Photo by Hope Patti On Tuesday, Ramapo College’s Gender Equality at Ramapo club, also known as GEAR, hosted a talk about gender neutral bathrooms at Ramapo, also known as a national campaign called #illgowithyou. The GEAR e-board facilitated the talk, opening up the discussion to first talk about what the […]
Author: LAURA HECKELMANN
Emmy-winning Celebrity News Reporter Shares Journalism Advice at Sharp Theater
Photo by Pauline Park Emmy Award winning TV interviewer and journalist John Bathke came to Ramapo on Friday for an evening of entertainment and personal anecdotes about life in television news. Presented by the Berrie Center and Cahill Center, the event was called "John Bathke: It’s Only Humiliation! Lessons of […]
Ramapo’s Journalism and Psychology Programs Ranked High Among Colleges Nation-wide
Ramapo College was recently publicly recognized for its high quality education. College Factual, a website that analyzes colleges based on merit, named Ramapo No. 70 for the Most Focused on Communication and Journalism out of 1198 colleges, and No. 114 for the Most Focused on Psychology, out of 1452 colleges. […]
Author David Means Discusses His Work and Inspiration
Photo by Jeff Chimenti David Means, author of “The Secret Goldfish" and "Assorted Fire Events,” participated in an informal question and answer session before a reading with poet Cate Marvin on Monday. Means, an American fiction writer, has had his short stories appear in many publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire […]
Ramapo Ranked 5th among Northern Public Colleges
Photo Courtesy of Giancarlo Sepulveda "US News and World Report" has released its annual assessment of institutions of higher learning in the United States, and Ramapo has ranked fifth among the North Regional Public Universities. The ranking puts the College one spot up from the previous year. Ramapo also ranked 26th overall […]
Filmmaker Speaks at Latin@ Heritage Month Banquet
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda Jesus Nebot, a Spanish award-winning filmmaker and transformational speaker, called for immigration reform at the Latin@ Heritage Month banquet at the Trustees Pavilion on Wednesday. Jesus Nebot’s speech dissected misconceptions about Latin immigrants and addressed illegal immigrant crime rates and undocumented employment. He also proposed a solution […]
Students Digitize Jane Addams’ Historical Documents
Photo Courtesy of Adam Cuerden, Wikipedia Ramapo College welcomes an exciting new initiative known as the Jane Addams Papers project. Once known as "the most prominent woman in America," Jane Addams was a hero of the Progressive movement in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Jane Addams Papers project mission is to […]
Donna Rockwell Tells Students to Focus on the Present in Mindfulness Presentation
Dr. Donna Rockwell, a psychologist, researcher and meditation teacher, invited Ramapo students, faculty and community members on Thursday to ease their troubled minds and take a break from their daily stresses with an informative and interactive workshop on the practice of mindfulness, hosted by the Krame Center for Contemplative Studies and […]
Candlelight Vigil Part of Hazing Prevention Week
Photo by Hope Patti National Hazing Prevention Week came to an end last week, and the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life at Ramapo hosted a candlelight vigil on Thursday near the Arch. Frank Albergo, a junior, describes this annual ceremony as, “a memory of everybody that passed away, to […]
Sculpture Studio Donates Art Supplies to Underprivileged Students
Photo by Nicole Williams The Sculpture Studio of the School of Contemporary Arts donated a substantial amount of unused art supplies to Urban Promise this past summer. Urban Promise is an after school arts program located in a low-income area in Camden. The supplies included paints, crayons, craft items, paper, […]