The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, through “You Make the Difference — The Campaign for Stockton College,” has raised $25.36 million dollars. The original goal, set by President Herman Saatkamp in 2011, was $20 million.
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Education
Alumni establish mentoring institute at William Paterson
William Paterson alumni William J. Pesce, a member of the University's Board of Trustees, and Henrietta M. Pesce, along with their children Michael and Katie, have donated a “generous gift” to establish the Pesce Family Mentoring Institute in the University's Care Development Center.
Read More »Grants fund college’s nursing scholarships
Thomas Edison State College has received $700,000 in grants that will enable it to provide scholarships to about 50 nursing students over the next three years. They will participate in an intensive one-year program that addresses a looming nurse shortage in New Jersey — as older nurses retire and aging baby boomers need more medical care.
Read More »WorkForce 55 program celebrates graduation
The Christie Administration and the New Jersey Community College Consortium hosted a graduation ceremony Monday at Hudson County College for one of 10 classes of workers who completed the WorkForce 55 program.
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Restructuring Act is transforming Rowan
The New Jersey Medicinal and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act has, within its first year, brought changes that Rowan President Dr. Ali Houshmand is calling in a news release “the most tremendous and promising transformation we have celebrated in our 90-year history.”
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Rosman named dean of Fairleigh Dickinson’s Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson is welcoming a new dean into its midst, and this one has a focus in business.
Read More »Caldwell College earns university status
Caldwell College has been upgraded to Caldwell University. The switch was made official July 1 with the announcement of its new name and logo. The change comes after 75 years as a college and a trend of steady growth.
Read More »More Hermann Rutgers athletic director on new facilities, new rivalries, new competition … and even jai alai
Not all of our wide-ranging interview with Rutgers athletic director made the print publication. Here are a few more extras:
Read More »Newark vivarium receives green-energy accolades
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences New Jersey Medical School (RBHS-NJMS) has just completed a $15 million, 300,000-square-foot renovation to their Central Research Animal Facility.
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Kean University adds clinic in 2.4M renovation
Kean University announced this week its completion of a $2.4 million renovation of its Nathan Weiss Graduate College, which was funded in part by the Building our Future Bond Act of 2012.
Read More »Google reaches out to tech, entrepreneur community at Montclair event
A raucous group of techies, entrepreneurs and students gathered in University Hall at Montclair State University for Google I/O Extended 2014.
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Rutgers University aims to return to its real estate glory days
For a time, it was a breeding ground for New Jersey's real estate industry. That's how George Jacobs recalls Rutgers Business School in the 1980s, tracing a “generation” of developers, finance experts and other executives to the Newark campus. About two dozen of them, in fact, led by former MBA professor Richard Marshall.
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