The Maddi Endowed Scholarship was established by Don Maddi, a member of the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors. Mr. Maddi is retired from C.R. Bard, a provider of medical products and services, where he served as vice president for Compensation and...

Don Mahoney was part of the first graduating class of Ramapo College in 1973. An avid golfer, football and baseball fan, and cyclist, he enjoyed a 25-year career in advertising sales at Sports Illustrated. As an alumnus, he remained involved at Ramapo, where he...

The Dorothy S. Neff Scholarship recognizes and benefits students majoring or minoring in music and who participate in Ramapo College’s choral ensembles. Dorothy Neff is a world renowned vocalist. She performed extensively as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra...

Elaine Winshell, Ph.D., who was a professor emerita of Biology and former dean of the School of Theoretical and Applied Science, believed students should strive for academic excellence. Dr. Winshell was the founding president of the Institute of New Dimensions, a...

Ellen Kaiden, Ed.D. established the Drs. Ellen and Jeffrey Kaiden Urban Educator Scholarship at the Ramapo College Foundation in 2005. Ellen Kaiden is a professor of Reading and Education in the School of Social Science and Human Services. Her husband Jeffrey is an...

Dr. Ernest Simon was a professor of Literature at Ramapo from 1973 until his retirement in 1998. A group of his former students established this fund a number of years ago to honor their teacher and benefit Ramapo seniors in the Literature major. Dr. Simon...

Dr. Frances Shapiro-Skrobe is Professor Emerita of English at Ramapo College. She retired from the faculty in 2018, and created this scholarship to benefit deserving students in the Teacher Education Program. Dr. Shapiro-Skrobe also taught in the Literature and...

Gary Kettlitz was a beloved member of the faculty in the Anisfield School of Business (ASB) for 13 years. He was a member of an ad-hoc group of faculty who played tennis every week. He had a strong interest in social justice and demonstrated a desire to make the...

As a student, Dr. James Clark experienced onerous requirements for scholarships that he was awarded. He declined a scholarship to Harvard University because of its demeaning demands. Years later, when Dr. Clark was a trustee of Ramapo College, he communicated to his...

Dr. Judith Peck served as a member of the Ramapo College faculty since the College first opened its doors in the early 1970s. An accomplished professional sculptor, Dr. Peck has exhibited her work throughout the New York metropolitan area and beyond with pieces in...

Dr. Sarrafan earned her BS in Biology from Ramapo College in 2010. She then attended Pacific College of Oriental Medicine where she earned her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Sarrafan was the recipient of the Jackie and Paul Garber...

Dr. Nicole Pulliam was born and raised in Passaic, NJ, is a first-generation college graduate, and is a proud EOF alumna of Ramapo College of New Jersey, EOF ’98; C/O ’02 where she majored in psychology. Dr. Pulliam went on to earn her Ph.D in counselor education and...

Richard Russo earned a Ph.D. in Archeoastronomy, combining his passions for astronomy and Mayan culture. He shared this passion with Ramapo students as an adjunct professor of astronomy, a position he held for 30 years. While teaching at Ramapo, Dr. Russo was a “very...

The Drs. Daniel and Aneesha Jean EOF Advantage Scholarship was established in 2017 by Newark native Dr. Daniel Jean EOF ‘97, and his wife, Paterson native, Dr. Aneesha Jean ’00. It is to provide funding to highly motivated EOF students who originate from the Jeans’...

The goal of the Dugan Community Scholars program is to recognize Ramapo students who are dedicated to positive social change in urban communities. The award was created by Marion Dugan, an alumna of Ramapo College who graduated in 1980 with a degree in Metropolitan...

Eileen Comerford ’80 earned a B.S. in Economics and business administration. She is currently a Regional Coordinator for the NJ Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, having served as a volunteer advocate for 11 years. She is also retired Director of Municipal...

Kathleen Mainardi and her husband Carlo created this endowed scholarship fund in 2003 as a gift to Carlo’s mother, Elizabeth. Kathleen retired in 2012 as assistant vice president in the Ramapo College Division of Institutional Advancement. In creating the endowment,...

When Mrs. Emily Geltman attended commencement with her son and daughter-in-law, an employee of the College, she was so impressed with the enthusiasm and accomplishments of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) students that she established an endowed scholarship...

The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program Advisory Board is a group of local business leaders, College faculty and community activists who serve as a link between the program and the outside community. Specifically, members of the EOF Program Advisory Board...

Ernst Aronsohn was born in 1917 in the town of Posen, in what is now Poland. At the onset of World War ll he was in school in Italy, and because of his Jewish faith could not return home to his family, who later perished under the Nazis. Instead, Mr. Aronsohn went...

“Before her death Evelyn Aronow worked tirelessly on behalf of disabled persons in the State of New Jersey and beyond,” says Lisa Cohan Aronow. In 1973 Evelyn’s article, “Forces In Motion,” was published by the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and...

The intent of the Follett Bookstore Scholarship is to allow Ramapo College students with few financial resources to purchase books so that they may effectively complete Ramapo College classes. Funding for the scholarship is provided by Follett Corporation, the vendor...

Footstar, which operated footwear departments in K-Mart and Rite Aid stores on the West Coast, was a long-standing supporter of Ramapo College. Meldisco, a subsidiary of Footstar, was located close to the College in Mahwah, NJ. Meldisco began supporting Ramapo in...

The Founding President George T. Potter and Laurie Potter Ph.D. Scholarship was started in 2009. As Ramapo College’s inaugural president, George Potter played the role of academic visionary, overseeing scores of founding faculty members, construction of a brand new...

This scholarship was created by the family of Adam Foye ’23, whose grandmother Donna Joyce was a huge supporter of education, working as an aide, special education teacher, and social worker. She returned to college as a single mother, put her four children through...

Frances Hackett began her education at Ramapo College in 1973 as a full-time student and left the following year to join Prudential Financial. She returned in 1976 and continued part time, graduating from Ramapo in 1980 with a degree in Business Administration and...

The Hackett HGS Scholarship was started by Frances K. Hackett, who graduated from Ramapo in 1980 with degrees in Business Administration and American Studies. Ms. Hackett began working at Prudential in 1974 and had a distinguished career at the company where she ...

Fran Hackett has established many other endowed scholarships at Ramapo College. The awards recognize students who are enrolled in the School of American and International Studies and the Anisfield School of Business, students who are members of the armed forces, and...

Like many people, Fran Hackett faced health challenges. Ms. Hackett recognized that the supportive care of nurses affected her well being and her outlook on life. This innate humanism in her nurses’ care prompted Ms. Hackett to create an endowed scholarship for...