Ramapo College of New Jersey - Press Releases http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:12:22 -0400 26 Jun 2006 10:11:48 EST FeedForAll Mac v1.5 (1.5.2.2) (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will hold the conference "Stopping Violence and Abuse: Protecting Our Children, Teens, and Young Adults" on Monday, March 26, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. in Friends Hall (SC219) in the Robert A. Scott Student Center.  The conference is sponsored by the School of Social Science and Human Services ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-09-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-09-2012.html 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College, in association with the College’s Living Learning Communities, presents "What is Black? - Deconstructing the Scientific and social Concept of Race" on Wednesday, February 22 from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium.  The event is funded by the Schomberg Scholars Program and is part of the African American Heritage Month ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-09-2012b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-09-2012b.html 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., January 30, 2012 - Nominations for the 2012 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation through March 9.  New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service are eligible for cash awards of up to $50,000 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-06-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-06-2012.html 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Former trader, Garrett Bauer, who pleaded guilty to insider trading, obstruction of justice, and money laundering in December 2011 and faces as many as 25 years when sentenced on four felony counts in March, will discuss The Dangers of Insider Trading at the Ramapo College of New Jersey on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 1 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion  ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-02-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-02-2012.html 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo's Salameno School of American and International Studies presents the Italian Language Film Series for the spring 2012 semester.  The films will be screened at 6:30 p.m. in ASB136. The films to be screened include "Divorzio All'Italiana" (Divorce, Italian Style, 1961), directed by Pietro Germi, "Il Gattapardo" (The Leopard, 1963), directed by Luchino Visconti, Il Conformista (The Conformist, 1970) ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-02-2012b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-02-2012b.html 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College Senior Brendan Flanagan, of West Keansburg, NJ, has been accepted to the International Studies Association's (ISA) annual Human Rights Conference in Glasgow, Scotland to present his paper titled "Applying Insights from Recent Transnational Justice Scholarship to the Northern Irish Case."  Flanagan will present his research among today's leading international scholars in human rights ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-01-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-01-2012.html 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella, Associate Dean, School of Graduate and Professional Studies and Professor of Social Work at St. Joseph College, Connecticut will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey on March 5, 1-2 p.m. in the Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounge (SC138) under the auspices of the Social Work Club, Hillel and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-01-2012b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/02-01-2012b.html 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "A Journey into the Spirit World: Selections From the Heloise and Martin Ruskin Collection," an exhibition of works from an important Montclair, New Jersey collection opens in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, February 1 and continues on view through March 2. An opening reception will be held on February 1 from 5-7 p.m. with a collector's talk at 6:30 p.m ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-27-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-27-2012.html 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (Mahwah, NJ) - Working adults and time-challenged college students seeking to advance or begin a career in an in-demand field are prime candidates for Ramapo College's new online Paralegal Certificate Programs: the Paralegal Certificate and the Advanced Paralegal Certificate. The Paralegal Certificate is the prerequisite for the Advanced Paralegal Certificate.  Upon successful completion of both non-credit certificates, graduates hold the credentials to seek paralegal employment in any state ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-27-2012b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-27-2012b.html 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "From The Mezzanine," a group exhibition of temporally shifting works opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, February 1 and continues through March 2. An opening reception will be held on February 1 from 5-7 p.m. with a curator and artists' talk at 6 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012d.html 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (Mahwah, NJ) - The Readings at Ramapo Visiting Writers Series will feature acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes, recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry, on Tuesday February 14, 2012.  Hayes will participate in a Q&A session from 4-5 p.m., followed by a reading of his poetry from 7-8 p.m.  Both events will be held in the Trustees Pavilion. According to the Blue Flower Arts Literary Agency, Hayes is a recipient of numerous honors and awards, such as the Pushcart Prize ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012c.html 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (Mahwah, NJ) - Ramapo College will introduce a new MBA program for working professionals in fall 2012.  The AACSB accredited 20-month accelerated program is designed to be practical and relevant and includes extensive opportunities to apply essential management skills and knowledge in real world settings, including an international immersion consulting experience. Dr. Lewis Chakrin, Dean of the Anisfield School of Business, cited four key attributes of the program: leadership across business disciplines; The 20-Month Push: a schedule that is intense yet manageable; real-world hands-on experience that prepares students to lead; and the enduring value of the Ramapo MBA ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012.html 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will hold Creating a Sustainable World: Voices of Key Practitioners, a series of six presentations during the spring 2012 semester, sponsored by the  Masters of Arts in Sustainability Studies program and organized by Professor Michael Edelstein, Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-26-2012b.html 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The entire Hawaiian population of the peat moss Sphagnum palustre appears to be a clone that has been in existence for some 50,000 years researchers have discovered. Among the most long lived of organisms, every plant of the Hawaiian population appears to have been produced by vegetative rather than sexual propagation and can be traced back to a single parent, according to a team of researchers headed by Ramapo College Professor of Plant Ecology ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-09-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-09-2012.html 09 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey has been named to Kiplinger's Personal Finance's list of 100 best values in public colleges for 2011-12. The ranking cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value. Ramapo advanced in ranking this year to 48 for in-state tuition– the seventh consecutive year the College has been included in the list ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-05-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-05-2012.html 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Foundation has announced the recipients of its 30th Annual Distinguished Citizens Award. The honorees, chosen for their commitment to their community, will be recognized at a dinner March 3 at the Rockleigh Country Club. The honorees are Kristine Denning, a 1990 graduate of Ramapo College who is a partner in the law firm of Harwood Lloyd ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-04-2012.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2012/01-04-2012.html 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will host Ramaposium, a digital music industry symposium and live concert, on Monday, December 12 as a day-long event starting at 3 p.m. in the Berrie Center's Adler Theater.  The event is sponsored and organized by the College's chapter of the Music and Entertainment Industry Association (MEISA).  The Ramapo community and the public are invited to learn about and enjoy digital music ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/12-08-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/12-08-2011.html 08 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Director Suzanne Khardalian will screen and lead a discussion of her film "Grandma's Tattoos," at Ramapo College of New Jersey on December 9 from3:45 to 5:15 p.m. in Room B222/223. The film is a personal film about what happened to many Armenian women during the genocide. It is a ghost story-with the ghosts of the tattooed women haunting us-and a mystery film, where many taboos are broken ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/12-02-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/12-02-2011.html 02 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Chorale, along with CantaNOVA, Skylark and Take12, will present An Early American Holiday on Sunday, December 4 at 4 p.m. at the Old Paramus Reformed Church in Ridgewood, NJ. The candlelit performance will include 70 voices accompanied by harp, dulcimer, flute, guitar, organ as well as the Ramapo strings ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-21-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-21-2011.html 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ben Wisch, E-RYT, director of hOMe Yoga Experience, presents The Joy of Yoga with Music at Ramapo College on Saturday, December 3 at 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Student Center Alumni Lounges, SC-137 and 138. hOMe Yoga Experience is located on Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah and offers yoga classes for all ages and yoga instructor training ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-21-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-21-2011b.html 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - As supporters and friends of Ramapo College of New Jersey gathered Friday evening to celebrate a $40 million capital campaign, the surprise announcement of a $3 million gift from Allendale residents Lawrence C. and Theresa Salameno helped the campaign reach its initial goal ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-18-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-18-2011.html 18 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - A Yoga Nidra Workshop, led by international yoga teacher and educator Kamini Desai, will be held in the Trustees Pavilion on the Ramapo College campus on Wednesday, November 16 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. with a Meet and Greet/Book Signing at 6:30 p.m. Desai, who is the developer of the core program curriculum of the Amrit Yoga Institute, a center for advanced studies ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-10-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-10-2011.html 14 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Information Session dates have been announced for Ramapo College's Project Management Certification program. Pre-registration is required to attend. at: www.ramapo.edu/cipl/project-mgmt. The certification program is offered through Ramapo's AACSB-accredited Anisfield School of Business and is scheduled in four modules over the course of four weeks, each with classes meeting two evenings per week ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-07-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-07-2011.html 07 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Author, global e-business leader, and Ramapo Alumni Cathleen Benko '85 will discuss Business Excellence in the Changing World of Work at the eighth annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and Reception at the Ramapo College of New Jersey on Monday, November 21, 2011 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-03-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/11-03-2011.html 03 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Scholar and author Arvind Singhal will conduct a lecture titled Solving Problems from the Inside Out: The Positive Deviance Approach to Social and Organization Change on Thursday, November 3 at 4 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium. The lecture will focus on the positive deviance approach which has been used to address many complex social issues such as childhood malnutrition in Vietnam, the reduction of high school dropout rates in Argentina ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-31-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-31-2011.html 31 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno was recently the guest speaker for the Ramapo College Foundation Business Partners Luncheon. Guadagno, who leads New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's efforts to improve the state's economic vitality, addressed how New Jersey's government has been working to provide jobs, keep companies in and attract them to New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-28-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-28-2011.html 28 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will host the lecture "Horn of Africa" as part of the Global Challenges Lecture series on Thursday, November 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Robert A. Scott Student Center (SC-219). The lecture, co-sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education and Sigma Iota Rho International Studies Honor Society, will be led by the College's Professor of International Studies and Political Science Keisha Haywood ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-20-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-20-2011.html 20 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College and Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom will hold a Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) commemoration on Wednesday, November 9. The event will commence at 7 p.m. and will take place at Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, located at 280 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) in Mahwah, NJ ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-19-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-19-2011.html 19 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will host the lecture "Global Governance," as part of the Global Challenges Lecture series on Wednesday, October 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Robert A. Scott Student Center (SC-219). The lecture will be led by Dr. Harris Gleckman who most recently served as a Climate Change consultant for the United Nations. Panelists will also include Professor of International Politics Clifford Peterson ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-18-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-18-2011.html 18 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Inter-Greek Senate (IGS), which represents 29 fraternities and sororities, is sponsoring a 5K Walk Around Campus on October 23 to raise funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is committed to advancing cures and prevention methods for pediatric diseases through treatment and research. The work and dedication of St. Jude inspired the members of the IGS to create an event to raise funds for the hospital ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-18-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-18-2011b.html 18 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Friends of Ramapo College organization is looking for new members. The Friends of Ramapo was founded to expand greater understanding and involvement between Ramapo College and neighboring communities. You are invited to join and enjoy special events, discounted performances and a variety of other member benefits. The Friends of Ramapo offer two levels of membership. A $60 General Membership lets you take advantage of Ramapo College's cultural programs ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-17-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-17-2011.html 17 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Director Pamela Yates and Producer Paco de Onís will screen and lead a discussion of their film "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator," at Ramapo College of New Jersey on November 7 from3:45 to 5:15 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium. This film is part political thriller and part memoir ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-14-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-14-2011.html 14 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Lecturer at New College, University of Toronto Kathleen O'Connell will speak at Ramapo College on Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion (Room 1) under the auspices of the Asia Society, New York and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-14-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-14-2011b.html 14 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Jonathan Lipkin: Photographs from Livingston County," a one-person exhibition by a faculty member, opens in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, November 2 and continues on view through December 7. An opening reception will be held on November 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. with an artist's talk at 6:30 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-13-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-13-2011.html 13 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Arthur Ganson: Kinetic Mandala," a Ramapo Curatorial Prize exhibition surveying the works of Arthur Ganson, opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College on November 2 and continues through December 7. A panel discussion with curator Daniel Mason and artists Arthur Ganson, Christina Campanella, Chehalis Hegner, and Randall Okita will take place on November 2 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Adler Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-13-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-13-2011b.html 13 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia University, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, November 3 at 1 p.m. in the Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounge (SC138) under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the History Club of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-12-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-12-2011.html 12 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Paul Mendes-Flohr, Professor of Modern Jewish Thought in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November under the auspices of the Asia Society ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-12-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-12-2011b.html 12 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian & Italian American Studies at Hofstra University Stanislao Pugliese will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey on October 26 at 3 p.m. in Friends Hall (SC219) under the auspices of the Italian Club and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College. Pugliese will discuss "Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi's Science and Humanism after the Fall." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-07-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-07-2011.html 07 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Marriage Is So Gay, an event that seeks to combine activism and entertainment into one powerful night, will kick of Queer History Month at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October 7 at Ramapo College. The event, which will be held in Trustees Pavilion, will feature a speak-out about what Marriage Equality means to participants, a photo station where participants may be photographed with handmade posters bearing messages of love and equality ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-04-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-04-2011.html 04 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host the Anthony and Theresa Padovano Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 18 at 4 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium. Guest speaker Imam Hendi will present Islam and the West: Confrontation or Cooperation. Hendi is also scheduled to speak at the Ramapo College Foundation's Legacy Society event later in the evening. The Society acknowledges donors who have created an endowment or have provided for the College through their estate plans ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011b.html 03 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey has named Charles Gordon the new Director of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation. Gordon becomes the College's sixth athletic director. Gordon has over 35 years of experience in College athletics, most recently serving as the Director of Athletics and Assistant Dean of Students at The American University in Cairo, Egypt. During his tenure at American he directed the department's move into a new 250,000-square-foot indoor sports facility ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011.html 03 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will host several events sponsored by the Ramapo College Institute of Environmental Studies throughout the fall 2011 semester. All events are free and open to the public. On Tuesday, October 4, "Why is Environmental Cleanup So Slow?" A Panel Discussion will be held in Friends Hall (SC219) from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. The panel will focus on the Ford Motor Company's contamination of the Ramapo area ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-30-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-30-2011b.html 03 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will host "Why is Environmental Cleanup So Slow?" a panel discussion that will focus on the Ford Motor Company's contamination of the Ramapo area as well as polluted regions in New York and the Ringwood Superfund site. The event will be held Tuesday, October 4 in Friends Hall (SC219) from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Ramapo College Institute of Environmental Studies and is open to the public ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-30-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-30-2011.html 03 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - On Tuesday, October 4 the Ramapo College Women's Center will be presenting Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, an annual event where men symbolically march around campus in high heeled shoes to take a stand against relationship violence and sexual assault. This event, which began at the College in 2005, is widely attended by athletes, fraternity brothers, and other student leaders who come together to make a real impact on their peers ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/10-03-2011c.html 04 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host Remembering 9/11 – The Real Ground Zero, a discussion by three authors and journalists who have worked extensively with the topic of 9/11, on Friday, September 30 in the H-129 Lecture Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The discussion will feature authors Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn of The New York Times and Thomas Franklin, professor of photojournalism at the College and multimedia editor of NorthJersey.com ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-27-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-27-2011.html 27 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College bass fishing team won the National Guard College Fishing Division Regional championship this month at State College, PA. Jeff Voss, of Secaucus, NJ, a junior systems information major, and Joseph Zapf, of Whippany, NJ, a sophomore accounting major, caught a three day total of 14 bass weighing 27 pounds, two ounces. The team beat out other colleges such as Virginia Tech and Fairmount State University ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-15-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-15-2011.html 15 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - In the 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News & World Report, Ramapo College was named among the top schools in the Best Regional Universities North category. Of the 42 public colleges and universities ranked, Ramapo College was listed at number six. Ranking criteria continued to distinguish Ramapo as an institution dedicated to small class size, a strong first-year retention rate and loyal support from alumni ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-14-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-14-2011.html 14 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - James Loewen, the author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me," will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College's Opening Convocation. The event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. in the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center. James Loewen's retelling of American history as it should, and could, be taught, has sold more than 1,250,000 copies and continues to inspire K-16 teachers to get students to challenge, rather than memorize, their textbooks ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-12-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-12-2011.html 12 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Elissa Bemporad, the Jerry and William Ungar assistant professor of History at Queens College of the City University of New York, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and History Club of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-08-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-08-2011.html 09 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Associate Professor of Political Science Jeremy Teigen was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach at Tibilisi State University in Georgia for the fall 2011 semester. Teigen will teach American government classes as well as research methodology on political institutional and electoral forms. Teigen is a member of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad in the 2011-2012 academic year under the Fulbright Scholar Program ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-07-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-07-2011.html 07 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - A Chakra Workshop will be held in the York Room of the Birch Mansion on the Ramapo College campus on Friday, September 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. Certified Yoga Instructor Allison Egan Datwani, RYT, associated with Bamboomoves, will discuss how to begin to balance and heal your body's energies through the exploration of the chakra system. Datwani will instruct on learning to practice visualizations, postures, meditations, mantras and breath ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-06-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/09-06-2011b.html 06 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – "Chris Twomey: Time, Media, and Significance," a one-person exhibition sampling works from the artist's multifaceted career, opens in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, September 14 and continues on view through October 14. An opening reception will be held on September 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. with an artist's talk at 6:30 p.m. There will be a book signing during the reception for the new 140-page monograph and memoir, "Chris Twomey PARALLAX: Time, Media, and Significance." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-30-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-30-2011b.html 30 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – “Ann LePore: Mapping for Empathy in Four Dimensions,” a one-person exhibition of maps, projected light and kinetic objects, opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, September 14th and continues through October 14. An opening reception will be held on September 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. with an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-30-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-30-2011.html 30 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST Dr. Sylvia Flescher, a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice in Ridgewood, N.J. and a faculty member at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in September at the invitation of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-22-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-22-2011.html 22 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is again one of the best colleges and universities in the Northeast according to The Princeton Review. The New York City-based education services company selected the school as one of 220 institutions it recommends in its "Best in the Northeast" section on its PrincetonReview.com feature 2012 Best Colleges Region by Region. It also profiles the school in its book," The Best Northeastern Colleges: 2012 Edition." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-17-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-17-2011.html 17 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Foundation kicks off its Twelfth Annual Performing Arts Dinner Series Sunday, September 25 with Magic Off The Hook!, starring Tommy Wind, at The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. Wind, at age 21, is the youngest magician to have his own show on the Las Vegas strip and to have achieved the title of master illusionist ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-10-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-10-2011.html 10 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Get ready to rumble Saturday, September 24 when the Ramapo College Foundation holds its 2nd Annual Ramapo Rumble. The event will kick off on the Ramapo College campus, and riders will cover a 90 mile course on the beautiful scenic roads of Northern New Jersey. There are four stopping points along the way for refreshments and to pick up additional poker cards ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-01-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-01-2011.html 01 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College is one of the great colleges in the nation to work for, according to survey results released July 25 by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The results, in The Chronicle's fourth annual report on "The Academic Workplace," are based on a survey of nearly 44,000 employees at 310 colleges and universities. In all, only 111 of the 310 institutions achieved "Great College to Work For" recognition, with Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/07-25-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/07-25-2011.html 25 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The best of rock, pop and country tribute bands will headline the 2011 TD Bank Summer Concert Series hosted by The Ramapo College Foundation on the college campus. On four Thursday evenings in July, families from across the region will listen to great music and enjoy a picnic with friends on the Bandshell lawn ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/06-03-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/06-03-2011.html 06 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer a new minor in Human Rights and Genocide studies beginning in Fall 2011, making it possible for students to prepare themselves for graduate school as well as career opportunities in international organizations, government, non-profits, multi-national corporations, and the media. The result is an initiative spearheaded by School of American and International Studies members Dean Hassan Nejad, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Director Michael A. Riff ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/06-03-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/06-03-2011b.html 06 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - President Peter P. Mercer recently announced the five recipients of the Ramapo College President's Staff Recognition Awards. The President's Staff Recognition Program consists of two award categories. The Staff Excellence in Service Award is presented to an individual or recognized group that, in that year, provided exemplary service by fostering cooperation, collaboration and open communication among college constituents ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-20-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-20-2011.html 20 May 2011 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH, NJ - Founded in fall 2007 with its first programs launching in 2008, the Center for Innovative and Professional Learning (CIPL) at Ramapo College of New Jersey recently celebrated its 1,000th student enrollment. During a special celebratory event, Rosa Diaz-Mulryan, CIPL's assistant vice president, awarded a Kindle to the 1,000th enrollee, Deepa Manandhar of Monsey, NY, who enrolled in a Saturday Yoga Workshop offered through the Center received the prize ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-19-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-19-2011.html 19 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey invites aspiring, new and experienced managers to its Second Annual Leadership Symposium: Back to Basics on Friday, June 17 in the Trustees Pavilion. "This is a timely opportunity to network with managers from other organizations and to learn key skills from successful business leaders representing the ranks of CEO's, VP's and Operations Managers from the Newark YMCA, KPMG, BMW of North America, Wyndham, Stryker, and Pitney Bowes ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-17-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-17-2011.html 17 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey is holding an Information Session on Tuesday, May 10 in ASB-522 for the new Project Management Certification program. Those registering for the Ramapo College Project Management Certification program gain an in-demand skill set employers are seeking. Participants learn to use Microsoft Project and Visio software, how to manage with limited resources, and gain managerial and organizational skills ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-06-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-06-2011.html 06 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - High school students and their families are invited to attend the May 18 Information Session for the new Financial Literacy and Stock Market Camp at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The session will take place in the College's new Global Financial Markets Trading Laboratory in the Anisfield School of Business, Room ASB-527. Pre-registration is requested online at www.ramapo.edu/cipl/stockmarketfinlit.html ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-05-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-05-2011.html 05 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - U. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey's May 13 commencement ceremony. She will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2011, the largest in the College's history with 1,511 graduates, at the 10 a.m. ceremony. "I am very pleased that Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court of the United States will serve as Ramapo College's 2011 Commencement Speaker," said Ramapo President Peter P. Mercer ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-02-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-02-2011.html 02 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - For her work with disabled children and establishing Camp Acorn, a summer/winter social and recreational program for children and young adults with multiple disabilities, Catherine Carisi of Lodi was awarded a $50,000 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference. Carisi began working with disabled children when she was 17. The experience ignited a passion in her. With two friends she formed the non-profit organization Camp Acorn in 2001 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-03-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/05-03-2011.html 03 May 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - In an effort to shed light on the tragedy of college student suicide and start a dialogue about a heavily stigmatized topic, Active Minds at Ramapo College of New Jersey will be hosting Send Silence Packing, a public education display of 1,100 donated backpacks representing the 1,100 college students lost to suicide each year on Wednesday, April 27. "Few people realize that suicide is the second leading cause of death on college campuses and is erasing the future of so many of our peers," ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-25-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-25-2011.html 25 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ceremonies to present the 2011 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference and honor Garden State residents for their unselfish dedication to serving others will take place Tuesday, May 3 at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The Honorable Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ, will be the ceremony's keynote speaker. Among the finalists are a high school student who raised more than $170,000 in cash and labor for Homes For Our Troops, a program that builds specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans at no cost to them ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-21-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-21-2011.html 21 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer a new Master of Arts in Educational Leadership making it possible for teachers in Northern New Jersey to further their careers and obtain a New Jersey Administrator/Principal Endorsement. Classes commence in Fall 2011 and prospective graduate students may learn more about the program at a Graduate Programs Open House on Tuesday, May 3 at the College. The Master of Arts in Educational Leadership (MAEL) program is designed to produce talented and confident contemporary New Jersey school leaders well-grounded in administrative practices, and equipped with the dispositions, characteristics and skills essential for success ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-19-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-19-2011.html 19 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Child Development Institute will host a daylong Understanding & Preventing Bullying conference on Monday, April 25. The Institute is housed in the College's School of Social Science and Human Services. The interdisciplinary event is designed for direct service providers in mental health and education. It will bring together educators, social workers, psychologists and other social service professionals who serve children in area communities. Ramapo faculty members will discuss current research in the topic, discuss developmental issues related to bullying, and present information about prevention and effective responses for parents and educators ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-14-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-14-2011.html 14 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - A team of Ramapo College business students recently bested counterparts at top schools across the nation in the recent CME Commodity Trading Challenge. Two teams of students from the College's Finance Club participated and one advanced to the Final Round and finished in fifth place out of 85 schools, defeating teams from Boston College, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Northwestern, UCLA and the London School of Business. The CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge is a competition wherein colleges and universities from across the world test their skills in a fast-paced electronic trading competition in which students trade Crude Oil and Gold Futures ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-13-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-13-2011.html 13 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a two-day symposium on the mid- and long-term effects of the BP Gulf oil spill on April 18 and 19. The College's Sustainability Studies Program is bringing together national, regional and College experts to discuss the issues. On April 20, 2010, the Macondo oil well under BP's Deepwater Horizon platform began to gush oil, in what has come to be known as the biggest oil spill disaster in US history. Some five million barrels of oil leaked from the well before it was successfully capped. By comparison, the Alaskan Exxon Valdez oil spill, which happened in 1989 leaked more than 250,000 barrels of oil ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-08-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-08-2011.html 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College and Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom will hold a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) commemoration on Saturday, April 30. It will commence at 7 p.m. and take place at Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, 280 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202), Mahwah, NJ 07430 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-08-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-08-2011b.html 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - On Monday, April 4 from 9:45 a.m. - 7 p.m., the School of American and International Studies at Ramapo College will host a symposium on immigration, "Inventing a Home" Immigration in the 21st Century" in the Trustees Pavilion.The event will include a series of discussions following opening remarks at 9:45 a.m. by Dean Hassan Nejad of the School of American and International Studies. The panel discussion, "Multiple Perspectives on Immigration: Key Issues for Attorneys, Activists, and Scholars/Teachers" will follow and feature Amy Gottlieb, executive director of the American Friends Service Committee ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-01-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/04-01-2011.html 01 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Jean Bodon, director and co-producer of the film "Léon Blum: For All Mankind," will screen and lead a discussion of the film at Ramapo College of New Jersey in April. The film examines the life of the former three-time Prime Minister of France who was imprisoned in the infamous Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. Blum's Jewish heritage and his socialist ideology eventually made him a target for the Nazis ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-31-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-31-2011.html 31 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - David J. Fine, a congregational rabbi who is also an historian, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in April under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Hillel of Ramapo College. Fine will discuss "Integration Without Antisemitism: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the German Army in World War I" ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-31-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-31-2011b.html 31 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Assistant Professor of Law and Society Dominique Johnson recently published a paper in the Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation. Researchers were asked to outline grand challenge questions that were both foundational and transformative. Johnson's paper "Toward an Analytics of Gender," answered the questions of how changing experiences of gender will influence social science methodology ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011.html 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity and Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity at Ramapo College of New Jersey will host its Second Annual Dance Marathon to benefit the Children's Miracle Network Hospital's local beneficiary, Children's Specialized Hospital, which has nine sites in New Jersey. The event will be held Saturday, April 16 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Friends Hall in the Student Center and will feature music, prizes, free food, games and dancing ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011b.html 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Yoga enthusiasts will find a weekend full of yoga activities April 9 and 10 at Ramapo College of New Jersey, as the Center for Innovative and Professional Learning offers Moving Mantras: A Yoga Dance Experience. Moving Mantras performances merge the experience of the performer and the witness to create a sense of unity and connection. The performances include a discussion with the choreographer about merging movement and meditation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-29-2011c.html 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Sheila Isenberg, an acclaimed writer and educator, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in April under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and History Club. Isenberg will give a talk about her new book, "Muriel's War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance," published in December 2010 by Palgrave-Macmillan. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-28-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-28-2011.html 28 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - On Wednesday, March 30, the Center for Innovative and Professional Learning will be hosting a Yoga Teacher Certification Information Session in the Anisfield School of Business, Room ASB-230 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus, 505 Ramapo Valley Road ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-28-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-28-2011b.html 28 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - As part of an Africana Film Festival Special Event noted American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange will visit Ramapo College of New Jersey on Monday, March 28. The author, best known for her Obie Award-winning play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf," will discuss her literary works with students. The event will include student performances, readings and a question and answer session and will occur at 2:30 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-23-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-23-2011.html 23 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Haitian Art Excerpts: From Renaissance to Diaspora" a ground-breaking exhibition of Haitian art opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, March 23 and continues through April 27. An opening reception will be held on March 23 from 5 through 7 p.m. with informal talks by artists and collectors beginning at 5:45 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-22-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-22-2011.html 22 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Warner Wada" a haunting one-person exhibition of photographs of Angkor Wat and other ruins opens in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center on Wednesday, March 23 and continues through April 27. An opening reception will be held on March 23 from 5 through 7 p.m. with an artist's talk in the gallery at 6:30 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-22-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-22-2011b.html 22 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, an Egyptian physician, human rights activist and feminist author, will be speaking on "Women, Dissidence, and Creativity" in the H-wing auditorium of Ramapo College on March 21 from 2-3 p.m. Dr. El Saadawi, most recently in the news for her role in the recent Tahrir Square protests, became a medical doctor at Cairo University in 1955 and received a master's in Public Health from Columbia University in New York in 1966. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-08-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/03-08-2011.html 08 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The School of American and International Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey will hold a colloquium Wednesday, March 9 that explores the value of a liberal arts education to today's students. Life and Liberal Arts will introduce students to three highly successful liberal arts majors: James Weinstein, executive director of NJ TRANSIT, Dolores N. Morris, a producer for Walt Disney and Adam Tosh, managing director at Rogerscasey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-28-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-28-2011.html 28 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Get ready to rumble Sunday, May 15 when the Ramapo College Foundation holds its 2nd Annual Poker Run/Ramapo Rumble. The Poker Run/Ramapo Rumble will kick off on the Ramapo College campus, and riders will cover an 80 mile course on the beautiful scenic roads of Northern New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-17-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-17-2011.html 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Eric D. Weitz, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in March. In his talk, "Toward a Critical History of Human Rights: On the Problems of Self-Determination and Territorial Partitions," Weitz will explore how self-determination and partitions demonstrate the entwining of rights with what we would now label crimes against humanity ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-16-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-16-2011b.html 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Jaimie Taff, an attorney who works as Director in the Office of Special Master Michael Bradfield, Holocaust Victims Litigation, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in March under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Taff will discuss Holocaust restitution in the context of Swiss deposited assets litigation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-16-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-16-2011.html 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH, NJ - Students preparing for the college admissions SAT are invited to register for the Princeton Review SAT Prep Plus College Immersion summer program at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Appropriate for students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grades, the program will run July 18-29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It includes four proctored SATs with detailed computer analysis of the results, 11 practice tests for the SAT and PSAT, extra online lessons, special college admissions seminars, and much more ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-10-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-10-2011.html 10 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Eric Karlin, a professor of Plant Ecology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, made a startling discovery in his research of the peat moss Sphagnum subnitens. Across a 4,115 kilometer stretch of northwestern North America, every sampled plant of this species was found to be genetically identical. His results were published online in the journal Molecular Ecology ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-03-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-03-2011.html 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - This summer, Ramapo College will host a workshop, "The Hudson River in the Nineteenth Century and the Modernization of America," which offers K-12 teachers throughout the country a unique approach to teaching U.S. history through the humanities, using a place-based, multi-disciplinary approach ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-03-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-03-2011b.html 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – Middle school and high school students may now register for two new full-day summer academic camps at Ramapo College of New Jersey: the Ramapo Explorers Middle School Academic Camp and the Financial Literacy/Stock Market Camp. Pre-registration for upcoming March and April Information Sessions is also open ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-02-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/02-02-2011.html 02 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, N.J.) - Nominations for the 2011 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation through March 11. New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service are eligible for cash awards of up to $50,000. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-25-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-25-2011b.html 25 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will celebrate the Fifth Annual Diversity Convocation on Wednesday, February 2 with musician and activist Salman Ahmad. The United Nations Good Will Ambassador will give a performance/lecture titled "America and Islam Through a Rock and Roll Lens." Ahmad is author of the memoir, "Rock and Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-25-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-25-2011.html 25 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Yolanda del Amo," a one-person exhibit of photographs by a new Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Media opens in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College on February 2 and continues through March 4. An opening reception will be held on February 2 from 5 through 7 p.m. with a talk by the artist at 6 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-19-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-19-2011.html 19 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "One-Two Punch," the first of two unique exhibitions about artists based in Newark opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College on February 2 and continues through March 4. An opening reception will be held on February 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. with artists" talks at 6:30 p.m. Additional artists" talks will be offered on March 2 at 5 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-19-2011b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-19-2011b.html 19 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is listed in the January issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine as among the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" for 2011. This is the sixth consecutive year Ramapo College has been included in the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges."... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-05-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-05-2011.html 05 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey has achieved initial accreditation of its business degree program by recent action of the Board of Directors of AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the largest global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in business and accounting ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-04-2011.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/01-04-2011.html 04 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Foundation will hold its Seventh Annual Legacy Society Dinner on Tuesday, December 7 and host a forum on higher education. Senators Paul Sarlo (D-Essex, Passaic, Bergen) and Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex, Passaic, Bergen), and President Peter P. Mercer will discuss the upcoming release of the Kean Commission on higher education in New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-22-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-22-2010.html 22 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Board of Trustees at Ramapo College of New Jersey today announced a $2 million gift to the College from Bergen County philanthropists Myron "Mike" and Elaine Adler of Franklin Lakes for establishment of the Adler Center for Nursing Excellence. The gift will fund the new home of Ramapo College's highly-acclaimed and expanding nursing programs, as well as state-of-the-art labs to enhance the education of all our science students ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-17-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-17-2010.html 17 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "How will the election results effect the outlook for jobs, prosperity and the state budget in 2011? What factors should investors focus on to help them invest wisely in the new year?" These subjects will be the focus of a panel roundtable discussion by financial experts at the 2011 Business and Financial Outlook Roundtable on Tuesday, November 30 from 7 - 9 p.m. in the Student Center .... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-09-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-09-2010.html 09 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey's Roukema Center for International Education will be hosting a number of events in honor of International Education Week, November 15 through 19. On Monday, November 15, writer and director John Scagliotti will be showing and leading a discussion on his film "Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World," a feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians, and transgender people living in the Global South ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-05-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-05-2010.html 05 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College Professors Stephen Rice and Meredith Davis received a $167,282 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support two week-long workshops at Ramapo College in July 2011. The grant was received as part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture program, which offers residential workshops for K-12 educators nationwide ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-05-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-05-2010b.html 05 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Ramapo College's Center for Innovative and Professional Learning (CIPL) announces upcoming Yoga workshops that are an integral part of its newly launched Yoga certificate programs. Many workshops are open to non-certificate students and the public. All workshops take place on the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-03-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/11-03-2010.html 03 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - A panel discussion will take place in November at Ramapo College of New Jersey on November 11 under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Armenian National Committee of New Jersey to consider issues related to apology, justice, and reparations with regard to the Armenian Genocide ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-26-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-26-2010b.html 28 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Rob Lemkin, director and co-producer of the film "Enemies of the People," winner of the World Documentary Special Jury Price at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, will screen and lead a discussion of the film at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. The film centers on Sambath, a journalist whose family was killed by the Khmer Rouge, who spends a decade making friends with the people who perpetrated the Killing Fields ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-26-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-26-2010.html 26 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "About the Object," a collaboration between artist/filmmaker Amy Patton and writer/curator Christina Linden,opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey on November 3 and continues through December 8. A reception will take place on November 3 from 5 to 7 p.m., and at 6 p.m. there will be an introduction by the collaborators ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-13-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-13-2010.html 13 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Fresh In: Recent Donations to the College Collections," an exhibition showcasing recent donations to the Ramapo College art collections, opens in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center on November 3 and continues through December 8. A reception will be held on November 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-13-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-13-2010b.html 13 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey dedicated the $1.5 million Salameno Spiritual Center today. Named in honor of Lawrence and Theresa Salameno, of Allendale, the 1,525-square-foot Center was conceived as a sanctuary for meditation, reflection, and celebration. Students and members of the College community can practice their faith, discuss ethical issues, seek refuge, and use it as a place for quiet contemplation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-05-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-05-2010b.html 05 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey is launching a new Project Management Certification program. Used extensively in information technology, construction, energy, government, manufacturing, accounting and entertainment, Project Management is a rapidly growing career field with a high number of current job openings. The Project Manager has many responsibilities including launching new products and services ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-05-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/10-05-2010.html 05 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Economic expert and author Joseph Calandro Jr. will discuss Valuation and Uncertainty: Investing in an Age of Economic Distress at the seventh annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and Reception at the Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. The lecture will be followed by a book signing ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-30-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-30-2010.html 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Sharp Sustainability Education Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey will hold an Open House as part of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's (NESEA) Green Buildings Open House Tour on Saturday, Oct. 2. NESEA's Green Buildings Open House (GBOH) is the largest sustainable energy event in the Northeastern United States ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-30-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-30-2010b.html 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The Biology Research Suite at Ramapo College of New Jersey will get a much needed renovation with the receipt of a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The upgraded Biology Research Suite in the School of Theoretical and Applied Science will enable the college to provide technologically progressive learning opportunities to students. Undergraduates will have the opportunity to conduct experiments involving protein purification, cloning, microbial gene expression and tissue culture ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-27-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-27-2010.html 28 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Mary Skinner, director and producer of the film "Irena Sendler, In the Name of Their Mothers" will screen and lead a discussion of the film at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. The film centers around interviews Irena Sendler gave before her passing Also featured are three of Sendler's co-workers and several of the Jewish children they saved. Filmed mostly in Poland with Polish cinematographers Andrzej Wolf and Slawomir Grunberg ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-27-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-27-2010b.html 28 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, Ramapo College's Office of Specialized Services invites an honored guest to campus each year. This year, Ramapo has expanded its invitation to three guests, Activist Jane Jarrow, Artist Alex Masket and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jerry White. On October 1, Jane Jarrow, disability activist and an authority on disability at the post-secondary level will be giving a lecture titled, "The Changing Face of Disability on the College Campus." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-17-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-17-2010.html 17 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The American Democracy Project at Ramapo College of New Jersey hosted a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday, September 15. Active at more than 200 college campuses across the United States, the American Democracy Project (ADP) is a national initiative whose goal "is to produce graduates who are committed to being active, involved citizens in their communities." The ADP seeks to increase the number of undergraduate students who understand and are committed to engaging in meaningful civic actions ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-17-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-17-2010b.html 17 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Foundation kicks off its Eleventh Annual Performing Arts Dinner Series Saturday, October 16 with Broadway's Christine Ebersole at The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. Those who become benefactors and patrons of the program will be invited to a delicious gourmet dinner featuring a multi-choice buffet with fine wines and preferred seating for the performance ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-16-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-16-2010.html 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Louis Begley, the author of Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters (Yale University Press, 2009), will deliver the second annual William K. Gumpert Memorial Lecture on Human Rights and Genocide at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October. Begley will discuss "In Defense of Human Rights: Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-16-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-16-2010b.html 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Michael Bobelian, an acclaimed author, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Armenian National Committee of New Jersey. Bobelian will discuss his recent book, "Children of Armenia: a Forgotten Genocide and the Century-long Struggle for Justice." Recently published by Simon and Schuster, it chronicles the aftermath of the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-14-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-14-2010.html 14 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College Alumni Association, in conjunction with the college's Student Government Association, will sponsor Reunion Weekend 2010 during Octoberfest, October 1, 2 and 3.Octoberfest will be an opportunity for alumni to reconnect in a festive atmosphere and enjoy entertaining and informative events. Friday evening will feature concerts by Cartel and Saves the Day. Saturday provides a full day of alumni and family fun ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-10-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-10-2010.html 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Rosemary Sullivan, a prolific Canadian writer and researcher, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in September under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Sullivan will give a talk about "Lives on the Line: Varian Fry and the Artists He Saved at the Villa Air-Bel." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-07-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-07-2010.html 07 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Sheila Isenberg, an acclaimed writer and educator, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Isenberg will give a talk about "The Intellectual as Hero: Varian Fry and his Feat of Rescue." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-01-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-01-2010.html 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo Colleges's Havemeyer Edible Garden will hold its annual fundraiser Thursday, September 23 with a talk by author Mark Winne. Winne's "Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty" was published in 2008 and established that hungry America isn't feeding its masses nutritiously nor eco-consciously enough. Winne's new book, "Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin' Mamas," will be released in September ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-01-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/09-01-2010b.html 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, will visit Ramapo College on September 29. The President of the Eastern Economic Association, Professor Krugman will participate in a series of events at the College's Anisfield School of Business, including the designation of the Business School as the new home of the Eastern Economic Association ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-30-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-30-2010.html 30 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Philanthropist and physician David Walton will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College's Opening Convocation. The Convocation will be held on Wednesday September 22 at 1p.m. in the Arena at the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center on campus. Walton will be speaking about his journey through the global healthcare system in a speech titled, "A Purpose Driven Life." His words will have special significance for the incoming Class of 2014 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-30-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-30-2010b.html 30 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - In the 2011 edition of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News & World Report, Ramapo College advanced in the rankings for the fourth year in a row in the Best Regional Universities, North category. Of the 49 public colleges and universities ranked, Ramapo College advanced to number 4. Ranking criteria continued to distinguish Ramapo as an institution dedicated to small class size, a strong first-year retention rate and loyal support from alumni ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-17-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-17-2010b.html 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College will present an eclectic slate of music, theater and comedy performances this fall. The season starts off with a Comedy Night, featuring Dat Phan, the very first winner of Last Comic Standing, on Saturday, September 25 at 8 p.m. Phan will be joined by other contestants from the show for a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy. Tickets are $26, $23 and $20 for adults, and $15 for children under 17 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-17-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-17-2010.html 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Alex Masket: A View with a Room" opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey on September 1 and continues through October 6. A reception and talk by the artist's mother, Elaine Masket, and filmmaker Dennis Connors will be held on October 6 at 5 p.m. in the Sharp Auditorium. Connors's award winning documentary film "Breaking Boundaries: the Art of Alex Masket"will be shown and discussed, followed by a gallery reception ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-11-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-11-2010.html 11 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is again one of the best colleges and universities in the Northeast according to The Princeton Review. The New York City-based education services company selected the school as one of 218 institutions it recommends in its "Best in the Northeast" section on its PrincetonReview.com feature 2011 Best Colleges Region by Region. It also profiles the school in its book," The Best Northeastern Colleges: 2011 Edition."... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-05-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/08-05-2010.html 05 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Immediate Decision Day, Ramapo College of New Jersey's antidote to the stress of the college selection and application process, is an opportunity for high school students to apply and receive a notice of acceptance in just one day. Eight Immediate Decision Days are scheduled: August 19; September 14 and 30; October 7, 14 and 20 and November 9 and 18 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/07-29-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/07-29-2010.html 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - A traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Varian Fry, Assignment: Rescue, 1940-1941," will be on display at Ramapo College from September 1 through October 8 in the Pascal Gallery, Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. The exhibition is sponsored by Ramapo College's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in cooperation with the Berrie Center Art Galleries and the Committee to Honor Varian Fry (Ridgewood) ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/07-19-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/07-19-2010.html 19 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey's School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS) is seeking volunteers to participate in studies at its new Child Development Lab. Through the lab, faculty and students conduct research that explores how children solve problems, perceive actions, coordinate motor skills, interact with caregivers, and use objects, which furthers the understanding of children's cognitive, perceptual, and motor skill development.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-28-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-28-2010.html 28 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The best of rock and pop tribute bands will headline the 2010 TD Bank Summer Concert Series hosted by The Ramapo College Foundation on the college campus. On four Thursday evenings in July, families from across the region will listen to great music and enjoy a picnic with friends on the Bandshell lawn ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-07-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-07-2010.html 07 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey has signed an affiliation agreement with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. The agreement will enhance the achievements in teaching, research and the cultural development of both institutions through scholarly exchange opportunities for faculty and professional staff to participate in curriculum development and research ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-04-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-04-2010.html 04 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Women of Influence in New Jersey," an informative lecture honoring the state's female leaders in business, government, academia and the arts, will be sponsored by Ramapo College of New Jersey and the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) on Tuesday, June 15 at 5 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-02-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-02-2010.html 02 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - After seeing a plea from the Flemington Food Pantry asking gardeners to bring excess produce to the pantry to feed those in need, Chip Paillex of Pittstown started Grow-a-Row, an organization based in Hunterdon County that grows fresh produce to feed the hungry. For his efforts, Paillex was awarded a $50,000 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-01-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/06-01-2010.html 01 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will conduct a full-day interactive leadership forum, "Leading for Success", for new and veteran managers in June ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-25-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-25-2010.html 25 May 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) – The largest graduating class in the history of Ramapo College participated in Commencement ceremonies today. Surrounded by family, friends, faculty and staff, the 1,437 members of the Class of 2010 marched beneath the College's Arch on their way to collect their diplomas ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-14-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-14-2010.html 14 May 2010 14:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - More than 40 students presented posters and talks describing their undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activities in the sciences at the ninth annual Theoretical and Applied Science Student Research Symposium held April 21 at Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-05-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/05-05-2010.html 05 May 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - At an April 26 meeting the Ramapo College Board of Trustees welcomed George C. Ruotolo, Jr., CFRE, as its newest member. Ruotolo is Chairman and CEO of Ruotolo Associates Inc., a fundraising and communications firm for philanthropic organizations. His term is effective immediately and will continue through June 2012 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-27-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-27-2010.html 27 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - On Sunday May 16, the Ramapo College Foundation will hold its First Annual Motorcycle Poker Run Rally to raise funds for Ramapo College's student scholarships and undergraduate research programs. The Poker Run is sponsored by the generosity of our event sponsor Inserra Shop-Rite Supermarkets and our benefactors Hiden Galleries, Kosco Harley-Davidson, Liberty Subaru, Liberty Hyundai, and the Brewster Financial Group at UBS Financial Services... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-12-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-12-2010b.html 13 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is proud to announce a new program, the first Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies degree in the Tristate area. Beginning in Fall 2010, the College will welcome its first class to the program, which will equip students to work in a diverse range of fields, including planning, policy, and design ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-12-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-12-2010.html 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College's Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity and Zeta Beta Tau will be hosting the first eight-hour dance marathon to support Children's Miracle Network's local member hospital, Children's Specialized Hospital this month ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-09-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-09-2010.html 09 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College will be hosting "Common Ground: Connecting Humans, Music, Art and the Natural World," in celebration of Earth Day. "Common Ground" is an interdisciplinary symposium in which a variety of speakers and performers will be exploring the connectivity of people and nature through a variety of art forms and topics ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-07-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-07-2010.html 07 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The New Jersey Higher Education Service-Learning Consortium will host the first statewide Learning to End Hunger: "Connecting Classrooms and Communities" Conference, on Friday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Conference Center at Raritan Valley Community College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-07-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-07-2010b.html 07 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ozier Muhammad, a staff photographer for The New York Times who covered Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Africa and Haiti, will speak and present his work at Ramapo College this month. Muhammad will be presenting his work from the recent earthquake in Haiti, titled "Orphans, Hunger, and Poupelard Street: Photographs of Haiti after the January 12th Earthquake." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-01-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/04-01-2010.html 01 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey's School of Social Science and Human Services is proud to support Ramapo Readers, a book drive that has recently collected more than 9000 books for schools in Paterson, New Jersey. The initiative was begun by Dr. Kim Lorber, Assistant Professor of Social Work ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-23-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-23-2010.html 23 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Canadian scholar Gerald Alexis, author of "Peintres Haitiens," will present a lecture on the Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite, which will be followed by a panel discussion about Hyppolite and Caribbean art.Panelists will include Ramapo Visual Arts Professor Shalom Gorewitz, Haitian artist Andre Juste and Rocio Aranda-Alvarado ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-18-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-18-2010.html 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - MarshAccess will present "Designing and Implementing Accessible Informal Science Education Programs" March 11 to 14. This national conference is for professionals who provide informal science education to adults with disabilities and older adults with age related limitations, and will present the model of program accessibility developed through the MarshAccess project ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-09-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-09-2010.html 09 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Boundless Discourse" opens in the Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College on Wednesday, March 24 and continues through April 28. Presented in conjunction with "Mystical Imagination: The Art of Haitian Master Hector Hyppolite," which continues on view through April 21, the exhibition presents the work of seven artists from the Caribbean ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-05-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-05-2010.html 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Aram Arkun, an accomplished scholar and writer, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in April under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Armenian National Committee of New Jersey. Because of its lofty location, as well as the independent nature of its residents ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-05-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-05-2010b.html 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Working parents looking for a full-day summer camp for their middle school age children will have a new option this summer. Ramapo College through its Center for Innovative and Professional Learning is offering Ramapo Explorers, a summer academic camp for middle school students who will be entering 7th and 8th grades in September ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-03-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-03-2010.html 03 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Expanding Cultural Diversity: Does Learning another Language Matter?" will be the theme of a four-day world language and culture symposium sponsored by Ramapo College of New Jersey beginning Wednesday, March 3. The symposium is free and open to the public ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-02-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-02-2010.html 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ambassador George Staples, a Schomburg Scholar, will present a lecture and speak to classes at Ramapo College March 10 through 12. The theme of his lecture, as well as talks to classes, is "Genocide and Civil War in Africa." The lecture is free and open to the public ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-02-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/03-02-2010b.html 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, N.J.) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will be hosting a benefit concert for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The "Haiti: Ramapo Cares" Benefit Concert will be held on Thursday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m., in the Sharp Theater in the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts on the Ramapo College campus. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-22-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-22-2010.html 23 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The deadline for nominations for the 2010 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference has been extended through Friday, March 26, 2010.  New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service are eligible for cash awards of up to $50,000.  Members of the community are... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-18-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-18-2010.html 19 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Cipora O. Schwartz, author and local historian, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in February under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the History Club of Ramapo College. “American religious freedom enabled everyone in this country to worship — or not worship,” wrote  Schwartz about her book... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-09-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-09-2010.html 9 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Ramapo College presents its fourth annual Diversity Convocation on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Sharp Theater, located in the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. This year's celebration features Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, Associate Professor of Child and Family Development from the University of Central Missouri ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-01-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/02-01-2010.html 1 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., January 27, 2010 - Nominations for the 2010 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation through March 12. New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service are eligible for cash awards of up to $50,000 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-27-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-27-2010.html 27 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - As part of its Tenth Anniversary Celebration for the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, a multi-media exhibition of works by visual arts alumni who studied in the Berrie Center, "Tops in Ten: A Selection," will be on view from February 6 through February 26 in the Kresge Gallery ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-25-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-25-2010.html 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - "Mystical Imagination: The Art of Haitian Master Hector Hyppolite" opens in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College on Saturday, February 6 and continues through April 21. The exhibition features 29 paintings by Hector Hyppolite (1894-1948) who is widely considered to be the greatest artist of the period known as the Haitian Renaissance ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-25-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-25-2010b.html 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey is the new home of the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS). The organization is located in the College's new Sharp Sustainability Education Center ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-22-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-22-2010.html 22 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The Ramapo College Foundation has announced the recipients of its 28th Annual Distinguished Citizens Award. The honorees will be recognized at a dinner March 6 at the Rockleigh Country Club. The honorees are Cathleen Benko of California, a 1985 graduate of Ramapo College who is vice chairman and chief talent officer for Deloitte LLP ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-20-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-20-2010b.html 20 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Ramapo College of New Jersey's will host a day-long celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, and the public is invited to join in the celebration to take place on Saturday, February 6, from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-20-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-20-2010.html 20 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - This spring, Ramapo College's Center for Innovative and Professional Learning (CIPL) is launching a Yoga Studies Certificate and a Yoga Teacher Certification program that meets the national standards established by the Yoga Alliance ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-15-2010b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-15-2010b.html 15 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer a new International Studies Institute this summer, an intensive program designed for highly motivated high school students whom are internationally and globally minded ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-15-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-15-2010.html 15 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The December 2009 John Pizzarelli Quartet Performance at Ramapo College of New Jersey has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 24 at 7 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-14-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-14-2010.html 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College will present an exciting array of music, theater and comedy performances this spring, including a performance by renowned musician Arlo Guthrie. The Berrie Center will hold its First Decade Gala Performance, featuring the legendary Arlo Guthrie.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-13-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-13-2010.html 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey is listed in the February 2010 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine as among the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" for 2009. This is the fifth consecutive year Ramapo College has been included in the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" and has advanced in ranking from #66 to #49 in the nation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-07-2010.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2010/01-07-2010.html 06 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The PhD Project, an award-winning program of the KPMG Foundation aimed at increasing diversity in America's business management ranks, has announced that Dr. Shalei Simms, Assistant Professor of Management at Ramapo College's Anisfield School of Business, is the program's 1000th minority business school professor ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/11_19_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/11_19_2009.html 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - "Goofball Galaxy: A Musical for Children," co-written by Ramapo College Professor of Literature Lisa Williams and her nine-year-old son, Sam Jacovitz, will be performed at the Meadowlands Environmental Center in December ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/11_05_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/11_05_2009.html 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Lorry Salcedo-Mitrani, filmmaker and photographer, will screen and lead a discussion of his film "The Fire Within" at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. A moving documentary that is a reflection of the survival of spirit, belief, and heritage, it is the story of the unique Jewish community of Iquitos, Peru ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_22_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_22_2009.html 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Gustavo Moretto, composer of the music for the film "Our Disappeared" will screen and lead a discussion of the film at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. Through use of rare archival footage the film tells the story of the thousands who were kidnapped, tortured ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_22_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_22_2009b.html 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Peter Balakian, an award-winning author and Bergen County native, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey in November. Balakian will discuss his new book, "Armenian Golgotha." Recently published by Alfred A. Knopf, it is the translation, on which Balakian collaborated with Aris Sevag ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_21_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_21_2009.html 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Four Ramapo College students were part of a research team led by Professor Eric Karlin that has recently completed two research projects on peatmosses (Sphagnum). The outcomes of the research will be published in the premier North American scientific journal dedicated to the study of mosses and lichens. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_15_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_15_2009.html 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College Professor Murray Sabrin, founder of the Sabrin Center for Business Excellence, will discuss the "Culture of Excellence in American Businesses" at the Sixth Annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and Dinner at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009c.html 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - The Ramapo College of New Jersey Theater program, comprised of students from the School of Contemporary Arts, will be performing Nikolai Gogol’s "The Government Inspector" this month. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009d.html 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - "Marcial Camilo Ayala" will open in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, November 5 and continue on view through December 9. The exhibition of paintings by Marcial Camilo Ayala features dream-like landscapes, village scenes, and imagery drawn from... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009b.html 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College continues its Ramapo Curatorial Prize tradition for the 13th year with Recasting Site. This group exhibition of internationally renowned contemporary artists will open in the Kresge Gallery on Thursday, November 5 and continue through December 9... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_13_2009.html 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will be appearing at Ramapo College of New Jersey, first to hold an open discussion regarding his work and life, then to read excerpts from his works, including poems from his latest poetry collection, "Gulf Music." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_09_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_09_2009b.html 9 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Comedienne Paula Poundstone returns to Ramapo College this month. Armed with nothing but a stool, a microphone and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula's ability to create humor on the spot has become the stuff of legend. Little wonder people leave Paula's shows debating whether the random people she talked to were "plants" ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_09_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_09_2009.html 9 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Ramapo College of New Jersey and Mt. Olive Baptist Church are teaming up to offer an informational evening for families, prospective students and anyone interested in attending college. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Logan Family Life Center, 260 Central Avenue, Hackensack ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_08_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_08_2009b.html 8 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Renowned Italian historian, scholar and author Stanislao G. Pugliese, Ph.D. will be lecturing on his biography, "Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone" at Ramapo College this month ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_08_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_08_2009.html 8 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Dr. Ozgur Dogru, an assistant professor of Engineering Physics, at Ramapo College of New Jersey has received a $59,373 National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with Rutgers University  to develop technology that will assist industry by standardizing and improving measurement of carbon-14, or the carbon 14 isotope ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_07_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_07_2009.html 7 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Juan Gonzalez, Daily Newscolumnist and author of "Harvest of Empire: a History of Latinos in America,"will open a four-day symposium: The Latinoization of the Americas: Structural Realities, Fluid Identities, on Monday, Oct. 12, at Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_06_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_06_2009.html 6 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH, NJ) - Dr. Dennis Papazian, professor emeritus of History at the University of Michigan (Dearborn) and a member of the New Jersey State Commission on Holocaust Education, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey Wednesday, October 14, 1 p.m. in Friends Hall (SC219) ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_06_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_06_2009b.html 6 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) – The Ramapo College Board of Trustees announced that a former Ramapo graduate, A.J. Sabath '93, is the new chair of the College's Board of Trustees. Sabath, owner of the Advocacy Group, LLC, a lobbying and government affairs firm, received his bachelor's degree in... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_02_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/10_02_2009.html 2 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) – The Ramapo College Foundation will kick off its Tenth Annual Performing Arts Dinner Series Sunday, October 4 with "A Couple of Blaguards" a comedy with incidental music created by the late Frank McCourt starring his brother Malachy McCourt. All performances in the series... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_25_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_25_2009.html 25 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, and author of five books including the classic autism memoir, "Thinking in Pictures," and her recently released best seller "Animals Make Us Human," speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, September 24 at 1 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_21_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_21_2009.html 21 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The American Democracy Project at Ramapo College of New Jersey will be hosting a naturalization ceremony on Thursday, September 17. Found on more than 150 college campuses across the United States, the American Democracy Project is a national organization that seeks to ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_15_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_15_2009.html 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Award winning writer of the Wall Street Journal column "Moving On," and co-author of the #1 New York Times Best-Seller The Last Lecture, Jeffrey Zaslow will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College's Opening Convocation. The Convocation will be held on Wednesday September 16 at 1p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_09_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/09_09_2009.html 9 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - In the 2010 edition of 'America's Best Colleges,' released by U.S. News and World Report, Ramapo College advanced in the rankings for the third year in a row in the Universities-Master's North Category. Of the 26 public colleges and universities in the category, Ramapo College once again ranks number 5 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_24_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_24_2009.html 24 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Jackie Skrzynski: Ten Years After will open in the Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, September 10 and continue through October 16. A preview reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, and an artist’s talk is scheduled for 6 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_18_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_18_2009.html 18 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Larry and Paulette's Funhouse: Selections from the Brill Collection will open in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, September 10, and continue through October 16. A preview reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, and a talk by Brooke Anderson, Director of the Contemporary Center ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_18_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/08_18_2009b.html 18 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Ramapo College Foundation chairman, Robert Tillsley, recently announced the appointment of Patricia Davino, a banking executive, Wayne E. Orchowski, an automotive industry professional and Carol D. Schaefer, A.C.S.W., a retired psychotherapist, to its Board of Governors. The appointees will help fulfill the Foundation's mission ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/07_01_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/07_01_2009.html 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, NJ - Ramapo College of New Jersey will be the new home to one of the nation's foremost associations dedicated to the promotion of scholarly and educational exchange, research and discussion of economic affairs. Effective July 1, 2009, the Eastern Economic Association will be headquartered at the College's Anisfield School of Business in Mahwah.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_29_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_29_2009.html 29 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Christian G. Reich, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience at Ramapo College of New Jersey, was awarded an $187,500 research grant by the National Institutes of Health. The three-year grant will continue the research Reich, who lives in West Milford, New Jersey, began while associated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_24_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_24_2009.html 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST LYNDHURST, N.J. - The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) will perform a "Salute to America!" - a selection of patriotic tunes, American popular music and opera favorites - on Saturday, June 27 in DeKorte Park at 7:30 p.m. This special concert in the heart of the Meadowlands is the NJSO's only outdoor show in Bergen County this summer. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_16_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_16_2009.html 16 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - George Gonpu, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Economics in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey, was appointed deputy minister for Budget, Ministry of Finance in the Republic of Liberia. The professor, a resident of Hackensack, New Jersey is on a leave of absence from Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_15_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_15_2009.html 15 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey has announced freshmen scholarship recipients entering the College in the fall 2009 semester. Recipients of the Presidential Scholarship will each receive $72,000 over four years. These scholars are in the top 10 percent of their high school class with SAT scores of at least 1230 in Critical Reading and Mathematics ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_10_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_10_2009.html 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The best of rock and pop tribute bands will headline the 2009 TD Bank Summer Concert Series hosted by The Ramapo College Foundation on the college campus. On four Thursday evenings in July, families from across the region will listen to great music and enjoy a picnic with friends on the Bandshell lawn. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_01_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/06_01_2009.html 01 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) – Ramapo College of New Jersey hosted its First Annual College Honors Symposium to recognize the academic accomplishments of graduating students enrolled in the College's Honors Program. At the symposium, students gave oral presentations, presented posters and received an honors cord to wear at commencement. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_26_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_26_2009.html 26 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, May 20, 2009 - Patient care technician Angelica Mercado of North Bergen was awarded a $50,000 cash grant from the Russell Berrie Foundation as winner of the 2009 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_20_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_20_2009.html 20 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Amid applause and cheers, 1,317 students continued Ramapo College of New Jersey's tradition of walking under The Arch, as they did as freshmen, to begin the institution's 51st commencement ceremony today ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_15_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_15_2009.html 15 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey held an induction ceremony in April for students eligible for membership in Beta Beta Beta, an honor society for students who excel in the study of Biology. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_13_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_13_2009.html 13 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey announced receipt of a $20,000 grant from the TD Bank Charitable Foundation to support programs designed to improve academic success for nursing students from underserved backgrounds ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_07_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_07_2009.html 13 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ceremonies to present the 2009 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference and honor Garden State residents for their unselfish dedication to serving others will take place Wednesday, May 20 beginning at 11 a.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_11_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/05_11_2009.html 11 May 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Jeffrey Vanderbeek, owner of the New Jersey Devils, will deliver the commencement address at Ramapo College of New Jersey's 2009 ceremony Friday, May 15 beginning at 9:45 a.m. Jonathan N. Marcus, Esq., Ramapo College Class of 1993, will receive the President's Award of Merit. A total of 1,317 students who completed their studies in January and May, or are expected to finish in August, are eligible to participate..... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_30_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_30_2009.html 29 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey received a $100,000 Success for Veterans Award Grant from the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Wal-Mart Foundation. Grants were given to 20 institutions across the United States that operate model programs advancing access and success in higher education for veterans and their families.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_27_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_27_2009.html 27 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - More than 30 students presented posters and talks describing their undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activities in the sciences at an annual Student Research Symposium held April 8 at Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_22_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_22_2009.html 27 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a screening of "Semester's End," a film by Zachary Bressler, a 2007 graduate of Ramapo College who is an audio/video technician at the College. Bressler is a resident of Hamburg, New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_15_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_15_2009.html 15 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST "Economic Crisis, Students, and Workers: Historical Perspectives/Global Challenges" - MAHWAH - In response to the economic crisis in the United States and worldwide, Ramapo College of New Jersey faculty and students will convene a three-day Interdisciplinary Colloquium and Teach-in, "Economic Crisis, Students, and Workers: Historical Perspectives and Challenges." The three-day event is free and open to the public ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009d.html 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - "Expanding Cultural Diversity: Does Learning Another Language Matter?" will be the theme of a world language symposium sponsored by Ramapo College of New Jersey in April. The symposium is free and open to the public. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009c.html 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will broadcast the 16th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference in April. The topic of this year's teleconference will be "Diversity and End-of-Life Care." The teleconference will examine how diversity influences end-of-life decision-making and the impact that culture has at the time of death and during bereavement. Professionals and community members are invited to attend; admission is free. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009b.html 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Italian Club, Il Circolo Italiano, at Ramapo College of New Jersey will sponsor an evening with artist and poet Pietro Barbera in April. The event is free and open to the public. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_09_2009.html 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Jump in the Saddle, a fundraising event to benefit Pony Power Therapies in Mahwah, will be held Wednesday, April 29 at the Bill Bradley Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center on the campus of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_08_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_08_2009.html 08 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Four undergraduate students enrolled in the School of American and International Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey will present papers at the International Virginia Woolf Conference at Fordham University in New York City in June. The conference attracts Woolf scholars and graduate students.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_02_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_02_2009.html 08 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - A joint Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) commemoration between Beth Haverim Shir Shalom and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College will be held Monday, April 20 at the temple. The event is free and open to the public. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_01_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/04_01_2009.html 01 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Edmund W. Gordon, a Schomburg Scholar, will present a lecture and two fireside chats at Ramapo College in April. The theme of his lecture, as well as the fireside chats, is "Human Diversity and Pedagogy: A Vision for the 21st Century." The presentations are free and open to the public. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_30_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_30_2009.html 30 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Jazz at the Berrie Center will present trumpeter Claudio Roditi in Bossa Brazil! in April at Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009.html 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Ramapo College Theater Program, comprised of students enrolled in the College's School of Contemporary Arts, will stage Woody Guthrie's "American Song" for a slate of performances in April. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009c.html 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - iO Theater will present "The Improvised Musical" in April at Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_25_2009b.html 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Information sessions for three certificate programs offered by Ramapo College of New Jersey will be held to provide those interested with an overview of the course content and to ask questions about the program.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_16_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_16_2009.html 16 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Office of Student Activities at Ramapo College of New Jersey will present a film festival in March. The festival is free and open to the public. The Oscar and Golden Globe-winning films will be screened at two venues on the College campus. Discussions, moderated by Ramapo College professors, will be held after each screening.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_13_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_13_2009.html 12 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Dr. Robert Shapiro, an associate professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey this month. The topic of his presentation will be "Underground History: The Clandestine Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, 1939-1943." The presentation is free and open to the public ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_11_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_11_2009.html 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - More than 70 employers will participate in the Spring Job Fair at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, April 2. This event is free and open to the public and will take place noon until 2:30 p.m. in Room SC-219 in the Robert A. Scott Student Center ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_11_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_11_2009b.html 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer a Business Essentials Certificate Program through the Anisfield School of Business this summer. Providing a foundation in essential business principles, the program is intended for small business owners who have not had sufficient training in business fundamentals, individuals who are seeking a career change into a more business oriented position, non-business-major students seeking to augment an undergraduate program and college graduates with a non-business degree preparing to apply to, or begin, an MBA program. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_09_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_09_2009.html 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Ramapo College Foundation chairman, Mr. Robert Tillsley, announced the appointment of Gregg Gerken, a banking executive and J. Brian Smith, a corporate public relations specialist to its Board of Governors ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_04_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_04_2009.html 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - An exhibit of works by Australian Aboriginal artists will be on view in the Kresge Gallery in the Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts Thursday, March 26 through April 24 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009.html 03 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - A one-person show of new works by artist Whitfield Lovell will be on exhibit in the Pascal Gallery in the Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts Thursday, March 26 through April 24. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009b.html 03 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., March 3, 2009 - The deadline for nominations for the 2009 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference has been extended through Friday, March 13, 2009.  ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/03_03_2009c.html 03 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH – Folksinger Tom Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the 1960s and the renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009g.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009g.html 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Peking Acrobats, a 26-member troupe of tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, gymnasts and clowns will bring their gravity-defying feats to the Sharp Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009c.html 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - A unique selection of this year's winning entries from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival competition will be screened at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009b.html 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Tony-nominated and Emmy award-winning vocalist Liz Callaway will perform at Ramapo College of New Jersey in March. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_26_2009.html 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Some of Ramapo College's finest student musicians will perform a concert in March to raise money for the North Jersey Metro Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009j.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009j.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Dr. Joseph Robert White, a research assistant at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, will talk about early Nazi ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009i.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009i.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Best-selling science author Dava Sobel, whose book, "Galileo's Daughter" won the 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for science and technology ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009f.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009f.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will continue its lecture series, "Diversity Perspectives in the 21st Century," through April. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009e.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey has signed an affiliation agreement with the School of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will launch its month-long observance of Women's History Month by featuring author, advocate and attorney Sarah Weddington ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_25_2009b.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life Series will present "The Kite Runner" at Ramapo College of New Jersey in March. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Conference Choir will present an energetic performance of gospel music at Ramapo College of New Jersey in March. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009b.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - While the journeys to Afghanistan and Colombia featured in filmmaker Kelly Dolak's "Postcards from Tora Bora" and Julia Gregor's "The Origin of My Middle Name" ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009c.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will present a Saint Patrick's Day Celebration in March when The Three Irish Tenors take to the stage in "DRUID." ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_23_2009d.html 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey is a new site in northern New Jersey for contact hour programs and conferences for nurses. The College is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_18_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_18_2009.html 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Governor Jon S. Corzine recently appointed David Schlussel to the Board of Trustees of Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_11_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_11_2009.html 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Philip Gourevitch, author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" and, most recently, "Standard Operating Procedure," a collaboration with the filmmaker Errol Morris ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_09_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_09_2009.html 09 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey will launch the Genocide and Human Rights Education and Training Project with funding from a $45,000 grant awarded by The Gumpert Foundation. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_09_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_09_2009b.html 09 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Applications are being accepted, and registration is underway, for summer 2009 pre-college experience programs at Ramapo College of New Jersey for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in good academic standing ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_04_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/02_04_2009.html 04 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST Uncommon Acts for the Common Good Earn Everyday Heroes Extraordinary Recognition Deadline for Nominations Is February 27, 2009.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_29_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_29_2009.html 29 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Women's Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey will host three performances of "The Vagina Monologues" in February.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_26_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_26_2009.html 26 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey, in conjunction with its Italian cinema course, will present a series of Italian language films this spring ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_26_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_26_2009b.html 26 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will present a lecture series, Diversity Perspectives in the 21st Century" during the spring 2009 semester ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009c.html 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Recording artist Freda Payne will perform a special musical tribute to Ella Fitzgerald at Ramapo College in February. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009b.html 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Hawthorne Symphony will perform an afternoon of Beethoven and Wagner in February. Under the direction of conductor John Minkoff, this rich and eclectic performance features ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2009/01_21_2009.html 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH – The legendary Judy Collins will give two performances at Ramapo College of New Jersey in February. Few singers have had the staying power of this folk icon... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008c.html 22 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH – The rhythmic sounds of Les Yeux Noirs - The Black Eyes - will be presented at Ramapo College of New Jersey in January... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008b.html 22 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH – High school juniors and seniors are invited to apply for enrollment in a new online credit-bearing course at Ramapo College of New Jersey on African American history... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_22_2008.html 22 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH – Dr. Peter P. Mercer, president of Ramapo College of New Jersey and a resident of Mahwah, was honored by the March of Times November 14 at the organization's 26th Annual Harvest Ball. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_10_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_10_2008b.html 10 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Members of Ramapo College's Creative Media Club won first prize in the annual Design Derby sponsored by the Art Directors Club of New Jersey (ADCNJ) ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_10_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_10_2008.html 10 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey is listed in the December 2008 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine as among the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" for 2009... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_08_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/12_08_2008.html 08 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Fiddler Eileen Ivers, with her band Immigrant Soul, will bring her joyous and authentic Irish Christmas celebration to the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey in December... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008.html 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - In colorful costumes and with frenetic energy, Ensemble Barynya will present a program of Eastern European dance and music at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008b.html 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Celebrate the holiday season with the world-renowned Newark Boys Chorus this December at Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_24_2008c.html 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - The Ramapo College Foundation has announced the recipients of its 27th Annual Distinguished Citizens Award. The honorees will be recognized for their personal and professional commitment ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_20_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_20_2008.html 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey received a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) this fall that will help support performing and visual arts programming at the College. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_06_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_06_2008.html 06 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - John Gorka, an icon of the folk tradition, will perform at Ramapo College of New Jersey in December ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_04_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_04_2008.html 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) awarded Ramapo College of New Jersey the 2008 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award in recognition of Ramapo's ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_03_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/11_03_2008.html 03 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Holocaust survivor Susan Gold of Englewood will speak at a Kristallnacht commemoration at Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom of Mahwah in November ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_27_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_27_2008.html 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Computer and Technology Club of Ramapo College of New Jersey will bring cheer this holiday season to soldiers serving in Iraq by coordinating an Adopt-A-Ramapo-Soldier Program ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_23_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_23_2008.html 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - An exhibition of paintings by women artists, "Affinities: Painting in Abstraction," will be presented in the Kresge Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_16_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_16_2008.html 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - "Expanding Animation," an exhibition of work by artists who incorporate animation, interactive objects and other experimental media into their work ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_15_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_15_2008.html 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The George T. Potter Library at Ramapo College of New Jersey, in conjunction with the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) and the New Jersey State Library... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_08_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_08_2008.html 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Ramapo College Foundation kicks off its Ninth Annual Performing Arts Dinner Series Saturday, October 11 with Chicago City Limit's ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_02_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_02_2008.html 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College announced receipt of a $400,929 grant in August from the National Science Foundation for a research project ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_02_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/10_02_2008b.html 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Peter Schiff, president and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, will discuss how investors can protect their portfolios .... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008.html 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The experiences of European Jewish refugees who settled in Sosua, Dominican Republic between 1940 and 1945 will be the topic .... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008b.html 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The way in which African newspapers and the African press perceive the strife in Darfur will be the topic of a lecture at Ramapo College of New Jersey in October.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008c.html 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - "Imagining Peace," a documentary about Israeli and Palestinian teenage girls who participated in a women's leadership program ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_25_2008d.html 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey will sponsor a Graduate and Professional School Day Thursday, October 23 from noon to 2:30 p.m. in Room SC-219 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_22_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_22_2008b.html 22 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - "A Night With the Stars," an exploration of the evening sky, will be sponsored by The Friends of Ramapo Saturday, October 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008.html 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - "The Things They Carried," a collection of short pieces about Tim O'Brien's experiences in Viet Nam, will be brought to life by American Place Theatre's Literature to Life series Tuesday, October 14 at 2 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008b.html 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The spirit of "The Blues Brothers" movie and Chicago's rich history of blues, gospel and soul music will be alive on the stage of the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey Saturday, October 18 at 8 p.m.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008d.html 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents "Portrait of a Savant: The Matt Savage Trio" Wednesday, October 15 at 1 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_15_2008c.html 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Say Goodnight, Gracie: The Love, Laughter and Life of George Burns will be performed Saturday, September 20 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008b.html 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - Poet and author Adrienne Rich will give a reading Thursday, October 2 at 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008.html 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The zany Chicago City Limits will present their political comedy cure in One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State Saturday, October 11 at 8 p.m ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/09_08_2008c.html 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - In the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News and World Report, Ramapo College was ranked number 5 in the north in the Top Public Universities-Master's category ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_28_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_28_2008.html 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - A group show, METAL: The Exhibition, will be presented in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey Wednesday, September 17 through Friday, October 17.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_27_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_27_2008.html 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is one of the best colleges and universities in the Northeast according to The Princeton Review. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_14_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_14_2008.html 14 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and science writer Natalie Angier will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College's Opening Convocation Wednesday, September 17 at 1 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_06_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_06_2008.html 06 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST (MAHWAH) - Members of three of Ramapo College's singing groups - CantaNOVA, Skylark and Take Twelve - brought home top honors this summer from the International Festival of Academic Choirs in Prague ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_06_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/08_06_2008b.html 06 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College will present an eclectic slate of music, theater and comedy performances this fall... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/07_22_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/07_22_2008.html 22 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH - The Ramapo College Foundation will launch the 2008 Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series with a performance by Jimmy and The Parrots on Thursday, July 10... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/07_07_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/07_07_2008.html 07 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host the 2008 International Human Science Research Conference beginning Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_09_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_09_2008.html 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Women of Influence in New Jersey," an informative lecture honoring the state's female leaders in business, government, academia and the arts, will be sponsored by Ramapo College of New Jersey... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_09_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_09_2008b.html 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Community religious leaders, College officials and supporters of Ramapo College's new spiritual center gathered today to break ground on the project ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_02_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/06_02_2008.html 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jimmy and The Parrots; Beginnings, a Chicago tribute band; The Classics; and Asbury Fever will headline the 2008 Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_29_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_29_2008.html 29 May 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., May 21, 2008 - Photographer Najlah Feanny Hicks of Clifton, co-founder of the Heart Gallery of New Jersey, earned a $50,000 cash grant from the Russell Berrie Foundation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_21_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_21_2008.html 21 May 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The weather did not dampen the spirits of the 1,358 students who continued Ramapo College's tradition of walking under The Arch, as they did as freshmen, to begin the institution's commencement ceremony May 16. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_16_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_16_2008.html 12 May 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., May 12, 2008 - Ceremonies to present the 2008 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference and honor Garden State residents for their unselfish dedication to serving others will take place May 21 at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_12_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_12_2008.html 12 May 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Registration for Ramapo College's Business Essentials Certificate Program will be accepted through May 27.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_07_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/05_07_2008.html 7 May 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Honorable Cory A. Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, will deliver the commencement address at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_30_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_30_2008.html 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - At a dedication ceremony Monday, April 28, 2008 for the Anisfield School of Business on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_28_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_28_2008.html 28 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Registration is open for new Ramapo Jumpstart pre-college programs offered to rising high school juniors and seniors in good academic standing at Ramapo College of New Jersey.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_14_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_14_2008.html 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Leonard A. Cole, author of Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn (Indiana, 2007), will speak at Ramapo College... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_14_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_14_2008b.html 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Rosetta D'Angelo and Barbara Zaczek, editors and translators of Resisting Bodies: Narratives of Italian Partisan Women, will read from their new book at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_02_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_02_2008.html 3 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will induct six former athletes and the 1986 men's tennis team into the Athletic Hall of Fame ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_02_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/04_02_2008b.html 3 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present One Touch of Venus April 11, 12 and 16 - 19 at 8 p.m. and on April 13 at 7 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_31_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_31_2008.html 2 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2008 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, held Saturday, March 8 at the Rockleigh Country Club, raised more than $207,000 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_27_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_27_2008.html 2 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The American Repertory Ballet presents "Sinatra, Shadows, and Stars" at Ramapo College of New Jersey Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_27_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_27_2008b.html 2 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - More than 70 employers will attend the Spring Job Fair at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, April 17. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_20_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_20_2008.html 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series will present Robin Spielberg on piano Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_20_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_20_2008b.html 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - In celebration of Women's History Month, Joyce Kozloff will visit Ramapo College to talk about her work at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27 in the Adler Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_19_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_19_2008.html 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series will present Jose Franch-Ballester on clarinet Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_17_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_17_2008.html 17 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents a laugh-out-loud evening with The Nobodies of Comedy Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the college campus. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_17_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_17_2008b.html 17 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - An exhibit of works by full-time faculty and staff who teach studio art in the School of Contemporary Arts at Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_6_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_6_2008.html 10 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey, as part of its AIS Colloquium Committee, will sponsor a reading and discussion by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_6_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_6_2008b.html 10 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series will present Sarah E. Geller on violin Sunday, March 30 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_5_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_5_2008.html 5 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation announced the appointment of Robert Tillsley as chairman of its Board of Governors. Tillsley ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_3_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/03_3_2008.html 5 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at The Berrie Center presents "Our Father Who Art Blakey," a tribute to the late legendary drummer Saturday, March 15, 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_25_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_25_2008.html 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., February 21, 2008 - The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference have been extended through Friday, March 14, 2008 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_21_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_21_2008.html 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Daniel B. Polin, president of Great Projects Film Company, Inc., will present "Witnessing for Posterity: The Trials of Adolf Eichmann and Saddam Hussein" ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_19_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_19_2008.html 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present Savage in Limbo February 27 through 29 at 8 p.m., March 1 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_14_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_14_2008.html 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Peking Acrobats, a 26-member troupe of tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, gymnasts and clowns bring their gravity-defying feats ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Hawthorne Symphony presents Bird With Strings Redux: The Music of Charlie Parker, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture and Mozart's Don Giovanni Sunday ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008b.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Roches, who blend influences from church choir music, traditional Irish folk, contemporary folk, rock, country and pop with their own innate musical sensibilities ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008c.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Native Americans in New Jersey - Subjugation, Exploitation, Marginalization and Survival" is the title of a Gumpert Teachers' Workshop ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008d.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will sponsor an Africana Film Festival Wednesday, February 27 through Thursday, March 6 at various times and campus venues... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008e.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Saint Patrick's Day celebration will begin early when The Magic of Ireland takes to the stage in the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey Sunday... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008f.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_07_2008f.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The United Nations Department of Public Information's Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations admitted Ramapo College to its roster at the group's December meeting ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_04_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/02_04_2008.html 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey announced that the Accreditation Panel of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008.html 28 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Atina Grossmann, author of Jews, Germans, and Allies: Close Encounters in Occupied Germany (Princeton, 2007), will speak ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008b.html 28 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Eric D. Weitz, author of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy (Princeton, 2007), will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, February 21 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_28_2008c.html 28 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey announces a new Business Essentials Certificate Program offered through its Anisfield School of Business ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jungle Jack Hanna will bring his coterie of critters to the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey for two performances Sunday ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008b.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - New pre-college programs for rising high school juniors and seniors in good academic standing are being offered in summer 2008 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008c.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Direct from Louisiana, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys bring a Cajun celebration to the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008d.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A unique selection of this year's winning entries from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival competition will be screened Thursday, February 7 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008e.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents "Singing Astaire: A Fred Astaire Songbook" Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008f.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008f.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life Series presents The Secret Life of Bees Sunday, February 3 at 3 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008g.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_17_2008g.html 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Judith Peck, a professor of art education at Ramapo College and a sculptress who lives in Mahwah ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_16_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_16_2008.html 16 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey, a pioneer in environmentally green practices since its inception in 1969, has made a commitment to climate neutrality ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008e.html 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - On January 30 and 31 Ramapo College of New Jersey will participate in Focus The Nation, a teach-in model on global warming solutions ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008d.html 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - James and Anna, an exhibit by James Andrew Brown that pays tribute to his parents, will open in the Kresge Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008c.html 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Analyst, an exhibition of new work by artist Jennifer Dudley, will open Wednesday, February 6 in the Berrie Center's Pascal Gallery ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008b.html 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., January 8, 2008 - Nominations for the 2008 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation until February 29. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2008/01_09_2008.html 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage Series presents "An Evening of Acoustic American Music: David Bromberg and Angel Band" Saturday, January 26 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_19_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_19_2007.html 20 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Cashore Marionettes will present a family performance depicting humorous and poignant scenes from everyday life through touching character portrayals ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_19_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_19_2007b.html 20 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at The Berrie Center presents Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage, featuring Harry Allen on saxophone, Saturday, January 19 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater.... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_13_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_13_2007.html 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey, in conjunction with its Italian cinema course, will present a series of Italian language films this spring. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_03_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_03_2007.html 3 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Mr. Imagination, who is exhibiting a number of his unusual bottlecap pieces in an exhibit, Collection Parallax, at Ramapo College of New Jersey... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_03_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/12_03_2007b.html 3 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2008 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, to be held Saturday, March 8 at the Rockleigh Country Club ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_19_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_19_2007.html 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents A Bluegrass Family Christmas featuring string wizard and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John McEuen Saturday, December 15 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_19_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_19_2007b.html 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "New Jersey at the Crossroads" will be the topic for a panel of financial experts participating in the 2008 Business and Financial Outlook Roundtable Tuesday, December 4 from 7 - 9 p.m. in Friends Hall ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_14_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_14_2007.html 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Peter P. Mercer, president of Ramapo College of New Jersey, announced the establishment of the Sabrin Center for Business Excellence in the Anisfield School of Business ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_09_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_09_2007.html 9 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Kick off the holiday season with the entire family to the sounds of holiday favorites with the Mantovani Orchestra and Chorus at Ramapo College of New Jersey Sunday, December 2 at 2 and 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on campus... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_07_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_07_2007.html 7 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Each year Ramapo College of New Jersey recognizes National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_06_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_06_2007.html 6 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Faculty and student collaboration on research projects at Ramapo College has resulted in nationally prestigious recognition for the college's bioinformatics program... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_05_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/11_05_2007.html 5 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present William Shakespeare's As You Like It November 9 - 11 and November 14 - 17 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the college campus ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007c.html 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Chorale will present a holiday concert, "Visions of Higher Ground" Sunday, December 9 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007b.html 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Pastures of Plenty: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie in Dance and Music" will be presented Saturday, December 1 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_31_2007.html 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will celebrate International Education Week November 12 - 16 by hosting informative, educational and entertaining programs throughout the week ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_26_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_26_2007.html 26 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series will present Duo Cavatina, featuring Carol Shansky playing the flute and Seth Himmelhoch on guitar Sunday, November 18, at 3 p.m. in the York Room ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_24_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_24_2007.html 24 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Collection Parallax will open in the Kresge Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday, November 7 and continue through December 12. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007a.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007a.html 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - In Other Words, the 2006 Ramapo Curatorial Prize winner, will open in the Pascal Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday, November 7 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007b.html 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new Sustainability Center ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_22_2007.html 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Simon Deng, who grew up in a peaceful farming community in southern Sudan, but whose childhood was filled with fear of Arab militia raids ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_18_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_18_2007.html 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A conference and expo, GREEN MEETS GREEN: Transitioning from "We can't afford to be green" to ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_17_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_17_2007.html 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association will hold its fall conference Saturday, November 3 at Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_15_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_15_2007.html 16 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Steven Bach, author of Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (Knopf, 2007), will speak at Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_04_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_04_2007.html 4 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Holocaust survivor Eric Mayer of Wayne will speak at a Kristallnacht commemoration Friday, November 9 at Temple Beth Haverim of Mahwah ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_04_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_04_2007b.html 4 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Judith Peck, Ed.D., an artist and professor of art at Ramapo College of New Jersey, has completed an expanded second edition ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_03_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_03_2007.html 3 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Friends of Ramapo College invite you to Step Back In Time Sunday, November 4 from 2 - 5:30 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_03_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/10_03_2007b.html 3 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls' unique memoir of survival and resiliency told through the eyes of a young girl ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007d.html 26 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at The Berrie Center presents The Sultans of Swing, conducted by David Berger, Saturday, October 20 at 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007c.html 26 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Pianist Itay Goren will perform Sunday, October 28 at 3 p.m. in the Rehearsal Hall in the Berrie Center of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007b.html 26 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Siddhartha, founder of the Fireflies Ashram in Bangalore, India will make two public presentations at Ramapo College of New Jersey... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_25_2007.html 26 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Regina E. Herzlinger will be the guest lecturer at The Fourth Annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and Dinner Wednesday, October 17 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_20_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_20_2007.html 24 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a lecture and book signing by Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret, Friday, September 28 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_12_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_12_2007.html 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will present Avner the Eccentric's performance of "Exceptions to Gravity" Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007.html 6 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Join the Sutin Ensemble and guests as they present The Beethoven Septet Sunday, October 14 at 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007b.html 6 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Aquila Theatre Company will present Joseph Heller's stage adaptation of his world-renowned novel Catch 22 Friday, October 5 at 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007c.html 6 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Quartet San Francisco will present an eclectic repertoire including music by Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea and Astor Piazzolla Friday, October 12 at 8 p.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/09_06_2007d.html 6 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Richie Havens, famous for his soulful, fiery singing style, will perform in the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_13_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_13_2007.html 13 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - State of Grace: Paintings By Douglas Auld will open in the Pascal Gallery, September 12 and continue through October 12. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_13_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_13_2007b.html 13 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier, will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College' s Opening Convocation ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_1_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/08_1_2007.html 1 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation has rescheduled its 20th Annual Golf Outing to Monday, August 13, 2007 at The Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/07_25_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/07_25_2007b.html 25 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - An exhibit of works by R.M. Fischer will open September 12, 2007 in the Kresge Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/07_25_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/07_25_2007.html 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Educational and entertaining performances designed especially for students will be presented at the Berrie Center ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_20_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_20_2007.html 20 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is a winner of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's 2007 CASE-WealthEngine Award ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_14_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_14_2007.html 14 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Michael Riff, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey, was selected ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_04_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/06_04_2007.html 04 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Transgender Workplace Diversity Workshop: Addressing Issues for HR and Legal Professionals" will be held Wednesday ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_23_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_23_2007.html 23 May 2007 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., May 18, 2007 - For his work as a host parent and trip administrator for Healing the Children, George Brewer ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_18_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_18_2007.html 18 May 2007 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., May 7, 2007 - For their unselfish dedication to serving others, 19 Garden State residents will be honored... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_11_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_11_2007.html 11 May 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The New Jersey Pops, Jimmy and The Parrots, the 1910 Fruitgum Company and Jim Yester & The Yesterdaze will headline the 2007 Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_10_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_10_2007.html 10 May 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation will host its 20th Annual Golf Outing Monday, July 23, 2007 at The Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo, New York ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_02_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/05_02_2007.html 1 May 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission announced that Ramapo College has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_26_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_26_2007.html 26 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey inducted four former athletes and the 1991 men's basketball team into the Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony and dinner held Saturday ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_26_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_26_2007b.html 26 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_25_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_25_2007.html 25 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents Sinatra, Among Others featuring The Sachal Vasandani Quintet Saturday, May 19 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007d.html 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The American Repertory Ballet will present Mix It Up! Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007.html 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents The Beauty of the Solo Guitar featuring Brad Richter Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. in the York Room in the Birch Mansion on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007b.html 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Nancy Giles, CBS Sunday Morning contributor, comedian and actress, will deliver the commencement address at Ramapo College of New Jersey's 2007 ceremony Friday, May 11 beginning at 10 a.m. ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_16_2007c.html 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Members of the Model United Nations Club at Ramapo College of New Jersey received a delegation honorable mention at the 2007 National Model United Nations Conference held March 18 through 24 ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_11_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_11_2007.html 11 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, held Saturday, March 3 at the Rockleigh Country Club, raised more than $212,000 for scholarships, programs and research... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_09_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_09_2007.html 09 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Clayton Cramer, author of Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie will be the featured speaker Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_05_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_05_2007b.html 05 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - As part of its Earth Week activities, Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a model United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development April 16 beginning at 9 a.m. in preparation for an event ... http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_05_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_05_2007.html 05 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a slate of activities to celebrate Earth Week, April 16 - 21. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_02_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/04_02_2007.html 02 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage series presents Nordic Fiddle Fest! featuring Frigg Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007.html 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The monks of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery present "The Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music Sacred Dance" Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007b.html 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents Forbidden Broadway Special Victims Unit Saturday, April 28, at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007c.html 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - DO JUMP! Extreme Physical Theater will be presented Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_28_2007d.html 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Over 75 employers will be attending the Spring Job Fair at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, April 19. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_26_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_26_2007b.html 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The New Jersey premier of Some Sweet Day will be presented by the theater program of Ramapo College Thursday through Saturday, April 5 through 7 and Wednesday through Saturday, April 11 through 14 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the college campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_26_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_26_2007c.html 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage series performance, "The Heart and Soul of American Roots Music" featuring Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, has been rescheduled to Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_21_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_21_2007.html 21 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Students enrolled in a Social Welfare Policy class at Ramapo College of New Jersey traveled to Trenton in February to testify before the Senate Labor Committee in support of the state's Family Leave Act. The legislation ultimately passed by a 3 - 1 margin. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_14_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_14_2007.html 14 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents "Mike Reiss - Simpsons Mania: Inside America's Favorite Family" Wednesday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the H-Wing Auditorium on the college campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_14_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_14_2007b.html 14 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is pleased to announce the college's participation in a tribute to the late Russ Berrie, the businessman and philanthropist, on the occasion of his birthday, March 18. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_09_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_09_2007.html 09 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will broadcast the 14th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference Thursday, March 22 from 1:30 to 4 p.m., in Room SC-138 on the college campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_09_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/03_09_2007b.html 09 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - So Far, So Good, a retrospective view of the photographs of David Freund, 1971-2006, will open in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday, March 28 and continue through April 27. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_27_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_27_2007.html 27 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Peking Acrobats, a 26-member troupe of tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, gymnasts and clowns bring their gravity-defying feats to the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey for two performances on Saturday, March 10 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007.html 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Get a look at behind-the-scenes madness of one of America's most zany and popular television shows, as four-time Emmy Award winner Mike Reiss, producer of "The Simpsons," comes to Ramapo College Wednesday, April 11 with his trademark wit and humor. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007b.html 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage series presents "The Heart and Soul of American Roots Music" featuring Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007c.html 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The deadline for nominations for the 2007 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference has been extended. Nominations will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation until Friday, March 9. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_26_2007d.html 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Three major contributors to Ramapo College of New Jersey were honored Sunday, February 11 prior to the 7 p.m. performance of Capitol Steps in the Sharp Theater. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007c.html 21 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents Latin Jazz Party! Bobby Sanabria and Ascension Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007b.html 21 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - AT&T Family Week at the Theater presents Playwrighting for Children Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. Participants are asked to meet in the Berrie Center Lobby on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007.html 21 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents cellist Soo Bae Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_21_2007d.html 21 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Historian Taner Akcam, one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turkish government in 1915, will speak March 29, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the York Room of Birch Mansion on the campus of Ramapo College. The presentation is free and open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_08_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_08_2007b.html 08 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a number of events during March in celebration of Women's History Month 2007. The theme for this year's observance is "Viewing Herstory." Several events are open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_08_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_08_2007.html 08 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present Loose Knit February 28, March 1 -2 and March 5 - 7 at 8 p.m. in the Adler Theater on the college campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_07_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_07_2007b.html 07 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Movie director, author and activist Melvin Van Peebles will discuss his greatest role as a family man when he delivers the keynote address at the Sixth Annual State of the Africana Professoriate Conference at Ramapo College of New Jersey March 29 and 30. He will speak at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 29. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_07_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_07_2007.html 07 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A proposal for a chapter project submitted by Ramapo College's chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, The National Physics Honor Society, has been selected as a seminal recipient by an awards committee. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_05_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_05_2007.html 07 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, to be held Saturday, March 3 at the Rockleigh Country Club, will honor four distinguished citizens for their leadership and commitment to higher education: John D. McMahon, president and CEO of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.; A.J. Sabath, chief of staff to the president of the New Jersey Senate and an alumnus of Ramapo College; and Lawrence and Theresa Salameno, key supporters of Ramapo College who are instrumental in the establishment of an on-campus Spiritual Center. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_01_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/02_01_2007.html 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - In celebration of African Ancestry Month, Ramapo College of New Jersey is sponsoring an Opening Banquet Thursday, February 1 at 5 p.m. in the Robert A. Scott Student Center. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_24_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_24_2007.html 24 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A lecture, "Winds of the Spirit: Haitian Vodun Art," by Yale University art historian Dr. Robert Farris Thompson, will be presented Thursday, February 1 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_22_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_22_2007.html 22 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Share the joy of gospel music when the highly acclaimed New Jersey Conference Choir of the AME Zion Church returns to the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey Saturday, February 24 at 8 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_18_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_18_2007.html 18 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Hawthorne Symphony presents Bird With Strings: The Music of Charlie Parker, Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and Verdi's Masked Ball - Act II Sunday, February 18 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_18_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_18_2007b.html 18 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A unique selection of this year's winning entries from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival competition will be screened Thursday, February 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. The festival is free and open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007e.html 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST MAHWAH, N.J., January 8, 2007 - Nominations for the 2007 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation until February 23. New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service are eligible for cash awards of up to $50,000. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007d.html 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents The Great Barry Harris: Maestro's Choice Friday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007c.html 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Cathie Ryan, hailed as one of Celtic music's most popular and enduring singer-songwriters, will perform Saturday, February 10 at 8 p.m. at the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007b.html 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Capitol Steps, who put the "mock" in democracy, will perform two shows Sunday, February 11 at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007a.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_08_2007a.html 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey was listed in the February 2007 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine as among the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges." http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_04_2007.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2007/01_04_2007.html 04 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage series presents Incredible Feets! Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble Saturday, January 27 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/12_18_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/12_18_2006.html 18 Dec 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey, in conjunction with its Italian cinema course, will present a series of Italian language films this spring. The featured films represent classics by internationally known Italian directors as well as more recent productions. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/12_11_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/12_11_2006.html 11 Dec 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Members of the Student Government Association of Ramapo College and Tau Delta Phi, a fraternity, as well as college administrators participated in a wall-raising event sponsored by the Paterson Habitat for Humanity. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_27_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_27_2006b.html 29 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Chorale and CantaNOVA present Northern Lights, a multi-media choral concert Sunday, December 10 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. The concert joins footage of Icelandic Aurora Borealis with music from the artic regions of Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Russia and the United States. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_27_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_27_2006.html 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be displayed in Friends Hall on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, November 30 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday, December 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The display is in recognition of World AIDS Day, an international day of action on HIV and AIDS that takes place each year on December 1. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_20_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_20_2006.html 20 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents experimental filmmaker and artist Michael Snow Thursday, December 7 at 2 p.m. in the Adler Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. Snow will discuss past and present works, including two currently featured in the exhibition Seeing Double in the Kresge Gallery on the college campus through December 15. "Sink" and "A Casing Shelved" are among Snow's earliest works. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_16_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_16_2006.html 16 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Is New Jersey on the Right Track? Jobs, Taxes and the Economy" will be the topic for a panel of financial experts participating in the 2007 Business and Financial Outlook Roundtable on Wednesday, December 6 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in Friends Hall (SC-219) on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. The roundtable is free and open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_06_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_06_2006.html 06 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Community Service Center of Ramapo College of New Jersey will observe Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week beginning November 12 with activities scheduled on and off campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_01_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/11_01_2006.html 01 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Celebrate the holidays with a genuine Irish Christmas as the Three Irish Tenors present "Christmas from Dublin" Sunday, December 17 at 2 and 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006d.html 26 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is pleased to present a special holiday concert featuring The Moscow Boys Choir Saturday, December 9 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006c.html 26 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents the Jupiter String Quartet Sunday, December 3 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The quartet features Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel on violin, Liz Freivogel on viola and Daniel McDonough on cello. Their program will include works by Beethoven, Bartok and Brahms. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006b.html 26 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents The Freddy Cole Quartet: A Holiday Tribute to Nat "King" Cole and Others Friday, December 1 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_26_2006.html 26 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - At today's ceremony celebrating the topping off of a new academic facility to house the Anisfield School of Business (ASB) at Ramapo College of New Jersey, the College's president, Dr. Peter P. Mercer, announced the receipt of additional significant gifts. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_24_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_24_2006.html 24 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "Barbarous Utopia: from Eugenics to Mass Murder" is the title of a Gumpert Teachers' Workshop that will be held at Ramapo College of New Jersey Friday, November 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the York Room located on campus in the Birch Mansion. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006c.html 16 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Historian Jan T. Gross, author of Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey Monday, December 4, 1 to 2 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge (SC-136), located on campus in the Robert A. Scott Student Center. The presentation is free and open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006b.html 16 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents The Dolce Trio: From Bach to Bluegrass and Beyond Sunday, November 19 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The trio features Lynn Siebert on violin, Ilizabeth Cabrera on cello and Kris Lamb on flute, recorder and Irish whistle. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_16_2006.html 16 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum fellow Ilana Offenberger will speak on "Kristallnacht in Vienna: Fragments of a Shattered World" at Ramapo College of New Jersey Thursday, November 9, at 7 p.m. in the York Room located on campus in the Birch Mansion. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_12_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_12_2006.html 12 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Seeing Double, an exhibition of slide projection works that utilize the distinct format of slide projection to explore the complexities of visual perception, will open in the Kresge Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday, November 1 and continue through December 15. An opening reception will be held November 1 from 5 - 7 p.m. A curator's talk will begin at 6 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_11_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_11_2006b.html 11 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association will hold its fall conference Saturday, November 4 at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The daylong conference, which begins at 9:45 a.m. and ends with a reception at 4:45 p.m., is open to the public. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_11_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_11_2006.html 11 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The CIT Performing Arts Dinner Series allows subscribers to enjoy a showcase of musical, comedy and dance performances, an intimate dinner reception prior to each and dessert with the artist during intermission or following the show. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_05_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_05_2006b.html 5 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A one-person exhibition of video and painting installations by artist Jesse Rosser will open Wednesday, November 1 in the Berrie Center's Pascal Gallery on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_05_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_05_2006.html 5 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present Sam Shepard's True West October 19, 20 and 25 - 27 at 8 p.m. in the Adler Theater on the college campus. Additional performances will be presented on October 21 and 28 at 2 and 8 p.m. Maria Vail, an associate professor of theater at the college, will direct the play. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_02_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_02_2006b.html 2 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Holocaust survivor Jorge Klainman, author of The Seventh Miracle, will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey Monday, October 23, at 7 p.m. in the York Room located on campus in the Birch Mansion. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_02_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/10_02_2006.html 2 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents the City Winds Trio Sunday, October 29 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey. This trio, featuring Crispian Fordham on flute, Meredyth Coleman on oboe and Danielle Ohsiek on bassoon, creates a sound more like a full orchestra than a small ensemble. Their unique sound comes from their unusual combination of instruments. The program includes works by Scott Joplin as well as Bach and Beethoven. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_28_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_28_2006.html 28 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts presents Tales from the Beijing Opera Sunday, October 15 at 3 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. A martial arts workshop precedes the performance at 12:30 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_21_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_21_2006.html 21 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Maureen McGovern, whose career includes recordings, concerts, Broadway, films, television and radio will perform Saturday, October 21 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_18_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_18_2006b.html 18 Sep 2006 02:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents "An Evening with John Waters" Friday, October 20 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the college's campus. Join the director of Pink Flamingos and more than a dozen other films for an evening of "Shock Value." http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_18_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_18_2006.html 18 Sep 2006 02:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Judge Andrew P. Napolitano will be the guest lecturer at The Third Annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Thursday, October 12 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. in Friends Hall on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. The public is invited to attend the lecture and dinner, sponsored by the Center for Business and Public Policy of Ramapo College and the Ramapo College Foundation Business Network. Friends Hall is located in the College's Student Center. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_14_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_14_2006.html 14 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - High school senior Carly Dobrin of Tinton Falls, NJ has eliminated the stress of applying to college and waiting for an acceptance letter. She took advantage of Ramapo College's Immediate Decision Days. Not only was she accepted on the same day she applied, but she left her deposit for the fall 2007 semester, making her the first member of Ramapo College's Class of 2011. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_14_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_14_2006b.html 14 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - With the pressure of college application deadlines bearing down, most high school seniors are feeling the stress. They need not be stressed out if they are accepted to Ramapo College during Immediate Decision Days held on the Mahwah campus. Immediate Decision Days will be held September 27, October 5 and 13, November 6, 15, 20 and 29 and December 1, 6, 12 and 14, 2006. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_01_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/09_01_2006.html 01 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey presents a special exhibition of images in its Photo Lounge Gallery: "The Pursuit of Emptiness, Variations of Red, White and Blue," featuring works by conceptual artist Andor Orand. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, September 13 and continue through October 6. There will be an opening reception September 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_28_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_28_2006.html 28 Aug 2006 03:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College, designated "New Jersey's Public Liberal Arts College," was recognized by two national publications as among the best in the north. In the 2007 edition of America's Best Colleges, released by U.S.News and World Report, Ramapo College is first among regional public comprehensive colleges. This is the fourth consecutive year U.S. News ranked the institution as number one among regional public comprehensive colleges. The category, "The top public comprehensive colleges," is subdivided into four geographical quadrants. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_23_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_23_2006.html 23 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Alumni Association and the Friends of Ramapo would like to invite all Alumni and Friends Plus Membership holders to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Every graduate and Friends Plus Membership holder is eligible to sit-in on one class during the spring and fall semesters... http://www.ramapo.edu/alumni_foundation/association/releases/8_23_06.html http://www.ramapo.edu/alumni_foundation/association/releases/8_23_06.html 23 Aug 2006 02:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - Palpable Painting, a group exhibition featuring paintings by faculty at colleges and other institutions in New Jersey and New York, will open in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries on the campus of Ramapo College Wednesday, September 13 and continue through October 19. An opening reception will be held September 13 from 5 - 7 p.m. Artists' talks will begin at 6 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_21_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_21_2006.html 21 Aug 2006 02:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, located on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey, will begin its eighth exciting season of performances on Saturday, September 16. Area residents are invited to join its corps of volunteers, who work as ushers, greeters and gallery helpers. Volunteers will receive training and one pair of tickets per semester. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_10_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_10_2006.html 10 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo Mountain Stage series presents an evening of acoustic American music featuring David Bromberg and Angel Band Saturday, September 16 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006.html 8 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - The Friends of Ramapo will host an Art Auction and Evening at the Cabaret Saturday, September 9 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006b.html 8 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, will be the guest speaker at Ramapo College's Opening Convocation Friday, September 8 at 1 p.m. The Convocation will be held in the Arena of the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center, located on campus. The public is invited to attend; admission is free. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006c.html 8 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - Les Yeux Noir: Direct From Paris! will perform Saturday, October 7 at 8 p.m. at the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_08_2006d.html 8 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - At the July 27 meeting of the Ramapo College Board of Trustees, Nominating Committee member A.J. Sabath announced that Thomas Zelante, Esq., Rev. Vernon C. Walton and Timothy W. Schroeder were re-elected to the Board's leadership positions, serving respectively as chair, vice chair and secretary. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_02_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/08_02_2006.html 2 Aug 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - Thomas O. McGurn, general manager - retail and industry relations for BMW of North America, LLC, was named chair of the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors during the board's annual meeting. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/07_19_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/07_19_2006.html 19 Jul 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Peter Mercer, president of Ramapo College, announced the appointment of Dr. Beth E. Barnett as provost effective July 1. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_23_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_23_2006.html 26 Jun 2006 10:11:48 EST (Mahwah) - The Silver Starlight Orchestra will headline the first Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series on Thursday July 6. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_19_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_19_2006.html 20 Jun 2006 16:59:21 EST MAHWAH, N.J., June 1, 2006 - Through a chance encounter with a victim of domestic abuse, Sa'idah Sharif of Roselle experienced a personal call to help Muslim victims of domestic violence, drawing on her knowledge of Islamic culture to found the state's first support service for members of the Islamic community. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_01_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/06_01_2006.html 20 Jun 2006 16:59:01 EST (Mahwah) - The Silver Starlight Orchestra, The Demensions, Rag Doll in a tribute to the Four Seasons and 52nd Street, a Billy Joel tribute band, will headline the Commerce Bank Summer Concert Series on the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_31_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_31_2006b.html 02 Jun 2006 10:37:39 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Sharon Rubin, a professor of American Studies and literature, was named the director of the Ramapo College Honors Program. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_31_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_31_2006.html 02 Jun 2006 10:37:20 EST (Mahwah) - A number of students enrolled at Ramapo College of New Jersey will spend their summer breaks pursuing prestigious research and internship opportunities here and abroad. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_25_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_25_2006.html 26 May 2006 10:03:18 EST MAHWAH, N.J., May 22, 2005 - Among the 19 finalists considered for the 2006 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference are teens who put themselves at risk to rescue others, guardians of two of New Jersey's treasures - one natural, one historic, and advocates for the poor and disabled both here and in Third World countries. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_22_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_22_2006.html 24 May 2006 09:52:11 EST (Mahwah) - An untitled 45" x 30" digital inkjet print, created by artist Matthew Swarts in 2005-2006, is featured in the 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Massachusetts. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_18_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_18_2006.html 19 May 2006 10:12:20 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Peter Philip Mercer, president of Ramapo College of New Jersey, today announced the appointment of Dr. Lewis M. Chakrin, a Mendham resident and former corporate executive at AT&T, as dean of the College's Anisfield School of Business. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_17_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_17_2006b.html 18 May 2006 13:11:39 EST (Mahwah) - Fred M. Jacobs, M.D., J.D., commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, will deliver the commencement address at Ramapo College of New Jersey's 2006 ceremony Thursday, May 25 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Bandshell. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_17_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_17_2006.html 18 May 2006 10:48:33 EST (Mahwah) - Joined by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, delegates from other colleges and universities, Ramapo College students, faculty and staff, Dr. Peter Philip Mercer was inaugurated as the fourth president of Ramapo College of New Jersey in an investiture ceremony held today in the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center on the College's campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_03_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_03_2006.html 03 May 2006 15:13:00 EST (Mahwah) - Shalom Gorewitz, a professor of communications media at Ramapo College of New Jersey, will exhibit several of his projects at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center in Manhattan beginning May 25 and continuing through July 2. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_02_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/05_02_2006.html 03 May 2006 10:45:30 EST (Mahwah) - The Africana Institute of Ramapo College of New Jersey will host the 2006 Conference of the African-American Professoriate Thursday through Saturday, April 20 - 22. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_12_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_12_2006.html 17 Apr 2006 11:54:09 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents "Soul Jazz Party!" Saturday, May 6 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_10_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_10_2006.html 17 Apr 2006 11:53:39 EST (Mahwah) - The Sphinx Quartet will perform Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_10_2006a.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_10_2006a.html 17 Apr 2006 11:53:18 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey today announced that it has received the largest gift in the college's history. Longtime supporters Richard and Millicent Anisfield of Saddle River will donate $2.5 million toward Ramapo's business school; together with past gifts to the college, the total of the Anisfields' commitment to Ramapo is over $3 million. To express its appreciation for these contributions, the Ramapo College Board of Trustees will name the college's business school The Anisfield School of Business. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_06_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_06_2006.html 10 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents a Mozart Birthday Celebration featuring the Sutin Ensemble Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey.  Members of the ensemble will pay tribute to classical music's greatest composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in honor of his 250th birthday. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006d.html 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - "The Best of Second City" will perform Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey.  Featuring a cast of six, "The Best of Second City" is two acts of highly charged and wildly funny comedy. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006c.html 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) -- The theater program of Ramapo College of New Jersey will present Lysistrata, written by Aristophanes, April 20 - 22 and 26 -2 9.  Ulla Neuerburg-Denzer, an assistant professor of theater at the College, will direct the play. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006a.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006a.html 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - Hudson United Bank, a division of TD Banknorth, N.A., recently presented the Ramapo College Foundation with a check for $30,000 in support of the College's Business Partners Program.  The donation will support student scholarships and faculty research over the next three years. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/04_03_2006.html 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST (Mahwah) - A public debate to discuss the central themes in Creating A Sustainable World: Past Experience/Future Struggle, a book co-edited by Dr. Trent Schroyer, a professor of sociology-philosophy at Ramapo College of New Jersey, will be held Wednesday, April 26 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. in the York Room, located in the Birch Mansion on the College campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_30_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_30_2006.html 04 Apr 2006 11:01:11 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2006 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, held Saturday, March 11 at the Rockleigh Country Club, raised more than $250,00 for scholarships, programs and research, while honoring four distinguished citizens for their leadership and commitment to higher education: Joseph T. Dockery, president of Prestige Management Services, Inc.; Emily Kosstrin Mann, a community leader, architectural designer, and former trustee of Ramapo College who currently serves on the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors; Audrey Meyers, president and chief executive officer of The Valley Hospital and Valley Health System; and Jeffrey A. Warren,'73, senior advisor to the National Pharmaceutical Council and founding principal of JR Market Strategies, LLC. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_30_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_30_2006b.html 04 Apr 2006 11:00:09 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Peter Philip Mercer will be inaugurated as the fourth president of Ramapo College of New Jersey in an investiture ceremony May 3, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center on the College's campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_27_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_27_2006.html 29 Mar 2006 08:51:26 EST (Mahwah) - "Understanding Rape Culture: Awareness, Education, Action," a day-long teach-in, will be held in Friends Hall (SC-219) Tuesday, April 18, 2006 on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_20_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_20_2006.html 21 Mar 2006 11:18:15 EST (Mahwah) - Dr. Angela Cristini, a professor of biology and the executive director of special programs at Ramapo College of New Jersey, has been invited by the National Academy of Sciences to serve on the Committee on Informal Science Learning. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_16_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_16_2006.html 20 Mar 2006 10:38:02 EST (Mahwah) - The York Room Salon Series presents The Tononi Quartet Sunday, April 23 at 3 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006b.html 16 Mar 2006 08:53:40 EST (Mahwah) - Acoustic guitarist Patty Larkin will perform Friday, May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006.html 16 Mar 2006 08:53:08 EST Mahwah) - A group exhibition of artists whose work incorporates circles will be presented in the Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey Wednesday, March 29 and continuing through May 3. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_13_2006c.html 16 Mar 2006 08:52:11 EST (Mahwah) - Turned wood bowls by New Jersey artist Phyllis McCraw will be on display in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey beginning Wednesday, March 29 and continuing through May 3. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_08_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_08_2006.html 13 Mar 2006 11:19:15 EST (Mahwah) - A panel discussion, "Tech for Development: Innovations for the Planet's Poorest People," will be presented at Ramapo College of New Jersey Friday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_06_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_06_2006.html 08 Mar 2006 11:35:02 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey is one of seven higher education institutions in the state to participate in the Baccalaureate Child Welfare Education Program (BCWEP) that prepares undergraduate social work students for careers in public child welfare. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_06_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_06_2006b.html 08 Mar 2006 11:34:17 EST (Mahwah) - The Russian American Kids Circus, composed of children ages six to 16 trained by veterans of the world-famous Moscow Circus, will perform Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_01_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_01_2006.html 06 Mar 2006 10:36:06 EST (Mahwah) - The Sharp Theater will present Haunted Illusions!, featuring the magic of David Caserta, Saturday, April 1 at 8 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_01_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/03_01_2006b.html 06 Mar 2006 10:35:22 EST (Mahwah) - World-renowned sculptor Alice Aycock will present a slide lecture Thursday, March 16 at noon in the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreation Center on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_27_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_27_2006.html 03 Mar 2006 11:45:07 EST (Mahwah) - Forty Ramapo College of New Jersey students will be soaking up the sun on spring break as they rebuild homes in hurricane-ravaged Gulfport, MS; plant trees in indigenous villages in Oaxaca, Mexico; provide urgently needed home repairs to families in the Appalachian region of Asheville, NC; and work on a farm in Rutland, MA. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_27_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_27_2006b.html 01 Mar 2006 11:38:57 EST (Mahwah) - Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Salameno of Allendale, NJ have established the Salameno Challenge Grant at Ramapo College of New Jersey with a pledge of $350,000 to support the construction of a Spiritual Center on the College campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_22_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_22_2006.html 24 Feb 2006 10:52:08 EST (Mahwah) - The Ramapo College Foundation's 2006 Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner, to be held Saturday, March 11 at the Rockleigh Country Club, will honor four distinguished citizens for their leadership and commitment to higher education: Joseph T. Dockery, president of Prestige Management Services, Inc.; Emily Kosstrin Mann, a community leader, architectural designer, and former trustee of Ramapo College who currently serves on the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors; Audrey Meyers, president and chief executive officer of The Valley Hospital and Valley Health System; and Jeffrey A. Warren,'73, senior advisor to the National Pharmaceutical Council and founding principal of JR Market Strategies, LLC. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_22_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_22_2006b.html 24 Feb 2006 10:53:04 EST (Mahwah) - Share the joy of gospel music when the highly acclaimed New Jersey Conference Choir of the AME Zion Church returns to the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006e.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006e.html 23 Feb 2006 12:18:03 EST (Mahwah) - Singer and songwriter Janis Ian will perform Friday, March 17 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006.html 23 Feb 2006 12:15:32 EST (Mahwah) -- The American Repertory Ballet will present Graham Lustig's modern-day version of Cinderella Sunday, March 19 at 4 p.m. in the Sharp Theater. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006b.html 23 Feb 2006 12:14:59 EST (Mahwah) - A unique selection of this year's winning entries from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival competition will be screened Thursday, March 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_16_2006c.html 23 Feb 2006 12:14:16 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents Catherine Russell and the Earl May Quartet Saturday, March 11 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006.html 23 Feb 2006 12:13:45 EST (Mahwah) - Two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey will perform "Women on Fire," a one-woman play, Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006b.html 23 Feb 2006 12:13:10 EST (Mahwah) - AT&T Family Week at the Theater presents "Playwrighting for Children," Saturday, March 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the lobby of the Berrie Center on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006c.html 23 Feb 2006 12:12:45 EST Mahwah) - Dr. Trent Schroyer, a professor of sociology-philosophy at Ramapo College of New Jersey, co-edited, along with Tom Golodik, Creating A Sustainable World: Past Experience/Future Struggle. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006d.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_15_2006d.html 23 Feb 2006 12:08:58 EST (Mahwah) - Marge Piercy, a critically-acclaimed novelist, essayist and poet, is the featured speaker for the Women's History Month Opening Reception Tuesday, March 7 at 3 p.m. in Friends Hall (SC-219) on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_08_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_08_2006b.html 10 Feb 2006 12:51:53 EST (Mahwah) - The Vagina Monologues, a national stage sensation created by Eve Ensler and based on interviews with more than 200 women, will be performed by Ramapo College students in three benefit performances Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, February 14 through 16 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_08_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/02_08_2006.html 10 Feb 2006 12:50:59 EST (Mahwah) - Congressman Robert E. Andrews, who represents the First Congressional District of New Jersey, will speak on Friday, February 10 at 11 a.m. in the Adler Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_30_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_30_2006.html 31 Jan 2006 13:38:55 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey was listed in the February 2006 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine as among the "100 Best Values in Pubic Colleges." http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_25_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_25_2006.html 27 Jan 2006 11:08:56 EST (Mahwah) - Boasting some of the most talented musicians who call New Jersey home, the Hawthorne Symphony, under the direction of conductor John Minkoff, returns to the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Sunday, February 26 at 3 p.m. for a performance featuring the music of Mozart, Ravel and Wagner, and performances by internationally renowned soloists. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_19_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_19_2006b.html 24 Jan 2006 12:26:16 EST (Mahwah) - Marcia Ball, known as the Gulf Coast Blues Lady, will perform Saturday, February 25 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_19_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_19_2006.html 24 Jan 2006 12:25:48 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a Valentine's Day Dinner and Performance for College alumni who are married or engaged to or partners with other Ramapo alumni on Saturday, February 4 beginning at 6 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_18_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_18_2006.html 24 Jan 2006 12:15:33 EST (Mahwah) - Fine Print will open in the Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Wednesday, February 8 and continue through March 15. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006c.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006c.html 19 Jan 2006 12:05:57 EST (Mahwah) - Alumni Redux 4, a group exhibition featuring works by visual arts graduates of Ramapo College of New Jersey, will open in the Pascal Gallery on Wednesday, February 8 and continue through March 15. An opening reception will be held from 5 - 7 p.m. on February 8 and artists' talks are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006b.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006b.html 19 Jan 2006 12:05:30 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will host a regional and educational networking meeting for stakeholders of The New Jersey Hydrogen Learning Center on Thursday, February 7, at the Pavilion on the College campus. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_12_2006.html 19 Jan 2006 12:04:58 EST (Mahwah) - Ramapo College of New Jersey, in conjunction with its Italian cinema course, will present a series of Italian language films this spring. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_04_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_04_2006.html 19 Jan 2006 12:04:05 EST (Mahwah) - Jazz at the Berrie Center presents Louis, Dizzy and Miles: A Celebration of the Great Trumpeters featuring Winston Byrd Saturday, February 18 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006.html 3 Jan 2006 10:40:57 EST (Mahwah) - New Generation Dance Company will present "Aires de Tango" Saturday, February 4 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. In conjunction with the performance, a tango workshop will be offered February 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. Attendees, who may come with a partner or alone, will learn the art of tango from Argentinean dance master Karina Romero. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_2.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_2.html 3 Jan 2006 10:40:57 EST (Mahwah) - The Sphinx Quartet will perform Sunday, February 12 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. The performance is part of the College's York Room Salon Series. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_3.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_3.html 3 Jan 2006 10:40:57 EST (Mahwah) - Dance at the Berrie Center presents The Monk Project, a contemporary multi-media dance performance that celebrates the genius of be-bop pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_4.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_4.html 3 Jan 2006 10:40:57 EST MAHWAH, N.J., January 1, 2006 —Nominations for the 2006 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by The Russell Berrie Foundation until February 17. New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities are eligible for cash grants of up to $50,000. http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_5.html http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2006/01_03_2006_5.html 3 Jan 2006 12:06:47 EST