Ruthann Inserra

Ruthann Inserra is a History major with a 3.99 grade point average. In addition to her coursework, Ruthann has been active in the history program through the American History Textbook Project, an ongoing and student-faculty initiative to collect American history textbooks dating back to the early 19th century and place them in a special collection in the Potter Library. Ruthann was selected in the spring 2012 semester to serve as the student intern for the project, where she worked with Professors Stephen Rice and Alex Urbiel to identify books to be added to the collection, acquire the books, gather appropriate cataloging information, and pass the books on to the library to be placed in the collection. “Ruthann is an outstanding student and a dedicated member of the program,” says Professor Rice. Ruthann is a senior from Bogota, NJ.

Awarded Scholarships

2013

Hackett, Frances K. ’80 HGS Scholarship

The Hackett HGS Scholarship was started by Frances K. Hackett, who graduated from Ramapo in 1980 with degrees in Business Administration and American Studies. Ms. Hackett began working at Prudential in 1974 and  had a distinguished career at the company where she  served as vice president of Administration and OSGLI.

Ms. Hackett was a dedicated volunteer and supporter of Ramapo College and was honored with the President’s Award of Merit in 2007. She was chair of the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors, and was involved with a number of Foundation Board committees, including the Executive Committee, the Distinguished Citizens Dinner Committee and the Annual Golf Outing Committee.

The Hackett SHGS Scholarship honors Ms. Hackett’s experience as a graduate of the School of American and International Studies, the former name of the School when she attended, and recognizes outstanding students in the School.