The Mahwah 7-Eleven has been receiving more than its average influx of customers this week, and store manager Bob Patel believes it is because his store sold a $1 million Powerball ticket. "I'm like a star in Mahwah now – it's been on the Internet, the news, in newspapers. It's […]
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Ramapo Borrows $41 Million to Fund Capital Projects
Ramapo College plans to spend millions to embark on a capital improvement program that will add scientific equipment, renovate Student Center dining and upgrade campus-wide technology. The Adler Center for Nursing Excellence and the G-Wing academic building will also be renovated, under a contract the Board of Trustees recently approved […]
College Offers CPR Certification to Campus Community
Starting in 2009, Ramapo College implemented a CPR program as a required course for nursing students. Within the past few years, the administration opened the class up to anyone who wants to get CPR certified, including registered and non-matriculated students. Students are becoming more aware of the program due to […]
Ramapo Mourns Another Student’s Death
Junior Anthony Cassano passed away on Monday, March 25. His death comes in the wake of sophomore Shannon Finn’s passing on March 20. Cassano, of Franklin Lakes, was a commuter student majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing and was also minoring in Italian. He was 20 years […]
Ramapo Welcomes New Director of Judicial Affairs
During the State of the College Address on Sept. 19, President Mercer announced that Melissa Van Der Wall, the former director of Judicial Affairs, was stepping down to become the new director of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Mercer said that the college would "begin immediately to search for […]
Ramapo Hosts Teaching Conference
Ramapo College hosted the New Jersey Council for Exceptional Children 2013 Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This conference, entitled “Assessment and You!” was sponsored by the NJCEC, Ramapo’s Teacher Education Program and the School of Social Science and Human Services. This is the second year that the NJCEC […]
Campus Community Mourns New Student
Shannon Finn, a sophomore student and new member of Sigma Sigma Sigma, passed away on Wednesday, March 20. She was 20 years old. Finn, a Manalapan resident, was active in the Bischoff Hall Resident Hall Council and in Greek Life, having joined Ramapo’s Eta Nu chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma […]
Ramapo Addresses Allegations Against Sorority
On Monday, March 4, an allegation of hazing was made against Sigma Delta Tau sorority. The organization was automatically put under interim suspension pending an investigation as part of standard College policy following these allegations, school officials said. The allegation was made in the morning to Tamika Quick, assistant director […]
Mahwah Cub Scouts Visit Ramapo News for Communications Lesson
This Tuesday, the Mahwah Tiger Cub Scouts of Den 10 paid a visit to the Ramapo News. Four of the six members of Den 10–Nick Bosticco, Nick Franc, Bobby Politis and Charlie Sariti–came to “The Ramapo News” to learn how people communicate with others. Upon their arrival, the Cub Scouts were […]
Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Elected Pope
The newest pope was elected by the papal conclave in Vatican City yesterday. The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the cardinal from Argentina and archbishop of Buenos Aires, marks the 266th pope to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis I, is the first pontiff to come […]
