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The Annual Student Leadership Award Reception is a night of recognizing and awarding Ramapo College’s outstanding student leaders. The 2024 Awards that will be presented will be the Pillars Award (for Seniors), the Jerome Lee Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership (for Seniors), and the Award for Outstanding Leadership (for all class years). Read their descriptions below or apply here for this year’s awards!
Apply for the 2024 Student Leadership Awards
Applications open February 5, 2024 and close March 4, 2024 at 11:59 pm. The Awards Reception will be held on May 2, 2024 – details to come.
Award for Outstanding Leadership (up to 20 leaders total may be selected for this award, approximately 4-5 per class year): This award is for students who demonstrate exceptional campus leadership. Awards will be selected by class year (First-Year Student, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) for RCNJ campus involvement, academics, and leadership.
Jerome Lee Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership (up to 3 leaders will be selected for this award): The Jerome Lee Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership is named in honor of the Director of the Student Center who died in 1995. Jerome Lee valued high ethical and moral standards and gladly extended his capacity for human love to all those with whom he came in contact. Applicants for the Jerome Lee Memorial Award should demonstrate in their work within the co-curriculum leadership through grace, human kindness, and the art of gentle persuasion—all traits which characterized Jerome’s work. To be eligible students must be seniors with a graduation application on file for January 2024, May 2024 or plan to graduate August 2024.
The Pillars Award (up to 3 leaders will be selected for this award): This prestigious award honors those senior student leaders who have demonstrated over the course of their career at Ramapo College outstanding leadership, a strong commitment to the mission of the College, and dedication to fostering a positive and inclusive living and learning environment. The recipient should be considered by others to be the product and embodiment of the four Ramapo pillars of interdisciplinary curriculum, international education, intercultural understanding and experiential learning. To be eligible students must be seniors with a graduation application on file for January 2024, May 2024, or plan to graduate August 2024. The criteria for consideration are as follows:
Award recipients will be selected based upon RCNJ campus involvement in leadership activities, including, but not limited to:
In order to be considered for an award, a student must:
Applications for the 2024 Student Leadership Awards will open during the Spring 2024 semester.
For more information please email the Student Leadership team: leaders@ramapo.edu
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