Rutgers University

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THE RUTGERS BONNER LEADER PROGRAM

The Rutgers Bonner Leaders are posing for the camera at the close of their first group orientation at Camp Bernie in Port Murray, NJ

The Rutgers Bonner Leader Program

calls the Office of Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnership Program (CESEP) home

CESEP is located at 191 College Avenue

New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

http://engage.rutgers.edu

UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College, Rutgers is the nation’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning and has a centuries-old tradition of rising to the challenges of each new generation. Soon after opening in New Brunswick in 1771—with one instructor and a handful of students—the college was caught up in the struggle for independence. During the war, classes were suspended on several occasions as students, faculty, and alumni joined the fight for freedom. That revolutionary legacy is preserved today in the university’s name—in 1825, Queen’s College became Rutgers College to honor trustee and Revolutionary War veteran Colonel Henry Rutgers.

UNIVERSITY MISSION

As the sole comprehensive public research university in the state's system of higher education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has the threefold mission of:

providing for the instructional needs of New Jersey's citizens through its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs;
conducting the cutting-edge research that contributes to the medical, environmental, social and cultural well-being of the state, as well as aiding the economy and the state’s businesses and industries; and
performing public service in support of the needs of the citizens of the state and its local, county, and state governments.

UNIVERSITY FACTS

New Brunswick Campus is 2,681 acres
There are more than 52,470 students from all 50 states and more than 125 countries at RU
There are 38,902 undergraduates and 13,569 graduate students
More than half the members of the first-year class identify themselves as non-Caucasian
More than 1/3 of entering students rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class
The top 1,000 students enrolling at Rutgers rank in the top 6 percent of their class
43,000: Number of undergraduate applications—a record—received in 2008
7,000: Number of first-year students Rutgers welcomed in fall 2008—the largest in 30 years
11,000+: Number of Rutgers students who received degrees in May 2009
7,660: Number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in May 2009
3,770: Number of graduate degrees awarded in May 2009

Did You Know?

Rutgers scientists found the first cure for tuberculosis
Alumnus Michael Gottlieb was the first to identify what would come to be known as AIDS
Alexander Hamilton fended off the British during a Revolutionary War Battle at Rutgers–New Brunswick
Alumnus Simeon DeWitt was General George Washington’s Revolutionary War cartographer
Rutgers is the birthplace of intercollegiate football
Rutgers is the birthplace of intercollegiate ultimate Frisbee
Rutgers developed the first cultivated blueberries
The Roebling family designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge, and Rutgers houses their archives
Rutgers professors are the archivists for the papers of Thomas Edison, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Civic Engagement Service Education Partnership Program (CESEP)

Rutgers' core mission is to serve the public good and future of New Jersey. The University can enhance its overall mission of advancing and transmitting knowledge by active engagement in public scholarship, service learning and existing disciplinary programming recognizing the synergy between teaching, research, and service.

HISTORY TIMELINE

Rutgers University President Edward J. Bloustein in 1988 proposed that community service be an integral component of a liberal education; The Board of Governors endorsed the idea and Rutgers University dedicated itself to citizenship, service, and diversity. Over the years Michael Shafer, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers led the program combining an academically rigorous curriculum with a strong service ethic. Under his directorship and administrative leadership of Yvette Murry, the CASE program helped over 15,000 students to deepen their classroom learning by serving in over 400 health-related, community, governmental, and educational non-profit organizations. Through the program, students provided over 780,000 hours of service to the people of New Jersey valued at over $5 million dollars. The program received several awards over the years including the President Clinton Service Award bestowed by the President on his visit to Rutgers in 1993 and more recently the program received a special recognition award from the American Red Cross for its First Responder Directories which aided its efforts during the flooding caused by the 2007 Nor'easter.

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

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Type of Program:Bonner Leader Program

Year Began:2009

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2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES