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Whit staff members pose for a photo with Professor Nick DiUlio during a homecoming event. This is what I am thankful for. - Photo via Sylent Michaels

Michaels: Thankful for college

Sylent Lee Michaels November 15, 2023

Have you ever taken a moment to appreciate how lucky you are to have the opportunities to learn every day at your college, to often be taught by renowned professionals in your field of study?  Unlike...

Students explore a virtual world while seated at desks in an immersive learning center pod at Arizona State University. Photo provided courtesy of Arizona State University. - Photo via Rowan University press release

Come put your VR Goggles on for class

Gianna Malgieri September 27, 2023

Virtual Reality (VR) goggles are in your future here at Rowan. Rowan University sent out a press release that announced the “collaborating with Dreamscape Learn and Arizona State University (ASU)...

With assistance from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Rowan Vet students will have access to the department’s Animal Health Diagnostic Lab and other lab services such as virology, bacteriology and post mortem examinations. - Photo / Rowan University School of Veterinary Medicine

Rowan’s new Veterinary school teams up with NJ Dept. of Agriculture

Abigail Twiford March 22, 2023

Rowan University School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) will receive assistance and educational aid from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA). The decision was announced by the department on March...

Dr. Alicia Drelick discusses the return to in-person classes. Multimedia Editor Joel Vazquez-Juarbe talks to students and faculty about how they are handling that return. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Spring 2021 Semester Starts Off Strong

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe February 17, 2021

As Rowan transitions into a second full semester of maintaining COVID-19 safety precautions and social distancing, some classes have begun to meet in person. Of these classes, physical presence is a requirement...

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...

Students often try to make friends during the start of freshman year. - Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

College freshmen: Adjusting to a new life

Lea Hornback September 15, 2019

Boxes, SUVs and attentive security guards: driving onto campus on move-in day was a combination of confusion and chaos, yet I couldn’t help but feel liberated. Hundreds of my new neighbors shuffled...

We know Wawa coffee tastes good, but it may not help your body fight off flu. - Photo by Flickr user Dave Kerwood

Life as a Commuter: GasBuddy, Wawa coffee and free parking go far for frugal commuter

Breanna Ruiz March 23, 2017

You close the car door. You strap on your seatbelt. You turn the keys, and it hits you: you need gas. You look at the clock. Phew! You got time, kid. Just hit the next Wawa. You pull up, and the attendant...

Ruiz: Life as a commuter – Rowan, work, bed, repeat

Breanna Ruiz March 15, 2017

Up until last week, my life was set in 30-minute increments. Work, school, eat, try to sleep, repeat. Sounds easy enough, right? Wrong. I’m a full-time student who commutes from Philadelphia, who works...

Do you regret your major? Why or Why not?

Amanda Palma October 5, 2016

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