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

Gess awards ceremony set for Monday, April 2

Matt Kass
March 28, 2018
Rowan University Professor Carla Lewandowski and her students took a trip to Ireland over spring break to learn more about the IRA, and got the chance to partake in St. Patrick's Day celebrations as well. -Photo courtesy of Carla Lewandowski

Rowan students experience Ireland as part of international terrorism class

Matt Kass
March 27, 2018
Rowan University business students get trained to be IRS secret agents as part of the Adrian project on March 23, 2018. -Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo

Accounting meets criminal investigation as the Adrian Project comes to Rowan

Matt Kass
March 24, 2018
Members of the Rowan University SGA board at a meeting on March 19, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

SGA discusses co-pays for the Wellness Center

Matt Kass
March 21, 2018
Percussion professor Dean Witten of the department of Percussion, who recently died. -Photo courtesy of Rowan University College of performing arts

Rowan University percussion director dies

Matt Kass
March 21, 2018
President Lauren Bitzer speaks at a meeting of the SGA Senate on March 5, 2018. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Singleton, Viola, O’Leary winners in SGA election

Matt Kass
March 11, 2018
The Rowan Radio logo. - Photo courtesy of Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM

Hogan and Donovan to enter WGLS-FM Hall of Fame

Matt Kass
March 9, 2018
President Lauren Bitzer speaks at a meeting of the SGA Senate on March 5, 2018. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Rowan idea challenge among presentations at SGA open session

Matt Kass
March 7, 2018
Bunce Hall, on the campus of Rowan University. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan Public Safety announces capture of suspects from prior incident

Matt Kass
March 6, 2018
The winning group poses for a photo during the Case Study Competition hosted by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences on Friday, Feb. 23, in the Student Center. -Photo courtesy of Will Mendez

Rowan students compete in inaugural CHSS case study competition

Matt Kass
February 27, 2018

College of Comunication and Creative Arts announces formation of new major

Matt Kass
February 21, 2018
The proposed layout of the new food court that was shown to students at the SGA meeting on Jan. 19. -Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Jordan/Gourmet Dining

Gourmet Dining announces major overhaul of Marketplace

Matt Kass
February 21, 2018
One of the displays at Darwin day was a series of poster boards about Charles Darwin's life and research. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Darwin Day festivities shed spotlight on monumental scientist

Matt Kass
February 13, 2018
Artist in residence Sidney Mullis leads a tour of the gallery during the artist talk event on Feb. 8. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Artist in Residence Sidney Mullis gives talk at ‘Legs Together’ opening reception

Matt Kass
February 12, 2018
The crowd at the parade was packed together tightly. -Copy Editor/Grace Clevenger

PHOTOS: Rowan students get once-in-a-lifetime experience at Super Bowl parade

Matt Kass
February 8, 2018
Rowan President Ali Houshmand (center) at a Board of Trustees meeting on Febraury 7, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Rowan Board of Trustees holds open session

Matt Kass
February 8, 2018
Dr. Monica Kerrigan, the new Ombuds at Rowan University has been serving in the position since September. She is also an associate professor in the department of education. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Interview with Dr. Monica Kerrigan, new Rowan University Ombuds

Matt Kass
January 31, 2018
Students hold lit candles at the Holocaust Memorial service on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2017. -Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo

Rowan students remember the Holocaust with annual march across campus

Matt Kass
January 31, 2018
Modern therapy co-founders Cassie and Brandon Christiansen are bringing mental health into the digital age. -photo courtesy of Brandon Christiansen

Rowan alumnus works to provide mental health services

Matt Kass
January 31, 2018
Bunce Hall, on the campus of Rowan University. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

2018-2019 on-campus housing application opens

Matt Kass
January 31, 2018
The executive board of Rowan University's Student Government Association poses for a photo after a meeting on Jan. 22, 2018. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

SGA to fill two vacant positions

Matt Kass
January 24, 2018
Ian McKane, a senior civil and environmental engineering major was recently named one of ten 2018 New Faces of Civil Engineering, Collegiate Edition. -Photo courtesy of ASCE

Rowan student earns honor from civil engineering society

Matt Kass
January 18, 2018
Ambre McKenna, the program assistant for the SCCA info desk cuts the ribbon, dedicating the new facility on SCCA Day, Jan. 16, 2018. -News Editor Matt Kass

Chamberlain Student Center officially rebrands as SCCA

Matt Kass
January 17, 2018
Student volunteers Mariana Cardenas (right) and Harley Buechler package supplies for the Office of Volunteerism. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Office of Volunteerism sponsors drive to feed families for Thanksgiving

Matt Kass
November 15, 2017
Atendees and employers mingle at the Federal and Non-Profit Career Fair. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Federal and non-profit job fair attracts career seekers from student body

Matt Kass
November 15, 2017
Danielle Davis gives a presentation about applications for the PROS program at last night's SGA meeting. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Bylaw change among topics discussed at SGA meeting

Matt Kass
November 15, 2017
"2021 to 2023, Rowan University’s tuition has increased by 4%." - Previous Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Student robbed near Chestnut Hall

Matt Kass
November 14, 2017
Rowan university student Hannah Vendetta is crowned as the reigning Miss Gloucester County. -Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics

Balancing classes and competition, Rowan student crowned Miss Gloucester County

Matt Kass
November 13, 2017
Some of the prizes available to students who participate in the social media contest. -Photo courtesy of Karen Drake

Office of volunteerism looking to get students involved through new contest

Matt Kass
November 8, 2017
PRSSA has held charitable events in the past. Decorations from PRSSA hang in the hallway as a reminder to students about the Dance Away Cystic Fibrosis event at the end of this month. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Public Relations Student Society of America hosts ‘Dance Away Cystic Fibrosis’ in memory of former member

Matt Kass
November 8, 2017
Participants lined up and waiting for a drill to begin at Soul open tryouts. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Kass: Observations from a Philadelphia Soul open tryout

Matt Kass
November 8, 2017
People in the planetarium for the live Q&A with Vice President Gore. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ screened in Edelman Planetarium

Matt Kass
November 1, 2017

Outdoor film screening brings students to Robinson green

Matt Kass
October 25, 2017
“Phil Neff, of Paulsboro, stands at attention at Civil War Day hosted by the Glassboro Historical Society at the West Jersey Depot Museum on October 22, 2017”. -Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo

The past comes to life on Civil War History Day

Matt Kass
October 23, 2017
Henry Rowan and his wife Betty Rowan gifted $100 million to then Glassboro State College in 1992. Rowan passed away on Dec. 9, 2015. Photo Courtesy from Rowan University Publications

University community reflects on the 25th anniversary of Henry Rowan’s gift

Matt Kass
October 11, 2017
A title slide display from the Redefining Title IX Student Summit on Friday, October 6th, 2017

Title IX Summit brings students together for discussion

Matt Kass
October 9, 2017

Rowan Democrats aim to bridge political divide at ‘Policy Night’

Matt Kass
October 4, 2017
Rowan University student John Rondi is the inventor of Stunited, an new app to help college students find each other to study.-News Editor/Matt Kass

Rowan student develops new app for studying, tutoring

Matt Kass
October 4, 2017
Journalists Barbara Laker (left) and Wendy Ruderman came in to speak to Professor Anastasia's Crime Reporting class. -News Editor/Matt Kass

Pulitzer Prize winners Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker visit Rowan

Matt Kass
October 4, 2017
"2021 to 2023, Rowan University’s tuition has increased by 4%." - Previous Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan student has died

Matt Kass
September 26, 2017
Dean Jones speaks at a meeting of the Rowan SGA. -Staff Photo/Jaryd Leady

SGA holds first meeting of the school year

Matt Kass
September 20, 2017
Members of the Rowan University Board of Trustees at a meeting held on September 13, 2017. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan Board of Trustees announces new chairman

Matt Kass
September 20, 2017
Dean Richard jones speaks at the Understanding Charlottesville event last night. -Staff Photo/Kayla Vitulano

Rowan community comes together to discuss Charlottesville

Matt Kass
September 13, 2017
-Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rohrer foundation makes donation to business school

Matt Kass
September 13, 2017

Camden man arrested after incident on Rowan Boulevard

Matt Kass
September 13, 2017
This part of the A4 project was near where the accident occured. (Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo)

Recent building openings part of larger university expansion

Matt Kass
September 12, 2017
New Executive Board Members have been elected for the 2017-18 school year. -Staff Photo/Andrew Turco

Meet the SGA executive board

Matt Kass
September 12, 2017
The Glassboro Fire Department. The fire department is now responding to all fire alarms in Rowan's residence halls. -Photo Editor/Cole Ditzel

Rowan University provides email reminder about fire safety policy

Matt Kass
September 11, 2017
A repairman tends to a downed pole near the Rowan Boulevard Apartments.-Staff Photo/Matt Kass

Accident causes power loss on campus

Matt Kass
September 5, 2017

Route 322 to be repaved next week

Matt Kass
September 5, 2017

Partnership between prosecutor’s office, advertising company leads to new push for justice in Farrell case

Matt Kass
June 9, 2017
Courtesy of flickr user Rob Swystun

Early morning fire at fraternity house believed to be arson

Matt Kass
May 16, 2017
"2021 to 2023, Rowan University’s tuition has increased by 4%." - Previous Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan doctoral student has died

Matt Kass
April 26, 2017
The final SGA meeting of the 2016-2017 school year takes place in the pit of the Chamberlain Student Center. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan SGA approves new constitutional change

Matt Kass
April 25, 2017
Protestors lined up under one of the arches at city hall ready to begin marching.The march in Philadelphia took place on April 22nd. -Staff Photo/Matt Kass

Rowan students among crowd during March for Science in Philadelphia

Matt Kass
April 24, 2017

Rowan police officer released from hospital; recovering at home

Matt Kass
April 20, 2017
Ryan Schwepfinger (left) and Zach Hill answer questions from students at the PRSSA sports communication panel -Staff Photo/Matt Kass

Sports communication panel brings industry executives to Rowan

Matt Kass
April 19, 2017
The Glassboro Fire Department. The fire department is now responding to all fire alarms in Rowan's residence halls. -Photo Editor/Cole Ditzel

New fire alarm protocol enacted after fire in Mimosa Hall

Matt Kass
April 18, 2017
Meagan Cutting as Carrie and Kristy Joe Slough as her mother in Rowan Theatre's "Carrie: The Musical." This event concluded Rowan University's "Season of Horror." Photo courtesy of David Cimetta

Review: Rowan Theatre’s “Carrie: The Musical” brings theater season to a bloody and brilliant close

Matt Kass
April 12, 2017
Silvester is a real service dog that was trained under CCI. - Staff photo/Nicole Mingo

Ruff stuff: Advocates want to keep impostor service dogs on a short leash

Matt Kass
April 12, 2017
Mike Viola, gives a speech before becoming the new Associate Vice President of Student affairs for SGA. -Staff Photo/Andrew Turco

SGA elects new assistant vice presidents for 2017-18 executive board

Matt Kass
April 11, 2017
Bunce Hall, on the campus of Rowan University. -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan University Theatre students protest lack of proper rehearsal space

Matt Kass
April 9, 2017
Firemen seen removing damaged personal items from a dorm in Mimosa Hall. -Staff Photo/Matt Kass

Small fire breaks out at Mimosa Hall, Rowan students forced to evacuate

Matt Kass
April 7, 2017
President Houshmand presents student trustee, Melissa Shore with a certificate of accomplishment during the Board of Trustees meeting. -Staff Photo/Andrew Turco

Houshmand announces tuition increases for Rowan University undergrads

Matt Kass
April 6, 2017
New Executive Board Members have been elected for the 2017-18 school year. -Staff Photo/Andrew Turco

SGA elects new student trustees

Matt Kass
April 4, 2017
Artist Greg Dunn discussing his artwork at an event held in the Rowan Hall Auditorium. He uses neuroscience as a basis for his art. Staff Photo/Nicole Mingo

Artist Greg Dunn talks neuroscience and paintings at Rowan

Matt Kass
April 3, 2017
220 Rowan Boulevard is among the few choices Juniors and Seniors now have for on-campus housing options. - File Photo / Amanda Palma

Rowan upperclassmen surprised by new housing restrictions

Matt Kass
March 31, 2017
(VOTE NOW) Munch Madness Final Round: The Main Course

(VOTE NOW) Munch Madness Final Round: The Main Course

Matt Kass
March 29, 2017

(VOTE NOW) Munch Madness, Round 3: The Fast Food Four

Matt Kass
March 22, 2017
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Matt Kass
March 19, 2017

Dining for Diversity discusses last year’s election on International Women’s Day

Matt Kass
March 12, 2017

(VOTE NOW) Munch Madness, Round 2: The Grease Slingers

Matt Kass
March 8, 2017

Houshmand announces plans to add sky bridge to Student Center, demolish Linden Hall

Matt Kass
March 8, 2017

Bitzer, Albano head list of election winners for 2017-18 SGA board

Matt Kass
March 6, 2017

(VOTE NOW) Munch Madness Round 1: Glassboro Confidential

Matt Kass
February 28, 2017

SGA hosts Meet the Candidates Night in Students Center Pit for SGA elections

Matt Kass
February 22, 2017

Q&A with a reporter forced into the spotlight after moment with Trump

Matt Kass
February 20, 2017

Kass: Trump presidency is a satire in its own right

Matt Kass
February 15, 2017

Rowan developing Campus Resource Center to provide food and supplies to students

Matt Kass
February 14, 2017

LIVE BLOG: PROFHacks 2017 pits students against each other in ‘hackathon’

Matt Kass
February 4, 2017

Kass: Immigration ban will put us on the wrong side of history

Matt Kass
February 3, 2017

SGA reports new development project, community resource center

Matt Kass
January 25, 2017

Kass: After inauguration, people and media are fired up

Matt Kass
January 23, 2017

Burglaries at Edgewood apartments leave residents concerned over safety

Matt Kass
December 12, 2016

Houshmand updates on construction, plans to demolish Linden Hall

Matt Kass
November 30, 2016

Second-Annual RAHcapella brings music to the Chamberlain Student Center

Matt Kass
November 27, 2016

Students hear the case for revolution in scientific data reporting

Matt Kass
November 21, 2016

SGA green lights clubs hoping for charter status

Matt Kass
November 15, 2016
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