Tag: CCEC

CCEC welcomes Allie Shapiro to Ramapo

Allie Shapiro is the newest member of the Center for Community Engagement (CCEC) after starting early this past December as the Coordinator for Community Engagement. CCEC is an office at Ramapo College that aims to combine awareness education and action to help students become civically engaged and “architects and agents […]

CCEC celebrates National Voter Registration Day

Public institutions across the country recognized National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 20, seven weeks before Election Day. The holiday originated in 2012 “to create broad awareness of voter registration opportunities.” Ramapo College’s Civic & Community Engagement Center (CCEC) participated by providing free food, games and resources aimed at helping […]

Ramapo responds to LGBTQIA+ youth homelessness crisis

Photo courtesy of Civic & Community Engagement Center During the week of Nov. 15, Ramapo dedicated their time and resources to 2020’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW), a movement set to end hunger and homelessness. Since 1975, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against […]

Ramapo aids students in the voter registration process

Photo by Danielle DeAngelis Ramapo’s Civic and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) recruited students with a row of tables and posters on Laurel Hall’s basketball courts. The mission? Getting as many college students on campus to register to vote on National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 24. The voting registration event, annually held by […]

Ramapo students gather to view State of the Union

Photo by Jordan Elstad President Trump delivered the 96th annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, and Ramapo students gathered at Padvano Commons to watch and discuss. The event was low-key, offering food for students and screening the address on two separate networks in order to maintain a sense […]