According to Rutgers University, Stephen Pikiell's contract stipulates a guaranteed compensation of $20 million, plus performance and retention bonuses from 2019-2020 through 2025-2026.

“We’ve got great institutions of higher education, we got a great public school system, we’re the most diverse state in America … but we’ve got to make sure that works for everybody,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Feb. 26 at William Paterson University.

A 13-member advisory board, composed of alumni and other business professionals, will help guide the center's efforts.

The governor's 2021 plan calls for $50 million to a new program, called the Garden State Guarantee.

The organization is preparing for its annual Celebration of Philanthropy, set for March 26.

“Earning a certificate in blockchain is an essential tool for today’s managers charged with leading efficient operations, streamlining supply chains and cutting time spent in record-keeping," said Professor John Thomas, director, Business Professional Certificate Programs, in a prepared statement.

In New Brunswick, the “most trusted television news personality in America” and a former chair for the boards of governors and trustees will be recognized.

"To be clear, we are not against the proposal to build a cancer hospital here in New Brunswick," community activist Charlie Kratovil said at the Feb. 18 meeting. "We are simply demanding that the public school that we all paid $22 million to open not be abruptly closed to facilitate this project."

“Leading this institution has been – and remains – one of the defining honors of my life," said Phoebe Haddon, who was named the university's first African-American woman chancellor in 2014.

Katia Passerini is currently the distinguished chair and dean of the Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies at St. John’s University.