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Minority Faculty Staff Association Scholarship

This annual award was created by members of the Ramapo College Minority Faculty Staff Association in 2008. The goal of the award is to help minority students meet the costs of study abroad, so that they can take advantage of this important international experience, which is one of the pillars of a Ramapo education.


    2011 Recipient

    Ashley Gathers

    Ashley Gathers of Passaic, NJ is an International Business major with a 3.29 grade point average. “College expanded my curiosity to learn about various cultures and countries,” the senior says. Ashley completed a semester abroad in Spain and a cultural immersion program in the Dominican Republic. On campus Ashley is a member of the Black Student Union, Ramapo Operation Link Up, Ramapo Readers and Chi Alpha Epsilon Honor Society. She has participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, Operation Link Up College PrepWorkshop, Freshmen Checkin, Oktoberfest and the First Annual Newark Public High Schools College Fair. Ashley says, “I have become a self-made woman, concerned with the determination to set positive examples through my behavior, decisions and goals.”

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