Tag: Rutgers University
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First Lady Tammy Murphy honors HVCHS’ Youth Environmental Society for first place in climate challenge
Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Youth Environmental Society won first place in the New Jersey Student Climate Challenge. First Lady Tammy Murphy honored the team with a $2,500 grant for their submission on June 8, according to a press release on June 27. The students’ winning entry documented their process of researching and developing a…
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First Lady Tammy Murphy honors HVCHS’ Youth Environmental Society for first place in climate challenge
Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Youth Environmental Society won first place in the New Jersey Student Climate Challenge. First Lady Tammy Murphy honored the team with a $2,500 grant for their submission on June 8, according to a press release on June 27. The students’ winning entry documented their process of researching and developing a…
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Eagles soar, Hawks fly as Edison celebrates Class of 2022 at the RAC
EDISON – Eagles soared and Hawks flew as the Edison Township School District celebrated the Class of 2022 with much needed ‘normal’ pomp and circumstance. The district held individual graduations for Edison High School (EHS), its 63rd annual commencement; and John P. Stevens High School (JP), its 58th annual commencement, on June 17. The graduation…
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Rutgers Board of Governors approves tuition and fee increase
The Rutgers University Board of Governors has approved a $5.1 billion budget for the 2022-23 academic year that includes a 2.9% increase in tuition and fees, according to a June 21 press release from the state university. “We remain committed to providing excellence in academic experience and opportunity at an affordable and accessible price, and…
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Women’s Initiative spotlights HomeFront’s fight to end homelessness
For more than 30 years, Central Jersey families in need of housing and help have found some hope with HomeFront in Mercer County. Through HomeFront’s Family Campus in Lawrence and programs from after-school tutoring for children to job training and providing immediate emergency housing, HomeFront continues to aid those families in need or who have…
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The Friday Women’s Club of Hightstown celebrates 125 years
The Friday Club – a member of the New Jersey Federated Women’s Clubs – celebrates 125 years. To celebrate the milestone, members of the club attended a tea and reception at the Americana in East Windsor on June 4. Thirteen members presented the general history and the Friday Club contributions for the decade it began,…
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Eric LeGrand Coffee House opening is ‘proud papa’ moment for Rutgers Football Coach Greg Schiano
WOODBRIDGE – Like the sign said inside the Eric Legrand Coffee House: “It’s bean worth the wait.” With much fanfare, Eric LeGrand, with his mother Karen by his side, officially opened his brick-and-mortar operation at 10 Green St. on May 14 with the village that essentially carried him from the age of 5 growing up…
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Metuchen resident is among 40 finalists in upcoming New Jersey Film Festival
METUCHEN – What started as an application assignment for Charly Santagado has developed into a five-minute film based on a 1650s painting, Las Meninas (Ladies in Waiting) by Diego Velazquez, who was a leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Santagado, of Metuchen, submitted her film for the upcoming New Jersey Film Festival presented through…
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New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, presents the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022, which marks the 40th anniversary. The 40th anniversary festival will take place on select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Jan. 28 to Feb. 20. As a result of COVID,…