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Robinson is passionate about using words to fight prejudice and promote mental well-being. - Photo via Asiya Robinson.

Crafting change through words: Asiya Robinson’s writing, advocacy, and future aspirations

Leah Thorpe January 24, 2024

Life doesn’t always go as planned. For many people, their journeys lead them down unexpected, but exciting and rewarding paths. Asiya Robinson, a senior writing arts major at Rowan with a double minor...

Lea Donaghy shares her academic journey and advocacy for disability awareness as Miss Wheelchair New Jersey. - Photo / Lea Donaghy

Rowan Grad Student Shares Disability Advocacy in Pageant World

Maranda Jo Shinn December 8, 2021

If Lea Donaghy had to choose one word to describe her Rowan experience, it would be “eventful.” Donaghy is a first-year graduate student working towards her Masters in Counseling in Educational...

Rowan community members march down Rowan Boulevard in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Juneteenth 2020. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

Lonsdorf: Four Years Later, Rowan (Finally) Has a Political Identity

Tara Lonsdorf November 4, 2020

There's a funny axiom about what happens when 18-year-olds leave their small towns for college: that they'll experience a culture shock of sudden diversity and arts and multiculturalism. When I came to...

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