1.0Success Storieshttps://www.ramapo.edu/success-storiessalexandrahttps://www.ramapo.edu/success-stories/author/salexandra/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PZil1O7D9R"><a href="https://www.ramapo.edu/success-stories/success-story/carol-sommerfield/">Carol Sommerfield</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ramapo.edu/success-stories/success-story/carol-sommerfield/embed/#?secret=PZil1O7D9R" width="600" height="338" title="“Carol Sommerfield” — Success Stories" data-secret="PZil1O7D9R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ramapo.edu/success-stories/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.ramapo.edu/success-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/258/2015/03/Carol-Sommerfield1.jpg460290“I have thanked Ramapo everyday for preparing me to thrive in this changing world. Ramapo nurtured exploration, reinvention, and confidence; and gave me the tools to succeed. The love of learning that was rewarded and the radical (at that time) notion that students were intelligent and mature sources of ideas fostered my ongoing love of […]