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On the Banks

HLLC Opens Its New Building in Newark 

By

Carrie Stetler

Date

January 13, 2023

Opening of The Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) at Rutgers University–Newark
Timothy Eatman, dean of the Rutgers–Newark Honors Living-Learning Community, addresses the audience at the formal opening of its new building in the fall. Looking on, from the left, are Sherri-Ann Butterfield, executive vice chancellor at Rutgers–Newark; Nancy Cantor, Rutgers–Newark chancellor; Jonathan Holloway, Rutgers president; and Vincent Mann, Turtle Clan chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, who began the ceremony with an acknowledgment that the land on which the university stands is the ancestral territory of the Lenape People.
Photography by Nick Romanenko

The Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) at Rutgers University–Newark officially opened its new building on New Street, a milestone in its mission to cultivate scholars and leaders whose potential might be otherwise overlooked. HLLC is an intergenerational learning and residential community that enrolls students, half of whom are from Newark, who range in age from 18 to 60, and represent a diversity of experiences. The program, recognized nationally for reimagining honors programs, was created in 2015 and uses an in-depth holistic admissions process to identify exceptional students.