Saturday, April 27, 2024
Several students gathered on Monday to read their personal submissions to the Diversity Monologues contest aloud, sharing their unique life experiences and stories. “I like to think of my work as a form of civic engagement and community service. Every room needs at least one black girl,” began sophomore contestant […]
Students are wasting no time this semester in bringing attention to a gap in Ramapo's music program: a concert band. At the start of spring semester, a student petition was created with the intent to form a concert band at Ramapo. "In the four years I've been at Ramapo, the […]
For the ninth year in a row, Ramapo College of New Jersey has been ranked on the prestigious Kiplinger's Personal Finance's list of 100 public colleges that offer the best values to their students. Ramapo College, one of three New Jersey public schools to make the list, was ranked 66th, […]
Mahwah, hometown of the Ramapo Roadrunners, was recently named the safest town in New Jersey. The town ranked No. 1 on SafeWise's "50 Safest Communities in New Jersey" list. According to SafeWise, Mahwah's 2011 crime data consisted of zero murders, rapes or robberies, ranking it No. 1 on the list […]
Vincent Colman, Ramapo's newest Board of Trustee member, is no stranger to the campus community. As a Mahwah resident and a member of the Ramapo College Foundation's Board of Governors, Colman has been involved here for five years. Now, after being officially sworn in on Feb. 24, he joins the Board of Trustees with […]
This week, The Ramapo News experimented with digital-only publishing rather than putting out a traditional print edition to wrap up the semester. In case you missed any of our exclusive content, check out our latest news in this Storify.
A new Hollywood film released yesterday is causing a stir among a local Native American community. North Jersey's Ramapough Indians, some of whom live in the Stag Hill section of Mahwah, are calling "Out of the Furnace" a "hate crime." The Ramapough chief, Dwaine Perry, held a news conference Wednesday […]
That’s it for now, folks! We made it through five full days of digital week, so we’re taking some well-deserved rest. The Ramapo News staff will be on hiatus until the spring semester resumes in January. We wish everyone in the Ramapo community a wonderful break. Check back online for […]
Finance professor Murray Sabrin premiered his documentary, “Federal Reserve: 100 Years of Boom and Bust,” in Friends Hall Wednesday night. The film examines the law that significantly reformed financial operations in the U.S. and will celebrate its centennial on Dec. 23. “Federal Reserve: 100 Years of Boom and Bust” discusses […]
In just three days, an online petition has gotten more than 60 Ramapo students to make the commitment to stop buying bottled water and embrace the campus hydration stations. Brenda Griepenburg, a junior at Ramapo and vice president of 1Step, created an online petition asking the students of Ramapo to […]
