Ramapo International

Hindi Language Happy Hour
2017-10-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Hindi language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Hindi Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 1-2pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

“I Am Not your Negro: Conversations on Identity, History, Race and Baldwin”, Discussion with Director Raoul Peck
2017-10-11 13:30 - 16:30 | Berrie Center, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah, NJ 07430, USA, 65 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah, NJ, United States
[Sharp Theater, Berrie Center] Join us for a film screening followed by a provocative talk and discussion with award winning director and political activist Raoul Peck. Raoul Peck (born in Haiti 1953) has made over 20 films, ranging from experimental to documentary, to mainstream feature in style. One of the leading human rights-focused filmmakers, Peck is also one of the great masters of cinema technique today. He is president of the French state film school, and during 1996-7 was Minister of Culture in Haiti. His film I Am Not Your Negro, based on the words of African-American writer James Baldwin, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2017. Peck’s visit is a unique opportunity for the Ramapo college community to meet a modern film master in person and also to reflect upon civil rights debates from the 1960s that continue to be relevant in America today. Learn more: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669704/
Event Schedule:
1:30 pm Screening of the film “I Am Not Your Negro”
3:00 pm Talk and discussion with director Raoul Peck
4:00 pm Reception with light refreshments

Japanese Language Happy Hour
2017-10-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2017-10-18 14:00 - 15:00 | ASB-522
[ASB-522] Would you like to practice your Japanese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3pm. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Latin@ Heritage Month Closing Banquet
2017-10-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Alumni Lounges 156-157
[Alumni Lounges 156-157] Join The Latin@ Heritage Month Planning Committee for the Latin@ Heritage Month closing banquet! We will close out the month by listening to a speaker, recapping the events, and enjoying some food!

INDIA -TRANSFORMING AND TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES: Student Reflections on Summer Study Abroad
2017-10-12 13:00 - 14:00 | SC158
[Alumni Lounge, SC-158]
Come hear the stories and experiences of Ramapo Students who participated in the Summer 2017 study and service abroad program to South India. The presentation will be held on Thursday, October 12th from 1pm to 2pm in Alumni Lounge, SC-158. For more information on Ramapo Programs in India, please visit: https://www.ramapo.edu/study-abroad/india/, and contact the Roukema Center x7533.

Spanish Spelling Bee
2017-10-12 21:00 - 22:00 | J.Lee’s
[J.Lee’s] The Spanish spelling bee is like any other spelling bee…with a twist. Participants will compete to spell Spanish words and for a special grand prize!

Red Bull's Game
2017-10-16 21:00 - 2017-10-17 00:00 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
[Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey] Watch a soccer game live at the Red Bulls Arena. Sponsored by Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.

German Language Happy Hour
2017-10-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-25 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your German language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers German Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 1-2pm 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
2017-10-19 13:25 - 14:25 | A-102
[A-102] Join the Italian Club in A-102 from 1:25p.m.-2:25 p.m. on every other Thursday to learn the Italian language and culture. Pizza will be served. For information, please email rmontem1@ramapo.edu

The Mischlinge Project: Intermarriage in Germany
2017-10-19 23:00 - 2017-10-20 01:00 | York Room
[York Room]. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invites you to a multimedia performance on Wednesday, October 18 in the York Room of the Birch Mansion at 7 p.m., centering around Carolyn Enger’s family history and her personal experience with Judaism. The program features the music of German-Jewish-born composers Felix Mendelssohn, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Hanns Eisler. It will also highlight a new work written by the acclaimed composer Bruce Adolphe especially for this project. The works contextualize video and audio testimony of Ms. Enger’s father, Horace J. Enger, and her godmother, Rosemarie Steinfeld’s, experiences in Germany after the Nuremberg Laws were passed. The performance traces her family story of conversion from Judaism to Christianity and back to Judaism. For information, contact mriff@ramapo.edu

Lisbon, The Port of Last Resort, and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of World War II
2017-10-20 13:45 - 15:15 | SC-156
[SC-156] The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invite all on Friday, October 20 at 1:45 p.m. to hear Professor Marion Kaplan in the Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC-156) discuss the plight of Jewish refugees in Portugal. Kaplan’s presentation will analyze the conditions, individuals, and laws that allowed Portugal to open (and sometimes close) its doors to tens of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing war-torn Europe and Nazi persecution. It will highlight how refugees coped once there, both practically and psychologically. Their frightening odysseys from impending doom to fragile safety, their fearful wait in an oddly peaceful purgatory, and their grateful surprise at the reactions of Portuguese citizens linked up with their private agonies.
Email mriff@ramapo.edu for information.

Book Club - Year of Europe
2017-10-23 13:10 - 14:00 | Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
[Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)]
Join the Potter Library in reading A Man Called Ove, a New York Times Bestselling Swedish feel-good story about a cantankerous old man and the impact his life has on others. The first 30 students to sign up will receive a free copy of the novel. Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) and Katie Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu) to join and for additional information. Hosted by the George T. Potter Library; Co-sponsored by Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education.

From Chibas to Chevys: Notes on the Cuban Saga
2017-10-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Friend’s Hall
[Friend’s Hall] This presentation focuses on transformation of Cuba’s economic status before the revolution to the present. The subject will be enhanced with audiovisuals of Cuba.

Japanese Language Happy Hour
2017-10-25 14:00 - 15:00 | ASB-522
[ASB-123] Would you like to practice your Japanese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3pm. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

6th Annual Career and Internship Conference
2017-10-25 17:30 - 21:00 | Friends Hall
[Friends Hall]
Making the Public Good your Career
Featuring: Idealist.org
“Helping you find, land, and love your social impact career”
Wednesday, October 25
5:30-9:00 PM, Friends Hall, SC-219
The 6th Annual Career and Internship Conference is an engaging and interactive program designed to assist students with career preparation. Whether you are seeking an internship or getting ready to launch your professional career attend this event to learn new skills, gain valuable information and network with professionals.
Keynote Speaker: Victoria Crispo,Idealist.org
Breakout sessions include: “Peace Corps Careers”, “ How I Got Hired” “International Internships” and more!
Dinner provided.
Tickets free at Roadrunner Central.
Sponsored by Idealist.org, Career Center, Civic and Community Engagement Center (CCEC), and ENACTUS
Contact Debra Stark at dstark@ramapo.edu or drop by the Career Center, C-209 for more information.

Spanish Conversation Hour
2017-10-26 13:00 - 14:00 | G-221
[G-221]
Join the Spanish Club in G-221 from 1:00pm-2:00pm on every other Thursday to learn Spanish language and culture. For more information, email: spanishclub@ramapo.edu

Campus Sustainability Day
2017-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Friends Hall (SC-219)
[Friends Hall (SC-219)] The President’s Committee on Campus Sustainability invites you to celebrate Campus Sustainability Day on October 26, 2017 from 1:00-3:00PM.
An unabashed idea-fest, the event will include updates from the recent Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and brainstorming on ongoing and future sustainability efforts at the College.

A Conversation: On the Run from Hitler in the Soviet Union
2017-10-27 13:45 - 15:00 | SC-156
[SC156] The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invite you to a conversation between Dr. Ellen Friedman, Professor of English Literature at the College of New Jersey, and Dr. Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at the Cooper Union, New York, who will discuss their recent work on the fate of the Polish Jews who during the Holocaust found refuge in the Soviet Union and beyond. While both Friedman and Grossmann are daughters of survivors, Friedman is a literary scholar and Grossmann is an historian. For more information, please contact Michael Riff, mriff@ramapo.edu

International Education Week
2017-10-30 - 2017-11-03
For more details, please visit our website at: https://www.ramapo.edu/international/iew17

Treat, Don’t Punish: The Social Justice Approach Of Portugal’s Drug Policy
2017-10-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Pav3
[Pavilion #3] Presentation by Marta Ceai, Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Academic Director for the CIEE Program in Portugal. The presentation will be followed by a faculty panel discussion. A full description of the presentation is as follows:
Portugal is often pointed out as an example of good practices when it comes to dealing with drug abuse. The well-known expression “war on drugs” is not a reality in that country. In Portugal, there is no war on drugs when it comes to use and possession for personal use (with no intention to supply). The Portuguese approach is neither punitive nor coercive,
but a comprehensive one that tackles drug abuse for what it really is: a health and social policy issue that should have the well being of the individual and the community as its main
priorities. In 2001, this new radical approach to drug policy was introduced in Portugal. Until that year, the country had a drug epidemic with more than 200 thousand people being active users, most of them heroin addicts. Faced with this problem, and the ineffectiveness of the traditional punitive approach to drugs, the government sponsored a radical and somewhat counter-intuitive approach to drug use: decriminalization. This desperate attempt to stop a public health epidemic was a fully top-down process supported by the majority of Parliament – even though some members of the more conservative parties were publicly vocal about their disagreement – and gathered a surprising acceptance by the public in the a known traditionally catholic country. Why? Because every family in Portugal had some connection with drug abuse, so it became more than a policy issue: it was foremost a personal experience.
Coffee and cookies will be served.
For more details, please contact Professor Stephanie Sarabia (ssarabia@ramapo.edu).

A Week in Ghana: Ramapo Chorale and SGA Panel
2017-10-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Pavilion #1
[Pavilion #1] At the event, the SGA will have a panel discussion sharing their experiences in Ghana and at KNUST. The panel includes members of the Ramapo College Chorale and the SGA. Also, there will be a small musical performance by the Chorale.

Curry Chicken with the Int'l Student Org
2017-10-30 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123] Join the International Student Organization to enjoy some delicious Chicken Curry and play some South Asian games!

Día de los Muertos
2017-10-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Pavilion 1 & 2
[Pav 1 & 2] Join the Association of Latinos Moving Ahead, the Visual Artists Society, Brothers Making A Difference, and Equity and Diversity Programs for Dia De Los Muertos. Come share in the tradition of celebrating lost loved ones and enjoy delicious food, activities, and a special mariachi performance. You will also be entered in a raffle for a chance to win a Polaroid camera, a Bluetooth speaker, and a Fitbit. For more information, email alma08@ramapo.edu

Cooking Demo: Argentine Empanadas
2017-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123] Empanadas are stuffed pastries from Latin America. Argentina is famous for its regional varieties, especially their empanadas criollas (beef empanadas). Join us for a participatory demonstration in the construction of this delicious food, while you sample some along the way. Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education.

International Tea Party
2017-10-31 14:00 - 15:00 | Roukema Center – ASB123
[ASB123] Food and drink often provide a window into the cultures of different countries and regions of the world. Tea in particular has played various roles in multiple cultural traditions. If you enjoy tea, or are just interested in learning more about the cultural traditions behind tea, come to the International Tea Party on October 31st, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the Roukema Center! There will be a focus on English, Chinese, and Japanese tea traditions, and of course, tea and snacks! Hosted by Phi Beta Delta and the Global Roadrunners.
