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Snowstorms Present Challenges for Ramapo

Over the past few weeks, New Jersey and its surrounding areas have seen three snow storms, all resulting in hazardous driving conditions and school and work closings. As a result, Ramapo issued four snow days as workers attempted to plow the parking lots and clear walkways. Ramapo students have been […]

Women’s Center Holds First ‘Real Men, Real Talk’ Discussion

Ramapo held its first “Real Men, Real Talk” discussion session on Wednesday in the Women’s Center. The event gave Ramapo students the chance to discuss the necessity of healthy masculinity in today’s society. “We wanted to create a safe zone for guys to hang out and come talk without any […]

New Instagram Features Nature Around Campus

Paul Juelis, a sophomore at Ramapo, recently created Ramapo Nature, an Instagram account that exclusively showcases the nature and wildlife on Ramapo College's campus. The Instagram account allows anyone, including Ramapo students, staff or faculty, to follow the account and send in their personal photo or video submissions through direct […]

Students Offered a Refresher Course in Alcohol Education

Ramapo is now offering an online refresher of the AlcoholEdu course called the College Success Guide. The refresher course is optional and confidential, and those who participate have the chance to win a $100 gift card to the Ramapo College Bookstore. The College Success Guide is being offered to all […]

Theater Honor Society Holds Monthly Cafe Adler

On Monday, the Alpha Psi Omega Theater Honor Society held its first monthly Café Adler of the semester. This time around, the theme was “Silly Little Love Songs” and was hosted by junior Karley Berrios and Erica Furnald, a senior. Among the performers were freshmen Nick D’Ambrosia and Christina Gallego, […]

Cahill Center Creates New Job Shadow Program

The Cahill Center is looking to implement a new job shadow program, which will give students the opportunity to learn more about their career of interest. "We are hoping that students will gain exposure to an industry or field that they may not have known otherwise, and we want them […]

Ramapo Professor Produces Music for Cadillac Commercial

Ben Neill, a Ramapo music professor, produced music for a Cadillac commercial featuring DJ A Trak that recently aired during the Olympics. "The commercial's theme is the introduction of a new Cadillac logo, and shows A Trak spinning records with logos from different eras," said Neill. This particular commercial featured different […]

Mercer Talks Financial Stability at Biannual Address

President Peter Mercer, in his 18th State of the College address, expressed confidence about Ramapo’s future, despite some of the “warning signals” he has seen in Trenton. Mercer’s address, given yesterday in Friends Hall to faculty, staff and students, detailed not only the College’s concerns and areas of improvement, but […]

SLIDESHOW: Campus ‘Painted’ Purple for Relay Fundraiser

Ramapo students “painted the campus purple” for Relay for Life on Thursday, bringing together the student body to lend a hand in the fight against cancer. The event was cosponsored by the College Programming Board and Relay for Life. “Paint the Campus Purple” consisted of tie-dying shirts, painting collection jars, […]

Res Life Makes Changes To Housing Selection

Residence Life recently revamped the housing selection process with the hope of making the experience easier for those students who are planning to live on campus next year. Students will see three major changes to the process when it comes time to choose where they want to live next year. […]