Mandie Mayer

Mandie Mayer of Harrington Park, N.J. is an International Studies major with a minor in Creative Writing. She has a 3.8 GPA and has been on the Dean’s List every semester since she started at Ramapo in 2015.  Recently she studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she strengthened her Spanish skills.

At Ramapo, Mandie has been active in the Peer Facilitation Program, Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity, and Sigma Iota Rho International Studies Honors Society where she currently serves as President.

Off-campus, she has been involved with Grupo Cajolá, a fair trade economic cooperative based in Guatemala.  This past summer, she worked in Guatemala for 4 weeks where she taught English to weavers and worked in an after-care program for children.  She continues to work with the NGO and has plans to go back next summer.

Awarded Scholarships

2019

Mytelka, Jeannette Krieger Memorial Scholarship

Jeannette Krieger Mytelka taught seventh and eighth grade English in the Jersey City public schools. “Before others recognized the need, she introduced black writers and poets in her classroom,” says her son Arnold Mytelka. “She was an excellent, professional teacher. Many teachers had discipline problems, but my Mom never did.” Arnold Mytelka served as chairman of the Ramapo College Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1980. At his mother’s death in 1983, Mr. Mytelka searched for the most appropriate way to memorialize Jeannette’s love of education and teaching. “I thought that a scholarship at Ramapo would be the most effective,” he explained. “It’s the kind of thing that my Mom would have been pleased to have set up.” The Mytelka scholarships are awarded to academically outstanding seniors of financial need who have completed three years at Ramapo College.