Robert Lenza

Robert Lenza of Fair Haven, N.J. is a third-year Literature major concentrating in secondary education. He has a GPA of 3.7.

“The main contribution I’ve made to campus since I came here is my work at the college’s Center for Reading and Writing, where I’ve helped students from a wide range of ages and backgrounds in grammar, writing, and rhetoric.”

In addition to that, Robert is an active member and secretary of the literature honors society, Sigma Tau Delta and is preparing an essay to submit for a future conference on critical theory. He plans to teach high school for a few years, where he can receive first-hand experience in teaching and he would eventually like to apply to graduate programs for English and literary studies. “I plan to put this scholarship money towards funding my future education.”

Awarded Scholarships

2019

North Jersey Media Group Foundation / The Record Scholarship

For 25 years North Jersey Media Group staff worked closely with Ramapo College faculty member Helen Burchell to implement The Record Debate Classic. Each year debate team members from high schools throughout Bergen County competed in this prestigious event to hone their debating skills and build awareness of a timely public policy issue. Life-long learning, increasing the quality of public education and the ability to convey oneself effectively in the spoken and written word were very important to Helen Burchell. She was a member of Ramapo College’s founding faculty in teacher education and also served as director of academic outreach and grants advisor. In addition to coordinating The Record Debate Classic, Dr. Burchell served on the Donald and Flora Borg Merit Scholarship Award Committee, named for leaders of The Record. At Dr. Burchell’s death in 2005 the North Jersey Media Group Foundation made a generous commitment to the College in Helen’s memory, to be used for a scholarship for students in literature or journalism.