Rowan Student, Professor To Discuss Making Face Masks

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Rowan College at Burlington County student Cheryl Jackson and adjunct math instructor Rosemary Fajgier will speak about their experiences making face masks for the local and national community amid the new coronavirus pandemic during the college’s next Facebook Live Town Hall.

Jackson is a fashion design student at the college. She has fulfilled orders for her friends, family, the Willingboro Fire Department and the Willingboro EMS. She's also been contacted by individual police officers across the state to process their orders.

Fajgier, is also chairman of the board of directors of the American Sewing Guild. She has helped to rally 13,000 members nationally to make face masks for various medical facilities and organizations. She personally makes them for Deborah Hospital and Legacy, a treatment organization located just down the road from the college.

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The event will stream live on the college's Facebook page at 1 p.m. on April 29. Viewers can submit questions throughout the livestream and at rcbc.edu/coronavirus.

The college launched the series to help the public learn more about the virus. The first five sessions explored the impact of coronavirus on mental health; provided insight into the pandemic from Dr. Helene Paxton, who teaches Microbiology, and Anatomy and Physiology at the college; gave college nursing students the chance to share their experiences from the front lines fighting the virus; how to stay connected despite Gov. Phil Murphy's stay-at-home order; exploring the arts while quarantined; and getting food during the coronavirus quarantine.

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