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Rutgers University

Rutgers University Seal

Motto	Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra (Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also.)
Established	10 November 1766
School type	Public, Research University
President	Richard L. McCormick
Location	Three campuses: New Brunswick / Piscataway, Camden and Newark, New Jersey USA
Enrollment	51,480 undergraduate, 12,904 graduate
Faculty	2,552
Endowment	US$398,178,000
Athletics	27 Sports Teams
Website	www.rutgers.edu

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is located in New Brunswick, Piscataway, Camden and Newark, New Jersey. Considered a highly prestigious university, Rutgers offers more than 100 distinct bachelor's, 100 master's, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.

Rutgers is the eighth oldest institution of higher learning established in the United States, originally chartered as "Queen's College" in 1766.

Rutgers was designated the State University of New Jersey by legislatives acts in 1945 and 1956. The University of Newark merged with Rutgers in 1946, expanding the school to include the current campus in Newark. The College of South Jersey, which became the Camden campus, merged in 1950.

Rutgers University as an Institution

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is one of the leading research universities in the nation and is unique in being the only university in the nation to be a colonial chartered college (1766), a land-grant institution (1864), and a state university (1945/1956). The university is made up of 29 degree-granting divisions; 12 undergraduate colleges, 11 graduate schools, and three schools offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Five are located in Camden, seven in Newark, and 14 in New Brunswick/Piscataway.

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Old Queen's, 1809–1823, the oldest surviving building on campus.

Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New Jersey in 1864, resulting in the establishment of the Rutgers Scientific School, featuring departments of agriculture, engineering, and chemistry. Further expansion in the sciences came with the founding of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in 1880, the College of Engineering (now the School of Engineering) in 1914, and the College of Agriculture (now Cook College) in 1921. The precursors to several other Rutgers divisions were also established during this period: the College of Pharmacy (now the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy) in 1892, the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass College) in 1918, and the School of Education in 1924. After the initial legislation designating Rutgers as the New Jersey's state university was passed in 1945, the University of Newark (in 1946) and the College of South Jersey (in 1950) were annexed into the Rutgers University system.

The first Summer Session began in 1913 with one six-week session. That summer program offered 47 courses and had an enrollment of 314 students. Currently, Summer Session offers over 1,000 courses to more than 15,000 students on the Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses, off-campus, and abroad.

Since the 1950s, Rutgers has continued to expand, especially in the area of graduate education. The Graduate School—New Brunswick, Graduate School—Newark, and Graduate School—Camden each serve their respective campuses. In addition, professional schools have been established in such areas as business, management, public policy, law, social work, criminal justice, applied and professional psychology, the fine arts, and communication, information and library studies. (A number of these schools offer undergraduate programs as well.) Also at the undergraduate level, Livingston College was founded in 1969, emphasizing the urban environment.

On September 10, 1970, after several years of debate and planning, the Board of Governors voted to admit women into the previously all-male Rutgers College. The transformation from single-sex to coeducational institutions became a trend in many colleges across the United States that had—up to the late 1960's and early 1970's—remained all-male. Today, Douglass College (originally the New Jersey College for Women) remains all-female, while the rest of the institution is coeducational.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (since 1921). In 1989, Rutgers University became a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization comprised of the 62 leading research universities in North America.

Richard Levis McCormick (b. 1947) is the current president of Rutgers University.

Divisions of the University

New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus

• Cook College
• Douglass College
• Livingston College
• Rutgers College
• University College–New Brunswick
• College of Nursing
• Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
• Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
• Graduate School–New Brunswick
• Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
• Graduate School of Education
• Mason Gross School of the Arts
• Rutgers Business School–New Brunswick
• School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
• School of Engineering
• School of Management and Labor Relations
• School of Social Work

Newark Campus

• Newark College of Arts and Sciences
• University College–Newark
• Graduate School–Newark
• College of Nursing
• Rutgers Business School–Newark
• School of Criminal Justice
• School of Law–Newark

Camden Campus

• Camden College of Arts and Sciences
• University College–Camden
• Graduate School–Camden
• School of Business–Camden
• School of Law–Camden

Rutgers: History and tradition

Early History

Early nineteenth century drawing of Old Queen's

Shortly after the creation of The College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1746, ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church sought to establish autonomy in ecclesiastical affairs. At that time, those who wanted to become ministers in within the church had to travel to the Netherlands to be trained and ordained, and many of the affairs of churches in the American colonies were managed from Europe. Thus, the ministers sought to create a governing body known as a classis to give local autonomy to the church in the colonies, and offer opportunities for the education of ministers.

Throughout the 1750s, Dutch ministers joined the effort to create an classis in the colonies, including Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen who travelled on horseback in winter of 1755 to several congregations throughout the northeast to rally ministers and congregations to the cause. Soon after, Frelinghuysen travelled to the Netherlands to appeal to the General Synod, the Dutch Reformed Church's governing council for the creation of the classis. In 1761, the effort having failed, Frelinghuysen set sail for the colonies, but as the vessel approached New York, he mysteriously perished at sea.

After Frelinghuysen's death, Jacob Rusten Hardenburgh (later Rutgers' first president), established himself as spokesperson for the cause, and a strong supporter of establishing a college in New Jersey. Hardenbergh, travelled to Europe renewing Frelinghuysen's efforts to gain the Synod's approval, but was also rejected. Much to the Synod's chagrin, however, Hardenburgh returned to the colonies with money for the establishement of a college.

Queen's College

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Stained-Glass window from Kirkpatrick Chapel depicting the signing of the charter in 1766 forming Queen's College

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was chartered on November 10, 1766 as "Queen's College," in honor of King George III's Queen-consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818). The charter was signed and the young college supported by William Franklin (1730–1813), the last Royal Governor of New Jersey and illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). The original purpose of Queen's College was to "educate the youth in language, liberal, the divinity, and useful arts and sciences" and for the training of future ministers for the Dutch Reformed Church—though the university is now non-sectarian and makes no religious demands on its students. (Ironically, given the tenets of Christianity, the college first met at a tavern called the Sign of the Red Lion, on what is today the grounds of the Johnson & Johnson corporate headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey.) It admitted its first students in 1771—a single sophomore and a handful of first-year students taught by a lone instructor—and granted its first degree in 1774, to Matthew Leydt. When the American Revolution broke out, the college abandoned the tavern and held classes in private houses, in and near New Brunswick. During its early years, the college developed as a classic liberal arts institution.

In its early years, Queen's College was plagued by a lack of funds. In 1793, with the fledgling college falling on hard times, the board of trustees voted on a resoluton to merge with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). The measure failed by one vote. The problem did not go away, and in 1795, lacking both funds and tutors, the trustees consider moving the college to New York. Instead, they decide to close, only to reopen in 1808 after the Trustees raised $12,000.

The next year, the College got a building of its own, affectionately called "Old Queen's" (which still stands), which is regarded today by architectural experts as one of the nation's finest examples of Federal architecture. University President Ira Condict laid the cornerstone on 27 April 1809. However, continued financial woes would cause the building to wait 14 years for completion, that combined with a nationwide economic depression and the impending War of 1812 forced Queen's College to close down a second time, in 1812.

Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830)

In 1825, Queen's College was reopened, and its name was changed to "Rutgers College" in honor of American Revolutionary War hero Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830). According to the Board of Trustees, Colonel Rutgers was honored because he epitomized Christian values, however, it probably helped that the Colonel gave a gift that set the college on secure financial footing. Rutgers, a descendant of an old Dutch family that settled in New Amsterdam (now New York City), gave the fledgling college a $5000 bond and a bell to be placed in the cupola of Old Queens. The college's early troubles inspired numerous student songs, including an adaptation of the drinking song Down Among the Dead Men with the lyrics "Here's a drink to old Rutgers, loyal men, May she ne'er go down but to rise again."

"Rutgers College" became "Rutgers University" in 1924.

Athletics

Rutgers was among the first American institutions to engage in intercollegiate athletics, and participated in a small circle of schools that included Yale University, Columbia University and long-time rival, Princeton University.

On May 2, 1866, in the first intercollegiate athletic event in Rutgers history, the Rutgers baseball team was humiliated by the Princeton team, 40-2.

Rutgers College Football Team, 1882

On November 6, 1869, Rutgers became the "Birthplace of College Football" when it defeated Princeton, six "runs" to four, in the first intercollegiate football game ever played (the site, then a field, is now occupied by the College Avenue Gymnasium). Instead of wearing uniforms, the players stripped off their hats, coats, and vests and bound their suspenders around the waistbands of their trousers. For headgear, the Rutgers team wound their scarlet scarves into turbans atop their heads. This led to the College later adopting scarlet as its school color. The game— with rules more resembling those of soccer than the later form of American football—gave birth to a new pastime described as "replete with surprise, strategy, prodigies of determination, and physical prowess." Rutgers got Columbia University started in the grid sport the following season and in a few years most of the East's colleges and universities were represented on the gridiron. The game began to develop into what is today known as American football in the subsequent decade, adopting several attributes of rugby in creating the new sport.

However, Rutgers proceeded to lose at football to Princeton each year for the next 68 years, only breaking that losing streak in 1938.

Today, Rutgers University is a member of the Big East Conference, (in football since 1991, all other sports since 1995) a collegiate athletic conference consisting of thirteen colleges and universities in the Northeastern United States. Rutgers is a Division I-A school as sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Rutgers University mascot is the Scarlet Knight.

Traditions and Legacies

Howard Fullerton, a member of the Order of the Bull's Blood, goes down in Rutgers history not only for his penning the alma mater but for allegedly inspiring the theft of a cannon from the campus of Princeton University on 25 April 1875, an event—and the ensuing debate between the two university presidents—reported in nationwide newspapers. Princeton students retaliated by raiding the Rutgers Armory and stealing a few muskets. Eventually the committee appointed by the two colleges recommended the return the stolen items to their owners before the event. When the cannon was returned, Princeton University officials ordered it buried in the ground, encased in cement, with only a few feet of the butt end exposed above ground.

Several Rutgers students attempted to repeat the crime, unsuccessfully, in October 1946. With the efforts of the Princeton administration to thwart them unknown, they attach one end of a length of heavy chain to the cannon and the other to their Ford. Surprised by Princeton men and the local constabulatory, they gun the engine of the Ford so viciously that the car is torn in half. The Rutgers army manages to escape, but with neither the car nor their prize, the cannon.

To this day, intrepid Rutgers students journey the 16 miles to Princeton University to place their declaration of ownership of the cannon by painting the cannon scarlet red. Unfortunately, like the students who stole the cannon in 1875, they usually paint the wrong cannon, as there are two behind Nassau Hall at Princeton. Today, a cannon is placed in the ground before Old Queens at Rutgers, memorializing both this event, and a few alumni in the service who were killed in action. At Commencement, tradition leads undergraduates to break clay pipes over the cannon, symbolizing the breaking of ties with the college, and leaving behind the good times of one's undergraduate years. This symbolism dates back to when pipe-smoking was fashionable among undergraduates, and many college memories were derived from evenings of pipe smoking and revelry with friends.

Trivia

• The College Avenue Gymnasium, built on the site where the first college football game was played, hosted New Jersey's 1947 and 1966 Constitutional Conventions.

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Selman Waksman (1888-1973)— RC'1915. While teaching at Rutgers, he developed 22 antibotics, including streptomycin, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952.

• In 1810, a book of 104 rules and regulations are published to guide student down a moral path. Among these rules were prohibitions on dancing and fencing schools, billiards, cards, dice, beer and oyster houses, firearms, powder, and public ball alleys; and further, no student was to "disguise himself for the purpose of imposition or amusement," "speak upon the public stage anything indecent, profane, or immoral," or "employ a barber on the Lord's day to dress his head or shave him."

• In 1879, Mark Twain, the famed American author, accepted an honorary membership into the Philoclean Society at Rutgers, but failed to make the customary monetary contribution.

• In addition to being the "birthplace of college football," Rutgers has given birth to discoveries and innovations such as Cheez-Whiz, water-soluble sustained release polymers, Tetraploids, robotic hands, artificial bovine insemination, and developed the ceramic tiles for the heat shield on the Space Shuttle.

Alma Mater

The alma mater of Rutgers University is the song entitled On the Banks of the Old Raritan, written by Howard Fullerton (Class of 1872). The lyrics to the song are, as follows:

I.

My father sent me to old Rutgers,

And resolv'd that I should be a man;

And so I settled down,

in that noisy college town,

On the banks of the old Raritan.

(Chorus)

On the banks of the old Raritan, my boys,

where old Rutgers ever more shall stand,

For has she not stood since the time of the flood,

On the banks of the old Raritan.

II.

Then sing aloud to Alma Mater,

And keep the scarlet in the van;

For with her motto high,

Rutgers' name shall never die,

On the banks of the old Raritan.

(Chorus)

*N.B.: The phrase "my boys" in the first line of the chorus was changed in 1990 to "my friends" in light of Rutgers being coeducational since 1970.

Presidents of Rutgers University

1. 1785–1790 Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736–1790)
2. 1791–1795 William Linn (1752–1808)
3. 1795–1810 Ira Condict (1764–1811)
4. 1810–1825 John Henry Livingston (1746–1825)
5. 1825–1840 Philip Milledoler (1775–1852)
6. 1840–1850 Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791–1879)
7. 1850–1862 Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862)
8. 1862–1882 William H. Campbell (1808–1890)
9. 1882–1890 Merrill Edward Gates (1848–1922)
10. 1891–1906 Austin Scott (1848–1922)
11. 1906–1924 William Henry Steele Demarest (1863–1956)
12. 1925–1930 John Martin Thomas (1869–1952)
13. 1930–1931 Phillip Milledoler Brett (1871–1960)
14. 1932–1951 Robert Clarkson Clothier (1885–1970)
15. 1951–1958 Lewis Webster Jones (1899–1975)
16. 1959–1971 Mason W. Gross (1911–1977)
17. 1971–1989 Edward J. Bloustein (1925–1989)
18. 1990–2002 Francis L. Lawrence (b. 1937)
19. 2002— Richard Levis McCormick (b. 1947)

Notable alumni

Politics, government and public service

• Robert Andrews — Congressman
• Joseph P. Bradley, Class of 1836 — Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
• Clifford P. Case, Class of 1925 — United States Senator
• Louis Freeh, Class of 1971 — Director of the FBI (1993–2001)
• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Class of 1836 — Vice Presidential Candidate, United States Senator
• Garret A. Hobart, Class of 1863 — Industrialist, Vice President of the United States, (1897–1899)
• William Hughes, Class of 1955 — Congressman, Ambassador to Panama
• Robert Menendez — Congressman
• William Newell, Class of 1836 — Physician, Governor of New Jersey
• Hazel O'Leary — U.S. Secretary of Energy (1993–1997)
• David A. Morse, Class of 1929 — Director-General of ILO who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 on behalf of the ILO
• James Schureman, Class of 1775 — Continental Congress, Senator.
• Robert Torricelli, Class of 1974 — United States Senator, Congressman

Business

• Bernard Marcus, Class of 1951 — Founder of the Home Depot
• Leonor F. Loree, Class of 1877 — President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• Christopher D. Thieme, Class of 2002 — Chairman of the Newcastle Group

Medicine

• Clifton R. Lacy, Class of 1975 — New Jersey Commissioner of Health and Senior Services
• William Trager, Class of 1930 — developed new treatements for Malaria
• Selman Waksman, Class of 1915 — discovered 22 antibotics, best known for streptomycin. Nobel laureate.
• H. Boyd Woodruff, Class of 1939/Graduate School 1942 — discovered antibiotic actinomycin.

Academia

• Carol Christ, Class of 1966 — President of Smith College
• Milton Friedman, Class of 1932 — Economist, Nobel Laureate
• William H. S. Demarest, Class of 1883 — President of Rutgers University
• Philip Milledoler Brett, Class of 1892 — President of Rutgers University, Successful Corporate Attorney
• Carl Woodward, Class of 1914 — President of University of Rhode Island

Science & Engineering

• Simeon DeWitt, Class of 1776 — Geographer for George Washington and Contintenal Army during the American Revolution
• Ramzi Yousef — Terrorist, involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (studied Chemical Engineering, briefly)
• Nidal Ayyad — Terrorist, involved in 1993 World Trade Center bombing (graduated in Chemical Engineering )
• Peter C. Schultz, Class of 1964 — co-inventor of fiber optics
• Stanley N. Cohen, Class of 1956 — geneticist, pioneer in gene splicing

Arts & letters

• Martin Agronsky, Class of 1936 — Journalist
• Samuel Blackman, Class of 1927 — Journalist
• Alfred Joyce Kilmer, Class of 1908 (did not graduate) — poet, died in France during World War I.
• Robert Pinsky, Class of 1962 — Poet Laureate of the United States, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
• George Segal, GSNB 1963 — Sculptor
• Michael Shaara, Class of 1951 — author of The Killer Angels and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Entertainment and sports

• Mario Batali, Class of 1982 — Chef, Restauranteur, Television Host (Molto Mario)
• Avery Brooks, Class of 1973 — Actor, Educator
• Asia Carrera (born Jessica Bennett), Class of 1995 — Porn Star (who majored in Business and Japanese).
• Kristin Davis, Class of 1987, — Actress (Sex and the City)
• Calista Flockhart, Class of 1988 — Actress (stage, television, and motion pictures) (The Birdcage)(Ally McBeal)
• James Gandolfini, Class of 1983 — Actor (The Sopranos)
• Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, Class of 1927 — Musician and Actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
• Paris Qualles, Class of 1974 — Screenwriter
• Paul Robeson, Class of 1919 — Athlete, Actor, Singer, Political Activist
• Raymond Stark, Class of 1935 — Film Producer
• David Stern, Class of 1963 — Commissioner of the National Basketball Association
• Jeffrey Torborg, Class of 1963 — Baseball Player, Coach, Manager (New York Mets, Florida Marlins, and Sports Announcer.
• James T. Valvano, Class of 1967 — Basketball Coach, ABC Sports Commentator
• David "Sonny" Werblin, Class of 1931 — Talent Agent, Sports Promoter, and Entrepreneur.

Notable faculty

• Haim Brezis
• Stephen Bronner — Professor (II) of Political Science, Comparative Literature and German Studies
• Avery Brooks — Associate Professor of Fine Arts
• Vašek Chvátal
• Michael Curtis
• James J. Florio — former Governor of New Jersey (1989-1993)
• Jerry Fodor — Professor of Philosophy
• David S. Foglesong
• Israel Gelfand
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Lila Gleitman
• Alvin Goldman
• Leon Golub
• Mason Gross
• Andras Hajnal
• Henryk Iwaniec
• Jeffry Kahn
• Leonid Khachiyan — Professor of Mathematics
• Ernest Lepore
• Alan Leslie
• Roy Lichtenstein
• Colin McGinn — Professor (II) of Philosophy
• Alan Prince
• Zenon Pylyshyn
• Michael Saks
• Saharon Shelah — Professor of Mathematics
• Stephen Stich
• Mario Szegedy
• Endre Szemeredi — Professor of Mathematics
• Lionel Tiger
• Jay Tischfield
• Robert Trivers
• Wise Young

Student organizations

A list of student organizations at Rutgers University, mostly endorsed by the university administration (some are not for various reasons), including links to their official websites when available.

Student Government

• Rutgers College Governing Association
• Rutgers College Programming Council
• Livingston College Governing Assocation
• Douglass College Governing Assocation
• Cook College Council
• Graduate Student Association
• Engineering Governing Council (College of Engineering)
• Pharmacy Governing Council (College of Pharmacy)
• Rutgers University Senate

Media

• The Daily Targum — established 1869, one of the nation's oldest college newpspaers.
• Rutgers Review
• The Medium — Rutgers University's controversial humor paper.
• The Rutgers Centurion - a conservative publication.
• The Anthologist
• Black Voice/Carta Latina
• Conversasian
• Han Woori: Rutgers Korean Newsletter
• Knight Time Productions
• Objet d'Art
• Scarlet Letter
• Screenwriters Community of Rutgers University

Academic Organizations

• Academic Team
• American Medical Students Association
• American Studies Association
• Association for Women in Communications
• Association of Black Journalists
• Association of Undergraduate Geneticists
• Biochemistry Club
• Biology Club
• Chemistry Society
• Consulting Club
• Debate Union
• Geological Society of Rutgers
• Health Professions United
• HP Agora
• Information Technology & Informatics Council
• James Dickson Carr Society
• Korean Economic & Business Association
• Master Minds
• Minority Association for Pre-Health Students
• Minority Business Students Association
• National Association of Black Accountants-New Brunswick Student Chapter
• Neuroscience Association
• Philosophy Club
• Pre-Dental Society
• Pre-Law Society
• Pre-Med Society
• Psychological Society at Rutgers
• Public Health Association
• Public Relations Student Society of America
• Science Association (Rutgers)
• Society for Professional Journalists
• Society of Physics Students
• Undergraduate Anthropology Club
• Undergraduate Geographic Society
• Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists

Social and Political Organizations

• The 1000 Men and Women of Rutgers–also known as Rutgers1000 or RU1000 (defunct)
• Community Empowerment Project
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Muslim Affairs Committee
• Amnesty International
• Association of International Relations
• Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian Alliance of Rutgers University
• Culture Jam: Students Against Excessive Consumerism
• Democrats
• Global Pact
• Green Party
• Humans Against Meat
• Israel Public Affairs Committee
• Israeli Action Committee of RU
• The Mason Gross Project
• Microfinance Initiative
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• NJ Solidarity
• Progressive Student Alliance
• Rutgers College Republicans, the university's chapter of the College Republican National Committee.
• Students for a Free Tibet
• Undergraduate Women's Studies Association

Art, Music and Performance Organizations

• Rutgers University Glee Club - established in 1872, is one of the premier all-male college singing groups.
• Asian Acapella Group
• Bhangra
• Casual Harmony
• College Avenue Players
• Deep Treble (coed a capella)
• Film & Theatre Alliance
• First Light (a capella)
• Kirkpatrick Choir
• Kol Halayla, Hillel Jewish Acapella Singers
• Liberated Gospel Choir
• Musician's Guild
• Orphan Sporks
• Performing Dance Company
• Queen's Chorale
• The Queen's Men (defunct)
• South Asian Performing Artists
• Tap Troupe (RU)
• Voorhees Choir

Secret Societies

• Brotherhood of the Golden Dagger is a secret society at Rutgers University, active from 1895–1948
• Order of the Bull's Blood is a secret society at Rutgers, established in 1834.
• Sword and Serpent is a secret society at Rutgers, established in 1870.

Fraternities and Sororities

• Alpha Chi Omega
• Alpha Epsilon Pi
• Alpha Kappa Lambda
• Alpha Sigma Phi
• Chi Phi
• Chi Psi
• Delta Kappa Epsilon
• Delta Chi
• Delta Gamma
• Delta Phi (charter revoked/suspended)
• Fiji
• Gamma Phi Beta
• Kappa Sigma (charter revoked/suspended)
• Omega Phi Chi [1]
• Phi Delta Theta
• Phi Kappa Sigma
• Phi Kappa Tau
• Phi Sigma Kappa
• Phi Sigma Sigma
• Pi Kappa Alpha
• Psi Upsilon
• Sigma Alpha Mu
• Sigma Chi
• Sigma Delta Tau
• Sigma Kappa
• Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Sigma Pi
• Squamish
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Theta Chi
• Zeta Beta Tau
• Zeta Psi
• Zeta Tau Alpha

Community Service

• Alpha Phi Omega
• Carousel Community Program
• Children's AIDS Network
• Circle K
• Community Cares
• Community Outreach/Big Buddy Program
• Goya Project
• Habitat for Humanity
• Human Development Project
• Jewish Community Service Organization
• Operation Smile
• Reach Out And Read
• Red Cross Club
• RU 4 the Troops
• Rutgers Readers
• Scarlet Listeners-Peer Support and Referral Center
• Tzu-Ching Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation
• Unite for Sight

Honorary Organizations

• Alpha Epsilon Delta
• Cap and Skull is an honor society at Rutgers University, established in 1900.
• Golden Key International Honour Society
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

Leisure Clubs

• BlitzFahren AutoKlub
• Multiplayer Gaming League
• Outdoors Club
• Student Linux User Group

Cultural Organizations

• Alliance & Understanding
• Armenian Club
• Asian Student Council
• Association of Indians at Rutgers
• Association of Philippine Students
• Bengali Students Association
• Black Student Union
• Cantonese Club
• Central and South American Alliance
• Chinese Dance Troupe
• Chinese Student Organization
• Electronic Music Club
• German Club
• Haitian Association at Rutgers University
• Hellenic Cultural Association
• International Students Association
• Japanese Cultural Association
• Jewish Student Union
• Karaoke Club
• Korean Cultural Group
• Korean Students Association
• Latin American Womyn's Organization
• Latino Student Council
• Latinos for Academic and Social Excellence
• Lebanese American Students of Rutgers University
• Pakistani Student Association
• Paul Robeson Club
• Persian Cultural Club
• Polish Club
• Portuguese Language Community
• Rutgers Organization of Nippon Students
• Rutgers Union Estudiantil Puertorriquena
• Sharing Our Light
• Sociedad Estudiantil Dominicana
• Society of Latin American Men
• Taiwanese American Student Association
• Turkish Student Association
• TWESE, Association of Africans & Friends of Africa
• Ukrainian Students Club
• Union of Cuban American Students
• United Black Council
• Vietnamese Student Association
• West Indian Student Organization

Religious Organizations

• Bahai Campus Association of Rutgers University
• Bible Fellowship (Rutgers University)
• Buddha's Light Dharma Joy Club
• Campus Advance
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Catholic Students Association
• Chabad Jewish Student Organization
• Chinese Christian Fellowship
• Coptic Orthodox Fellowship
• Divine Youth Associates
• Filipinos in Christ
• Hillel
• Hindu Students Council
• Indian Christian Fellowship
• International Youth Fellowship
• Intervarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship
• Joshua Cantonese Christian Fellowship
• Korean Catholic Circle
• Islamic Society at Rutgers University
• Korean Christian Fellowship
• Manna Ministries
• Pagans Student Association
• Resurrection Ministries
• Rutgers University Sikhs

External links

• www.rutgers.edu — Rutgers University website
• The Daily Targum — the daily newspaper at Rutgers University, since 1869.
• www.scarletknights.com — Official Rutgers Athletics Website
• Rutgers Alumni Association — Established 1831, fourth oldest alumni group in the Nation.
• "Rutgers Through the Years" Timeline (for more on Rutgers history)