Student Achievements
Student Achievements
Student Achievements
Our students remain at the core of our initiatives over the last five years. From the first female African American Student Government Association president to a photographer's spread in Vogue Italia, Edelman CCCA students and alumni serve as pioneering voices in the world. The last five years also featured over a 5% increase in Edelman CCCA students, including majors across our six departments.
Chase Campbell
Chase Campbell (Advertising '21) spoke as a student leader and co-founder of Rowan’s Men of Color Alliance at the Black Student Union’s (BSU) peaceful on-campus Juneteenth protest to show support for the Black community against the injustices of police brutality.
Elizabeth Dunn
Elizabeth Dunn (RTF '22) graduated at 16 to pursue film studies in California. Her Glassroots Project at Rowan received a private investment offer from one of Glassboro’s most influential businesswomen and enthusiastic support from the Heritage Glass Museum and the Glassboro Historical Society.
Arielle Gideon
Radio, Television, & Film major Arielle Gedeon made history in 2019 when she was elected as the first female African American Student Government Association (SGA) president at Rowan.
Destiny Hall
Destiny Hall (Writing Arts '21) heads to Columbia to complete an MFA in Writing in the fall of 2021.
Edgar Aquino Huerta
Edgar Aquino Huerta (Radio, Television, & Film '20) created a viral graduation video in 2020 encouraging pride in underappreciated workers.
Janna MacPherson
Janna MacPherson (Communication Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies '20) pursues a Ph.D. in Communication, Culture and Media at Drexel University, with research focused on political rhetoric through a social justice lens.
Terry Nguyen
Terrry Nguyen (BMAV '22) graduated with not one, not two, but three Rowan University bachelor’s degrees (and a pre-med minor!). Nguyen spoke at the launch, in October of 2021, of Rowan’s new Center for Neurodiversity, which was created in the spirit of recognizing, supporting and celebrating the “diversity of human brains, minds and bodies and to recognize differences as a natural human variation.”
Shaun Pierson
Shaun Pierson (RTF / Photography '19) created an autobiographical photography collection throughout his final years of college, earning international recognition in Vogue Italia and Paper Journal Magazine along with winning the Feature Shoot Emerging Photographer award earlier this year.
AnnaRose Rubright
AnnaRose Rubright (RTF and Journalism '20) became the school’s first graduate to have Down Syndrome. Prior to graduation, she addressed a panel at the United Nations and lobbied legislators in Trenton and Washington for disability rights; and fought to abolish laws enabling sub-minimum wage pay for employees with disabilities.
Alyssa Sullivan
Alyssa Sullivan (Journalism '18) was crowned Miss New Jersey in summer 2021 and headed to Connecticut to compete in Miss America. Sullivan, who is also a journalist with PHL17, visited Rowan in November to sit on a panel about the 100th Anniversary of Miss America.
Our COVID-19 Response
- Edelman CCCA faculty, staff, and students proved patient, adaptable and flexible with Art Chair Donna Mason Sweigart creating masks for first responders using a 3D printer.
- Students in Professor Adam Gustavson’s illustration class created a Rowan-themed coloring book to help keep us all busy during this stressful time,
- The Whit student newspaper was recognized for its award-winning coronavirus coverage.
- Our university also held virtual and late in-person commencement ceremonies to celebrate our 2020 grads.
