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.  

Join us on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 7 pm at the Livingston Student Center for an exciting panel discussion celebrating the history and impact of the Department of Journalism and Urban Communications.  Professor Jerome Aumente and members of the Department of Journalism and Urban Communications faculty from the 1970s will discuss the start and development of the Department of Journalism and Urban Communications, and its impact on the overall Rutgers and global communities.   Our panel is scheduled to include former Livingston professors Roger Cohen, Jay Miller and Barry Orton, along with Jim Simon and Rob Snyder, two Livingston 1970s journalism and urban communications majors.  This program is cosponsored by the School of Communications and Information Alumni Association and the Livingston Campus Dean of Student Life.  Register now for this program. View the event flyer

Just added!  On October 13, 2010, members of the Philosophy Department will share their experiences about the formation and growth of their program at Livingston.  Panelists are scheduled to include professors Martha Bolton, Martin Bunzl, Mary Gibson, Peter Klein, Howard McGarry, Brian McLaughlin and Dwight Murph.  More information and registration details soon.

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.

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
• Read alumnus Rob Snyder's blog about the program

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