College of Communication - Radio, Television & Film
Radio, Television & Film News
RTF Students and Faculty are always in the news! The RTF Department is one of the most acclaimed undergraduate media departments in the country.
Rowan Radio, WGLS-FM, has won over 129 national and regional awards since 1993 and has established itself as one of the top college radio stations in the country.
Rowan video productions, meanwhile, have won over 50 local, regional, and national awards since 1990. Rowan students have won many of the top awards year after year, beating out graduate students and even industry professionals for these honors.
Check out the most recent news and articles below, or visit the Rowan University news archives for more!
News: Rowan productions named finalists in 2008 National Student Production Awards
(October 6, 2008)
Six separate Rowan University student productions have been named as finalists in the 2008 National Student Production Awards presented…...(Full Story)
News: RTF Chair Feted in 1st Ever Investiture Ceremony
(September 26, 2008)
Michael Donovan, a long-time professor in Rowan’s celebrated Radio/Television/Film program, was honored Sept. 26 in the university’s inaugural Investiture ceremony...(Full Story)
News: Three Rowan Radio shows win 2008 Communicator Awards
(May 28, 2008)
Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM has won three Awards of Distinction in the 2008 Communicator Awards, which honor creative excellence by…(Full Story)
News: Through award-winning video, Rowan students, prof get word out about sexual assault on college campuses
(May 8, 2008)
Working with psychology professor Lois Strauss and two graduate students, Rowan film students produced "It's Not OK: Speak Out Against....(Full Story)
News: Rowan Radio earns awards from the Society of Professional Journalists
(April 30, 2008)
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has named two Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM productions finalists in their Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards...(Full Story)
News: NBC airs documentary on race by alumnus
(April 14, 2008)
A documentary by a Rowan University alumnus recently aired on NBC and sparked a nationally-televised discussion on race in America...(Full Story)
News: Rowan junior wins second national Gracie award for WGLS-FM
(March 19, 2008)
Radio--good radio--is Julia Giacoboni's life. As host of "The Women's Room," a half-hour talk show that runs Thursdays on Rowan…(Full Story)
News: Rowan Radio students place third in national communication competition
(March 13, 2008)
"Code Blue: Keeping Our Students Safe," a radio documentary produced by Rowan University students Cody Chrusciel and Colin Weir, won third place in the radio broadcast documentary division ....(Full Story)
News: Student documentary wins top prize at Delaware Valley Film Festival
(December 19, 2007)
"Rink of Fire," a documentary on women's roller derby in the Philadelphia region produced in a Rowan University course last spring, won best documentary in the Delaware Valley Film Festival...(Full Story)
News: Documentary by RTF professor to air nationally on public radio stations
(December 14, 2007)
A five-minute audio documentary by Keith Brand, associate professor of radio/television/film at Rowan University, will be broadcast nationally on public radio stations next week...(Full Story)
News: Student radio documentary examines history of Profs football
(December 12, 2007)
Two Rowan University students have produced an hour-long documentary that profiles the 60-year history of Rowan's football program...(Full Story)
News: Winning on AIR: WGLS grabs four top awards in regional competition
(November 07, 2007)
Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM picked up four first-place awards in the Philadelphia AIR (Achievement in Radio) College Awards...(Full Story)
