Social Work Student Conference and Scholarship Fund
In 2002 the Bergen Unit of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) presented the Ramapo College Foundation with a gift to benefit undergraduate social work students. “The Bergen Unit has had fundraising events for the past 15 years with the expressed intention to provide conference scholarships and educational assistance to local social work students,” wrote the chair, Gail Bates, MSW, LCSW. The gift was used to create an endowment in order to permanently fund the scholarships. The intent of the fund is to provide Social Work students the “opportunity to enhance their formal education through attendance at NASW or other professional social work meetings or conferences.”