Student Organizations and Honoraries
Free Expression at Rutgers
All of the members of the Rutgers University community—our faculty members, students, alumni, and staff—are free to express their viewpoints in public forums as private citizens, including viewpoints that may differ from the majority of people in the university community.
As a public university, Rutgers does not restrict the activities of recognized university organizations, including the speakers they invite to campus, provided organizations obey the law and follow university policy and guidelines regarding these events.
We will defend the rights of all Rutgers community members to speak freely. That freedom is fundamental to our university, our society, and our nation.
Graduate Student Organizations
Bloustein Graduate Student Association
The Bloustein Graduate Student Association (BGSA) seeks to encourage and facilitate open communication among students, faculty, staff and administration, to represent and advocate for the interests of planning, policy, and health administration graduate students, and to promote and enact necessary improvements, so as to enhance the overall educational experience.
Bloustein Social Justice Committee
The Bloustein Social Justice Committee (BSJC) provides an independent space for students to embody, integrate, and act upon principles of social justice within the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the broader community. We provide opportunities for Bloustein students to voice their ideas and concerns, organize formal and informal social justice activities for Bloustein students, staff, and faculty, facilitate collaborative engagement between Bloustein and the surrounding community, and support the work of aligned institutional initiatives.
EJB | DESIGNS
EJB | DESIGNS began as a group of planning students and faculty looking to improve their hand-drawing skills and digital graphic methods. A social organization based out of the Bloustein School, the group encourages networking with professionals, faculty, and students interested in learning and teaching digital and hand-drawing techniques. Through practice and social networking its members prepare for the planning and urban design profession. It is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
International Development Interest Group
The International Development Interest Group (IDIG) aims to generate interest in urban planning and policy within the international sphere, with a special focus on engaging in topics around improving the standards of life in the developing world. IDIG functions as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information, as well as a platform for collaborative work around various themes and geographies of relevance in planning and policy work in low and middle-income countries.
Rutgers Graduate Society of Healthcare Leaders
The Rutgers Graduate Society of Healthcare Leaders (GSHLRU) is a professional student organization for graduate students who are currently working or are interested in the field of healthcare administration. It focuses is on helping turn students into future healthcare leaders through academic and social events at Rutgers. It seeks to bring together like-minded students to help them achieve their goals of being future leaders in the healthcare industry, through networking, academics, and community outreach.
Public Informatics Student Group
The Public Informatics Student Group (PISG) is an interdisciplinary organization for students interested in topics that bridge the gaps between information technology and public service. Founded in 2019, the organization is open to undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in discovering how governments, education, healthcare, and social services are learning to be more agile in the age of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things.
Bloustein Enthusiasts and Advocates for Transportation
Bloustein Enthusiasts and Advocates for Transportation (BEAT) is a student organization seeking to provide a conversation space relating to all modes of transportation and about current-day transportation-related topics and issues and to promote and produce change through advocacy in the transportation industry, potentially through interactions with current industry professionals, policymakers, and the community.
The Women’s Leadership Coalition
The Women’s Leadership Coalition (WLC)‘s mission is to inclusively bring graduate students together from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds and promote personal, academic and professional development. We strive to foster networking, collaboration, and career driven educational opportunities for women in graduate programs across Rutgers University. Though the organization is geared towards female graduate students, any Rutgers student or faculty member with interest in the organization’s mission may become a member.
Undergraduate Student Organizations
Bloustein Public Service Association
The Bloustein Public Service Association (BPSA) undergraduate student organization is dedicated to providing a forum for students interested in public service initiatives. The organization is open to all Rutgers – New Brunswick undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Bloustein Social Justice Committee (BSJC)
The Bloustein Social Justice Committee (BSJC) provides an independent space for students to embody, integrate, and act upon principles of social justice within the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the broader community. We provide opportunities for Bloustein students to voice their ideas and concerns, organize formal and informal social justice activities for Bloustein students, staff, and faculty, facilitate collaborative engagement between Bloustein and the surrounding community, and support the work of aligned institutional initiatives.
EJB | DESIGNS
EJB | DESIGNS began as a group of planning students and faculty looking to improve their hand-drawing skills and digital graphic methods. A social organization based out of the Bloustein School, the group encourages networking with professionals, faculty, and students interested in learning and teaching digital and hand-drawing techniques. Through practice and social networking its members prepare for the planning and urban design profession. It is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Rutgers Future Healthcare Administrators
The Rutgers Future Healthcare Administrators club is a professional student organization for undergraduate students interested in the field of Healthcare Administration. It focuses on opening networking and academic opportunities for students by way of different social events held on campus.
New Jersey Public Health Association – Rutgers Student Chapter
The New Jersey Public Health Association – Rutgers Student Chapter joined the Bloustein School in 2015. They seek to advance and support the cause of public health within the Rutgers community and all throughout New Jersey through events, mentorship, internship, and networking opportunities within the NJPHA professional network.
Public Informatics Student Group (PISG)
The Public Informatics Student Group (PISG)is an interdisciplinary organization for students interested in topics that bridge the gaps between information technology and public service. Founded in 2019, the organization is open to undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in discovering how governments, education, healthcare, and social services are learning to be more agile in the age of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things.
Student Honoraries
Epsilon Beta Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma
The mission of the Epsilon Beta Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma (National Health Education Honorary) is promotion of the discipline by elevating the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally prepared men and women in Health Education.
Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society
Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society is a member service of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA).