Author: CA$H COMMITTEE

Obama Proposes Plan for Free Community College

The Student Government Association’s College Advocates Supporting Higher Education (CA$H) Committee raises awareness about higher education issues that directly impact us all, especially those that affect our tuition. Every other week we’ll discuss a different issue facing higher education. President Barack Obama recently proposed a plan to offer free community […]

SLF Creates Student-accessible Compost

Photo by Rebecca King This fall, the Sustainable Living Community is opening the doors of a compost receptacle, located behind the Redwood building, to residents outside of the Sustainable Living Facility (SLF) program. College Park Apartment residents, outside of the designated living community can now utilize the compost for personal use.  According […]

New Intranet Updates Ramapo Website

Photo courtesy of ramapo.edu Last week the Office of Marketing and Web Administration introduced a new intranet, an updated interim homepage and a website design refresh. The content of these sites remained the same, although some navigation, colors, fonts and images changed. The new website is up and running smoothly, […]

Vegetarian Feast Served at Sustainable Thanksgiving

Photo by Nicole Williams The Thursday before Thanksgiving, Friends Hall was decorated with squashes, pine branches, leaves and baskets, along with food facts written on cardboard to spread information about the food industry and food consumption. This was all for Sustainable Thanksgiving, an event sponsored by 1STEP. Students and professors […]

Tuition Increase Debate Spans Nation

The Student Government Association’s College Advocates Supporting Higher Education (CA$H) Committee raises awareness about higher education issues that directly impact us all, especially those that affect our tuition. Every other week, we’ll discuss a different issue facing higher education. This week, we will highlight ongoing debates regarding tuition increases in […]

CCEC Simulates a ‘Night Without a Home’

Photo by Nicole Williams It is a familiar sight in many cities around the world: people building shelters out of cardboard for their families to spend the chilly night in. Some family members are elderly, some are taking care of infants and others have serious injuries and disabilities. Such a […]

Top Majors Offered at Ramapo

Forbes recently released a list of "Top Degrees For Getting Hired In 2015." The top three were finance, accounting and computer science, all of which are offered at Ramapo College. Junior accounting student Andrew Dick said, “I love my major. It’s OK here at Ramapo. Some of the professors can […]

Banquet Attendees Educated on World Hunger

Photo by Nicole Williams The Civic and Community Engagement Center sponsored their annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet in the Alumni Lounges on Wednesday. Moderated by Sean Farrell, the event focused on spreading awareness to Ramapo students about poverty levels around the globe. “You might think hunger is about too many people […]