Jennifer D. Morales

Jennifer D. Morales of Hillsdale, N.J. is double majoring in Biology and Spanish. She is on a Pre-Medical track, has a minor in Neuroscience, and is completing the Spanish for Health Care and Human Services Certificate. 

Jennifer is a proud member of the EOF Program and has a 3.45 GPA. At Ramapo, Jennifer is an active member of Theta Phi Alpha and is a Care Aide on campus. She plans on attending medical school in the future and hopes to become a maternal-fetal medicine specialist.

Jennifer says as she reflects, “My past work experiences as a care aide, medical scribe, and medical receptionist strengthens my desire and passion of being in the medical field.”

Awarded Scholarships

---

2022

Gittens, Milton and Granville EOF Scholarship

“Milt Gittens was a kind and supportive colleague and a tremendous role model to minority students and all who knew him,” says Professor Constance Crawford. Milton Gittens, Ph.D joined the Ramapo College faculty in 1973 and served as convener of the Management concentration of the Business Administration major for a number of years.

In 2004 Dr. Gittens received the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Fund Award. The year before, he was inducted into the Ramapo College Chapter of Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society for Business Administration.

Dr. Gittens created two endowed scholarships at Ramapo College through bequests left in his will. Both awards are intended to recognize students who are “descendants of slavery in the United States or Barbados in the West Indies.” This award is specifically for students registered with the Educational Opportunity Fund who “are from low-income communities.” The award is named for Dr. Gittens and his father, Granville Caldecott Gittens.

Ippolito, Mary EOF Endowed Scholarship

While raising four children, Mary Ippolito attended Ramapo College as a returning adult student and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. She had a 22 year career as a health educator for the Bergen County Department of Health.  Mary has been very active on the Ramapo College campus. She is a dedicated member of the Friends of Ramapo and has served as a Friends board member for many years. This is the third scholarship Mary has established at Ramapo College.

This scholarship is to provide funding  to an EOF student who has completed two years at Ramapo College. It was set up to help close the gap in the decrease in EOF funding after their first two years at Ramapo.