Rowan celebrates Black History Month with events throughout February

A tradition of celebrating Black History Month at Rowan University continues this year with a broad range of events and activities through the end of February.

Programming will take place on the Glassboro campus as well as in Camden at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden and Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine in Sewell and Stratford.

Events include:

Glassboro campus:

February 8^th: NAACP, The Sweetness of Service, 8 p.m., Discovery Hall 413

February 10^th: BEL, Black Art Matters, 9 p.m., Chamberlain Student Center Pit

February 14^th: Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon, 11:00 a.m., Business Hall 104

February 15^th: SJICR Politics of Black & Brown Beauty, 4 to 9 p.m., Chamberlain Student Center, Eyon Ballroom

February 15^th: BCL, Speakeasy Night, 9 p.m., Chamberlain Student Center

February 22^nd: MOCA & WOCA w/ RAH , Wild’N Out: Yin vs. Yang, Chamberlain Student Center Pit, 9 p.m.

February 23^rd: BIPoC GPSA, Are you Ready for graduate School? 5:30 p.m., Discovery Hall 2^nd floor

February 25th: SJICR Soul Food Sunday: Reading is an Art, 3:30 p.m., Chamberlain Student Center Eyon Ballroom

February 27^th: 19th Annual Rosa Parks Scholarship Luncheon, 11 a.m., Chamberlain Student Center Eyon Ballroom

February 28^th: In Living Color: A Vibrant Celebration of Black History, 9 p.m., Chamberlain Student Center Pit

CMSRU:

At Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), one of the school’s student diversity groups, has several events planned for Black History Month.

The SNMA honors the contributions and legacy of African Americans throughout the month with a variety of programming. (For full details, see the special display in CMSRU lobby.

Among events, on February 7^th from noon to 1 p.m., CMSRU will host a Soul Food Fair featuring a variety of African American foods in CMSRU’s lobby.

On Tuesday, February 20^th at 3:30 p.m. in room 522, the school will host Pioneers in Pictures featuring a screening of Something the Lord Made, a film about the 34-year relationship between Vivien Thomas and Alfred Blalock as they worked to find a surgical solution for blue baby syndrome and launched modern heart surgery.

The school’s Black History Month activities will culminate with a Black History Month Museum February 26^th at 3:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Rowan-Virtua SOM:

Sponsored by SOM’s chapter of the SNMA, the school will host:

Wednesday, February 21^st: Taste of Culture Potluck, 10:15-11:15 a.m. in the Sewell Campus- Atrium

Wednesday, February 21^st: Movie Screening: Something the Lord Made, featuring a discussion led by Dr. Nicole Streeks-Wooden. 5 to 8 p.m., Academic Center Auditorium, Stratford.