Eric LeGrand: Rutgers University Football Star and Motivational Speaker

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Eric LeGrand: Rutgers University Football Star and Motivational Speaker

By Rutgers University

Date and time

Thursday, April 26, 2018 · 11am - 12pm EDT

Location

Rutgers University Biomedical Engineering Auditorium

599 Taylor Rd Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Description

Eric LeGrand will be the keynote speaker at our 2018 Biomedical Engineering Senor Design Conference. Eric's talk will begin at 11 am but please feel free to attend other parts of the event as well!

Eric LeGrand

In October 2010, Rutgers University football star, Eric LeGrand, sustained a spinal cord injury at his C3 and C4 vertebrae during a fourth quarter play at MetLife Stadium. While the initial prognosis was grim, Eric demonstrated his titan strength by shattering all expectations for his recovery and rehabilitation. However, recovery was not enough.

With close to six million Americans living with some form of paralysis, including 1.3 million spinal cord injuries, Eric harnessed the national spotlight he attracted from his injury to give back to the community and inspire those living with and impacted by paralysis to bELieve.

Team LeGrand was launched in September 2013 as a fundraising arm for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to carry forward the legacy of the late Christopher Reeve.

Please join Eric as he inspires us with his story!

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE NON-RUTGERS AND WISH TO ATTEND SO I CAN GET YOU A PARKING PERMIT. THANK YOU!

Garden State Parkway Southbound: Turn off at Exit 129 for the New Jersey Turnpike and head south. Take Exit 9, bear right after the tollbooths and follow signs for “Route 18 North – New Brunswick.” Stay to the left to continue on Route 18 North. Continue along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Proceed to the “Campus Road, Busch Campus” exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. At the 4-way stop, continue straight. You can park in Lot #51 directly across from the Busch Campus Student Center. You can also park in lot 54 which is behind the BME building however you then have to walk all the way around the BME building to the front door.

https://rumaps.rutgers.edu/location/lot-54

Garden State Parkway Northbound: Turn off at Exit 105 and follow signs for Route 18 North. After approximately 24 miles, you will pass the entrance for the New Jersey Turnpike. Continue along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Proceed to the “Campus Road, Busch Campus” exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. At the 4-way stop, continue straight. You can park in Lot #51 directly across from the Busch Campus Student Center.

Interstate 287: Turn off at Exit 9 “Bound Brook/Highland Park." Proceed East on River Road toward Highland Park. Continue on River Road and you will pass under the overpass for Route 18. Make the next left onto Route 18 North. Proceed to the “Campus Road, Busch Campus” exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. At the 4-way stop, continue straight. You can park in Lot #51 directly across from the Busch Campus Student Center.

New Jersey Turnpike: Turn off at Exit 9, bear right after the tollbooths and follow signs for “Route 18 North – New Brunswick.” Stay to the left to continue on Route 18 North. Continue along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Proceed to the “Campus Road, Busch Campus” exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. Proceed straight at the 4 way stop. You can park in Lot #51 directly across from the Busch Campus Student Center.

Route 1: Turn off at exit marked “Route 18 North-New Brunswick." Continue along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Proceed to the “Campus Road, Busch Campus” exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. At the 4-way stop, continue straight. You can park in Lot #51 directly across from the Busch Campus Student Center.

Directions from Lot 51 (the credit union) to the Biomedical Engineering Building

A lot of our campus is under construction. If you park in Lot 51, you should go into and through the Busch Campus Center. When you exit out the back of the building, go to your right and pass between the main engineering building (concrete stucco) on you left and the Fiber Optics building on your right along the sidewalk. When you reach the courtyard you will be facing the MSE (Materials Science and Engineering) building. Head right along the fence. The Biomedical Engineering building is on the left where the fence ends. When you enter the building by by the "running man" statue, you will be in the foyer which is where we will be networking. The auditorium is to the left.


Organized by

Rutgers University Medical Device Development Center.

For additional information call 848-445-6578.

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