Livingston Campus (Rutgers University) Explained

Livingston Campus, Rutgers University
Established:	1969 (Degree granting college); 2007 (residential campus)
Country:	United States

Livingston Campus, originally named Kilmer Area by Rutgers University in 1965, and later known as Kilmer Campus,^[1] is one of the five sub-campuses of Rutgers University–New Brunswick. The campus was originally built to house Livingston College. The majority of its land is the Rutgers Ecological Preserve. Most of the campus is within the boundaries of Piscataway, but parts extend into Highland Park and Edison.

History

20th century

University buildings were erected on the Kilmer Area land in Piscataway, between Metlars and Cedar Lanes starting in 1969, with the creation of Livingston College. The land had formerly been part of the U.S. Army's Camp Kilmer, a staging area during World War II. The army reserve continued using a small part of the original army campus until 2009. The Livingston College campus currently sits on 540 acres acquired by Rutgers in 1964.^[2]

A large amount of parking was created on this campus, mainly because the Louis Brown Athletic Center served as the temporary home of the New Jersey Nets basketball team from 1977 to 1981.

Student center facilities were initially located in Tillett Hall. The Livingston Student Center opened in 1986.

21st century

The campus was renamed as Livingston Campus in 1991 following a student campaign in honor of William Livingston.^[3]

In fall 2007, Rutgers University consolidated several undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the New Brunswick-Piscataway area, including Livingston College, to a School of Arts and Sciences, but Livingston Campus continues to serve the Rutgers community.

In 2009, Livingston Campus installed a large swath of solar panels on its campus (mostly over large, open-air parking lots), one of the largest such groupings of solar panels in New Jersey.^[4]

In 2010, the renovated and expanded Livingston Student Center was completed.^[4]

In 2011, the campus opened the Livingston Dining Commons to replace Tillett Dining Hall.^[5]

In 2012, the new Livingston Apartments opened.^[6]

In 2012, The Plaza at Livingston, which contains the Livingston Apartments, a cinema, eateries, and stores, opened.^[4]

In fall 2013, the new Rutgers Business School building opened at 100 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, New Jersey.^[7]

Also in 2013, Tillett Hall renovations finished.^[4]

In 2021, the RAC has been renamed the Jersey Mike's Arena. It was announced in November that Rutgers and Jersey Mike's Subs have reached a multi-year agreement to make the sub-franchise an official partner for Rutgers Scarlet Knights. ^[8]

Roadways

The campus has several generically named roads, such as "Road 1," "Road 2," and "Avenue E," which date back to the campus's military days. Efforts to rename the roads have failed to date.

Livingston Campus and adjacent Busch Campus received their own exits on Piscataway's Route 18 expressway, completed in 2005, expediting inter-campus bus travel to these and the College Avenue Campus and the Douglass-Cook Campus across the Raritan River in New Brunswick.^[9]

Buildings

• The Plaza at Livingston- includes a movie theater, eateries and cafes, a tech store, and a nail salon .^[10]
• 100 Rockafeller Road (100 Rock)^[11] - Rutgers Business School
• Tillett Hall^[12] - Named after Paul Tillett, a political science professor, who played a major part in the planning of Livingston College. This building holds the post office, the learning center, the counseling center, the departments of Psychology (part) and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean studies, computer labs, and various classrooms. (Source: Catalogue of Building and Place Names at Rutgers)
• Livingston Dining Commons - The dining hall on Livingston campus, completed in summer of 2011, replaced Tillett Dining Hall. It is adjacent to the Livingston Student Center.
• James Dickson Carr Library,^[13] known until 2017 as Kilmer Area Library/Media Center^[14]
• Jersey Mike's Arena
• Lucy Stone Hall^[15] - Named after Lucy Stone, the founder of the New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Association, this building holds many administrative offices, the departments of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Sociology, Geography, Criminal Justice, Center for African Studies, as well as many classrooms and a few lecture halls. (Source: Catalogue of Building and Place Names at Rutgers)
• Livingston Student Center^[16] - Home of student organizations such as 90.3 the Core RLC-WVPH and The Livingston Theatre Company. This building also has several retail food vendors.
• Livingston Recreation Center^[17] (renovated in the Winter of 2007 and again Winter of 2023), originally known as the Livingston Gym.
• Ernest A. Lynton Towers (Residence Halls)(colloquially known as "The Lynton Towers") is an interconnected 8 floor dorm complex. They are named after Ernest A. Lynton, a physics professor at Rutgers and then Livingston College's founding dean. After leaving Rutgers, he later wrote and spoke extensively about "crises of purpose" in America's universities. Consisting of both double and single occupancy dorm rooms, the towers house approximately 350 students each for a total of approximately 700 freshmen and transfer students. Until a period of extensive nearby construction in 2012-2014, they were for many years the tallest buildings on Livingston Campus.^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Livingston Quads (Residence Halls) Each of the Quad Residence Halls (Quad 1, 2, and 3) consists of multiple buildings surrounding a central courtyard and are interconnected by a basement level. These halls house freshmen, sophomore and transfer students in either single or double occupancy dorms.
• Beck Hall^[21] (classrooms, chemistry laboratories and lecture hall) - Named after Lewis Caleb Beck, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy, Rutgers College, 1830-53 (Catalogue of Building and Place Names at Rutgers).
• Janice H. Levin Building^[22] (one of the buildings of Rutgers Business School—New Brunswick) - Named after a benefactor ^[23]
• Livingston/Busch Health Center
• Livingston Day Care Center
• Rutgers University Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) - founded in 1999^[24]
• Livingston Classroom Building (modular building structure)
• Neurotoxicology laboratories
• Many maintenance and storage buildings are also located on Livingston Campus. Some of these are original facilities from Camp Kilmer.
• The Livingston Arts Building (Mason Gross Sculpture Department)
• Rutgers iTV Studio
• Rutgers Makerspace
• Livingston Apartments (A, B, and C)

Former buildings

• Livingston Bookstore - (Closed following the 2011-2012 academic year and demolished the following year.)

Census-designated-place

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus CDP
Settlement Type:	Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:	NewJersey#USA
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Middlesex
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Footnotes:	^[25]
Area Total Km2:	3.46
Area Land Km2:	3.46
Area Water Km2:	0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:	1.34
Area Land Sq Mi:	1.34
Area Water Sq Mi:	0.00
Population As Of:	2020
Population Footnotes:	^[26]
Population Total:	3545
Population Density Km2:	1024.68
Population Density Sq Mi:	2653.44
Timezone:	Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:	−05:00
Timezone Dst:	Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:	−04:00
Elevation Ft:	92
Postal Code Type:	ZIP Code
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	^[27]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	2806182

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway and Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 3,545.^[28]

Demographics

2020 census

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race / Ethnicity!Pop 2020^[29] !% 2020

White alone (NH)	911	25.70%
Black or African American alone (NH)	344	9.70%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	0.03%
Asian alone (NH)	1,758	49.59%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	10	0.28%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	144	4.06%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	13	0.37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	364	10.27%
Total	3,545	100.00%

External links

• • Rutgers iTV website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kilmer Campus Renamed to Livingston Campus.
2. Web site: Home. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150222231309/http://makerspace.rutgers.edu/content/history-camp-kilmer. 2015-02-22.
3. Web site: Kilmer Campus Renamed to Livingston Campus.
4. Web site: Major Projects . Rutgers Vision for Livingston Campus . 14 March 2014.
5. Web site: Livingston Dining Commons Opens. Livingston Alumni. 19 November 2012.
6. Web site: Prentzel. Olivia. Residence Life develops plaza for Livingston. The Daily Targum. 19 November 2012.
7. Web site: New Building Highlights. https://web.archive.org/web/20110209074645/http://www.business.rutgers.edu/about-rbs/new-buildings. dead. 2011-02-09.
8. Web site: The RAC has been renamed to the Jersey Mike's Arena. USA Today. 12 February 2023.
9. Web site: NJ 18 Freeway Historical Overview . nycroads.com . 6 February 2022.
10. Web site: Livingston Campus- Dining Halls, Eateries and Stores . Rutgers New Brunswick . March 14, 2014.
11. Web site: Livingston Campus Highlights. https://web.archive.org/web/20190813172530/https://www.business.rutgers.edu/visit/livingston-highlights. 2019-08-13.
12. Web site: Tillett Hall. https://web.archive.org/web/20060502042544/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?309. 2006-05-02.
13. Web site: James Dickson Carr Library Honors First African-American Graduate of Rutgers College; Previously Known as Kilmer Library. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018141648/http://livingstonalumni.org/james-dickson-carr-library. 2017-10-18.
14. Web site: Kilmer Area Library. https://web.archive.org/web/20060529124754/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?177. 2006-05-29.
15. Web site: Lucy Stone Hall. https://web.archive.org/web/20050404213333/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?202. 2005-04-04.
16. Web site: Home - Rutgers University Student Centers. Rutgers University Student Centers. https://web.archive.org/web/20150608120202/http://getinvolved.rutgers.edu/centers/center-listing/4. 2015-06-08.
17. Web site: Livingston Recreation Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20041227123206/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?197. 2004-12-27.
18. http://housing.rutgers.edu/ie/index.php?page=content/Common/Halls/Livingston/ErnestNorth.php Housing Site for North Tower
19. http://housing.rutgers.edu/ie/index.php?page=content/Common/Halls/Livingston/ErnestSouth.php Housing Site for South Tower
20. Web site: Lynton Residence Hall - North & South Towers. https://web.archive.org/web/20151217001312/http://maps.rutgers.edu/location/lynton-residence-hall-north-south-towers. 2015-12-17. 2015-12-17.
21. Web site: Beck Hall. https://web.archive.org/web/20050509012541/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?26. 2005-05-09.
22. Web site: Janice H. Levin Building. https://web.archive.org/web/20060618183029/http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?185. 2006-06-18.
23. News: Paid Notice: Deaths LEVIN, JANICE H.. 25 March 2001. The New York Times.
24. Web site: About Us. Asian American Cultural Center.
25. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
26. https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3465260 Census Data Explorer: Rutgers University-Livingston Campus CDP, New Jersey
27. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
28. Web site: Rutgers University-Livingston Campus CDP, New Jersey. United States Census Bureau. March 13, 2022.
29. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Rutgers University-Livingston Campus CDP, New Jersey. United States Census Bureau.