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Those of us who were members of the Livingston College family, whether as a student, faculty, staff or friend, know of the vital and enternal legacy Livingston has to this day on the overall programs of Rutgers University and on a global scale.  While the Livingston College that we knew and loved is no longer in existence, Livingston graduates and staff play key roles in the national and international community, and Livingston's programs and unique attributes live on to this day in a variety of Rutgers University programs.  To celebrate Livingston's contributions to the overall Rutgers and global communities, the Livingston Alumni Association is hosting a series of Livingston Legacy Lecture programs.  

On October 13, 2010 at 7 pm in Room 201 of the Livingston Student Center, members of the Philosophy Department will share their experiences about the formation and growth of their program at Livingston, its growth throughout Rutgers University and its overall impact on the University and global communities.  Panelists are scheduled to include professors Martha Bolton, Martin Bunzl, Mary Gibson, Peter Klein, Howard McGarry, Brian McLaughlin and Dwight Murph.  Refreshments will be served, and there will be opportunities to network with the panelists, alumni and students.  Register now for this program.

In October 2010, the Department of Africana Studies will be hosting a commemoration at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the department's beginnings at Livingston College.  The weekend of events, "Students, Activism, Africana: An Indaba on the Role of Students in the Hisotry of Africana Studies," celebrates the involvement of students in the formative first years of Africana Studies at Livingston and looks more broadly at how the discipline development at Rutgers and nationally through student participation over the past four decades. (An Indaba is a Zulu word for a gathering in which the community gathers to discuss important issues in a conversation in which all voices are welcomed.) We are excited to help cosponsor this program with the Department of Africana Studies. For more information, please contact Dr. Kim Butler at kbutler@rci.rutgers.edu.

Over 100 alumni, students and faculty joined us on April 21, 2010 at the Livingston Student Center for "Journalism: Past, Present and Future," an exciting panel discussion celebrating the history and impact of the Department of Journalism and Urban Communications and journalism programs at Livingston College and the School of Commiunication and Information.  Professors Jerome Aumente and Roger Cohen, along with Jim Simon and Rob Snyder, two Livingston 1970s journalism and urban communications majors, John Pavli, the director of the Journalism Resources Institute and John O'Brien, executive director of the New Jersey Press Association, participated in a lively discussion on the history of the journalism programs at Livingston College and Rutgers University, and a look at the current and future state of the journalism industry.  The program was cosponsored by the School of Communication and Information Alumni Association and the Livingston Campus Dean of Student Life.  

• Listen to the podcast (courtesy 90.3 The Core)
• View the event flyer
• Read the New Jersey Press Association article written by Jerome Aumente
• View photos from the event

The first Livingston Legacy program was held on March 11, 2009, with the LAA and the Livingston Campus Dean of Student Life organizing a program celebrating the history and contributions of Livingston College.  Professors Ed Ortiz, Gerald Pomper and Gordon Schochet, all members of the Livingston College faculty in its early years, shared stories with alumni during a lively panel discussion about their memories of their the key years in Livingston's development and impact on the overall Rutgers and global communities.

• Listen to a podcast of the March 11, 2009 program (courtesy 90.3 The Core)
• Read alumnus Rob Snyder's blog about the program

We would like to plan Livingston Legacy Lecture series on the key roles that the music, Latino studies, urban planning and women's studies program played in our college's history.  Would you like to help us plan one of these programs or have an idea for a Livingston Legacy Lecture program?  Please contact us at info@livingstonalumni.org

Would you like to help us plan other Livingston Legacy programs?  Contact info@livingstonalumni.org