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Rowan University
Former names
Glassboro Normal School (1923–37)
New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro (1937 – 58)
Glassboro State College (1958 – 92)
Rowan College of New Jersey (1992 – 97)[1]
MottoEruditio spes mundi
Motto in English
Education, hope of the world
TypePublic university[2]
Established1923
Endowment$140.5 million[3]
PresidentAli A. Houshmand
ProvostJames Newell
Academic staff
1,750[4]
Undergraduates13,169[4]
Postgraduates2,078[4]
Location
Glassboro, Camden, Stratford
,
New Jersey
,
USA
CampusSuburban, about 200 acres (0.81 km2)
Radio Station89.7 WGLS
Colors  Rowan Brown[5]
  Rowan Gold[5]
NicknameRU, The Row, The Boro, Rowan
MascotProf (Owl), "Whoo RU"[6]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, United States, with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre site donated by the town.[1] The school became New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro in the 1930s, and Glassboro State College in 1958. Starting in the 1970s, it grew into a multi-purpose institution, adding programs in business, communications, and engineering.

It was renamed Rowan College of New Jersey in 1992, after Henry Rowan and his wife Betty gave the school US$100 million, at the time the largest gift to a public college.[7] It became Rowan University on 21 March 1997, when it won approval for university status from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.[8] In the fall of 2012, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University opened in Camden; it was the first public medical school in New Jersey not associated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. It later acquired the School of Osteopathic Medicine on 1 July 2013 and became the second university in the United States to offer both an M.D. and a D.O. program.

History

In the early part of the 20th century, there was a shortage of properly trained teachers in the state of New Jersey. It was decided to build a two-year Normal school 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 (100,000 square metres) 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) and used to purchase a tract that belonged to the Whitney family, who owned the local glassworks during the 19th century.

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 physical therapy in 1935 and 1944, respectively. Glassboro State began to develop a reputation as a leader in special education and after several years and the return of soldiers from World War II 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.

Hollybush Summit

The Cold War Glassboro Summit Conference between U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin took place from 23–25 June 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[9] and despite the lack of preparation converted his on-campus home into a secure location for the leaders of the world's superpowers.

Hollybush Mansion, site of the Glassboro Summit Conference

After the summit

The campus was relatively quiet during the following decade, despite opening the 1970–71 academic year with Black Sabbath's first US concert on 30 October 1970.[10] Peaceful student protests occurred during the Vietnam war as they did at other campuses, but never required the college to close the campus.[11]

From the mid-1970s until 1991, many Glassboro administrators and employees were faulted for poor grammar and writing by Glassboro Professor Richard Mitchell, who produced the Underground Grammarian for 15 years. Most issues cited poor writing by one or more of the school's administrators, usually in documents meant for wide promulgation.

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 Reagan spoke at the Glassboro High School graduation.[12] 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 Cold War. 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 Party School in the nation in the January 1987 issue of Playboy magazine.[13] Coincidentally, in the Greek section of that same issue of Playboy, the Epsilon Eta chapter of Zeta Beta Tau was also named one of the Animal House Contenders.[14]

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 Rutgers University 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 Morton Downey, Jr., who was based in Secaucus, New Jersey, 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. 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 M. Rowan, Jr., a graduate of the M.I.T. class of 1947, and his wife donated $100 million to the college, which later changed its name to Rowan College of New Jersey in his honor. The gift stipulated that the college open a College of Engineering and it allowed the college to expand its course and curriculum offerings to the point that it became a full-fledged university, achieving that status in 1997. This status was given by the State of New Jersey based on Rowan University's doctoral degree program, the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, and the numerous Masters level programs in Education, Engineering, and Business.

On 12 August, 1996 22-year-old Cindy Nannay was fatally shot outside Bozorth Hall 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.[15]

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 building for science 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.

The Presidency of Donald J. Farish was noted for a continued crackdown on the university's partying culture which declined alongside a rise in SAT 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 kegs for use by Greek letter organizations .[16] In 2006, two Rowan University students were found guilty for serving alcohol to minors, at an off campus party that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old male with Rowan promising to follow up with its own penalties.[17]

West Campus

On 20 March 2006, President Farish announced a joint venture between the university and Major League Soccer to construct a new athletic complex based around a 20,000 seat soccer-specific stadium on property owned by the campus at the intersection of U.S. Route 322 and Route 55. The stadium 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.[18]

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.[19]

South Jersey Technology Park

Rowan University broke ground for the South Jersey Technology Park (SJTP) on 10 April 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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] The second floor will be occupied by the Educational Information and Resource Center, which formerly owned a building on Delsea Drive in Washington Township.[23]

The Tech Park's first incubated business, SocialReach, has successfully graduated into their own offices in Philadelphia.[24]

The second planned building will be approximately 66,000 gross square feet divided between research and technology labs and offices.[19]

On 27 October 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.[25] A reward of $100,000 has been offered for information leading to the capture, arrest and conviction of the assailants.[26]

In an effort to find Farrell's assailants, television stations in Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City aired reports on the murder, and America's Most Wanted twice featured segments on the incident.[27]

Following Farrell's murder a new campus security initiative was undertaken, starting with a 14-point plan proposed by President Farish. The plan included hiring additional security staff, adding more fully trained police officers,starting a student patrol program, an expansion of the Safe Walk and Ride program, improving lighting in and around campus, installation of CCTV cameras, and changing security and police coverage from an 8-hour to a 12-hour shift.[28]

Cooper Medical School

Main article: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

It was announced on 26 June 2009 that Rowan would be partnering with Cooper University Hospital to create a new four-year medical school to reside on Broadway in Camden. Rowan was chosen by governor Jon Corzine to house the new medical school primarily because University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was not in a financial position to fund creation of the school, for which Rowan issued $100 million in bonds.

The new school would require no new funding as $28 million would be diverted from UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, which will no longer be associated with Cooper University Hospital after the opening of Cooper Medical School. Opening in 2012 with an entering class of 50,[29] Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was the only medical school in the state not affiliated with UMDNJ prior to their closing,[30] and was the first new medical school in New Jersey in at least 30 years.[29]

The Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was granted preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on 10 June 2011.[31]

New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act

In January 2012, a state advisory committee proposed a plan [32] to merge Rowan with the Camden campus of Rutgers University (which would have been separated from Rutgers) under Rowan's name.[33] The plan was opposed by the Rutgers governing boards, faculty, students, and alumni, and by others in the state.[34][35][36] Legislation passed in June 2012 rejected the idea of a merger, though it did include provisions for a loose collaboration between Rowan and Rutgers-Camden limited to research and teaching in the health sciences.[37] This legislation, the "New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act" (A3102 & S2063), enacted several important changes to Rowan:

  1. Rowan University was granted Research University status, replacing UMDNJ; Rowan was granted increased state funding.
  2. Rowan University acquired the University of Medicine and Dentistry’s (UMDNJ) Stratford-based School of Osteopathic Medicine. Rowan joined Michigan State University as the only institutions in the country to operate both a DO and an MD medical school. The acquisition also included the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS).
  3. A joint Rowan/Rutgers-Camden governing board was created to oversee the development and operation of collaborative programs, including a Rowan/Rutgers-Camden College of Health Sciences. This board’s authority will be limited to that mission and the College, if established, would receive funding through designated state appropriations through both institutions.[37][38]

Academics

The University is currently divided into thirteen units: College of Communication & Creative Arts, College of Education, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, College of Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Performing Arts, Rohrer College of Business, College of Science & Mathematics, Global Learning & Partnerships, School of Biomedical Science & Health Professions, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Osteopathic Medicine, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Notable virtuoso concert organist Gordon Turk became professor of organ instruction at Rowan University in 2013.[39]

Enrollment

Enrollment at Rowan from the fall semester of 2011 shows 10,438 undergraduates and 1,378 graduate students. Undergraduates submitting statistics for a data set in 2011 had scores of 1030 at the 25th percentile and 1170 at the 75th percentile (SAT reading/math scores only) and an average GPA of 3.46. The overall average SAT score is 1078. For the class of 2015, 58.19% of applicants were accepted.[40][41]

Rankings

Academic rankings
National
Forbes[42]504

Social Mobility Index rankings

Rowan was ranked the #2 school in the United States by the Social Mobility Index college rankings.[43]

U.S. News rankings

U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings (2014): Regional Universities (North) #18; Top Public Schools (North) #3; Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (At schools where doctorate not offered):[44] Total: #16 of 199; Chemical Engineering: #3 of 22; Mechanical Engineering: #8 of 118.

U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings (2012): Part-time M.B.A. #232.

U.S. News Top Online Programs Rankings (2012): Top Online Business Programs: Faculty Credentials and Training #31; Student Engagement and Accreditation #31; Student Services and Technology #134; Top Online Education Programs: Admissions Selectivity #22; Student Engagement and Accreditation #28; Student Services and Technology #128; Top Online Engineering Programs: Student Engagement and Accreditation #19; Student Services and Technology #19.[45]

Athletics

Main article: Rowan Profs

Rowan University has 16 sports teams (7 men's and 9 women's). The football, field hockey, women's lacrosse, and track & field teams play at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium at John Page Field, the basketball, volleyball, and swimming & diving teams play in Esbjornson Gymnasium (attached to the REC Center), and all other teams play on their own fields around campus. Rowan's teams are styled as the Profs (short for Professors, a nod to the school's history as a teaching college), and the current mascot is named "Whoo RU." Rowan also has club teams for bowling, ice hockey, men's rugby, ultimate frisbee, men's lacrosse, roller hockey, tennis, men's volleyball, dance, and wrestling.

A member of the NCAA in Division III, the sports teams at Rowan University have been moderately successful on a national level. The Profs football team is regularly a contender for the national title, having gone to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl five times (1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993) and the national semifinals in 1992, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005. The women's field hockey team won the national championship in 2002 and had a perfect season of 21 wins and no losses. The men's basketball 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 Lacrosse in 2002. The baseball team has won the Division III National Championship in 1978 and 1979 while making appearances in the NCAA Division III World Series in 2004 and 2005. The Profs compete in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

The Rowan University Men's Rugby Football Club has gone undefeated (8-0) in their conference for division 3 in 2011. They made it to the quarterfinals of the National Tournament that year as well. The following year they moved into division 2 and once again went undefeated (8-0) in their conference. They made it to the elite 8 in the division 2 national tournament, falling just short to the eventual national champions.

Student life

Student Center

The Chamberlain Student Center is the main location for dining on campus. Dining options include the Owl's Nest restaurant, Jazzman's Café, the Marketplace buffet, Prof's Place lounge, the Food Court and the RoGo convenience store. It is also the home to the Student Government Association, Conference and Event Services, the Greek Affairs Office, Student Activities, the Mailroom and the Information Desk, where students and staff can get their RowanCard ID.[46]

Media

There are three main publications on Rowan's campus, The Whit, Venue, and Avant. The Whit is in the classic newspaper format and is published weekly except during exams.[47] 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 prints out four issues a year in full color and is run completely by students.[48] Avant is a student-led literary magazine that compiles students' poems, short stories, photos, and artwork. Avant publishes fall and spring issues each year.

In addition to print publications, Rowan also has an award-winning[49] radio station, Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, which began in 1964 on a $6,000 budget.[50] Additionally, the Rowan Television Network (RTN) is a student-run closed circuit television station that provides 24-hour content to the students of Rowan University. RTN currently consists of 11 student-produced television shows, various sports related programming, and coverage of topical events occurring on campus.[51]

Housing

Oak Hall

Rowan provides housing for over 3,600 students in 12 housing complexes scattered around campus. Students have a choice between halls, apartments, or townhouses. Full-time, non-commuter students are required to live in on-campus until the completion of their sophomore year, and are thus guaranteed on-campus housing during this time period. After this, students must enter into a housing lottery.[52]

With the university's continued growth, housing at Rowan's main Glassboro campus has reached capacity. To counter this, the university offers incentives for freshman students who volunteer to live in tripled units (three students in a standard two person dorm room). Incentives include $1000 off housing/academic year, free summer housing, and a free in-room fridge/microwave rental. As of fall 2015, the tripling program has been highly successful at gaining voluntary sign-ups.[53] In addition to the tripling program, the university has moved to aggressively construct new housing.

Freshman Residence halls

North Halls

These buildings, located on the northeastern corner of the campus, feature shared "suite" type living arrangements sharing a common lounge and bathroom. Each building contains three floors and are considered freshmen-only. Chestnut Hall houses 390 students, while Magnolia Hall and Willow Hall house 210 students each.

Mimosa Hall is a four-story building with an adjoining 24/7 computer lab located between the North Halls and the Student Center. It houses 340 freshmen in suites made up of two to three rooms that share a common bathroom.

South Halls

Evergreen Hall and Mullica Hall are adjacent to each other and house 240 students and 135 students respectively. Both buildings are 3 stories tall and use suites containing two rooms joined by a bathroom. Oak & Laurel Hall each house up to 65 students on three floors. They were the first residence halls on campus, and were used for classrooms for some time until they were renovated in 1999 and returned to living spaces. The suites share one or two bathrooms depending on configuration.[54]

Upperclassman Housing

Edgewood Park Apartments

Edgewood Park Apartments is a complex of four identical buildings, each with three floors and 24 quad-occupancy apartments, housing 480 students.

Triad Apartments

Triad Apartments was acquired by the University in 1966 and contains three wings of four floors each. The building's first floor was used as classroom space and the Office of Public Safety until a renovation in the early 2000s converted it into student housing with central air conditioning. It holds 378 students.

The Townhouses

The Townhouse Complex was built in 2005 and has 113 living units that accommodate 464 students in single occupancy rooms. The complex also features a convenience store and a three story parking garage to accommodate its residents.

Rowan Blvd Apartments

Rowan Boulevard Apartments opened in September 2009 and is 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 housing 568 students were completed for the 2009–2010 school year and the final building was completed the following year.[19]

Whitney Center

The Whitney Center is a five story mixed use building located on Rowan Boulevard. The ground floor contains retail space including businesses such as Green Zebra, Pizza Hut, and 7-Eleven. The top four floors contain student housing reserved for the Bantivoglio honors college.

220 Rowan Boulevard
220 Rowan Blvd at night

This 6 level 316,500 Sq. Ft. (29,400 m²) upscale building opened in August 2015. Formally named 220 On the Boulevard, it runs along Victoria Ave, from Whitney Ave to Rowan Blvd. It then turns and runs along the midsection of Rowan Boulevard to Redmond Ave. The mixed use building is owned by the developer Nexus Properties. It features 468 beds of student housing in 110 4-bedroom apartments and 10 2-bedroom apartments. Through an agreement between the building owner and Rowan University, housing is managed through the Rowan housing request system. 220 Rowan Blvd. also features 57 units of market rate housing (apartments open to the general public) on the top two floors. Finally, on the ground floor the building contains retail space and an outpatient medical facility managed through a partnership with Cooper Bone and Joint and Inspira Health Network.[55]

Holly Pointe Commons

Entrance to the Holly Pointe Commons construction site

Scheduled to open in the Fall 2016 semester, Holly Pointe Commons is a 1,400 bed housing complex including a 550-seat dining hall. Constructed on the former location of Mansion Park Apartments, the taller portion of the complex will be seven stories, joined to a four-story building via walkway from the second through fourth floors. It is the first project constructed under a public-private partnership on Rowan's campus.[56] As the University continues to expand, numerous other potential housing sites have been evaluated by master planners. In mid-2015, the Borough of Glassboro issued Requests for Qualified Developers for the remaining developable land along Rowan Boulevard. Additionally, the Borough is seeking to redevelop the former Roxy theatre location in Downtown Glassboro. Rowan University has agreed to lease space at this location for its College of Performing Arts and the Rowan Television Network.[57]

Student organizations

The façade of Bunce Hall shows both the old and the new names of the school

There are more than 100 clubs and organizations at Rowan University; along with more than 20 Greek organizations on campus.

Fraternities:[58]

Sororities:[58]

Other chartered clubs report to the Student Government Association including national award-winning programs such as the local PRSSA, the Rowan Democratic Club, and The Student University Programmers (SUP). Cinema Workshop, the University's student film club, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007.[59]

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 painted glass archway above and around 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.

Transportation

The university is served by New Jersey Transit bus routes 313[60] and 412.[61] It is a planned stop on the Glassboro–Camden Line, an 18-mile (28.97 km) diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail system projected for completion in 2019.[62]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

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