Author: THE RAMAPO NEWS

College issues statement after Mercer hits student

Photo by Michael Pacheco A Ramapo College student was struck by a car driven by College President Peter Mercer on Friday and suffered minor injuries as a result. Student Kevin Murphy, 20, was in the crosswalk at the intersection of Magnolia Road and Ramapo Valley Road when he was hit […]

HR Professionals Coach Students at Interview-pa-looza

Photo by Sarah Sanchez The Cahill Career Development Center held an Interview-pa-looza event on Feb. 21 in the Trustees Pavilion.  This event was referred to as the “speed dating of interview preparation” providing an opportunity for students to practice interview skills and experience what it would be like interviewing with […]

Visit to Google Headquarters Offers Students Insight

Photo courtesy of Robbie Shade, Flickr The Cahill Career Development Center and the Ramapo Alumni Association along with the NYC Alumni Chapter held a special event on Feb. 8 at the Headquarters of Google, Inc., in New York City. The program included a tour of their cutting edge workplace and […]

Ramapo Welcomes Increase in International Students

Photo courtesy of the Roukema Center On Aug. 31 2016, Ramapo welcomed 37 international freshmen and exchange students from 14 countries. The number of international students and the number of countries represented rose by five and three respectively than that for the class of 2019. Why is it that Ramapo […]

Librarians Begin Roukema Center Affiliated Book Club

Photo courtesy of David Clarke, Wikipedia As Ramapo continues to celebrate its year of Sub-Saharan Africa, a newly founded book club has made several selections to give students the opportunity to learn about the area. Katie Cohen and Sam Wittenberg, both librarians in the Potter Library and members of the […]

Sub-Saharan Africa Shares Culture with New Program

Photo by Hope Patti On Wednesday evening, Ramapo College launched its Year of Sub-Saharan Africa, a year-round program which aims to offer diverse opportunities for both students and faculty to engage with this unique region of the world. Throughout the 2016-17 academic year, the Roukema Center for International Education will […]

Letter to the Editor: Talk by Israeli Soldiers Sparks Dialogue

We at Ramapo Hillel are deeply disappointed by the attempt to paint our recent Israeli soldiers program as propaganda. The program, which featured Israeli soldiers sharing their personal experiences, was intended to build relationships with our Israeli peers and to offer an alternative narrative to the widespread misrepresentation of Israeli […]