When Going Away To College & Your Hometown Are The Same ZIP Code Meet Lauren Kautz, a sophomore psychology major with a minor in Theatre. Lauren is from Glassboro, NJ, which is the town where Rowan University is located. In fact, Lauren’s home is five minutes from campus. This past year she lived on campus in one of the […]
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Going Away to College Close to Home: Mantua Resident Becomes Campus Leader at Rowan University
A Brief Conversation with Community Assistant, Student Government AVP & Admissions Ambassador Emma Redmond [Fall 2024 update – congratulations to Emma, who graduated and accepted a systems engineering position in Rhode Island.] Even though Emma Redmond, of Mantua, NJ (Gloucester County) lives within driving distance of Rowan University, she and her family decided that Emma […]
Going Away to College Close to Home: One Mullica Hill Honors Student & Residence Hall Community Assistant
Meet Mia Shute, a senior biological sciences major, psychology minor, and honors student who earns free housing through her job as a Community Assistant, formerly known as Resident Assistants in student housing. Mia is from Mullica Hill, NJ (Gloucester County), located about 15 minutes away from Rowan. She lived in Holly Pointe this past year as a Community Assistant […]
Going Away to College Close to Home: Deptford Resident Living On Campus
Rowan Blog contributor and senior writing arts major Asiya Robinson, from Deptford, NJ (Gloucester County), shares a first-person perspective on going away to college close to home. Asiya’s hometown is approximately 20 minutes from Rowan. As a student, Asiya lives on campus, is a member of student clubs, and balances academics with both an on-campus […]
5 Benefits of Going to College Close to Home
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home! While many people like Dorothy want to venture off to a place far away, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. There are a lot of benefits of staying close to home for college. I’ve learned this myself […]