Student Profiles
Samantha Schwarz ’12 Examines Post-9/11 World through Film
Studying film isn’t something that Samantha Schwarz ’12 planned when she began her undergraduate career. If college has taught her anything, says the English major, it is to seize opportunity when it comes along. This spring, she’ll be among the first Lafayette students to graduate with honors in film and media studies. With raging debates [...]
The Music of the Cosmos: Michael Pinkard ’14 is an Aspiring Physicist and Jazz Musician
Here on Earth, Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is part student physicist and part jazz musician. With his tenor sax in hand, Pinkard—a Creative and Performing Arts scholar as well as Marquis Scholar—can be seen performing around campus with Lafayette’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, delighting audiences with his mastery of music. But Pinkard is [...]
Ericka Chehi ’12 Follows Her Dream to Become an Economist in China
By Samuel T. Clover ’91 In the spring of 2007, while Ericka “Missy” Chehi ’12 (Greenville, Del.) was still a junior in high school, she took a whirlwind three-week tour of China as part of a leadership development program. Though she spoke no Chinese and spent only a brief time in a handful of cities—Hong [...]
Aaron Birt ’12 Works to Minimize Damage Caused by Tsunami Waves
Mechanical engineering major Aaron Birt ’12 (Billsburg, Pa.) is used to working out problems using his mind, but an independent study is giving him a chance to take a more hands-on approach. Birt is refitting the geology department’s hydraulic flume lab with equipment that will allow it to model large waves. Using the new wave tank [...]
Spotted on Campus with…Rob Delaney ’12
Rob Delaney ’12 (Summit, N.J.), a government and law major and guard on the men’s basketball team, discusses “Jersey Shore,” the rigors of the season, and goals for a Patriot League Championship. What do you enjoy about your major? I don’t like classes with a ton of “busy work.” Government and law courses are usually [...]
On Her Way: Huong “Lyn” Nguyen ’15 Finds Her Voice by Writing Award-Winning Play
Huong “Lyn” Nguyen ’15 has often felt that being a non-native speaker of English hinders her ability to communicate. But playwriting has helped her find her voice and given her an outlet to express herself. Nguyen (Upper Darby, Pa.) is the author of On the Way, which explores the lives of a Vietnamese family after the [...]
Ellen Hughes ’13 Coauthors Research Published in Medical Journal
“Medicine and lab work have and will always be passions for me,” says Ellen Hughes ’13. Recently, she got an inside look at both areas—while helping to author an article about the tools that doctors use to analyze patients’ hearts. Hughes (Mountain Top, Pa.), a double major in biology and French, was co-author of the [...]
Devon Thorsell ’13 Studies Wildlife Conservation in Tanzania
“Tanzania is the land of The Lion King and if you have seen the movie you remember the opening scene with all the animals: elephants, lions, ostriches, gazelles, storks, leopards, buffalo, cheetah, giraffes, hippos … that was my life for three months.” Devon Thorsell ’13 (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), an international affairs major, spent the [...]
Brooke Kohler ’13 Tracks Effects of Iguana Population Growth on St. John Island
What began with an anthropology class that Brooke Kohler ’13 took on a whim turned into a summer studying iguanas on a Caribbean island. Kohler (Flemington, N.J.) recently attended the 110th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in Montreal after conducting research as a Mellon Scholar this summer in St. John in the [...]
Spotted on Campus With…Alexandria Brannick ’12
Geology major and swimmer Alexandria Brannick ’12 (Point Pleasant, N.J.) discusses her major, training, and becoming a paleontologist. What do you enjoy about your major? I really enjoy being outside and exploring the different processes that make our planet what it is. I am most interested in the evolutionary aspect of my major, looking at [...]
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