District 31 Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D) Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D) Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith (D) Rutgers People in District 31   1,893   Alumni   836   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   175   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   133   Faculty/Staff   3,037   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 31

• Transit Village Initiative: Collaborative state, community, and Rutgers effort to revitalize New Jersey’s downtowns (Jersey City)
• NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Helps hospitals improve quality of care for patients with congestive heart failure in New Jersey (Jersey City)
• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for professional advancement (Jersey City)
• NJ Small Business Development Centers Branch Office: Low-cost and no-cost consulting, training, and networking services for small business (Jersey City)
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension: A “classroom without walls” bringing university research to people in their communities, from 4-H youth programs to teaching good nutrition, and more (Jersey City)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 31

• High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environmental curriculum for high school students to learn about water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Bayonne High School)
• School Nurse Fellowship Program: Weeklong alcohol and drug studies intensives designed to increase school nurses’ and administrators’ knowledge and awareness of adolescent health issues (Bayonne)
• Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (Bayonne High School)

Did You Know?
The Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) at Rutgers is internationally renowned for its research and teaching in the areas of strategic human resource management, global employment strategies, new approaches to worker involvement, and the transformation of work. Human resource leaders can advance their education and skills while continuing their careers. Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations, which has worked with corporations all over the state to give workers in the human resource management field access to the MHRM program, now offers MHRM degree classes taught in Jersey City. Students can pursue a degree or certificate while continuing to work, either full or part time. Additionally, students have access to opportunities for internships and employment with the many Fortune 100 and 500 companies in the immediate area.

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