04/19/2021

College News, Student and Alumni News
Elijah Matos (City)
Elijah Matos (City College)

Elijah Matos has received a Mellon Mays Fellowship. He’ll participate in summer research courses at the University of Chicago.  MORE

Abiha Kazmi ’23 (Brooklyn) has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar focused in the life sciences.

Carina D’Urso’22, Hafsa Fatima ’21 and Marwa Islam ’23 (all Brooklyn) have received Fulbright Canada Summer Research awards. Jason Nagourney (Hunter) was accepted to Fulbright Lithuania for the 2021-22 academic year. MORE

Elise Wang (Hunter), Naomi Shohet (Queens), Soham Ghoshal (Hunter), Tzippora Chwat (City), and Daniela Yakobashvili (Hunter) have all been selected as CUNY Jonas E. Salk Scholars. Their award includes a generous scholarship to pursue degrees in medicine or biomedical research. MORE

Makinoon Sami ’21 and Annmarie Gajdos ’20 (both Baruch) have been awarded U.S. Dept. of State Critical Language Scholarships. Mak, who graduates with a BBA in Finance, will focus on Arabic while Annmarie, whose BBA is in Computer Info, will learn Swahili.

Noam Gal ’22 (Baruch) was awarded the NCHC Portz Interdisciplinary Fellowship. Noam is also a member of the Justice and Equity Honors Network.

Sophomores Jasmine Josefina Mayor (Hunter), Klaire Geller (Hunter), Joie Ning (John Jay), and Madeline Liu (Queens)  have been named selected at Jeanette K. Watson Fellows.

Seniors Dora Gelerinter and Cheryl Chen (both Hunter) have been selected as Boren Fellows.

Stella Chung (Baruch), Samantha Helmy (Hunter), and Victor Carrano (Baruch) have all been named CUNY Athletic Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year. READ

VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS

Baruch College Salutatorian Chiandredi Johnson

Alyssa Fuchs has been selected as Baruch’s Class of 2021 Valedictorian, and Chiandredi Johnson is the Salutatorian. MEET THEM

Caitlin Balagula, Sonia Hafeez, Karina Ionkina, Adina Grace Noble and Catherine Stratis are Hunter College Valedictorians.

Asma Awad is Brooklyn College’s Valedictorian. MORE

Shilpa Ann Shaju is City College’s Salutatorian. She’s a political science and international studies double major, minoring in legal studies, who’ll graduate with a BA degree.  MORE

Nora Abdelrazik, Nibras Ahmed, Amna Cheema, Cien Huang, Alan Muller, Christina Valeros, Andrew Zheng, Dora Gelerinter, Samantha Helmy, Ella Blicker, Tara Chowdhury, David Guber, Lauren Rosen, Chloe Trang, Katherine Gee, Nomon Mohammad, Alice Tsai, Xin Xin Xing, and Jefferson Quituisaca are all Hunter College Salutatorians.

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