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Faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community partners gathered at Rutgers University–Camden this spring to celebrate the 14th Annual Chancellor’s Awards for Impact and Community Engagement, an event recognizing individuals and initiatives that strengthen connections between campus and community while advancing opportunity, belonging, and civic impact.
Former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean appeared at Rutgers–Camden as part of the Chancellor’s Centennial Lecture Series. In a wide ranging discussion with Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis, he reflected on decades of public service and national leadership and invited the audience to consider how thoughtful dialogue and shared purpose can shape a more effective and unified political future.
Rutgers University–Camden honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s enduring legacy last month with the fifth annual “Beyond the Dream” lecture, welcoming two eminent King scholars to discuss how King’s early life and his time in South Jersey as a divinity student laid the foundation for his civil rights leadership.
Students expressed the meaning of democracy through art by working together in building a “democracy wall.” Led by Simanti Lahiri, programming coordinator for public engagement, and in partnership with the Rutgers Democracy Lab, the wall displays students’ hopes during the run-up to Tuesday’s New Jersey gubernatorial election.
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