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Cortinarius iodes mushroom. - Photo via Jenna Levner

Mushrooms made easy at Mycology club

Bryant Lopez February 7, 2024

A club that is sprouting exponentially in Rowan is the mycology club with only a short period since beginning. The mycology club began last year and got chartered at the beginning of last spring semester....

Sheila Saini applies Lushious Beauty false eyelashes to an audience participant. - Staff Writer / Paige Britt

Lushious Beauty owner offers advice to fellow student entrepreneurs

Paige Britt February 7, 2024

On Feb. 6, the Rowan Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship hosted "Catch Up with a Startup", highlighting the business Lushious Beauty and founder and CEO Shaila Saini.  Saini is an international...

Jayson Stark speaks to students in Bozorth Hall. - Photo via RowanSportsCAM on X

Jayson Stark featured at first Pizza With the Pros of spring semester

Curtis Ulrich February 6, 2024

On Monday, Feb. 5, Pizza With The Pros started the Spring Semester with an exciting guest speaker for MLB fans, with senior writer Jayson Stark. Jayson Stark is the winner of the Baseball Writers’...

Hillel's e-board poses for a photo at their game night event. - Contributor / Erik Gil

Hillel welcomes spring semester with game night

Erik Gil January 31, 2024

On Friday the 26th, Hillel, the Jewish student run organization, held a game night to welcome back the semester. Held at Hawthorn Hall, it was a chance for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike to come...

The Black Student Union e-board poses for a photo. - Copy Editor / Bryant Lopez

Obsidian Ball celebrates and unites Rowan’s BIPOC community

Bryant Lopez January 31, 2024

On Jan. 27, the Rowan Black Student Union (BSU) held the third annual Obsidian Ball where students could get together to enjoy music and food and view the event's vendors. Many students attended the event...

Tyler Hilinski playing football. - Photo via HilinskisHope.org

Tyler Talk brings awareness to athletes’ mental health

Braijon Williams January 31, 2024

On Thursday, Jan. 25th, student-athletes, and athletic training majors were asked to gather at Pfleeger Concert Hall, to listen to Mark and Kym Hilinski talk about mental health for student-athletes and...

Nick Nastasi is featured in Philadelphia Business Journal's '2023 Inno Under 25' list. - Photo via Nick Nastasi

Rowan grad student claims a spot on Philadelphia Business Journal’s ‘2023 Inno Under 25’ list

Madison Miller January 31, 2024

Rowan MBA student and 2023 entrepreneurship graduate Nick Nastasi was recently recognized as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2023 Inno Under 25, for his medical sticker company, 4U Medical...

Dr. Emily Blanck speaks at Words Matter book store. - Contributor / Beth Cimaglia

Jazz, Juneteenth, and understanding our past

Beth Cimaglia January 31, 2024

Not far from Rowan’s campus, on Jan. 30, the Words Matter bookstore in downtown Pitman was filled with lively music and conversation. The bookstore held another "Jazz at Words" evening, which included...

Acoustic Soul preforms for Summit City Winery customers. - Opinion Editor / Sylent Lee Michaels

University Boulevard’s hidden gem: Summit City Winery

Sylent Lee Michaels January 24, 2024

Tucked away at the very end of a street known as University Blvd., where many off-campus college students reside, is a quaint little winery that often goes overlooked by the students attending the campus...

Chelsea Valcourt poses for a photo in the town meeting hall. - Photo via Mike Hickman Photography

Recent graduate makes history as Monroe Township’s youngest council president

Braijon Williams January 24, 2024

Have you ever felt like you presented an issue to someone and after some time, that issue never got resolved? Well, Rowan alumni, Chelsea Valcourt felt that same way when she consistently sent emails...

Carly Del Borrello, Emily Salcedo, and Emma Goggins of Alpha Sigma Tau. - Contributor / Beth Cimaglia

Rushing to Meet the Sisters

Beth Cimaglia January 24, 2024

Every semester, students who want to join Greek Life are faced with the tough decision of deciding which sorority is the best fit for them. One event, hosted by NPC, NPHC, and GCOC Sororities, aims to...

Students browse tabling organizations at the SGA's Spring Organization Fair. - Contributor / Sophia Fandino

Spring Organization Fair allows for students to find their community

Sophia Fandino January 24, 2024

Students of all years came together at the Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the SGA’s bi-annual Organization Fair. The room was chock-full of different clubs and organizations that are...

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