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Center for Student Success

Our doors are always open - before you even have your first class! We recognize that medical education requires stamina and acute studying skills, so one of our biggest priorities is to help students identify their best strategies for approaching and learning material. This is something that we emphasize and work on through individual sessions with each student during their education at SOM.

Throughout your time here, you may visit us for a variety of reasons, including:

Dyron Corley, Ed.D.

Director

Dr. Corley provides advising and academic support to 4th year students. He also manages academic and career advising services for students enrolled in the School of Osteopathic Medicine (Stratford and Sewell locations) and academic support services for graduate students enrolled in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS).

corley20@rowan.edu 

856-566-6196

Ferin Speaks

Associate Director, Academic Advisor/Coach

Ferin assists with the Center for Student Success (CSS) operations. Ferin also provides advising and academic support to 1st and 2nd year students on the Sewell campus, oversees the SOM Tutoring Program, and coordinates the Pre-Matriculation Program. 

ford@rowan.edu

856-566-6792

Kashonna Garcon

Academic Advisor/Coach

Kashonna provides advising and academic support to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students (last name A-F) on the Stratford campus.

garcon@rowan.edu 

856-566-6905

Kirsten Dillman

Academic Advisor/Coach

Kirsten provides advising and academic support for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students (last name G-PAS) on the Stratford campus.

heckman@rowan.edu 

856-566-6749

Stephanie Dearden

Academic Advisor/Coach

Stephanie provides advising and academic support to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students (last name PAT-Z) on the Stratford campus and oversees the SOM Learning Groups program. 

dearden@rowan.edu

856-566-6076

Nick LaTorre

Assistant Director for Career and Residency Advising

Nick develops and implements career advising programming across all four years of medical school, with emphasis on third and fourth year medical students as they prepare for residency applications and the MATCH process. 

latorre@rowan.edu

856-566-6976

Mary Sylvester-Pegues

Program Coordinator

Mary provides advising and academic support to graduate students enrolled in the SOM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 

sylvesterpegues@rowan.edu 

856-566-1998 

Danielle Baer

Staff Assistant

Danielle oversees the Rowan-Virtua SOM Peer Tutoring Program and provides administrative/technical support for the Rowan-Virtua SOM Student Success Network.

baerd@rowan.edu

856-566-6013

Xiomara Rojas-Langston

Staff Assistant

Xiomara provides administrative support for CSS and the Student Academic Progress Committee.

rojasx@rowan.edu 

856-566-6852