Located in Winkler Hall on Busch campus, the RU-tv Broadcast Communications Living-Learning Community offers special benefits to its student residents who want to learn about broadcast communications. They will have the opportunity to work and learn in the field while living with students who share common interests. These residents have use of an in-hall professional television studio!
Watch a resident produced Video Promo [WMV]Watch resident produced videos detailing benefits of the program
Students in this community will be required to participate in a 1.5-credit course offered through the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) for both fall and spring semesters during their first year of residence on the floor. The course will focus on media messages and the creative aspects of producing television and will involve discussions of media literacy, story-telling, popular culture including reality television, and historical perspectives on visual images, among other topics. The course will count towards graduation credit for School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and for the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS).
Returning RU-tv Broadcast Communications Living-Learning Community residents will have other curricular opportunities made available to them upon their second, third, or fourth years.
View photos of Living-Learning students at the Today Show in NYC
View photos of the Living-Learning Community in
Washington, D.C. on Election Day
View photos of Living-Learning community events and activities
Students in this special interest housing have:
- Access to video, sound, and editing equipment
- In-depth training sessions to learn how to use the television equipment
- The opportunity to develop and produce original programming for the university’s cable network
- A chance to live and work with a group of passionate students who share an interest in video production
- Special guest speakers
All Rutgers-New Brunswick students are welcome to apply and must submit an application that can be found at https://ruinfo.rutgers.edu/jobpost/winkler/. Applications received by May 1, 2009, are guaranteed consideration. Applications will be reviewed and finalists will be required to interview with RU-tv staff.
This residential opportunity features large suites located in Winkler Hall on the Busch Campus. Not your average residence hall room, each suite has its own bathroom and living room and accommodates six people with two per bedroom. Carpeting, telephone, cable TV, and Internet access are all included.
To answer general questions you may have about the RU-tv Broadcast Communications Living-Learning community, please see Frequently Asked Questions.
If you have any questions, contact Rashel Carnefix, Manager of Staff Development, at 732-445-5745, ext. 2602, or email carnefix@rci.rutgers.edu.
All residence halls are smoke-free.
