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The outside of the Pantry & Resource Center. - Contributor / Hayden Fugee

The Shop’s new Career Closet is helping dress students for the future

Hayden Fugee, Contributor October 23, 2024

Rowan’s own local pantry and resource shop, The Shop, located at 124 State Street, has just opened up its new Career Closet. Students can visit and browse The Shop’s wide variety of career-associated...

The SHOP expands into Camden to mitigate food insecurity in Rowan students. - Photo via Yasmine Wood

The SHOP opens up a branch at Camden campus

Abigail Twiford March 6, 2024

The SHOP is a staple institution on campus, which provides food, hygiene products, school supplies, and housewares to students who are unable to afford these necessities on their own. The SHOP has...

Organizations table in the  Student Center to garner donations. - Staff Writer / Isaac Linsk

10th Annual Day of Giving raises over $400,000 for organizations, programs, and scholarships

Isaac Linsk February 28, 2024

Rowan University’s 10th annual Day of Giving commenced on Feb. 22. The event, which used to be known as RowanGIVES, continues to grow in the scope of its donations, with a total of $405,502 raised this...

The SHOP will be doing research to better serve the needs and wants of the students who utilize the resource. - Managing Editor / Abigail Twiford

The SHOP begins research to better inventory for students

Abigail Twiford February 14, 2024

Rowan University has recently announced that the SHOP will be doing research for those who have utilized it at some point in their academic careers. The project, which allows for participants to be...

The Shop will be moving to The Rowan International House pictured, located on State Street. - Staff Writer / Marchella Mazzoni

The Shop prepares for move to the International House this fall

Marchella Mazzoni February 14, 2024

The Shop Pantry and Resource Center is currently in the process of moving locations for this upcoming Fall semester from room 141 of Building Five in the Rowan Boulevard Apartments to the off-campus International...

"Adopt a Family" provides an opportunity for Thanksgiving dinner to be available and accessible to food insecure families. Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

The SHOP’s “Adopt-a-Family” puts food on the Thanksgiving table

Sarah Shockey November 15, 2023

The Shop’s “Adopt-a-Family” program works to provide students with proper Thanksgiving meals. In the spirit of the holiday season, The SHOP, Rowan’s on-campus food pantry and resource center,...

Community gardens outside Willow Hall. - Managing Editor / Abigail Twiford

Editorial: RU excels in opportunities for low-income students

The Whit Staff October 11, 2023

Though it is not new for The Whit Staff to offer Rowan ways to improve life for students, faculty, and the community as a whole, it would be remiss if we did not acknowledge the things that make this...

Brendan Bermingham picks fresh peppers at West Campus that are used for Houshmand's Hazardous Hot Sauce and shared with the community. Co-News Editor / Gianna Malgieri

President Ali Houshmand and student farmers harvest produce from West Campus Farm

Gianna Malgieri October 4, 2023

How does the president of the university have time to tend to so many tasks and still have such a strong hand in the thousands of pounds of produce that are used to feed the community and fuel the hot...

Assistant vice presidents of the 2022 SGA board talk to senate at a meeting. - Photo via Rowan University Student Government

2024 SGA Budget sees cut in SGA operating funds and rise in club accounts

Berry Andres April 26, 2023

Considering last year’s outrage at the 2023 SGA Budget, the release of the budget for the 2024 fiscal year has barely been a blip on people’s radars.  The SGA Budget is the official source...

Students eat at the Chamberlain Student Center Marketplace. - Photo / Rowan University Blog

EDITORIAL: Rowan needs meal swipe donation program to combat student hunger

The Whit Staff February 22, 2023

Across Rowan University, several steps have been taken in an attempt to curb the rates of food insecurity that the university is facing. Professors have begun to include clauses within their syllabi addressing...

The Student Support Services Street Team sit in the Student Center with the "wheel of success." - Photo / Rowan Student Success Programs

EDITORIAL: Stopping student hunger starts with professors

The Whit Staff December 1, 2022

Almost every college student is “broke” in some sort of way. As college is a major transitional period of life, it can be difficult for students to attend classes, hold-down part-time or full-time...

The SHOP Coordinator Becky Foster and student intern Leilanie Hinton sit at The SHOPS' resource table during the Student Hunger on Campus Town Hall Meeting and Resource Fair. - Photo / Editor-in-Chief Berry Andres

One in three Rowan students face food insecurity, survey finds

Berry Andres November 30, 2022

According to the 2022 Student Hunger on Campus Survey (SHOC) distributed by Rowan University’s Affordability Taskforce, more than one in three Rowan students face food insecurity — roughly 38 percent. The...

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