Stories
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Will Andriola is eager to share his Hamilton Debate Team experience with debate students in Bulgaria over the next year while serving there as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA). Bulgarian Fulbright ETAs contribute to coaching BEST (Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournament) Foundation debate teams. “After three years competing on Hamilton’s debate team, I thought it would be a great way to help students improve their confidence and public speaking skills,” said Andriola.
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Emma Lynam ’21 will be joining the AmeriCorps City Year program in Philadelphia. City Year AmeriCorps members serve in schools, preparing students to succeed in school and in life.
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Three members of the Class of 2021 – Amanda Kim, Jaydin Knight, and Jafar Sharipov – have parlayed internships at Deutsche Bank into fulltime positions with the international investment bank and financial services company.
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Two Hamilton seniors and a recent alumna have been awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantships to Spain for the 2021-22 academic year. Tim Derby ’21 and Gianni Hill ’21, along with Loren Rodriguez ’20, will teach English under the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
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Savannah Ryan ’21, a molecular biology and Hispanic studies double major, will join Mass General in Boston as a clinical researcher after graduation. She talks here about her new position and experiences that led her to this field.
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“There’s a lot of really cool things that you can study with physics, but I feel that if we don’t solve our energy crisis within my lifetime, none of that’s really going to matter. ... I want to help with that matter, help with that push, by either working on renewable energy or carbon capture that can really make in impact before it’s too late,” said Catherine Ryczek ’21, who will soon join the physics doctoral program at the California Institute of Technology.
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When thinking about his post-Hamilton path, Noah Giovanelli ’21 knew he wanted to pursue Hispanic studies combined with traveling. His interest arose from the many friends he had from Spanish-speaking countries in high school and a program in Madrid he participated in during his junior year.
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After interning at Cornerstone Mobile Counseling, Sophia Coren ’21 has landed a full-time position at the company founded and directed by Ward Halverson ’92. Cornerstone, based in Herkimer, N.Y., links individuals to local, licensed mental health professionals for free and immediate counseling in their homes or virtually across the state of New York.
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Biology major Kaela Makins ’21 will join a doctoral program at City of Hope National Medical Center after graduation. She talks here about her interest in the medical field, and Hamilton faculty who influenced her.
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Jonathan Dong ’21 has been awarded the College’s prestigious Bristol Fellowship to explore The Global Rise in Sustainable Aquaculture by traveling to Mexico, Chile, Kenya, Singapore, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.
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