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Douglass Residential College
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Douglass Residential College
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Douglass Residential College

Douglass Residential College

Connect. Empower. Discover. Create.

Welcome to Douglass

We’re so glad you’re here. Douglass Residential College is an empowering, close-knit community within Rutgers that enhances the college experience for students of all majors by adding a feminist lens to your education. Douglass welcomes all undergraduate students, regardless of sex, including students of diverse gender identities, inspiring them to examine inequality, center women’s lived experience in their exploration of the world, and embolden women’s leadership.

 

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Your Roadmap to Success at Rutgers

The Douglass roadmap is designed to ensure that you leave Rutgers with a robust resume full of the academic, professional, and co-curricular experiences that will make you a competitive candidate in the job market, graduate school application process, or any other endeavor you choose to pursue.

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Why Douglass? Hear From Our Students!

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    STEM

    Douglass WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) propels Douglass STEM students to success at Rutgers and beyond. Make it through your classes with other STEM students by your side through engineering, computer science, and general sciences living-learning communities. Pave your way to paid, faculty-led research by participating in Douglass' research program, Project SUPER. Get the inside knowledge necessary to start a career in STEM through specialized professional development programs specifically for Douglass STEM students.

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    Externships & Career Development

    An externship is an immersive workplace experience during winter, spring, or summer break in which students are mentored by a professional. Work on projects, sit in on meetings, connect with potential references, and get an inside glimpse into a particular career. Externships offer students a way to get workplace experience with NO prior experience required. Douglass students also have access to the BOLD Center, a Douglass specific career center, as well as legal career and public policy programs.

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    Fine Arts

    Douglass is home to the Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass, a collection of programs that connect Douglass students to practicing artists. Curate real exhibitions, work directly with the Douglass Artist-in-Residence, and even have your work displayed through the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series. Not an art major, no problem! Art programs at Douglass are open to students in all majors.

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    Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research 

    Through Douglass Discovery, students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences take a direct route to research and hands-on learning through a year-long cohort experience. By collaborating directly with faculty, artists, corporate leaders, and other professionals, students build their resumes and expand their horizons. Work on arts initiatives, public health projects, research studies, and more! Topics studied by students in Douglass Discovery range from public health and child psychology to performance art and LGBTQIA+ studies.

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    Global & Study Abroad

    At Douglass, we think of feminism on a global scale. Global at Douglass is a set of courses and learning communities that focus on topics affecting women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people around the world. Students who pursue Global programs at Douglass through the Global Village Living-Learning Community and feminist advocacy courses qualify to apply to a funded study abroad program for Douglass students in a subsequent year.

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    Student Spotlight: Ilca Duarte DRC’27

    History major Ilca Duarte DRC’27 found much more than traditional classrooms at Douglass and Rutgers—she discovered the academic field of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies (WGSS), nurtured her love for history, and settled into the Douglass community where her wide-ranging interests in the humanities and social sciences took off. Throughout her Rutgers journey, Douglass’ career-building programs for students in the humanities and social sciences, combined with the academic excellence of the Rutgers History and WGSS Departments, showed Ilca how to turn her love of history into a real-world career. 

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    A Look Through the Archives: Black History Month at Douglass

    In honor of Black History Month, we’re reflecting on the experiences of Black students at Douglass.  Photos from The Douglass Century, Scarlet and Black, and more, paint a story of Black student life at Douglass and Rutgers—a story of student organizing, steadfast advocacy, and critical contributions that have made the campus community a more celebratory and inclusive place for students of all backgrounds. Check out some of the archives below! 

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    Student Spotlight

    Student Spotlight Bridget Perez DRC’27

    Bridget Perez DRC’27 grew up at Rutgers, traveling along the banks of the Raritan with her mother. 

    The child of a longtime Rutgers bus driver, Bridget spent her girlhood afternoons riding her mother’s bus across the University and back again as students traveled to and from class. Her Rutgers journey, which now includes an impressive research resume and a Douglass externship at AtlantiCare, began on the aisles of those buses where she admired her mother as a role model for family, leadership, and the future. 

    “Rutgers has been part of my life since I was young—my mother worked long nights as a Rutgers bus driver,” Bridget said.  “Attending Rutgers feels like honoring her sacrifices and completing a full-circle moment for my family.” 

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