A Familiar Face on RU-N Social Media, Graduate Learned the Power of Storytelling
June 18, 2026
As roving reporter—and prankster—for Rutgers–Newark’s social media, graduate Agnes Boateng surprised Political Science students by interrupting class and singing Disney tunes; hyped RU–N’s first homecoming in a decade; and danced to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” dressed as Raider, the campus mascot.
“I’ve always wanted to be in a mascot costume,” said Boateng, who helped promote the launch of RU–N’s rebranded Scarlet Raider mascot while sending off its old incarnation, which resembled a squirrel but was supposed to look like a fox.
A Journalism major and half of the duo known as A&M—her co-anchor was Mariam Njie, Program Manager for Student Engagement at Braven Rutgers–Newark—Boateng has been an intern in the Rutgers–Newark Office of Communications since 2024.
Reposted from Rutgers–Newark