With commencement 2017 only a few weeks away, the Cahill Career Development Center wants to help graduates with their post-graduation dreams whether they are seeking to land their first job, heading to graduate/professional school, taking a gap year or just figuring out what they want to do next. How can […]
Author: JAIME RODRIGUEZ
Protest Comes to Campus to Address Education Funding
Photo by Michael Pacheco Students, professors, faculty and union members from the American Federation of Teachers gathered Wednesday to hold a “New Orleans Jazz Funeral” to highlight the decreases in state funding for higher education and the overall deterioration of higher education in the State of New Jersey. According to […]
Former Alabama Governor Resigns to Deal with Scandal
Former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley just resigned from office after dealing with a scandal that has been surrounding his office for years. In order to understand the scope of this story, one must jump back in history. Three out of Alabama’s last six governors were found guilty of various crimes. […]
Phi Beta Delta Awards International Spirit Awards
Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society welcomed 15 new members to Ramapo’s Zeta Zeta chapter on March 22. During the ceremony, two students, Michael Pacheco and Rajat Sainju, were awarded the Roukema Center for International Education’s International Spirit Awards for 2017. Phi Beta Delta, founded at California State University, Long […]
Ramapo Celebrates Student Employees with Appreciation Week
Photo courtesy of the Cahill Center This week is National Student Employment Appreciation Week. Offices around the campus, in coordination with the Cahill Center, all come together to celebrate more than 900 Ramapo students who work on campus. Patty Migliorisi, Student Assistant Coordinator in the Cahill Center, worked hard to […]
Multicultural Sorority Hosts Talk on Current Politics
Candace Beboe, a junior Law and Society major, gave a presentation Monday sponsored by the Theta Nu Xi multicultural sorority to educate students on what is happening in the world of politics, especially in regards to Donald Trump. “Often times us college students are so caught up in our day-to-day […]
Ramapough Turtle Clan Hosts Event on Current Issues
Photo by Erica Meline Ramapo College is built on the historic land of the Ramapough people. Despite this, many students and people overlook Native Americans and fail to recognize the enormous problems these people face. On Wednesday, Ramapo held a presentation by the Ramapough Turtle Clan to discuss issues regarding […]
Students Testify Need-Based Programs at Hearing
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College Ramapo College students testified at the assembly budget hearing on higher education at Felician University in Rutherford on March 29 to speak about proposed changes to the state budget, specifically need-based programs, that could negatively impact the aid students receive. Ramapo senior and history major […]
Greff Compiles New Private Scholarship Opportunities
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia As of the Spring 2017 semester, Ramapo’s Financial Aid Office added a “private scholarships not affiliated with Ramapo College” section to its website. This list, compiled by Ryan Greff, Student Government Senator-at-Large, includes 18 new scholarship opportunities available for a variety of students. “These are new […]
Ramapo Celebrates Commuter Appreciation Week
Icon courtesy of Commuter Affairs This week, Ramapo College is celebrating Commuter Appreciation week. Being that Ramapo’s student population is made up of nearly 50 percent commuters, this week recognizes all commuter students and serves to remind them that they have support at Ramapo. Commuter Affairs is responsible for the […]
