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The band Club 27 performs at the Back to the Boro event - Intern / Bryant Lopez

Backing the community with Back to the Boro

Bryant Lopez April 26, 2023

Rowan students and the broader Glassboro community came together on April 23 for the Back to Boro event. This event is Rowan’s largest annual community service event, a way to give back to the community...

Active members show off their care packages from Operation Yellow Ribbon. - Photo / Operation Yellow Ribbon

RU collabs with Operation Yellow Ribbon to create a food drive for active military

Abigail Twiford March 8, 2023

Rowan University’s Military Services Office is running a drive for Operation Yellow Ribbon for the entire month of March. Items collected in the drive will be used to create care packages for active-duty...

Volunteers unload produce and prepare bags of food for the drive-thru method of distribution. - Staff Writer / Morgan Reitzel

Fresh for all: Rowan University hosts food drive with Philabundance every Friday

Morgan Reitzel November 15, 2022

Philabundance is a food relief non-profit organization that has partnered with Rowan University to provide fresh produce for those in need every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. in Parking Lot D at the corner...

Rowan Environmental Action League (REAL) poses for a picture before heading to their project location in Glassboro. REAL was one of 23 teams that participated in this year's “Back to the Boro” event. - Photo courtesy of REAL

Students Spruce up Glassboro for Annual “Back to the Boro” Event

Kalie VanDewater April 28, 2021

This past Sunday, Rowan's Office of Volunteerism, Community Engagement and Commuter Services (VCECS) and Student Government Association (SGA) co-hosted the annual “Back to the Boro” event, which was...

Miranda Massie is the founder and director of the Climate Museum in New York City. Massie came to Rowan and gave a presentation entitled "No Time to Waste: What We Need to do for Sustainability and Climate Progress." - Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

Miranda Massie encourages Rowan community to take action against climate change now

Alexa Aulicino November 20, 2019

“I want you to imagine you have never seen this image before...” Miranda Massie instructed the audience last week at her campus-wide presentation entitled “No Time to Waste: What We Need to do for...

Rowan's Elementary Education Club gathers as they volunteer at Back to the Boro - Features Editor/Kalie VanDewater

Rowan students give back to the community at Back to the Boro

Kalie VanDewater May 1, 2019

The Office of Volunteerism and the Student Government Association hosted the seventh annual Back to the Boro event Sunday afternoon. After meeting in the parking lot near the Richard Wackar Stadium,...

Lavalva (top left) and other students volunteer to make decorations for a Hollywood themed event at Juniper Village. Staff Writer / Lindsey D’Ambrosio

Drop In & Volunteer- Juniper goes hollywood

Lindsey D'Ambrosio October 17, 2018

In line with Homecoming 2018, Rowan students volunteered to make decorations for an Oscar Night Party held at the Juniper Village, an assisted living home in Williamstown, NJ. The party is coordinated...

On October 1st, Rowan university students volunteered in the Cathedral kitchen for Feed a Family. -photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

Rowan University’s Feed a Family provided aid to the Cathedral Kitchen

Justin Jardot October 3, 2018

Rowan University’s Office of Volunteerism, Community Engagement and Commuter Services provided aid to the Cathedral Kitchen on Oct. 1. With over 200 people in attendance, the volunteers had their hands...

MEDLIFE volunteers improve communities in other countries

Sarah Hockel February 19, 2017

A club at Rowan University is dedicated to traveling to other countries to help communities in need. MEDLIFE is a nationwide organization that delivers medicine, education and community development...

Greek Life Spotlight: Tau Epsilon Phi chartered after three years of colony status

Sarah Camp January 25, 2017

Three years after being founded, Rowan University’s chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi (TEP) "graduated" from their colony status and became an official chapter. On Saturday, TEP’s International Consul, Tim...

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