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1951
Two students, Isaac Avayou and Lawrence DiPeitro, become the first graduates of the Rutgers College of South Jersey.
1952
The Gleaner is founded.
1968
Armitage Hall, named for a campus founder, is opened.
1967
School of Law becomes independent from Rutgers–Newark. Russell Fairbanks is named first dean of the new law school.
1969
Some 30 students and community activists occupy the Campus Center in support of black students who have occupied Conklin Hall at Rutgers–Newark to increase the number of black students, faculty, and administrators at Rutgers.
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1971
School of Law facility is built.
1973
Gymnasium is constructed.
1975
The Fine Arts Theater – now known as the Walter K. Gordon Theater – opens with a concert by the New Jersey Symphony. Lily Tomlin held the theater’s first sold-out show.
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1981
The Graduate School-Camden founded. The first degree programs were offered in biology and English; a master’s of business administration was also offered.
1986
Residential living arrives at Rutgers–Camden with the opening of the Camden Apartments. The Rutgers–Camden Tower is added two years later to expand residential life even more.
1989
The Rutgers School of Business–Camden is founded.
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1994
An expansion of the Camden Campus libraries provides additional classroom, office, study, and shelving space.
1995
Tweeter Center opens as one of the first year-round amphitheaters of its kind. Rutgers–Camden students become graduates when they cross the stage each year at commencement held at the facility, now called the Susquehanna Bank Center.
1997
Scarlet Raptor born on Sept. 17. Prior to the Raptor, Rutgers–Camden was the home of the Pioneers with Calistoga the Calistoga Wagon as the school’s mascot.
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2001
Campbell’s Field, home to the professional minor league Camden Riversharks and the Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors baseball teams, opens. The Rutgers–Camden Community Park also opens and provides the first on-campus athletic fields for soccer and softball.
2002
Starbucks opens on campus. While the coffee seller typically doesn’t open on college campus with less than 10,000 students, predicted sales goals at Rutgers–Camden have far surpassed expectations.
2010
More than 6,000 students enroll at Rutgers–Camden, the largest student body in campus history.
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1950
South Jersey Law School and College of South Jersey merge with Rutgers University to form the Camden Campus.
CAMPUS HISTORY