District 22 Senator Nicholas P. Scutari (D) Assemblyman Jerry Green (D) Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D) Rutgers People in District 22   5,566   Alumni   1,083   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   26   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   461   Faculty/Staff   7,136   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 22

• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices when buying, cooking, and storing food (Middlesex)
• Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program: Behaviorally focused nutrition classes for food stamp-eligible residents (Clark, Linden, Plainfield, Rahway, Scotch Plains)
• Watershed Management: Rutgers Cooperative Extension assists with a wetlands park installation (Rahway)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 22

• NJ Statewide Systemic Initiative Implementation Grant: Standards-based curriculum, instructional practice, and assessments, including team learning, hands-on explorations, discussions, scientific experiments, and problem solving (Dunellen)
• Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavior analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Green Brook, Linden)
• 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 (Plainfield)
• ESTEEMS - Establishing Excellence in Education for Mathematics and Science: Professional development for teachers, content knowledge assessment, on-site classroom visitations, and coaching in algebra and earth science (Plainfield)
• Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth of information in our global community (Linden, Plainfield)

Did You Know?
The National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment, part of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, is an active partner in Plainfield’s West End revitalization program. The center brought residents, faith-based organizations, and the city of Plainfield together to focus on the neighborhood revitalization needs of a 44-block area. The center organized and conducted community visioning sessions that defined and prioritized needs, helped residents to combine data and vision priorities into a written action plan, and sponsored meetings to educate the community and its evolving leadership on organizational and funding issues associated with implementing those plans.

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