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Douglass Residential College

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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.

 

Your Path to Success at Rutgers

The Douglass curriculum 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.

Douglass News

Student at Externship

This past spring break, Douglass students completed Spring Externships around the region. Externships, offered through the Reilly BOLD program for Advancing Women’s Professional Development, are immersive job-shadowing experiences that pair students with professional mentors in an industry of interest. For many students, an externship is their first glimpse at the working world.

Akshita Prakash DRC '26, a Biological Sciences major and French minor, externed at Princeton Child Development Institute (PCDI).

Students at Google

Students from the Douglass Women in Science and Engineering program visited Google in New York City last month. Hosted by Rutgers alumni, this group of aspiring tech professionals gained insight into the life of a software engineer at a leading tech company. The day was filled with learning experiences, motivation, and meaningful conversations.

“It was such a joy to host a group of Douglass students in computer science at Google,” said Anna Godin, a Software Engineer at Google. “I’m incredibly grateful to have been a part of this experience for the students, and to everyone who helped make it happen.”

Julie-Domonkos DC'83

Congratulations to Julie Domonkos DC'83 on her induction into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni! Julie is a proud Douglass alumna of the Class of 1983, Chair of the Douglass Advisory Board, and an accomplished attorney and advocate for women's rights.

Each year, the Hall of Distinguished Alumni honors a group of extraordinary individuals whose lives and careers reflect the rich history, enduring values, and far-reaching aspirations at the heart of the Rutgers experience. Whether they help expand access to academic excellence, build community, support research for the common good, or show leadership and creativity in other ways, these distinguished alumni shape our world for the better.