No More Fears: Scholarship Recipient Shares Tips on Putting Patients At Ease
In 2018, 61 students received scholarships from 38 donors. This year, RSDM kicked off the year-long Chancellor’s Challenge, which offers matching funds for all donors. Gifts benefit students like Jonathan Matute, who was awarded the Professionalism Scholarship last year. The scholarship is funded by Alumni and Friends of RSDM. We recently sat down with Jonathan for a Q&A.
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Faculty Alumnus Creates Endowed Scholarship for Student Mentors
Every student admitted to RSDM has had some share of academic success, observes Dr. Mitch Gardiner. But not everyone can be a mentor to classmates. It’s a quality Gardiner wanted to recognize when he established an endowed scholarship for the Chancellor’s Challenge, which matches donations through 2019.
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Researcher Gets Grant to Invent Toothbrush for Patients with Disabilities
Dr. Maxine Strickland received nearly $95,000 in funding from Rutgers University’s Tech Advance to work with NJIT designers on inventing a toothbrush for people with disabilities. Her idea was inspired by time she spent volunteering at the Matheny School for the developmentally disabled in Peapack-Gladstone.
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Focus on Donors: Faculty and Alumna Draws from Past to Support Today’s Students
When Dr. Valerie Rico was an RSDM student in the 1980s, a visit to the administration office was something to dread.“A student never came down this hallway unless they were in trouble,’’ said Rico, RSDM’s Director for Academic Affairs and a Chancellor’s Challenge Scholarship Donor. “Today, the environment is much more open and welcoming to students.’’
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