Jessica Ryan

“I am so appreciative of the financial support from scholarships to help me in my endeavor to receive a higher education,” says Jessica Ryan of Bloomfield, N.J. a Literature major pursuing a Secondary Education Certificate.  She is a Student Government Association (SGA) Senator-at-Large, hosts a show at radio station WRPR and is a proud member of the New Catholic Campus Ministry.

Jessica is also a Catechist in the Archdiocese of Newark and a Lifetime Member of the Girl Scouts.  She currently teaches Children’s Liturgy at her parish and serves as a substitute for the Girl Scouts Heart of NJ Gold Award Advisory Committee.

Awarded Scholarships

2018

Alumni Association Scholarship

When they think of giving back, many Ramapo students — past and present — think of their alma mater.  Each year the Alumni Association provides a scholarship for one freshman in each of the College’s five schools: the Anisfield School of Business, the School of Humanities and Global Studies, the School of Contemporary Arts, the School of Social Sciences and Human Services and the School of Theoretical and Applied Science.  In order to make these awards permanent, the Alumni Association Board of Directors endowed the Alumni Scholarships in the late 1990s.  Created with gifts from hundreds of former Ramapo students and the success of alumni fundraisers, the endowment continues to grow, thanks to the dedication and support of alumni led by Board President Carolyn Merkel ’78, Ph.D.