Campus and Community Events
WGLS-FM coverage of special events on and around the campus of Rowan University and Glassboro New Jersey.
Recent Podcasts
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04/12/2010 - Meet the Candidates - Glassboro Board of Education
Glassboro Board of Education candidates Anthony Marino, Peter J. Calvo, and Ben Stephens answered questions regarding key topics from panelists Andy Robertson and Les Vail. Also, the audience provided questions on matters including the proposed school budget for the 2010-11 school year and possible cuts that may occur.
11/27/2009 - High School Football: Delsea High School at Williamstown High School
WGLS-FM Assistant Station Manager Derek Jones and Rowan University Basketball Head Coach Joe Cassidy call the matchup between two of South Jersey's top high school football teams.
11/26/2009 - High School Football: Clearview High School at Kingsway High School
WGLS-FM Assistant Station Manager Derek Jones and Rowan University Basketball Head Coach Joe Cassidy call Thanksgiving Day high school football.
04/06/2009 - Meet the Candidates Forum - Glassboro School Board
Held at the Progressive Coffee House, hopefuls for Glassboro School Board answer questions regarding key issues impacting the Glassboro area. Moderated by Derek Jones, assistant station manager at WGLS-FM, the board candidates included: Chris Kane, Linda Emory, Ed Keith, Ledley B. Stephens III and Anthony Marino.
02/11/2008 - NJ Governor Jon Corzine's Town Hall Meeting - Part 2
Governor Jon Corzine hosts a town hall meeting in the Eynon ballroom on the campus of Rowan University. The town hall meeting addresses the governor's financial restructuring and debt reduction plan
02/11/2008 - NJ Governor Corzine's Town Hall Meeting - Part 1
Governor Jon Corzine hosts a town hall meeting in the Eynon ballroom on the campus of Rowan University. The town hall meeting addresses the governor's financial restructuring and debt reduction plan.
03/29/2007 - Glassboro, NJ School District - Meet the Candidates
The forum, broadcast live from Glassboro High School, included candidates Les Vail, Peter J. Calvo, Elizabeth Volz, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, and Frank Mitcho. Derek Jones, assistant station manager at WGLS-FM, served as moderator.
02/23/2004 - Rowan Roundtable: Dr. Jay Kuder
Rowan Roundtable is a monthly show that focuses on the Deans of the various colleges at Rowan University. Host Tom Ortuso interviews the Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Jay Kuder.
02/09/2004 - African American History Month: Omar Tyree
Author Omar Tyree speaks in celebration of African American History Month on promoting literacy. Tyree's articles have been published in The Washington Post, Essence, and Upscale.
02/02/2004 - African American History Month: Roger Wilkins
George Mason University professor, Roger Wilkins, speaks in celebration of African American History Month on Brown at 50 - What Next: the 50th Anniversary of the 1954 decision of Brown vs. Board of Education.
01/26/2004 - Rowan Roundtable: Dr. Donald Gephardt
Rowan Roundtable is a monthly broadcast that focuses on the different deans and colleges at Rowan University. The first Rowan Roundtable features the Dean of Fine and Performing Arts, Dr. Donald Gephardt.
04/07/2003 - Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series: Congressman Curt Weldon: Homeland Security - Part 2
Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series presents Congressman Curt Weldon discussing Homeland Security: the situation in Iraq and our Regions current agenda. The speaker series is meant to stimulate discussion and thought on a broad range of topics in conjunction with education at Rowan University.
04/07/2003 - Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series: Congressman Curt Weldon: Homeland Security - Part 1
Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series presents Congressman Curt Weldon discussing Homeland Security: the situation in Iraq and our Regions current agenda. The speaker series is meant to stimulate discussion and thought on a broad range of topics in conjunction with education at Rowan University.
03/06/2003 - Women's History Month: Dr. Claire Moses
Dr. Claire Moses is Professor of Womens Studies and Affiliate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. In 2003, she was recognized as the university's Outstanding Woman of the Year. She is also the Editorial Director of Feminist Studies, a leading journal of womens studies scholarship and theory. Dr. Mosess research and teaching interests focus on feminist theory and histories of feminist organizing and on the history of European women.
03/04/2003 - Women's History Month: Miranda Massie
Miranda Massie, Esquire, was lead counsel for the student intervenors in Grutter v. Bollinger. She is currently an associate with Scheff & Washington, P.C. Her presentation is titled: Standing on the Promise of Brown and Building a New Civil Rights Movement - the student interveners in Grutter v. Bollinger.
02/27/2003 - African American History Month: Dr. Eugene DeLoatch
Dr. Eugene DeLoatch holds two bachelors degrees-one in mathematics from Tougaloo College and another in electrical engineering from Lafayette College. He also has a masters degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in bioengineering from the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn. Dr. DeLoatch discusses issues of African American presence and racial diversity within the engineering industry in his presentation, titled US Engineering Workforce Whats Missing?
02/13/2003 - African American History Month: Shante Driver
Defending the Promise of Brown Through the Defense of Affirmative Action - Grutter vs. Bollinger; University of Michigan Case on AA - Shante Driver, United for Equality and Affirmative Action.
12/10/2002 - The People, The Pride, The Promise - General Henry Shelton
As the United States prepares for a possible confrontation in the Middle East, perhaps no one is more qualified to discuss our national security than General Henry Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Shelton speaks about his role in our military's response to the Sept. 11 attacks and the United States efforts to fight terrorism abroad in a lecture titled The People, The Pride, The Promise.
04/08/2002 - Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series: Peter McHugh
Peter McHugh, FAA Small Aircraft Transportation System Manager discusses, Making Turtles Fly, perspectives on vision as a motivation for research, the difficulty of bringing new ideas to maturity and the research and engineering challenges provoked by the nation's current transportation crisis. He will suggest some emerging transportation alternatives.
03/12/2002 - Presidential Lecture Series: Jonathon Kozol
Award-winning writer and social activist Jonathan Kozol's presentation: Ordinary Resurrections: The ethical resilience of low-income children in our segregated and unequal schools.
02/20/2002 - Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series: Michael Scardaville
Homeland Security Expert Michael Scardaville discusses the topic from a broad perspective, with a general focus on how research and development, and therefore engineering, are vital to the United States efforts to make the nation more secure.
10/10/2001 - Presidential Lecture Series: Dr. Thomas Gouttierre
Dr. Thomas Gouttierre lecturing on The Unholy Alliance: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and Pakistan. Dr. Thomas E. Gouttierre holds several positions at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He serves as the dean of International Studies and Programs, dean of the medical center and director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies.
04/03/2001 - Asia Pacific American Heritage Month Presentation
The Forgotten Minority: Asian Americans in the United States Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Edward Wang, History Department, Rowan University. Panelists include: Dr. Allan Jiao, Law & Justice Studies, Dr. Hieu Nguyen, Mathematics, Ms. Ronette Wilson, Radio/TV/Film.
03/14/2001 - Women's History Month: Women Working with Words
Rowan Radio celebrates Womens History Month with Women Working with Words, an evening of prose and poetry featuring Rowan writers, hosted by Professor Julia McDonald Chang and Dean of Communications, Dr. Tony Libro.
03/06/2001 - Women's History Month: Women of Courage and Vision: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
This broadcast featured a live panel discussion with Dr. Ann Harlan, Federal Aviation Agency Technical Center, Dr. Dianne Dorland, Dean of the Rowan University College of Engineering, and was moderated by Rowan faculty members Dr. Beena Sukumaran, Civil Engineering and Dr. Linda Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
02/27/2001 - African American History Month: Dr. Gary Hunter
Dr. Gary Hunter speaks in celebration of African American History Month on Refugees in East Africa: Problems and Prospects.
02/13/2001 - African American History Month: Bobby Seale
Rowan Radio presents From the 60's to the Future by Bobby Seale, founder and national chairman of the Black Panther Party in honor of African American History Month.
03/30/2000 - Women's History Month: Men and Feminism
Dr. David Applebaum hosts the panel discussion about Men and Feminism. Panelists included Dan Dougherty, Dr. Jeff Maxson, Dr. Patrick McDevitt and Dr. Hieu Nguyen.
03/28/2000 - Women's History Month: Women in Journal Writing
Women in Journal Writing is a panel discussion emphasizing the importance of journal writing and offers ways to develop writing skills. Panelists include: Cindy Kammer, Dr. Frances Johnson, Dr. Toni Libro, Dr. Edith Rausch and Dr. Maria Tahamont.
03/09/2000 - Women's History Month: Representation of Hispanic Female Students in Science
A roundtable discussion about the lack of representation of Hispanic female students in science, moderated by Johanna Velez-Yelin. Panelists included: Dr. Maria Rosado, Dr. Pat Mosto and Dr. Laura Kalmanowiecki.
03/02/2000 - Women's History Month: Talking Pictures - Women in the Media on the Media
Talking Pictures Series, moderated by Dr. Ken Kaleta & Professor Mike Donovan. Panelists included: Author & Poet Molly Peacock, Film Producer Dolly Hall, CBS Account Exec Carolyn Tyson & TV Writer & Critic Gail Shister.
03/02/2000 - Women's History Month : A Generation of Women Leaders After The Holocaust
A discussion on the Holocaust and the silence of the women affected that followed it. Panelists included : Dr. Harriet Hartman and Dr. Mary J. Gallant, faculty of Rowan's Sociology Department.
03/01/2000 - Women's History Month: Dr. Roberta Fernandez
In celebration of Womens History month, Dr. Roberta Fernandez shares her presentation of Multiple Voices in Latina Literature.
02/22/2000 - African American History Month: Dr. Alfonso F. Ratcliffe
Dr. Alfonso F. Ratcliffe was Dean of Engineering at the University of California and Director for the California State University Alliance for Minority Participation program. This program addressed the technology and education available in the field of engineering and how African Americans are affected by it.
02/14/2000 - African American History Month: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka
Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African to be so honored. In 1994, he was designated United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights, freedom of expression, media and communication. His presentation is titled: Politics of Heritage and the Quest for Healing
02/03/2000 - African American History Month: Aaron Brown
Rowan alum Aaron Brown presents: A Past to Cherish, A Future to Fulfill: African American Female Leaders.
10/29/1999 - Community Voices: Dean Jim Tracey, College of Engineering
Community Voices presents the Dean of the College of Engineering Jim Tracey to discuss how the school of engineering came about and how Dean Tracy became involved.
04/21/1999 - Asian-Pacific American History Month: Rose Tibayan
Action News reporter Rose Tibayan speaks about Asians in the broadcast networks in celebration of Asian-Pacific American history month.
03/31/1999 - Women's History Month: Men and Feminism: The Sociological Perspective
Rowan professor Dr. Mark Hutter speaks with three male students about their views of feminism and why they consider themselves feminists.
03/27/1999 - Women's History Month: Sheila Tobias
Sheila Tobias, author & activist, speaks at the annual women's studies luncheon, on The Future of Feminism. Educated in history and literature at Harvard/Radcliffe, Tobias earned a master's in history and an M.Phil at Columbia University and eight honorary doctorates, the most recent from Michigan State University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
03/22/1999 - Women's History Month: Dr. Julie Haynes
Rowan professor Dr. Julie Haynes discusses ways womens issues are addressed in country music videos. Dr. Haynes teaches Rhetorical Criticism, Images of Gender in Popular Culture, Mass Media and Their Influences, and the Seminar in Communication Studies. Recent seminar topics have included Rhetoric of Social Protest and Rhetoric of Gender and Horror.
03/09/1999 - Women's History Month: Joanne Damminger & Lizziel Sullivan-Williams
Joanne Damminger and Lisa Sullivan-Williams from the Rowan University Career and Academic Planning Center present Women Preparing to be Career Giants.
03/02/1999 - Women's History Month: Women Putting Our Stamp on America - Part 2
Three panelists, including Rowan University sociology professor Allison Carter, Dr. Janet Lindman and Anita Jackson discuss the most influential women of their time, and how they prepared themselves to be a working woman in the 21st century.
03/02/1999 - Women's History Month: Women Putting Our Stamp on America - Part 1
Three panelists, including Rowan University sociology professor Allison Carter, Dr. Janet Lindman and Anita Jackson discuss the most influential women of their time, and how they prepared themselves to be a working woman in the 21st century.
10/13/1998 - College of Business Presentation: Gil Medina
The Dean of the College of Business, Steven McNeil introduces Gil Medina, Commissioner of Commerce for New Jersey.
06/23/1998 - Washington Township Mayor Jerry Luongo on Crime Prevention
Washington Township New Jersey Mayor Jerry Luongo speaks about crime prevention, live from Carrabas Italian restaurant.
03/25/1998 - Women's History Month: Dr. Stella Nkomo
Dr Stella M. Nkomo is Professor of Management at the University of South Africa's Graduate School of Business Leadership. She is former Chair of the Department of management in the Belk College of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she taught in both MBA and management development programs. Dr Nkomo teaches in the field of human resource management, organisation behaviour, general management, diversity management and change management.
03/17/1998 - Women's History Month: Dr. Joanne Glasgow
Womens Studies, the Gay-Straight Alliance and the Center for Teaching Excellence presents Queer Fear and what to do about it by Dr. Joanne Glasgow, a Professor of English and Womens studies at Bergen Community College..
03/09/1998 - Paul Von Holtz Tribute
In remembrance of Rowan Family faculty member, Paul Von Holtz, host Dr. Dennis Mercier.
03/03/1998 - Women's History Month: Creating Portals of Opportunity
In celebration of Womens History month, panelists Dr. Janet Moreland, Anita, L, Jackson, Dr. Corann Okorodudu, and Dr. Yvonne Rodriguez speak about creating portals of opportunity.
02/16/1998 - African American History Month: Leon Dash
Pulitzer Prize winning author Leon Dash speaks at Rowan University to celebrate African American History Month.
02/12/1998 - African American History Month: Dr. James Comer
Dr. James Comer, a Professor of Child Psychology at Rowan University speaks about school development programs and educational model for empowerment.
02/10/1998 - African American History Month: Charles Cornelius
In honor of African American History Month, Charles Cornelius, President and CEO of Atlanta Life Insurance Company, speaks to Rowan University about the positive economic impact of higher education institutions on their community.
02/01/1998 - African American History Month: Dr. James Anderson
Dr. James Anderson, VP Provost and Dean of Undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University speaks to the Rowan Community about African Americans in Business and the path towards empowerment in celebration of African American History Month.
11/24/1997 - College of Business Presentation: Dr. Paul Drayton
Dr. Paul Drayton, DRPA CEO & PATCO president discusses the impact of Foreign Direct Investment and the reopening of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
04/12/1997 - Washington Township Board of Education Budget Panel
Rowan Radio presents Issues in Education featuring Washington Township Board of Education members Margaret Meehan, Thomas Flemming and Richard Gerber, hosted by Dr. Mark Meyers.
03/05/1997 - Community Leadeship Panel
Student Leadership Series from Rowan College presents the Community Leadership Panel: Dr. Carol Matteson, Dr. Yvonne Rodriguez, Dr. Christy Faison and Dr. Margaret Tannenbaum.
03/03/1997 - Women's History Month: Patrice Gains
Author Patrice Gains speaks in honor of Women's History Month on her book "Laughing in the Dark", a groundbreaking autobiography exploring the twisted path she traveled to find her place as a confident black female in a world that values whiteness and maleness.
02/25/1997 - Women's History Month: Women in the Workplace: Stories of Success
Dr. Loretta Long, Dr. Carol Matteson, Dr. Toni Libro and Dr. Christy Faison discuss success stories of women in the workplace.
02/19/1997 - African American History Month: Dr. Judy Richardson
Dr. Judy Richardson, Civil Rights Author & Documentary Filmmaker. Judy's writings have appeared in the academic journals Social Education and Public Historian; she lectures nationally and conducts professional development workshops for teachers all focused on the Civil Rights Movement and its relevance to the issues we face today, fifty years after the first sit-ins.
02/11/1997 - African American History Month: Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding Director of the Women's Research and Resource center, discusses African American studies program in honor of African American History Month.
02/10/1997 - African American History Month: Dr. Hector Bonilla
Dr. Hector Bonilla discusses African influence on Latino Americans. Broadcast live from the Student Center.
09/13/1995 - Campbell Library Dedication
Guest Speaker: Dr. Vartan Gregorian, Brown University's sixteenth president. He was awarded a Ph.D. in history and humanities from Stanford University. A Phi Beta Kappa and a Ford Foundation Foreign Area Training Fellow, he is a recipient of numerous fellowships, including those from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council, and the American Philosophical Society.
