Chief Planning Officer (CPO): Capital Projects
The ability to expand and change with the times is the cornerstone of Ramapo College's success. Those changes and expansions come under the watchful eye of the project management team of the Office of Facilities.
The Salameno Spiritual Center, which sits upon the shore of Kameron Pond on the College campus, is slated for completion in 2010. It will be a gathering place for students and members of the College community to practice their faith, discuss ethical issues and reflect. Comprising the center are woodland gardens, four single-story structures, two outdoor gathering places and a deck with views across the water. The main building, the Padovano Peace Pavilion, is constructed in the form of a tent, an ancient and evocative symbol for religious encounter and hospitality. The McBride and Marino Meditation Rooms are named for the McBride and Marino families. It is anticipated that a number of Ramapo College student organizations will use the facility, including Hillel, Catholics at Ramapo United, the Muslim Students Association, the Campus Crusade for Christ and the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
The Sharp Sustainability Education Center, slated for completion in 2010, will house a "smart" classroom, a display gallery, an office, and support spaces. The Center will demonstrate the concept of green building by making the best use of orientation, natural daylight and natural ventilation, using recycled and environmentally-friendl=y materials, reducing water consumption through fixture choice and collection of rainwater for irrigation, providing heating and cooling via a geothermal system, electricity production from roof-mounted photovoltaic panels, and providing a super-insulated building "envelope" (walls and windows, roof and floor slab) to reduce heating and cooling loads.
Laurel Hall, completed in 2008, is a 432 bed suite-style residence that contains four single bedrooms, a bathroom with stall shower and a small community space. The community space has a kitchenette-type unit with a sink, microwave and full-size refrigerator along with some storage space for food items; a small table with four chairs, a couch, club chair, coffee table, and TV cart.
Each bedroom has a tool-less long twin bed (can be raised to captain's height), a three-drawer chest, a desk with moveable pedestal drawer unit (can be used as a night table) and task chair on casters, overhead bookcase storage unit (seven feet wide), tack board, and wardrobe with two doors (half hanging clothes and half shelves).
The Anisfield School of Business, completed in 2007, is the first academic building built on the Ramapo campus since its founding. The Anisfield School of Business will be housed on the lower level and the first three floors of the facility, comprising 14 "smart" classrooms, two of which will be high-tech lecture halls, study lounges, an E-mail lounge, faculty and adjunct offices, break-out rooms for seminars and a dean's suite. This will make it possible to locate all business classrooms and faculty offices in one facility. In addition, the school will contain the Sabrin Center for Business Excellence, named in honor of Murray and Florence Sabrin; the Roukema Center for International Education; and nursing teaching facilities.
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