Sunday, May 18, 2025
The Victoria’s Secret fashion show has returned to the runway for the first time since 2018 and has displayed its first-ever all-female lineup while also making strides towards inclusivity by including the first transgender models in the fashion show. Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio walked the runway on Oct. 15, […]
The Cahill Career Center teamed up with the Women’s Center and LGBTQ+ Services to host a panel titled Working While LGBTQ+. Four local LGBTQ+ identifying workers with varying careers served as the panelists, and the discussion was moderated by Career Advisor Alex Corsillo and Coordinator of the Women’s Center and […]
Women of color are one of the most overlooked communities on college campuses. At Ramapo, a predominately white institution (PWI), women of color struggle to find spaces where they feel like they belong and are supported amongst their white peers, which make up 56.9% of its overall student population, according […]
The Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC) invited Jeffery Fountain, a tribal member of the Ramapough Munsee-Lenape Nation, to speak about oral history as part of its programming for Native American Heritage Month. Fountain, a member of the Deer Clan located in Hilburn, New York, about 3 miles […]
As part of Disability Awareness Month, the Office of Specialized Services (OSS) hosted its yearly student disability panel last Wednesday, which was titled “See Us, Hear Us, Know Us.” The panel was a student-led discussion featuring students with both visible and invisible disabilities, which included an audience Q&A at the […]
Across the U.S., authors are being silenced and students are kept in the dark. Experiences meant to build inclusion and support are now being brushed under the rug because American school districts are banning books deemed “harmful.” The number of banned books has increased to over 2,500. In the previous […]
Photo by Denisse Gonzalez-Ramirez Rachel Sawyer-Walker, the new Associate Director of the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC), joined Ramapo this fall with various experiences in student affairs, first starting as a resident assistant. “I went to Eastern Connecticut State University where I went through a program called […]
Photo courtesy of Miranda Campbell, Unsplash A surprising announcement came recently from the heads of Disney relating to the employee dress code at their respective parks, Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In a push for increased inclusivity and a move towards allowing more modern standards of acceptable dress, park employees […]
Photo by Erica Meline There are many things to celebrate as the year comes to a close, and at Ramapo College, students united to celebrate their different cultures and backgrounds. The College’s Muslim Student Association held an Intercultural Dinner in Friends Hall last Thursday to mark the end of the […]
Photo by Amanda Karp The 27th State of the College address held this Wednesday revealed long simmering tensions between students, staff and the administration. Students in the Black Student Union and others sat in the audience in silent protest, holding signs which read, “Ramapo recruits us then forgets us” and, […]
