Rutgers Day
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Rutgers Day is a day of free events and performances hosted by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
. The first Rutgers Day took place Saturday, April 25, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and attracted 50,000 visitors to university campuses in New Brunswick
and Piscataway, N.J.
Rutgers Day expanded on the university’s long-standing traditions of Rutgers Ag Field Day and the New Jersey Folk Festival
, which also occurred that day. The day featured performances, tours, exhibits, hands-on activities, lectures, demonstrations, children’s programs and more aimed at the general public, parents and children, teens, current and prospective students, and alumni.
The third annual Rutgers Day will be held on April 30, 2011. Admission is free.
Nyier Abdou, The Star-Ledger
, April 26, 2009
U. strives to unite students, alumni at Rutgers Day
Gisella Gutierrez, The Daily Targum
, October 30, 2008
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. The first Rutgers Day took place Saturday, April 25, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and attracted 50,000 visitors to university campuses in New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
and Piscataway, N.J.
Rutgers Day expanded on the university’s long-standing traditions of Rutgers Ag Field Day and the New Jersey Folk Festival
New Jersey Folk Festival
The New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual folk music and cultural festival held on the Great Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It is a free, non-profit family event held every year on the last Saturday in April from 10am -...
, which also occurred that day. The day featured performances, tours, exhibits, hands-on activities, lectures, demonstrations, children’s programs and more aimed at the general public, parents and children, teens, current and prospective students, and alumni.
The third annual Rutgers Day will be held on April 30, 2011. Admission is free.
Further reading
'Rutgers Day' showcase draws 50,000- http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/rutgers_day_showcase_draws_500.html
Nyier Abdou, The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications.The Newark Star-Ledgers daily...
, April 26, 2009
U. strives to unite students, alumni at Rutgers Day
- http://www.dailytargum.com/university/1.852239
Gisella Gutierrez, The Daily Targum
The Daily Targum
The Daily Targum is the official student newspaper of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Founded in 1869, it is the second-oldest collegiate newspaper in the United States. The Daily Targum is student written and managed, and boasts a circulation of 18,000...
, October 30, 2008