Student Clubs & Organizations

Student Clubs & Organizations

Student Clubs & Organizations

The Gallery

The Gallery is an annual publication designed and produced by a team of dedicated students in the Department of Art at Rowan University. Showcasing some of the best work created by art majors, the publication is the end-product of two semesters worth of creative collaboration. The Gallery team sees the publication though the entire creative process, from concept development to production, determining its form, design, organization, and content. Artwork submissions are juried by the students team too, and the selected works represent a diverse collection of some of the best work created by Rowan art majors over the course of the academic year.

Esports Club

Our mission is to help the gaming community at Rowan reach its full potential and foster great relationships between both casual and competitive gamers campus-wide. Whether you're on the path to pro or a casual gamer, Rowan University Esports is your hub for all things gaming on campus! We have teams for a variety of popular games such as Valorant, Rocket League, Overwatch, League of Legends, CS:GO, CoD, Smash Bros, Splatoon, and Omega Strikers. We are always open to creating more competitive teams, so reach out if your game isn't listed! 

Communication Studies Club

Communication Studies

The Communication Studies is a University-chartered club that allows for various opportunities in personal, professional, and civic growth. The club is open to all students and meets on a regular basis (typically two meetings per month). Members participate in activities that support the community within and around Rowan University. The club provides resources necessary for students to build long-lasting relationships with their peers and professors, so members can succeed professionally and academically. The club offers a central forum for sharing information related to the major, minor, and the study of communication. It supports community among students and faculty, and it demonstrates service and leadership. Students participate in many different activities within the organization. Past meetings and events have focused on professional development, popular culture panels, resume workshops, internship and advising workshops, community involvement, volunteer work, game nights, alumni events and much more.

 

The Whit

Since 1938, The Whit has served as Rowan University’s exclusive campus newspaper. This student-run weekly includes a staff of eleven editors as well as a dozen or more reporters who cover everything happening in and around the university, including news, features, art & entertainment, and athletics. The Whit is always looking for new student reporters and editors who are looking to engage with their university in unique ways while also gaining real-world experience as 21st century journalists, which not only means writing weekly news articles but also taking photos and producing engaging pieces of audio and video journalism for The Whit’s website. Student editors and reporters meet every Wednesday afternoon to compile that week’s issue in a fun, inclusive, and engaging environment, and the work they do plays a vital role in helping them get internships and jobs in the field of journalism. If you’re interested in being a part of The Whit this year, please email editor-in-chief Tara Lonsdorf at editor@thewhitonline.com.

PRSSA

Looking for a way to establish relationships, gain practical experience, or develop leadership skills? Rowan University's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is a pre-professional organization that helps students develop networking skills in public relations, advertising and all fields related to communication.  As one of the oldest and most award-winning chapters in the country, Rowan PRSSA meets every-other Wednesday for sessions featuring alumni networking, guest speakers and professional development workshops. Annual highlights include: Professional Speed Networking events in March, Dance Away Cystic Fibrosis in November, Organ Donor Day in April, Induction Brunch in December and Spring Gala in May. Students with a passion for social media, event planning, crisis communication and more are invited to join at any time.

PRaction

PRaction, Rowan University's student public relations firm, offers students the opportunity to gain work experience while helping local businesses and nonprofits. Students meet twice-a-month on Wednesdays to develop strategies and execute PR plans for organizations such as YoGo Factory, The Sassy Apple, Family Promise, and the Animal Welfare Association (and many more). Students perfect their skills while working directly with clients and developing professional portfolios. Students are welcome to join at any time.

Prof Agency

Prof Agency is a group of students passionate about advertising and dedicated to help Rowan advertising students secure jobs after graduation. Through agency tours, career conferences, guest speakers and alumni night, students can obtain a well-rounded view of how to build their career in the advertising industry.

Rowan TV Network

The Rowan Television Network (RTN) is one of the biggest clubs on campus. We're entirely student-run and produce various types of television programming, including sports and special events. We also run our own studio shows that include a talk show, game show our own late night show and others! 

We're also a learning club; the equipment you use here is very similar if not identical to what you'll see on a professional level. Here at RTN, you can get a leg up on the competition by getting hands-on training with equipment the professionals use. From in-studio shows, to various on-location shoots on campus, you'll know how we gear up for every shoot and get your hands on plenty of different equipment. 

Feel free to drop in on any meeting and see what we have going on. Everyone, no matter their experience level, is welcome!

The Rowan Television Network is a service organization for Rowan University.

Cinema Workshop

Cinema Workshop is Rowan University's student filmmaking club, and has been for the past 42 years. This club offers students the opportunity to work on film, video and multimedia projects outside of the classroom experience. Students take skills learned in production classes and apply them to creative work either more personal or larger in scope than what is possible within the confines of a 15 week course of study. After a peer-oriented pitch and approval process, Cinema Workshop provides grants in the form of goods and services through production, culminating in a year-end screening of often award-winning films and videos.

Rowan Radio

WGLS-FM is a regional public radio service with a potential audience of almost 1.3 million people. The broadcast signal covers South Jersey, parts of Philadelphia and Delaware.

The studios are located in the College of Communication & Creative Arts on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. WGLS-FM is licensed to the Rowan University Board of Trustees and is a non-profit organization.

Twenty-four hours a day a staff of students and civic volunteers broadcast a variety of musical, cultural, educational, entertaining and informative programs of interest to the Rowan University and the surrounding communities.

Avant Literary Magazine

Avant Magazine is Rowan University’s oldest creative outlet. Avant has weekly meetings, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in the Victoria building, room 200, at the intersection of Mick Drive and Victoria Street. At the meetings, submissions are anonymously reviewed by the editorial staff and democratically voted on for acceptance or resubmission.

Rowan students can submit their work year-round. We accept stories up to 2,500 words in length, and poems up to a comparable size. We also accept photography and artwork.

All submissions are read anonymously to provide a no-bias atmosphere when critiquing and accepting a work. No work is ever “rejected”: instead, the author of the work is asked to resubmit. All pieces are works in progress; if a work seems ready for publication, we vote as an editorial staff and select it.

Writing Arts Club

The Rowan University Writing Arts Club (RUWAC) is a community of writers who create and maintain a collaborative environment that thrives on diverse writerly needs, interests, and modes of engagement. RUWAC’s collaborative environment provides members—from any discipline—with opportunities to develop their writerly craft, to share their work with fellow writers who respect the processes inherent to all forms of writing, and to serve within the larger Rowan community.

Poetic Justice

The purpose of the club is to build a community with a focal point on spoken word, poetry, and cultivating a space for all forms of artists. It will also be a place for people to build their skillsets and apply their imagination in the form of creativity. The club aims to develop a strong creative scene on campus and pair art with social justice.

 

Lambda Pi Eta Honors Club

Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) is the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities nationwide. The honor society recognizes outstanding student scholars in Communication.

Health and Science Communication Club

The Health and Science Communication (HSC) Club provides an avenue for students interested in health and science communication (i.e., message development and design) to make connections with one another. The club facilitates opportunities for students to grow their knowledge and expand their interests while working on projects that benefit the broader community. 

Communication and Gender Collective

New in Fall 2024! Contact Simran (lambas98@students.rowan.edu) for more info. The Communication and Gender Collective seeks to foster positive connections and inclusivity among students of various gender identities by creating a safe space for open discussions and awareness, and develop initiatives to educate and engage the Rowan community on gender issues.