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All Rowan University employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 18, 2021 unless exempt. -Photo via Pixabay.com

Rowan to Implement Mandatory Vaccination Policy for all Employees

Natalie Arch October 13, 2021

Rowan University employees are now part of a mandatory vaccination policy implemented by the university to be in effect on Oct. 18. Employees were informed of this decision on Oct. 8 through the Rowan...

Rowan University offers updated information regarding COVID-19 vaccine exemptions. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Covid-19 Vaccination Exemptions: Their Process and How They Work

Stephanie Green September 15, 2021

As students have returned to Rowan University’s campus this fall semester for in-person classes, guidelines and requirements are in place for students to help protect against COVID-19 transmission....

Rowan University held a Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic on Thursday, April 8. Vaccines were in high demand, with 2,000 doses being given at the Rec Center. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Rowan Holds Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Clinic

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe April 14, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, 2,000 people received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Rec Center. A line stretched from the entrance to the Student Center and some people were in line for more than two...

As vaccines begin rolling out, universities across the nation are requiring students to get inoculated against COVID-19 before returning to campuses in the fall. Rowan decided not to require COVID-19 vaccination, and this week's editorial evaluates this decision. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Editorial: To Mandate or Not to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination

The Whit Staff April 14, 2021

Rowan University announced this week that it would not require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for the upcoming fall semester unless the state required it. Stockton University announced a...

Dean Cavalieri takes Congressman Andy Kim on a walk-through tour of Rowan's vaccination center. Photo via Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim Pays Visit to RowanSOM Vaccination Center

Alex Rossen February 10, 2021

On Monday, Feb. 8, Congressman Andy Kim, the representative for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional district, met with leaders from Rowan's School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) and Rowan's Chief of Staff...

RowanSOM Dean Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO, receives the Moderna vaccine from Student COVID Task Force volunteer Anjani Patel at the Rowan Medicine COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Stratford, New Jersey. - Photo via rowan.edu

RowanSOM Medical Students Volunteer in “Operation Saving Lives”

Corey Rothauser February 3, 2021

The Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) serves as one of six mega-sites that Gov. Phil Murphy announced earlier this year, following the request of the New Jersey Department of Health. Gloucester...

A vaccine for COVID-19 would help protect millions of people - but can it be developed quickly enough? - Image from Pixabay

The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment: a Biochemistry Student Explains

Emily Kopchick August 25, 2020
In just five months, a nonliving particle one hundredth the diameter of a human hair has claimed the lives of more US citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
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