Sunday 27 March 2016

Ian Dewson Lays Foundation for Future

The history of the renamed Rowan College of Burlington County, alma mater of Ian Dewson, began in 1966, with a nine-member board of trustees. In the following year the first president was appointed, Dr. N. Dean Evans. Temporary facilities at Lenape High School were used to open Burlington County College in 1969 with 728 full time students. By 1971 the Burlington County College had established its first two permanent structures, and in 1972 graduated its first class. Off campus facilities were opened in Willingboro in 1974 and Cinnaminson, Ian Dewson’s native home, in 1979. The Technology & Engineering Center was opened in 1995, and the new Integrated Learning Resource Library opened the following year.

Ian Dewson An innovative High Technology Small Business facility, where Ian Dewson would eventually study for his Associates, opened in 1998. At the time of Ian Dewson’s graduation in 2001, Rowan College at Burlington County had the highest enrollment of its entire history in the fall semester. The Business and Career Development Center where Dewson studied for his Business Administration 2-year degree moved to downtown Mount Holly in 2004. Rowan College at Burlington County broke records for enrollment again in 2005.

Ian Dewson of Deerfield Beach, Florida prepares to launch a new and successful life as a personal trainer, with hopes to one-day initiate his own personal fitness studio. Dewson does not come to this new life challenge without preparation and experience.

Ian Dewson attended Burlington County College in Pemberton, New Jersey during the first decade of the new millennium, working toward his Business Administration Associates Degree. Dewson had previously received honors from the Bill-Gordon-George Masters Memorial Football Club of Burlington County, having achieved notoriety and acclaim as a football star in his native Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Looking forward to a business entrepreneurship working with athletes in fitness, Dewson laid the groundwork of a successful businessman at Burlington County College.

Burlington County College, known today as Rowan College at Burlington County, RCBC, is a two-year community college in Burlington County, New Jersey. Rowan College Burlington County has two campuses, in Mount Laurel and Pemberton Township. Rowan College at Burlington County enrolls more than 7,500 students a year today, with a recent founding in 1969. Rowan College Burlington County offers Associates in Arts, Science and Applied Science, as well as certificate programs, and is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Rowan College at Burlington County community college opened its new Laurel Hall in 2002. A three story structure dedicated to academia, Laurel Hall, features a large computer room, a tiered lecture hall, and faculty offices on the first floor, while the second floor includes classrooms with full computer stations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_College_at_Burlington_County