Women's League of Rutgers University
Established 1932
Fall 2024 Events
September 5th, Thursday
WELCOME RECEPTION/COFFEE
Place: 38 Hillcrest Drive, Pisca Register: Janet Potenza, j2potenza@optonline.net
Please join us! Invite folks you know who might be interested in learning more about WLRU. This reception is an opportunity to gather in an informal setting, enjoy home baked treats, get to know our new members and also meet potential WLRU members. This is a perfect occasion to encourage women you know, who wonder about who we are and what we do, to meet us and enjoy a social evening. All are welcome.
September 14th and 15th, Saturday and Sunday
ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
Place: 420 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park, NJ Save your “stuff”! The treasures you find in your attics, closets, and hidden corners for inclusion in our sale will support WLRU Scholarship Awards. Items donated for the sale will be accepted at 420 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park, NJ after 3 PM on Friday, September 13th. We also need your help with set up (Friday), sales (Saturday and Sunday), and cleanup (Sunday afternoon). It is a social time for volunteers with food provided. This is a significant fund raising event for our scholarships. Remarkably, last year’s sale earned close to $5000. Hope to see you there. Contact Sylvia with any questions or offers to help out. sylpsuty@gmail.com or 732-238-1443
October: TBA! trip to Zimmerli Art Museum for tour of Smoke and Mirrors, a major special exhibition focused on issues of accessibility and featuring the work of artists with disabilities.
November 15, Friday
WLRU ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION
Place: Winants Hall, College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
Contact: Muffin Lord, mlivlord0@gmail.com
Our 2024 WLRU scholarship recipients are invited to participate in this event as we introduce them and acknowledge their accomplishments to an audience of their friends, family and members of WLRU. All are welcome.
December 17th, Tuesday
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON with GUEST SPEAKER, Shawna Hudson, Professor, and vice chancellor at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Resources as well as vice chair of research and Henry Rutgers Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Place: The Rutgers Club on Livingston Campus in Piscataway, NJ
Time: Noon
Cost: $50
Register: Susan Hughes sghughes924@aol.com Send a check payable to WLRU to Susan Hughes, 1213 Huron Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 or use Zelle (see below) .
To pay:
Zelle to womensleagueru@gmail.com or
Send a check payable to WLRU and mailed as directed for the specific event.
In both cases indicate the name of the program. Always include an email address .
Spring 2024 Events
January 28th, Sunday
THE HALL-MILLS MURDER CASE
This program will focus on the Hall-Mills murders, a famous case that occurred in New Brunswick in September, 1922. Joe Pompeo, author of Blood & Ink, and John Meyer, author of a play, Thou Shalt Not, will speak with us about this notorious local event.
Place: Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Living Learning Center, 9 Suydam Street, New Brunswick
Time: 1PM COST: $20 (snacks included).
To Register: checks payable to WLRU and mailed to Beth Mane, 25 Gloucester Court, East Brunswick, NJ, 08816 WLRUBeth@gmail.com;
or via Zelle, womensleagueru@gmail.com. Please indicate the program.
February 8th, Thursday
A CONVERSATION WITH PAST WLRU SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTSThis will be our second annual ZOOM conversation with six Rutgers grads from 1999 to 2018 who were recipients of WLRU Scholarship Awards. They will talk about their post-Rutgers career experiences -- successes and challenges. This program offers an opportunity to learn about the impact our scholarships have and the wonderful young people we support.
Place: Zoom TIME: 7:30PM EST
Cost: None
Register: contact Rena Falk, rena.falk123@gmail.com
February 18, Sunday
ZIMMERLI MUSEUM TOUR
Our tour will focus on the work of Alonzo Adams, whose exhibit at the gallery ends February 25th.The artist describes himself as a Griot, a storyteller, who aspires to capture the contemporary Black experience. We will conclude with coffee and desserts.
Place: Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick
Time: 1PMCost: $22.
Register: checks payable to WLRU and mailed to Evelyn Loewenstein, 67 Fern St., Edison, NJ 08817-4318
or via Zelle, womensleagueru@gmail.com. Please indicate the program.
March 29: A VISIT WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS
Place: Douglass Campus. Directions to be provided.
April 27th, Saturday
RUTGERS FOLK FESTIVAL: Table with sign-up and "goodies."
May 15th, Wednesday
WLRU END OF YEAR LUNCHEON—Speaker PROFESSOR CARLA YANNI of the Art History Department at Rutgers.
