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- Category: Academic
- Officer:
The purpose of the organization shall be to promote awareness of the realities of suicide as a health issue among college students and general population. To diminish the stigma associated with the word suicide along with the stigma associated with mental illnesses. Facilitate collaboration with existing mental health resources. Participate in fundraising activities of the NJ chapter of AFSP along with our own fundraisers.
Academic Team (Rutgers University)
- Category: Academic
- Officer:
To promote intramural academic trivia competition at Rutgers University, as well as to organize, conduct, and engage in similar competitions at other universities. A team or number of teams will be organized and maintained to represent Rutgers University at such competitions elsewhere.
ALPFA New Brunswick
- Category: Academic
- Officer:
ALPFA creates opportunities, adds value, and builds relationships for its members, the community and its business partners while expanding leadership in the global workforce. Similarly, our shared values with the professional ALPFA chapter include; professional growth, relationship building, inclusiveness, service, integrity and culture. ALPFA is the leading professional association dedicated to enhancing opportunities for all business related professions. Established in 1972, this Association continues to build upon our proud legacy of shared values and guiding principles. ALPFA advances into the 21st century as an experienced professional association with student chapters nationwide and over 15,000 members, and with the mission to enhance opportunities for building leadership and career skills. As a student chapter of this professional business association, we shall strive to participate in the professional chapter’s events, build professional relationships and network with other business students and corporate professionals. Membership is open to anyone who shares our values, vision, and mission.
American Medical Student Association
- Category: Academic
- Website: http://amsa.rutgers.edu
- Officer:
To provide an environment that supports the creative ideas of physicians and pre health professionals in training. To promote, encourage, and maintain a cohesive relationship with the students and non-student organizations at Rutgers University. To serve as a forum for discussion of health issues and develop a policy agenda for physicians-in-training. To effect change to make the medical education process more responsive to the needs of students and society. To maintain its status as an independent organization. To maintain its primary identity as an organization for physicians-in-training. To promote and maintain programs which enhance the quality of health care in the community. To continue to develop health care leadership. To increase knowledge of health information among members and the general public. To periodically re-evaluate the above purposes and ensure that they are carried out in proper fashion.
Ascend
- Category: Academic
- Officer:
To continuously influence and encourage the development of accounting professionals and students while serving as a collective voice for the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the field of accounting with the objectives of:
-Cultivating the growth of professional skills for our members;
-Providing professional opportunities for our members;
-Encouraging a continuous presence of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the accounting profession;
-Strengthening the influence of Asian and Pacific Islander leaders in the accounting profession;
-Promoting a high standard of professional ethics; and
-Serving public interests in the community.
Association for Women in Communications
- Category: Academic
- Officer:
A professional organization that champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era
Association of Marketing & Strategy (Rutgers)
- Category: Academic
- Officer:
To educate the student body about the importance of marketing in various career fields using guest speakers, to explain various careers with a marketing major, allow networking opportunities, develop management skills through organized events, educate students about an MBA and the steps to attain one, and to maintain a link between itself and other Marketing organizations at other colleges.
Association of Undergraduate Geneticists
- Category: Academic
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/rutgers.aug
- Officer:
To establish a network of future colleagues in the biological science related fields, particularly Genetics. AUG will aid those undergraduate students interested in genetics by raising awareness of the opportunities available to them during and after their undergraduate careers. The association will serve as a forum for social and intellectual interaction, and will organize various science related events both on and off campus. By providing a forum for undergraduate geneticists to foster professional relationships and discuss happenings in the professional and academic world, AUG will contriubte to the mission of Rutgers.
Astronomical Society (Rutgers)
- Category: Academic
- Website: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~vgpandya
- Officer:
The chief enterprise of the Rutgers Astronomical Society involves uniting those who are fascinated with the vastness of space and who are interested in discussing and observing the cosmos. The organization endeavors to make astronomy accessible for anyone with even the slightest interest by providing viewing opportunities, informative seminars, academic collaboration, star parties, and more.
Behavioral Neuroscience Society
- Category: Academic
- Website: http://eden.rutgers.edu/~bnsatru/Home.html
- Officer:
Behavioral neuroscience is the discipline focused upon investigating the neuronal circuitry that underlies human behavior. The purpose of the organization shall be to act as an interest group for those students interested in this field. The organization will serve to provide guidance to those students who wish to pursue a career in this research area. Students will be aided in suggestions of classes that would provide the student with the greatest survey of the field, instructed on how to seek out and secure research opportunities, and would be given tips on applying to behavioral neuroscience doctoral programs. This club, however, will not be exclusive to such students alone as all majors are welcome. More generally, this organization is meant for anyone that is interested or intrigued by the field and its implications on the understanding of human behavior. To further the discourse in this ever-changing discipline, the club will also act as a forum for discussions of current advancements and findings. We will read articles and scientific publications. In doing this, we will pay particular attention to the techniques used as well as the results obtained. We will also discuss the implications of such findings with respect to the future of behavioral studies and on society as a whole. Throughout these discussions, we will also thoroughly examine the behavioral neuroscience research that is taking place at Rutgers University to encourage student involvement in faculty research.
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