Founders' Day: Archives
2009 Honorees
Quarter Century Club Inductees
Bartel, Lee Ann Hire Date: Oct. 29, 1984 |
Beamon, Mary Hire Date: Feb. 06, 1984 |
Cappello, Anita Hire Date: June 11, 1984 |
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1984 Unit: SSHS |
Domenici, Patricia Hire Date: Sep. 5, 1984 |
Evans, Henry Hire Date: Sep. 5, 1984 Unit: Print Shop P.R. |
Fisk, Gary Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1984 |
Hire Date: Aug. 27, 1984 |
Leshowitz, Rhoda Hire Date: Sep. 17, 1984 |
Mann, Lillian Hire Date: Dec. 10, 1984 |
Hire Date: Sep. 04, 1984 |
Ricciardi, Michael Hire Date: June 1, 1984 |
Stellenwerf, Anita Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1984 |
I came to Ramapo College as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Science and Human Services in 1984, having earned my Ph.D. at Cornell University. Since that time, I have served in a variety of administrative positions in addition to teaching. At different time periods, I have been the Convener of the Psychology Program, the Director of Academic Programs, the (Associate) Dean of the School of Social Science and Human Services, and the Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs. My teaching interests are in the areas of social psychology, research methodology, statistics, forensic psychology, and the psychology of cults. Scholarly activities during my career at Ramapo include research on such topics as occupational prestige, eyewitness credibility, and perceptions of prejudice. I have also written articles and given presentations on biracial identity, the integration of issues of diversity into higher education curricula, and sexual harassment training. Finally, for four years, I served as one of the editors of the national journal Transformations.
Dr. Kaiden joined Ramapo College (1984) as Supervisor of the Academic Skills Center/ Reading Coordinator in the Division of Basic Studies. In 1992, Dr. Kaiden was appointed Assistant Professor of Reading. Currently, she is a Professor of Reading and Education, in the School of Social Science and Human Services and the Teacher Education Certification Program.
The award of a US Department of Education grant (1990), enabled her to implement the Student Literacy Corps, dedicated to serving the profound literacy needs of students in Paterson, New Jersey. Twenty years later, the Corps still offers Ramapo students enriching opportunities for engaged citizenship, while also providing Paterson students with chances for a brighter future. The Urban Educator Scholarship Award, started by Drs. Ellen and Jeffrey Kaiden, recognizes future teachers for their commitment to teaching at-risk students.
Dr. Kaiden’s service to the college includes many committees and task forces. She co-chaired the Middle States Ten-Year Reaccreditation process (2000), with colleague
Dr. Donna Crawley. Further, she was elected to two terms on the Faculty Advisory Council and currently serves on the American Democracy Project Committee.
Dr. Kaiden’s scholarship centers on literacy, urban education, and experiential learning. Her publications in prestigious international journals include the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, the National Society of Experiential Learning Quarterly, and Research and Teaching in Developmental Education. Numerous conference presentations include, most recently, the International Conference on Experiential Learning, in Sydney, Australia (2008); the International Reading Association Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2009); and the Association of Literacy Researchers and Educators Conference, in Sarasota, Florida (2008).
After ten years working in sales and substitute teaching, I entered the wonderful world of Ramapo. I was truly a neophyte to higher education and was hired for my sales experience, my education experience and possession of the requisite Masters. I started as a co-operative education coordinator placing students in co-operative education positions and developing strong working relationships with employers.
After 3 years in that position, I moved into the position of Assistant Director of Career Services. The day to day contact I had with students and employers made my job very rewarding and challenging. Currently I am the Acting Director of the Cahill Center.
I have served on several Ramapo committees and chaired a search. I have served as President of the New Jersey Association of Colleges and Employers. I have also served as President of the Professional Staff Association at Ramapo. I have served as an instructor at Ramapo teaching Developmental Reading and Career Achievement Program.
My community service activities include hosting career programs for the Explorer Boy Scouts of America, chairing a Ramapo Walk America contingent, presenting at several Career Days at various high schools, and serving as a United Way solicitor. I have also worked closely with various offices on campus such as EOF, OSS and the Women’s Center.
My twenty five years at Ramapo have passed in a flash and I look forward to several more. I grew up at Ramapo and like where it has brought me.
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Emeriti / AE
Dallon, Joseph |
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Heed, Thomas |
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Charles Carreras, Ph.D., Professor of History and Latin American Studies began at Ramapo in the summer of 1971 as a founding faculty member. Prior to getting his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he spent two years in the Peace Corps. He was hired to teach and promote the study of Latin America in the School of Interna - tional Studies.
In the early 1980's, he collaborated with other faculty to organize a minor in Latin American Studies which became an important component in the new majors of International Studies and International Business.
He served as the convener of International Studies and Latin American Studies, as well as the History major teaching courses in each in addition to the MALS program. He traveled to Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico researching Inter-American Relations resulting in a number of significant publications focusing on economic and diplomatic relations.
In the last decade, he worked with the Cahill Center to organize and lead a group of students to Mexico as part of the Alternative Break Program. He lead six groups to Oaxaca, and recently initiated a program in Reynosa on the Texas-Mexico border. Under his guidance, students participated in service learn activities and examined issues confronting these regions.
In the last five years, he has served as Vice President and Chief Archivist of the Mahwah Museum. Additionally, he has been instrumental in designing exhibits, developing and implementing educational programs for secondary schools, and promoting programs for the public.
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Dr. Schroyer is a Professor of Sociology-Philosophy in the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo College in N.J. Originally specializing in European Critical Theory, he taught at the Graduate Faculty of the New School in New York City.
His contribution to Ramapo remains building a critical intellectual culture. Believing in building bridges from the world into, and from, the academy has resulted in bringing back to Ramapo many forms of interdisciplinary discourse from his international participations.
He served as a leader of the Other Economic Summit (TOES) for the counter G-8 Summits in the United States in 1990, 1997 and 2004 and participated in national and international economic forums on Alternative Economics. Schroyer was an NGO representative to the Earth Summit in 1992 and to The Commission for Sustainable Development at the United Nations till 1995.
Consequently he organized six semester long Lecture Series on 'Ecological Futures', 'Counter Movements in Science', 'Authoritarianism or Democratization', 'Thinking Globally- Acting Locally, Promises of the Earth Summit', and 'World Sustainability', as well as a symposium on 'The Relevance of Gandhi After 9/11.
A member of the International Network for Cultural Alternatives to Development he helped facilitate gatherings of indigenous leaders from all around the world. At the Bangalore, India conference, Siddhartha, from Fireflies Ashram invited him to bring Americans to India to witness grassroots actions for social change in India. From this beginning in 2000, he founded the Ramapo India, a semester-long Study Abroad program that is now ongoing every year. In 2004 he brought Ramapo students to World Social Forum, in Mumbai, built around the slogan 'Another World is Possible', and argues that nothing can replace encountering real people in their own worlds.
His books include 'Beyond Western Economism: Remembering Other Economic Cultures', (to be published by Routledge Press), 'The Critique of Domination; The Origins and Development of Critical Theory' , Beacon Press, nominated for a National Book Award in 1973; 'A World that Works: Building Blocks for a Just and Sustainable Society' ,The Bootstrap Press (edited in 1997), 'Creating a Sustainable World: Past Experiences and Future Struggles' , Apex Press, (co-edited in 2006) , He has published 25 articles in sociology, anthropology and philosophy journals and books and has lectured and presented papers at over 100 colleges, universities and professional associations in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany,and Brazil;
As a result of participating in Ivan Illich's informal retreats and working with Siddhartha he is now working with 'Meeting Rivers' and other projects generated out of the Fireflies Intercultural Center in India and working on a book on 'Learning in India'.
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Retirees
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Berger, Marion Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1973 |
Bischoff, Pamela Hire Date: July 12, 1971 |
Caruso, Shirlee Hire Date: July 25, 1996 |
Goddard, Fred Hire Date: Feb. 18, 1975 |
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Evans, Hank Hire Date: Sep. 5, 1984 |
Keen, Sue Hire Date: April 8, 1996 |
Kenselaar, John Hire Date: Apil. 1, 1985 |
Kopp, Ernest Hire Date: May 9, 1994 |
Mackin, Nancy Hire Date: July 19, 1971 |
Morales, Joseph Hire Date: Dec. 21, 1996 |
Morrison, Carol Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1983 |
Perkins, Brenda Hire Date: Feb. 28, 1972 |
Ramkissoon, Sieudial Hire Date: Sep. 12, 1988 |
Reynolds, Patricia Hire Date: Oct. 22, 1990 |
Roberts, Phyllis Hire Date: July 1, 1989 Unit: Cooperative Ed. |
Russell, Robert Hire Date: July 6, 1987 |
Shiffman, Mary Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1979 |
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1971 |
Voto, Christine Hire Date: April 6, 1992 |
I was a member of the first group of Faculty to join Ramapo College when it opened in September 1971. As a member of TAS, I had to create a list of all the equipment and supplies that would be needed to teach chemistry. We were told the five science laboratories on the second floor of the D wing would be ready when the College opened. They weren't, so we had to make plans to teach our labs at an alternate site. Fortunate for us, the U.S. Army had recently abandoned a Nike missile site on Campgaw Road and we used the barracks for our lab courses during the first semester. The first few years at the College were very exciting and full of challenges. I served as the Director of TAS from 1981 to 1984, a time when State financial support for Higher Education began its decline. During those three years I learned that it was better to teach than be an administrator who always had to worry about budget matters. Since there was a growing need for Computer Science faculty in the 1980's, I enrolled at Stevens Institute of Technology, received a Masters degree in Computer Science in 1986 and began teaching Computer Science courses along with my Chemistry courses. A strong interest in Chemical safety and sustainability led me to introduce microscale organic chemistry experiments in 1988 and I served as the College Right to Know trainer for about 7 years. I enjoyed my many years at Ramapo College and enjoyed working with its excellent Faculty and Staff.
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2008 Honorees
Quarter Century Club Inductees
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1983 |
Rigoli, Raymond Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1983 |
Hire Date: Jan. 18, 1982 |
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1983 |
Ms. Jeney joined Ramapo in September 1983 as Reference/Acquisitions Librarian III. Until August 2002 her work in the Potter Library included Reference Service, selecting books and periodicals, supervising the acquisitions and periodicals department and teaching Information Literacy classes, an area that became her major professional focus. Between 1985 and 2002 she was promoted to Librarian II, to Librarian I and to Assistant Director. From 1992 to 1994 she served as Acting Co-Director of the Library and as College Librarian/Dean from 2002 to 2006. In January 2007 she accepted her current position as Employee Relations/Ethics Officer of the College.
Ms. Jeney holds a BA in Literature from Tufts University, a Master's in Library Science from Simmons College and an Advanced Certificate in Library Service from Columbia University. She continues to hone her professional skills through seminars and institutes, which include the National Institute for Leadership, Harvard University Leadership Institute, and the NYU Faculty Forum. She attended the Cornell University Policy Development Forum and her Labor Relations Certificate from Rutgers University is in progress.
Ms. Jeney has taught as an adjunct instructor at the College including College English, FYS, Intermediate German I and II, Advanced German and Business Communications. She has presented at numerous conferences locally, nationally and, more recently in Italy, Russia, Spain and France on library automation, writing, general education and Information Literacy.
She has served on and chaired a myriad of all-college committees and task forces, including Tenure, Promotion, Sabbatical, Budget, Judicial Board, TLTR, Long Range and Strategic Planning, Middle States, WAC and various search committees. Ms. Jeney was elected to the Faculty Advisory Council and twice elected as Faculty Assembly President. She was active in the AFT Local 2274, serving on its Executive Committee, Negotiation Committee and as VP for Grievances.
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Ms. Boland was hired as the first full-time Alumni Director in 1982. While serving in that position, she was involved in many firsts at Ramapo: the first Alumni Annual Fund program, the first Alumni Distinguished Citizens Dinner, the first Homecoming, which later became Fallfest. Although, she enjoyed that position she decided to go part-time to start a family in 1985 and accepted the position of Director of Special Events. Again, she was involved in a number of firsts at the College: the opening concert at the Band Shell which featured the West Point Military Band, the organization of the College's Cultural Events Series, which featured musicians like the Hayden Baritone Trio, as well as light entertainment like the Chinese Acrobats.
In 1994 the College implemented a Computer Software program to track students, employees, accounts payable, and alumni. Ms. Boland was asked to serve as the liaison from the Office of Institutional Advancement to the all College committee for that endeavor. Out of that experience, she became the first Director of Operations. In 2004 the College moved its software onto a new system called Banner and that is how she arrived at the position she is in today.
When asked what stood out the most for her over time, she states, "It is the people here at Ramapo College." Over the years, she has known some wonderful people and a few are no longer with us, and Ms. Boland says, "I miss them." Anne states, "The students, staff, and faculty are all nice people. I am proud of my time at Ramapo and hope that in some small way my contributions have helped make Ramapo a better place, I know Ramapo has added to my life."
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Carol Morrison began working at Ramapo College in 1983 in the fledgling Cooperative Education program. She later became director of Cooperative Education and, in 1996, director of the Governor William T. Cahill Center for Experiential Learning and Career Services. In the past decade, the Cahill Center, which contains Career Services, Cooperative Education, Service-Learning and Student Employment, has grown to include over 10,000 student and alumni participants annually.
Carol has written over $750,000 worth of grants for experiential learning programs at Ramapo and is a true believer in the value of learning outside the traditional classroom. More than 13,000 Ramapo College students have participated in the Cahill Center's two experiential learning programs, Cooperative Education and Service-Learning. Hundreds of these students have chosen to work abroad.
With Professor Ellen Kaiden, The Cahill Center added a Student Literacy Corps which trains and places Ramapo College students as tutors in Paterson secondary and elementary schools. An Alterative Break Program was added in which students have shared their skills and talents with both urban and rural communities in Appalachia, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala, Mexico and Katrina-devastated areas in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Carol designed the AAC-funded Minority Achievement Program which was expanded to an institution-wide Career Achievement Program in partnership with The Educational Opportunity Fund Program and the Office of Specialized Services. She has described the Cahill Center's outreach initiatives at conferences in Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Vancouver and throughout the United States, has served as President of New Jersey's Cooperative Education Association and participated on dozens of College-wide task forces and committees.
Carol will retire on January first and have as her fondest Ramapo memory the "instant gratification" that comes from seeing students grow in skills, confidence and maturity as they progress through challenging internship and service activities. "Students love to put their classroom learning into practice and these domestic and international experiences often stay with them throughout their careers and their lives."
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Emeriti / AE
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 Freund, David (CA) |
 Hunt-Perry, Patricia (SSHS) |
 McLewin, Phillip (SSHS) |
 Pinn, Samuel (SSHS) |
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I came to Ramapo in 1973. I contributed to pedagogy and the curriculum by being involved in a broad range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and team-teaching efforts, including: psychology courses, women's studies courses, the Tutorial, College Seminar, Introduction to Metropolitan & Community Studies, Social Issues, Senior Seminar, Cooperative Education, independent study and the MALS program
I immediately became involved with the AFT. Over the years, I served as: Delegate to the statewide Council of New Jersey State College Locals, Vice-President for Grievances, a member of many bargaining teams for the statewide contract, and Campus Strike Coordinator for a 2.5 day AFT state-wide strike.
I also played several administrative roles. I was: Director of the School of Social Science and Human Services, Acting Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Convener of the psychology program, Acting Convener of the Women's & Gender Studies program, Co-Convener of Social Issues, and co-founder and Director of Ramapo Focus on Teaching (a program that was a pre-cursor to the faculty Resource Center).
In terms of college service, I was: a member of the group that designed and implemented the College Seminar Program; a member of the committee that wrote the College's first comprehensive sexual harassment policy; a member of the College's first Sexual Harassment Informal Panel; a faculty/staff trainer in sexual harassment; a faculty/staff trainer in affirmative action; a member of the Safe Zone Program; Chair of the EOF five year review; Leader of the team sent to the Lily Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts to study the College's Senior Seminar program and make recommendations for its future; and involved at all levels of governance through service on numerous committees-both elected and appointed.[ return to top ]
Yolanda Prieto has taught sociology at Ramapo College for 30 years. She teaches courses on the Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Community and Fieldwork in Sociology of Community. At the graduate level, she has taught The U.S. in a Changing World and Does Race Matter? Dr. Prieto's scholarship focuses on migration, in particular the post -1959 Cuban exodus to the United States. She has written extensively on the experiences of Cuban immigrant women in this country. Dr. Prieto has widely researched the role of religion in U.S. Latino communities as well as the relations between Cuban Catholics in the island and those abroad. At present, she is finishing a book on Cubans in Union City, New Jersey. She often presents papers in scholarly conferences.
At Ramapo College, Dr. Prieto has been an active member of the community by participating in numerous committees ranging from personnel to the EOF Program Advisory Board. For many years, she has been the advisor of the OLU (Organization for Latino Unity) student organization at the college.
Dr. Prieto has been the recipient of various awards: the Fred and Florence Thomases Award, the Henry Bischoff Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2006 Exceptional Service Award for Long Service as a Student Organization Advisor. Outside of the college, she received the Scholarly Achievement Award from the Hispanic Association for Higher Education of New Jersey, the competitive award to study The Movement of Caribbean Peoples from the Ford Foundation, and the Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Cuban American Affairs from the Hispanic Civilization and Language Studies Program of Rutgers University.
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Dr. Sunshine arrived at Ramapo in July 1974 to assume the leadership of the School of Contemporary Arts. It was the dawn of the technological era, and one of her first goals was to create a communications program, which focused on video, barely portable and colorless in those ancient days. She created the internship program and introduced several interdisciplinary courses, which have survived to this day.
While a member of the faculty advisory board, Dr. Sunshine helped to write the successful $3.2 million Challenge Grant along with Cliff Peterson and Walter Brown, fathers of global education at Ramapo. As a result, she was able to create the International Telecommunications Center, to direct its activities, to oversee the production of two TV series broadcast on NJPTV and to oversee the renovation of H-Wing and the creation of two real TV studios and the interactive television classroom. The ITC was focused on the increasing internationalization of the faculty utilizing technology; we produced approximately 500 audio conferences with international partners and down linked live Russian television during the exciting period of Glasnost. The technology facilitated partnerships with Russia and Mexico.
After returning to the faculty, she continued teaching creative writing, communications and interdisciplinary courses, supervised the internship program, taught graduate courses in applied educational technology, both at Ramapo and NYU, consulted in Thailand and Ukraine on Fulbright and USIA grants, studied in France and Italy on two NEH institutes. Now supposedly "retired," Dr. Sunshine recently directed a study abroad trip to Venice, which will be repeated this summer, began work with the MALS program, and plans to begin offering several online courses.
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Retirees
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1971 |
Dallon, Joseph Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1974 |
Dicker, Patricia Hire Date: Aug. 24, 1981 |
Harris, Pinese Hire Date: July 10, 1979 |
Heed, Thomas Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1972 |
Hunt-Perry, Patricia Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1973 |
McLaughlin, Margaret Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1989 |
McPhillips, Patrick Hire Date: Aug. 10, 1981 |
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Oneglia, Anita Hire Date: July 15, 1974 |
Roccoberton, Nancy Hire Date: Dec. 22, 1975 |
Hire Date: July 1, 1993 |
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1973 |
Hire Date: Sep. 1, 1974 |
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Charles Carreras, Ph.D., Professor of History and Latin American Studies began at Ramapo in the summer of 1971 as a founding faculty member. Prior to getting his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he spent two years in the Peace Corps. He was hired to teach and promote the study of Latin America in the School of Interna - tional Studies.
In the early 1980's, he collaborated with other faculty to organize a minor in Latin American Studies which became an important component in the new majors of International Studies and International Business.
He served as the convener of International Studies and Latin American Studies, as well as the History major teaching courses in each in addition to the MALS program. He traveled to Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico researching Inter-American Relations resulting in a number of significant publications focusing on economic and diplomatic relations.
In the last decade, he worked with the Cahill Center to organize and lead a group of students to Mexico as part of the Alternative Break Program. He lead six groups to Oaxaca, and recently initiated a program in Reynosa on the Texas-Mexico border. Under his guidance, students participated in service learn activities and examined issues confronting these regions.
In the last five years, he has served as Vice President and Chief Archivist of the Mahwah Museum. Additionally, he has been instrumental in designing exhibits, developing and implementing educational programs for secondary schools, and promoting programs for the public.
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Dr. Rubin was Vice President for Academic Affairs from 1993-2000, Professor of American Studies from 2000-2008, and Director of the College Honors Program from 2006-2008. Among her accomplishments as Vice President were creation of a January term, expansion of our study abroad programs, and leadership of a team to finalize an exchange agreement with the Volgograd State Pedagogical University. She also oversaw revision of our Educational Opportunities Program; enhancement of our international/intercultural mission by hiring the first full-time director of International/Intercultural studies; and revival of our moribund education program by hiring a full-time director, encouraging grant writing, and supporting faculty efforts. She developed and signed the first agreement with UMDNJ and Englewood Hospital to begin the nursing program at Ramapo. She also encouraged the revision of our general education program by leading a team to the Asheville Institute on General Education, and later writing two proposals to send teams to the Asheville Institute for Greater Expectations, as well as serving on the Greater Expectations committee. Dr. Rubin implemented the writing-across-the curriculum program and hired a director for a newly-created Writing Center. She created the Technology Learning and Teaching Roundtable, and served on the TLTR committee. As Director of the College Honors Program, Dr. Rubin doubled membership and promoted a committee to develop a new College Honors Program curriculum.
While at Ramapo, Dr. Rubin was a keynote speaker, a workshop leader, panel moderator, panelist, delegation/team leader, member of advisory committees, and board member of several organizations. She continues as treasurer of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. During her time at Ramapo, she published chapters in two books. Her essay, "Professors, Students, and the Syllabus," originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, continues to be republished in books on teaching.
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Dr. Schroyer is a Professor of Sociology-Philosophy in the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo College in N.J. Originally specializing in European Critical Theory, he taught at the Graduate Faculty of the New School in New York City.
His contribution to Ramapo remains building a critical intellectual culture. Believing in building bridges from the world into, and from, the academy has resulted in bringing back to Ramapo many forms of interdisciplinary discourse from his international participations.
He served as a leader of the Other Economic Summit (TOES) for the counter G-8 Summits in the United States in 1990, 1997 and 2004 and participated in national and international economic forums on Alternative Economics. Schroyer was an NGO representative to the Earth Summit in 1992 and to The Commission for Sustainable Development at the United Nations till 1995.
Consequently he organized six semester long Lecture Series on 'Ecological Futures', 'Counter Movements in Science', 'Authoritarianism or Democratization', 'Thinking Globally- Acting Locally, Promises of the Earth Summit', and 'World Sustainability', as well as a symposium on 'The Relevance of Gandhi After 9/11.
A member of the International Network for Cultural Alternatives to Development he helped facilitate gatherings of indigenous leaders from all around the world. At the Bangalore, India conference, Siddhartha, from Fireflies Ashram invited him to bring Americans to India to witness grassroots actions for social change in India. From this beginning in 2000, he founded the Ramapo India, a semester-long Study Abroad program that is now ongoing every year. In 2004 he brought Ramapo students to World Social Forum, in Mumbai, built around the slogan 'Another World is Possible', and argues that nothing can replace encountering real people in their own worlds.
His books include 'Beyond Western Economism: Remembering Other Economic Cultures', (to be published by Routledge Press), 'The Critique of Domination; The Origins and Development of Critical Theory' , Beacon Press, nominated for a National Book Award in 1973; 'A World that Works: Building Blocks for a Just and Sustainable Society' ,The Bootstrap Press (edited in 1997), 'Creating a Sustainable World: Past Experiences and Future Struggles' , Apex Press, (co-edited in 2006) , He has published 25 articles in sociology, anthropology and philosophy journals and books and has lectured and presented papers at over 100 colleges, universities and professional associations in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany,and Brazil;
As a result of participating in Ivan Illich's informal retreats and working with Siddhartha he is now working with 'Meeting Rivers' and other projects generated out of the Fireflies Intercultural Center in India and working on a book on 'Learning in India'.
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Dr. Sunshine arrived at Ramapo in July 1974 to assume the leadership of the School of Contemporary Arts. It was the dawn of the technological era, and one of her first goals was to create a communications program, which focused on video, barely portable and colorless in those ancient days. She created the internship program and introduced several interdisciplinary courses, which have survived to this day.
While a member of the faculty advisory board, Dr. Sunshine helped to write the successful $3.2 million Challenge Grant along with Cliff Peterson and Walter Brown, fathers of global education at Ramapo. As a result, she was able to create the International Telecommunications Center, to direct its activities, to oversee the production of two TV series broadcast on NJPTV and to oversee the renovation of H-Wing and the creation of two real TV studios and the interactive television classroom. The ITC was focused on the increasing internationalization of the faculty utilizing technology; we produced approximately 500 audio conferences with international partners and down linked live Russian television during the exciting period of Glasnost. The technology facilitated partnerships with Russia and Mexico.
After returning to the faculty, she continued teaching creative writing, communications and interdisciplinary courses, supervised the internship program, taught graduate courses in applied educational technology, both at Ramapo and NYU, consulted in Thailand and Ukraine on Fulbright and USIA grants, studied in France and Italy on two NEH institutes. Now supposedly "retired," Dr. Sunshine recently directed a study abroad trip to Venice, which will be repeated this summer, began work with the MALS program, and plans to begin offering several online courses.
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2007 Honorees
Quarter Century Club Inductees
 Helen Kelly Hire Date: May 3, 1982 |
 Gene Ritchie Hire Date: July 14, 1980 |
Hire Date: July 26, 1982 |
Emeriti / AE
 Fred Champlin Hire Date: September 1, 1990 |
 John Scura Hire Date: September 1, 1972 |
Retirees
William Alagna Hire Date: July 15, 1991 |
John Byrnes Hire Date: July 20, 1992 |
Susan Carozza Hire Date: March 18, 1984 |
David Caruso Hire Date: September 26, 1987 |
 Connie Dispoto Hire Date: July 27, 1981 |
 Florence Echevarria Hire Date: December 1, 1992 |
Hire Date: February 27, 1995 |
Hire Date: August 30, 1976 |
 David Freund Hire Date: September 1, 1973 |
Hire Date: September 1, 1973 |
 Peter Hellawell Hire Date: September 1, 1981 |
 Nancy Jaeger Hire Date: October 26, 1970 |
| Robert Karesch Hire Date: July 22, 1996 |
Daniel Kavanagh Hire Date: November 23, 1998 |
 Philip McLewin Hire Date: September 1, 1974 |
 Margaret Monges Hire Date: September 7, 1993 |
 Linda Padley Hire Date: October 22, 1979 |
 Sam Pinn Hire Date: September 1, 1974 |
Hire Date: February 1, 1978 |
Russell Reinhardt Hire Date: August 12, 1976 |
 Jesse Reisman Hire Date: January 18, 2000 |
Hire Date: July 11, 1983 |
Bonnie Franklin
Following nine years in public relations and grant-writing at County College of Morris, Bonnie Franklin began working at Ramapo College of New Jersey in February 1995. As the assistant director of public relations, she reported to Tom Jones and Rita Tepper. With Tom's departure, Bonnie was promoted to director of public relations, first reporting to Cathleen Davey and then Rosa Diaz-Mulryan. Bonnie later was named assistant vice president for communications and public affairs, again reporting to Cathleen Davey.
Major responsibilities during her tenure at Ramapo included serving as college spokesperson and advisor to senior staff on public relations issues; launching the Ramapo Magazine; overseeing production of the Viewbook and recruitment video/DVD; and promoting feature stories on faculty, college administrators, new facilities, Berrie Center offerings and college programs. She was involved in producing the Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference program for 11 years. She supervised the staff in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.
Bonnie is married to John Franklin and has two grown children and two children-in-law. Daughter Chloe is married to Mark Millea; they are expecting their first baby, Bonnie and John's first grandchild, in October. Son Josh is married to Kara Solu.
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Albert Frech
Al Frech was hired in the Counseling Center in August of 1976 as a Psychological Counselor. He became Coordinator of Counseling Services and subsequently Director of the Center for Health and Counseling Services (CHCS) managing multiple psychological and medical programs and services until his retirement in May 2007. He is a licensed psychologist.
From 1979 to 1989 Al developed and coordinated the New Student Orientation and established a year round Office of Orientation and Student Assistance utilizing student peers, faculty and staff. In 1989 while Director of CHCS, he became project director for the college-wide alcohol and other drug prevention program until his retirement.
From 1990 through 2006 he was appointed by the US Department of Education as a Regional Coordinator, and an Executive Committee member for the Network, a national prevention organization overseen by the Department. From 1995 until retirement he served as Chair of the NJ Higher Education Consortium for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education. In 2000, Al was appointed as Chair of the President's Alcohol and Other Drug Task Force whose final report in 2006 recommended the current Presidential Alcohol and Other Drug Committee, which Al continues to Chair.
He was a successful applicant for federal, state and institutional grants for prevention every year for 16 years from 1990 through 2006.
Al has taught psychology related courses in the Schools of Contemporary Art, Social Science and Human Services, Theoretical and Applied Sciences, and the School of Administration and Business, and currently teaches counseling courses in the Substance Abuse Minor.
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David Greene
I came to Ramapo in 1973. I contributed to pedagogy and the curriculum by being involved in a broad range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and team-teaching efforts, including: psychology courses, women's studies courses, the Tutorial, College Seminar, Introduction to Metropolitan & Community Studies, Social Issues, Senior Seminar, Cooperative Education, independent study and the MALS program
I immediately became involved with the AFT. Over the years, I served as: Delegate to the statewide Council of New Jersey State College Locals, Vice-President for Grievances, a member of many bargaining teams for the statewide contract, and Campus Strike Coordinator for a 2.5 day AFT state-wide strike.
I also played several administrative roles. I was: Director of the School of Social Science and Human Services, Acting Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Convener of the psychology program, Acting Convener of the Women's & Gender Studies program, Co-Convener of Social Issues, and co-founder and Director of Ramapo Focus on Teaching (a program that was a pre-cursor to the faculty Resource Center).
In terms of college service, I was: a member of the group that designed and implemented the College Seminar Program; a member of the committee that wrote the College's first comprehensive sexual harassment policy; a member of the College's first Sexual Harassment Informal Panel; a faculty/staff trainer in sexual harassment; a faculty/staff trainer in affirmative action; a member of the Safe Zone Program; Chair of the EOF five year review; Leader of the team sent to the Lily Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts to study the College's Senior Seminar program and make recommendations for its future; and involved at all levels of governance through service on numerous committees-both elected and appointed.[ return to top ]
Yolanda Prieto
Yolanda Prieto has taught sociology at Ramapo College for 30 years. She teaches courses on the Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Community and Fieldwork in Sociology of Community. At the graduate level, she has taught The U.S. in a Changing World and Does Race Matter? Dr. Prieto's scholarship focuses on migration, in particular the post -1959 Cuban exodus to the United States. She has written extensively on the experiences of Cuban immigrant women in this country. Dr. Prieto has widely researched the role of religion in U.S. Latino communities as well as the relations between Cuban Catholics in the island and those abroad. At present, she is finishing a book on Cubans in Union City, New Jersey. She often presents papers in scholarly conferences.
At Ramapo College, Dr. Prieto has been an active member of the community by participating in numerous committees ranging from personnel to the EOF Program Advisory Board. For many years, she has been the advisor of the OLU (Organization for Latino Unity) student organization at the college.
Dr. Prieto has been the recipient of various awards: the Fred and Florence Thomases Award, the Henry Bischoff Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2006 Exceptional Service Award for Long Service as a Student Organization Advisor. Outside of the college, she received the Scholarly Achievement Award from the Hispanic Association for Higher Education of New Jersey, the competitive award to study The Movement of Caribbean Peoples from the Ford Foundation, and the Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Cuban American Affairs from the Hispanic Civilization and Language Studies Program of Rutgers University.
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Roberta Saiff
Roberta Saiff began her service to Ramapo College in 1983. She worked in the School of Social Science and Human Services until she transferred to the President's Office in 1986. She remained there for five years until transferring to the Department of Human Resources (Benefits), where she remained for three years. Then, after seven years on the staff of Institutional Advancement, she was selected in 2001 to take over the Graduation Office. During her years overseeing all things graduation, the size of the class grew from 895 graduates in 2002 to a 2007 class of 1300! She was a member of the College-Wide Events Committee from its inception until her retirement
In addition to her busy workday, Robby has contributed numerous hours of her own time as a volunteer to various Ramapo College constituencies. She assisted through the several years of "Fall Fest" and helped during a number of Parents' Weekends. She volunteered her services to the Center for Health and Counseling Services following the events of 9/11 and again the following year. She also was a member of Safe Zone and the advisor to Theta Phi Alpha. She has been for a number of years, and continues to be, a volunteer at the Berrie Center.
Robby has been one of Ramapo College's "lunchtime walkers" for 15 years and has led the 3-mile college walk for employee health and fitness week for the last several years. Her daily breaks with "the walkers" is one of the things she misses most.
