District 1 Senator Jeff Van Drew (D) *Rutgers Alum* Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D) Assemblyman Matthew Milam (D) Rutgers People in District 1   1,794   Alumni   384   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   554   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   75   Faculty/Staff   2,807   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 1

• Rutgers’ Cape Shore Laboratory: A research facility studying the breeding processes and hybridization of aquaculture in southern New Jersey (Green Creek)
• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for professional advancement (Cape May, Cape May Point, Stone Harbor, Vineland)
• Keys to Achieving Resilient Transitions (KART): Provides training, funding, and support to group homes, residential treatment facilities, and community-based service providers for children on the brink of aging out of foster care (Vineland)

• Rutgers Against Hunger: donated $20,000 to the Hillside Food Bank, which dispersed to 5 food banks in NJ including CFBNJ Southern Branch (Cape May)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 1

• Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based pre-K through grade 12 classroom innovations (Millville, Vineland)
• Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Cape May)
• Eagleton State House Express: provides grants to NJ middle and high schools to rent a bus for a trip to Trenton and a visit to the State House (Cape May High School)

Did You Know?

Aquaculture, the farming of fish and seafood in captivity, dates back centuries, but states such as New Jersey are investing today to encourage high-tech, large-scale commercial versions. Rutgers’ Multispecies Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, located in Cape May, is being used to support research and training related to the development of aquaculture as a large-scale New Jersey industry. The complex, managed by Rutgers’ Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), consists of a series of indoor tanks and outdoor ponds for raising shellfish, an indoor hatchery facility, and a pumping station to supply saltwater needs. Rutgers’ Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, an element of IMCS, has a more than 100-year tradition of disseminating research results and working cooperatively with state and federal agencies and the fisheries and aquaculture communities in southern New Jersey. The laboratory generates and disseminates research information directly applicable to all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture science, concentrating on species of commercial importance to New Jersey

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