Dear Douglass Students,

Welcome to Rutgers! I’m Megan Coyne, a proud Douglass alumna from the Class of 2019. After graduating with a degree in political science, I ran social media for Governor Murphy and later served in the White House Office of Digital Strategy under President Biden. None of this was on my radar when I first started at Rutgers – and none of it would have been possible without Douglass.

For Jaiden Radocyz DRC’26, Douglass is the ideal place at Rutgers to develop the leadership skills necessary for advancing personal, professional, and community futures. Whether they are curating an exhibit in the Douglass library through the Faculty Fellows program or serving as a peer mentor for their fellow Douglass students, they exemplify what effective feminist leadership looks like across campus.

“It is just so important to have spaces like Douglass,” she said. “It’s a community that’s open to discussion, where being passionate is encouraged, and your lived experience is celebrated. To be a leader, you need to know and learn about yourself as well as your community. Douglass is the place to do that.”