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Ramapo College of New Jersey news and achievements.
December 12, 2011
Success: Ramapo Chemistry
Students Demonstrate it's in their DNA
The College's Chemistry Club won the North Jersey American
Chemical Society contest for the best student club presentation at the
annual Chemistry Exposition at Liberty Science Center.
The Club presented experiments that focused on DNA extracted from
cheek cells and iron found in breakfast cereal as well as chemical
elements found in other foods. This is the second consecutive year
that the College's Chemistry Club has earned this award.
The Chemical Society praised Ramapo, "The best interactive
demonstration that applied to the (exposition) theme of “Our Health;
Our Future” was clearly the Ramapo College Student Chapter."
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A total of five undergraduate chapters presented hands on
demonstrations to the many excited young “future” scientists in
attendance.
The Executive Committee of the North Jersey Section of the American
Chemical Society went on to award the Ramapo College
Student Chapter with the title “North Jersey’s NCW Undergraduate
Student Chapter for 2011.”
Lady Roadrunners: Off to a Running
Start
The Ramapo College women's indoor track and field team placed third
overall at the Collegiate Track Conference Relay Carnival in their first
meet of the 2011-2012 season.
The Lady Roadrunners grabbed the first two spots in the pole vault as
Michelle Favre placed first when she cleared 3.60-meters, an Eastern
College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Qualifying height, while Danielle
Wankmuller posted a height of 3.20-meters for second place, also an
ECAC Qualifier. Larissa Lohman tied for fifth place in the same event
with a mark of 2.90-meters.
The 4x800-meter relay team made up of Katie Walsh, Alexandra
The Ramapo College
women's indoor track & field
team placed third recently at
the Collegiate Track
Conference Relay Carnival.
Jacob, Amber Updike, Rachel Herrick captured first place with a school
record and ECAC Qualifying time of 10:01.99.
The 4x200-meter relay team made up of Chelsea Clark, Jacinta Ford,
Jasmine Hammonds, Gina Germinario finished in fourth place when
they clocked in at 1:49.16, also an ECAC Qualifier. Jacinta Ford took
home a third place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 10.89meters (35'8.75"), an ECAC Qualifier.
The Roadrunners return to action when they travel to the Princeton
New Year's Invitational on December 10th.
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NJ Presidents' Council Responds to
Penn State Headlines
In response to the widely publicized, recent events at Penn State
University, the Campus Safety and Security Committee (CSSC) of the
New Jersey Presidents' Council (NJPC) recently reminded its
stakeholders of the safeguards NJ higher education has had in place
to help avoid such instances.
In 2009, the NJPC inaugurated the CSSC and, one year later, the
CSSC, with assistance from the NJ Office of Homeland Security,
developed and implemented a campus safety assessment tool that
covered the safety requirements of the:
- Higher Education Opportunity Act
- Jeanne Clery Act
- Recommendations of the NJ Governor's 2007 Campus Safety Task
Force Findings
The assessment tools include an institutional self-assessment as well
as an on-site peer-assessment. The assessments also evaluate oncampus mental health risk identification and treatment programs, and
the NJ law against bullying. The 2012 assessment tool will include an
expanded focus on the reporting of suspected child abuse to law
enforcement.
Over the last two years, Ramapo College has successfully participated
in both the self and peer assessments of the CSSC.
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Cathleen Benko '85 Delivers Raciti
Memorial Lecture
Author, global e-business leader, and Ramapo Alumni Cathleen Benko
'85 discussed Business Excellence in the Changing World of Work at
the College's eighth annual Sebastian J. Raciti Memorial Lecture and
Reception.
Benko, a recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Citizens Award, is co-
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author of best-selling books including "The Corporate Lattice:
Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work" (Harvard
2010), "Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with
Today's Nontraditional Workforce" (Harvard 2007), and "Connecting
the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times"
(Harvard 2003). Her books have been translated into many
languages and her byline and insights appear regularly in such
publications as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times,
BusinessWeek, Time, Leadership Excellence, and the Harvard
Business Review.
The Sabrin Center sponsors the Raciti Memorial lecture. The annual
event was established to honor the memory of Sebastian J. Raciti
(1934-2003), who, for 31 years, served in various roles that were
instrumental in the development of Ramapo College. Known as Sib,
he was a member of the founding faculty and arrived in the College's
second year.
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Benko (center) at the Raciti
Memorial Lecture.