Tiffanie Coleman

“Growing up in foster care, my teachers were always there for me. If I can make a difference in just one student’s life, then I will feel like all my hard work paid off,” says returning adult student Tiffanie Coleman. Tiffanie is an American Studies major with a concentration in Elementary Education. She has a 3.3 GPA.

At Ramapo, Tiffanie has been active in several organizations including Weekend Events Committee, Future Teachers of America and NJEA. She also volunteers with special needs adults, and has been a caretaker for special needs children. She hopes to find a teaching position in a local urban area and also plans to coach volleyball.

Tiffanie is from Ridgewood, N.J.

Awarded Scholarships

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2018

Harwood Lloyd Scholarship

Two Harwood Lloyd attorneys – Kristine Denning and David Repetto – serve as members of the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors. The firm has been a supporter of the Foundation’s Annual Golf Outing, Distinguished Citizen’s Dinner and The Fund for Ramapo College.

Ms. Denning graduated from Ramapo in 1990 with a degree in Psychology, and is a partner in Harwood Lloyd’s Insurance Litigation Department with a concentration in fraud investigation and resulting litigation. She was honored as a Distinguished Citizen of the College in 2012. Mr. Repetto is a Co-Managing Partner at the firm. He practices primarily in the Wills, Trusts and Estates Department, concentrating on probate litigation, and his practice also includes business counseling, commercial litigation and land use and zoning law. To recognize its partners’ connection to Ramapo College, Harwood Lloyd established this endowed scholarship fund in 2012. Since Ms. Denning graduated from Ramapo with a major based in the School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS), this scholarship recognizes an outstanding student in SSHS with financial need.

Cicitta, Louise and Luciano Teaching Scholarship

Louise and Luciano Cicitta are the parents of Mary Cicitta ’07, ’16, and the grandparents of Matthew Cicitta ’16 and Kelly Blake ’16.

“My parents were born in the United States in 1911 and 1914,” says Mary Cicitta, “But they didn’t receive that much of a formal education.  Like other children at that time, they went right to work.  My mother was a seamstress and my father worked all kinds of jobs, the longest as a winemaker.”

Mary is the youngest of Louise and Luciano’s four children.  “My parents encouraged all of us to continue our education,” continues Ms. Cicitta, “and as a result, we all went on to earn undergraduate and post-graduate degrees.”  Ms. Cicitta passed that love of learning on to her own children, both of whom are Ramapo College graduates.  Her daughter Kelly received a bachelor’s degree in theater/acting, and her son Matthew earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

It was Matthew’s experience in the teacher education program that motivated Ms. Cicitta to start this scholarship.  The Louise and Luciano Cicitta award recognizes a student with a passion for teaching others and a commitment to working with K-12 students.