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- Location:
- Mahwah, NJ, 07430
- Phone:
- 201-684-7533
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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- Spring Break in Shanghai and B...
J. Lees
Tuesday, January 26 at 1:00pm - Summer 2010 Study Abroad Deadline
ASB-123
Monday, March 1 at 8:30am - Fall 2010 Semester Study Abroa...
ASB-123
Monday, March 15 at 8:30am
Ramapo College Study Abroad Join us to find out more information about studying tropical ecosystems (ENSC 317) in Costa Rica during the Summer 2010 semester. Get program specifics and ask questions to faculty!
Time:1:00PM Monday, December 14th
Location:B224
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about our summer program in Bilbao! We will go over program descriptions such as academics, housing, costs, dates, as well as application and eligibility requirements. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions to faculty leaders and past program participants.
Time:1:00PM Thursday, December 10th
Location:B224
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about spending spring break in China! We will go over program descriptions, academics, housing, cost, dates, as well as application and eligibility requirements. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions to faculty leaders.
Time:1:00PM Tuesday, January 26th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about studying abroad in Buenos Aires! We will go over program descriptions, academics, housing, cost, dates, as well as application and eligibility requirements. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions to faculty leaders and past participants.
Time:1:00PM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about our summer American West program! We will go over program descriptions, academics, housing, cost, dates, as well as application and eligibility requirements. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions to faculty leaders and past participants.
Time:1:00PM Tuesday, December 8th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about studying abroad in China! We will go over program descriptions, academics, housing, cost, dates, as well as application and eligibility requirements. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions to faculty leaders.
Time:1:00PM Monday, December 7th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about our summer study abroad program in Venice, Italy!
Time:1:00PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad Come to our info session to learn more about spending spring break in China!
Time:1:00PM Monday, November 30th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad
Brown Bag Discussion - "The Language, Writing and Teaching of Tamazight (Berber language)"
1 - 2pm / J.Lees
Join two Moroccan Berber scholars (see bios below) for an informal discussion on historical and contemporary realities of Morocco and North Africa.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education, the S...chool for American & International Studies and the First Year Seminar Program
Imazighen: The Berbers of Morocco
H-Auditorium / 6:00 - 7:30pm
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to listen to two Moroccan Berber scholars (see bios below).They will discuss issues of historical and contemporary challenges facing Moroccan Berbers, the indigenous people of Northern Africa. They will cover themes of education, colonization/de-colonization, language, social movements, governance, and many others.
Sponsored by the School for American & International Studies, the Roukema Center for International Education, and the First Year Seminar Program
Mokhtar Bouba holds a M.Ed in Education for Social Justice from Keene State College, New Hampshire,where he analyzed the narratives of tracking in North American High Schools and an M.A. in Service, Leadership and Management from the SIT Graduate Institute, Vermont where he completed his thesis on initiatives to teach Tamazight in Moroccan schools. He also holds a BA in English Language and Literature from Qadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, Morocco.
Mokhtar served for more than eight years as an Academic Coordinator and Program Development Specialist at the Center for Cross Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco, where he was the Program Coordinator for the SIT Study Abroad Morocco: Culture and Society Program. He designed and directed many exchange programs in Morocco such as the Experiment in International Living and the Elderhostel Morocco Programs. He academically advised many SIT Study Abroad students and Fulbright fellows, as well as teaching Tamazight (Berber) and Moroccan Arabic at the Peace Corps Morocco Training Center and the Center for Cross Cultural Learning. He also served as an Arabic instructor at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont where he helped to redesign the Arabic program for graduate students. In 2008, he joined the SIT Study Abroad Jordan: Modernization and Social Change Program as an Academic Director.
Fluent in several languages (Tamazight, Moroccan Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Hassania, French and English), he has written and lectured about Amazigh (Berber) culture and art. He is also an artist, a musician, a writer and an activist on indigenous people's issues.
Jamila Chahboun holds a M.A. in Social Justice in Intercultural Relations form the SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT. Her thesis analyzed Amazigh Women and the Re-definition of Political Space in Morocco. She holds a B.A. in English Linguistics from Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, Morocco. Jamila is fluent in many languages, including: Berber, Morrocan Arabic, Classical Arabic, French & English.
Jamila served more than five years a a Language Instructor and a Cross-Cultural Educator at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco. Additionally, she worked as a Program Coordinator for the SIT Study Abroad, Elderhostel and Experiment in Interntional Living programs and many other exchange programs.
In 2003, Jamila served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois in Chicago where she taught Arabic. For the last four years, Jamila worked as an Arabic Instructor for undergraduate students at Marlboro College, Vermont and the SIT Graduate Institute, Vermont, where she helped to redesign the Arabic program for graduate students
Since 2007, Jamila has been working as a consultant at SIT Study Abroad assisting to conceptualize and design SIT Study Abroad's Arabic Language Programs in North Africa and the Middle East. Most recently, Jamila has accepted a position at Dartmouth College to teach Arabic Language & Culture.
Film - Yesterday (1 ½ hours; 2004)
7:30 - 9:30pm / H-Auditorium
"After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school." (IMDB)
Stayafter the film for a discussion on the realities of HIV/AIDS in Africa today and realities of HIV/AIDS in Metro NYC by Angela Jeffers.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Angela Jeffers spent three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer providing HIV Educationand Life Skills training in Malawi, a small country in south east Africa. Upon returning to the U.S., she earned her MA in Sustainable Development, focused in Public Health, from the SIT Graduate Institute. She has spent the last five years managing HIV prevention and care programs in methadone clinics in the Bronx, NY.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Islam Q & A
1 - 3pm / ASB136
Did you know that not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arab? Or that Islam shares its roots with Christianity and Judaism? Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world, a faith of over one billion strong, is both a religion and complete way of life. Join faculty and students to learn more and gain a better understanding of Islam and Muslims, as they discuss and answer questions about the second largest religion in the world. Refreshments will be served after the discussion.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Roukema Center for International Education Open House
3 - 4:30pm / ASB123
Please stop by at the Roukema Center for International Education located at ASB 123 and learn about the services we provide, share our visions, and meet the staff. Refreshment will be served.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Film - Persepolis (1 ½ hours; 2007)
6 - 8pm / ASB136
"Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution." (IMDB )
Listen to a commentary by Dean Hassan Nejad prior to the film and then stayafter the film for a discussion on the Iranian Revolution, current realities in Iran and the recent elections.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education and the School for American and International Studies
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Film - Motorcycle Diaries (2 hours; 2004)
12 - 2:30pm / ASB136
"The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling." (IMDB )
Stay after the film for a discussion about revolutionary movements in Latin America.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Conversations on Africa
1 - 2pm / J. Lees
Presentations and discussions on contemporary and historical challenges and opportunities on the African Continent will be offered by Ramapo undergraduates Marie Hargrove & Anthony Harris and the following faculty:
David Lewis-Colman, Assistant Professor of African American History; Co-Convener: African American Studies
Karl E. Johnson, Associate Professor of African American Studies; Co-Convener: African American Studies
Erin Augis, Associate Professor of Sociology
Shalom Gorewitz, Professor of Video Art & New Media
Tilahun Sineshaw, Professor of Psychology
Topics will include gender, religion, politics, environmental, higher education and many other exciting topics.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education and the Africana Studies Convening Group
Film - Rabbit-Proof Fence (1 ½ hours; 2002)
6 - 9 / H-Auditorium
"In1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback." (IMDB ).
Stay after the film for a discussion about the current situation in Australia and the social movements since the time of the Lost Generation.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Friday, 20 November 2009
Study Abroad Mixer
1 - 3pm / J.Lees
Hear the experiences of Ramapo College Study Abroad Students, see their photos and discuss the transformative experience that is studying abroad.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
International Coffee House and Dance Workshop
3 - 6pm / SC-Alumni Lounge
If classes have you spinning around in circles, then you should take a break and come to this fun and exciting event! Learn from your international friends and colleagues about their culture, tradition, dances and music and try varieties of international food from all around the world!
Time:1:00PM Monday, November 16th
Location:Ramapo College of New Jersey (various locations)
Ramapo College Study Abroad If classes have you spinning around in circles, then you should take a break and come to this fun and exciting event! Learn from your international friends and colleagues about their culture, tradition, dances and music and try varieties of international food from all around the world!
Time:3:00PM Friday, November 20th
Location:SC-Alumni Lounge
Ramapo College Study Abroad
Hear the experiences of Ramapo College Study Abroad Students, see their photos and discuss the transformative experience that is studying abroad.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Time:1:00PM Friday, November 20th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad
"In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback." (IMDB ).
Stay after the film for a discussion about the current situation in Australia and the social movements since the time of the Lost Generation.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:H-Auditorium
Ramapo College Study Abroad
Presentations and discussions on contemporary and historical challenges and opportunities on the African Continent will be offered by Ramapo undergraduates Marie Hargrove & Anthony Harris and the following faculty:
David Lewis-Colman, Assistant Professor of African American History; Co-Convener: African American Studies...
Karl E. Johnson, Associate Professor of African American Studies; Co-Convener: African American Studies
Erin Augis, Associate Professor of Sociology
Shalom Gorewitz, Professor of Video Art & New Media
Tilahun Sineshaw, Professor of Psychology
Topics will include gender, religion, politics, environmental, higher education and many other exciting topics.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education and the Africana Studies Convening Group
Time:1:00PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:J. Lees
Ramapo College Study Abroad
"The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling." (IMDB )
Stay after the film for a discussion about revolutionary movements in Latin America.
Sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Time:12:00PM Wednesday, November 18th
Location:ASB136
