Photo courtesy of the Center for Student Success On Wednesday evening, the Center for Student Success celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Peer Facilitation Program at the annual peer appreciation dinner. Current and past peers were present at the fun, light-hearted event to be honored by the faculty and staff, […]
Author: ERICA COSLOP
Students and faculty team up to conduct waste audit
Photo by Hope Patti Over the past three weeks, a group of students and faculty have been conducting a waste audit across campus in order to establish a baseline date of how much trash and recycling the campus produces. “The College’s strategic plan has in it a goal of increasing […]
SGA gives presentation on efforts to aid homeless
Photo courtesy of MM, Wikipedia In honor of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, SGA President Stephan Lally and SGA Senate Vice President Jaime Velazquez gave a presentation on their work to reduce food insecurity on Ramapo’s campus. The initiative started last October when Karen Booth, assistant director for civic engagement, […]
New Jersey residents elect Phil Murphy as governor
Photo courtesy of Phil Murphy, Flickr Chris Christie’s time as New Jersey’s governor has come to an end. On Tuesday, voters went to the polls to decide who would be his replacement and Democrat Phil Murphy came out on top with 55.6 percent of votes. Decidedly blue in presidential elections, […]
Ramapo reflects on month-long campus wide project
During the month of October, Ramapo celebrated Campus Sustainability Month. When President Trump withdrew the country from the Paris Agreement over the summer, Ramapo was one of the 183 colleges and universities to sign the “We Are Still In” pledge, maintaining the ideas from the agreement on their campus. Sustainability […]
Students learn valuable skills at Internship Conference
Graphic courtesy of Cahill Center, Facebook Students filled Friends Hall Wednesday evening for the Cahill Career Center’s sixth annual Career and Internship Conference. The event, co-sponsored by the Ramapo College Enactus team and the Civic and Community Engagement Center, had a central theme of “Making the Public Good Your Career.” […]
Associate professor shares presentation on Africa trip
Photo by Karl Johnson Associate professor Karl Johnson shared his experience traveling to Africa this past summer in a presentation titled, “Liberia: An African Nation of Wonder and Promise.” Johnson, who teaches African American Studies at Ramapo, talked on Monday about the11 days he spent in Liberia over the summer […]
Greeks comes together to celebrate Pillars Week
Photo courtesy of Ramapo Greeks, Instagram This week, members of the Ramapo Greek Community are celebrating Greek Pillars Week. Throughout the week, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, or OFSL, is holding events based on different Greek Pillars, including brotherhood/sisterhood, leadership, scholarship and service. Amanda Riehl, who is […]
Ramapo community gathers for Hindu festival of lights
Photo by Hope Patti More than 150 students and faculty from different backgrounds gathered in Trustees Pavilion on Wednesday to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights and share a meal that included a wide selection of Indian foods such as samosa, rice and dishes seasoned with masala. “This is […]
Ramapo community mourns the loss of Professor Kim
Photo courtesy of Sarah Carberry Over the weekend, the Ramapo community lost beloved biochemistry Professor Seung-Sup Kim. He began teaching at Ramapo as a part of the School of Theoretical and Applied Science in 2009 and worked with both 100-level general chemistry students and 400-level research students. “The students all […]