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 The next vaccination clinic will be held on Feb 28, 2022 in the Chamberlain Student Center. - Photo via Pixabay.com.

Vaccines for Valentine’s Day

Victoria McGivern February 15, 2022

This Valentine’s Day, the Rowan Wellness Center hosted a vaccination clinic in partnership with the Gloucester County Department of Health.  From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, in the...

This week's editorial talks about this upcoming flu season. While signs show that cases may be relatively mild, respiratory viruses have become unpredictable due to the pandemic. Photo via Pixabay.

Editorial: Flu Season is Back to Reclaim its Virus-Throne

The Whit Staff October 27, 2021

It’s beginning to look a lot like flu season, everywhere you go. With the autumn chill starting to settle in and sweater-weather finally coming into fruition, influenza, which has been living in...

Rowan University's Wellness Center. File Photo / Multimedia Editor Nicholas Feldman

“Have You Had Any Symptoms?”—Rowan’s Daily COVID-19 Screening

Victoria McGivern October 19, 2021

You’re trying to log into Canvas on a Saturday afternoon and have no intentions of going on campus, yet still, a white and yellow screen prefaces the Canvas main menu. This screen? Rowan’s daily COVID-19...

Rowan Vaccination Center. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Murphy Admin Approves of Vaccine, Mask Mandates for Universities

Nicholas Feldman September 22, 2021

Recently, the role of government in public health has increasingly become one of the country’s most polarizing issues. Nowhere is this debate more evident than in our nation’s schools, where tens...

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

Scott Woodside Explains the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause and the Current Status of Vaccines at Rowan

Chloe Senatore April 21, 2021

Rowan's vaccination sites have paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine due to last week's CDC recommendation following reports of severe side effects among a small population of women. "So,...

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...

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...

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...

The Wellness Center offers many student health services which can help students remain healthy all flu season. - Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf

Avoid “the Rowan Plague” with these tips from Wellness Center physician Dr. Marta Diaz-Pupek

Tara Lonsdorf September 28, 2019

An ominous cough from the back of the classroom signals its arrival; a series of sneezes in the student center solidifies its presence. As flu season draws ever nearer, many Rowan students are fielding...

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