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President’s Message\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” title_font_size=”5vw” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||6px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ title_font_size_tablet=”6vw” title_font_size_phone=”8vw” title_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” title_font=”|700|||||||” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Montserrat||on||||||” text_font_size=”0.85em” link_font=”||||on|||#2f2f2f|” link_text_color=”#2f2f2f”]<\/p>\n Winter 2021<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”824px” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Dear Friends,<\/span><\/p>\n As I (digitally) pen this letter from my home office, I eagerly await a return to our active and vibrant campus. The bustling in the hallways, the liveliness of the residence halls, the raucous spirit of the arena, the conviviality of the Atrium, the pep in the Grove, and the stimulation in the classrooms – it will all return, in time.<\/span><\/p>\n Stanford psychologist Gregory M. Walton wrote, \u201cI think it\u2019s important to remember that \u201ctogetherness\u201d is both an objective experience and a psychological one. You can be physically apart but still feel together. That\u2019s never been truer than now.\u201d\u00a0 So, for now, we find these energies in sometimes unexpected places…a WebEx chat stream punctuated with \u201clols\u201d, a virtual symposium with free-flowing dialogue, a live-streamed performance peppered with clapping hands emojis, or a Canvas discussion page brimful with analysis and creativity. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”9px” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ text_font=”Oswald||||||||” text_text_color=”#2a2a2a” text_font_size=”35px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_padding=”|||26px||” text_font_size_tablet=”36px” text_font_size_phone=”24px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]<\/p>\n Compassion, adaptability, and fortitude are all qualities that a 秘密研究所 education, a liberal arts education, seeks to foster in its learners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Beyond our physical campus and our virtual realms, we can also see the truly awesome energies of our students and alumni. From our nursing program graduates to our teacher education alumni, in the pages that follow we can envelop ourselves in their lived experiences…experiences that, while largely brought on by the temporality of this pandemic, are timeless in their humanity. Compassion, adaptability, and fortitude are all qualities that a 秘密研究所 education, a liberal arts education, seeks to foster in its learners; and we will continue to do so at every opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \n Thank you for your continued support and generosity of spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/01\/ppm-signature.png” alt=”President Mercer Signature” title_text=”ppm-signature” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”0.9em”]<\/p>\n Peter P. Mercer<\/span><\/p>\n President, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Footer Back” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” top_divider_style=”slant” top_divider_color=”#ffffff” top_divider_height=”86px” top_divider_arrangement=”above_content” top_divider_style_tablet=”” top_divider_style_phone=”” top_divider_style_last_edited=”on|phone” top_divider_height_tablet=”52px” top_divider_height_phone=”25px” top_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” border_color_all=”#2f2f2f” global_module=”2379″ saved_tabs=”all” collapsed=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” z_index=”349″ max_width=”1024px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”24px” link_text_color=”#000000″ transform_scale_linked__hover=”off” transform_translate_linked__hover=”off” custom_margin=”6px|||||” transform_styles__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_scale__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_translate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_rotate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_skew__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_origin__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_translate__hover=”-5px|0px” custom_css_after__hover_enabled=”on|hover”]<\/p>\n\n