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Retamar discusses emotions students may face as they near graduation. - Staff Writer / Tatiana Retamar

Retamar: A letter to the student who is close to the finish line

Tatiana Retamar March 1, 2023

May 6.  May 6 to those who are returning students may seem like a regular day to them, they just finished their last final and are packing up their belongings to head home and finally kick start...

Features Editor Jennifer McGraw says farewell to fellow graduating colleagues and two organizations that felt like home in her final edition of "Her PROFspective." - Photo via Pixabay.com

Her PROFspective: Thank You

Jennifer McGraw April 27, 2022

I’ve been putting off writing this over the last few weeks, but I know it has to get written eventually. In about two short weeks, I will be graduating from Rowan University with my bachelor’s...

Features intern Kariyah Bennett reflects on her time at Rowan University and provides advice to underclassmen. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Bennett: Reflecting On My Time at Rowan

Kariyah Bennett April 17, 2022

As I turn the tassel onto a new chapter in my life, I think about my time here at Rowan University and what a gift it truly has been to be a Prof. I started here in the Fall of 2018, and my time has...

As college students step into life after graduation, obtaining a job is critical. This week's editorial looks at job prospects in a world affected by COVID-19. - Photo via Pixabay

Editorial: Will the Class of 2021 Be Unemployable Post-Pandemic?

The Whit Staff April 7, 2021

This spring, the class of 2021 will be the first cohort of students to graduate into a (mostly) post-pandemic job market, joining the class of 2020 as beta-testers for our disrupted world. For a generation...

Statue of Henry Rowan outside Savitz Hall. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rowan SGA Senate Meeting Reveals Potential Freeze on Tuition

Corey Rothauser February 10, 2021

On Monday, Feb. 8, Rowan University's Student Government Association (SGA) held its bi-weekly Senate hearing. Student Trustee Kyle Perez provided a recap of last week's board of trustee's Budget and...

Rowan University holds a ceremony for the graduating class of 2020. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May but because of coronavirus, it had to be postponed.  - Staff Photographer / Miguel Martinez

Rowan Holds Graduation Amidst COVID

Corey Rothauser July 25, 2020

Roughly 1,800 graduates of Rowan University opted to attend in-person ceremonies on July 14, 15 and 16. With the 13 ceremonies fragmented into three days, students and their families had room to breathe. Like...

Rowan University holds a ceremony for the graduating class of 2020. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May but because of the coronavirus pandemic, it had to be postponed.  - Staff Photographer / Miguel Martinez

Rowan grads overcome adversity through COVID-19

Kalie VanDewater July 18, 2020

With all the minute changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to everyday life, it's no surprise that major life events are bearing the impact of the precautions and restrictions that have been put in...

Screenshot / Kenneth Lacovara

COVID-19 takes center stage during “Mythbusters” Adam Savage’s commencement address

Christopher Connors May 12, 2020

Adam Savage, star of “Mythbusters” - a popular discovery channel television program during the better part of the 2000s, took center stage during Rowan University’s virtual commencement ceremony...

President Ali A. Houshmand
speaks at the main ceremony of Rowan University graduation 2018. - Editor-In-Chief / Miguel Martinez

Rowan University postpones commencement to late summer

Christopher Connors March 21, 2020

The class of 2020’s commencement will be postponed until later this summer in response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, according to an email from Rowan University President Ali Houshmand. “Each...

Students at the main ceremony of Rowan University graduation 2018. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Photo Gallery: Commencement 2018

Miguel Martinez May 7, 2018

Rowan University held its campus-wide commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 6, 2018. For questions/comments about this story, email features@thewhitonline.com or tweet @TheWhitOnline.

Rowan to hold eight separate graduation ceremonies in May

Sarah Camp April 13, 2016

Over the past few years, there has been an increase of nearly 6,000 students at Rowan University. This information, said Joe Cardona, vice president for University Relations, has forced Rowan to re-address...

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