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Rowan SGA responds to student behavior on a student-wide email chain. The original email was sent by a graduate student soliciting participants for a survey on their academic experiences at Rowan. - Graphics from Rowan SGA, Pixabay

Hadley: The Need for Student Support for Graduate Student Surveys

Camryn Hadley February 16, 2021

Editor's Note: This opinion article was written by Camryn Hadley, who is the Student Government Association (SGA) Assistant Vice President of Public Relations and Special Events. Hadley sent this to The...

Statue of Henry Rowan outside Savitz Hall. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rowan SGA Senate Meeting Reveals Potential Freeze on Tuition

Corey Rothauser February 10, 2021

On Monday, Feb. 8, Rowan University's Student Government Association (SGA) held its bi-weekly Senate hearing. Student Trustee Kyle Perez provided a recap of last week's board of trustee's Budget and...

Students walking at Rowan University in Glassboro. Like students, professors and academic advisers are adjusting to the "new normal." - Photo / Miguel Martinez

SGA Passes Resolution to Recommend an Optional Pass/No Credit System

Corey Rothauser November 11, 2020

During the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, senators passed resolution #2020-005, which permits SGA to recommend the university implement an optional pass/no credit...

The owl statue near Robinson Hall at Rowan's Glassboro Campus. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

SGA Senate Meeting Highlights “Can the Van” and Rowan Red Cross Club

Lindsey D’Ambrosio November 4, 2020

The Rowan Student Government Association (SGA) met remotely on Monday, Oct. 26 for their bi-weekly senate meeting. According to Assistant Vice President of Public Relations and Special Events Camryn...

SGA President Arielle Gedeon delegates votes with SGA Senate. - Former News Editor / Alexander Heller

SGA Senate Meeting Highlights Affordability Taskforce and “Can the Van”

Antonio Bene October 14, 2020

Rowan’s Student Government Association started their senate meeting on Monday, Oct. 12 by announcing three goals for the year: continuity, engagement and wellbeing. Alison Novak, chair of Rowan's...

Kevin McCarthy speaking during an SGA Senate meeting with SGA President Arielle Gedeon in the background - Photo via / Alexander Heller

SGA Reveals $153 Million Operating Budget

Corey Rothauser September 23, 2020

The Student Government Association (SGA) held its second meeting of the year remotely on Monday. They announced the reinstatements of three board of trustee positions and the approval of Rowan's 2021...

SGA AVP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (top row, second from left) called a meeting to discuss possible actions that Rowan University could take to accommodate and include its Jewish community. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

SGA Representatives Meet With Jewish Campus Leaders to Discuss Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tara Lonsdorf September 23, 2020

On Monday, Sept. 23, Student Government Association's Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Ayala Gideon held a virtual meeting with campus Jewish leaders to discuss...

SGA President Arielle Gedeon delegates votes with SGA Senate. - Former News Editor / Alexander Heller

Letter to the Editor: SGA Response to “Does Our University Truly Respect Jewish Profs?”

Letter to the Editor September 23, 2020

Editor's Note: This Letter to the Editor was originally sent on Sept. 11, 2020. However, it was not received by Whit staff until Sept 21, 2020. Despite the lapse in timeliness, the Student Government...

Screenshot from the virtual SGA Senate meeting on Sep. 14, 2020 - News Editor / Corey Rothauser

SGA Holds First Virtual Senate Meeting

Corey Rothauser September 16, 2020

Rowan's Student Government Association (SGA) welcomed its senators back with a new, drastically different environment to conduct business in, but it is one that offers new opportunities. SGA has never...

Students from the Jewish community gather outside the student center to light the menorah in celebration of Hanukkah. - File photo / Alex Heller

Lonsdorf: SGA Should Take Accountability for Past Negligence Toward Jewish Students

Tara Lonsdorf September 10, 2020
I believe that SGA did not intend to offend or dismiss Jewish students. However, I also believe that good intentions do not make up for harmful impacts.
Rowan students join in solidarity of the Jewish Community after the shooting in Pittsburgh in October 2018. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rossen: Responding to SGA Commentary of “Does Our University Truly Respect Jewish Profs?”

Alex Rossen September 10, 2020

Editor's note: This article has been updated since it was first posted online to more accurately reflect the views and sentiments of its author. Last week I got one of the biggest opportunities of...

Rowan senior Alexander Rossen holds a Magen David necklace to honor his Jewish culture and beliefs - but does Rowan University have the same respect for religious plurality? - Photo by Brian Lawrence. Used with permission.

Rossen: Does our university truly respect Jewish Profs?

Alex Rossen September 8, 2020
We are just a fraction of the Jewish population at Rowan, and what we’ve experienced is only a fraction of what Rowan’s Jewish community as a whole has experienced. 
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