Rutgers Day
rutgers day festival held last saturday april every year rutgers university event typically brings ten thousand festivalgoers onto rutgers campus open general public offer approximately free program feature scientific demonstration childfriendly interactive activity involving animal plant student performance cultural tradition exhibit food vendor football scrimmage live music free shuttle bus run site day rutgers day parade led marching scarlet knight typically take place starting along seminary place rutgers day tradition started agricultural field day farmer learn new jersey agricultural experiment station study late linda bassett worked community affair university helped create annual event state’s resident learn experience university starting since year ag field day held part rutgers day rutgers agricultural field day known “ag field day” farmoriented event held school environmental biological science seb rutgers day rutgers university cook campus new brunswick new jersey seb event includes h animal fair petting zoo farm tour plant sale evolutionary archaeological display departmentspecific exhibit entomology department cockroach race plant sale next bartlett hall marine science building held department plant biology seb attracts attendee across region purchase unique popular variety vegetable herb well many plant “the selection plant draw gardener three state away resulting huge diversity traditional heirloom plants” tour floriculture greenhouse complex teaching greenhouse department plant biology also conducted new jersey folk festival annual folk music cultural festival held douglas campus rutgers day traditionally held great lawn wood lawn mansion home eagleton institute politics moved lawn passion puddle small pond said result future happy marriage together student couple circle three time holding hand established new jersey folk festival rutgers day typically present traditional music craft art food vendor various cultural community within state surrounding region addition folk festival festival site live music wrsu fm rutgers radio help present live musical performance various local band act stage festival college avenue campus performer university art conservatory mason gross entertain audience well addition biological environmental scientific display cook campus technology business engineering medical health care chemistry physic scientific exhibit activity typically held busch campus athletics department offer activity college avenue campus grassy voorhees mall area rutgers day studentathletes rutgers varsity sport present along mascot sir henry scarlet knight rutgers scarlet knight football kick scarletwhite spring game free preseason spring scrimmage event toward afternoon conclusion rutgers day shi stadium busch campus event featured pregame “rutgers boardwalk” carnivalstyle area stadium ride game event includes university marching band performance marching scarlet knight tour zimmerli art museum rutgers geology museum conducted event rutgers day website corefest small indie music festival college radio livingston campus