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Ramapo Students in the News Jennifer Scancella, of Bayville, a senior majoring in math, was invited to be a presenter in a poster session for undergraduate research at the joint national meetings of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. Her presentation was entitled, “Graphs: The Good, the Bad, and Everything In-Between.” Her invitation was the result of her participation in last summer’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs), a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Scancella applied and was accepted to study in the eight-week program, “Exploring the Expected Rank Polynomial,” with Professor Gary Gordon at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. Scancella is president of the Math Club and plans to enter a Ph.D. program to combine study in applied and pure math. Jessica Jimenez, a sophomore majoring in international business, has been named a Gates Millennium Scholar. These major awards are funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and constitute a twenty-year $1 billion initiative. Jimenez, one of 4,000 students nationwide to receive one of the merit-based awards in the program’s inaugural year, received the scholarship based on her GPA of 3.7, demonstrated leadership, and community involvement. She has not yet determined her ultimate career goal. “I see college as an opportunity to explore options,” she says. “I’m focusing on short-term goals such as participating in the study abroad program in Italy.” A resident of Weehawken, Jimenez was just accepted into the honors program, is treasurer of the French Book Club, a Student Government Association senator, a member of the Organization of Latin Unity, the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program, and Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society. She moved here from the Dominican Republic at age nine. During a fall class trip to the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem conducted by professors Arnold Jones and Henry Davis, sophomore music major Khadijah Baker tried out her voice on stage. She so impressed Apollo scouts that she was invited to return and sing at the Valentine’s Day Amateur Night Show. With her rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Baker won the first place honor and was invited to return again to compete against other first-time winners. Baker attended Arts High School in Newark and, as a member of the advanced choir, performed at many venues including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Determined to avoid what seemed to be a destiny in music, Baker came to Ramapo planning to major in psychology, a field where she felt she had a better chance of earning a living. Dean Steven Perry heard her singing behind the counter at the Curtain Call Café in the Berrie Center, where she worked as a cashier, and encouraged her to enroll in a music class. She now sings with the Ramapo Gospel Chorus and at OAU (Organization of African Unity) events, and has changed her major—to music!
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