Megan Rose

Megan Rose of Wayne, N.J. is a senior double majoring in Sociology and Philosophy. She has a 3.64 GPA and has made the Dean’s List every semester. At the end of the Fall 2019 semester, Megan had a paper published and presented at Ramapo’s Scholar’s Day and SUNY Oneonta. 

Megan is President of Alpha Kappa Delta and Vice President of the Philosophy Club. For over ten years, she has been involved with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Following graduation, she hopes to work in the nonprofit sector assisting LGBTQ+ youth. 

Awarded Scholarships

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2021

Daniel J. Cronin Memorial Scholarship

“He led a life of service to others,” says Bea Cronin, Dan Cronin’s widow. While serving in the Navy in 1966, Dan suffered a severe injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. “Dan lived a good portion of his life in a wheelchair,” says his good friend Mary Alice Rocks Ruggiero, “But I never ceased to be amazed by how well he got around — in snow, in every kind of weather and in every sort of neighborhood — nothing held him back.” In 1980 Dan enrolled at Ramapo College, received a degree in 1984 and continued his education at Seton Hall University where he earned a degree in law.

Dan then began a selfless career in poverty and family law serving as an attorney for Bergen County Legal Services. Among the many honors he received were the New Jersey Certificate of Appreciation for Meritorious Public Service for his work as a member of the Supreme Court’s District Ethics Committee, a Certificate of Appreciation from Shelter Our Sisters, a home for victims of domestic violence and the Outstanding Attorney of the Year award from Legal Services of New Jersey. “It was impossible to venture anywhere within a 15-mile radius of Hackensack with Dan and not run into someone he knew,” says Ms. Ruggiero. “Someone he had helped along the way would spot him and make a point of coming up to us for an exchange.”

Upon Dan’s death in December 2004, Bea Cronin, together with friends and family, created this scholarship fund to honor his life and recognize the next generation of young people devoted to the service of others. The Cronins met at Ramapo College, where Dan was an active member of the Alumni Association Board and Bea served as director of Human Resources until her retirement in 2010.

This scholarship helps advance many of Dan’s ideals, epitomized through his last words to his niece Barbara Ann Wendt: “It is what you do that makes you special.” Continues Robin Reilly of the F.A.I.T.H. Foundation, “Knowing Dan was always there for me in my work with the homeless was a great comfort. He never let me down, not once. I don’t know what we’ll do without him.”

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Michael Simon Class of 1973 LGBTQ+ Scholarship

Michael Simon ’73 (first graduating class) was involved in many campus activities during his undergraduate years. He and two classmates built and operated the first campus radio station WRPR in 1972. Michael and a fellow student designed the first Ramapo College class ring using the Arch and the words of JFK “Peace through Understanding ” as the base design. He was also a member of the housing committee, worked the switchboard in the evenings, and occasionally drove the shuttle bus to and from residence halls located on Route 17.

Michael created this scholarship to help involved students who excel in their contribution to the LGBTQ community at Ramapo College. Members of the LGBTQ community and their allies are eligible to apply.

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