RUPA Media: Scarlet Day of Service
Hundreds of people in the Rutgers family (site leaders, participants, and alumni) took time out of their day to serve communities across New Brunswick and New Jersey.
RUPA Media: Hot Dog Day
This past week RUPA held it’s annual Hot Dog Day with an outer space theme! This year’s Hot Dog Day included moon sand, vintage arcade games, laser tag and a zipline! As always, students flooded College Avenue and enjoyed free hot dogs with their friends !
RUPA Insider: Beats on the Banks ft. Metro Boomin
Last Friday marked my committee’s last event of the year, our spring semester’s Beats on the Banks ft. Metro Boomin. As the Marketing Assistant Director for Concerts & Coffeehouses, it is my responsibility to assist in the planning, execution, and promotion of music-related campus, including our large-scale concerts and smaller showcases of student musicians. The…
RUPA Insider: Calligraphy Workshop ft. Rajiv Surendra
As the Marketing Assistant Director (MAD) for the RUPA Arts & Culture committee, I’m responsible for promoting events related to the arts, such as passerby crafts, Broadway trips, and lectures, using social media and print marketing. This means I collaborate with the Media Team to create flyers, draft supporting posts on Facebook and Twitter, and…
RUPA Presents: Ice Cream Trucks
04.30.18 —[Rutgers University]— What better way to celebrate the end of the semester than with FREE ICE CREAM! If you are in need of a sweet treat to prepare for finals, come find our ice cream truck. The truck will be traveling to all 5 campuses on April 30 & May 1 ! Follow us…
RUPA Presents: Party at the Puddle
04.25.18—[Passion Puddle, Douglass]—
Start off finals right with our annual Party At The Puddle! Come celebrate the end of the semester with some great food, music, and games. Enjoy this year’s throwback to the late 90’s/early 2000’s theme: “Feel like a kid again!”
The party at Passion Puddle starts at 3PM!
RUPA Media: Calligraphy Workshop feat. Rajiv Surendra
On Tuesday, April 10, Rajiv Surendra, formerly Kevin G from the 2004 hit film Mean Girls, held a free calligraphy workshop for students at the Livingston Student Center. Mr. Surendra provided guests with copies of his autobiography “Elephants in my Backyard,” spoke of the importance of handwriting letters in the digital age, and provided tips…
RUPA Presents: Cooking Demo ft. Andrew Rea (Binging with Babish)
04.24.2018—[CASC, Red Lion Cafe]—From Krabby Patties to blood pies from Game of Thrones, YouTube sensation Binging with Babish (bit.ly/BWBabish) seeks to recreate your favorite fictional treats! Join RUPA on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00pm for a night with ANDREW REA – founder of the YouTube channel “Binging with Babish” – where he will be performing…
RUPA Insider: A Conversation with Lena Waithe
“In the months leading up to the Gaypril opening ceremonies, my committee and I knew that we just had to find someone fabulous to kick the month off. After several meetings and discussions with literally anyone who would listen to us, we decided Lena Waithe would be the perfect fit for the job. We knew…
RUPA Insider: World Planting Day
Community Service events are unique in the fact that their mission is to not only connect the Rutgers community but also the New Brunswick and New Jersey ones as well. With World Planting Day, we partnered with Sandra from Rutgers Gardens to help educate students about the environment and plants around us. Activities included a…
RUPA Insider: Interest Meeting
RUPA invited Steven, a LEx Leader, to our very last interest meeting of the Spring semester to present to students about leadership. They played the activity True Colors to determine their leadership styles and split off into groups to plan our Traditions & Community event Hot Dog Day. This was one of our many themed…
RUPA Media: Interest Meetings
Want to learn more about RUPA? Interested in becoming a RUPA General Member? Come out to one of our Interest Meetings to learn more about our organization’s involvement for on campus events, building of leadership skills, as well as how we create fun experiences for students like you! Also, if you are interested in applying…