Marion Hughes Endowed Scholarship
A returning adult student, Marion Hughes gave as much to the intellectual and social life she found at Ramapo as she received. She excelled in her studies and enjoyed participating in campus activities and clubs. She graduated from Ramapo in 1980, then went on to earn a master’s degree in family and community education from Columbia University Teachers College and a second master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University. “She proved that academic excellence is not bound by age,” wrote her friend and Ramapo classmate Mary Ippolito ’82.
At Mrs. Hughes’ death in 1997, Mrs. Ippolito worked with Marion’s friends and family to raise enough funds to establish an endowed scholarship in Marion’s memory. Each year the Marion Hughes Scholarship benefits a female returning-adult student who seeks excellence in her studies. Recipients “display a desire to learn and a love for the academic environment similar to that of Marion Hughes.”