Going beyond the campus
Participate in programs across the Newark metropolitan area that give you practical experience as you contribute to the community.
Connect to practical experiences and make valuable connections
Newark isn’t just the city that hosts our campus; it is intrinsic to your education and the value of choosing to study here. Ideas, opportunities, and engagement flow between the colleges, classes and programs and the government, institutions, businesses, and initiatives across the metropolitan area.
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You’ll have opportunities to apply classroom ideas in the real world and make a measurable impact and rack up valuable practical experience related to your major.
Explore our impact areas to learn how you can contribute
Here is just a sampling of programs that are making a strong contribution to the community
Rutgers-Newark Community Engagement Day
This semi-annual event attracts 200 students volunteers who give their time to make meaningful contributions throughout the city of Newark. Rutgers University-Newark shows our love by supporting organizations such as
- 13th Ave School
- Branch Brook Park Alliance @branchbrookpark
- Garden of Worker Bees
- Giving One Tenth Community Garden
- International Youth Organization @iyo_newark
- La Casa de Don Pedro
- North Star Academy Clinton Hill Middle School
- Pantry+ @ RU-N
- Wynona’s House Child Advocacy Center
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Organized around Martin Luther King Day, we honor his legacy by turning out for community service projects. This year we removed 56 bags of trash from the streets of Newark.
Civic Engagement through the Ballot Bowl
Rutgers-Newark has a history of winning this student-driven effort to register voters and to heighten voter awareness and participation. In competing with other New Jersey schools, registered the most voters on our campus and hope to win again in the upcoming election season.
Explore global enrichment opportunities
An essential part of exploring the world beyond our campus is, for many, the chance to take advantage of global learning experiences. Rutgers University-Newark’s Office of Global Initiatives and Experiential Learning offers programs for travel, study, field work and internships around themes such as sustainability, community engagement, leadership, and more.
