The Cahill Career Center hosted its latest in the Roadrunner TableTalk series last Thursday, this time focusing on the field of human resources (HR). Previous fields discussed include public relations and environmental science. Taking place in the cozy space of the Career Center office, a sizable crowd of students experienced […]
Tag: Ramapo Alumni
Turtles Fitness made possible by Gen Z aspirations and a Ramapo education
Ramapo alum Eric Bonkoski is a local example of Gen Z’s affinity for entrepreneurship in action. Graduating last spring with a degree in marketing, the Sloatsburg native is the owner of Turtles Fitness and co-owner of Promofect, a screen printing and embroidery shop five minutes from campus in Suffern. When […]
Ramapo alumni offer advice to graduating seniors
Photo courtesy of Mohammad Shahhosseini, Unsplash Ramapo College welcomed back visiting alumni who have returned to advise graduating seniors on life after Po. These alumni panelists all graduated within the last 16 years and had some amazing guidance for students to take into consideration before moving on from our beloved small […]
Ramapo hosts “Life After Po,” prompting creative discussions
Photo by Jenna Craig On Feb. 19, Professor Terra Vandergaw and alumnus Jaquair Gillette co-hosted “Life After Po: Alumni Creative Conversations” featuring theater alumni Kevin Sebastian, LJ Hickmon, Josh Ritter and Jackie Byrne. Gillette is known for his work on Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” and his poetry. During […]
Virtual Voices draws attention to Zoom theater conflicts
Photo courtesy of Jenna Craig Despite the technical complications of Zoom theater, from sound lags to getting disconnected, “anything is better than nothing,” said Ramapo alum Tom Kiely at the Virtual Voices showcase this past Friday. The event was the sixth in the theater department's virtual season, “Theater Rethought.” Virtual […]
New Jersey-based band, A Boy Named John, releases new music
Photo by Alex Collins A Boy Named John, the sextuplet band hailing from Parsippany, NJ, classifies themselves as an alternative and progressive rock band. Made up of members Nick Spillert, Jack Lips, Josh Lustig, Brandon Martinez and brothers Paul and Chris Singh, the local band has over four thousand monthly […]
Ramapo News alumni: where are they now?
Photo by Scott Yunker The Ramapo College of New Jersey has published a student-run newspaper continuously since the autumn of 1971, one year after classes first began at the then-new institution. Nearly 50 years later, the paper’s newsroom has played host to countless Roadrunners. The current staff of the Ramapo […]
Poetry Collection Publishes Works of Ramapo Students
Senior Danielle Corcione, as well as three other Ramapo alumni, have been featured in a poetry collection entitled “Verse: Collective New Voices.” This collection, put together by Dr. Michael O’Connell, was devoted to spotlighting the works of unpublished authors. “O’Connell’s focus is solely on the unpublished poet; poets whose own […]