Welcome, New Grad!
Your journey as a member of the Rutgers alumni community is lifelong. Whether you just graduated or if you earned your degree two, three, four, or even five years ago, you’re still considered a new graduate. Kind of nice to know, isn’t it? Explore all of the benefits, networks, and resources available to you. Take advantage of a new life stage that is full of opportunities and growth.
Your Alumni Connection Begins Here
Made up of more than a half-million living graduates, the Rutgers Foundation keeps you connected with the global alumni community by engaging you in ways that are personally meaningful to you.
Keep your Rutgers relationship strong, and make sure your contact information is updated with us so we can help you tap into this diverse and talented alumni community. It only takes a moment!
Stay connected with your Rutgers network. Follow us on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
Come and Join Us!
Alumni gatherings bring the Rutgers community together for fun, networking, and furthering the university’s mission. Many of these events celebrate the diversity of our students, faculty, and alumni.
Signature series programs like the Rutgers Professionals of Color Receptions, RU Connected Happy Hours, and our Graduating Senior-Young Alumni Spring Mixers are great opportunities to connect with your alumni community. Check out upcoming opportunities below.
Events
Friday, April 26, 2024, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Friday, April 26, 2024, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 26, 2024, 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment - Sport Complex, East Rutherford
View Our Career Resources
Rutgers alumna and career coach Parul Khosla offers some practical tips on how to manage your career search, whether you need a job or have a job.
Web conferencing tools that were unfamiliar a week ago are now becoming a key part of work-life in the new reality created by COVID-19. Now millions are trying to balance working from home and participating in meetings, while trying to get their kids to stick to the color-coded schedule on the fridge.
Alumni Stories
Conference to celebrate “A Beloved Black Community: Honoring the Past, Treasuring the Present, and Shaping the Future.”
Oriana Holmes-Price, a 2021 Rutgers–Camden political science graduate working on a master’s degree in public affairs/community development, plays a key role at Attentive Energy, a leading company in the development of offshore wind energy in New Jersey.
Nadirah Simmons celebrated the release of First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game, which explores the contribution of women to the music she listened to growing up.
Pay It Forward—Alumni Words of Advice.
We want Rutgers students to know they have an alumni community that supports them year-round. Sharing words of advice for students across the university is one way we can enrich their experience.
