Celebrating Our Scholars

The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program is one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful state-supported efforts to provide access to higher education for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. Building upon its success, the EOF program at Rutgers School of Engineering was expanded in 2014 to include the Engineering Opportunity Program (EOP). EOF/EOP aligns with the missions of the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University, and the School of Engineering, fostering the educational, personal, and professional development of talented, highly motivated students who are interested in a career in engineering and come from educationally and/or financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Through a myriad of programs and working with faculty and staff across the school and the larger university, EOF/EOP recruits, retains, and graduates a diverse and socially, culturally, academically, and professionally competent population, while also building awareness of the field of engineering for students, parents, and educators.

The Rutgers School of Engineering Honors Academy is a scholarly and community-focused program that offers students a unique opportunity to reach their full potential inside and outside the classroom. The program is designed to challenge, inspire, and support a select group of highly self-motivated engineering students who demonstrate remarkable academic ability, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, and a clear potential to make a difference as engineering leaders.

The Honors College, built on a legacy of honors education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, redefines interdisciplinary education by inviting students from across the liberal arts and professional schools to live and work together to address global issues through social innovation and transform their ideas into action.

During his long and legendary tenure as a professor of engineering mechanics at Rutgers University, James Jeremiah Slade was a noted researcher, a brilliant mathematician, and beloved by the students he taught for 36 years. Slade, who retired in 1964, received worldwide acclaim for his discoveries on the mechanics of turbulent sedimentation and self-excited oscillations and is credited with attracting many of the researchers who brought prominence to the School of Engineering, as well as to the university. The James J. Slade Scholars carry on a tradition of excellence in scholarship and research as exemplified by Slade.