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MEDLIFE volunteers improve communities in other countries

Sarah Hockel February 19, 2017

A club at Rowan University is dedicated to traveling to other countries to help communities in need. MEDLIFE is a nationwide organization that delivers medicine, education and community development...

Secular Jewish group Hillel breaks challah over Shabbat dinner

Nicole Mingo February 15, 2017

In an inconspicuous room above the student center pit, a group of about 15 students sang in unison. As a plate of challah, braided ceremonial bread, was passed around, the Motzi blessing was recited and...

College Diabetes Network establishes itself as a resource for diabetics

Eric Conklin December 6, 2016

The Disability Resource Center, The Wellness Center, and three students are looking to find a new way to provide for students with diabetes, by bringing the College Diabetes Network to Rowan. The College...

To Write Love On Her Arms is a safe space for talking mental illness

Sarah Camp November 16, 2016

One in four adults lives with a diagnosable mental health disorder. A club on campus has become a resource for those individuals. National nonprofit To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) is working to change...

Rowan students help children through their parent’s cancer

Sarah Hockel November 3, 2016

The contagious smiles of children having fun at summer camp are what the members of Rowan's chapter of Camp Kesem work hard for all year. Camp Kesem is a nationwide, non-profit organization run by students...

Rowan IX raises awareness about campus sexual discrimination

Cierra Lewis October 14, 2016

A new club on campus is becoming a resource for victims of sexual discrimination and their allies. Rowan IX, an unchartered, student-run organization, is less than a year old, but already has plans...

Rowan Democrats want to bring left and right together

Nicole Mingo October 3, 2016

A contentious election cycle is drawing out student supporters on the left and right, and the Rowan Democrats Club is aiming to be a space for political expression for all sides. The club is returning...

Students for Donald Trump

Nicole Mingo September 21, 2016

A dozen male students introduced themselves to one another in an off-campus living room for their initial meeting last Wednesday night. All of them have something in common: they consider themselves...

Members of the Atomik Legacy dance club. -Photo courtesy of Jessica Brown.

Atomik Legacy Dance Club

Stephen Huff February 8, 2016

When thinking of the word “atomic,” one might think of the smallest unit of matter or of protons and electrons, but for a group of Rowan students, it's all about the energy. Founded in the summer...

From left: COUP President Samantha Della Fave,  junior accounting major Erica Fredericksdorf and junior health promotion and fitness management major Catherine Luick at the Tuesday, Dec. 8 COUP meeting. -Leon Purvis for The Whit

Coalition of Otherwise Unmanageable Partiers

Leon Purvis December 9, 2015

Every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. in Robinson Hall, a group called Coalition of Otherwise Unmanageable Parties (COUP) meets. Their mission is to provide a weekly confidential space for students to talk...

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