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{{Short description|Public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, US}}
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 | image                  = Rowan University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | name                   = Rowan University
 | former_names           = Glassboro Normal School (1923–1937)<br />New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro (1937–1958)<br />Glassboro State College (1958–1992)<br />Rowan College of New Jersey (1992–1997)<ref name="rowan history">{{cite web |url=http://www.rowan.edu/subpages/about/history/ |title=History |access-date=January 27, 2010 |work=Official Site |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112183240/http://www.rowan.edu/subpages/about/history/ |archive-date=January 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | motto                  = ''Eruditio spes mundi'' ([[Latin language|Latin]])
 | motto_lang             = la
 | mottoeng               = "Education, hope of the world"
 | established            = {{start date and age|September 24, 1923}}<ref>[https://education.rowan.edu/about-the-college/history/ History], Rowan University College of Education. Accessed August 30, 2023. "On September 24, 1923, Glassboro Normal School opened its doors to 236 young women."</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=184782 |title=Carnegie Classifications - Rowan University|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>
 | academic_affiliations  = [[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]]{{·}}[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
 | endowment              = $440.3 million<ref>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite report |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-REVISED-Feb-19.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 26, 2025 |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $753 million<ref name="fast facts">{{cite web|title=Fast Facts |url=https://sites.rowan.edu/fastfacts/ |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref>
 | president              = Ali A. Houshmand
 | provost                = Anthony Lowman
 | city                   = [[Glassboro, New Jersey|Glassboro]]
 | state                  = [[New Jersey]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|39|42|39.30|N|75|07|06.38|W|type:edu_region:US-NJ|display=title,inline}}
 | faculty                = 2,294<ref name="fast facts" />
 | administrative_staff   = 2,425<ref name="fast facts" />
 | campus                 = Large suburb
 | campus_size            = {{convert|800|acre}}
 | students               = 22,903<ref name="fast facts"/>
 | undergrad              = 16,199<ref name="fast facts"/>
 | postgrad               = 3,384<ref name="fast facts" />
 | doctoral               = 1,542<ref name="fast facts" />
 | colors                 = Brown and gold<ref name="color">{{cite web |url=https://sites.rowan.edu/publications/graphic-standards/university_colors.html |title=University colors {{!}} Publications {{!}} Rowan University |access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref><br>{{color box|#57150B}} {{color box|#FFCC00}}
 | sports_nickname        = Profs
 | mascot                 = Whoo RU the Prof<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowanathletics.com/Sports/gen/2007/Mascot.asp |title=About the Prof |access-date=January 10, 2009 |publisher=Rowan University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225150954/http://www.rowanathletics.com/Sports/gen/2007/Mascot.asp |archive-date=December 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division III]] - [[New Jersey Athletic Conference|NJAC]]
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''The Whit''
 | website                = {{url|https://www.rowan.edu/|rowan.edu}}
 | logo                   = Rowan University logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = .75
 | free_label1            = Other campuses
 | free1                  = {{hlist|[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]|[[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]]}}
}}

'''Rowan University''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Glassboro, New Jersey]], with a medical campus in [[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]] and medical and academic campuses in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]. Founded in 1923 as '''Glassboro Normal School''' on a {{convert|25|acres|adj=on}} site donated by 107 residents,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rowan.edu/home/about/our-past-present-future/rowan-history|title=Rowan History {{!}} Rowan University|website=www.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101211516/http://www.rowan.edu/home/about/our-past-present-future/rowan-history|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> the school was known as '''Glassboro State College''' from 1958 until 1992 and '''Rowan College of New Jersey''' from 1992 to 1997.

The university includes 14 colleges and schools<ref name="fast facts" /> with a total enrollment (undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies) of just over 19,600 students.<ref name="fast facts" /> Rowan offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colleges & Schools |url=https://www.rowan.edu/academics/colleges_and_schools/index.html |access-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=184782 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Henry Rowan facing 322 Rowan University.jpg|thumb|left|A statue of [[Henry Rowan]] in front of Savitz Hall overlooks Route 322]]
In the early part of the 20th century, there was a shortage of adequately trained teachers in the [[New Jersey|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 [[Rail transport|passenger rail]] as well as its offer to donate {{convert|25|acre|sqmi|abbr=off}} of land to the state to build the Normal school. The 1917 purchase price of the property was raised by the residents of the town and used to purchase a tract that belonged to the Whitney family, who owned the local [[glassworks]] during the 19th century.<ref name="SouthJersey.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.southjersey.com/article/19891/Glassboro-A-History|title=Glassboro: a History|author=SouthJersey.com|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526012355/http://www.southjersey.com/article/19891/Glassboro-A-History|archive-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref>

In 1923, the Glassboro Normal School opened with a class of 236 students, 226 women and 10 men, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Glassboro — Welcome to the Official Website of the Borough of Glassboro |url=https://www.glassboro.org/glassboro |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Welcome to the |language=en-US}}</ref>

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]]. 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 and academic programs over the next 15 years and became Glassboro State College in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rowan.edu/about/oppaf/history.html|title=Rowan History|website=rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

=== Hollybush Summit ===
[[File:Whitney Mansion (Hollybush).JPG|thumb|left|Hollybush Mansion]]
The [[Cold War]] [[Glassboro Summit Conference]] between U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Lyndon Johnson]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] [[Alexei Kosygin]] took place from June 23–25, 1967, in [[Whitney Mansion (Glassboro, New Jersey)|Hollybush Mansion]] on the campus of then–Glassboro State College. The college was chosen because of its location equidistant between [[New York City]], where Kosygin was making a speech at the [[United Nations|U.N.]], and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/970623a.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110015652/http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/970623a.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2010|title=This Day in Diplomacy: U.S.-Soviet Summit at Glassboro, New Jer|date=January 10, 2010|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

Then–college president Thomas E. Robinson was given just 16 hours' notice of the decision to hold the summit at GSC<ref name="Robinson">[http://www.rowan.edu/president/pastpresidents/robinson.html Dr. Thomas E. Robinson, 1952–1968] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326200052/http://www.rowan.edu/president/pastpresidents/robinson.html |date=March 26, 2009 }}, Rowan University Office of the President</ref> and, despite the lack of advance notice, converted his on-campus home into a secure location for the leaders of the world's superpowers.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Summit In History |url=https://sites.rowan.edu/hollybush/history.html |access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

=== After the summit ===
The campus hosted hard rock band [[Black Sabbath]]'s first U.S. concert on October 30, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1971tour/|title=1971 Tour – Black Sabbath Online|work=black-sabbath.com|access-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202925/http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1971tour/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Peaceful [[student protests]] occurred during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam war]] as they did at other campuses, but never required the college to close the campus.<ref name="Chamberlain">{{cite web|url=http://www.rowan.edu/president/pastpresidents/chamberlain.htmlDr.|title=Mark M. Chamberlain, 1969–1984|website=rowan.edu|access-date=March 4, 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The college made national news during "Spring Weekend" in 1986, due to a loud party atmosphere primarily off campus around the Beau Rivage townhouses and The Crossings apartment complex in which police from several municipalities were called in to break up the parties. The event led to Glassboro State College's ranking as the #28 [[party school|Party School]] in the nation in the January 1987 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp|title=Urban Legends Reference Pages: Playboy's Party Schools|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Though the alcohol-fueled Spring Weekend was canceled 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 a result of the drinking death of freshman James Callahan at [[Rutgers University]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1988 |title=Rutgers bans fraternity parties |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/02/14/Rutgers-bans-fraternity-parties/9217571813200/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=UPI}}</ref> Herman James decided to make GSC an example for the rest of the state colleges and universities to follow. He invited the [[New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control]] Commission (ABC) to the school. He 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 although they cannot legally buy and consume 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

=== University status ===

In 1992, president 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 Rowan|Henry M. Rowan, Jr.]], a graduate of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] 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, allowing 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 master's-level programs in education and business.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Rowan History|url=https://www.rowan.edu/about/oppaf/history.html|website=www.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

Following James' retirement as president in 1998, [[Donald J. Farish]] was chosen to succeed him and began further expansion on the Glassboro campus, opening a modern Science Hall 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 [[New Jersey Route 55|State Route 55]] as the West Campus.<ref name=":0" />

The presidency of Donald 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 [[Fraternities and sororities|Greek letter organizations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewhitonline.com/2002/02/UniversitybanskegsfromGreeklife/ |title=University bans kegs from Greek life |date=February 28, 2002 |work=The Whit Online |author=Duerr, Johanna }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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. Rowan promised to follow up with its own penalties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewhitonline.com/2006/12/Studentssentencedinunderagedrinkingdeath/ |title=Students sentenced in underage drinking death |work=The Whit |author=Dunphy, Thomas |year=2006 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==== West Campus ====
On March 20, 2006, Farish announced a joint venture between the university and [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) 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 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]] and [[New Jersey Route 55|Route 55]]. Although the stadium was planned to be complete for the start of the 2009 MLS season, New Jersey's 2006 budget problems resulted in cutbacks in funding for the infrastructure upgrades required by increased traffic related to an MLS team. When plan fell through, the stadium project was relocated to nearby [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] where the MLS's [[Philadelphia Union]] now play their home matches.<ref>[http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/15418323.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112193538/http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/15418323.htm|date=November 12, 2006}}</ref>

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. The university in 2015 opened a {{cvt|17.5|acre|adj=on}} site across from the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University with practice fields for [[American football|football]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[field hockey]], and [[lacrosse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.rowan.edu/home/news/2015/08/21/opening-rowans-new-athletic-practice-fields-set-august-26-on-west-campus|title=Opening of Rowan's new athletic practice fields set for August 26 on West Campus {{!}} Rowan Today|website=today.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2018|archive-date=February 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082627/https://today.rowan.edu/home/news/2015/08/21/opening-rowans-new-athletic-practice-fields-set-august-26-on-west-campus|url-status=dead}}</ref> Transportation between the two campuses will be provided with both shuttle service and improved bike paths, as well as improvements to Route 322 itself.<ref name="presreport">''Ten Years of Transformation'': The President's Report, 1999–2008; Rowan University Office of the President</ref>

On a vast site, adjacent to the West Campus athletic fields, the Inspira Medical Center complex opened in late 2019.

==== South Jersey Technology Park ====
Rowan University broke ground for the South Jersey Technology Park (SJTP) on April 10, 2006. The [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority]] (NJEDA) gave Rowan University $5.8 million to combine 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjtechpark.org/news/cp022708.html |title=South jersey Technology Park to open July 2008 |access-date=December 12, 2008 |date=February 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718083121/http://www.sjtechpark.org/news/cp022708.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> SJTP is planned to be a {{convert|188|acres}} 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 priced Class "A" facilities for budding entrepreneurs, start-up and established companies. SJTP was incorporated as a [[Nonprofit corporation|non-profit corporation]] with its own board of directors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjtechpark.org/about/overview.html |title=SJTP Overview |access-date=December 12, 2008 |work=SJTP Official site |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222040911/http://www.sjtechpark.org/about/overview.html |archive-date=December 22, 2008 }}</ref>
The first building, the Samuel H. Jones Innovation Center, has been leased completely out, and the revenue will help build a second building.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2009/09/eirc_signs_7-year_lease_with_r.html | title=EIRC signs 7-year lease with Rowan's South Jersey Technology Park |access-date=September 30, 2008|date=September 29, 2009|last=Beym |first=Jessica}}</ref>

The Tech Park's first incubated business, SocialReach, has successfully graduated into its own offices in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njbiz.com/article.asp?aID=79275 |title=First business graduates from Rowan incubator |access-date=September 30, 2009 |date=September 21, 2009 |last=Fitzgerald |first=Beth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021202845/http://www.njbiz.com/article.asp?aID=79275 |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }}</ref>

The second planned building will be approximately {{convert|66000|sqft}} divided between research and technology labs and offices.<ref name="presreport" />

==== Campus crimes ====
In December 1972, Stephen Setrin was stabbed while on the grounds of Glassboro State College <ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1975/136-n-j-super-329-0.html]</ref>

On August 12, 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.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E0DF1731F930A2575BC0A960958260 Murder-Suicide at Rowan], The New York Times, August 13, 1996</ref>

Eleven years later, in 2007, another student was murdered on campus. Sophomore Donald Farrell, 19, was robbed and beaten to death by unknown assailants while walking behind the Triad dormitory.<ref>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20071029_One_punch_killed_Rowan_University_student__prosecutor_says.html "Rowan killing was ‘robbery, pure and simple’ says prosecutor"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', October 29, 2007</ref> A reward of $100,000 has been offered for information leading to the capture, arrest and conviction of the assailants.<ref>[http://www.rowan.edu/today/documents/GET/homicidereward $50,000 Reward in Homicide Investigation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121060922/http://www.rowan.edu/today/documents/GET/homicidereward |date=November 21, 2007 }}, Rowan University publication, October 2007</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=50260 America's Most Wanted] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115190435/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=50260 |date=November 15, 2009 }}, accessed February 2, 2010</ref>

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 [[Closed-circuit television camera|CCTV cameras]], and changing security and police coverage from an 8-hour to a 12-hour shift.<ref>[http://www.rowan.edu/today/news/index/PR/1982 Update on Rowan's Security Enhancement Initiatives, ''Rowan Today'', December 17, 2007. Accessed February 2, 2010]</ref>

=== Cooper Medical School ===
{{Main|Cooper Medical School of Rowan University}}

It was announced on June 26, 2009, that Rowan would be partnering with [[Cooper University Hospital]] to create a new four-year medical school to reside on Broadway in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]. Rowan was chosen by governor [[Jon Corzine]] to house the new medical school primarily because the [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]] (UMDNJ) was not in a financial position to fund the creation of the school, for which Rowan issued $100 million in bonds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cooper and Rowan U. to launch new Camden medical school|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/breaking/20090626_Cooper_and_Rowan_U__to_build_new_Camden_medical_school.html|last=WRITER|first=Matt Katz, INQUIRER STAFF|website=www.inquirer.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

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,<ref name="Construction milestone for Cooper Medical School in Camden" /> Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was the only medical school in the state not affiliated with UMDNJ before their closing.<ref name="Cooper">[http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090626_ap_njsrowanuniversitycouldgetnewmedicalschool.html NJ's Rowan University could get new medical school]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}, philly.com, accessed June 26, 2009</ref> It was the first new medical school in New Jersey in at least 30 years.<ref name="Construction milestone for Cooper Medical School in Camden">{{cite news|title=Construction milestone for Cooper Medical School in Camden |first=John |last=George |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/05/09/construction-milestone-for-cooper.html?ed=2011-05-09&s=article_du |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Business Journal]] |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |location=United States |date=May 9, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>

The Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was granted preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on June 10, 2011.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2011/06/cooper_medical_school_of_rowan_1.html Cooper Medical School of Rowan University receives preliminary accreditation] nj.com, accessed June 17, 2011</ref>

=== Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act ===
In January 2012, a state advisory committee proposed a plan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://medicaleducation.rutgers.edu/umdnjadvisorycommitteefinalreport |title=Home &#124; Joint Rutgers–UMDNJ Integration |publisher=Medicaleducation.rutgers.edu |access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> to merge Rowan with the [[Rutgers–Camden|Camden]] campus of [[Rutgers University]] (which would have been separated from Rutgers) under Rowan's name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowan.edu/researchuniversityproposal/ |title=Governor's Task Force Report Rowan University |publisher=Rowan.edu |access-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010037/http://www.rowan.edu/researchuniversityproposal/ |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The project was opposed by the Rutgers governing boards, faculty, students, and alumni, and by others in the state.<ref name="CHEf27">Eric Kelderman, "Proposed Realigning of New Jersey Campuses Spurs Protests and Charges of Cronyism" ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' February 2, 2012 [http://chronicle.com/article/Proposed-Realigning-of-New/130659/?otd=Y2xpY2t0aHJ1Ojo6c293aWRnZXQ6OjpjaGFubmVsOmdvdmVybm1lbnQsYXJ0aWNsZTptZXNzeS1kcmFtYS1vZi1wcm9wb3NlZC11bml2ZXJzaXR5LW1lcmdlci1oYXMtbmotbGVhZGVycy1zbmFybGluZzo6OmNoYW5uZWw6Z292ZXJubWVudCxhcnRpY2xlOnByb3Bvc2VkLXJlYWxpZ25pbmctb2YtbmV3LWplcnNleS1jYW1wdXNlcy1zcHVycy1wcm90ZXN0cw==]</ref><ref name="CHEmar27">"N.J. Legislature Must Weigh In on Proposed Campus Mergers, State Office Says" ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' March 27, 2012 [http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/n-j-legislature-must-weigh-in-on-proposed-campus-mergers-state-office-says/41737]</ref><ref name="CHEapr107">Eric Kelderman, "Messy Drama of Proposed University Merger Has N.J. Leaders Snarling" ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' April 10, 2012 [http://chronicle.com/article/Messy-Drama-of-Proposed/131470/?sid=at]</ref> 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.<ref name="A3102 2R">{{cite web |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A3500/3102_R2.HTM |title=A3102 2R |publisher=Njleg.state.nj.us |access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> This legislation, the "New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act" (A3102 & S2063), enacted several essential changes to Rowan:

* Rowan University was granted Research University status and was granted increased state funding.<ref name="A3102 2R" />
* Rowan University acquired the [[UMDNJ – School of Osteopathic Medicine|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).<ref name="A3102 2R" />
* A joint Rowan/Rutgers-Camden governing board was created to oversee the development and operation of collaborative programs in the health sciences.<ref name="A3102 2R" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A3500/3102_S2.HTM |title=A3102 1R Assembly 6/28/12 |publisher=Njleg.state.nj.us |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref>

=== Student deaths and mental health support ===
The university faced criticism for not providing more mental health resources and support for students after four students committed suicide between 2019 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/11/another-rowan-suicide-prompts-robust-student-response-editorial.html|title=Another Rowan suicide prompts robust student response |website=South Jersey Times |date=November 10, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thewhitonline.com/2021/11/news/rowan-community-organizes-rally-towards-mental-health-concerns/ |title=Rowan Community Organizes Rally Towards Mental Health Concerns |date=2021-11-10 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=The Whit Online |last=Malgieri |first=Gianna }}</ref> Following the student deaths in 2019, the university expanded its resources better accommodate students' mental health, including bringing the number of counselors employed to 17 and partnering with TogetherAll, a 24/7 mental health support network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wellness Center expands access to mental health services online |url=https://today.rowan.edu/news/2020/04/wellness-center-expands-access-to-mental-health-services-online.html |website=Rowan University}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rowan expands 24/7 mental health services with peer-to-peer support |url=https://today.rowan.edu/news/2021/09/rowan-expands-247-mental-health-services-with-peer-to-peer-support.html |website=Rowan University}}</ref> Additionally, the university received a $3 million grant in 2019 to start The Shreiber Family Pet Therapy Program after their success with bringing in local therapy dogs to help students with anxiety and stress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shreiber Pet Therapy Center opens with ribbon cutting |url=https://today.rowan.edu/news/2019/11/shreiber-pet-therapy-center-opens-with-ribbon-cutting.html |website=Rowan University}}</ref>

== Academics ==
The university is currently divided into eighteen colleges and schools.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rowan.edu/academics/colleges_and_schools/ | title=Rowan University - Colleges & Schools | access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>

* Rohrer College of Business
* Ric Edelman College of Communication and Creative Arts 
* College of Education
* Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
* John H. Martinson Honors College
* College of Humanities and Social Sciences
* College of Performing Arts
* College of Science and Mathematics
* School of Earth and Environment
* Global Learning and Partnerships
* Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
* Virtua Health College of Medical and Life Sciences
** Rowan-Virtua School of Nursing and Health Professions
** [[Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine]]
*** Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
** Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
* Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine
* School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

=== Admissions and enrollment ===
Enrollment at Rowan from the fall semester of 2017 shows 15,401 undergraduates and 2,045 graduate students from 38 states and 34 countries. The overall admission rate is 53.0%. Undergraduates submitting statistics for a data set in 2017 had scores of 530 at the 25th percentile and 630 at the 75th percentile in SAT critical reading and 510 at the 25th percentile and 620 at the 75th percentile for SAT Math. As of the fall of 2016, the average accepted GPA was 3.46.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rowan.edu/home/undergraduate-admissions/admissions-process/freshman-class-profile | title=Home | access-date=May 6, 2018 | archive-date=June 27, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005209/https://www.rowan.edu/home/undergraduate-admissions/admissions-process/freshman-class-profile | url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 163
| USNWR_W = 1807
| Forbes = 361
| Wamo_NU = 163
| THE_WSJ = 355
| QS_W = 801–1000
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! colspan=4 style="background:#57150B; color:#ffffff; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFCC00|2px}}" |National Program Rankings<ref name=USNWR>{{cite magazine|title=Rowan University|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|url=https://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rowan-university-2609/overall-rankings}}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking (2024)
|-
| Business || 244
|-
| Computer Science || 229
|-
| Nursing || 535
|-
| Economics || 268
|-
|}

==== ''U.S. News'' rankings ====
'''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rowan-university-2609/overall-rankings |title=Rowan University Overall Rankings|website=www.usnews.com|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>

Best Colleges Rankings (2024):

*National Universities: 163
*Top Public Schools: 88
*Best Value Schools: 104
*Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate): 105
*Psychology Programs: 316
*Best Colleges for Veterans: 113
*Top Performers on Social Mobility: 91

== Athletics ==
[[file:Rowan logo from NCAA.svg|thumb|left|150px|Rowan athletics logo]]
Rowan University has 18 sports teams (8 men's and 10 women's).<ref name="fast facts" /> The football, field hockey, and track & field teams compete at John Page Memorial Field at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. The basketball, volleyball, and swimming & diving teams call Esbjornson Gymnasium home. Women's lacrosse and the men's and women's soccer teams play at the Rowan Soccer and Lacrosse Complex. The baseball and softball teams have their own, dedicated facilities on campus. Rowan's teams are known as the Profs (short for Professors, a nod to the university's 1923 opening as a school to train educators), and the [[sports mascots|mascot]] is named ''Whoo RU''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rowanathletics.com/|title=Rowan University|website=www.rowanathletics.com|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> Rowan also has club teams for: [[archery]], [[ballroom dance]], [[baseball]], men's and women's [[basketball]], [[cheerleading]], [[Rowing (sport)|crew]], [[cycling]], [[Dance squad|dance]], [[Equestrianism|equestrian]], [[esports]], [[fencing]], [[field hockey]], [[fishing]], [[golf]], men's and women's [[ice hockey]], [[karate]], men's and women's [[lacrosse]], [[mixed martial arts]] (MMA), outdoors, [[paintball]], [[powerlifting]], [[quidditch]], [[racquetball]], [[rock climbing]], [[roller hockey]], men's and women's [[Rugby union|rugby]], [[skateboarding]], [[Skiing|ski]] and [[snowboarding]], men's and women's [[Association football|soccer]], [[softball]], [[street hockey]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[table tennis]], [[tennis]], [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate Frisbee]], men's and women's [[volleyball]], and [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.rowan.edu/rec/sport_clubs/current_clubs.html|title=Rowan Sports Clubs|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref>

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A member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] in [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]], competing in the [[New Jersey Athletic Conference]] (NJAC), the sports teams at Rowan University have had some success on a national level. The Profs football team is regularly a contender for the national title, having gone to the [[NCAA Division III national football championship|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 NCAA 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. The baseball team has won the NCAA Division III National Championship in 1978 and 1979, while making appearances in the NCAA Division III World Series in 2004, 2005, and 2021. Rowan hosted the Division III National Championship Tournament Final Four for men's soccer in 2000, women's lacrosse in 2002, and field hockey in 2022.<ref name="auto"/>

== Student life ==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title= College Scorecard: Rowan University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?184782-Rowan-University|website=College Scorecard |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>
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! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|62|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|14|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|32|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|68|%|2||background:black}}
|}
=== Student Center ===
[[File:Rowan University Student Center cafeteria.jpg|thumb|The Chamberlain Student Center cafeteria]] 
The Chamberlain Student Center is the main location for dining on campus. Dining options include the Owl's Nest restaurant, [[Peet's Coffee]], Grill Nation, [[Jersey Mike's Subs]], Freshens, Sono, Crust, Chef Jet, Smoked, Breakfast & Co., Bowl Life, Pop Up, and the Marketplace convenience store. The Student Center is also home to the Student Government Association, Conference and Event Services, the Greek Affairs Office, Student Activities, the Mailroom, and the Information Desk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/studentcenter/index.php|title=Chamberlain Student Center – Rowan University|work=rowan.edu|access-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207064807/http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/studentcenter/index.php|archive-date=February 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Media ===
{{Further|WGLS-FM}}
Rowan University hosts the award-winning<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wgls.rowan.edu/awards.html |title=Awards |work=89.7 Official Site}}</ref> Rowan Radio 89.7 [[WGLS-FM]], which began in 1964 on a $6,000 budget ({{Inflation|index=US|value=6000|start_year=1964|r=0|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wgls.rowan.edu/archives.php/Main/GloucesterCountyTimes-CollegeRadioBroadcastingStereoSignal-April11977 |title=College radio broadcasting stereo signal |author=Woodell, Debbie |date=April 1, 1977 |publisher=The Gloucester County Times |work=89.7 Official Site |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220050527/http://wgls.rowan.edu/archives.php/Main/GloucesterCountyTimes-CollegeRadioBroadcastingStereoSignal-April11977 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rtnch5.tv/aboutus.html |title=About |work=RTN Official Site}}</ref>

''The Whit'' has served as the campus newspaper since 1938, covering school news, student life, Rowan sports, and entertainment. It is published weekly throughout the school year except during exams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewhitonline.com/about-us/ |title=About Us |work=The Whit Online |access-date=2023-03-09 }}</ref> Another mainstay campus publication is ''Avant'', a student-led [[literary magazine]] that compiles undergraduate poetry, short stories, photos, and artwork in annual fall and spring issues.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowanavant.com/ |title=Avant Literary Magazine: Rowan University's Undergraduate Literary Magazine |access-date=2023-03-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rowanwritingarts.org/avant-literary-magazine.html |title=Avant Literary Magazine |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Rowan University Department of Writing Arts}}</ref> ''Image'' is the annual Rowan [[yearbook]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/rowanuniversitylibraries |title=Rowan University Libraries |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Other campus publications include ''Halftone'', an online magazine focusing on entertainment and pop culture,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://halftonemag.com/ |title=Halftone |access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref> and ''At My Whit's End'', a [[zine]] published by the Writing Arts Club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://writingartsclub.neocities.org/ |title=Rowan University Writing Arts Club |date=2023-01-07 |access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rowanwritingarts.org/writing-arts-club.html |title=Writing Arts Club |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Rowan University Department of Writing Arts}}</ref> ''Venue'' was a long-running alternative, uncensored student publication focusing on campus opinions and humor, initially formed in 1968 with a heavy political focus. Changing its format over the years, ''Venue'' printed four issues a year up to 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewhitonline.com/2002/11/TheyinandyangofRowanpress/ |title=The yin and yang of Rowan press |work=The Whit Online |date=November 21, 2002 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Image2011">{{Cite book |title=Rowan University: 2011 |publisher=Rowan University |year=2011 |url=https://archive.org/details/image2011rowa/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Image |publisher=Rowan University |year=2012 |url=https://archive.org/details/image2012rowa/page/n1/mode/2up}}</ref>

=== Rowan Boulevard ===
[[File:220 Rowan Blvd 1.jpg|thumb|150px|220 Rowan Blvd at night]]
Rowan Boulevard connects 322 to downtown Glassboro, forming a bustling urban area that fuses businesses, bookstores, restaurants, a primary care facility, academic buildings, and student housing.

=== Housing ===
Rowan provides housing for over 6,500 students in 13 University owned housing complexes and 5 affiliated housing units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.rowan.edu/fastfacts/index.html|title=Fast Facts|website=sites.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> 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. After this, students must enter into a housing lottery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/reslife/firstyr/mhp.html |title=Rowan University Mandatory Housing Policy |work=Official Site |access-date=July 27, 2014 |author=Rowan |format=Web Page |year=2014}}</ref>

With the university's continued growth, housing at Rowan's main Glassboro campus has reached capacity.<ref name="Residence Hall Triple Information">{{cite web |url=http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/reslife/assignment/rates.html |title=Residence Hall Triple Information|work=Official Site|access-date=October 20, 2015|author=Rowan |format=Web Page |year=2015}}</ref> The university has moved to construct new housing aggressively.

The student-run Residence Hall Association represents students who live on-campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.rowan.edu/housing/leadership/Residence%20Halls%20Association.html|title=Residence Hall Association|website=sites.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>

There are seven freshman residence halls and five for upperclassmen. Starting in the fall of 2017, Rowan University offered apartment-style housing options in a public-private partnership with Nexus Properties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.rowan.edu/housing/housing-options/affiliated-housing.html|title=Affiliated Student Housing|website=sites.rowan.edu|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

=== Student organizations ===
There are more than 100 clubs and organizations at Rowan University, along with more than 30 Greek organizations.<ref name="rowan.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.rowan.edu/clubs/greeklife/councilsAndChapters/AllGreekChapters.htm |title=All Greek Chapters |access-date=June 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602012324/http://www.rowan.edu/clubs/greeklife/councilsAndChapters/AllGreekChapters.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other chartered clubs report to the Student Government Association including the Rowan Television Network, the local [[Public Relations Student Society of America|PRSSA]], the Rowan [[College Republicans]], the Rowan [[College Democrats|Democratic Club]], and The Student University Programmers (SUP). Cinema Workshop, the university's student film club, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaworkshop.com/30thanniversary.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119071857/http://www.cinemaworkshop.com/30thanniversary.shtml|title=Cinema Workshop at Rowan University: 30th Anniversary|archive-date=January 19, 2007|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
[[New Jersey Transit bus operations|New Jersey Transit bus routes]] 313<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T1313.pdf|title=NJT Route 313|website=njtransit.com|access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> and 412 serve the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0412.pdf|title=NJT Route 412|website=njtransit.com|access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]] (Mullica Hill Road) bisects the campus. It is a planned stop on the [[Glassboro–Camden Line]], a proposed {{convert|18|mi|km|2|adj=on}} [[diesel multiple unit]] (DMU) [[light rail]] system.<ref name = facts2013>{{cite web | title = Fact Sheet 2013 | work = Glassboro-Camden Line | publisher = DVPA & PATCO |url=http://www.glassborocamdenline.com/images/uploads/GCL_FACTSHEET_2013.pdf | access-date = April 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=DeAngelis |first1=Danielle |title=Proposed Glassboro-Camden train line takes next steps |url=https://thesunpapers.com/2022/01/17/proposed-glassboro-camden-train-line-takes-next-steps/ |access-date=7 November 2022 |agency=The Sun |date=January 17, 2022}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery caption= "Rowan University buildings" mode=packed heights=90>
File:Bunce Hall8 small.JPG|Bunce Hall, built in 1923, is the school's original academic building
File:Rowan Business Hall Front.png|Business Hall, home of the Rohrer College of Business 
File:Robinson Green Rowan University.jpg|Robinson Hall
File:Campbell Library1 small.JPG|Campbell Library 
File:Engineering hall Rowan University.jpg|The Engineering Hall 
File:Oak Hall.jpg|Oak Hall 
</gallery>

== Notable alumni ==
{{Category see also|Rowan University alumni}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}} 
* [[Don Amendolia]] (born 1944), actor<ref>Williams, Victoria. [https://www.nj.com/southjerseylife/2009/04/stage_presence.html "Stage presence"], ''[[Gloucester County Times]]'', April 30, 2009. Accessed March 20, 2025. "Don Amendolia had just one line in his senior class play -- ''Annie Get Your Gun'' -- at Camden Catholic High School in 1962.... But while attending Glassboro State College, he was encouraged by his first significant stage time in Campus Players' production of ''Matchmaker.''"</ref>
* [[Dan Baker (announcer)|Dan Baker]] (born 1946), [[Philadelphia Phillies]] PA announcer and former [[Philadelphia Eagles]] PA announcer<ref>McPherson, Chris. [http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Dan-Baker-The-Man-Behind-The-Voice/07ed9720-65d2-4fe4-828d-c583a96ddfe9 "Dan Baker: The Man Behind The Voice"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216204822/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Dan-Baker-The-Man-Behind-The-Voice/07ed9720-65d2-4fe4-828d-c583a96ddfe9 |date=February 16, 2018 }}, [[Philadelphia Eagles]], September 6, 2014. Accessed February 16, 2018. "He graduated from Audubon High School and earned his bachelor's degree from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) before obtaining a master's degree from Temple."</ref>
* [[Jessica Boyington]], [[Miss New Jersey USA]] 2006<ref>Morgan, Rachel. [http://www.southjerseymagazine.com/articles/?articleid=1604 "From Stage to Screen"], ''South Jersey Magazine'', August 2015. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Jessica Boyington got her start as a pageant queen—Miss New Jersey USA 2006 to be exact—and is now an on-air traffic reporter at NBC10.... The 29-year-old Cherry Hill native and Rowan University alumna sounds on her pageant roots, her animal advocacy and just how she gets up so early each morning."</ref>
* [[Kyle Cassidy]] (born 1966), photographer and videographer<ref>{{cite journal| last = Ponzi| first = Katie| date = May 2008| title = Alumni Profile| journal = Rowan Magazine| url = http://www.rowanmagazine.com/classnotes/alumniprofiles/profiles/cassidy/| access-date = May 25, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715205023/http://www.rowanmagazine.com/classnotes/alumniprofiles/profiles/cassidy/| archive-date = July 15, 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* [[Betty Castor]] (born 1941), Florida politician and former president of the [[University of South Florida]]<ref>[http://usfweb.usf.edu/ua-wlp/wlp_web/press-releases-details.aspx?ID=3204 "USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy To Honor Betty Castor and Elaine Shimberg"], [[University of South Florida]] Foundation. Accessed March 4, 2018. "As a college student at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) in her home town of Glassboro, N.J., she volunteered for the Outward Bound program teaching school girls in Uganda."</ref>
* [[Adam Chazen]] (born 1986), Associate Visual Effects Producer for ''[[Game of Thrones]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2012/09/rowan_university_grad_adam_cha.html|title=Rowan University grad Adam Chazen scores an Emmy for work on 'Game of Thrones'|first=Jessica Bautista/South Jersey|last=Times|date=September 18, 2012|website=nj}}</ref>
* [[Jack Collins (politician)|Jack Collins]] (born 1943), college basketball coach and former Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>Shyrock, Bob. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/06/among_the_longhorns_jack_colli.html "Among the longhorns, Jack Collins enjoys life away from politics"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 11, 2012. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Jack Collins grew up in Gloucester City and played basketball at Gloucester Catholic (Class of 1960) for legendary coach Johnny McCarthy. He also played hoops for coach Richard Wackar three years at Glassboro State College (Rowan University), reaching the coveted 1,000-point career plateau in the prehistoric days there were no three-point field goals."</ref>
* [[Nick Comoroto]] (born 1991), professional wrestler<ref name="Flowers">{{cite web|url=https://eu.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/10/19/monster-factory-wwe-training-school-pro-wrestling-south-jersey/73979902/|title=South Jersey pro wrestling school expands|access-date=January 21, 2021|work=[[Courier Post]]|date=October 19, 2015|first=Matt|last=Flowers}}</ref>
* [[Jim Cook Jr.]] (born 1987), journalist and playwright.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* [[Scott Depace|Scott DePace]], TV director, ''The Howard Stern Show''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-depace/a/771/771 |title=Scott DePace |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Steve Dildarian]] (born 1969), creator of the HBO animated series ''[[The Life & Times of Tim]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* [[Lince Dorado]] (born 1987), professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maslowski |first=Dylan |date=2017-03-27 |title=From Rowan to WrestleMania: The tale of alumnus and WWE Superstar Lince Dorado |url=https://thewhitonline.com/2017/03/arts-entertainment/from-rowan-to-wrestlemania-the-tale-of-alumnus-and-wwe-superstar-lince-dorado/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=The Whit Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ric Edelman]], financial planner and radio host<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/business/stories/index.cfm?id=22|title=Rohrer College of Business @ Rowan University |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Evan Edinger]] (born 1990), American-born YouTuber based in [[London]], England<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanedinger/?originalSubdomain=uk%23 |title=Evan Edinger &#124; LinkedIn |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210205082605/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanedinger/?originalSubdomain=uk%23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Stink Fisher]] (born 1970), football player and actor in movies such as ''[[Invincible (2006 film)|Invincible]]'' and ''[[The Longest Yard (2005 film)|The Longest Yard]]''<ref>[http://www.southjersey.com/article/33590/A-Big-Stink "A Big Stink"], ''South Jersey Magazine''. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Bill 'Stink' Fisher’s nickname came from his childhood in Cherry Hill and just stuck. Such an unusual name is fitting for such a massive man with a personality to match. Fisher used his size to earn him a spot on the Rowan University football team and then a brief stint in the NFL as a line- man with the New York Jets."</ref>
* [[Jamie Ginn]] (born 1982), [[Miss Delaware]] 2006<ref>Jones, Tamara for ''[[The Washington Post]]''. [http://journaltimes.com/lifestyles/beauty-and-the-beaker-for-miss-delaware-jamie-ginn-it/article_49f642c3-dc99-53a2-9d43-b2120041fb84.html "Beauty and the beaker: For Miss Delaware Jamie Ginn, it was science that dangled the brass ring. So why did she try for a tiara"], ''[[Racine Journal Times]]'', April 30, 2007. Accessed March 4, 2018. "By then, pageant scholarships were paying Jamie's way through nearby Rowan University."</ref>
* [[Dino Hall]] (born 1955), [[running back]] who played in the NFL for the [[Cleveland Browns]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/dino-hall-inducted-into-gloucester-hall-of-fame/article_400d33da-31c8-54ca-a20b-8fe9f437fd58.html "Dino Hall inducted into Gloucester Hall of Fame"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', March 28, 2014. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Former Pleasantville High School and professional football player Dino Hall was inducted into the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday.... Hall played football for Glassboro State College, now Rowan University, from 1976-78."</ref>
* [[Robert Hegyes]] (1951–2012), actor and former co-star of ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' known for his role as [[Juan Epstein]], who was a professor at his alma mater in the early to mid-1990s<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/arts/television/robert-hegyes-60-of-welcome-back-kotter-is-dead.html "Robert Hegyes, a Sweathog on ''Kotter,'' Dies at 60"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 27, 2012. Accessed September 27, 2018. "He earned a bachelor’s degree in speech, theater and dance from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) in Glassboro, N.J., before moving to New York to start his acting career."</ref>
* [[Allen Helbig]] (born 1964), artist, animator, photographer, body painter, and web designer{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* [[Kenneth Lacovara]], explorer and paleontologist, known for discovering new species of dinosaurs (2004 Rowan Alumnus of the Year)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowanmagazine.com/assets/pdfs/2001/fall/diggingfordinos.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826153228/http://rowanmagazine.com/assets/pdfs/2001/fall/diggingfordinos.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Trymaine Lee]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning reporter<ref>{{cite web|last=Schute|first=Michael|title=The eyes of a hurricane|url=http://www.rowanmagazine.com/classnotes/alumniprofiles/profiles/lee/|work=rowanmagazine.com|access-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109023337/http://www.rowanmagazine.com/classnotes/alumniprofiles/profiles/lee/|archive-date=November 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Fred H. Madden]] (born 1954), New Jersey State Senator and former superintendent of the [[New Jersey State Police]]<ref>[https://www.rcgc.edu/PoliceAcademy/Pages/Staff.aspx Police Academy Staff], [[Rowan College at Gloucester County]]. Accessed September 27, 2018. "Fred H. Madden Title: Dean, Police Academy Credentials: A.S., Camden County College B.A., Glassboro State College M.S., St. Joseph's University"</ref>
* [[Marilyn Marshall (singer)|Marilyn Marshall]] (1941–2015), R&B and jazz recording artist
* [[Tim Marshall (radio host)|Tim Marshall]], radio host, R&B Music Hall of Fame 2013 Inaugural Inductee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.rockhall.com/catalog/857588124|title=The official R&B Music Hall of Fame inaugural induction ceremony 2013 : official program – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum – Library and Archives – Catalog|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130909233635/http://catalog.rockhall.com/catalog/857588124|archive-date=September 9, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Soraida Martinez]] (born 1956), artist, designer and social activist known for creating the art style of [[Verdadism]]<ref>Martinez, Soraida. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vav_XuDgLT0C&page=PA100 ''Soraida's Verdadism: The Intellectual Voice of a Puerto Rican Woman on Canvas : Unique, Controversial Images and Style''], p. 100. Soraida, 1999. {{ISBN|9780967671901}}. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Education: 1978 - Graduated with an Associate in Arts Degree from Cumberland County College, Vineland, New Jersey; 1981 - Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts degree from Glassboro State College (now called Rowan University)"</ref><ref>Avendaño, Alberto. [http://eltiempolatino.com/news/2013/oct/05/la-verdad-artistica-de-soraida-martinez/ "La verdad artística de Soraida Martínez; La pintora boricua trae a George Mason University 'Verdadism', una muestra para el 'cambio social'"], ''[[El Tiempo Latino]]'', October 5, 2013. Accessed September 27, 2018. "Estudió en Rowan University, de donde se graduó en 1981 con una licenciatura en Bellas Artes."</ref>
* [[Mary Previte]] (1932–2019), author of ''Hungry Ghosts'', served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] representing the [[6th Legislative District (New Jersey)|6th Legislative District]] from 1998 to 2006<ref>Seelye, Katharine Q. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/us/mary-previte-dead.html "Mary Previte, Grateful Survivor of a Concentration Camp, Dies at 87; Rescued in Japanese-occupied China, she sought out her saviors a half-century later. In New Jersey, she turned a youth detention center into a national model."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 24, 2019. Accessed March 29, 2020. "They married in 1955 and eventually moved to New Jersey, where she received her master’s degree in education from Glassboro State College, now Rowan University."</ref>
* [[Megan Rochell]], R&B singer, dropped out before graduating<ref>[https://singersroom.com/content/2006-05-25/megan-rochell-aim-for-the-stars/ "Megan Rochell: Aim for the Stars"], Singers Room, May 25, 2006. Accessed March 29, 2020. "[Q:] You were in college when you first got your record deal. Are you still pursuing your degree? Megan Rochell: Yea I went to Rowan (University). I left, I was out. I got up out of there so fast when I got my deal. [Q:] What were you studying? Megan Rochell: When I first got there I was studying business and then I changed it and went to secondary-elementary education."</ref>
* [[John Sadak]], Television play-by-play announcer for the [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Patti Smith]] (born 1946), musician, singer and poet, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<ref>[http://www.arista.com/psmith/smithbio.html Patti Smith biography], Arista Records</ref><ref>Wilk, Tom. [https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/index.ssf/2018/06/picture_book_captures_nj_rocker_patti_smith.html "Picture book captures N.J. rocker Patti Smith"], ''[[Inside Jersey]]'', June 20, 2018, updated June 27, 2018. Accessed September 27, 2018. "Their collaboration grew out of a friendship that began when they were students at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University."</ref>
* [[Shaun T]] (born 1978), motivational speaker, fitness trainer and [[Choreography|choreographer]] best known for his home fitness programs T25, Insanity and Hip-Hop Abs<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/08/shaun_t_insanity_cize_beachbody_hip_hop_abs.html "How celebrity trainer Shaun T went from Camden survivor to fitness superstar"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 8, 2016, updated July 21, 2017. Accessed September 27, 2018. "Attending Rowan University in Glassboro on academic grants and scholarships -- he still sports a tattoo from his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, on his bicep -- Blokker says he found both his career and sexual identity at college."</ref>
* [[James L. Usry]] (1922–2002), first African American mayor of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-30-me-passings30.3-story.html "James Usry, 79; First Black Mayor of Atlantic City, N.J."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 30, 2002. Accessed September 27, 2018. "After the war, he earned a bachelor's degree in social education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a master's degree from New Jersey's Glassboro State College, now called Rowan University."</ref>
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== Notable faculty ==
* [[David Bianculli]], television critic who teaches television and film history<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/ccca/facultyStaff/facultyStaff.html|title=Rowan University – College of Communication & Creative Arts|work=rowan.edu|access-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Marvin Creamer]], geography professor and first person to circumnavigate the globe without any navigational instruments<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=August 17, 2020|title=Marvin Creamer, a Mariner Who Sailed Like the Ancients, Dies at 104|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/sports/sailing/marvin-creamer-a-mariner-who-sailed-like-the-ancients-dies-at-104.html|access-date=August 18, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Neil Hartman]], sports personality; director of Rowan's Center for Sports Communication and Social Impact. Known for sparking Allen Iverson's "practice" rant in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccca.rowan.edu/departments/sportscam/facultydirectory/neilhartman.html|title=Rowan University – College of Communication & Creative Arts|publisher=rowan.edu|access-date=September 3, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Melissa Klapper]], historian and storyteller<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Melissa Klapper, Ph.D. |url=https://chss.rowan.edu/departments/history/facultystaff/new_faculty/klapper_melissa.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=chss.rowan.edu}}</ref>
*  [[Gordon Turk]] (born 1949), virtuoso organist; faculty member since 2013<ref name=trenton>{{cite news|last=Amico|first=Ross|title=Organist Gordon Turk to headline concert at Ocean Grove's Great Auditorium|date=July 26, 2013|work=NJ.com|publisher=[[Trenton Times]]|url=http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/organist_gordon_turk_to_headli.html|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Cooper Medical School of Rowan University]]
* [[List of colleges and universities in New Jersey]]
* [[Rowan College at Burlington County]]
* [[Rowan College of South Jersey]] (with campuses in Cumberland and Gloucester counties)
* [[Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine]]

== Notes ==
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