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"As a college community, we need to work on dismantling this stigma, not only around our own campus but more broadly as well." - Graphic / Brendan Cohen

Twiford: STIs are stigmatized. They shouldn’t be

Abigail Twiford April 10, 2024

April is Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month. For that reason, I want to talk about STIs, more specifically the stigma that comes with them and why they shouldn’t be there. I’m not trying...

The owl statue near Robinson Hall at Rowan's Glassboro Campus. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

SGA Reminds On-Campus Students They Must Get Tested for COVID-19

Jaimie McCormick February 24, 2021

The Student Government Association (SGA) met remotely on Monday, Feb. 22 to discuss club chartering along with a special message from Dean of Students Kevin Koett.  Koett, the open session speaker...

The Wellness Center has started to offer asymptomatic tests for residential students, athletes and faculty. Testing takes place throughout the week at the Rec Center. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Wellness Center Provides Asymptomatic Testing

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe February 17, 2021

With COVID-19 still spreading throughout the country, the Wellness Center is giving students asymptomatic tests in order to detect the virus before they even start showing symptoms. The testing is...

Rowan uses Hollybush Pavilion as its COVID-19 testing headquarters. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Editorial: Ramped-Up Residential Testing is a Good Start, But We Can Do Better

The Whit Staff February 17, 2021

Starting this spring, all residential students and those in athletics are required to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks. The process involves sticking a probe up one’s nostrils inside the Esbjornson...

Rowan uses Hollybush Pavilion as its COVID-19 testing headquarters. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Rowan Updates Community on Expectations for Spring Semester

Corey Rothauser January 21, 2021

Rowan University hosted an online webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 12, to address student concerns about returning to school for the 2021 spring semester. "Our semester will start a week later, and we will...

Rowan uses Hollybush Pavilion as its COVID-19 testing headquarters. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Rowan Offers Asymptomatic Testing Before Thanksgiving

Chloe Senatore November 18, 2020

Rowan University's Wellness Center is offering COVID-19 asymptomatic testing to all students and staff during the week before Thanksgiving so that people can hopefully get some peace of mind as they head...

Rowan uses Hollybush Pavilion as its COVID-19 testing headquarters. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

September Briefing and Rowan’s Strategy Looking Forward

Corey Rothauser September 23, 2020

Following a drop in positive COVID-19 test results last week, Rowan continued to update faculty and students regarding the first month of class via a series of online panels. There was much to discuss...

Screenshot from the virtual SGA Senate meeting on Sep. 14, 2020 - News Editor / Corey Rothauser

SGA Holds First Virtual Senate Meeting

Corey Rothauser September 16, 2020

Rowan's Student Government Association (SGA) welcomed its senators back with a new, drastically different environment to conduct business in, but it is one that offers new opportunities. SGA has never...

An artist's rendering of the novel coronavirus. - Image from Pixabay.com.

Rowan Opens with New COVID-19 Testing Facility

Alexia Berenger September 9, 2020

As the Rowan community embarks on the second week of classes, it is especially important to remember the current global pandemic that is still omnipresent. The safety and well-being of all Rowan students...

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Yobb: We need to stop teaching kids to pass tests and start teaching them to be adults

Chris Yobb April 10, 2017

This is an installment of Chris Yobb's weekly column "My Two Cents." When I graduated from high school I realized that after all my years of schooling, I became extremely good at one thing: passing a...

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