As the fall 2024 semester continues, Ramapo is working toward new recycling initiatives. Recently the school held a campus-wide cleanup where students picked up litter and sorted it, filling three cans of recycling and garbage by the end. However, this is not the only step. A new recycling pickup program […]
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Glow for hope gives hope to Ramapo community
Glow for Hope, hosted by Ramapo’s Center for Health and Counseling Services, took place in Friends Hall on Thursday, Sept. 26. This event is one of the many events offered here on campus to honor Suicide Prevention Month. The event began with a candlelight vigil with small lanterns to remember […]
Multicultural Center hosts ‘Journal Your Journey’
On Monday Sept. 30, the Multicultural Center, with a collaborative effort from Counseling Services and the Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance (EDIC), hosted a “Journal Your Journey” event in honor of Suicide Prevention Month. Students were able to color and decorate their own little journals as a way […]
Carry your culture: Ramapo hosts multicultural event
The Multicultural Center here at Ramapo College hosted a painting and empanadas event, “Carry your Culture,” on Sept. 19. The event offered a space for students to come together to meet each other, enjoy great empanadas and paint tote bags with flags, colors and designs representing their ethnicities. During the […]
Ramapo goes green with campus clean-up
Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1-STEP and Ramapo Green worked together to host a campus cleanup on Friday, Sept. 20. It started at 10 a.m. with roughly 30 students meeting at the arch. The goal of the cleanup was to pick up litter from around campus, especially focusing on the residence halls, […]
Village construction soon to wrap up this November
Construction on campus now feels like a new normal to residents. With some residence halls being shut down and others going under construction, residents feel as if there is always something being worked on here on campus. Over the summer, Village Quads 1 and 3 underwent construction fixing up the […]
Words of Hope event promotes suicide prevention
On Sept. 18, Ramapo’s Counseling Services hosted their annual Words of Hope event by the Arch. This event ran from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and allowed students to participate in raising awareness for suicide prevention. The event was one of the few events aimed to promote mental health and […]
How Ramapo administration is adapting to AI
On college campuses across the country one of the biggest questions being discussed between both faculty and students is the implementation of generative AI inside the classroom, Ramapo being no exception. As it stands, there is no universal guideline regarding the use of AI at Ramapo, though the academic integrity […]
The bears and the bees: Bear raids campus hives
Campus honey sales might be temporarily halted due to Ramapo’s bear population this semester as the Ramapo College Beekeeping Club is only working with one hive. Over the summer, one of the club’s hives was lost to a bear on the far edge of campus. “It actually happened twice,” said […]
Ramapo College’s new guest kiosks has surprised returning students
Over the past couple of months, Ramapo College has increased safety and sustainability while renewing some buildings on campus. Jason Balsan, Ramapo’s new director of Public Safety, is bringing a fresh perspective on safety techniques and regulations for Ramapo College. Upon the arrival of the new director, Ramapo was shifting […]