Opening Convocation Photo Gallery
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and science writer Natalie Angier was the guest speaker at Ramapo College's 2008 Opening Convocation. The Convocation was held in the Arena of the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center located on campus.
In her book "The Canon," Angier draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists and her work at The New York Times to create an entertaining guide to scientific literacy. From stem cells and bird flu to evolution and global warming, the book helps readers understand scientific issues of the times.
All incoming freshmen of Ramapo College's Class of 2012 read "The Canon" over the summer and discussed the book in their First Year Seminar Course. The course introduces students to college-level work and prepares them for the subsequent courses they will take. Opening Convocation provides an opportunity for students to learn what drives this successful author and how scientific literacy is vital to their education.
Opening Convocation 2007
Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier, was the
guest speaker at Ramapo College' s Opening Convocation 2007
Opening Convocation 2007 Program (PDF)
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Opening Convocation 2006
Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, was the guest speaker at Ramapo College's 2006 Opening Convocation.
Opening Convocation 2006 Program (PDF)
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Opening Convocation 2005
Azar Nafisi, Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, and Visiting Professor of Aesthetics, Culture, and Literature and the Director of the SAIS Dialogue Project at the Foreign Institute of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
Opening Convocation 2005 Program (PDF)
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Opening Convocation 2004
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Proffesor of Law at Harvard Law School
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Opening Convocation 2004
Dr. Oliver Sacks, Neurologist and Noted Author
Opening Convocation 2005 Program (PDF)
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