New Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA) chair wants to ensure more than 600,000 Rutgers alumni feel connected to and welcome at their alma mater.
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Yanela Frias, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University–Newark and an MBA from the Rutgers Business School, was the first woman to be named CFO of Prudential Financial, which has deep ties to the university. In May, she delivered the business school’s MBA and Graduate Program Convocation address in Newark.
Rutgers–Newark Alumna Victoria Ramirez’s cancer survival story is a remarkable journey. A supporter of the Rutgers Cancer Institute, she advocates for the American Cancer Society and has started a company that makes comfortable gowns for cancer patients.
NBC News meteorologist Dylan Dreyer, co-host of 3rd Hour of TODAY and weekday weather correspondent and regular co-host for TODAY and Nightly News with Lester Holt, will give the Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) keynote address on May 19.
A Rutgers alumna and the School of Nursing’s 2025 convocation speaker, Cheryl Krause-Parello works on ways to enhance veterans’ well-being, one tail wag at a time.
Alumni discuss the why they donate to Rutgers each year on Giving Days, which will take place this year on March 12–13.
