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GLASSBORO EDUCATION THE NEW HOME OF THE WILLIAM G. ROHRER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS HENRY M. ROWAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HOLDS GRAND OPENING FOR NEW BUILDING Engineering Hall, the new building that Rowan University officially opened on Jan. 26, will enable the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering to increase its enrollment to 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students by 2023; expand its programs; and grow its collaborations with business, industry and government offices. The nationally recognized College has been in high demand since it opened in 1996, and that demand has only grown stronger recently. In the last five years, Rowan Engineering virtually doubled its enrollment to 1,488, still turning away good students who have to go elsewhere. In almost five years, it has increased its hallmark Engineering Clinics 52 percent to 134 during fall semester 2016, with multidisciplinary teams serving in many cases as the de facto R&D arm of local, national and international companies and agencies. Between FY2011 and FY2016, the College has increased its outside funding from $2.8 million to $8.9 million. And in the last few years, the College added a Ph.D. program and a Biomedical Engineering Department and opened the Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems, among other initiatives. Read entire article at today.rowan.edu GHS BIOMEDICAL TRACK DEBUTS FALL 2017 The first academic building dedicated to business education, Business Hall was funded in part by nearly $40 million from the Building Our Future Bond Act. Passed by voters in 2012, the referendum was the first bond act to support construction at New Jersey higher education institutions in two decades. Rowan received $117 million--the second largest amount of funding in New Jersey. The Building Our Future Bond Act, coupled with the 2012 Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act, which designated Rowan as a comprehensive research institution and gave the institution its second medical school in Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, have been absolute game changers for Rowan and, ultimately, South Jersey, Rowan University President Ali Houshmand said. Read entire article at today.rowan.edu Glassboro High School’s first Biomedical Program students will begin classes in the fall. The program is a track within the district’s STEM Academy. The program encourages students to take a full-complement of high school science and math courses, including honors biology, honors chemistry, honors geometry, honors precalculus, AP chemistry, AP biology, AP calculus, etc. In 11th- and 12th-grades, students may work with coordinator Susan Powers and a Rowan University contact to pursue biomedical courses at the university level. Students could potentially take introduction to biomedical studies, anatomy and physiology, biometrics, psychology, biology or chemistry at Rowan University. Each student’s interest, aptitude, and prior course preparation will determine the course selection for that student. For more information on program specifics, contact GHS teacher Susan Powers at spowers@glassboroschools.us. Spring 2017 | Page !14
Shown at a March 2 grant announcement and gathering are - back row – Glassboro BOE member and Police Chief Alex Fanfarillo, GIS Assistant Principal LaVonyia Mitchell, Glassboro BOE President Pete Calvo, Glassboro School District Superintendent Mark Silverstein, Ed.D., GIS Principal Kriston Matthews, Gloucester County NAACP executive member at large Frances Harwell and Glassboro School District Business Administrator Scott Henry and front row – Glassboro BOE member Susette Jones, GIS teacher Jen Budmen, Gloucester County NAACP President Loretta Winters, Glassboro Mayor Leo McCabe, Gloucester County freeholder Heather Simmons, Pastor Wm. Alex Guidry and GIS teacher Carol Ceglia. GLASSBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECEIVE $2.1 MILLION GRANT Glassboro Intermediate School recently received a competitive grant worth approximately $2.1 million, which will be awarded over a five-year-period. The funding will come through New Jersey’s allocation of the federal School Improvement Grant program. The school district announced the grant award at its February Board of Education Meeting and at a small GIS gathering on March 2. “I am excited for the students, staff and community here in Glassboro. A grant this size is virtually unheard of in South Jersey, and the potential outcome is extraordinary. We have the opportunity to take our school from good to great,” said GIS Principal Kriston Matthews. “The grant application, submission and revision processes were very arduous, challenging and competitive but thankfully fruitful. I am fortunate to work with an amazing team to assist me in bringing this to fruition. The Glassboro Board of Education and the superintendent were kind enough to celebrate this achievement at a recent board meeting.” Dr. Mark Silverstein, Glassboro School District’s superintendent, enthusiastically welcomed the news. “When I started here in 2009, I met with 90 community stakeholders in 90 days. Parents wanted to see changes at Glassboro Intermediate School. I made sure that classes were being taught by subject matter experts. Principal Matthews subsequently came on board at the school. This will build on improvements that he and I made with the support of the board of education,” said Silverstein. As part of the grant, the school designed a Positive Action Plan. Plan goals include cultivating an intrinsic interest in learning, promoting a positive educational environment, and supporting academic achievement. All GIS students will receive laptops to infuse blended learning. A family support liaison, an additional guidance counselor, a data specialist, a project coach and strategic kits that address student social and emotional learning competencies will also be supported through the grant. Finally, the school looks to incorporate activities that enhance students’ social and emotional growth by letting them explore interest areas. “I am very proud of the progress that Glassboro Intermediate School has made over the past few years. Being noted [by the non-profit organization JERSEYCAN] as a Top 10 School for performance gains was fantastic but receiving a competitive grant for over $2 million is doubly amazing,” noted Matthews. Spring 2017 | Page !15
Page 1 and 2: Spring 2017 GLASSBORO NEWSLETTER T
Page 3 and 4: GLASSBORO PROGRESS After 59 years,
Page 5 and 6: Summit 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Page 9 and 10: Proposed Design of Arts District Mu
Page 11 and 12: Banking in your best interest. Glas
Page 13: 2017 HOLIDAY TRASH & RECYCLE MEMORI
Page 17 and 18: HOUSING REHABILITATION IN GLASSBORO
Page 19 and 20: Something Special for our Glassboro

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