In summer 2024, twelve RCBC students became student models. In 2025, six more Barons joined, appearing in campus marketing materials.
Each student also took the time to sit down and tell their story. Where they came from, their life at RCBC, and where they’re going after, they divulged it all. Read on to learn more about each student in this Q&A format.
Jiya Bhatt
Why did you choose accounting as a career pursuit?
Location: Student Success Center Lounge - Mount Laurel Campus
Kick off event to RCBC's Black History Month events.
Location: Votta Hall, Room 135 - Mount Laurel Campus
The Pre-College Learning Institute is an enrichment program designed to aid first-time EOF scholars with the transition from high school to college. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with other EOF scholars, staff, and campus partners. The week-long program will include meetings and activities with your assigned EOF counselor and peer counselor, participation in educational enrichment, interpersonal skills-building activities, workshops, career exploration, and community service.
In accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq., notice is hereby given that there shall be a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Rowan College at Burlington County to be held on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 5:30 pm. The Special Meeting will be held in-person and streamed live. The in-person meeting shall take place at the Rowan College at Burlington County, Mount Laurel Campus, in the Student Success Center, Room 138.
For Rowan College at Burlington County student Omolayo Akinwole, transferring from Landmark University in Nigeria after earning her bachelor’s to a university in the United States became more than an academic endeavour; it has evolved into an unexpected journey of reinvention.
Beginning in 2020, Rowan College at Burlington County student Sherria Hannah faced challenges that few could have imagined. First, she lost her mother. A week later, she had a stroke, from which she fortunately recovered. The next year, in 2021, she developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease that affects the body’s nervous system, taking from her the ability to walk for nine months.
When Rowan College at Burlington County student Yvonne Tai goes up on stage to retrieve her diploma at winter commencement, it won’t be the last time she’ll be up there. Because at spring 2026 commencement, she’s coming back, and not just for the completion of one more degree or two, but for three degrees. Once her time at RCBC is complete, Tai will have earned four associate degrees in two years.
In summer 2024, twelve RCBC students became student models. In 2025, six more Barons joined, appearing in campus marketing materials.
Each student also took the time to sit down and tell their story. Where they came from, their life at RCBC, and where they’re going after, they divulged it all. Read on to learn more about each student in this Q&A format.
Samarah Schwaeble
What was your first impression of RCBC?