College | Long ReadImpacting Society. The Benefits of a Humanities EducationBy Mark Gregorio | Winter 2024Does a humanities degree matter these days? That’s been a burning question in the news and across the higher education landscape. At Ramapo College, faculty...
Winter 2024
Then and Now International Students Organization
Short ReadThen and Now: International Students OrganizationWinter 2024Left to right, back to front: Sang Park, Moford Kambiz, Terrence Brown, Henriette Larssen, Bea Demas, Anne Rode, Lalith Jayawickrama, Antonio Georgiou. Front Row: Monie Captain, Zaharias Nazlidas,...
New Alumni Leadership at Ramapo College
Foundation Focus | Short ReadNew Alumni Leadership at Ramapo CollegeKeith Dawkins, ’94By Ariana Rivera ’18 | Winter 20242023 was a pivotal year for Ramapo College as it welcomed new alumni leadership. The recent appointment of dynamic and accomplished alumni to key...
Empowering Futures: The Transformative Impact of the Educational Opportunity Fund Program
Foundation Focus | Long ReadEmpowering Futures: The Transformative Impact of the Educational Opportunity Fund ProgramBy Nicole Videla | Winter 2024In pursuing higher education, barriers to college access and affordability have historically hindered motivated...
Finding Your Spark. How Ramapo’s Provost is Changing the Way Students Learn
Feature | Long ReadFinding Your Spark. How Ramapo’s Provost is Changing the Way Students LearnBy Bev McCarron | Winter 2024In his first year of college, Michael Middleton’s academic journey took an unexpected turn: Although he intended to major in chemistry at...
Voices Amplified: Faculty Research, Publications, and Presentations
Faculty | ListingVoices Amplified: Faculty Research, Publications and PresentationsWinter 2024Ramapo College’s talented and diverse faculty are well regarded in their fields and during 2023, several faculty members were honored with awards, while many others wrote,...
A Season to Remember
Athletics | Short ReadA Season to Remember Women's Volleyball Writes Their Way into HistoryBy Rachel Pinton ’01 | Winter 2024It was a Cinderella story for one program this past fall season as the Roadrunner Women’s Volleyball team made history! On November 11, for...
Anchoring a Community through Scholarship and Creativity
#HomeSweetPo | Long ReadAnchoring a Community through Scholarship and Creativity By Diane Couzens | Winter 2024For the first time since 2015, Ramapo College hosted the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges’ (COPLAC) Northeast Regional Undergraduate Research,...
Fast-track to Healing: A Cure for the Nursing Shortage in New Jersey
College | Short ReadFast-track to Healing: A Cure for the Nursing Shortage in New JerseyBy Lisa Ambrose | Winter 2024To address the needs of the nursing shortage in New Jersey, Ramapo College has launched an Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing Program (ABSN).New...
Celebrating Half a Century of Community Impact: The Friends of Ramapo 50th Anniversary
College | Long ReadCelebrating Half a Century of Community Impact: The Friends of Ramapo 50th AnniversaryLeft to right: Margaret Mullen-Gensch and Peggy CapomaggiExcerpted from "A History of the Friends of Ramapo" by Margaret Mullen-Gensch and Peggy Capomaggi,...
Ramapo Faculty Offer Insights on Artificial Intelligence
Faculty | Long ReadWeighing the risks to rewards, faculty across Ramapo College are diving into how artificial intelligence is permeating the classroom, accelerating their scholarship, generating artistry and being applied to day-to-day life.Image generated using...
Out and About Alumni and Foundation Events
Foundation Focus | Short ReadOut and About Alumni and Foundation EventsWinter 2024Foundation Board members, Tom Srednicki, Don Maddi, Ralph Mastrangelo with Steve Friedberg at the 36th Annual Golf Outing at Upper Montclair Country Club on September 14, 2023. 165...
Gifts for and from Ramapo College: Reflections from Bryan Steros ‘98
Foundation Focus | Long ReadGifts for and from Ramapo College: Reflections from Bryan Steros ’98By Diane Couzens and David Terdiman | Winter 2024For someone who once considered himself an introvert, nervous to start as a non-matriculated Ramapo College student,...
Diversity Beyond the Arch: A Catalyst for Growth and Success
#HomeSweetPo | Long ReadDiversity Beyond the Arch A Catalyst for Growth and SuccessBy John Yao | Winter 2024John Yao, associate director of student success for advisement, spoke with students about their experiences joining Ramapo and reflects on the importance of...
Ramapo On the Rise
College | Long ReadRamapo On the Rise Presidential Reflections on the College’s Growth By Bev McCarron | Winter 2024In her first year as president of Ramapo College, Cindy Jebb invited the community to submit ideas for a Ramapo Presidential Coin. Chosen by vote,...
Then and Now: Library
Short ReadThen and Now: LibraryWinter 2024Students gathered to study in the George T. Potter Library in 1977.Students in the George T. Potter Library within the Peter P. Mercer Learning Commons use a state-of-the-art study space to complete a class project.← Back to...
Class Notes
Where We Are And What We Are Up ToBirthsBette Farber Smith (International Business, 2002) and Daniel N. Smith (Business Administration, 1999) welcomed a son, Charlie, in 2023. He joins big sister, Leliza, born in 2020. Bette and Dan...
Light It Up! College Adds Modern Lighting System to Athletics Stadium
Athletics | Long ReadLight It Up College Adds Modern Lighting System to Athletics StadiumBy Rachel Pinton ’01 | Winter 2024The community came together this past fall as the semester was electric for the Department of Athletics varsity teams and intramural and...