District 3 Senator Stephen M. Sweeney (D) Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli (D) Assemblyman Douglas H. Fisher (D) Rutgers People in District 3   2,501   Alumni   471   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   200   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   176   Faculty/Staff   3,348   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 3

• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current (Bridgeton, Clayton, Pennsville, Pittsgrove, West Deptford, Woodstown)
• NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Offices: Low-cost and no-cost services for small business (Carneys Point, Salem)
• NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Works with hospitals to improve quality of care for hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure (Salem)
• Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center: Research on production of crops with maximum economic benefit and minimum environmental risk (Centerton, Upper Deerfield)
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based outreach in food and nutrition, family sciences, gardening, and youth 4-H development (Clayton, Woodstown)
• MBA Team Consulting Program: MBA students develop affordable business, marketing, and benchmarking plans for client companies (Pilesgrove)
• Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship: Helps a wide array of businesses to train better managers (Sewell, Swedesboro)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 3

• Seeds to Success: Prepares at-risk youth for the workforce through classroom and on-the-job training by operating summer farm stands in their communities (Paulsboro, Woodbury)
• NJ Math Science Partnership: Helps districts improve mathematics and science education from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade (Bridgeton)
• BizEd Leadership Program: College-level business education for outstanding high school students (Paulsboro High School, West Deptford High School)

Did You Know?
The Food Innovation Center, an initiative of the NJ Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers, helps farmers develop and market new niche products to maintain economic viability and preserve farmland in New Jersey. In the spring of 2007, construction will begin on a new 23,000-square-foot center that will offer farmers and food businesses access to state-of-the-art food processing equipment, technical support, and business advice. The new facility is scheduled to open in early 2008. Since its establishment in 2001, the center has aided more than 700 clients in the agricultural and food sectors. It is projected that over $200 million in cumulative new revenue will be created by the center’s highest performing clients over the next five years, which will also result in over 1,000 new jobs. The center has been recognized by the USDA as one of only 10 national exemplary “Agricultural Innovation Center Demonstration Programs,” has received international attention, and is a model for university-led business incubation centers being developed in Africa.

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