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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anniversary News
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Snyder Murphy to Speak at Douglass Convocation
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Snyder Murphy will speak at Douglass Residential College’s 97th Convocation on May 12, encouraging graduating seniors to use their leadership skills to benefit the public… Read more
The Douglass Century
A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary About a decade before the peak of the Civil Rights… Read more
Douglass celebrates 100 years of female excellence with book release
from the Daily Targum This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Douglass Residential College, formerly named the New Jersey College for Women. To honor the milestone, several faculty… Read more
How We Met – A Douglass & Rutgers Love Story
First comes Douglass, then comes love! As we reflect on a century of phenomenal Douglass women, we wanted to take a moment to appreciate all the great loves that formed at Douglass. This edition of… Read more
100 years of Douglass College
From Inside Jersey Magazine Like many institutions, Douglass College arose from humble origins. Opening as the New Jersey College for Women in 1918, the New Brunswick school started with more… Read more
Happy Holidays! (Video)
On behalf of the Douglass family, I want to wish you a holiday season filled with peace, happiness, and joy. Douglass has so much to be thankful for this year, as we kicked-off the Power of 100… Read more
Douglass Centennial Kickoff Celebrates 100 Years of Empowering Women
from the Daily Targum: The chimes that once sounded curfew now ring in the voices of Douglass College alumni, echoing progressive thinking and educational reform for women over a century later. The… 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
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
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
