RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Office of Communications and Public Relations Press Release January 5, 2016 Contact: Angela Daidone 201-684-7477 adaidon1@ramapo.edu Ramapo College Expands Online Skills Training Offerings Through Affiliation with Ed4online MAHWAH, N.J. – Ramapo College’s Center for Innovative and Professional Learning (CIPL) has announced it is offering a diverse number of new online courses in affiliation with Ed4online, a nationally-recognized online learning provider for schools, agencies and corporations. Focused on skills-based career and training courses plus professional development and personal enrichment offerings, Ramapo’s new curriculum options expand the convenience of online learning to individuals who wish to update and refine their skills for sustainable careers in today’s modern workforce. “We are pleased to affiliate with Ed4Online for career training to further expand our center’s educational outreach mission beyond the geographic area of the Mahwah campus,” said Rosa Diaz-Mulryan, assistant vice president for Innovative and Professional Learning. “What is wonderful for our CIPL students about this new affiliation is that those enrolled in career courses are supported by Ed4online career coaches who assist them on their new educational pathway while they gain valuable new skills that can be directly applied in the workplace.” Continuing education at the Ramapo College CIPL supports postgraduate professional education, workforce development and alternative learning. Through its new Ed4online affiliation, Ramapo’s CIPL has added customized and open enrollment career and workforce training opportunities that provide learners the high demand skills needed in today’s workplaces in business, education, healthcare, information technology and more. To inquire about the full list of the new Ed4Online course offerings available online through Ramapo’s CIPL, please visit www.ramapo.edu/cipl/ed4online or call the Ramapo College Center for Innovative and Professional Learning at 201-684-7370. #### Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as sixth in the Best Regional Universities North category, Ramapo College of New Jersey is sometimes mistaken for a private college. This is, in part, due to its unique interdisciplinary academic structure, its size of approximately 6,000 students and its pastoral setting in the foothills of the Ramapo Mountains on the New Jersey/New York border. Established in 1969, Ramapo College offers bachelor’s degrees in the arts, business, humanities, social sciences and the sciences, as well as in professional studies, which include nursing and social work. In addition, Ramapo College offers courses leading to teacher certification at the elementary and secondary levels. The College also offers eight graduate programs as well as articulated programs with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New York Chiropractic College, New York University College of Dentistry, SUNY State College of Optometry and New York College of Podiatric Medicine.