[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E43-E44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMENDING RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN FOR MEMPHIS PIPELINE PROJECT

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 17, 2024

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Rutgers University, 
the State University of New Jersey, and Rutgers-Camden Chancellor 
Antinio B. Tillis, for their commitment to creating opportunities for 
Memphis students in my district, which is Mr. Tillis' former hometown. 
Tillis, a 1983 graduate of Central High School, Vanderbilt University 
and later a Fulbright Scholar, has dedicated Rutgers-Camden to what he 
calls the Memphis Pipeline Project. The original Rutgers was founded in 
1766 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and is routinely considered one of 
the nation's premiere national universities. The ``pipeline'' has 
brought 13 Memphis high school students to Rutgers-Camden in the past 
year and Tillis is focused on bringing more from the city's Hamilton 
and Westwood High Schools. Just the existence of the pipeline 
opportunity has inspired students who might not have considered going 
to college at all, a side benefit of the project, I want to thank 
Chancellor Tillis, his dedicated staff, and the counselors at Memphis 
high schools inspired to realize the ambitions of their students, and 
wish them all every success.

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