Diversity & Inclusion
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The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities selected Airelle Smith as the 2023 recipient of the Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft Award.
Smith, the assistant director for career advocacy and professional inclusion with the Office of Career Exploration and Success (CES) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, received the award for being an outstanding member of the community who offers exceptional leadership, campus involvement and commitment to campus change.
New Jersey is the second state to require AAPI history as part of its public school curriculum, following Illinois. By incorporating AAPI history into schools, students with AAPI heritage feel better represented and the material helps fight harmful stereotypes.
Now in its third year, the Diversity Peer Educators program trains Rutgers University–New Brunswick students to educate their peers on topics of diversity, inclusion and social justice through workshops with the goal of building inclusive communities across campus.
The Minority Student Program (MSP) at Rutgers Law School's Newark campus received the 2022 American Bar Association’s (ABA) Dean Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award. According to the ABA law student division, the award “recognizes excellence in activities that have contributed toward the achievement and advancement of women, minorities, persons with disabilities in the profession and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.”
