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Engineering New Student Kickoff

Date & Time

Friday, August 28, 2026, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Category

Special Events

Location

Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering

500 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854

Group of students walking outside

The day has finally arrived to officially welcome our new first-year and transfer students to the R Engineering community! Deans, faculty, staff and current students are eager to meet YOU! Get ready to take the engineering pledge, hang out with peers, have some snacks, contribute to a creative, worthwhile service project (see agenda below for details) and explore Rutgers’ engineering student organizations! 

Make sure to reserve a seat via this RSVP link. Arrive by 8:45 am. 

Over the summer, incoming students met in virtual summer squads, at transfer sessions, or in EOF/EOP small groups. At this event, you will re-unite with your fellow classmates and upper-classmen leaders per the schedule below. If you are not sure or are not a part of the groups listed below, please stop by the Welcome Table to receive your assignment. 

Please re-unite with your fellow classmates and upperclassmen leaders, as per the schedule below:  

Group A: Go to Richard Weeks Hall (RWH) Room 105 by 8:45AM 

  • FY Summer Squads:
     
  • Transfer students grouped by major:  
    Applied Sciences & Packaging Engineering
    Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
    Environmental Engineering
    Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Mechanical Engineering
    Material Sciences Engineering
  • EOF/EOP students - refer to your Summer Institute groups: 
    Group A
    Group C
    Group E
    Group G
    and Group I 

Group B: Go to Richard Weeks Hall (RWH) Lawn by 8:45AM 

  • FY Summer Squads:
     
  • Transfer students grouped by major: 
    Aerospace Engineering
    Biomedical Engineering
    Civil Engineering
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • EOF/EOP students - refer to your Summer Institute groups:
    Group B
    Group D
    Group F
    Group H
    Group J 
General Event Agenda
9:00AM – 11:00AM  
   
Welcome Session 
Summer Squads+Transfers+EOF/EOP Meet-up & Activity 
*Meet your summer squad/group leader

Location: Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering (RWH) - both Indoors and Lawn  
11:00AM – 1:30PM

Engineering Student Organization Fair  

Human Scavenger Hunt 

Yard Games and Music 
Scarlet Knight Photo Booth 
Community Service Project* 

Location: RWH Lawn 

11:15AM - 12:15PM
 
Lunch
 
Location: RWH Main Lobby 
1:30PM - 2:30 PMOptional Webreg Help & General Course Advising
 
Location: RWH-404 (4th floor Computer Lab) 

Commuter Students: Please park on Busch campus in Lots 51, 51B, 54, 60B, 59,67 between 9AM and 2PM on the day of the event. To locate each lot, please enter the lot number into https://maps.rutgers.edu/. 

 

*Community Service Project: Join the Engineering Governing Council (EGC) for the Kits to Heart service project where we’ll decorate notebooks and make origami to share with those going through a difficult time. All of the beautiful artwork will be donated and sent to someone in need.  
Location: RWH Lawn 

Questions: Please email firstyear@soe.rutgers.edu