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Rowan University President Ali Houshmand speaks to the crowd during University Assembled on April 27, 2018. - Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

President Houshmand updates faculty at University Assembled

Matt Kass April 27, 2018

In the final major address before commencement week kicks off, Rowan University president Ali Houshmand briefed attending faculty at University Assembled, a general meeting in the Tohill Auditorium...

(L to R) Chairman Chad Bruner, Rbrey Singleton and President Ali pose for a photo at the Board of Trustees meeting. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Board of trustees meet for the final time this school year

Matt Kass April 25, 2018

Wednesday afternoon in the Eynon Ballroom, The Rowan University Board of Trustees met for the final time of the school year. On the docket was a variety of house cleaning issues, where faculty hiring...

(l to r) Todd Jobson, Hillary Hwaga, Fiona Hughes and Alex Boyko pose for a photo. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Interview with the Student Financial Control Board

Matt Kass April 25, 2018

Recently, The Whit sat down with members of the Student Financial Control Board (SFCB). The SFCB is responsible for helping the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Rowan University Student Government...

(L to R) Dylan Grana, Jessica Wolk and Eric Liguori pose in front of the homepage for the Rowan Accelerator Program. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Business program looks for student groups to invest in

Matt Kass April 24, 2018

As part of the Rohrer College of Business, the Rowan University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RCIE) is working to help student startups with funding. To do so, the RCIE recently moved forward...

Members of the Rowan University SGA meeting on April 16, 2018. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

SGA meets for final time in spring semester

Matt Kass April 17, 2018

Monday evening, the Rowan University Student Government Association (SGA) met for the final time in the spring semester in the Pfleeger auditorium in Wilson Hall. Despite being the last meeting of the...

A group of lit candles spell out the word hope during the Rowan University relay for life on April 13, 2018. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Students walk through the night at Relay For Life

Matt Kass April 17, 2018

Friday evening in the Rec Center gym, students from all across campus came together for Relay For Life, an event put on by Colleges Against Cancer at Rowan University. The event started off with an opening...

Bunce Hall, on the campus of Rowan University. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Avant to host poetry reading on Sunday, April 15

Matt Kass April 11, 2018

Avant, Rowan's literary magazine, will be hosting a poetry reading on Sunday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Owl's Nest in the Chamberlain Student Center. The poet is Faleeha Hassan, a former Iraqi refugee...

Coders sit and work at the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on April 6, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Campbell Library hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Matt Kass April 11, 2018

Wikipedia is one of the largest crowdsourced databases in the world, encompassing almost every topic. But what to do when some of the entries are a little skimpy? For the Campbell Library, the answer was...

Rowan professor Edward Smith presents to the assembled audience at his Holocaust and Genocide Studies talk on the history of filmmaking in Nazi Germany on April 5, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies hosts talk on Nazi filmmaking

Matt Kass April 9, 2018

Thursday afternoon in Bunce Hall, as part of the Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies yearly curriculum of events, Dr. Edward Smith presented a program with a question and answer session afterward...

State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Rowan University President Ali Houshmand sit side-by-side during a budget hearing at Rowan Hall on Tuesday April 3, 2018. -Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo

Rowan hosts New Jersey state senate budget hearing

Matt Kass April 4, 2018

Tuesday in the engineering hall the New Jersey State Senate held a budget hearing for their fiscal year 2019 budget. The purpose of the hearing was to allow constituents who may be impacted by portions...

Members of the Rowan University SGA board at a meeting on March 19, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Rowan administration, SGA board follow up on co-pay concerns

Matt Kass April 3, 2018

Monday night in Business Hall room 104, the Rowan University Student Government Association (SGA) ran a marathon meeting. Clocking in just under two and a half hours, the main topic discussed was the...

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks to assembled students at the Feminist Activist Symposium on March 29, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

#MeToo founder gives keynote speech at Rowan’s feminist symposium

Matt Kass April 3, 2018

Thursday Afternoon in the Eynon Ballroom, Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement delivered the keynote address to the Feminist Activist Symposium which was presented by the Rowan University...

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