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Opportunity Program Students in the News


Julio Monterroso '10 is one of sic Hamlton students to receive a Class of 1979 Student Travel Award. Julio will pursue "A Photographic Documentation of Latino Culture in the United States" with a trip to New York City, California and Florida.

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/six-students-receive-class-of-1979-travel-award


Sujitha Amalanayagam'10 (second row, second from left ) and Kathy Lee '11( bottom row left ) are members of the Hamilton College Emergency Medical Services(HCEMS).

The week of Nov. 8 marks National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week and the College is proud to recognize its 26 student volunteer members of Hamilton College Emergency Medical Services (HCEMS).

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/thank-you-to-hamiltons-student-ems-team



Opportunity Program students visit the Masonic Care Community during their summer program. This was part of a state wide community service day.


For more
https://myhamilton.edu/news/heop-students-engage-in-community-service-volunteering



Xiang ( Jason) Wang '12  is interning for U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman at the office, located in Bayside, N.Y.





For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/xiang-wang-12-aids-constituents-in-congressional-office-internship


Linda DiBernardo '11 interned at  blackwalnut, a scenery production company located in Spring Valley, N.Y.
She was recipient of the Kevin W. Kennedy '70 Internship Fund for the Arts, which subsidizes students' summer full-time positions in the visual and performing arts.


For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/linda-di-bernardo-10-builds-a-resume-in-set-design



Pablo Y Abreu '10 ( left) interning at Wunderman, the largest direct marketing agency and one of the top 10 direct and digital agencies in the world.





For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/pablo-abreu-10-juggles-numbers-in-direct-marketing-agency-internship


Henok Alemayo '10 has an internship this summer at the Peace Institute in Indianapolis. Through the Institute, he is also working with Well Done Marketing and The Second Story, a nonprofit creative writing project for young writers in Greater Indianapolis.



For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/henok-alemayo-10-internship-at-peace-institute-lays-groundwork-for-career



Ashlyn Razzo '11  (right) and Alexandra Keyes '11, past stage managers for Hamilton College theater productions, spent the summer in Cardiff, Wales, interning at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. They worked alongside students and professors from the undergraduate and graduate stage management programs in Cardiff, preparing to go to participate in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Venue 13 for the month of August.

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/students-interning-at-royal-welsh-college-of-music-and-drama




Marie Piayai '09 was awarded the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Thailand.






For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/marie-piayai-09-awarded-fulbright-english-teaching-assistantship-to-thailand


Nedzada Smajic '11 joined 9 other pre-med students from Hamilton to gain valuable clinical experience working directly with patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Center, in White Plains, N.Y.

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=16022

  

Susan Perham '12
received a summer grant and is working with Professor Kanipe on a documentary that delves into the lives of Oneida County's African-American World War II veterans.



For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=16029


                                                  


Ngoc ( Mike ) Nguyen '11 (left) traveled with the Mock Trial team to Lafayette College in Easton, PA.



For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=15612


Angela Sanchez '12 participated in the No More Deaths spring break project.
For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=15476





Luvuyo Mandela '09 is named Hamilton's 18th GOLD Scholar.





For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=15162



Kenya Lee '10 visited the Newseam along with other Hamilton students during her semester in Washington DC



For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=15220



Heather Prigg '11 ( front, center) participated in the McGill Model United Nations Conference (MCMUN) Jan. 29-Feb. 1 in Montreal with 11 other Hamilton students.

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=15208


Jia Huang '09 exhibits her senior thesis at Burke Library.  The exhibition demonstrates Hamilton alumni's progressive contributions to Asian culture.

For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=145370



Lydia Rono '11( red shirt) participated in CHOG, a symposium of Chemistry students from Hamilton and Colgate.



For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=14536



Emrhan Slaton '10 toured the Pew Center on the States as part of the program in Washington this semester.



For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=14515


"Hamilton in East Asia: China and Korea" is a concurrent exhibition organized by senior Jia Huang and displayed in Burke Library during the N.Y. Conference on Asian Studies held at Hamilton, September 26-27.

For more details:
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=14514


August Keating '10, Hai Lin '10, Vanessa Cruz-Santana '10 and Julio Monterroso '10 ( back row, 3rd from left to right)visit the N.Y. Historical Society Museum during their Semester in NYC program.


For more details:
http://my.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=14401

Opportunity Programs
Student Profiles



Temi Ojo

Class: Class of 2011
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major: Biology
Minor: Pre- Med classes

Activities:
Cultural Chair of Black Latino Student Union, Hamilton College Cheerleading Team, Finesse Step Team, Sustah Girl Member

"When I was in high school, I was a part of a program called LINK Unlimited that helped me grow and flourish in my academic and personal life. I wanted that same feeling, so when I got accepted into Hamilton's Opportunity Programs, I felt right at home. Coming from a place like Chicago to Clinton, New York was a a big culture shock. During the summer, the program works really hard to get you adjusted to the heavy work load and campus life. The people in the office are your big supporters on campus, and whenever I needed something or simple words of wisdom they were always there to help. They do not let you fail at anything. They do not only help with your academics, but they make sure you grow as a person. Many times I have heard in the Opportunity Programs Office, "If you don't make yourself be seen, then you won't be... Speak up!" I have carried that advice with me everywhere and I am eternally grateful to Opportunity Programs."




Caitlin O'Dowd

Class: Class of 2011
Hometown: Jordan, Oman, Tunisia, Syria, Isreal,Egypt
Major: Women's Studies
Minor: Government

Activities:
Womyn's Center member, Sustah Girl member, Volunteer at Evelyn's House (Utica), Tutor for Young People's Project ( Utica), HEOP English Tutor ( summer 2009)

“I have spent most of my life overseas being the daughter of a diplomat and was particularly nervous about going to college in the United States as my immediate family still lives overseas. I was happy to get accepted into the Opportunity Program and it is because of this program that I made the final decision to come to Hamilton College.  This program helped me make one of the hardest transitions in my life thus far and has helped me grow and achieve things that two years ago seemed impossible.  The OPPORTUNITY to grow, change, learn, love and succeed are things that this program has given me and other students and I am very proud to be a part of something so great.”