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STEM Center at Ramapo College

Image of the STEM Center's glass window with the STEM Center's logo.The Ramapo College STEM Center is a place for staff, faculty, students and the broader community outside our campus to gather and build community around Science and Mathematics.  Events, workshops, and services are for everyone to enjoy.  Whether you are seeking peer tutoring for your TAS classes or would like to use the Center to study with your friends, all anyone has to do is just walk-in.  TAS students, this is your space!

 

Tutoring

Tutoring Schedule and STEM Center Appointments

Image of Ramapo College Intranet Homepage with the Connect and Tutoring buttons circled.

  • Connect
    • One-stop shopping for students seeking tutoring services
    • Students can schedule appointments or view walk-in hours
    • Instructions for scheduling STEM Center appointments in Connect
  • Tutoring Website
    • Provides an up-to-date view of all TAS tutoring schedules
  • STEM Writing Support with Amy Guzman every Tuesday from 4:00pm-6:00pm during the Fall 2024 semester.  Appointment is required.  Schedule through Connect, listed under CRW.
Workshops

Workshops Offered by the STEM Center

Current Workshops

Open Office Hours with Prof. Roseanne Discepolo for all Transitional Math/PCMP and Elementary Algebra students in G130 from 1:00pm-2:00pm on Mondays and Thursdays during the Fall 2024 semester.

TAS: Internship/Research Search Strategies on Wednesday, November 6th at 12:30pm Register on Handshake Hosted by the Cahill Center and the STEM Center

TAS: Internship/Research Search Strategies Wednesday, November 6th at 12:30pm Register on Handshake Hosted by the Cahill Center and the STEM Center

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Past Workshops

  • FAFSA Workshop
  • Scope of my Career – exploring careers in the STEM disciplines
  • Writing Lab Reports
  • Intro to Grad School for STEM
  • Applying to Grad School for STEM
  • Professionalism in the STEM workplace
  • Elementary Probability and Statistics Final Exam Review with Prof. Harold Katz open to all students enrolled in Elementary Probability and Statistics.
  • Praxis Workshops with Prof. Harold Katz
Events

Upcoming Events

THE SCOPE OF MY CAREER: BIOINFORMATICS-BIOCHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY
Location:G-130
Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Time: 3:00pm

Are you a STEM major with an interest in careers that require a PhD?  Let’s talk about it!  TAS students are invited to attend a presentation by the McNair Scholars Program staff and faculty.  They will cover a variety of post-baccalaureate STEM degrees and employment opportunities.  Refreshments will be served.

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Past Events

FEMS in STEM Discussion Flyer in collaboration with the STEM Center, The Women's Center, and LGBTQ+ Services Led by Dr. Sandra Suarez Tuesday, 16th April 2024 5:30 to 6:30 in the Women's Center (C-220)

 

FEMS in STEM DISCUSSION, Led by Dr. Sandra Suarez, in collaboration with the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services.

FEMS in STEM Collective, in collaboration with The Women’s center, STEM Center, Biology Club and Chemistry Club.

FEMS in STEM Celebration with Professor Panel, in collaboration with NAACH, Engineering and Physics Club, GDSC and Chemistry Club.

  

Kickball with the victors of the first annual TAS faculty-student kickball game written on it. Students won 13 to 6.

First annual TAS faculty-student kickball game trophy. Students were victorious 13 to 6.

First Annual TAS Faculty-Student Kickball Game!

Faculty and students playing kickball.

Community Outreach

Cross-Campus Peer Mentoring

Cross-Campus Peer Mentoring (CCPM) Flyer

 

 

STEM Center Staff

Sandra Suarez, Ph.D.
Director – STEM Center & Programs
Upward Bound Math Science and McNair Scholars Program
Office: G-131a
e-mail: ssuarez@ramapo.edu
telephone:(201) 684-7774

Christine Valenti, MS
Tutoring Coordinator – STEM Center
Office: G-131
e-mail: cvalent3@ramapo.edu
telephone:(201) 684-7345

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Image Gallery

Student at podium presenting a powerpoint of their research entitled "Optical Conductiviity of High Entropy Alloys Based on BaMnSb2" on SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. Student posing in front of their research poster on the effects of various storage conditions on extending shelf-life and preserving antioxidant capacity of blueberry, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. Student posing in front of their research poster on P3b auditory processing differences in adults with and without self-reported attention deficits, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. 2 students posing in front of their research poster entitled 'the RhIR mutant of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows attenuated virulence and increased antibiotic susceptibility compared to the wild type strain", SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024 Student posing in front of their research poster on the magnetoimpedance of magnetic amorphous alloys, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. 2 students posing in front of their research poster on the magnetoimpedance of magnetic amorphous alloys, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. Student posing in front of their research poster on designing a novel yeast brewing strain using CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. Student posing in front of their research poster on the effects of pitch rate on fermentation and isoamyl acetate production, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024. Student posing in front of their research poster on the identification of basidiomycetes and screening of ligninolytic enzyme activity in fungal species from Northeast America, SCHOLARS' DAY, April 16th, 2024.

Our tutors presenting at SCHOLARS’ DAY, April 16th, 2024.  They are all so smart!


Physics Club Students with Telescope Solar Eclipse as viewed through telescope. Student watching the solar eclipse through her phone.

Solar Eclipse, April 8th, 2024


Students standing outside the Great Falls Hydroelectric Station Students viewing equipment inside the Great Falls Hydroelectric Station Students standing in front of equipment inside the Great Falls Hydroelectric Station

Physics Club Trip to the Great Falls Hydroelectric Station, 2024


Faculty team players Dr. Suarez pitching the ball. Student rounding third base.  Student up at bat/kicking the ball Student up at bat/kicking the ball Faculty and students high fiving one another after a game well played. 

First Annual TAS Faculty-Student Kickball Game.  Students were victorious (13 to 6).


Student with her poster at the TAS Research Honors Event Student with her poster at the TAS Research Honors Event Students with their poster at the TAS Research Honors Event Student with her poster at the TAS Research Honors Event Students presenting their research poster

Our tutors presenting, TAS Research Honors, 2024


Student with her poster at the Psychology Symposium Students with their poster at the TAS Research Honors Event Student with his poster at the TAS Research Honors Event

Our tutors presenting at the Psychology Symposium, 2024