Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Students joined Allie Shapiro in the Civic and Community Engagement Center on Thursday, March 13 for a service trip to the Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. Shapiro, the Coordinator for Community Engagement, runs monthly trips to the pantry with a group of five students to assist in […]
Ramapo College students ventured to Bright Side Manor, a residential senior-living facility in Teaneck on Friday, Feb. 21. The students were participating in a service trip run by CCEC, joining Allie Shapiro, the Coordinator for Community Engagement, to complete “Chores and Cheers” at the nonprofit assisted living facility. The group […]
Ramapo College students joined Allie Shapiro, the Coordinator for Community Engagement in the Civic and Community Engagement Center (CCEC), on a service trip to the Mahwah Senior Center on Friday, Feb. 14. The seven students assisted in running the center’s Valentine’s Day Party, bringing together close to 100 Mahwah senior […]
When she’s not studying political science, hanging around her peers at the Office of Violence Prevention or attending campus club meetings, Sarah Glisson is preparing to be our new Student Trustee at Ramapo for the 2025-2026 academic year. Glisson is currently acting as the Alternate Student Trustee, which is no […]
Ramapo’s Civic & Community Engagement Center (CCEC) collected food and clothing donations on Monday, marking the third annual Donation Day. Blood donations were accepted through the American Red Cross in the Alumni Lounges. Donation Day began thanks to the efforts of nursing student Avery Cangro during her time as a […]
Dionne Irving Literature Reading Writer Dionne Irving visited campus on Oct. 19, concluding the fall portion of the Readings at Ramapo series. Professor of creative writing Hugh Sheehy introduced Irving by praising her sensibility as a writer. Irving shared the story, “An American Idea of Fun” from her collection “The […]
The Civic and Community Engagement Center’s (CCEC) We Care Program held its first open house of the year on Nov. 16, showcasing its resources for students in need. Dylan Heffernan, the assistant director for the We Care Program and Community Service, led the presentation alongside social work interns. The We […]
The Civic and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) celebrated Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW) at Ramapo Nov. 13-19. HHAW is a national event sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, and it has been held the week before Thanksgiving since […]
Photo courtesy of Civic & Community Engagement Center During the week of Nov. 15, Ramapo dedicated their time and resources to 2020’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW), a movement set to end hunger and homelessness. Since 1975, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against […]
Photo by Tori D'Amico Ramapo prides itself on diversity in many ways, and student faith coordinator of the Civic and Community Engagement Center Niara Rowe is working to bring students of different religious groups together. Rowe, 20 and a junior at Ramapo, shared how faith has played a major role […]
