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- Class Registration<\/a><\/li>\n
- Online Course Search<\/a><\/li>\n
- Payment Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
Program Enrollment\/Application:<\/h4>\n
Current RCNJ students in Good Academic Standing are automatically eligible for the\u00a0Spanish for Health Care and Human Services Certificate, and should use the\u00a0Major\/Minor Declaration Form<\/a>\u00a0available through the\u00a0Registrar\u2019s Office\u00a0to enroll in this program.<\/p>\n
Non-Ramapo students are welcome to apply to this program as a\u00a0Non-Degree Seeking Student<\/a>\u00a0through Ramapo\u2019s\u00a0Office of Admissions.<\/p>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Benefits<\/div>\nBenefits<\/h4>\n
\u2022\u00a0Improve your professional communication skills with native Spanish speakers. Spanish speakers are one of the largest and fastest growing populations in the U.S.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Be prepared to take the Bilingual Communicative Ability Test (BICAT) administered by the State of New Jersey Civil Service Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Tuition and Fees or costs<\/div>\nTuition and Fees<\/h4>\n
Normal undergraduate tuition and tuition related fees apply to all academic courses (Tuition Information<\/a>) for undergraduate students. In addition, all relevant non-tuition related charges (e.g., parking fees, dishonored check fees, etc.) apply. Please, contact Office of Student Accounts<\/a>\u00a0for payment information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Certificate Curriculum<\/div>\nSPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description<\/li>\n
- <\/li>\n
- REQUIRED\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
- SPAN 202 - INTERMEDIATE II - SPANISH<\/a> OR<\/strong> Equivalent Proficiency from STAMP (6.1 or higher OR CLEP Test)<\/li>\n
- SPAN 311 - SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS<\/a><\/li>\n
- TWO ELECTIVES REQUIRED FROM OPTION A OR B — Course projects will focus on a topic of Health Care or Human Services — Please see your Academic Advisor<\/strong><\/li>\n
- OPTION A: (must complete both)<\/b><\/li>\n
- Internship (requires the creation of a portfolio but can be based on one of the already required internships for social work as well as study abroad).<\/li>\n
- Select One Course from Elective List<\/li>\n
- OPTION B: (must complete both)<\/b><\/li>\n
- Select Two Courses from Elective List<\/li>\n
- ELECTIVE COURSE LIST:<\/strong><\/li>\n
- SPAN 301 - THE ART OF CONVERSATION IN SPANISH<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 303 - THE ART OF READING IN SPANISH<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 305 - SPANISH HISTORY, ART AND STORYTELLING<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 307 - LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 313 - HISPANIC CULTURE THROUGH ARTISTS<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 315 - DECOLONIZING GENDER: LATINA VOICES<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 330 - NUEVA YORK LATINO (LATIN N.Y.)<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 340 - MODERN & CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LITERATURE<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 390 - TOPICS:<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 401 - THE ART OF WRITING IN THE DIGITAL AGE<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 404 - EARLY TRANSATLANTIC ENCOUNTERS<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 410 - LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1900<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 415 - HISPANIC CARIBBEAN WRITERS AND POP CULTURE<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 420 - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: ADVENTURES IN SPANISH IMMERSION<\/a><\/li>\n
- SPAN 421 - REWRITING HISPANIC IDENTITY CONSTRUCTIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Events<\/div>\nDiversity in Health Care and Human Services II: An Interdisciplinary Approach –\u00a0Conference Schedule<\/h3>\n
Monday, October 21, 2019<\/h4>\n
9:15 a.m. – Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n
9:30 a.m. –\u00a0Welcome by Cathy Davey<\/strong>, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director\/Ex-Officio of the 秘密研究所 Foundation and Natalia Santamaria Laorden, Associate Professor of Spanish and Projector Investigator of the UISFL federal grant.<\/p>\n
9:55 – 11:15 a.m. –\u00a0First Panel: The Economic Advantage of a Diversity Approach in Health Care and Human Service<\/strong>s<\/p>\n
Chair: Susan Hangen, Dean of the School of Humanities and Global Studies
\nPanelists:
\n– Allison Banks-Moore, CDO at Horizon BCBSNJ.
\n– Oscar Holmes IV, Professor of Management, Rutgers University.
\n– Quincy Bloxom, Director of Operations, Anti- Poverty Network of NJ.<\/p>\n11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.<\/strong> –\u00a0\u201cRace, Medicine, and Justice\u201d <\/em><\/strong>by k<\/strong>eynote <\/strong>speaker Dorothy Roberts, <\/strong>George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. Professor of\u00a0Africana Studies<\/a> and Director of the Program on Race, Science and Society at University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Presented by Amanda Roberti, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey.<\/p>\n
1 – 2 p.m. –\u00a0 LUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n
2:15 – 3:55 p.m. – Second Panel: Bilingual Narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n
Chair: John McTighe, Associate Professor of Social Work, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey.
\nPanelists:
\n– Edgar Rivera Col\u00f3n, Lecturer and Medical Anthropologist, Columbia University.
\n– Carmen King Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Arizona University.
\n– Daisy Rodr\u00edguez, Associate Director of Counselling, Health and Wellness, William Paterson University.<\/p>\n4 – 5:15 p.m.\u00a0 – Reception and Presentation of the Peruvian Study Abroad Program<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPeru: Community Health & Human Services Study Abroad Program
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<\/a><\/p>\n4 credits<\/p>\n
Program Website<\/a><\/p>\n
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(Director of Roukema Center, Ben Levy and Spanish Professors Paula Straile-Costa and Natalia Santamaria Laorden.)<\/p>\n
Conference Brochure (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nDiversity in Health Care and Human Services: Sharing Teaching Practices on Addressing the Spanish Speaking Population –\u00a0Conference Schedule<\/h3>\n
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\n \n Friday, March 29, 2019<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 8:00 am – 8:30 am
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion Lobby) (Pavilion #3)<\/em><\/td>\nRegistration
\n<\/strong>Breakfast <\/strong>(panelists & speakers only)<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 8:30 am – 9:40 am
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nKeynote Speaker: Mecca Sykes-Santana
\n<\/strong>Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement and Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), Westchester Center Health Network<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 9:40 am – 9:55 am
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nSurveys and Coffee Break<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 9:55 am – 11:35 am
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nPanel: Addressing Diversity in Health Care and Human Services<\/strong>
\n(Chaired by Professor John McTighe, Social Work, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey)<\/em>Panelists:<\/p>\nMark W. Meyer <\/strong>(M.D and UPMC professor)<\/em>
\nBarbara Warren<\/strong> (PsyD and Director for\u00a0LGBT\u00a0Health Services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel)<\/em>
\nZuleima Alzate<\/strong> (Social Worker and Ramapo alumnus)<\/em>
\nDebora E. La Torre <\/strong>(MSN, APN, FNP-BC, President Elect of NJ chapter, NAHN)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 11:35 am – 11:50 am
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nSurveys and Coffee Break<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11:50 am – 1:00pm
\n<\/strong>(Workshop A: Pavilion 1 & Workshop B: Pavilion 2<\/em>)<\/td>\nWorkshop A: How to address diversity in the teaching of health care and human services in the classroom<\/strong>
\n(for professors and administrators):<\/p>\nRachel S. Edens,<\/strong> Assistant Dean of Pluralism and Leadership, Dartmouth College<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Workshop B: Branding your Language Skills<\/strong>
\n(for students)<\/p>\nNicole Videla, <\/strong>Cahill Career Development Center,秘密研究所 of New Jersey<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 3<\/em>)<\/td>\nLunch
\n<\/strong>Provided for panelists & speakers
\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 2:00 pm – 3:10 pm
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nKeynote Speaker: Norma Cuellar, PhD, RN, RAAN
\n<\/strong>President of National Association of Hispanic Nurses <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 3:10 pm – 3:25 pm
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nSurveys and Coffee Break<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 3:25 pm -3:40 pm
\n<\/strong>
\n(Pavilion 1)<\/em><\/td>\nStudents\u2019 Showcase<\/strong>
\nStudents from \u201cSPAN 311: Spanish for Health Care and Human Services\u201d performing instances of bilingual miscommunication that had very negative consequences.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 3:40 pm – 5:00 pm
\n<\/strong>(Pavilion 1<\/em>)<\/td>\nPanel:<\/strong> Sharing Practices in Language Teaching on Health Care<\/strong>
\n(Chaired by Ben Levy, Director of International Education, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey)<\/em>Panelists:<\/p>\nPriscila Freire<\/strong>, Program Director of MSW in Spanish, Loyola University<\/em>
\nNatalia Santamar\u00eda Laorden,<\/strong>\u00a0Associate Professor of Spanish & Coordinator of the Certificate for Health Care and Human Services, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey<\/em>
\nDana Pilla,<\/strong>\u00a0Program Co-Director of the Internal Certificate in Spanish for the Health Professions, Rutgers University
\n<\/em>Luis Marentes,\u00a0<\/strong>Advisor of Spanish & Health Care Certificate,\u00a0 University of Massachusetts<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 5:00 pm <\/strong><\/p>\n (Pavilion 1)
\n<\/em><\/td>\nSurveys and end of the conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Conference Brochure (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
Contacts<\/h3>\n
For coursework content information and registration advising, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Associate Professor of Spanish, Natalia Santamaria Laorden, at 201.684.7426 <\/b>or nsantama@ramapo.edu<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
For additional application information, contact:<\/b><\/p>\n
Office of Admissions
\n秘密研究所 of New Jersey
\nPhone: (201) 684-7300
\nFax: (201) 684-7964
\nemail: admissions@ramapo.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n - SPAN 202 - INTERMEDIATE II - SPANISH<\/a> OR<\/strong> Equivalent Proficiency from STAMP (6.1 or higher OR CLEP Test)<\/li>\n
- Online Course Search<\/a><\/li>\n