The two-story, $7.5 million facility allows Rutgers to expand academic opportunities for students from Atlantic, Cape May and surrounding counties
WHAT: Officials from Rutgers University and Atlantic Cape Community College will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Rutgers at Atlantic Cape Lifelong Learning Center, a comprehensive academic and administrative center on the campus of Atlantic Cape Community College.
WHO: Rutgers University President Robert L. Barchi and Atlantic Cape Community College President Peter Mora.
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m. Media are invited to tour the facility prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. Please contact Amber E. Hopkins-Jenkins – aehopkinsjenkins@ur.rutgers.edu, (732) 932-7084, ext. 601 – to confirm your attendance.
WHERE: Rutgers at Atlantic Cape, 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, N.J.
BACKGROUND: The two-story, $7.5 million facility allows Rutgers to expand academic opportunities for students from Atlantic, Cape May and surrounding counties who hold associate degrees and wish to earn Rutgers degrees in such popular disciplines as psychology and criminal justice close to where they live or work.
The 22,000 square-foot facility will be used for numerous events and programs. It accommodates 2,000 students and features 12 classrooms with varying functionality, a 24-seat computer lab and a student lounge. It will house Rutgers’ degree-completion program and starting in January 2013, the Gifted Education Professional Certificate Program for K-12 educators.
Rutgers has offered courses, taught by Rutgers professors, on the Atlantic Cape campus since fall 2006. The university has similar partnerships with Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County and Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, Somerset County. Rutgers’ off campus programs are among the lifelong learning initiatives coordinated by the Division of Continuing Studies.
Each year, more than 50,000 individuals take advantage of Rutgers’ continuing professional education and lifelong learning programs. More than 2,300 online and off-campus courses are available to individuals in New Jersey and around the world.
Media Contact: Amber E. Hopkins-Jenkins
(732) 932-7084, ext. 601
E-mail: aehopkinsjenkins@ur.rutgers.edu