All posts by Michael Parascandola
James Brischetta
Elected a member of the Macaulay Scholars Council his freshman year, James has served on the student government all four years of college. On the council, he served as the vice president of student life, where him and his committee were responsible for planning and executing all of the colleges parties and large events, like the Halloween Party, Spring Formal, and the Freshman Mixers.
He has been on the executive board of 2 Macaulay Clubs; Editor-in-Chief of the Messenger and Founding member of the Content Creators. He has also been a member of Peer Mentors, Theater Club, and Macaulay Scribe.
As the Content Creator‘s club grew into an organization that lived within Macaulay‘s marketing department, he became one of the main faces of Macaulay’s TikTok account, and ran multiple campaigns on their socials.
James began working at Macaulay as a college assistant at the beginning of this year, where he’s worked closely with student development to ensure the success of clubs and student life, and he’s applied to work full time at Macaulay in the role of Student Inclusion Coordinator.
Katiera Dickinson
Aryeh Kalb
Aryeh Kalb is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science cum laude from Lehman College. During his time at Macaulay and Lehman, he served in various roles in student government including as a member of the Macaulay Scholars Council, Lehman Senate, and University Student Senate. He also serves as the student member of the CUNY Board of Trustees committee on education policy. Starting this fall he will begin a PhD in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Abdur-Rasheed Syed
Taina Valentin
Taina Valentin is a political science major and economics minor. She graduated suma cum laude. She served as the co-president of the Macaulay Ambassadors and the Vice President of the Macaulay Peer Mentors/Orientation Leaders. At her campus, John Jay Taina Valentin was one of the founders of the Latinx Honors Committee and served on the Honors council.
Haseeb Khan
Haseeb Khan is a Computer Science major with a minor in Data Science at his home campus, Brooklyn College. Throughout his academic journey, he has consistently demonstrated a strong work ethic, dedication to learning, and a passion for technology. During his undergraduate years, Haseeb held 3 technical internships from both startups to large-sized companies. Outside of academics and internships, Haseeb has actively participated in extracurricular activities. Throughout his four years, Haseeb has volunteered for the Macaulay Building as a Student lounge volunteer and peer mentor for the incoming students. In his final year, he restarted the Computer Science club and served as its president in his final year.
Post-graduation, Haseeb plans on furthering his education after being accepted into a master’s in Computer Science – Computation M.S.
Hunter Moran
Hunter Moran majored in Economics on the pre-med track with minors in Public Policy and Music. Before matriculating into medical school to become a physician-scientist, Hunter will pursue a Fulbright Research Scholarship to serve as an epidemiology research assistant in Copenhagen, Denmark. He will investigate the socioeconomic impacts of Inflammatory Bowel Disease using a Danish database that has been collecting medical and social information on the population since 1978. During his time as a student, Hunter was a Co-president of the Macaulay Ambassadors, Treasurer of the Macaulay Peer mentors, the Vice Chair of the Hunter College Senate, a student representative on the Presidential Search Committee, and a member of the men’s varsity volleyball team.
Coco Lim
Coco Lim is a Biochemistry and Media Arts in the Sciences double major. She was involved in research and completed a Honors Thesis on Drosophila melanogaster muscle development. Beyond her academic pursuits, she was an ophthalmic technician, medical scribe, high school mentor, and tutor. She served various roles on campus such as President of Baruch’s BioMed Society, Honors Program Ambassador, Honors Program Peer Mentor, and Student Academic Consulting Center Tutor.
In Fall 2021, she completed her internship with Franklin Furnace Archive in the CUNY Cultural Corps program. She has been a Baruch Inquiry Scholar, Barbara Price Fellow, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow. She is a recipient of the Dr. Emil Gernert BioMed Award, Memorial Scholarship for Students in Social Work, Human Services, Health or Education, Peter F. Vallone Academic Scholarship, and CUNY BA Alumni Fund Award. She intends to continue her education at medical school after taking a gap year.
Chaamy Yapa