Grace Brennan

Grace Brennan of Old Bridge, NJ is a Literature major with a Creative Writing concentration. She is a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Golden Key International Honour Society. She has made the Dean’s List seven consecutive semesters, and has a 3.8 GPA.

At Ramapo, Grace’s most active involvement is her participation on the college’s softball team. She has been a part of the program since her freshman year and, in 2015, contributed to Ramapo’s first New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship. She was named an All-Conference Player in 2015, and has been an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete in 2015 and 2016 as well.

Grace has also volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson, and currently works two jobs: as a lifeguard for the Wyckoff Family YMCA and as a catering manager for Rutgers University.

Following graduation, Grace’s goal is to join an AmeriCorps program that works to dismantle inequities in education.

Awarded Scholarships

2017

North Jersey Media Group Foundation / The Record Scholarship

For 25 years North Jersey Media Group staff worked closely with Ramapo College faculty member Helen Burchell to implement The Record Debate Classic. Each year debate team members from high schools throughout Bergen County competed in this prestigious event to hone their debating skills and build awareness of a timely public policy issue. Life-long learning, increasing the quality of public education and the ability to convey oneself effectively in the spoken and written word were very important to Helen Burchell. She was a member of Ramapo College’s founding faculty in teacher education and also served as director of academic outreach and grants advisor. In addition to coordinating The Record Debate Classic, Dr. Burchell served on the Donald and Flora Borg Merit Scholarship Award Committee, named for leaders of The Record. At Dr. Burchell’s death in 2005 the North Jersey Media Group Foundation made a generous commitment to the College in Helen’s memory, to be used for a scholarship for students in literature or journalism.