NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – This summer will find some Rutgers
Summer Session students chasing tornadoes in Kansas, learning how to start
their own businesses or finding out how crime scene investigations really work.

Registration is underway for these and more than 2,200
credit-bearing classes offered during three sessions from May 29 through August
15.

Gabriel Cohen, a student in the School of Arts and Sciences, was chosen as the 'face' of Summer Session 2012.

Rutgers Summer Session is open to both Rutgers students and
visiting students from other colleges and universities, as well as to qualified
high school students accepted into the Rutgers Summer Scholars Program.

Summer session classes enable students to earn credits
toward their degrees, improve their GPAs or reduce their course loads during
the regular academic year. For high school students, they offer an opportunity
to earn college credits and become acclimated to college-level study. Smaller,
more intimate classes help maximize learning on a compressed schedule.

While offering traditional courses in scores of disciplines,
Rutgers Summer Session also peppers the schedule with topics that enable
students to think and learn “outside the box.”

Courses this summer include Special Topics in Meteorology taught by Steven Decker, assistant
professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences. The course will take students on a field
trip to Kansas, where they will learn about and chase storms on the Great
Plains.

Developing Small
Business Skills will be co-taught by
Joe Shure, a Rutgers graduate and co-founder of the Intersect Fund, a nonprofit
that trains entrepreneurs to run their own businesses, and also provides
microloans. The class is open to high school as well as college students.

Michael Emanuel, who is on faculty in the criminal justice
program, will teach Scientific
Applications in Justice, an elective that will cover real-life forensic
cases.

Registration deadlines for the three summer sessions are May
10, June 6 and June 20. An additional fee will be charged for late
registration.

More information and a complete list of classes can be found on the Summer Session site. High school students can learn more online about the Rutgers Summer Scholars program.
Individuals may also call 732-932-7565 or email summer@docs.rutgers.edu.