Rowan University Benefactor Remembered At Memorial Service On Campus
Hundreds attended a memorial service for philanthropist Henry Rowan on the campus of the South Jersey university that bears his name. Rowan passed last month at the age of 92.
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Hundreds attended a memorial service for philanthropist Henry Rowan on the campus of the South Jersey university that bears his name. Rowan passed last month at the age of 92.
The 2015-16 season has been an incredibly successful one so far for the Division III Rowan University women's basketball program.
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Program coordinator Michael Green says these kids earned it.
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Rowan University officially dedicated a rock sculpture in the middle of its Glassboro campus to honor the man who founded their geography department, but is perhaps best known for what he did in retirement more than 30 years ago.
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The seniors -- five from Woodrow Wilson High School and five from Camden High -- have been selected for paid apprenticeships at Cooper, Lourdes, or Virtua hospitals.
It happened around 1 a.m. Sunday at the Campus Crossings apartment complex on Mulica Hill Road in Glassboro, New Jersey.
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