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Student Speak -- October 2006

Jennie Halperin

October 2009
Valuing Everyone's Contribution

Jennie Halperin '10 is actively involved in many extracurricular and academic activities around campus.

Marilla Li

September 2009
Film as Cultural Lens

Marilla Li '10 combines her love of anthropology with her passion of film-making as an intern with the Margaret Mead Film Festival.

Madeline Friedman

August 2009
Supporting Crime Victims

Madeline Friedman '12 is the "first line of support" as an intern with the Victim Services Unit in Brooklyn.

Dina Georgas

July 2009
As Big As a Speck of Dust

Dina Georgas '11 is working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to help analyze paints used on old works of art.

Katharine O’Gorman

June 2009
Activist from the Start

Katharine O’Gorman '10 practically lives and breathes politics and public policy.

Reni Calister

May 2009
Leading the Way

Reni Calister ’11 was chosen to be one of Goldman Sachs' Global Leaders this year.

Bridgit Donnelly

April 2009
Politics from the Heart

Bridgit Donnelly ’11 finds an interest in politics campaignning for President Barack Obama.

Francesca Overwater

March 2009
Citizen of the World

Francesca Overwater '10 puts her passion for human rights into use all over the world.

Samantha Kuperberg

February 2009
The Activist

Samantha Kuperberg '10 pursues all of her passions in full force both on and off campus.

Kaleigh Dumbach

January 2009
Healing Young Minds

Kaleigh Dumbach '10 dreams of education and policy reforms for the New York City public schools.

Rebecca Versaci

December 2008
Act One

Rebecca Versaci ’09 takes her passion for theatre and education to India where she plans to continue teaching the arts.

Christina Perry

November 2008
Rocky Research

Christina Perry '09 digs deep into her studies in anthropology and archeology, on campus and off.

Arusha DePeiza Saldenha

October 2008
A Scholarly Step into Cultural Controversy

For her senior thesis in Africana studies, Arusha DePeiza Saldenha ’09 pursues a study of dancehall in Jamaica, its roots in the African diaspora, and its complex relationship to women, feminism, and sexual liberation

Elina Zakin

September 2008
Researching the Brain

Elina Zakin '09 delves into the causes and possible cures for multiple sclerosis while preparing for a career in medicine.

Rayna Sobieski

August 2008
Global Health Advocate

Rayna Sobieski '10 studies Latin American Cultures and Women's Studies in her future plans to bring public health education and aid to Latin American women.

Courtney Muller

July 2008
Civic Engagement

A talented dancer, Courtney Muller '10 also exhibits exceptional grace in her work on behalf of the poor and disposessed.

Emily Blanchard

June 2008
Emily Blanchard '10

Emily has declared herself a major in environmental policy, which she hopes to continue to study in both graduate and law school, inspired by her hometown's own struggles with industrial pollution.

Shareese Pryor

May 2008
Shareese Pryor '08

Shareese is headed for the University of Chicago Law School, and she foresees a future as an advocate for children's rights and an attorney practicing family law.

Anastasia Kostrominova

April 2008
Pursuing the Art of Design

Anastasia Kostrominova '09 interned at Weiss/Manfredi, the architectural firm that designed the Nexus. Her responsibilities included modeling the furniture and fixtures that create the Nexus.

Alexandra Loizzo

March 2008
Alexandra Loizzo '09

Alexandra Liozzo '09 founded Echoes, a literary magazine that she feels filled a need on Barnard's campus as an outlet for the many talented students who are writers and artists.

Lauren McCarthy

February 2008
Prima Ballerina... & Physicist

Lauren McCarthy '08 entered Barnard with the goal of becoming a professional dancer and quickly discovered her love for physics and astronomy.

Sarah Morgan

January 2008
Sarah Morgan '09

The former co-editor-in-chief of the Barnard Bulletin participated in a satellite debate about the Iraq War, defending her position as a supporter of the war.

Brenda Galván

December 2007
Policy Wonk

Brenda Galván '08 interned with Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps last summer, and currently interns in Senator Hillary Clinton's Manhattan office.

Cathaleen Kaiyoorawongs

October 2007
Report from Ecuador

Cathaleen Kaiyoorawongs '08 studied in Quito, Ecuador through the School for International Training's Comparative Ecology and Conservation Program

Sonya Shadravan '10

September 2007
Summer internship in Uganda

Sonya Shadravan '10 interned with an organization that offers holistic health care to poor people with HIV/AIDS in a suburb of Kampala.

photo: Erin Jackson '07

July 2007
Intern in Action

Erin Jackson '07 worked as an intern with the Connecticut Veterinary Center in West Hartford, hoping to develop some understanding of the economics of running a veterinary practice.

Photo: Shirley Torho '08

April 2007
Finding Common Ground

Shirley Torho '08 recently went on an "alternative spring break" in New Orleans to work helping local residents clear, gut, and rebuild houses in the city's Katrina-ravaged 9th Ward.

Meredith Hill '07

February 2007
Student Teacher

Meredith Hill '07, a theatre major and education minor, talks about applying lessons learned at Barnard to her own teaching.

Erin Debold

December 2006
Onstage

Erin Debold '07 performed in the second annual Barnard Project at Dance Theater Workshop.

Julie Yang

October 2006
On The Line

Julie Yang '08 devoted a month to working with The Barnard Fund's phone campaign this summer. She shares the lessons she learned.

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