Ramapo In Photos Gallery 2007 (Previous Gallery: 2008 / 2007 / 2006)

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January
Student artists and Professor Irina Nakhova pose with a performance artist (center) at an exhibition of their work.	The Ramapo College Office of Specialized Services received a donation of computers for their students’ use.	At a performance of the Three Irish Tenors, a CIT Series show, President Mercer, Dave Alai, a representative from CIT sponsor Sharp and Board of Governors member Robert Tillsley pose with a photo of the Berrie Center.
Cathie Ryan, one of Celtic music’s most enduring singer-songwriters, will perform in the Sharp Theater February 10, 8 p.m.	A student enjoys the challenge of the climbing wall in the Bradley Center.	Jazz at the Berrie Center presents pianist and composer Barry Harris February 9, 8 p.m.
Ramapo students attend a Leadership Education Workshop focusing on emerging student leaders and skills development .	Students check out activities planned for the beginning of the spring semester.	Gospel Joy! Professor Mack Brandon conducts the AME Zion Church Conference Choir at the Sharp Theater, February 24 at 8 p.m.
Foundation Board members David Alai (left) and Frank Shapiro (right) with President Peter Mercer at the Mahwah Chamber of Commerce meeting held at Ramapo College.	Professor Allen Feldman of New York University speaking at Ramapo College’s First Annual Diversity Perspectives Convocation.	Members of the Ramapo College Filipino-American Student Association (FASA) greet students during the College’s spring club fair.

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February
President Peter Mercer (left) congratulates Lawrence and Theresa Salameno, key supporters of Ramapo College who are establishing an on-campus Spiritual Center; and John D. McMahon (right), president and CEO of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. They will be honored at the 2007 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner.	February at Ramapo.	Ramapo College professor Shalom Gorewitz, pictured with Peter Mercer, Beth Barnett and Steve Perry, received the 2007 Thomases Award.
Film director Jonathan Demme (left), Ramapo President Peter Mercer, and Gallery Director Sydney O. Jenkins during the opening reception of the Kresge and Pascal Galleries show An Apparently Unimportant Event: Self-Taught from the Centre d’Art in the 1940s and 50s.	Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University professor and internationally renowned lecturer of African and Diaspora Art, discussed his book Flash of the Spirit, Face of the Gods, Rediscovered Masterpieces.	Veona Thomas spoke at the opening banquet for Ramapo College’s African Ancestry Month.
Ramapo College CIT student scholarship recipient Linda Lee spoke about how important the monies raised during the CIT Performing Arts Series helps the scholarship program. Looking on are (center, right) Joe Leone and Robert Tillsley from the series.	Ramapo College students joined professional dancers in celebrating the Chinese New Year with a traditional ribbon dance.	Ramapo College Provost Beth Barnett describes the responsibilities of her job to two students.
Under the direction of Ramapo College Professor Mack Brandon, the highly acclaimed New Jersey Conference Choir of the AME Zion Church performs at Ramapo College on February 24 at 8 p.m.	Gerhard Hennes, author of The Barbed Wire, read excerpts from his book and spoke candidly about his experiences during the World War II.	Construction of the new Ramapo College Anisfield School of Business continues despite winter snow.

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March
President Peter Mercer discusses his State of the College address with several Ramapo College students.	Ramapo College’s international students participate in the annual International Student Food and Entertainment Festival.	The College’s annual phone-a-thon fund raising event is underway.
The Ramapo College Foundation’s Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner honors personal and professional commitment to advancing the goals of higher education and benefits Ramapo College students, capital projects and faculty was held March 3.	Dr. Jean Kilbourne, internationally recognized for her pioneering work on the image of women in advertising, lectured and signed her book, Deadly Persuasion, as part of the College’s Women’s Herstory Month activities.	Bollywood film star Tabu spoke with students about her transition to Hollywood motion pictures during Ramapo College’s Women’s Herstory Month activities.
The Ramapo College School of American and International Studies faculty welcome the 2007 student inductees into the Political Science Honors Society.	Ramapo College’s Minority Faculty and Staff Association hosted a lecture on ”Civil Rights: How Our Lives Have Changed Post 9/11” with speakers from the Mahwah Police Department, Ramapo faculty and students.	Ramapo College’s Dance Team won first place in the Scholastic Kickline Competition held at Nassau Community College, New York.
Women Leaders of Ramapo College were honored by the Beta Kappa Sigma sorority as part of the College’s Women’s Herstory Month program.	Artist Mary Ellen Scherl talks about her exhibit, Mamorial that benefits breast cancer survivors and continues in the Potter Library Galleries through April 10.	Ramapo College students raise funds for the victims of the Darfur conflict through the sale of t-shirts.
Students inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honors Society with Anisfield School of Business faculty members.	Movie director, actor, and activist Melvin Van Peebles delivering the keynote address at the Sixth Annual State of the Africana Professoriate Conference at Ramapo College.	Members of the United Nations Model Club with advisor Cliff Peterson.

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April
Ramapo College’s soccer team and Jackie Ehlert-Mercer teamed up with Bergen County's Junior League to host their "Kids In The Kitchen" program. Seventy youngsters participated and learned about nutrition.	Professor David Freund spoke at the opening of his retrospective photography show, So Far, So Good, in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries on the campus of Ramapo College.	Students, faculty and staff participated in Ramapo College’s Health and Wellness Fair.
President Peter Mercer joined Anisfield School of Business Dean Lew Chakrin (l) and Ramapo College Foundation Chair Tom McGurn (r) during their induction as honorary members of the College’s Delta Mu Delta business honor society.	Professor Behzad Yaghmaian discussed his book, Embracing the Infidel, and the current state of refuges fleeing the war in Iraq as part of the College’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.	Ravneet Nagi, Natika Paudel and Ivan Ivanov received top honors during Ramapo College's Honors Convocation.
President Peter Mercer with class of 2007 graduates from the Ramapo College Educational Opportunity Fund program	Members of the Ramapo College CantaNova Choir celebrate Earth Week with an outdoor concert	Dean Henry Davis (center) with faculty retirees from the Ramapo College School of Social Science and Human Services
Ramapo College students honored for their contribution to the campus community and for their academic achievements gathered after the College’s Student Leadership Awards program.	Over $25,000 was raised during Ramapo College’s Relay for Life event in support of cancer awareness.	Ramapo College held a candlelight vigil to honor those who lost their lives at Virginia Tech.

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May
2007 Inductees into Phi Beta Delta at Ramapo College, the honor society for international scholars.	Winners of the Ramapo College American Democracy Project (ADP) essay contest (L to R) Scott Devlin, Nicole Amato, Kelly Grapentine and Steve Pardalis.	The Foundation's 20th Annual Golf Outing will be held Monday, July 23. Don Mahoney, golf chairman;  Akira Suzuki, president of SEIKO Corporation of America; President Peter Mercer; and  Daniel  Miller, senior vice president for Finance and Administration for SEIKO.
President Mercer joins seniors celebrating the success of the College’s Senior Gift Drive and their upcoming commencement.	Professors Robert Shine and Emerita Grace Borowitz were honored by the alumni of Ramapo College’s School of Theoretical and Applied Science.	Visitors to the Kresge and Pascal Galleries view artwork included in this year’s Senior Art Show.
President Mercer presents Fran Hackett 80’ with the 2007 President’s Award of Merit during this year’s commencement.	Sigma Delta Tau sorority sisters celebrate their graduation from Ramapo College.	The New Jersey Pops and a spectacular fireworks display will kick off the 2007 Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series hosted by The Ramapo College Foundation on the college campus on Thursdays in July at the Bandshell, beginning at 8 p.m.
Jimmy & The Parrots will present a Jimmy Buffet Tribute during their Commerce Bank Summer Concert in the Bandshell on July 12 at 8 p.m..	A student employee of the College’s Campus Store prepares for the grand reopening after extensive renovations.	The 1910 Fruitgum Company will present a tribute concert to 60s groups during their Commerce Bank Summer Concert in the Bandshell on July 19 at 8 p.m.

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June
Recent Ramapo College graduate Lloyd Nau is surrounded by faculty, administration and Office of Specialized Services staff who joined in celebrating his achievements.	Construction of the new Anisfield School of Business continues with a fall 2007 completion date.	Jim Yester & The Yesterdaze will perform on Thursday, July 26 at the 2007 Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series to be held at the Bandshell, 8 p.m.
Michael Riff, director of the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey, was selected as a recipient of the Honey and Maurice Axelrod Award.	Students take advantage of grand opening bargains at the College’s recently renovated campus store.	The base housing for the College’s new telescope has been installed. The telescope supports the work of student clubs and courses in the School of Theoretical and Applied Science.
Holocaust survivor Jorge Klainman Buenos Aires, Argentina recounting his ordeal while it is rendered into English by Kal Wagenheim the translator of his book, The Seventh Miracle.	Ramapo College first year student reading Ishamel Beah’s Along Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier as part of his summer reading project.	The new Ansifield School of Business building takes shape with a nearly complete front façade. The building is scheduled to open in the fall.
Ramapo College professor Jillian Weiss was the facilitator for a Transgender Workplace Diversity Workshop held at the Bradley Skybox.	Frances Owusu-Daaku spoke at the Ramapo College workshop on Adolescent Sexual Reproduction Health in Ghana, Africa.	Ramapo College class of 2011 students register for classes during one of the College’s First Year Experience Orientation workshops.

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July
Acting Vice Provost for Academic Technology, Personnel & Budget Pat Chang spoke to first year students during the College’s Educational Opportunity Fund orientation.	As part of the Berrie Center’s fall schedule, Woodstock legend Richie Havens will perform at the Sharp Theater on Saturday, September 29, 8 p.m.	Jazz at the Berrie Center will present The Sultans of Swing, David Berger conductor, in the Sharp Theater on Saturday, October 20,  8 p.m.
The New Jersey Pops performed during the first Commerce Bank Summer Concert.	President Peter P. Mercer spoke to Ramapo College Educational Opportunity Fund students during a program on leadership.	The Commerce Bank Summer Concert series fireworks presentation was rescheduled for Thursday, July 12.
Ramapo College Foundation Mission Award Recipients Marc Goldstein and Bernie Milano (center) pose with President Mercer (left) and Ramapo Foundation Board Chairman Thomas O. McGurn (right).	Jimmy & The Parrots presented a Jimmy Buffet Tribute during their Commerce Bank Summer Concert series performance.	The students in the 2007 Ramapo College Governor’s School of International Studies gathered for a group photograph.
David Smith of the U.S. Institute for Peace speaking on “Child Soldiers” at the Governor’s School.	Provost Beth Barnett speaking to students in the College’s Educational Opportunity Fund  summer program.	Education Opportunity Fund students attend nutrition education program presented by Mrs. Jackie Ehlert-Mercer at the Havemeyer Edible Garden.

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August
Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier, will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College' s Opening Convocation	Works by R.M. Fischer will be presented at the Kresge Gallery, September 12 through October 12 to complement completion of his site-specific sculpture View Port at the Anisfield School of Business. Pictured above, Composition #12.	Magician, Clown, Juggler, Acrobat or Puppeteer Avner The Eccentric will perform in the Sharp Theater on Saturday, October 13, 8 p.m.
Construction on the greenhouse adjacent to the Anisfield School of Business continues.	Geese spend a summer’s day swimming in Kameron Pond.	Educational Opportunities Fund program students participate in a nutrition education program presented by Mrs. Jackie Ehlert-Mercer.
Educational Opportunities Fund acting director, Lorne Weems, presents an award of appreciation for conducting nutrition education programs for EOF students to Mrs. Jacqueline Ehlert-Mercer and  President Peter P. Mercer.	One of the new computer labs in the new Anisfield School of Business, which is nearing completion.	Ramapo College alumni gathered together for their annual summer reunion.
President Peter Mercer and Ramapo College Foundation Chairman Tom McGurn congratulate Darryn O’Donnell who won the Annual Foundation Golf Outing Putting/Chipping Contest. Chuck Luciano of Prestige Family of Fine Cars, contest sponsor, presented the check.	Faustwork Mask Theatre presents “The Mask Messenger” at the Berrie Center’s Sharp Theater on Monday, December 3, 8 p.m.	Beakman Live! with Paul Zaloom will be presented at the Berrie Center’s Sharp Theater on Friday, October 19, 10 a.m. and noon.
Ramapo College's international students prepare for the upcoming semester during a week-long series of workshops and programs.	The new Anisfield School of Business academic building classrooms are ready for the fall semester.	The historic Havemeyer House, scene of many campus events and home to the president, is readied for the upcoming semester.

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September
The class of 2011 participated in the annual Arching Ceremony where they were greeted by Ramapo President Peter Mercer.	Freshmen and senior classmen moved into their residences during the Labor Day weekend.	Student and faculty welcomed the additional classrooms, labs and offices in the new Anisfield School of Business.
Nursing students participate in orientation in the new Anisfield School of Business.	Ramapo College’s fall student club fair help promoted over sixty campus clubs and organizations.	VIDEO - Ramapo College Student Government Association Vice President Robert Amon and Student Governor Amanda Bordfeld describe the student club fair.
President Mercer greets Benjamin Franklin (Professor Michael Edelstein) during Ramapo College’s Constitution Day program.	Author and former child soldier Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier, spoke at Ramapo College’s Opening Convocation.	VIDEO – Professor of Law and Society Marta Vides describes the Timely Constitutional Conversations for Constitution Day program held on September 17
VIDEO -- President Peter P. Mercer's State of the College Address	Ramapo College’s Hillel organization prepare the materials used to construct the traditional Succah as part of the seven day pilgrimage festival mentioned in the Bible.	VIDEO – Ramapo College held a Latin Expo to share Latin culture and food.

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October
Ramapo Alum Walt Santner (center), whose gift to the College was used to renovate of the H-wing Auditorium lobby, participated in naming the area in honor of former faculty member James McCarthy. The McCarthy family is by his side.	Dr. Michael Edelstein and Mrs. Jackie Ehlert-Mercer (not pictured) led a food ecology student discussion at the Havemeyer House Edible Garden.	VIDEO - First Year Experience Director Daniel Jean describes events scheduled for Ramapo College’s Annual Family Weekend.
Ramapo College faculty and staff gathered to support the fight against breast cancer during Lee National Denim Day.	President Mercer and Siddhartha, founder of the Fireflies Ashram in Bangalore, India and the Schomburg Fellow for the fall semester.	VIDEO - Ramapo College male students walked a mile in women’s shoes to raise awareness to prevent violence against women as part of Violence Awareness Week at the College.
Members of the Spirit of the Mountain Drum of the Ramapough-Lenape Nation performed during a welcoming ceremony for filmmaker Daniel Flores y Ascencio.	President Mercer welcomed filmmaker Daniel Flores y Ascencio, director of the documentary La Memorial del Tiempo. The director presented his film and discussed making the documentary with Ramapo students.	VIDEO - Dean Steven Perry and guest speaker Marcia Mentkowski, professor and director of Educational Research and Evaluation at Alverno College, discuss optimizing student learning through assessment.
Rev. Dr. Vernon Walton; Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; and Dr. Peter Mercer at groundbreaking for College’s new Sustainability Education Center	Jackie Ehlert-Mercer and Judy Shepard, who spoke about her son Matthew’s murder and the foundation named for him, with President Mercer.	VIDEO – Gina Mayer-Costa, Ramapo’s director of Environmental Health and Safety, discusses the College’s new emergency text alert system, “Alert Me Now.”

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November
New Jersey State Senators Paul Sarlo and Raymond Lesniak attended a reception at the Havemeyer House after meeting with the Board of Trustees.	Film historian Steven Bach discussed the work of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. The event was sponsored by the Colleges Center for Holocaust & Genocide Study.	VIDEO – Ramapo College celebrates National Disability Awareness Month with a series of events including a sign language workshop. Nancy Carr, director of specialized services, spoke about the history of the College’s commitment to accessibility.
Educational Opportunity Fund students were recently honored during their induction into the Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society.	BSU Ancestor Vigil ’07 Sponsored by the Black Student Union for Black Solidarity Week- vigil to honor ancestors at the slave cemetery across from the college.	VIDEO –  Debra Stark, assistant director, career development and placement, describes the Cahill Center’s Graduate and Professional School Day.
Ramapo College celebrated the 38th anniversary of its founding during Founders’ Day. More information can be found on the Founders’ Day Web site	Professor Murray Sabrin and his wife, Florence, have established the new Sabrin Center for Business Excellence in the Anisfield School of Business.	VIDEO – Professor Jillian T. Weiss describes the recent Transgender Workplace Diversity Workshop held at Ramapo College.
The Ramapo College Bioinformatics research team won first prize in their category at the Undergraduate Research Symposium held at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.	A Ramapo student is warmed by her sweatshirt during an early winter snow.	VIDEO – A Navajo family group from Mounument Valley Utah presented traditional songs and dance as part of the College's Student Activities Platinum Performance Series.
Students in Ramapo College’s nursing program practice clinical skills in their new lab located in the Anisfield School of Business.	Elaine Pasqua was the opening speaker for Ramapo’s observance of World AIDS Day. She is kneeling next to her mother’s AIDS panel, which is part of the AIDS quilt.	VIDEO – Ramapo College’s Culture Club presented the tube and throat singers as part of their programming.

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December
President Mercer with former governor James Florio (r), and William Makofske, Ramapo professor emeritus of physics at Green Meets Green environmental conference.	Ramapo students stand by a display they created to help raise awareness of the rising cost of higher education.	VIDEO – Professor Michael Edelstein describes the Green Meets Green environmental conference held at Ramapo College.
A delegation from Shanghai Normal University visited Ramapo College.	Anisfield School of Business Dean Lewis Chakrin discussed the new Business Essentials Certificate Program for non-business majors during a recent workshop.	President Mercer and CIT Performing Arts Series Committee co-chair Robert Tillsley recognize series sponsor, Joe Leone and CIT for their generosity.
Ramapo College alumni, who now work for the school, pose with President Mercer at their annual holiday luncheon.	The Ramapo Chorale performed in their annual holiday concert at the Berrie Center.	VIDEO – Al Romano, director of the College’s Center for Academic Success, talks about the tutoring and support services offered by the Center.

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