![President Jonathan Holloway poses with students at the Rutgers Summer Service Internship Initiative launch event on May 19, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_one_third_default_1x/public/2022-10/kick-off.jpeg?h=eea1897a&itok=6iqzClbz)
The initiative grew out of an op-ed President Jonathan Holloway wrote for The New York Times about requiring a year of national public service from all young people before age 25 so they can help others while getting to know others’ similarities and differences through a common purpose.