The Emmy Award-winning actress and alumna encouraged members of the Class of 2023 to chase their dreams and find their voice in a passionate speech that started with her singing and taking a selfie with the crowd.
In a special graduation feature, senior Kara VanDooijeweert interviewed commencement speaker and Emmy-winning alumna Sheryl Lee Ralph about how her time at Rutgers shaped her career.
This summer, with a bachelor’s degree in public policy and economics in hand, Sara Rubiano will start working as a private banking analyst at JPMorgan’s International Private Bank.
Rahul Rana discovered a passion for entrepreneurship and cutting-edge technologies during his first year at Rutgers Business School and ran with it.
By age seven, Samantha Eng was dressing up as a doctor for career day and was certain of what she wanted to do.
After being involved with political campaigns on and off campus, Shakee Merritt says he is now working on launching the GENNEX Political Action Committee, “a PAC dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing Generation Z to run, vote and partake in the democratic system one hundred percent.”
On the cusp of Commencement, graduates from the class of 2023 reflect on what they’ll miss about Rutgers and lessons they’ll take with them from the university as they start the next chapter of their lives.