Class of 2010
Delivering Aid to Belarus — ‘My Adopted Homeland’ — on the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl
By Hannah Smock ’10 On April 26, 2011 – the 25th anniversary of the world’s largest nuclear disaster at Chernobyl – I joined a delegation of Belarusians and Americans on the tarmac at Minsk-2 International Airport to welcome the arrival of a cargo plane bearing $6.2 million in pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for the survivors [...]
Kristen Tyler ’10 Finds Teach for America a Challenging and Rewarding Experience
When you sign up for Teach for America, you agree to accept the first job offer you receive. For Kristen Tyler ’10 that was Jesse H. Jones High School in Houston, Texas, where school fights have drawn national publicity and which has been cited in a Johns Hopkins study as a dropout factory with at [...]
Natalia Ibanez ’10 Receives Research Fellowship from National Institutes of Health
Natalia Ibanez ’10 has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, which provides the opportunity to spend two years performing full-time research at the NIH. It is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in a scientific field or an [...]
Steve Serling ’10 Selected Ninth in Major League Lacrosse Draft
Former Lafayette men’s lacrosse star and economics graduate Steve Serling ’10 was drafted ninth in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Collegiate Draft held in Baltimore, Md. Serling, who is now a graduate student at Hofstra University, was selected by the Denver Outlaws. While at Lafayette, Serling garnered a number of awards both on and [...]
Expert Surgeon Nancy Shumeyko ’80 Receives Award and Mentors Students
By Dan Edelen When gynecologic surgeon Nancy Keller Shumeyko ’80 stands before her med students at SUNY-Binghamton Clinical Campus and delivers 23 years of accumulated medical wisdom, she empowers them to transform the lives of their future patients—and does so gratis. For that reason and for her excellence in training the next generation of doctors, [...]
Ashley Juavinett ’11 and Meredith Castor ’10 Named Finalists for Marshall Scholarships
Ashley Juavinett ’11 (Blackwood, N.J.) and Meredith Castor ’10 have been selected as finalists in the 2011 Marshall Scholarship competition. Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 scholars are selected each year to study at the graduate level at a U.K. institution [...]
Frank Sabatini ’09 Selected to Harvard Law Review, One of Five Lafayette Graduates Attending Harvard Law School
Of the several hundred law students who apply to Harvard Law Review each year, only about 40 are chosen. Frank Sabatini ’09 is one of those 40. “I was inspired to enter the competition because I enjoy reading legal scholarship,” says Sabatini, who was informed in late July that he had been selected, “and I [...]
Designing their Own Major Gives Lafayette Students an Edge
Working as an analyst in currency operations at Goldman Sachs, Treyvon Jackson ’10 is certain that creating his own major had a lot to do with getting the job. At Lafayette, Jackson designed an interdisciplinary major in performance studies, which explores the political implications that the performing arts have on society. “I strongly believe that [...]
Lafayette Students Featured in Two Segments on WFMZ’s Edicion en Espanol
Students provide commentary in Spanish on their economic and environmental work in Honduras Students involved with Lafayette’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and the Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project (EEGLP) were interviewed for two segments on WFMZ’s Edicion en Espanol appearing 11 p.m. Wednesday, May 19 and Thursday, May 20. Civil engineering majors [...]
Students, Young Alumni Earn National Honors
Recent awards include Goldwater Scholarship, three National Science Foundation Fellowships, two Fulbright grants, and NCAA Scholarship A number of students and young alumni have been recognized recently for their academic excellence with funding for future studies. Recent awards include a Goldwater Scholarship, three National Science Foundation Fellowships, two Fulbright grants, and an NCAA Scholarship. Lauren [...]
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