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Junius Williams' Legacy at RU-Newark's Abbott Leadership Institute Is Community, Effective Advocacy

After nearly 20 years helping Newark parents, students and teachers communicate effectively with the city's board of education, Junius Williams, a lawyer and civil rights activist who founded and served as the long-time director of the Abbott Leadership Institute at RU-Newark, has retired, leaving behind a well-oiled, campus-based apparatus that will continue to serve Newark well. Read more here from NJ.com.
RU-Camden Business Students Raise Hurricane Relief $$$ 

About 70 RU-Camden School of Business students are raising funds through class projects that allow them to help others while learning, such as through campus-wide events, including face painting events (at left) and bake sales. More here.
Nicholas G. Rutgers IV, 92

Nicholas Gouverneur Rutgers IV, a descendant of the namesake of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and an emeritus member of the Rutgers University Foundation Board of Overseers, died Dec. 29 at his home in Greenwood Village, Colo. More here.