Stefanie Viera

Stefanie Viera of New Milford, N.J. is a History major with a minor in Latino(a) and Latin American Studies. She has a 4.0 GPA and has been on the Dean’s List for the entirety of her time at Ramapo, in addition to being recently inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society as President and the Alpha Alpha Alpha Honor Society. 

At Ramapo, Stefanie has been active in the Student Ambassador Program and the Student Government Association, in which she recently started the position as the Secretary of Service. She also is employed on campus at the Jane Addams Papers Project. 

Over the summer, Stefanie completed an internship with the American Red Cross Greater New York Region in the Disaster Workforce Engagement department. During this time, she was able to take part in the behind-the-scenes humanitarian work while also spearheading a Volunteer Newsletter. 

After graduation, Stefanie plans to obtain her masters degree in Human Rights, after which she would like to travel and eventually pursue a career in humanitarian work, mainly focusing on helping refugees. 

Awarded Scholarships

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2024

Aronsohn, Ernst Memorial Scholarship

Ernst Aronsohn was born in 1917 in the town of Posen, in what is now Poland.  At the onset of World War ll he was in school in Italy, and because of his Jewish faith could not return home to his family, who later perished under the Nazis.  Instead, Mr. Aronsohn went to Denmark to work on a farm with other young Jews displaced by the War.  It was here he met his wife, Erna Meier.  When the Nazis invaded Denmark, the Aronsohns were ferried to Sweden by Danish fishermen.  At the end of the war, they went to Israel.  It was in Israel that Mr. Aronsohn was recruited by the United States to return to Germany to help find Nazi war criminals.

In 1958 the Aronsohns moved to the United States with other Holocaust survivors and settled in Queens, N.Y.  Mr. Aronsohn had a successful career in finance.  After his wife’s death in 1989 Mr. Aronsohn was visiting a friend in Florida.  The friend introduced him to Jane Yanowitz, and they remained constant companions for 25 years.  At Mr. Aronsohn’s death in 2015, the Yanowitz family created this scholarship to honor his memory.

Warren, Stephen D. Memorial Scholarship

Stephen Warren joined the Ramapo College community in 2006 as Comptroller for the Ramapo College Foundation. He brought many years of experience in higher education to the Foundation, and became an asset to the Foundation Board of Governors and administration with his impressive depth of knowledge. “Business was what he did every day and it was his life,” says Donna Warren, Steve’s wife of 23 years. “But his interest, one of his loves, was history. The other was astronomy, which he had little time to pursue.” To honor Steve’s memory, his commitment to Ramapo College, and his interests, the Stephen D. Warren Memorial Scholarship will be used to benefit students majoring in History and students with an interest in astronomy.

 

Thaler, Daniel S. Memorial Scholarship

The Daniel S. Thaler Memorial Scholarship was created by Daniel’s parents, Bruce Thaler and Elaine Silverstein.

Daniel earned his degree in History at Ramapo College in 2012. “Ramapo was a place where Dan truly came into his own. His professors brought out something in him that we (and he) hadn’t seen before,” said his father, Bruce Thaler. While at Ramapo, he excelled in his classes, particularly history, and earned induction into Phi Alpha Theta, an international history honor society.

Upon Daniel’s death in 2022, this endowed scholarship was established in his name. It is intended to recognize outstanding students majoring in History.