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Crystal Colon
Major: English
Hometown:聽New Brunswick, New Jersey
Colon has dedicated more than 600 hours as a tutor for LEAP (Learning and Exploring at Play), is a youth leader at her church, and a coordinator of the Safe Haven program, keeping urban children safe, occupied, and learning during the summer months.
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Anis Kallel
Majors: computer science and business
Hometown: Ariana, Tunisia
Kallel served as president of the Computer Science Undergraduate Council, helped organize the RocHACK hackathon, played club volleyball, and worked on the team that developed ROCSpeak, a software program that helps people improve their public speaking skills.
What’s next: Kallel will be doing a Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year. His project has him travelling to 20 countries in eight months, doing research on emerging markets in Africa.
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Charlisa Goodlet
Majors: political science and African-American studies
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Goodlet has served as president of the Douglass Leadership House and has held leadership positions in the Black Students’ Union and the Xclusive Step Team. In her work with the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, she worked on a research project analyzing 10 years of data on faculty diversity.
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Sam Borst-Smith
Major: English
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
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Stephanie Venturino
Majors: classical saxophone performance and music theory
Hometown: Palmyra, New York
Venturino was an active of several ensembles at the Eastman School of Music, including the Highland Saxophone Quartet, the Eastman Saxophone Project, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. As both a soloist and chamber musician, Venturino has played in venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
What’s next: Venturino plans to begin a PhD program in music theory in the fall.
