Alumni news Alumni involved with the Women’s Center influenced its evolution as much as the Center influenced their lives. They gathered to pay tribute to the Center’s founders, Lee Sennish and Barbara Harrison.
Women’s Center Relives the Revolution Alumni who were active in the Women’s Center gathered April 25 to relive the revolution. Founded in 1973, the Center’s mission, in part, strove to dismantle, from a feminist perspective, all forms of oppression, including those based on ability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, race and sexual orientation.
The event featured a timeline of historical events – both the College’s and the nation’s. Alumni had an opportunity to share their stories by adding significant events they recalled.
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Lee Sennish and Barbara Harrison, founding directors of the Center, were honored. In her address to alumni, Sennish talked about the Women’s Center gaining acceptance by the campus community.
The audience also was regaled with Mandy Restivo’s ’99 account of her time as director and how the Center has evolved to be more inclusive, particularly of issues facing bisexuality and students questioning their sexual or gender identity. Kat McGee ’06 is the Center’s current director.
The Ramapo Roadrunners Alumni Ice Hockey team has been playing for 32 years. Five years ago Artie Chill ’74 set up the much awaited face-off against Fairleigh Dickinson University in March. The Ramapo Alumni team won 9-4.
(L-R): Women’s Center Founding Director Lee Sennish was welcomed to the alumni reunion by Mandy Restivo ’99 former director.
The reunion was hosted by The Women’s Center and the Office of Alumni Relations.
The Ramapo Roadrunners Alumni Ice Hockey Team
The Ramapo Roadrunners Alumni Ice Hockey team "iced" Fairleigh Dickinson University 9 - 4 in an alumni reunion face-off on March 27. Team organizer Arthur Chill ’74 said the alumni team has been playing for 32 years, first against the College's varsity team and later each other. Five years ago Chill arranged for the alumni team to play the alumni team of their 1970s’ ice rivals, FDU. Ramapo's team has won four of the five games.
Alumni Greek Reunion
Greek life at Ramapo College continues to offer students an opportunity to befriend those with similar interests and to demonstrate good citizenship through community service. At the Alumni Greek Reunion held April 17 more than 80 alumni reconnected and reminisced about their fraternity and sorority days at Ramapo College.
Fraternity brothers from Zeta Beta Tau at the April 17 Alumni Greek Reunion
Sister, sister! Alumni from Sigma Delta Tau at the April 17 Alumni Greek Reunion honoring Greek life at Ramapo College
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