Anniversary Events
The Power of 100 Years - Douglass Centennial Kickoff
Monday, September 18, 2017
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Take a historical tour, learn about the College's history, view memorabilia, and help create the centennial banner with alumnae, students, friends, faculty and staff. There will be food, music, games… Read more
Centennial Speaker: Dr. Kathleen C. Taylor. “Douglass and Beyond” and STEM Research Poster Session
Friday, October 06, 2017
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Meet 60 Douglass Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics students as they share their research projects conducted during the Project SUPER Summer Research Program. Projects range from… Read more
Centennial Speaker: Linda Stein “Holocaust Heroes, Fierce Females, Tapestries and Sculptures.”
Monday, October 16, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Join us for the ribbon cutting of “Hero 590 with Wonder Woman Shadow,” a powerful sculpture by Linda Stein, donated to Douglass by Gloria Steinem. Following that, Stein will deliver her lecture. A… Read more
40th Anniversary Celebration of Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN)
Friday, October 20, 2017
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Centennial Speaker: Ruth Mandel, Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics. Come celebrate four decades of the PLEN program, founded by Douglass College and the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Hear… Read more
Centennial Speaker: Dr. Susan Martin, “Refugee and Displaced Women – Progress, Setbacks, and Challenges Ahead”
Monday, October 23, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Join Douglass alumna Dr. Susan Martin (DC’68), the 2017-2018 Blanche, Edith and Irving Laurie New Jersey Chair, for a discussion on the current immigration and refugee crises. Dr. Martin is the… Read more
Centennial Speaker: Mimi Smith “Protection and Other Time Considerations”
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Artist Mimi Smith, a graduate of Rutgers University MFA program and the 2017-2018 Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist, discusses her work as a pioneer in feminist and clothing art, political audio and… Read more
Centennial Speaker: Heather Cabot “Geek Girl Rising” and Douglass Career Conference
Saturday, October 28, 2017
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Heather Cabot is an award-winning journalist, former ABC News Correspondent, and anchor of World News Now/World News This Morning. Cabot’s popular new book Geek Girl Rising is a call to action for… Read more
99th Annual Yule Log and Voorhees Choir Concert, with featured guest composer alumna Judith Shatin (DC ’71)
Sunday, December 03, 2017
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Join us for the annual Yule Log celebration, which has grown to embrace and reflect the diversity of the Douglass community. Students will honor the seasonal celebrations of many cultures, religions… Read more
Douglass Memories
From Campus Night and Dad's Day, to Sacred Path and International Weekend, Douglass has provided memories that last a lifetime. This is how Douglass women came to understand our differences and our common strengths. Enjoy these memories and add your own on the Share page.
Campus Night
With Campus Night comes the traditional welcoming of the Freshman Class into the college community. The tug of war and the song contest accompanied the Soph skit, “From Whence We Came,” and the reading of the fascinating “attic poem” on how to trap the Dean. The evening drew to a close with the burning of green dinks by unsentimental freshman and a feeling of gaiety in the air.
Sacred Path
Representing the progression in rank of each class, the Sacred Path ceremony is one of the most cherished traditions, rendering a certain amount of unity and coherence to the college community, assigning each pupil a new place in the midst of the whole. After their heroic race down the path, the freshman became sophomores, now able to make use of their previously unused red clothing. Sophomores became juniors, proud to wear their school ring. Juniors at long last were able to sing “Drink a Toast” and the seniors, now in body as well as spirit, were reminded of their soon to be realized departure from one world and entrance to another.
Dads’ Day
This springtime invasion of the Douglass campus by dads was one of the best loved Douglass traditions. Beginning with campus coffee hours and progressing through faculty panels, dad’s luncheon, carnival, Soph Show and dinner (daughter’s treat on dad’s allowance), the eventful day ended with dads and daughters dancing until midnight-exhausted daughters wondering how their dads have remained so fresh and energetic.
International Weekend
A swirl of brilliant costume, the voices of lands far and near, foods exotic to the tongue and music unusual to the ear – this is International Weekend at Douglass College. Every fall the College would invite Foreign students going to college in the U.S. to come together to celebrate the fact that, despite difference in language and culture, young people all over the world share the same goals and the same dreams.
WRSU
Featuring everything “from Bach to rock,” WRSU was the radio station owned and operated by Rutgers and Douglass students. One of the largest co-ed activities, WRSU broadcast music, news and discussion programs to Rutgers and Douglass living groups each day.
Anniversary News
Douglass Residential College Honored with Resolution by the New Jersey State Senate
Douglass Residential College was honored with a Resolution from the New Jersey State Senate celebrating 100 years of women’s education. Douglass was recognized for its reputation as an institution… Read more
Douglass Residential College Honored with 100th anniversary Resolution by the New Jersey State Assembly
On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Douglass staff, students, and alumnae met with members of the New Jersey State Assembly to receive a Resolution celebrating 100 years of women's education at Douglass.… Read more
Rutgers University President Joins Douglass for Centennial Kick-off
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi will join Douglass Residential College to celebrate The Power of 100 Years: Douglass Centennial Kick-off on Monday, September 18, 2017, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. on… Read more
