Livingston Campus (Rutgers University)

This article is about one of the physical campuses of Rutgers University. For the academic college which existed from 1969-2007, see Livingston College.
Livingston Campus, Rutgers University
Established 1969 (Degree granting college); 2007 (residential campus)
Location Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Affiliations Rutgers University
Website Official website

Livingston Campus, originally known as Kilmer Campus, is one of the five sub-campuses that make up Rutgers University's New Brunswick/Piscataway area campus. The campus was originally built to house Livingston College. It is a large campus, the majority of its land is the Rutgers Ecological Preserve. Most of the campus is within the boundaries of Piscataway, but parts extend into Highland Park and Edison.

Campus history

University buildings were erected on the Kilmer Campus (later renamed Livingston Campus) in Piscataway, between Metlars and Cedar Lanes starting in 1969, with the creation of Livingston College. The land had formerly been part of the U.S. Army's Camp Kilmer, a staging area during World War II. The army reserve continued using a small part of the original army campus until 2009. The Livingston College campus currently sits on 540-acres acquired by Rutgers in 1964.[1]

A large amount of parking was created on this campus, mainly because the Louis Brown Athletic Center served as the temporary home of the New Jersey Nets basketball team from 1977 to 1981.

Student center facilities were initially located in Tillett Hall. A Livingston Student Center opened in 1986.

In the Fall of 2007, Rutgers University consolidated the undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the New Brunswick-Piscataway area, including Livingston College, to a School of Arts and Sciences, but Livingston Campus continues to serve the Rutgers community. Currently, many first year students reside on Livingston Campus.

Campus revitalization

In 2009, Livingston Campus installed a large swath of solar panels on its campus (mostly over large, open-air parking lots), one of the largest such groupings of solar panels in New Jersey.[2]

In 2010, a revamped Livingston Student Center is completed.[2]

In 2011, the campus opened up new Livingston Dining Common to replace Tillett Dining Hall. In addition, in 2012, new additional resident halls opened up to accommodate more students on campus.[3][4]

In 2012, The Plaza at Livingston, which contains apartment residencies, a cinema, eateries, and stores, opened.[2]

Rutgers Business School, 100 Rockafeller Road

In Fall 2013, the new Rutgers Business School building opened at 100 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, New Jersey.[5] Also in 2013, Tillett Hall renovations finished.[2]

Roadways

The campus has several generically named roads, such as "Road 1," "Road 2," and "Avenue E," which date back to the campus's military days. Efforts to rename the roads have failed to date.

Livingston Campus and adjacent Busch Campus received their own exits on Piscataway's Route 18 expressway, completed in 2005, expediting inter-campus bus travel to these and the College Avenue, Douglass, and Cook campuses across the Raritan River in New Brunswick.

Buildings on Livingston Campus

Ernest A. Lynton Towers, named after the first Dean of Livingston College -- the tallest buildings on Livingston Campus.
Former buildings
  • Livingston Bookstore (Closed following the 2011-2012 academic year and demolished the following year.)

References

  1. "Home".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Major Projects". Rutgers Vision for Livingston Campus. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. "Livingston Dining Commons Opens". Livingston Alumni. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. Prentzel, Olivia. "Residence Life develops plaza for Livingston". The Daily Targum. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. "New Building Highlights".
  6. "Livingston Campus- Dining Halls, Eateries and Stores". Rutgers New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. "Tillett Hall". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02.
  8. "Kilmer Area Library". Archived from the original on 2006-05-29.
  9. "Lucy Stone Hall". Archived from the original on 2005-04-04.
  10. "Home - Rutgers University Student Centers". Rutgers University Student Centers. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08.
  11. "Livingston Recreation Center". Archived from the original on 2004-12-27.
  12. "Lynton Residence Hall - North & South Towers". Archived from the original on 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  13. "Beck Hall". Archived from the original on 2005-05-09.
  14. "Janice H. Levin Building". Archived from the original on 2006-06-18.
  15. "Paid Notice: Deaths LEVIN, JANICE H.". The New York Times. 25 March 2001.
  16. "About Us". Asian American Cultural Center.

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