Good News Emails 2014-2015

Lubna Begum (DRC) is participating in Rowan - School of Osteopathic Medicine's 2014

Pre-Medical Research and Education Program (PREP).

Marianne Borbar RC was sworn in to both the New Jersey Bar and the New York Bar.

She completed her Doctor of Jurisprudence last May from Seton Hall University.

Chanae Creamer SAS ’12, SSW ’14, earned her master’s degree from the School of

Social Work. She is featured in the article; http://newsofsalemcounty.com/chanae-

jasmine-scott-creamer-earns-masters-degree/. Ms. Creamer is currently working as a

Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor in Central New Jersey.

Natasha Payano (DRC) was selected as a recipient of the Robert Sydney Needham

Foundation Scholarship.

Gina Pearson SAS’14 (DRC) was profiled on CBS News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-helps-student-forge-tough-path-to-college-

diploma/

Blondeen Philemond SAS ’12 is interning this summer with the National Association of

Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) As part of her internship she does a

weekly blog post. Here is the

link: http://www.nasfaa.org/Main/orig/2014/bldnblog/Meet_NAFSAA_s_2014_Policy_I

ntern,_Blondeen_Philemond!.aspx

Brandon Roberson was accepted into this summer’s Access-Med Program at Robert

Wood Johnson Medical School.

Monica Torres (DRC) was accepted into the School of Arts and Sciences Honors

Program.

Congratulations to this year’s Ronald E. McNair Scholars who participated in the 2014

Summer Research Symposium:

Nathali Arias

Marie Callahan

Ismelka Gomez (DRC)

Anastasia Groce (DRC)

Maria Hernandez (DRC)

Nicolas Holt

Apolonia Guerrero has been accepted into the Women Investing In and Guiding

Women (WINGS) mentoring program.

Hoda Hassanein DC ’09 was accepted into the master’s degree program in Biomedical

Informatics at the Rutgers University School of Health Related Professions.

Kelly Lopez is the Public Relations Chair of Latin Images Special Interest Housing and

Deputy Dream Director of the Future Project.

Bianka Marte-Perez (DRC) was elected as Latino Student Council Female Co-Chair.

She will be working with Professor Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel in the during the

2014-1015 year as a Research Assistant on the topic “Overseas Archipelagos: Rethinking

Caribbean and Colonial Studies.” She is also a CLASP intern with the Institute for

Women's Leadership and interned at the AMARD&V Camp.

Dilruba Rahman (DRC) has a Fall 2014 HR internship with Medical Diagnostic

Laboratories, LLC.

Mercedez Ruiz and her family were profiled in a news article in Time. The article

addresses different issues related to immigration in the United States. Mercedez' family,

and part of their story, is the third picture in http://time.com/immigration-images-from-

the-border-and-beyond/

Wendy Flores (DRC) is conducting an Aresty research project, with Dr. Troy Roepke.

Her project is focused on hypothalamic gene expression in female mice exposed to

environmental estrogens during development. She will be presenting this research in the

Aresty Research Symposium in the spring semester.

Reginald (Reggie) Gaines is the recipient of the Duncan & Nancy Macmillan

Scholarship, the Elmer R. Deaver Foundation Scholarship, and the Emma Twyman

Memorial Scholarship.

Mario Garcia SAS ’14 was hired as a Teacher Apprentice at the Leadership Prep

Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School in Brooklyn, NY.

Yauris Hernandez (DRC) is an exchange student this semester at California State

Northridge.

Richard Hutchinson SAS ’12 was one of 25 men, under 25 years old, selected to attend

the 25 under 25 Speak Out Youth Ambassadors Workshop in Washington, DC. He was

selected to be an official ambassador of the Greater Than AIDS National Speak Out

about HIV campaign.

Marleni Marte (DRC) studied in South Africa last summer. Here is a link to a blog

about her experience: Andthisishowitstarts.wordpress.com

Anita Omambia (DRC) is a Resident Assistant for Residence Life.

Natasha Payano is a First-Year Interest Group Seminar (FIGS) peer instructor.

Leury Peña SAS ’14 is pursuing a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling

at Nyack Christian College.

Ida Tyson RC ’84 is the President of the New Brunswick SAS EOF Alumni Association

Coordinating Committee.

Marie Callahan (DRC) is participating in an Aresty Undergraduate Research Project

with Dr. Francis Barchi to assist with internationalizing the Undergraduate School of

Social Work curriculum. She will be presenting her summer research project from the

Ronald E. McNair Program at the 22nd Annual McNair Scholars Conference at

University of Maryland Baltimore County. Marie started a student organization, Rutgers

University Global Citizens-RUGC.

Shantal Darden SAS ’12 completed her master’s degree in Liberal Studies from

Rutgers-Camden.

Christopher Etienne is the President of the Rutgers Chapter of the National Association

of Black Journalists (RUNABJ). He published an article about violence in HYCIDE, a

magazine focusing on the subculture, arts, and activism in Newark, NJ.

Daniela Galvez completed a summer internship as Web Editor for Latina magazine

online.

Emily Garces is an elevated Social Media Intern for College Lifestyles online magazine,

http://collegelifestyles.org/2014/08/rutgers-universitys-emily-garces-returns-as-a-cl-

social-media-guru/.

Victor Gatica is a general research assistant with the Eagleton Institute of Politics at

Rutgers University.

Brianna Gilchrist is the president of the United Black Council.

Marleni Marte (DRC) is the President of the Association of Women in

Communications.

Daniela Ortega (DRC) is an E-Board member of Rutgers University Global Citizens,

and is a participant in the Rutgers Bonner Leaders Program. She is the first Bonner

Leader placed at the Eric B. Chandler Health Center.

Karen Quach is a Samsung Brand Ambassador.

Margene Valverde is a Public Relations beauty intern for Bollare Communications.

The following EOF scholars participated in the Mercer County GEAR-UP Program

campus visit:

Shanequa Evans (DRC)

Sabrina Riddick

Shailene Rivera

Smaily Vargas

Bryan Castro held his first solo art show.

Anastasia Groce (DRC) is one of the “faces of Rutgers” on the Undergraduate

Admissions website.

Shaenice McKenzie is the President of the Undergraduate Social Work Organization,

and the Vice President of the West Indian Student Organization.

Ivana Melara (DRC) is the recipient of the Bernadette Terango Gsell Scholarship from

the Douglass Residential College.

Anita Omambia (DRC) is a 2nd

Year scholar in the Institute for Women's Leadership.

Dilruba Rahman (DRC) was inducted into Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek

Academic Honor Society.

Yesenia Rivera gave birth to her son Mason on October 2nd

.

Dean Wally Torian was the featured presenter at the Summit YMCA Achievers

Program.

Kelly Andrade SAS ’10 is an Administrative Assistant with the Rutgers University

Center for Global Education.

Amy Balraj SAS ‘14 is in the Rutgers University master’s degree program in Human

Resource Management.

Shirley Cheng is featured on the School of Communication and Information web site:

http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/communication-major/communication-major.html

Amin Khalili is the President of the Persian Cultural Club.

Jordanna Oliveira (DRC) is a human resources intern with Geodis Wilson.

Briana Shaw (DRC) was cited in the Wednesday, October 22nd

Rutgers Today article

about the Language Matters campaign for RU Ally Week.

Morgan Taylor (DRC) is a representative for the Campus Jobs website:

www.thecampusjob.com/refer/morgant.

Anna Maria Tejada RC ’96 was recognized as Attorney of the Year by Statewide

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.

Smaily Vargas is the Latino Student Council Representative for Sociedad Estudiantil

Dominicana (SED).

The following SAS EOF students are recipients of an SAS Excellence Award:

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME Scholarship

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova Anna Morgan Scholarship

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova Jerome and Lorraine Aresty Scholarship

Stephanie Acevedo Elizabeth Campbell Endowed Scholarship

Teresa Alston Ernest Lynton Scholarship

Teresa Alston Helen G. Hurd Endowed Scholarship

Teresa Alston Doris Siegler Ballouz Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Thomas Barrone Elmer Godwin Endowed Scholarship

Nafeesa Brent Harold H. and Reba Martin Endowed Scholarship

Thalia Brito Carrie Whiton Bailey Bacon Scholarship

Jasmine Buess Emma Twyman Memorial Scholarship

Mary Conza-

Gonzalez

Carl and Bonnie Kirschner Endowed EOF Scholarship

Lamayta Dennis Kathryn E. Uhrich and Jeffrey D. Holmes Plainfield

High School Undergraduate Scholarship

Sarah Elzayat Harold H. and Reba Martin Endowed Scholarship

Brittany Fermin Lawrence P. English Endowed ODASIS Scholarship

Reginald Gaines Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Scholarship

Reginald Gaines Emma Twyman Memorial Scholarship

Ismelka Gomez Elizabeth Campbell Endowed Scholarship

Jemillah Goodman Provident Bank Foundation Endowed EOF Scholarship

Anastasia Groce Harold H. and Reba Martin Endowed Scholarship

Anastasia Groce Elizabeth Campbell Endowed Scholarship

Anastasia Groce Lawrence M. & Adele Eileen Braun Scholarship

Maria Hernandez Elizabeth Campbell Endowed Scholarship

Nicolas Holt Rodkin Scholarship

Amanda Irazabal Elmer Godwin Endowed Scholarship

Vikas Kalia Rodkin Scholarship

Oumou Keita Harold H. and Reba Martin Endowed Scholarship

Naseer Khan Charles Winfield Scholarship

Rodger Licairac Rutgers College Scholarship

Patricia Louis Roda Lowden Plume Scholarship

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME Scholarship

Addys Matinez Elmer Godwin Endowed Scholarship

Atahya Mcknight Carrie Whiton Bailey Bacon Scholarship

Diego Melendez Frank T. Gorman, Jr. Scholarship

Nora Mondesir Jules and Jane Plangere Endowed Scholarship

Vaibhav Patel Rodkin Scholarship

Natasha Payano Elmer Godwin Endowed Scholarship

Edward Quiceno Rodkin Scholarship

Katelyn Realpe Roda Lowden Plume Scholarship

Brandon Roberson Rutgers College Scholarship

Brandon Roberson Harriett and Robert Druskin Endowed Scholarship

Kimyetta Robinson Ernest Lynton Scholarship

Edward Romano Elmer Godwin Endowed Scholarship

Rebeca Saborit Antionio Africano Endowed Scholarship

Brian Snyder Provident Bank Foundation Endowed EOF Scholarship

Tahrionna Terry Roda Lowden Plume Scholarship

Racheal Tornyenu Roda Lowden Plume Scholarship

Monica Torres Lawrence M. & Adele Eileen Braun Scholarship

Monica Torres Rutgers College Scholarship

Veronica Vargas Carrie Whiton Bailey Bacon Scholarship

Terence Williams Rodkin Scholarship

The following Mason Gross School of the Arts EOF students were part of the play “A

Woman of No Importance":

Daniel Friday (set construction)

Miguel Lopez (set construction)

Jerry Sanchez (played two parts)

Janine Brown DC ’04 is school teacher in the Jersey City and serves as a youth advisor

at the Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County.

Traci Cole has been promoted to Senior Administrative Assistant for SAS EOF.

Rafael Gayoso is the Parliamentarian for the Latino Student Council.

Justin Melendez is the Vice President of ALPFA Rutgers New Brunswick.

Vanessa Raymond (DRC) is the Sophomore Representative/Intern for the

Trans*missions organization at Rutgers University.

Rosanna Reyes RC ’03, SSW ’06, GSE ‘12 is featured in this Rutgers Today article:

http://news.rutgers.edu/feature/making-first-gen-label-point-pride-rather-

shame/20141104#.VFodQaY8LCS.

The following students were panelists at the SAEE/SAS EOF 2014 Fall Conference:

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova (DRC)

Marie Callahan (DRC)

Wendy Flores (DRC)

Samantha Martin

Wanda Quintanilla (DRC)

Brandon Roberson

The following students participated in the Camden Catto Community Middle School

campus visit:

Shanequa Evans (DRC)

Shaquille Gurley

Shailene Rivera

Christopher Rubi

Donald Taylor

Alicia Anderson (DRC) is the Vice President of the Collegiate 100 of Rutgers

University.

Maria Campos is a Peace Corps Campus Ambassador.

Flavia Carballo SAS ’14 is a law student at Florida Coastal School of Law.

John Connelly SAS ’14 is the Canvass Director for New Jersey Citizen Action.

Walter Fortson SAS ‘13 is the recipient of the Vivian Denise Nixon Award for

Excellence in Education

Bianka Marte-Perez (DRC) is a Research Assistant at the Aresty Research Center.

Bianka Marte-Perez (DRC) and Edward Quiceno participated in a panel entitled

“Latino and Caribbean Youth Activism Today,” sponsored by the Department of Latino

and Hispanic Caribbean Studies.

Issata Saccoh-Oluwadare RC ’05, SSW ’09 will be the Associate Dean for Student

Affairs at the new Honors College at Rutgers University.

Solangel Troncoso (DRC) and James H. Whitney III RC ‘02, SSW ’05 were featured

in Rutgers Today: http://news.rutgers.edu/feature/easing-road-first-generation-low-

income-and-underprivileged-students/20141123.

The following students served on the panel for the College Prep Program of Jersey City

campus visit:

Jasmine Eaton (DRC)

Ehsanur Meah

Sabrina Riddick

Christopher Rubi

The following Mason Gross School of the Arts students performed in Christmas in Carol

and Song presented by the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers Glee Club:

Kason Jackson (had a solo and is featured in this You Tube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6OANXntuwY)

Tyree Lewis

Jeron Stephens

Bryan Castro is featured in Rutgers Today:

http://news.rutgers.edu/feature/student%E2%80%99s-speech-impediment-becomes-

central-theme-his-art-work/20141210.

Kendra Gil-Barnes LC ’09 is a real estate agent with GoodBuy Homes NJ Realty.

Ismelka Gomez (DRC) was selected for an internship with lawyer/researcher Amanda

Klasing in the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. She will be a research

assistant for her project. Ismelka is traveling to Mexico with the DRC over winter break.

Anita Omambia (DRC) is featured on the Student Support Services Program website:

https://access.rutgers.edu/student-support-services/about-us/spotlight/bridge-of-

transitions-anita-omambia

Grecia Richiez (DRC) has been hired by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and

Public Policy as a graphic designer.

Gary Bogle SAS ’14 has secured a position with the Spanish Ministry of Education,

Culture and Sport, as an English Assistant Teacher. He will be teaching in Castilla y

León, Spain through May.

Carolina Castro SAS January ’15 (DRC) was accepted into the Master’s in Science

program in International Communication at St. John's University.

Carmen Cusido RC ’05 and Cindy Rodriguez RC ’06 will be teaching classes at the

School of Communication and Information this semester.

Elia Jefferson-Gonzalez is a Study Abroad student at Hyderabad Central University, in

India. She is a recipient of the Gilman scholarship.

Kevin Palomo is a journalist for New Brunswick Today.

Terek Pierce SAS ’12 was awarded two Suncoast Emmy Awards for “Inside the Heat,”

with the Miami Heat NBA team: http://www.terekpierce.com/

Anthony Pizzo is a member of the Committee to Advance our Common Purposes.

244 EOF scholars made the Dean’s List Fall 2014 (Dean’s List criteria are set by each

School):

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova DRC

Juan Acea

Joanna Acevedo

Stephanie Acevedo DRC

Elizabeth Adekunle

Daniela Agosto DRC

Karol Aguilar

Sara Alkhalili DRC

Teresa Alston DRC

Isamaries Anderson

Chelsea Andino DRC

Seth Ankrah

Nathali Arias

Alexander Arici

Michelle Arrendell

Jason Asante

Syed Ashab

Gabriella Asiedu

Crystal Attidore DRC

Bria Bacon DRC

Jayanth Bandu

Christos Bardis

Thomas Barone

Timothy Barry

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Katherine Bauer

Elizabeth Bedoya

Lubna Begum DRC

Ashley Berry

Julian Biebelberg

Efua Bolouvi DRC

Sara Bortolon

Soundous Bouchouar

Boris Boucicaut

Max Bracero

Tamara Breskic

Kevon Budhram

Angelique Burgos DRC

Eric Cajuste

Marie Callahan DRC

Genesis Canuall DRC

Anabel Caraballo

Emily Carrazana

Stephanie Castellanos DRC

Danhilda Castillo DRC

Bryan Castro

Shuk Chan

Shirley Cheng

Leslie Cherry

Jillian Clark

Daniel Colon

Samantha Cooley

Seth Cooper

Jalene Coss

Nicole Cruz

Quazanae Dasher DRC

Aron Davis

Luz Maria Diaz

Sarah Diyanidh

Joseph Dreisbach

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Anneth Drew

Jadaysia Durant

Demetrius Durham

Fam Ekladious

Amira El-Adle

Sarah Elzayat

Haley Encarnacion

Lissette Espinal DRC

Christopher Etienne

Sarah Evans

Shanequa Evans DRC

Gustavo Familia Herrera

Delrina Fan

Laurena Fasllia

Sascha Fernandez

Daniela Galvez

Emily Garces

Maninder Gill

Keven Giraldo

Bok Goag

Ismelka Gomez DRC

Saige Gomez

Licelot Gonzalez DRC

Michelle Gonzalez DRC

Jemillah Goodman

Kelly Graca

Kazmirah Gratz

Samuel Green

Stephanie Greenwald

Anastasia Groce DRC

Shaquille Gurley

Kevin Harris

Jessica Hernandez

Maria Hernandez DRC

Katherine Herrera

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Vanessa Herrera

Zakaria Hijazi

Emendo Hill

Da'shon Holder

Haniyyah Hopkins DRC

Jalen Hyde

Amanda Irazabal

Elia Jefferson-Gonzalez

Chelsea Jeskie

Jasmin Jimenez

Oumou Keita DRC

Naseer Khan

Ruma Khan DRC

Shaheema Khan

Ebru Kilic

Daniel Kwarteng

Michael Lamberty

Teresa Lan DRC

Anny Lantigua

Michael Layana

Rayshawn Ledet

Genesis Leon

Loucadia Lett DRC

Ke-Yong Lin

Wan Liu DRC

Hiu Lo

Ana Loayza

Kelly Lopez

Miguel Lopez

Patricia Louis DRC

Shavanya Lynch DRC

Parth Majmundar

Jessica Maldonado

Joseph Mankowski

Jaclyn Marin

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Vanessa Marino DRC

Yasmeen Marques

Marleni Marte DRC

Addys Martinez

Crystal Martinez

Luis Matute

Atahya Mcknight DRC

Diego Melendez

Wilson Mendez

Chelsea Merker

Manahal Mirza

Daniel Moallem

Jaweerya Mohammad DRC

Hector Molina

Valeria Montoya

Katherine Morales DRC

Marvin Moreno

Issayana Munoz

Lika Natour DRC

Anthony Nguyen

Vi Nguyen

Adenny Nicasio DRC

Lucas Nogueira

Samantha Nunez

Cassandra Ogbozor DRC

Brian Olivares

Jordanna Oliveira DRC

Jessica Ortega

Jade Ortiz

Samuel Pak

Amy Palacios DRC

Jinalben Parikh

Michael Parry

Hemali Patel DRC

Jaykumar Patel

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Mihirkumar Patel

Vaibhav Patel

Perla Payan

Natasha Payano

Gisselle Perdomo

Antonio Pereira Tavares

Melany Perez DRC

Rafael Perez

Raymond Phan

Brianna Pirro

Anthony Pizzo

Michelle Portillo

Yuliya Prots

Olga Pryymak DRC

Andy Quesada

Wanda Quintanilla DRC

Grace Quinteros DRC

Desiree Ramos

Katelyn Realpe DRC

Grecia Richiez DRC

Jetaime Rivera

Rosa Rivera

Kimyetta Robinson DRC

Ernesto Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez DRC

Shyrley Rodriguez

Jason Rojas

Cheran Rollins

Artrice Roman DRC

Edward Romano

Darline Rosa Gonzalez DRC

Karen Rosero

Pia Rossi DRC

Claudia Rugama DRC

Mercedez Ruiz

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Rebeca Saborit

Mark Said

Aya Sakar DRC

Kevin Salcedo

Jennifer Sanders DRC

Gisel Santamaria

Rolguens Saturne

Durr-E-Samin Sayyed

Ryan Schweikert

Ka'rita Sergeon DRC

Yashsavi Sharad

Aman Sheth

Jaspreet Sidhu

Michelle Silva

Kawandeep Singh

Brian Snyder

Shallie Socorro

Jeron Stephens

Percy Takyi

Morgan Taylor DRC

Deep Thakkar

William To

Camilo Torres

Monica Torres DRC

Solangel Troncoso DRC

Sharon Tufino DRC

Jascynt Tulloch DRC

Jose Uben

Joseph Ugarte

Chelmie Ulysse DRC

Veronica Vargas DRC

Erick Vasquez

Ashley Vega

Ariana Velez

Jose Vidal Mejias

Dean's List Fall 2014 Query

Name_First Name_Last Residential_College_Cd

Algashiyah Ward-Reid DRC

Ming Ding Weng

Thai Win

Brittany Wright DRC

Katsiaryna Yatsynovich DRC

Deborah Yeboah DRC

Andrea Zerpa DRC

Sisheng Zhang

Yong Zhou

Carla Zurita

Eugenio Frias Pardo, our MSW intern, received the Marcie Cohen and Mark Forman

Memorial Fund Scholarship from the Graduate School of Social Work.

Ivan Garcia SAS ’14 is working as a pre-school teacher in Middlesex County. He has

been selected as a member of The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and

has been admitted to the Master of Arts in Secondary Education program at Montclair

State University.

Brianna Holman (DRC) is a Peer Academic Leader for the Douglass Residential

College.

Yvette Israel (DRC) was invited to submit her final paper from Research in the

Disciplines (355:201) for a chance to get it published.

Ricardo Janvier, a Senior Counselor with the SAS EOF Program, is co-chair of the

state-wide EOF Counselors’ Training Institute..

Katarzyna Toczylowska DC ’06, EJBSPPP Jan ’15 is working as a Certified Alcohol

and Other Drugs of Addiction Counselor (CADC) intern at the Middlesex County Adult

Correction Center.

Monica Torres (DRC) was accepted into the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate

Achievement Program.

Briana West is a campus marketing representative for Teach For America.

The following Mason Gross School of the Arts EOF students are involved in the new hit

play “School for Scandal” at the Mason Gross Levin Theater:

Daniel Friday (worked on the set)

Miguel Lopez (helped to create and put together the set)

Jerry Sanchez (actor)

Jarrell Chalmers is featured in the Rutgers Entrepreneurship Spotlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDTh9ZXUTo

Aaron Desire is part of the planning team for the Mark Conference, and will be one of its

student speakers.

Johnis Dupuis will be producing a You Tube web series called “The Male Perspective.”

Daniela Galvez is a Digital Intern for Latina.com.

Emily Garces has an internship as a Style Guru with College Fashionista.

Shaquille Gurley is participating in a co-op as an Investigative Assistant with the U.S.

Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.

Jennifer Sanders SAS Jan ’15 (DRC) was accepted into the Master of Science program

in Human Resources at New York University.

Margene Valverde is a Social Media/Public Relations intern at Lydell NYC.

The following SAS EOF students were accepted into the Ronald E. McNair Post-

baccalaureate Achievement Program

Victor Gatica

Madelin Hernandez DRC

Valeria Montoya

Jinal Parikh

Wanda Quintanilla DRC

Mercedez Ruiz

Monica Torres DRC

The following SAS EOF students participated in the Read to the Youth Campaign:

Daphne Alva

Crystal Attidore DRC

Jennifer Becerra DRC

Corasi Caicedo DRC

Luciana Calle

Destiny Coleman DRC

Robert Cordero

Edward Gonzalez

Ischa Herald DRC

Brianna Holman DRC

Nneoma Ibe DRC

Yvette Israel DRC

Taminah Jackson

Gagandeep Kaur

Ruma Khan DRC

Erika Miranda

Evelyn Mora

Brittany Newby

Mike Payano

Jasmine Robinson DRC

Yosmery Rodriguez

Naomi Rosario

Rana Sayed DRC

Priyanka Singh DRC

Tamara Breskic has started her own blog, aimed at helping students who are interested

in becoming teachers: https://interestedinteaching.wordpress.com/

Wendy Flores (DRC) was accepted into the Conservation Biology master’s degree

program at Columbia University.

Tania Guaman SAS ‘12 is the Vice-Chair of the Educational Opportunity Fund

Statewide Alumni Association (EOFSAA).

Yauris Hernandez (DRC) is featured on the Douglass website:

https://douglass.rutgers.edu/douglass-now-spotlight-february-2015 (it worked best for me

to open it in Mozilla Firefox).

Emendo Hill was awarded the Fall 2014 “Student of the Semester” by the Office of

Information Technology. He is a student worker with the New Brunswick Computing

Services Help Desk.

Yasmeen Marques (DRC) was selected to be a site leader for an Alternative Spring

Break service trip to Washington, D.C., focusing on the issues of hunger and

homelessness.

Rosanna Reyes RC ’03, SSW ’06, GSE ‘12 is this year’s recipient of the John P.

Hernandez Leadership Award. It will be awarded to her at the American College

Personnel Association (ACPA) conference.

Noreen Ahmed (DRC) is one of the founders of the Rutgers University Labor and

Employment Relations Association (RU LERA) student organization.

Quincy Akaba is on the Executive board of the Minority Association of Pre-health

Students (M.A.P.S.).

Edna Antwi (DRC) participated in the DRC Africana House winter break service

learning trip to the Dominican Republic: http://news.rutgers.edu/feature/women-

rutgers%E2%80%99-africana-house-pitch-help-poorest-communities-dominican-

republic/20150301#.VPTdAy7lw2g

Thomas Barone is the recipient of the Dr. J. Edward Stricker Endowed Scholarship and

the Elmer Godwin Scholarship.

Marianne Borbar RC ‘06 is an associate attorney at the law firm of Omar T.

Mohammedi in New York City.

Kenya Catching SAS’11 (DRC) is an administrative assistant with the Rutgers

Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.

Suzette Cintron is the President of the Latin American Womyn’s Organization

(LAWO).

Gabrielle Farquharson is featured in the sports section of the March 2nd

Daily Targum.

Here is a link to her track and field accomplishments:

http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/w-track/mtt/gabrielle_farquharson_920128.html

Alexander Grullon has a summer finance internship with Johnson and Johnson, as part

of the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Career Program.

Kevin Mayaka is on the cover of the Summer Session 2015 brochure (please see PDF

attachment).

Yuliya Prots has a finance internship this summer with JPMorgan Chase.

The following EOF scholars participated in Politics and Possibilities XX led and created

by Dr. Angela Robinson:

Herrana Addisu (DRC)

Chelsea Andino (DRC)

Alexandria Campbell

Quazanae Dasher (DRC)

Jasmine Gilder (DRC)

Matthew Grimando

Rosslin Mensah-Boateng (DRC)

Christopher Rubi

Greg Tomaini

The following EOF scholars are participating in Alternate Spring Break in the Dominican

Republic, sponsored by the department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and the

Center for Latino Arts and Culture:

Shanequa Evans (DRC)

Rafael Gayoso

Yasmin Grullon

Delmy Perez

Kenya Catching SAS ’11 (DRC) was accepted into the master’s degree program in

Public Administration at Rutgers-Newark.

Delrina Fan is studying abroad in Taiwan this semester.

Lissette Herrera and Ricardo Janvier, Seniors Counselors in the SAS EOF Program

(and EOF alumni), were both accepted into the Tri-State Leadership Institute.

Brianna Holman (DRC) is a student worker in the Office of Recruitment and New

Student Programs for Douglass Residential College.

Mwakulomba Juma is the President and founder of the Rutgers New Brunswick chapter

of DECA (http://www.deca.org/about/).

Cassandra Ogbozor (DRC) and Christopher Rubi were selected to be Resident

Assistants for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Katelyn Realpe (DRC) is part of “Open Minds United,” a Youth Act project of Easter

Seals. She is involved with helping to establish a volunteer youth mentoring network,

designed to help New Brunswick high school students with disabilities, transition into

college.

Carmen Velez will be accompanying a group of doctors and students to Panama, through

the Rutgers Global Brigades, to help provide healthcare to communities that have limited

access to it.

The following students and staff members participated in EOF Student Day at the

Capitol:

Elizabeth Bedoya

Sarah Evans

Liandy Gonzalez

Simone Mack-Bright

Eliezer Marcellus

Rosslin Mensah-Boateng

Bryan Miranda

Priyanka Singh

Michelle Arrendell has been accepted to study abroad this summer at The African

Gender Institute, in Cape Town University, South Africa.

Elysha Bembury has been chosen to be a Peer Mentor for the Honors College.

Marie Callahan (DRC) will be studying abroad this summer in Beijing, China. She has

been awarded the New Brunswick Chancellor's Scholarship to help her with her program

costs.

Jasmin Harvey has accepted a position as a City Year AmeriCorps member to work with

high-need students in Philadelphia, Pennsylania.

Oumou Keita (DRC) is interning at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, in the

Trauma and Injury Prevention Department.

Camila Marte will travel to Germany for a study abroad opportunity, May 24-June 20.

Anita Omambia (DRC) did a Spring Break externship in injury prevention, with the

New Jersey Trauma Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Shernelle Pringle (DRC) is featured fellow for America Needs You - New Jersey

http://www.newjerseyneedsyou.org/fellows/profile/shernelle.

Yousef Saleh SAS ’11 will be the student speaker at the Rutgers University School of

Law-Newark graduation.

Morgan Taylor (DRC) has been accepted to the Rutgers University Graduate School of

Education, to the 5-year program for Elementary and Special Education.

Eno Totoh (DRC) is a Community Outreach Intern with the Rutgers University Bonner

Leaders Program.

We want to increase our social media presence to share information, and pictures of

students/events. If you use Facebook, please friend the SAS EOF Program at:

https://www.facebook.com/saseof?fref=ts. SAS EOF is now on Instagram

@RU_SAS_EOF. We are using the hashtag #RU1stEOF. If you attend events, and

want to share a picture, it would be great if you used this hashtag, so we can have

them in one place.

The following students were honored for their academic accomplishments at the

Graduate Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Education, at

Georgian Court University on April 10th

:

OSHE Awards 2015

Name_First Name_Last

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova

Lashawn Adams

Elizabeth Adekunle

Claudia Aguilera

Fizza Ali

Sara Alkhalili

Teresa Alston

Nathali Arias

Jason Asante

Gabriella Asiedu

Rawan Badreldeen

Andrew Barra

Tracey Berry

Julian Biebelberg

Max Bracero

Vincent Bradley

Tamara Breskic

Sharina Brooks

Jenifer Calle

Valeria Carchi

Chang Cheng

Jillian Clark

Jalene Coss

Anthony Covington

Anthony Covington

Nicole Cruz

Esther David

Rosa De La Cruz

Anatoly Doubrovny

Jadaysia Durant

Demetrius Durham

Sarah Elzayat

Haley Encarnacion

Alnida Espinosa

Christopher Etienne

OSHE Awards 2015

Name_First Name_Last

Shanequa Evans

Gabrielle Farquharson

Laurena Fasllia

Wendy Flores

Tamirah Gainer

Bok Goag

Licelot Gonzalez

Michelle Gonzalez

Jemillah Goodman

Patricia Guerrero

Lena Hammam

Maria Hernandez

Dolly Hilario

Jackson Hoang

Nicolas Holt

Amanda Irazabal

Kason Jackson

Chelsea Jeskie

Oumou Keita

Naseer Khan

Ebru Kilic

Loucadia Lett

Jessica Maldonado

Joseph Mankowski

Samantha Martin

Luis Matute

Kevin Mayaka

Tanisha Mckinnon

Atahya Mcknight

Diego Melendez

Jaweerya Mohammad

Gamal Musleh

Johanna Nahrwold

Anthony Nguyen

Adenny Nicasio

OSHE Awards 2015

Name_First Name_Last

Sally Nogueira

Jordanna Oliveira

Jessica Ortega

Thalia Ortiz

Anandkumar Patel

Jaykumar Patel

Mihirkumar Patel

Perla Payan

Natasha Payano

Ana Catari Pereira

Edward Quiceno

Suleika Quintero

Dilruba Rahman

Sebastian Rivadeneira

Brandon Roberson

Kimyetta Robinson

Louis Rocha

Ernesto Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez

Shyrley Rodriguez

Artrice Roman

Rebeca Saborit

Aya Sakar

Jeffrey Sanchez

Jerry Sanchez

Jennifer Sanders

Nicholas Seenath

Aman Sheth

Karim Singleton

Brian Snyder

William To

Thu Tran

Solangel Troncoso

Stanley Tuchez

Jose Uben

OSHE Awards 2015

Name_First Name_Last

Syeda Uddin

Veronica Vargas

Carla Volpe

Briana West

Thai Win

Katsiaryna Yatsynovich

Armando Zelaya

Fatima Zouhour

Freeholder Theodore O. Best RC ’06, was a presenter for Politics and Possibilities XX.

Tamara Breskic has been accepted into the Rutgers Graduate School of Education K-12

English Education program.

Shanequa Evans (DRC) was a student panelist at the EOF Scholars Reception for

Admitted Students, sponsored by Undergraduate Admissions.

Yauris Hernandez (DRC) will be representing Rutgers Future Scholars at Diversity

Inc.’s top 50 Announcement Event on Wall Street, on April 23rd

. She will be interviewed

by a MSNBC news anchor on stage.

Dolly Hilario was accepted into the New York University School of Social Work.

Kason Jackson will be conducting the Rutgers Alma Mater at the Mason Gross School

of the Arts commencement.

Samantha Martin was accepted into Teach for America. Her teaching assignment is in

Houston, Texas.

Rosslin Mensah-Boateng (DRC) and Christopher Rubi conducted an excellent

presentation for Politics and Possibilities XX. This was the culmination of their

participation on a field trip to Washington, DC with the project during Spring Break.

Yuliya Prots is pictured as a member of the Rutgers Business School’s student finance

club in an article about landing a summer job on Wall Street:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-300-emails-led-to-a-summer-job-on-wall-street-

1427932335. She will be working with JP Morgan this summer.

Colonel Clyde Richards, Jr., RC ’89, hosted 14 Rutgers students and staff at the

Pentagon, providing an overview, tour, and an in-depth presentation about issues facing

our current military units. The students left in awe of Col Richards and the grandeur of

the Pentagon. This presentation was part of the 2015 Politics and Possibilities XX project

coordinated by Dr. Angela Moody Robinson, SAS EOF Senior Counselor.

Monica Torres (DRC) is the recipient of the 2015 Zulima V. Farber Scholarship for

Outstanding Leadership from the Young Latina Leadership Scholarship Fund.

Briana West has been accepted into the master’s degree program in Music Business at

New York University.

The following EOF students are being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this year:

Phi Beta Kappa Juniors 2015

Name First Name Last

Issayana Munoz

Phi Beta Kappa Seniors 2015

Name First Name Last

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova (DRC)

Maria Hernandez (DRC)

Chelsea Jeskie

Diego Melendez

Kimyetta Robinson (DRC)

Solangel Troncoso (DRC)

The following EOF students were honored at the Academic Excellence Awards for high

achieving (top 10%) sophomores:

Stephanie Acevedo (DRC)

Stephanie Castellanos (DRC)

Chachoune Janvier

Ke-Yong Lin

Addys Martinez

Monica Torres (DRC)

Sharon Tufino (DRC)

Chelmie Ulysse (DRC)

The following EOF students assisted with the South Jersey Teenshop, Inc. campus visit:

Rosslin Mensah-Boateng (DRC)

Epiphania Njoku (DRC)

Wanda Quintanilla (DRC)

Brianna Shaw (DRC)

Jose Aviles, Bria Bacon (DRC), and Kennyth Montes De Oca Mercedes performed in

the Mason Gross Dance Spring Plus.

Shanequa Evans (DRC) is this year's recipient of the 2015 Black Alumnae

Network/Jewel Plummer Cobb Senior Recognition Award from the Associate Alumnae

of Douglass College.

Daniel Friday and Miguel Lopez are technical directing majors who helped to build the

Henry V set for the show that is now running at the Phillip J. Levin Theater. Daniel

Friday will be doing the sound for the show.

Emmanuel German is the President of Lambda Theta Phi - BETA chapter.

Simone Mack-Bright RC ’96 is the Public Relations Chair of the Educational

Opportunity Fund Professional Association of New Jersey. Mrs. Mack-Bright is a Senior

Counselor in the SAS EOF Program.

Arianna Moure DC ’06 is a graduating senior at Seton Hall University School of Law.

She is President of the Latin American Law Student Association, and a Senator and

Governance Committee Chair of the Student Bar Association.

Andy Quesada was accepted into the Early Childhood/Elementary Education

Certification Program at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

Monica Torres (DRC) will be presenting at the 5th annual Asian/Asian American

Studies undergraduate symposium.

Andrea Velarde is an intern with the New Jersey Folk Festival. She is the Heritage Area

Coordinator.

We want to increase our social media presence to share information, and pictures of

students/events. If you use Facebook, please friend the SAS EOF Program at:

https://www.facebook.com/saseof?fref=ts. SAS EOF is now on Instagram

@RU_SAS_EOF. We are using the hashtag #RU1stEOF. If you attend events, and

want to share a picture, it would be great if you used this hashtag, so we can have

them in one place.

Ziyodakhon Abdujabborova (DRC) is profiled in Rutgers Today:

http://news.rutgers.edu/feature/grad-profile-biology-and-belly-dancing-perfect-

mix/20150423#.VTp-C5MkqLs.

Nana-Adwoa Agyarkowah and Oumou Keita (DRC) were accepted into the Rowan

School of Osteopathic Medicine annual Summer Pre-Medical Research Education

program (Summer PREP).

Danielle Bechta SAS ’11 was accepted into the master's degree program in

Organizational Development and Leadership, with a concentration in adult learning and

leadership, at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rhonda Coons (DRC) is the 2014-2015 recipient of the Ida Raitano Prize for a Bunting

Student.

Oumou Keita (DRC) is the recipient of the C. Maxene Vaughters-Summey Prize,

created in honor of the first director of the Douglass College EOF Program, Dean

Maxene Vaughters-Summey.

Joseph Mankowski has been hired as a Youth Activities Counselor by Disney Cruise

Lines. He’ll sail away after graduating this May.

Cherise Mohammed was interviewed for, and chosen to be, a Teaching Assistant for the

course Work, Society and the Quality of Life in Fall 2015.

Karen Quach has secured a six month HR internship with Colgate-Palmolive in

Piscataway, New Jersey.

Ismelisa Rivas is the Public Relations Chair of the Sociedad Estudiantil Dominicana.

Shyrley Rodriguez has been picked-up by the Innovative Artists agency. This agency

will help her obtain film and television roles.

Jerry Sanchez has been signed with the Abrams Artist Agency. This agency is for voice

overs, commercials, and their youth division for acting.

Algashiyah Ward-Reid (DRC) was selected to be a Community Service Officer.

The following SAS EOF students have been accepted into the Ronald E. McNair Post-

baccalaureate Achievement Program:

McNair 2015 Query

First Name Last Name

Victor Gatica

Madelin Hernandez (DRC)

Valeria Montoya (DRC)

Jinal Parikh

Wanda Quintanilla (DRC)

Mercedez Ruiz

Monica Torres (DRC)

The following SAS EOF students have been selected to be Common Purposes

Ambassadors. It is noteworthy that only 11 students were chosen for this honor

University-wide, and four are from SAS EOF:

Arlim Guerrero Encarnacion

Fanila Sarwar (DRC)

Hadiqa Saddiqui

Camilo Torres

Syed Ashab was offered an internship for the summer with Met Life, as a junior analyst.

Shirmean Begum will be attending the NEW Leadership™ New Jersey summer

institute.

Reynor Cavalcante was accepted into the Mathematics Immersion Program at Stevens

Institute of Technology.

Dr. Yomaira Figueroa DC ’07 is the recipient of the Hypatia Diversity Paper Prize. Dr.

Figueroa is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.

Ismelka Gomez (DRC) has two exciting international trips planned for this summer. She

will be interning in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at the Observatory of

Caribbean Migration, and she will be studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa,

taking a 2-credit course on Gender & Sexuality in South Africa.

Anastasia Groce (DRC) has a paid summer internship with the Geena Davis Institute on

Gender in Media.

Miguel Lopez, a Mason Gross School of the Arts technical director major, will be the

Assistant Technical Director at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theater, in Arrow Rock,

Missouri, this summer.

Anita Omambia (DRC) has been hired for a full-time summer job as a direct care

specialist, working with children with disabilities.

Merylou Rodriguez SAS ’12 (DRC) has been accepted into the Rutgers University

Graduate School of Education for the master’s degree program in Social and

Philosophical Foundations of Education.

Kasia Toczylowska DC ’06, EJBSPPP ’15 has been accepted into the master’s degree

program in social work at Rutgers University.

Monica Torres (DRC) has been accepted into the Institute for Women's Leadership

Scholars Program.

Dean Wally Torian is a recipient of the Rutgers University Human Dignity Award from

the Committee to Advance our Common Purposes.

295 SAS EOF students made the Spring 2015 Dean’s List! Here is the link to view their

names: https://access.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/access/sas-eof/deans-list-spring-

2015.pdf

36 SAS EOF students were inducted into Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society.

Here is the link to view their names:

https://access.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/access/sas-

eof/chialphaepsilonspring2015.pdf

The following SAS EOF students were accepted into the Biomedical Careers Program:

BCP 2015 Query

Name Last Name First

Antwi Edna (DRC)

Bolouvi Efua (DRC)

Rugama Claudia (DRC)

Lashawn Adams and Christopher Etienne are recipients of the Paul Robeson Africana

Award from the Africana Studies Department.

Briana Gilchrist (DRC) was one of the keynote student speakers at the Rites of Passage

Ceremony.

Nicolas Holt SAS ’15 and Ronald E. McNair Scholar, was awarded the Henry Rutgers

Scholar Award for his honors thesis.

Edward Quiceño was the student speaker at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture

(CLAC) Latino Graduate Recognition Ceremony.

Yousef Saleh SAS ’11; NLAW ’15 was the student speaker at the Rutgers University

School of Law-Newark graduation. Here is the link to his speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLI4jJtIH_o

Mario Tano SMLR ’13 is the Finance & Program Associate for the Rutgers Future

Scholars Program.