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Eugene Krel ’08 (Baruch) leads MFE team to victory

Eugene Krel ’08 (Baruch) (Baruch MFE’09) led a Baruch MFE team to winning the 2012 Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) that took place at University of Toronto, where 50 teams representing 44 academic institutions from four continents competed. Click here for complete CUNY ARTICLE

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Russel Neiss ’05 (Queens)

Russel Neiss ’05 (Queens) develops and releases the “Pocket Torah” Click here to learn more

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Michael Grohman and Duane Morris

Michael Grohman, Managing Partner at Duane Morris, New York Office In 2008 Michael Grohman was introduced to Macaulay Honors College and it was an instant connection. As a high-achieving graduate of Brooklyn Law School (1983), he identified with Macaulay’s mission to provide unique opportunities beyond the traditional college experience. Under…

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Calling for Alumni Volunteers!

This March and April, alumni will again be hosting the accepted students event for Macaulay’s accepted applicants and we need your help! These yield events were developed by your own dedicated alumni relations committee to help make Macaulay the best it can be and attract the best and brightest students….

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Support Macaulay!

Three reasons why Alumni Giving is important… -Your support helps advance the mission of the college -Your gift demonstrates your satisfaction with your Honors College experience -Your participation is an opportunity to invest in the program that invested so much in you

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Sasha Ahuja ’09 (Hunter College)

Sasha Ahuja ’09 (Hunter) talks about choosing Macaulay; her work toward racial and economic justice; and launching Macaulay Honors College’s Alumni Of Color Affinity Group. Can you tell us a little bit about your background? (ie where were you born/grew up/how you found Macaulay etc) As the first person in…

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Alumni make permanent mark on W67!

Over 50 Macaulay alumni gathered on October 5 to welcome the Class of 2011 and dedicate the new word cloud mural. The word cloud, a gift from the Classes 2005-2010, was dedicated by Macaulay’s 10th anniversary alumni giving chairs, Mila Matveeva ’10 (Hunter) and Dan Blondell ’10 (Hunter). Thanks to…

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Robert Gerner (10) Baruch Alumni Profile

Can you tell us a little bit about your background? (i.e. where were you born/grew up/how you found Macaulay etc) I was born and raised on the South Shore of Long Island near Jones Beach.  I attended St. Rose of Lima Elementary School and Chaminade High School, an all boys…

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Xi Stacy Chen ’06 (Baruch) Launches ‘Coalition for Queens’

Xi Stacy Chen ’06 (Baruch) recently co-founded Coalition for Queens: Silicon Valley 2.0. The organization focuses on shaping the long-term future of Queens by building support for an applied science & engineering research campus in Willets Point, Queens. The organization received immediate media attention, being featured on NY1 and by…

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Congratulations Olga and Dan!

Congratulations to Olga Barskaya ’10 (Baruch) and Daniel T. Allen ’08 (Hunter) on their recent marriage!

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Michael Young ’10 (CSI) Receives Fulbright Award

Macaulay alumnus Michael L. Young ’10 (Staten Island) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Spain in English Teaching Assistantship, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Young—a native of Staten Island—is an American Studies and Studio Art…

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Welcome Class of 2011 to the Macaulay Alumni Network

Welcome Class of 2011 to the Macaulay Honors College Alumni Network! We are thrilled to officially welcome our newest Alumni class and look forward to each of you becoming active members of our Macaulay alumni community. Click here to check out highlights from the Class of 2011′s memorable graduation. Be…

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Thank you!

Thank you to all alumni who participated in the 2010-2011 Alumni Giving Campaign. The beautiful wall mural will be ready by the start of the 2011 school year. The mural will be completed by artist, Joseph Sopp ’10 (Hunter). Please visit us and check out the new and improved lobby…

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Congratulations Brittany Bochow (’08) Hunter!

Congratulations to Macaulay alumnus Brittany Bochow (’08) Hunter on her marriage that took place Sunday May 15th. Read the NY Times announcement here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/fashion/weddings/brittany-bochow-matthew-brandwein-weddings.html?_r=1

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Macaulay Alumni and current students win prestigious awards and fellowships

Dear Macaulay Community Member, Following on last week’s string of successes, I have more news to share about several other Macaulay students and alumni who have gained major recognition. Arthur Parzygnat ’10 (Queens) has won the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He was selected in the field of Mathematical…

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Congratulations Rori and Russel!

We are excited to announce that Rori and Russel Neiss welcomed a healthy baby girl last night, Sunday April 10th.

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Congratulations Mariya and Joe!

We are excited to announce that Macaulay alumni Mariya Nerova ’08 (Baruch) and Joe Kharazishvili ’07 (Baruch) were married on August 22, 2010 in Great Neck, New York.

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Alumni Profile – Zoya Feldman ’06 (Hunter) and Anthony Volodkin ’07 (Hunter)

Please tell me a little bit about yourselves. (Where are you from/grew up etc.)? Zoya: I grew up in Bensonhurst via Almaty, Kazakhstan, and now live in Park Slope. Anthony: My family moved to Brooklyn from Moscow, Russia when I was 12. For those who may not know about it,…

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Macaulay Launches Network for Media, Arts and Entertainment Professionals

Dear Friend, Approaching its tenth anniversary, the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY has grown from a bold experiment in higher education to a full-fledged degree granting institution with its own landmark building. I feel proud each time I learn of the great successes that Honors College alumni have achieved in…

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New Macaulay Coordinator of Special Events

Olga Barskaya is Macaulay’s new Coordinator of Special Events. She is an alumna of the Macaulay Honors College and holds a B.A. in Finance and Investments from Baruch College. Her studies and community service have taken her from Zhitomer, Ukraine, her birthplace, to communities in South Africa, Argentina, Israel, China,…

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