Besides enjoying a healthy, delicious, responsibly-sourced meal -- which is reason enough to visit -- now you have something on which to feast your eyes...a beautiful, landscaped garden. In conjunction with the Rutgers' 250 celebration, SEBS deans Rick Ludescher and Judy Storch supported the creation of this new garden near the outdoor dining terrace. The garden changes the formerly empty space into a gently-sloping grass pathway that descends from the terrace at the IFNH building between curving beds of ornamental grasses and perennials. Read More �
On April 15, 2016, the second floor of the Cook Campus Center was abuzz with students and faculty taking part in theses defenses for the George H. Cook Scholars Program. Sixty-four students out of one hundred and thirty George H. Cook scholars presented and defended their theses, the last stop in a year-long process of independent planning and research that begins in the spring semester of each student's junior year. Read More �
Educating students in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) has become a focus of schools across the country. Ocean County's 4-H and environmental resource agents are collaborating to meet the challenges of teaching students the STEM disciplines in new and innovative ways. This partnership has resulted in the creation of two programs: the Water Engineers Program and Growing with Vertical Gardens Program. Read More �
This year's Run for the Woods was held on May 14, a beautiful day with a successful turnout of runners and volunteers. Professor Richard Lathrop, faculty director of the EcoPreserve, has also used donations to fund undergraduate projects such as an ecology course focused on natural resource management. Read More �
The first John and Anne Gerwig Director's Fund awards for Rutgers Cooperative Extension were given out on May 4, 2016 at an event at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health that celebrated the Gerwigs and their tireless devotion to extension and underserved populations in New Jersey. The Gerwigs were presented with the commemorative book, "Rutgers, A 250th Anniversary Portrait" by current RCE director, Larry S. Katz, and after some thoughtful and moving remarks by Mr. Gerwig, certificates were presented to Nicholas Polanin and his team for programming designed to empower women in agriculture, and to Michelle Brill and Jeannette Rey-Keywood for a professional development series to create programming for the developmentally disabled. Read More �
During Rutgers historic 250th year its 'Secret Garden' turns 100! Rutgers Gardens celebrated its centennial on May 17th with an outdoor reception under a large tent in the Roy DeBoer Evergreen Gardens. Despite the rain, the tent was packed with faculty, staff, and many supporters and volunteers. This historic moment in the Gardens' history was commemorated with the installation of two permanent benches, a plaque, and the naming of a new commemorative bearded iris hybrid 'Centennial Charm.' Read More �
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