September was National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide has claimed the lives of many individuals and creates a chain effect of pain and loss to the families and friends who have felt the loss of it....
With finals week approaching, stress levels among students are on the rise.
To help alleviate student anxiety, the Wellness Center is hosting “Wagging Tail Tuesday” at the Campbell Library for...
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...
In April, there’s a certain national day that happens on the 20th every year where, not just students, but anyone who partakes in cannabis celebrates their love for marijuana. This so-called holiday...
The Rowan Art Gallery & Museum collaborated with the Wellness Center to create mini zen gardens for students to keep. This event was a part of the “Art for Wellness Special” where these two facilities...
While many wouldn’t suspect it, when adjusted for population size, New Jersey has the sixth highest rate of HIV in the nation, with 467.8 cases per 100,000 people in the population.
To combat this,...
It was bitterly cold throughout South Jersey, cold enough that it was painful for skin to be outside with exposed skin for more than a few minutes. The roads were plowed and salted, but snow was still...
Trans Day of Remembrance is held every year on Nov. 20 to remember the lives of trans and gender nonconforming people who have been murdered in the year prior. The day was created in 1999 by advocate...
The Wellness Center at Rowan University held its sixth annual Student Mental Health Conference. Students who are seeking mental health resources or aid were able to attend this talk to learn more about...
“I thought that it would be great to be able to have this retreat where people could take a weekend away, relax, kind of recharge, but also connect with one another in a more meaningful way,” said...
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...
On Oct. 4, students received an extra edition to their daily Rowan announcer email containing a major announcement: the university would no longer allow tobacco products on campus.
The announcer was...