Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tackling two master’s degrees while working full time as assistant director of student success and experiential education in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs may seem like an impossible feat for most. For Rutgers University's Chelsie Riche, striving for excellence is embedded in her DNA. Coming to the U.S. at a young age set the stage for her to begin her educational journey, but a Rutgers professor who saw her potential instilled the drive to go even higher. The Rutgers alumna was named a Gates Cambridge scholar as an undergrad. From her motivations to succeed to embracing being the only in some spaces, hear from Riche in our Professionally Black series.
Tackling two master’s degrees while working full time as assistant director of student success and experiential education in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs may seem like an impossible feat for most. For Rutgers University's Chelsie Riche, striving for excellence is embedded in her DNA. Coming to the U.S. at a young age set the stage for her to begin her educational journey, but a Rutgers professor who saw her potential instilled the drive to go even higher. The Rutgers alumna was named a Gates Cambridge scholar as an undergrad. From her motivations to succeed to embracing being the only in some spaces, hear from Riche in our Professionally Black series.
