Kathia Cintron

Kathia Cintron of Passaic, NJ is a Spanish Language Studies major who is pursuing teacher certification. She was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi and Chi Alpha Epsilon honor societies. She is a member of Sister Connections and is a Global Roadrunner and a trip leader for the alternative spring break program to the Dominican Republic. She teaches the Praxis I Reading and Writing prep sessions for students in the Educational Opportunity Fund program who have applied for teacher certification. Kathia is also an office assistant for College Park apartments. Off campus, Kathia is a substitute teacher in Passaic and serves as a translator for members of her church. She plans to obtain a master’s degree in Regional Studies-Latin America and the Caribbean from Columbia University and to pursue a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Teaching at the university. “As a firstgeneration college student, this scholarship represents all of the potential I hold for the future of our society and the opportunity to be a step closer to fulfilling my academic and professional dreams,” she said. Kathia has a 3.32 grade point average.

Awarded Scholarships

2014

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.