District 36 Senator Paul A. Sarlo (D) Assemblyman Frederick Scalera (D) Assemblyman Gary S. Schaer (D) Rutgers People in District 36   3,551   Alumni   899   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   246   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   98   Faculty/Staff   4,794   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 36

• Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute: Collaboration between Rutgers and the NJ Meadowlands Commission addressing environmental problems of the Hackensack Meadowlands District (Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Rutherford)
• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for professional advancement (Carlstadt, Rutherford, Wallington)
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices when buying, cooking, and storing food (Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Nutley, Passaic, Wood Ridge)
• NJ Hospital Quality Initiative: Works with hospitals to improve quality of care for hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure in New Jersey (Passaic)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 36

• Center for Effective School Practices: Research-based pre-K through grade 12 classroom innovations (Garfield, Passaic)
• High School Educational Monitoring Program: Hands-on environmental curriculum for high school students to learn about water pollution, water chemistry, and ecology (Lyndhurst, Rutherford)
• Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Professional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Garfield, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, Nutley, Passaic, Rutherford)
• Implementing Meaningful Programs Affecting Children Today (IMPACT): Center for Social and Community Development program aimed at reducing or preventing youth and gang-related violence (Passaic)

Did You Know?
Rutgers’ Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity is currently developing a mobile environmental guide for the Meadowlands region that will allow visitors to the area to take an environmental tour using the internet and hand-held devices. As visitors move around with cell phones or PDAs, historical and current information appropriate to their specific location will be delivered to them. It will be possible to customize programming according to user preferences. A bird-watcher, for instance, may only be interested in bird types and their habitats, while a planner would be more interested in historical land-use data. The information may include audio, images, maps, textual narratives, and multimedia elements. Researchers and engineers in the field will have access to background information for any location in the area. Bird-watchers and tourists may roam around freely with wildlife information and maps readily available to them. Even users not physically present will have computer access to the area by simply entering coordinates or clicking on a location.

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