Ramapo International

Liberian Studies Association's 49th Annual Conference
2017-04-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah, NJ 07430, USA
[Ramapo College of New Jersey].
More details on the conference webpage: https://www.ramapo.edu/international/lsa-2017

French Language Happy Hour
2017-04-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123, Roukema Ctr Conference Room
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your French language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers French Language Happy Hour every other Mondays from 1-2 pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Italian Conversation Hour
2017-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 | A-106
[A-106]
Would you like to practice your Italian language skills? Italian Club offers the Conversation Hour every other Mondays from 1-2 pm in A-106. All levels are welcome.
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH OPENING PROCLAMATION
2017-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Friends Hall
Join the Office of Equity and Diversity Programs as we proclaim the start of Ramapo College’s Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2017. We will present the calendar, talk about upcoming events, and watch a performance of traditional Hawaiian dancers. Event is Monday, April 3 at 1 p.m. in Friends Hall.
Email mmarti13@ramapo.edu for information.

Portuguese Language Happy Hour
2017-04-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2017-04-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2017-04-18 14:00 - 15:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123] Would you like to practice your Portuguese language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Portuguese Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 2-3 pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

German Language Happy Hour
2017-04-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-19 13:00 - 14:00
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your German language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers German Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 1-2 pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Hindi Language Happy Hour
2017-04-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123] Would you like to practice your Hindi language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Hindi Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 1-2 pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Japanese Language Happy Hour
2017-04-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2017-04-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2017-04-19 14:00 - 15:00 | ASB-230
[ASB-230]
Would you like to practice your Japanese language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3 pm in ASB-230. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Exploring Creativity and Literacy in Ethiopia
2017-04-10 13:00 - 14:00 | SC-219
[SC-219] The Culture Club, and Africana Studies invite all to a Cultural Exhibit and a presentation on “exploring creativity and literacy in Ethiopia,” by Dr. Michael Bitz, Assoc. Professor of Teacher Education in the School of Social Science and Human Services. Food and refreshments will be served.
For more information contact Andrew Herrera: aherrara@ramapo.edu

Fulbright FACULTY Workshop
2017-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | A218
TBD

Fulbright STUDENT Workshop
2017-04-12 13:00 - 14:00 | A218

Book Club: Nervous Conditions
2017-04-12 14:50 - 15:50 | Potter Library
[Potter Library’s Current Periodicals Reading Lounge] Join the Potter Library in reading Nervous Conditions, a novel about a teenage girl and her British-educated cousin coming of age in colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s. The first 30 students to sign up will receive a copy of the novel. This group is open to faculty, staff and students. Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) and Katie Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu) to join and for additional information. This program has been supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education.

Italian Film Series: "To Win"
2017-04-12 18:00 - 19:00
Please join us Wednesday, April 12 for “To Win” (Vincere-directed by Marco Bellocchio) at 6 p.m. in ASB-136. This movie screening is sponsored by The School of Humanities and Global Studies. A discussion follows the screening. Admission is free and this event is open to the public.
Please contact Professor D’Angelo at 201-684-7408 for information and disability-related accommodations.

Speaker: Renowned Japanese-American Artist, Tomokazu Matsuyama
2017-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Adler Theater
[Berrie] Renowned Japanese-American artist Tomokazu Matsuyama will speak in the Adler Theater in the Berrie Center on Thursday, April 13 at 3 p.m. Matsuyama’s work responds to his own bi-cultural experience of growing up between Japan and America by bringing together aspects of both Eastern and Western aesthetic systems. His practice repositions traditional icons within a broader global context in order to create a distinctive style that resists cultural categorization, and embodies what the artist refers to as the “struggle of reckoning the familiar local with the familiar global.” Matsuyama’s work is currently featured in the Kresge Gallery exhibition “Forms and Effects: Ukiyo-e to Anime” which continues on view through April 21.
For more information, contact Sydney Jenkins at 201-684-7147.

Lessons of Sustainability: Voices of Key Practitioners
2017-04-13 19:00 | Alumni Lounges SC 156-7
[SC 156-157] Join the RCNJ Master’s of Sustainability Studies for the fourth lecture of the 2017 Series. The lecture entitle, “Snakes and Tigers: Lessons from the Amazon and India for Advancing the Top Predator Model of Ecological Preservation,” presented by author, conservationist, and film-maker, PAUL ROSOLIE.
Specializing in Anaconda for their own sake and as an indicator of ecosystem health, Paul Rosolie has strategically developed a reputation for daring capable of attracting public attention needed to save the Amazon. In his award winning short film and then in his first book, Mother of God, and subsequently, in his work on Discovery channel, Paul took us into the Amazon to places few others have ever been and where we are unlikely ever to ourselves travel. We encounter a wilderness the likes of which we had become convinced no longer existed, a real life Shangri la. And as we plunge deeper into Paul’s—and our—journey—our awe is matched by the tension of knowing that its very existence is at risk of destruction.
Those parking on campus should acquire a parking permit upon entering campus from the guard booth at the north entrance. For additional information or accommodation, contact Professor Michael R. Edelstein at medelste@ramapo.edu.

Lenape Language Classs
2017-04-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Sustainability Center
[Sustainability Center/SEC-104]
Lenape Language Class held on the third Saturday of each month from 11am-4pm.

GHANA EXPERIENCES: RAMAPO'S SGA AND CHORALE
2017-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 | H-Wing Auditorium
[H-Wing Auditorium] Members of the SGA and the Chorale who recently visited KNUST university in Kumasi, Ghana will be presenting, speaking and perhaps singing about their experiences on Monday, April 17 at 1:00 pm in the H-Wing Auditorium. Light refreshments will be served in the H-Wing lobby immediately following. Questions? Email CCEC@ramapo.edu or call (201) 684-7586. We hope to see many of you there.

Social Media, Democracy and Citizenship in Turkey
2017-04-19 15:00 - 16:00 | ASB 221
[ASB-221] Dr. Nazan Haydari, Associate Professor of Media School at İstanbul Bilgi University. This presentation draws from contested terrain of social media during the Gezi Park protests and the recent coup attempt to explore the complex relationship between media, participation, and citizenship. Dr. Haydari argues that the possibilities and limitations of social media as a space of representation and citizenship in Turkey can be contextually comprehended in relation to various parameters including historically state-centric approaches to media, silenced histories and histories of silencing, diversifying forms of civil society organizations and social movements, media ownership, and significance of interpersonal communication and social networking.

Closing Celebration - Year of Sub-Saharan Africa
2017-04-20 17:30 | Friends Hall (SC-219)
[Friends Hall (SC-219)]. Join us as we close out the Year of Sub-Saharan Africa with a celebration of our year’s activities, discussion of programs and new initiatives…and of course…music, dancing and food!

AN EPIPHANY IN LILACS: IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CAMPS
2017-04-24 13:00 - 14:30 | SC-158
On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah- April 24), the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Hillel invite you to hear Iris Dorbian discuss the story behind “An Epiphany In Lilacs,” her young adult novel set in a displaced persons camp outside Hamburg, Germany, following the end of World War II. Based on her father’s personal experiences, it provides a unique glimpse into the period after the Holocaust when after their liberation survivors returned to life. Daniel, the main protagonist, struggles to find comfort through his pre-war memories and his love of nature. The program will take place in the Alumni Lounge (SC-158) at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 24. Contact Michael Riff at 201-684-7409 or mriff@ramapo.edu for details.

Indian Street Food
2017-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Linden Kitchen
Presented by Shabnam Tobaccowalla & Asha Mehta. Come experience the taste and aroma of street food from India.
