios from the USDA Forest Service. No • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the specialized geographic information system software or state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity training is required to access the data. District 25 communi- for professional advancement (Morristown, Roxbury) ties in the database include Boonton, Denville, Dover, • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” Jefferson, Mendham, Mine Hill, Morris, Morristown, Mount bringing university research to people in their communities, Arlington, Mountain Lakes, Randolph, Rockaway Borough, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition Rockaway Township, Roxbury, Victory Gardens, and Whar- (Morristown) ton. Morris County has the largest Highlands land area of the 12 counties identified in the New York–New Jersey Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 25 • NJCivic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton Highlands Regional Assessment Update, with 32 of the Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter county’s 39 municipalities falling within the study bound- turnout and engagement in civic life (Dover, Rockaway) ary, comprising 20 percent of its 1.4 million acres. • Teens Teaching Middle School Youth Workforce Preparation: Teambuilding, communication, goal-setting, job exploration, For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy and character education activities for more than 700 mid- programs, contact: dle school youth (Rockaway) • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Friends of Rutgers sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Department of University Relations mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey across the curriculum (Boonton, Denville, Dover, Morris- 101 Somerset Street town, Mount Arlington, Mountain Lakes, Randolph, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Rockaway, Roxbury) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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4 8 5 Rutgers People in District 26 3 9 Did You Know? 6 2 4 5,833 Alumni The Pequannock water- 3 shed provides critical water 1 914 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 2 supplies to more than 500,000 1,724 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally NJ residents and serves as a 1 119 Faculty/Staff refuge for sensitive wildlife, including otters, eagles, 8,590 Total bears, and bobcats. But it is also at the forefront of suburban sprawl. The Pequannock River Coalition works to Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 26 preserve the river as a natural, recreational, aesthetic, and • Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship Program: Attracts top post- water supply resource. The Rutgers Environmental Law doctoral talent from around the nation to New Jersey’s Clinic, which has been the sole public interest law firm leading pharmaceutical corporations (East Hanover, for New Jersey’s environmental community since 1985, Montville, Morris Plains) provides the coalition with ongoing advice and counsel, • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the through trial and appellate litigation, administrative state’s workforce current (Chatham, East Hanover) advocacy, and policy development. Recently, for example, • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Youth development through on behalf of the coalition, the clinic appealed a stream such clubs as the 4-H Nature Lover’s Club, focusing on ani- encroachment permit issued by the NJ Department of mals and photography (West Milford) Environmental Protection to the NJ Department of Trans- • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Stations: Weather portation (NJDOT) for a parking lot attached to a proposed station network operated by the Office of the NJ State park and ride facility that would have discharged hot, Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather polluted stormwater into the river. In a negotiated settle- information (Chatham, Parsippany, West Milford) ment, NJDOT agreed to redesign the stormwater drainage basin and plant trees to reduce pollution and Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 26 • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavioral the temperature of the discharge. analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy disorders (Butler) programs, contact: • D’Arts Distance Learning in the Arts: Live, interactive art and theater classes through videoconferencing (Pompton Friends of Rutgers Lakes) Department of University Relations • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey demonstrations for middle school and junior high 101 Somerset Street students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed New Brunswick, NJ 08901 mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Parsippany, Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Whippany) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research mathematics, science, and the integration of technology university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in across the curriculum (Butler, East Hanover, Florham Park, the state. Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Morris Plains, Parsippany, Pequan- nock, Riverdale, West Milford)

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region—Newark, East 1 1,191 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Orange, Irvington, and 30 1,755 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 7 Orange—is rich in health facilities 10 269 Faculty/Staff and services, capable of provid- 9,952 Total ing care and treatment equal8 to the best in the world. 5 However, current data show that residents of these four 9 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 27 municipalities suffer from poor health status compared • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused to residents in other areas6 of the county and state. The nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Orange) Greater Newark Health4 Systems Survey, a project of • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information the Rutgers–Newark Cornwall Center for Metropolitan and outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family Studies3 , explores the causes for that inconsistency. In Phase I, the research team conducted surveys and focus and consumer finances and sciences, urban gardening, 2 and 4-H youth development (Roseland) groups with health care consumers from the four munic- • Thomas A. Edison Papers Project: Making accessible over ipalities, inventoried existing health care facilities, and five million pages of documents that chronicle one of developed a literature review. In Phase II, the research the most creative technical innovators in world history will focus on the perspectives1 of health care providers, (West Orange) hospitals including administrators, directors of federally qualified health centers, and health departments. A diverse Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 27 • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton advisory panel of community and business leaders, Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter elected and appointed officials, health experts, medical turnout and engagement in civic life (West Orange) practitioners, and consumers guides the project. • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Caldwell) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go programs, contact: beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth of information in our global community (Caldwell, Friends of Rutgers Livingston, Newark, Orange) Department of University Relations • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey sional teacher development contributing to excellence in 101 Somerset Street mathematics, science, and the integration of technology New Brunswick, NJ 08901 across the curriculum (Caldwell, Essex Fells, Livingston, Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Maplewood, Newark, Orange, West Caldwell, West Orange) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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8 Assemblywoman Oadline D. Truitt (D) 5 18 9 13 6 144 15 Rutgers People in District 28 3 Did You Know? 2 12 2,939 Alumni The Rutgers–Newark 11 Cornwall Center for 1 1,052 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Metropolitan Studies is 40 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 30 currently conducting7 a process 246 Faculty/Staff and implementation evaluation 10 4,277 Total for the federally sponsored St. Matthews Neighborhood Improvement Development8 Association (NIDA). The 5 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 28 program aims to improve the economic self-sufficiency 9 • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the of residents by teaching the basics of entrepreneurship, state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity information technology,6 and work readiness by involving for professional advancement (Bloomfield, Newark) participants in4 a Handyman Matters franchise. The fran- • Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, chise, which provides customers with handyman services, funding, and support to group homes, residential treat- 3has a low-cost buy in. The goal of the program is to create ment facilities, and community-based service providers for employment and business ownership opportunities for 2 children on the brink of aging out of foster care (Irvington) low-income people. The initiative serves Essex and parts • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused of Union County and is funded by the Administration for nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Newark) Children and Families, Office of Community Services, a federal program. Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 28 1 • Abbott Leadership Institute: Parents, community leaders, and educators partner to build stronger schools (Newark) • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- sional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Belleville, Bloomfield, Irvington) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • School Nurse Experience: Junior-year nursing students spend programs, contact: pediatric rotation time with school nurses (Newark) • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Friends of Rutgers demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Department of University Relations in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Newark) 101 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Honors College Tutoring Program: Rutgers–Newark Honors Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 College students tutor Thirteenth Avenue Elementary Email: [email protected] School students, helping to raise test scores and increase Website: http://for.rutgers.edu motivation (Newark) • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in of information in our global community (Irvington, Newark) the state.

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all four of the accounting7 1 863 Undergraduate and Graduate Students clubs of Rutgers Business 10 6 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally School–Newark and New 8 346 Faculty/Staff Brunswick (the5 Association of 3,371 Total Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting,9 the National Asian-American6 Society of Accountants, the Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 29 National Association4 of Black Accountants, and the The following is a small sampling of Rutgers activities in Rutgers Accounting Society) participate in the Internal District 29, which is home to Rutgers’ Newark Campus. Revenue3 Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance The Rutgers–Newark Campus marked its 60th anniversary (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs. • 2 with the September 2006 openings of the $51-million, Volunteers, who receive training from the IRS to help pre- 13-story University Square, a residence hall for 600 students, pare basic tax returns, staff tax preparation clinics held in and the $18-million, six-story Life Sciences Center. senior centers, libraries, schools, and shopping malls. • Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies: Tackles The program helps low-income1 and elderly residents all issues such as the impact of low-density, affordable over the city of Newark and surrounding communities to housing and the need for better health care prepare their tax returns. • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Offers behaviorally focused nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents in Hillside and Newark • NJ Small Business Development Centers: Headquarters for state network of Rutgers-administered agencies offering affordable services for small business • Rutgers’ School of Law–Newark Legal Clinics: Eight centers offering no-cost or low-cost legal services in child advocacy, For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy urban law, and more programs, contact:

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 29 Friends of Rutgers (In the Newark School District) Department of University Relations • Abbott Leadership Institute: Parents, community leaders, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey educators partner to build stronger schools 101 Somerset Street • Future Business Computer Institute: A two-week summer New Brunswick, NJ 08901 program provides hands-on curriculum to help students Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 develop new and advanced technological computer skills Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Student Ambassadors Outreach Program: High-achieving students serve as role models in Newark schools Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • MetroMath: Helping urban students succeed in math university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity: the state. Innovative science and technology summer camp for middle and high school students

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8 5 8 Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone III (R) 9 5 6 9 4 6 3 Rutgers People in District 30 4 Did You Know? 2 4,668 Alumni Established as a partner- 3 ship with the Burlington 1 2 829 Undergraduate and Graduate Students County Board of Chosen Free- 524 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally holders, the Rutgers EcoComplex 1 242 Faculty/Staff field station focuses on solid 6,263 Total waste management, renewable energy, and water quality under the Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station’s Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 30 Economic Development Program. The complex features a • Rutgers’ Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial 56,000-square-foot state-of-the-art greenhouse facility Analysis: Research to help the Barnegat Bay National Estu- used to showcase energy and water conservation tech- ary Program more effectively manage future environmental nologies, grow production-style vegetable crops year- change in the Barnegat Bay (Jackson, Lakewood, Plumsted) round, and serve as an incubator for horticultural-related • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the businesses. The EcoComplex also serves the surrounding state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity community, hosting meetings and training seminars for for professional advancement (Bordentown, Jackson, local governments, and science fairs for area elementary Lakewood) schools. Approximately 200 local school children tour • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused the facility each year to learn about recycling, renewable nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents energy, and water resources. Additionally, the center works (Lakewood) closely with the Juvenile Justice Commission to host an Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 30 annual flower show and international festival for at-risk • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Program to increase voter youth. turnout and engagement in civic life (Lakewood) • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high school For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed programs, contact: mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Lakewood) • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in Friends of Rutgers molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics Department of University Relations (Bordentown) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 101 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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Rutgers People in District 31 3 Did You Know? 2 11 1,893 Alumni The Master of Human

Resource Management 1 836 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 30 (MHRM) at Rutgers7 is 175 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally internationally renowned for 10 133 Faculty/Staff its research and teaching in the 8 3,037 Total areas of5 strategic human resource management, global employment strategies, new approaches to worker 9 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 31 involvement, and the transformation of work. Human 6 • Transit Village Initiative: Collaborative state, community, and resource leaders can advance their education and skills Rutgers effort to revitalize New Jersey’s downtowns while continuing4 their careers. Rutgers’ School of Manage- (Jersey City) ment and Labor Relations, which has worked with corpora- 3 • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Helps hospitals improve quality tions all over the state to give workers in the human resource management field access to the MHRM program, of care for patients with congestive heart failure in New 2 Jersey (Jersey City) now offers MHRM degree classes taught in Jersey City. • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the Students can pursue a degree or certificate while contin- state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity uing to work, either full or part time. Additionally, students

for professional advancement (Jersey City) have access to opportunities1 for internships and employ- • NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Office: Low-cost ment with the many Fortune 100 and 500 companies in and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services the immediate area. for small business (Jersey City) • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” bringing university research to people in their communities, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition, and more (Jersey City) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 31 programs, contact: • High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environmental curriculum for high school students to learn about Friends of Rutgers water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Bayonne Department of University Relations High School) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • School Nurse Fellowship Program: Weeklong alcohol and drug 101 Somerset Street studies intensives designed to increase school nurses’ and New Brunswick, NJ 08901 administrators’ knowledge and awareness of adolescent Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 health issues (Bayonne) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Bayonne Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research High School) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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Rutgers People in District 32 3 12 Did You Know? 2 2,890 Alumni The central business dis- 11 trict of Kearny, a small town 1 1,166 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 30 sometimes dwarfed by the 184 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 7 shadows of nearby Newark and 10 156 Faculty/Staff New York, needed ways to com- 4,396 Total pete with nearby malls,8 big box stores, and strip shopping centers.5 The Rutgers University Technical Assistance Pro- Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 32 gram (RUTAP) identified Kearny as a community9 within an • Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute: Collaboration existing Urban Enterprise6 Zone (UEZ) that was not capital- between Rutgers and the NJ Meadowlands Commission izing on the4 advantages that program offers. RUTAP, which addressing environmental problems of the Hackensack helps nonprofit groups, community-based organizations, Meadowlands District (Harrison, Kearny, North Bergen, 3 and government agencies develop plans to achieve their Secaucus) economic goals, surveyed customers and owners of Kearny • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low-cost businesses, interviewed stakeholders,2 and, based on survey and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services and interview results, helped Kearny businesses take full for small business (Jersey City) advantage of the state’s Urban Enterprise program. Kearny’s • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the UEZ is unique because it encompasses both retail and state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity industrial sales sectors.1 The success of the zone has for professional advancement (Jersey City) resulted in the inclusion of additional acres into • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Improved quality of care for Kearny’s Urban Enterprise Zone to further stimulate com- hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure in New mercial development. The expanded zone offers business- Jersey (Secaucus) to-business product suppliers a primary hub for relocation • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” and for locating sales operations. bringing university research to people in their communities, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition, and For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy more (Jersey City) programs, contact: • Institute for Meadowlands Studies: Focusing on issues unique Friends of Rutgers to the NJ Meadowlands Commission’s planning region, Department of University Relations including public finance, land use issues, economic devel- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey opment, and environmentally friendly building and historic 101 Somerset Street preservation strategies (Jersey City, North Bergen, Secaucus) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 32 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Email: [email protected] demonstrations for middle school and junior high students Website: http://for.rutgers.edu in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Secaucus) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • NJ Center for Character Education: Support for educators the state. who teach core ethical values to develop children’s social, emotional, and moral functioning (Jersey City)

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22 18 13 16 19 14 District 33 15 12 Senator Bernard F. Kenny Jr. (D) 17 11 18 30 7 Assemblyman Brian P. Stock (D) 13 10

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4 11 Rutgers People in District 33 3 Did You Know? 2 30 3,138 Alumni Rutgers’ Alan M. 7 Voorhees Transportation 1 10 915 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Center (VTC) has completed a 8 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 8 development5 impact study of 134 Faculty/Staff the 3-year-old Hudson-Bergen 9 6 4,195 Total Light Rail Transit System for NJ Transit. Use of the line 4 has grown by almost 50 percent since its inception and the

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 33 VTC study3 highlights the additional, positive impact the NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: system has had on the region. The study found that large • Low-cost 2 and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services quantities of underutilized land along the rail line, including for small business (Jersey City) the Essex Street–Jersey Avenue Station corridor and the • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping lim- 9th Street Station in Hoboken, are being reclaimed for 1 ited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices when productive use. Nearly 4,500 units of housing within walk- buying, cooking, and storing food (Guttenberg, Hoboken, ing distance to these stations have been built or are under Jersey City, Union City, Weehawken, West New York) construction, with many more units approved. The study • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the also found that property values and ratables have grown state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity significantly. And, as the landscape becomes more attrac- for professional advancement (Hoboken, Jersey City, tive, more businesses and institutions locate in the commu- Union City) nities, creating more job opportunities and offering more • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” services to residents. Riders now have a viable mass bringing university research to people in their communities, transit option to reduce commuting time and use of from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition, and automobiles, while access to shopping, recreation, and more (Jersey City) entertainment venues have greatly expanded. Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 33 For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • Rutgers’ School of Engineering Junior Science Symposium: programs, contact: High school students present original research in the sciences and compete for scholarship awards (Jersey City, Friends of Rutgers Union City) Department of University Relations • NJ Math Science Partnership: Helps districts plan strategically Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for improving their mathematics and science education 101 Somerset Street from prekindergarten through 12th grade (Union City) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 demonstrations for middle school and junior high school Email: [email protected] students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed Website: http://for.rutgers.edu mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Union City) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in sional teacher development contributing to excellence in the state. mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Hoboken, Union City, Weehawken, West New York)

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6 18 4 13 Rutgers People in District 34 3 14 Did You Know? 15 2 3,883 Alumni For children aging out of 12 the foster care and welfare 1 860 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 11 systems, prospects can seem 111 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally very limited. Keys to Achieving 30 223 Faculty/Staff Resilient Transitions 7(KART), 10 5,077 Total a program of Rutgers’ Center for Children and Families and the New Jersey Department of Human Services, helps 8 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 34 ease the transition.5 In District 34, children participate in the program at the Isaiah House in East Orange. KART pro- • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the 9 state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity vides training, program facilitation, funding, and support for professional advancement (Montclair) to Division of Children6 and Families (DCF) funded group 4 • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping homes, residential treatment facilities, independent living limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices programs, and community-based service providers. Each when buying, cooking, and storing food (Clifton, East year3 , for a period of eight to 16 weeks, 100 youth attend Orange, Glen Ridge, Montclair, West Paterson) weekly group sessions that focus2 on topics such as conflict resolution, self-image, goal setting, and substance Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 34 • Nontraditional Career Resource Center: Targets students in abuse prevention. grades 7 to 12 to encourage the pursuit of nontraditional careers, such as women in technology and engineering 1 and men in early childhood education and nursing (East Orange) • East Orange Campus High School Law Academy: Mock trial competition for students participating in Law Academy classes (East Orange) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton programs, contact: Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter turnout and engagement in civic life (East Orange, Glen Friends of Rutgers Ridge, Montclair) Department of University Relations • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth 101 Somerset Street of information in our global community (Montclair) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Email: [email protected] mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Website: http://for.rutgers.edu across the curriculum (Clifton, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research Montclair) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in the state.

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4 18 13 Rutgers People in District 35 3 Did You Know? 14 2 15 1,709 Alumni Paterson, with its rich 12 history as the nation’s first 1 444 Undergraduate and Graduate Students planned industrial city, was 11 89 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally once home to a multitude of 49 Faculty/Staff industries, including textile, 30 7 firearms, silk, and railroad locomotive manufacturing, all 2,291 Total 10 powered by the 77-foot-high Great Falls of the Passaic. Although these industries contributed to the city’s Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 35 8 • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the prosperity5 during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity they left a legacy of industrial pollution that9 remains for professional advancement (Paterson) even now. The city has6 filed an application to become a brownfield development area with the NJ Department of • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Works with hospitals to improve 4 quality of care for hospitalized patients with congestive Environmental Protection. Students in the School of Envi- heart failure (Paterson) ronmental and Biological Sciences’ landscape architecture 3 • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused program addressed possible adaptive reuses of Paterson’s nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents brownfield sites within the wider2 context of urban (Hawthorne, Paterson) renewal. Six student teams each created a master plan that • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low-cost addressed aspects of residential and commercial use, recre- and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services ation, and historic preservation, as well as sustainability for small business (Paterson) and smart growth. The1 student work, including models • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and drawings, will be exhibited at the Paterson Museum and outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family this spring. and community health sciences, and 4-H (Paterson) • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Station: One of 40 For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy networked weather stations operated by the Office of the programs, contact: NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather information (Hawthorne) Friends of Rutgers Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 35 Department of University Relations • Garrett Morgan Transportation Academy: Center for Advanced Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Infrastructure and Transportation staff members and stu- 101 Somerset Street dents partner with the magnet high school to develop cur- New Brunswick, NJ 08901 riculum and encourage interest in transportation-related Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 careers among minority students (Paterson) Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based pre-K through grade 12 classroom innovations (Glen Rock, Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research Paterson) university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- the state. sional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Glen Rock, Hawthorne, Paterson)

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8 Assemblyman Gary S. Schaer (D) 5 18 9 13 6 14 4 15 Rutgers People in District 36 3 Did You Know? 12 2 3,551 Alumni Rutgers’ Center for 11 Information Management, 1 899 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Integration and Connectivity 246 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally 30 is currently developing7 a mobile 98 Faculty/Staff environmental guide for the 10 4,794 Total Meadowlands region that will allow visitors to the area to take an environmental tour8 using the internet and hand- 5 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 36 held devices. As visitors move around with cell phones or 9 • Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute: Collaboration PDAs, historical and current information appropriate to between Rutgers and the NJ Meadowlands Commission their specific location6 will be delivered to them. It will addressing environmental problems of the Hackensack be possible to4 customize programming according to user Meadowlands District (Carlstadt, East Rutherford, preferences. A bird-watcher, for instance, may only be Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Rutherford) 3 interested in bird types and their habitats, while a planner • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the would be more interested in historical land-use data. The 2 state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity information may include audio, images, maps, textual for professional advancement (Carlstadt, Rutherford, narratives, and multimedia elements. Researchers and Wallington) engineers in the field will have access to background • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping information for any location in the area. Bird-watchers 1 limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices and tourists may roam around freely with wildlife informa- when buying, cooking, and storing food (Carlstadt, East tion and maps readily available to them. Even users not Rutherford, Garfield, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arling- physically present will have computer access to the area ton, Nutley, Passaic, Wood Ridge) by simply entering coordinates or clicking on a location. • NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Works with hospitals to improve quality of care for hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure in New Jersey (Passaic) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy programs, contact: Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 36 Center for Effective School Practices: • Research-based pre-K Friends of Rutgers through grade 12 classroom innovations (Garfield, Passaic) Department of University Relations • High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environ- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey mental curriculum for high school students to learn about 101 Somerset Street water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Lyndhurst, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Rutherford) Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Email: [email protected] sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Website: http://for.rutgers.edu mathematics, science, and the integration of technology Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research across the curriculum (Garfield, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in Nutley, Passaic, Rutherford) the state. • Implementing Meaningful Programs Affecting Children Today (IMPACT): Center for Social and Community Development program aimed at reducing or preventing youth and gang- related violence (Passaic)

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wetlands, located at the 1 990 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 11 junction of the NJ Turnpike and 499 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally interstate Route 80, are part of 30 86 Faculty/Staff the Bergen County7 Overpeck 10 5,354 Total Park system, which also includes portions of Leonia, Palisades Park, and Ridgefield Park. A unique partnership 8 Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 37 to restore5 disturbed urban wetlands within the site has been formed among the nonprofit Teaneck Creek Conser- • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the 9 state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity vancy, Rutgers’ Environmental Research Clinic, the U.S. Geo- for professional advancement (Englewood, Englewood logical Survey, the6 Bergen County Parks Department, and Cliffs) TRC Omni Environmental4 Corporation. Rutgers’ scientific • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Center: Low- data will be used as a basis for the restoration design. Rut- cost and no-cost consulting, training, and networking 3 gers scientists will monitor before, during, and after restora- services for small business (Hackensack) tion activities, which will result2 in the creation of additional • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and freshwater wetlands. The goal is to study the site for an outreach in such areas as food and nutrition, family and extended period of time and to collect information that will community health sciences, and 4-H youth development be helpful in understanding how to restore urban wet- (Hackensack) land ecosystems 1successfully. The Rutgers team includes • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Station: One of 40 atmospheric, hydrologic, and soil scientists. Volunteers networked weather stations operated by the Office of working at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy include Rutgers- the NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time trained Master Gardeners. weather information to residents and officials to enhance safety and security (Bergenfield) For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 37 programs, contact: • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum Friends of Rutgers disorders (Bergenfield, Teaneck) Department of University Relations • High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environ- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey mental curriculum for high school students to learn about 101 Somerset Street water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Hackensack) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth Email: [email protected] of information in our global community (Bergenfield) Website: http://for.rutgers.edu • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research sional teacher development contributing to excellence in university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology the state. across the curriculum (Bergenfield, Englewood, Hacken- sack, Leonia, Maywood, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, Teaneck, Tenafly)

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8 175 Assemblywoman Joan M. Voss (D) 9 186 4 13 Rutgers People in District 38 3 Did You Know? 14 2 15 Rutgers’ Environmental 3,824 Alumni 12 Research Clinic (RERC) is 1 1,222 Undergraduate and Graduate Students engaged in four interdiscipli- 11 1,047 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally nary studies in the Hackensack 30 62 Faculty/Staff Meadowlands District. The first is 7 6,155 Total a characterization of contaminants (historic and current)10 that are affecting the freshwater Kearny Marsh system, Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 38 which has been designated8 by the NJ Audubon Society as 5 • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the one of the best freshwater bird habitats in the state. The state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity second study is to determine the benefits and9 drawbacks of for professional advancement (Little Ferry) establishing a regional6 utility to manage stormwater in an • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information effort to alleviat4 e flooding in the Hackensack Meadow- and outreach in such areas as master gardening and 4-H lands. In the third study, RERC is engineering a treatment youth development (Fair Lawn, Paramus, Saddle Brook, 3 plan to recover usable “gray water” from landfill leachate Teterboro) generated by the Meadowlands landfills. This water will become the irrigation source2 for public golf courses Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 38 • Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics: Intensive four- planned for closed landfill sites. Rutgers plant biotechnol- week program encouraging talented students to consider ogy faculty are developing turfgrass species that can use careers in the mathematical sciences (Fair Lawn) this recovered water as an irrigation source. A fourth 1 • Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and study to begin this spring will determine whether oyster demonstrations for middle school and junior high students larvae are currently present in the Hackensack River and if in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile labo- adult oysters can survive for up to a year in various ratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Paramus) locations of the river. • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy sional teacher development contributing to excellence in programs, contact: mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Cliffside Park, Elmwood Park, Fair Friends of Rutgers Lawn, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Paramus, Teterboro) Department of University Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 101 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 Email: [email protected] Website: http://for.rutgers.edu

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Rutgers People in District 39 3 18 Did You Know? 2 13 The Bergen County 14 4,533 Alumni 15 Master Gardeners are 1 872 Undergraduate and Graduate Students 12 dedicated volunteers, trained 280 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 11 55 Faculty/Staff who work throughout the county’s 30 5,740 Total parks and municipalities.7 They operate a garden helpline April through October, giving valuable advice to10 home- Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 39 owners on how to solve garden and landscape problems • Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the and how to apply integrated8 pest management tactics 5 state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity to minimize the use of pesticides. Bergen County Master for professional advancement (Haworth) Gardeners also deliver horticultural therapy9 programs to • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Station: One of 40 hospitals, nursing6 homes, mental health facilities, and networked weather stations operated by the Office of the schools. Regular4 volunteer sites for Bergen’s Master Garden- NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time ers include Bergen County Health Center, Flat Rock Brook weather information to residents and officials to enhance 3 Environmental Center, Hackensack River Greenway, The safety and security (Ramsey) Hermitage, McFaul Environmental Center, New Bridge 2 Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 39 Landing, Van Dyke Manor, and Wortendyke Barn. The • Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior Master Gardeners Class of 2006 planted 250 silky dog- analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum woods to stabilize the stream bed at Saddle River disorders (Allendale, Montvale) County Park last Earth Day. 1 • NJ Center for Character Education: Support for educators who teach core ethical values to develop children’s social, emotional, and moral functioning (Westwood) • Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Montvale) programs, contact: • High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environmental curriculum for high school students to learn about Friends of Rutgers water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Oradell) Department of University Relations • Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth 101 Somerset Street of information in our global community (Emerson) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- Email: [email protected] sional teacher development contributing to excellence in Website: http://for.rutgers.edu mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Allendale, Cresskill, Demarest, Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research Dumont, Emerson, Hillsdale, Milford, New Milford, Oradell, university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in Park Ridge, Ramsey, Saddle River) the state.

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3 Rutgers People in District 40 8 Did You Know? 5 2 5,402 Alumni In 2004, the state passed 9 6 1 the Highlands Water Pro- 4 772 Undergraduate and Graduate Students tection and Planning Act.3 To 734 Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally support the bill’s mission, the 2 78 Faculty/Staff Highlands Environmental Research

6,986 Total Institute (HEnRI), a collaboration between1 the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and Rutgers–Newark, was Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 40 established to serve as a clearinghouse for environmen- • NJ Small Business Development Centers Regional Office: Low-cost tal research. The institute disseminates knowledge and and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services promotes its application in conserving the natural for small business (Wayne) resources of the Highlands region and provides informa- • MBA Team Consulting Program: MBA students develop afford- tional and technical assistance to private landowners, citi- able business, marketing, and benchmarking plans to over- zens groups, and government agencies. As part of a 3-year come challenges and problems identified by client project supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, companies (Franklin Lakes) the New York–New Jersey Trail Conference and Rutgers will • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping train “citizen scientists” to identify common invasive limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices plant species in Ramapo State Park, a part of the High- when buying, cooking, and storing food (Little Falls, lands preservation area, and track occurrences using GPS Mahwah, Ringwood, Wayne) units. The aim is to better understand the spread of • Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused invasive plants in forested parklands that have high nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Ring- conservation value and high levels of public use. wood, Wayne) • Rutgers Cooperative Extension: 4-H youth clubs including Curious Critters (Wyckoff), I See for You Seeing Eye Dog Club (Wayne), Mahwah Community Club, Preakness Aggies For more information about Rutgers and its advocacy Community Service (Wayne), and others programs, contact: • Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Station: One of 40 Friends of Rutgers weather stations operated by the Office of the NJ State Department of University Relations Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather infor- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey mation to residents and officials to enhance safety and 101 Somerset Street security (Wayne) New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 40 Phone: 732-932-7823, ext. 626 • NJ Civic Education Consortium: Sponsored by Rutgers’ Eagleton Email: [email protected] Institute of Politics, the program aims to increase voter Website: http://for.rutgers.edu turnout and engagement in civic life (Wayne) Rutgers is New Jersey’s sole comprehensive public research • Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Profes- university with 50,000 students and 200,000 alumni living in sional teacher development contributing to excellence in the state. mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Franklin Lakes, Little Falls, Mahwah, Midland Park, Ringwood, Wanaque, Wayne)

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