1. Life as a Faculty Member at Rutgers or “Doing What You Love and Thriving”
We are here in academia because we love what we study and we want to teach others what we know so that they can be as excited and interested as we are.
We want you to do well, we want you to succeed. This presentation is a brief and eclectic set of information to introduce you to our university and to who we are.
Lily Young, PhD
Provost
Distinguished Professor, Environmental Sciences 
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

2. Rutgers, New Brunswick Background & History
Rutgers-New Brunswick is a member of the AAU (American Association of Universities).
Also a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, a consortium of 14 preeminent research universities in the U.S.
Founded in 1766, it is the eighth oldest college in the nation.
AAU, top 60 public and private academic institutions in the country
Big Ten, you probably know as an athletic conference. But it is more than that, because it forms a powerful academic alliance of 14 institutions, sharing libraries, resources, and building collaborations.
Old Queens (1809), National Historic Landmark

3. Nine Colonial Colleges
(Chartered in the American colonies before nationhood)
Harvard (1636)
College of William & Mary (1693)
Yale (1701)
Princeton (1746)
Columbia (1754)
Brown (1764)
Rutgers (1766) (Queen’s College)
Dartmouth (1769)
University of Pennsylvania (1755)
All except 2 of the 9 colonial colleges are private and comprise the Ive League. College of W&M and Rutgers are public institutions. CW&M is a much small liberal arts institutions with about 8-9,000 students, in Williamsburg VA.
Rutgers is the only Colonial college that is a land-grant public research university

4. Rutgers, New Brunswick
31,500+ undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students
Every U.S. State and 105 countries are represented in student population
6,600 faculty and 12,500 staff
Most diverse student body in the Big Ten
Including all locations, Rutgers has 62,000+ students. RU-NB is the largest of the 3 campuses.
We are the most diverse institution in the Big 10. Among the preeminent state flagship institutions listed in the NYT article, RU is the 4th most diverse, after Univ. Hawaii, UC_Berkeley, and U New Mexico.
This data from the NYT is the demographics of the entering class in that year.
NYTimes Aug. 24, 2017

5. As the old saying goes, the 3 most important factors in real estate is location, location, location, Our location provides a range of opportunities
We are equidistant from Boston and WashDC, easily accessible to NYC, and Phila, and well located on the Boston-Wash DC northeast corridor of commerce, industry, govt.

6. Rutgers, New Brunswick
Numerous activities on campus for children and families
During school year and summer
Rutgers-NJ Agricultural Experiment Station
4H and science programs in schools and on campus
Rutgers-Livingston Day Care Center
Douglass Child Study Center (child care facility)

7. Rutgers, New Brunswick
Rutgers is the oldest university in the country that is a land-grant institution, established by the Morrill Act in This gave federal land to the state to form colleges to teach agriculture, science, engineering. Each state was given 30,000 acres of land to use.
Rutgers was given 210,000 acres in Utah, the sale of which provided funds to purchase land in NJ for the experimental farms and to establish the programs.
Prior to this time higher learning was dedicated to a classical education of liberal arts (history, classics, Latin, Greek, religion).
The Morrill Act radically changed higher education in the country. It was now available to the broader public, a transformative event.
Several important dates to keep in mind. One, of course, is the founding of Queens College in The second which is felt to be almost as important, is the first intercollegiate football game played in the U.S. when Rutgers beat Princeton, that was in 1869.
I’d like to highlight another important milestone that was truly transformative to all of higher education in the United States and certainly to Rutgers at the time. (and higher education in New Jersey.) This was the Morrill Act of 1862, which established the land-grant institutions of higher learning to teach “agriculture and the mechanical arts (or engineering)”.
Through this legislation a grant of public land was given to every state that remained in the Union, remember this was during the Civil War. NJ was given 210,000 acres out west, the sale of which provided funds to purchase land in NJ for experimental farms and to establish the programs in agriculture and the mechanical arts. Rutgers became the land grant institution in New Jersey.
Prior to 1862, like the other 9 original colonial colleges, higher learning at Rutgers was dedicated to a classical education of liberal arts (history, classics, Latin, Greek, religion). Young men went to college to become church leaders, business leaders, governors and legislators.
The Morrill Act was the first time that higher education was supported by the federal government. At that time, the leaders in government recognized that looking to the future, the needs of the nation that was becoming rapidly industrialized would require a work force that had practical and professional skills.
And, as it happened, the Morrill Act radically and fundamentally changed higher education in this country. It establishing a new tradition, it opened up higher learning to the broader public and not to just the privileged few.
The leaders of our country had foresight in 1862, to understand how higher education was critical for a growing and changing nation.

8. Rutgers, New Brunswick
Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to providing services and solutions that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live.
Only public New Jersey university in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group comprising North America’s 62 leading research universities. Rutgers and Princeton are New Jersey’s only AAU members.
Rutgers is a research-intensive university, with more than 300 research centers and institutes

9. Rutgers, New Brunswick Teaching Research Service
To make a difference and to change lives
Research
To be at the frontier and change your field
Service
To serve our local and global communities
These are the 3 foundational elements of public education and the land grant tradition. And as new faculty, these are the what you will aspire to in your career. For now, for today, you should not be concerned, but be aware of your progression toward tenure. If you are a new asst professor, there is a review and reappointment in yr 3. Then in yr 6 there is a tenure review.

10. Rutgers, New Brunswick Preparing for the promotion and tenure process
- Keep a record of your activities
- Seek mentoring from experienced faculty – we want you to succeed
(so does your Chair and your Dean)
- Participate in available faculty development programs
Rutgers Connection Network
Oasis Leadership and Professional Development
Program for Early Career Excellence
Writing workshops, individual mentoring
- Take advantage of the resources available
Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research
Office for Research and Economic Development
- Join and connect with your community of scholars
Regional, national and international meetings
Give seminar presentations
Here are some general guidelines for keeping track and preparing for the promotion and tenure process.

11. Our Rutgers community
Rutgers faculty includes winners of the National Medals of Science and Technology, MacArthur “Genius” Fellowships, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Fulbright Scholarships
38 faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine
Rutgers' notable alumni include pioneers in science and medicine, bestselling authors, Nobel Laureates, NASA astronauts, CEOs of major corporations, generals in the U.S. Armed Forces, stage and screen actors, members of U.S. Congress, Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, university presidents, world-renowned poets, professional athletes and coaches, and a vice president of the United States
3 distinguished alumni are Nobel Prize winners
Welcome to the community
We are delighted to welcome you to our community.

12. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lily Young, PhD
Provost
Distinguished Professor, Environmental Sciences 
Rutgers University-New Brunswick