Kiana Azcona

Kiana Azcona of Somerset, N.J. is a double major in English-Literary Studies and Spanish Language Studies. A student of the Teacher Education program, she is currently student-teaching at Bergen Charter High School. 

Kiana is a Resident Assistant, Peer Facilitator, and the Chief of Staff for the Student Government Association. She is also involved in the Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Humanities and Global Studies. Over the summer, Kiana worked as a Supplemental Instructor for the Educational Opportunity Fund program. 

Her dedication and commitment to on-campus leadership was recognized in 2019 when she received the “Outstanding Leadership by a Sophomore” award, given by the college’s Student Leadership Committee.

After her anticipated May 2021 graduation, Kiana aspires to become a secondary education teacher and further her education with a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership.

Awarded Scholarships

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2021

Student Affairs Division Scholarship

Rather than exchange holiday gifts with each other, some staff members in the Division of Student Affairs have pooled their resources and created this scholarship fund. The award is for students who are active in student leadership or voluntary service. Recipients are selected by a committee of staff members in the Student Affairs Division.

 

Kaiden, Drs. Ellen and Jeffrey Urban Educator Scholarship

Ellen Kaiden, Ed.D. established the Drs. Ellen and Jeffrey Kaiden Urban Educator Scholarship at the Ramapo College Foundation in 2005. Ellen Kaiden is a professor of Reading and Education in the School of Social Science and Human Services. Her husband Jeffrey is an ophthalmologist practicing in Westwood, NJ. The intent of the Kaiden Scholarship is to recognize students who see the value in promoting education among urban populations and encourage them to pursue a career teaching in an urban environment.

Ellen Kaiden has been involved with Ramapo’s Teacher Education program for many years. In 1990 she secured a federal grant to create the Student Literacy Corps course, a program which continues to this day. The Student Literacy Corps course educates Ramapo students about illiteracy, provides them with the tools to remediate this problem and includes a required service- learning component in an urban Bergen or Passaic County school.