Access Week aims to create campus awareness of the need for an equity mindset to help all students thrive.
This annual, week-long initiative features a range of public lectures, faculty, staff and student workshops, and student programming. Access Week highlights the academic, social, and cultural resources essential for the success of first-generation, low-income, and other underserved student groups.
Register for Access Week 2024 events
The IamCollegebound: College Fair & Youth Summit, hosted for Pre-College Outreach and Upward Bound Math-Science high-school participants and friends, provides dynamic workshops, speakers, and trainings led by Rutgers undergraduates to aid in preparing students for college.
The 2024 summit will include a college fair inclusive of 20 institutions, interactive workshops led by community partners and Rutgers student organizations, and concluding with a student leadership day party.
The Access Week 2024 Student Success forum will bring together faculty and staff from around RU-NB who engage in student support programming for an equity data walk illustrating the outcomes of first-generation, limited-income, and underrepresented student populations.
Our Thrive Student Support Services team is hosting a one hour interactive workshop focused around empowering students identifying and showcasing how their everyday actions and participation in our TRIO programs is a form of advocacy. This special talk will echo the theme of how our sometimes overlooked acts performed everyday help to broaden impacts and shape how scholars are advocates to self and others.
Attendees will learn best practices and student success strategies as well as provide insight to facilitate retention and increase timely degree completion. Dr. Micere Keels is an Associate Professor in Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. She focuses on understanding how race-ethnicity and poverty structure the supports and challenges that children and youth experience.
A 1- hour workshop designed to enable faculty and staff to move toward an equity mindset approach in student learning and development. Dr. Brian Kurisky, Executive Director of the Collaborative Center for Community Engagement, will be giving a talk - "Best Practices in Community Engagement".
The Access Week 2024 Alumni Mixer and McNair Research Symposium, co-sponsored by DICE, CES, and the McNair Program at the Zimmerli Museum, will start with a keynote by Divon Pender, class of 2023, speaking to his experience of advocacy serving as an elected official and thriving post-graduation.
Attend other Access Week events happening across campus!
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Hosted by the Office of Teaching Evaluation & Assessment Research
February 19th - 10:00am
Virtual Event
This workshop will provide concrete suggestions for creating inclusive learning environments in STEM classrooms, focusing in particular on inclusion issues that arise in quantitative STEM courses. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss how to implement within their courses and share their strategies with colleagues.
Hosted by the Office of Student Access & Inclusion
February 22th - 9:30am
Busch Student Center
To cultivate a love for engineering at an early age, Rutgers School of Engineering invites students in grades 3-12 to participate in a special outreach program during National Engineers Week to increase understanding of and interest in engineering and technology as a future career among young learners.
Hosted by the Office of Career Exploration and Success
February 24th - 12:00pm
Actively recruiting employers will be available to virtually network with candidates to discuss full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities, including in-person, virtual, or hybrid roles. This Virtual Jobs Showcase is open to all Rutgers University students and alumni. Pre-register on Handshake now to receive updates and return on February 13 to register in our new vFairs virtual platform.
Hosted by Rutgers Graduate School of Education
RU Ready for Graduate School is a program designed to expose traditionally underserved students to the academic preparation and financial impact related to undertaking graduate study.
Though this event is no longer happening, you may contact the Graduate School of Eduation at academic.services@gse.rutgers.edu for more information.
Hosted by the Office of Career Exploration and Success
February 27th - 4:00pm
Calling all masters and doctoral students-- plus those considering academia for their post-graduation plans! Join CES for an experience that empowers you to explore and foster your inner self, understand and develop your professional presence, and overcome your networking fears.
