In New York City, three colleges added and subsequently were asked to drop a potentially problematic question on their school applications. St. John’s University in Queens, Dowling College in Oakdale, Long Island and Five Towns College in Dix Hills, Long Island all asked applicants if they have ever been arrested […]
Author: ROMAN WHITE
KPMG Program Offers Students Professional Guidance
Photo by Steve Fallon This year a mentoring program with KPMG, an audit tax and advisory firm, is being facilitated for Ramapo students. KPMG approached Ramapo College, along with three other universities, for their University Mentoring Program. Part of KPMG’s culture as a company is to give back to the […]
College Hosts Sustainability Day
Sustainability is an issue that Ramapo College has focused pretty heavily on in the last couple years. Last Wednesday, an event called “Sustainability Day” continued this trend. The event revolved around the initiatives that Ramapo has taken in the past few years to address the growing issue of sustainability in […]
Petition Looks to Change ‘Freshman’ to ‘First Year’
Photo by Nicole Williams A petition has been circulating Ramapo in an effort to eliminate the label “freshman” from the community’s vocabulary and question the political correctness of the term. “Most people don't think about it, but the term freshman or freshmen indicates that an entire class is made up […]
New Policy: Cars to Move to Designated Areas to Aid Snow Removal
Photo by Steve Fallon Last winter brought freezing winds and debilitating snowstorms. As temperatures drop and fall slowly turns to winter (Saturday could bring snow), Ramapo is preparing for another snowy season. Provisions include stocking up on salt and implementing a new policy that requests all parked cars be relocated […]
Ramapo Partners with Highlands Nature Friends
Photo by Nicole Williams Ramapo College recently announced that it would be partnering with Highlands Nature Friends, a group dedicated to preserving the now closed Weis Ecology Center. Together, the two groups hope to host family and school events for children in grades K through 12. According to NorthJersey.com, the […]
Food Minor Created, Opens Avenue for Careers in Food Industry
Photo by Nicole Williams Starting in the Spring 2015 semester, Ramapo College will now offer a minor in food studies. According to the food studies minor’s website, “The program will situate the study of the production, distribution and consumption of food in the context of social, biological and cultural analyses. […]
Senate Bill to Establish Higher Ed Funding Formula up for Approval
This week’s issue will focus on New Jersey Senate Bill S731, which would establish a Higher Education Funding Formula Commission. S731 passed the New Jersey Senate on June 30 of this year and is currently being reviewed by the Assembly Higher Education Committee. If approved by this committee, the bill […]
J Mase III Gives Keynote Speech for Queer History Month
Last Wednesday, poet and activist J Mase III took the stage at the Alumni Lounges in a Women’s Center-sponsored event to spread the word about discrimination against the LGBTQIA community. As he stepped on stage, J Mase remembered the people who made mistakes in his life and delivered poems and […]
Keynote Speaker Educates on Aztec Pictograms
Photo by Nicole Williams Dr. Ligia Rodriguez, chair of the Modern Language Department at the College of Farmingdale at SUNY, New York State College, came to speak to Ramapo College students on Monday about The Mendoza Code and the raising of Aztec children, in honor of Latin@ Heritage Month. Both students […]
