Rowan University is a
public universityA public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities...
located in
Glassboro, New JerseyGlassboro is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 19,068....
with a satellite campus in
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. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro
Normal SchoolA normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town. The school became New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro in the 1930s, and later became Glassboro State College in 1958, gaining a national reputation in the fields of reading and
special educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
. Starting in the 1970s, it grew into a multi-purpose institution, adding programs in business, communications, and by the 1990s, engineering.
It was renamed Rowan College of New Jersey in 1992, after
Henry RowanHenry Rowan is an American philanthropist and engineer. Rowan University is named after him.He was born to Dr. Henry M. Rowan Sr. and Margaret Frances Boyd Rowan in 1923...
and his wife Betty gave $100 million to the school, at the time the largest gift to a public college. It became Rowan University on March 21, 1997, when it won approval for university status from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
History
In the early part of the
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, there was a shortage of properly trained teachers in the state of New Jersey. It was decided to build a two-year
Normal schoolA normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
in the southern part of the state to counter the trend. Among the candidate towns, Glassboro became the location due in no small part to its easy access to passenger rail as well as its offer to donate 25 acres of land to the state for the purpose of building the Normal school. The 1917 purchase price of the land was raised by the residents of the town ($7,000 at the time, over $116,000 in 2009 dollars) and used to purchase a tract that belonged to the Whitney family, who owned the local
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during the
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.
In 1923 the Glassboro Normal School opened, with a class of 236 female students arriving at the train station in front of Bunce Hall. With the evolution of teacher training the school became a four-year program in 1934; in 1937 the school was renamed The New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro and became co-educational shortly thereafter.
The college was one of the first in the country to begin programs for teachers for reading disabilities and
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in 1935 and 1944, respectively. Glassboro State began to develop a reputation as a leader in
special educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
and after several years and the return of soldiers from
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the college was able to expand its enrollment from a wartime low of 170 in 1943 to an expansion of several additional campus buildings and academic programs over the next 15 years and became Glassboro State College in 1958.
The Hollybush Summit
The
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between U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and
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Premier Aleksei Kosygin took place from June 23-25, 1967, in Hollybush Mansion at Glassboro State College. The college was chosen because of its location equidistant between New York City, where Kosygin was making a speech at the U.N., and Washington, D.C.
Then-college president Dr. Thomas E. Robinson was given just 16 hours' notice of the decision and despite the lack of preparation converted his on-campus home into a secure location for the leaders of the world's superpowers.
After the Summit
The campus was relatively quiet during the following decade, despite opening the 1970-71 academic year with
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's first
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concert on October 30, 1970. Peaceful student protests occurred during the
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as they did at other campuses, but never required the college to close the campus.
While not occurring on University grounds, a significant event occurred in 1986 at Glassboro High School, which is just on the outskirts of the campus.
Ronald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...
spoke at the Glassboro High School graduation. This was the first time in American history that a sitting President spoke at a high school graduation ceremony. In the speech, Reagan reflected on the Glassboro Summit Conference and offered an optimistic analysis of the future of the
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. The event brought a high level of media attention.
Riots took place during Spring Weekend 1986, primarily off campus (though dominated by students) around the Beau Rivage townhomes and the Crossings apartment complex. As a result, Glassboro State College was ranked as the #28
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in the nation in the January 1987 issue of
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magazine. Coincidentally, in the Greek section of that same issue of Playboy, the Epsilon Eta chapter of
Zeta Beta TauZeta Beta Tau is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood numbers over 130,000 initiated Brothers, and over 80 student chapter locations...
was also named one of the Animal House Contenders.
Though the alcohol-fueled Spring Weekend was cancelled by then-President Herman James (a non-alcoholic version continued for several years), Glassboro State College remained known for its hard partying culture. However in 1988, there began one of the biggest crackdowns in school history. As result of the drinking death of freshman James Callahan at
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in New Brunswick, Herman James decided to make GSC an example for the rest of the State colleges and universities to follow. He invited the NJ Alcoholic Beverage Control commission (ABC) to the school and began shutting down off-campus parties, and placing undercover agents in the local liquor establishments. This prompted
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, who was based in
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, and very popular at the time, to do an untelevised show focusing on the drinking age and the classic argument that an eighteen year old can go off to war and die for their country, but they cannot legally buy and consume a beer. Needless to say, he sided with the student opinion on this issue. The following year, the ABC did not return, and the partying atmosphere that Glassboro State College was known for, returned in earnest and continued into the 1990s and early 2000s.
University status
In 1992, president Dr. Herman James oversaw the development of Glassboro State College into what would eventually become Rowan University. This transformation came about because of what was then the largest single gift to a public college or university in history. Industrialist
Henry RowanHenry Rowan is an American philanthropist and engineer. Rowan University is named after him.He was born to Dr. Henry M. Rowan Sr. and Margaret Frances Boyd Rowan in 1923...
and his wife donated $100 million dollars to the college, which later changed its name to Rowan College of New Jersey in his honor. The gift allowed the college to open a College of Engineering and expand its course and curriculum offerings to the point that it became a full-fledged
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, achieving the status in 1997.
On August 12, 1996 22-year old Cindy Nannay was fatally shot by her estranged boyfriend, who then killed himself. Nannay was so afraid of Scott Lonabaugh, 27, that when he arrived on the campus to see her, she asked friends to accompany her to the parking lot, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's office said. As her friends looked on, Mr. Lonabaugh shot Ms. Nannay twice with a shotgun and then shot himself in the head, prosecutors said. Both died at the scene.
Following Dr. James' resignation as president in 1998, Dr. Donald Farish was chosen to succeed him and began further expansion on the Glassboro campus, opening a new state of the art science building in 2003 and a building to house the College of Education in 2005. In addition, acquisitions during the beginning of Farish's tenure as president led to the development of a tract of land bordering US Route 322 and State Route 55 as the West Campus.
In January, 1998 Lynn Darren was found dead in her off-campus apartment in what was investigated as a homicide. Ms. Darren's body was found at the Park Crest Village, an apartment complex two miles west of the campus, after the police were contacted by her mother, who was concerned because she had not been able to reach her.
The Presidency of
Donald J. FarishDonald J. Farish , is a biologist and president of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. He currently resides in Woodbury, New Jersey while serving as president.-Education:...
was noted for a continued crackdown on the university's partying culture which declined alongside a rise in
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scores and class rank among the incoming freshman classes. The crackdown on the partying culture began in earnest in 2002 with the official banning of
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for use by Greek letter organizations. In 2006, two Rowan University students were found guilty for serving alcohol to minors that resulted in the death of a 16-year old male at an off campus party, with Rowan promising to follow up with its own penalties.
West Campus
On March 20, 2006, President Farish announced a joint venture between the university and
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to construct a new athletic complex based around a 20,000 seat
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on property owned by the campus at the intersection of
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and Route 55. The stadium itself was planned to be complete for the start of the 2009 MLS season. 2006 budget problems in New Jersey resulted in cutbacks, including funding for infrastructure upgrades required to handle increased traffic that would have come with an MLS team. The plan fell through and the stadium project was relocated to nearby Chester, Pennsylvania.
The northern portion of the West Campus expansion currently contains the South Jersey Technology Park as well as room for future expansion; the southern portion of the West Campus expansion will accommodate both academic and athletic facilities. Transportation between the two campuses will be provided with both shuttle service and improved bike paths, as well as improvements to Route 322 itself.
South Jersey Technology Park
Rowan University broke ground for the South Jersey Technology Park (SJTP) on April 10, 2006. The New Jersey Development Authority (NJEDA) gave Rowan University $5.8 million along with $1.5 million from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, $1 million from Samuel H. Jones, and $1 million from Rowan itself. SJTP is planned to be a 188-acre (0.76 km2) site which will serve as an establishment for science and technology companies as well as academics. It is planned to have 25 buildings to provide competitively price, Class "A" facilities for budding entrepreneurs, start-up and established companies. SJTP was incorporated as a non-profit corporation with its own board of directors.
The first building, the Samuel H. Jones Innovation Center, has been leased completely out and the revenue will help build a second building. The first floor will be controlled by Rowan and will pay a lease to the Tech Park Corporation and is divided up among the Rohrer College of Business and separate lab space for the College of Engineering. The second floor will be occupied by the Educational Information and Resource Center, which formerly owned a building on Delsea Drive in Washington Township.
The Tech Park's first incubated business, SocialReach, has successfully graduated into their own offices in Philadelphia.
The second planned building will be approximately 66,000 gross square feet divided between research and technology labs and offices.
Recent events
On October 27, 2007 (during Homecoming festivities) 19-year old sophomore Donald Farrell was robbed and beaten to death by unknown assailants while walking behind the Triad dormitory. Farrell was leaving a local convenience store with a group of friends when he was approached by three individuals. After asking Farrell where there was a party, the assailants then began punching and kicking him, knocking him down. They took his wallet, got into their car and drove away. University and local police arrived on-scene in less than 90 seconds and Farrell was rushed to
Cooper University HospitalCooper University Hospital is a provider of health services, medical education and clinical research in southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley, in the United States...
. En route, EMTs revived Farrell multiple times but he died in the hospital the next morning. Autopsy reports show that he died of blunt force trauma to the right side of his neck. A reward of $100,000 has been offered for information leading to the capture, arrest of conviction of the assailants.
Cooper Medical School
It was announced on June 26, 2009 that Rowan would be partnering with
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to create a new four-year medical school to reside on Broadway in
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. Rowan was chosen by governor
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to house the new medical school primarily because UMDNJ was not in a financial position to fund creation of the school, for which Rowan will issue $100 million in bonds.
The new school would require no new funding as $28 million would be diverted from the current two-year UMDNJ
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Medical School facility in place. Opening in 2012, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University will be the only medical school in the state not affiliated with UMDNJ.
Academics
The University is divided into a Graduate School and seven academic colleges: Business, Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine & Performing Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Professional & Continuing Education. A moderately-priced, high-quality institution, Rowan is ranked by
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in the "Top Tier" of northern regional universities. Kiplinger's named Rowan one of the "100 Best Buys in Public Colleges and Universities" and the Princeton Review included Rowan in "The Best Northeastern Colleges."
Enrollment
Enrollment at Rowan from the fall semester of 2008 shows 9,037 undergraduates, 1,234 graduate students, 59 doctoral students and 89 post-baccelaurate certification candidates. Undergraduates entering the University in 2008 had a mean SAT I range between 1090 and 1260 (math/critical reading only), and average GPA of 3.6, and were ranked in the top 25% of their high school classes.
For the class of 2012, 31% of applicants were accepted.
Athletics
A member of the
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in
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, the sports teams at Rowan University have been moderately successful on a national level. The Profs
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team is regularly a contender for the national title, having gone to the
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five times (1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993) and the national semifinals in 1992, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005. The women's
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team won the national championship in 2002 and had a perfect season of 21 wins and no losses. The men's
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team has made the Division III National Championship Tournament 12 times, winning the national title in 1996. The men's soccer team has made the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament 24 times, resulting in seven trips to the national semifinals. Rowan men's soccer has won national titles in both 1981 and 1990, finished second in 1979 and 2000, and third in 1980, 1985 and 1998. Rowan hosted the Division III National Championship Tournament Final Four for men's soccer in 2000 and Women's
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in 2002. The Profs compete in the
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.
Media
There are two main publications on Rowan's campus,
The Whit and
Venue.
The Whit is in the classic newspaper format and gets published weekly except during exams.
Venue is a more "alternative" publication that is uncensored and focuses on campus opinions and humor. Initially formed in 1968,
Venue was a very political publication that only later changed its format.
Venue puts out four issues a year in full color and is run completely by students. In addition to newspapers Rowan also has an award winning student-run radio station, Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, which found its beginnings in 1977 on a $6,000 budget. Rowan also has its own
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channel, RTN, which got its start in 1992.
Housing
Rowan provides housing for 2,950 students in 12 buildings scattered around campus. Students have a choice between halls, apartments, or townhouses. After their first year students are not guaranteed housing
According to the Rowan University Master Plan released in December 2007 there are plans to expand on the current housing situation. Firstly removing Mansion Park Apartments and replacing it with upperclassman townhouses. Next building a new hall on the opposite side of Linden Hall and also building new residence halls around Bunce circle replacing Bole Hall and Bole Annex. There will be buildings added to Edgewood Park Apartments and Triad Apartments to fill them out more. It is outlined that any necessary additional housing after this will be provided by a new private development on Rowan Boulevard.
Halls
- Chestnut Hall - A freshman hall which houses up to 390 students on three floors. The rooms are arranged in suites that all share a bathroom and lounge.
- Mimosa Hall - At full capacity 340 freshmen living on four floors with an adjoined 24/7 computer lab. The suites are made up of two to three rooms that share a common bathroom.
- Evergreen Hall - Houses 240 freshmen, in two wings with three floors each, in suites that are joined by a bathroom.
- Magnolia Hall - On three floors, 210 freshmen live here arranged in suites sharing a common room and bathroom.
- Willow Hall - A freshman dorm housing up to 210 students on three floors.
- Mullica Hall - 135 students on three floors where two rooms share a bathroom.
- Oak & Laurel Hall - Each housing up to 65 students on three floors. The suites could share one or two bathrooms.
Apartments
- Edgewood Park Apartments - Four buildings, each with three floors and 24 apartments per house 480 students.
- Mansion Park Apartments - Seven buildings housing 260 students in total.
- Townhouse Complex - The townhouses have 113 units can accommodate 464 students in single occupancy rooms. There is a three story parking garage to accommodate its residents.
- Triad Apartments - In three wings with three floors each, Triad's 100 apartments hold 378 students.
- Rowan Boulevard Apartments - This complex will be made up of four buildings housing 884 students located along the south side of Route 322 and Main Street. The apartments have both single-bedroom and four-bedroom/two bathroom configurations. Three buildings currently house 568 students; the remainder will be housed in the final building, slated for completion by Fall 2010.
Future housing
- Downtown Freshman Housing - Two buildings planned to accommodate over 800 students, faculty-in-residence apartments and a full-service dining hall are planned for the current site of Mansion Park Apartments along the northern side of the Route 322 and Main Street intersection.
University student organizations
12% of men and 7% of women belong to a fraternity or sorority at Rowan University. There are over 75 University sanctioned student clubs and organizations on campus, underneath the Student Government Association.
National Fraternities:
- Alpha Chi Rho
Alpha Chi Rho is a men's collegiate fraternity founded on June 4, 1895 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carl's friends William Rouse, Herbert T. Sherriff and William A.D. Eardeley. It is a charter member of the North-American...
(NICThe North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates where each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate...
)
- Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 185,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1940...
(NIC, NPHCThe National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities...
)
- Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
(Service - Co-ed)
- Delta Chi
Delta Chi or D-Chi is an international secret letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890, at Cornell University initially as a professional fraternity for law students. Delta Chi is a member of North-American Interfraternity Conference . The Fraternity is headquartered at 314...
(NIC)
- Iota Phi Theta (NIC, NPHC)
- Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
(NIC, NPHC)
- Lambda Theta Phi
Lambda Theta Phi was founded on December 1, 1975 at Kean College in Union, New Jersey. Lambda Theta Phi is a non-profit social and service fraternity emphasizing Latin unity and the celebration of the Latin culture....
(NIC, NALFOThe National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations is an umbrella council for 21 Latino Greek Letter Organizations established in 1998...
)
- Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi is an international fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by three undergraduate students and one faculty...
(NPHC)
- Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914. by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I...
(NPHC)
- Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is an American collegiate fraternity.-History:Phi Kappa Psi was founded in 1852 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on the campus of Jefferson College by William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore...
(NIC)
- Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi is an international college social fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Like most social fraternities, membership is by invitation and limited to men...
(NIC)
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
(NIC)
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National Sororities:
- Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi is a sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference. It was founded on October 24, 1909 at Barnard College in New York City by seven Jewish women; Helen Phillips Lipman, Ida Beck Carlin, Rose Gerstein Smolin, Augustina "Tina" Hess Solomon, Lee Reiss Leibert, Rose...
(NPCThe National Panhellenic Conference , founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's sororities.Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae...
)
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
(NPHC)
- Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Alpha is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia. There are now over 74 chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha nationwide with more than 60,000 members.-History:...
(NPC)
- Chi Upsilon Sigma
Chi Upsilon Sigma — official name is Corazones Unidos Siempre — is a Latino oriented Greek letter intercollegiate sorority. Chi Upsilon Sigma was founded on April 29, 1980, at the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey...
(NALFO)
- Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Phi Epsilon may refer to:*Delta Phi Epsilon , a professional foreign service fraternity and sorority.*Delta Phi Epsilon , a National Panhellenic Conference affiliated social sorority....
(NPC)
- Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University by twenty-two young women. Today, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority...
(NPHC)
- Lambda Theta Alpha
The idea for Lambda Theta Alpha came in the early 70's, when colleges and universities experienced an influx of Latino enrollment. With this growth, the need for support groups and outreach programs were at an all time high, primarily for the low percentage of Latina women in higher education...
(NALFO)
- Mu Sigma Upsilon
Mu Sigma Upsilon is a multicultural national sorority associated with the National Multicultural Greek Council.It is a non-profit Greek letter organization of college-educated women committed to academics, unification of all women and the services for their communities and universities.-History:Mu...
(NMGCThe National Multicultural Greek Council is an umbrella council for eleven Multicultural Greek Letter Organizations established in 1998. The purpose of NMGC is to provide a forum that allows for the free exchange of ideas, programs, and services between its constituent fraternities and...
)
- Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma or Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members...
(NPC)
- Theta Phi Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha women's Fraternity was founded at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor on August 30, 1912. Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 national sororities recognized in the National Panhellenic Conference...
(NPC)
- Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...
(NPHC)
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There are a myriad of other
Chartered Clubs, all of which report to the Student Government Association including national award-winning programs such as the local
PRSSAPRSSA may refer to:*Public Relations Student Society of America*Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association...
, the Rowan Democratic Club, and The Student University Programmers (SUP). Cinema Workshop, the University's student film club, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007.
Hollybush Mansion
Hollybush was originally the home of the Whitney family, and it was the first of its kind in South Jersey. It set a certain precedent with its Italianate architectural style, and its interior decorations attest to this precedent. Two of these significantly unique features of the house are the trompe de l'oeil ceilings in the parlor as well as the Summit Room, and the stained class archway above the front door. The stone that was used in construction of Hollybush was New Jersey Ironstone, a sedimentary type stone that is found in the low hills and ridges of South Jersey.
Notable alumni
- Jessica Boyington
Jessica Boyington is a beauty queen from Sicklerville, New Jersey who competed in the Miss USA pageant.In 2003, Boyington graduated from Paul VI High School. She then pursued a degree in Communications focusing on Radio/TV/Film from Rowan University. She also attended Camden County College and...
, Miss New Jersey USAThe Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant.New Jersey has had only moderate success at Miss USA, and has never produced a winner. New Jersey's best streak was from 1989-1991 when they had two 2nd runners-up...
2006
- Kyle Cassidy
Kyle Cassidy, born in Woodbury, New Jersey, is an American photographer and videographer who lives in West Philadelphia. He holds a BA in English from Rowan University, and also holds an MCSE. His latest book is "Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes"...
, photojournalist
- Betty Castor
Betty Castor is an American public servant and educator who served as Florida Education Commissioner, President of the University of South Florida and President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.Her public service included three terms in the Florida State Senate and one...
, FloridaFlorida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...
politician and former president of the University of South FloridaThe University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, and is a public research university located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. Petersburg, and branch centers in Sarasota and Lakeland...
- Joseph Checkler
Joseph Checkler is a journalist for Dow Jones . He currently covers hedge funds. He has also covered tennis events such as the 2003 and 2004 U.S. Open tournaments....
, journalist for Dow Jones and publisher of the popular baseball blog Liners, Sliders and Scoops
- Jack Collins, college basketball coach and Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...
- Julie Ann Dawson
Julie Ann Dawson , is an American horror fiction writer, RPG designer, and publisher.Dawson was born in Millville, New Jersey. She graduated from Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1989. While attending high school, she came across a copy of Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot. The...
, horror fiction writer and small press publisher
- Stink Fisher
Stink Fisher, born William Fisher, is an actor and restaurant owner who lives in Collingswood, New Jersey. Born July 30, 1970 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Fisher owns The Pop Shop, a 1950s-themed restaurant....
, football player and actor in movies such as InvincibleInvincible is a 2006 family film directed by Ericson Core set in 1976. It is based on the true story of Vince Papale, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976-78. Mark Wahlberg portrays Papale and Greg Kinnear plays Dick Vermeil, Papale's coach...
and The Longest YardThe Longest Yard is a 1974 American sports drama film about inmates at a prison who play American football against their guards. Burt Reynolds portrayed Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake...
- Jamie Ginn
Jamie Ginn was Miss Delaware 2006 and competed in the Miss America 2007 competition which was won by Lauren Nelson of Oklahoma.Ginn, originally of Ocean View, New Jersey had competed previously in the Miss New Jersey competition...
, Miss DelawareThe Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and is currently held in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino...
2006
- Robert Hegyes
Robert Hegyes is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Epstein in the 1970s television series Welcome Back, Kotter.-Early life:...
, actor and former co-star of Welcome Back, KotterWelcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...
known for his role as Juan Epstein. Robert was a professor at his alma mater in the early-to-mid 1990s.
- Allen Helbig
Allen Helbig is a contemporary American artist, graphic designer, illustrator, animator, photographer, body painter, and web designer...
, artist, animator, photographer, body painter, and web designer
- Michael Iaconelli
Michael Iaconelli is a professional bass fishermen from Runnemede, New Jersey United States. Iaconelli is best known for his trademark scream when he lands a big fish....
, Professional bass fisherman.
- Fred H. Madden
Fred H. Madden, Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 4th Legislative District....
(born 1954), New Jersey State Senator and former superintendent of the New Jersey State PoliceThe New Jersey State Police is the state police force for the state of New Jersey. It is a general-powers police agency with state wide jurisdiction, designated by Troop Sectors...
- Marilyn Marshall
Marilyn Marshall is an American singer of Soft Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Smooth Club and Gospel music. She tours throughout the United States, Canada and the Bahamas...
, R&B, Jazz, Recording Artist
- Soraida Martinez
Soraida Martinez is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist who creates hard-edge paintings. She was born in Harlem, New York City, USA on July 30 1956....
, Painter, Creator of Verdadism art
- Mary Previte
Mary Evelyn Previte is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represented the 6th legislative district from 1998 to 2006....
(born 1932), author of Hungry Ghosts, served in the New JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, and to the east by the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, the Arthur Kill, Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Westchester County, New York City, Long Island, and...
General AssemblyThe New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...
representing the 6th legislative district from 1998 to 2006.
- Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock...
, American musician, singer, and poet
- James L. Usry
James Leroy Usry was the first African American Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey....
(M.A., 1971), first African AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry...
Mayor"Mayor" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government....
of Atlantic City, New JerseyAtlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches, shopping centers, view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly, Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the...
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