Summer Fellowships Kilbourne Summer Enrichment Fund in the Arts
Patrick Neil
Alexandra Hildreth ’15. ........................................................................................ SOCAPA Dance Intensive Elif Korkmaz ’14.................................................................... London Central College of Art and Design Jake Merrell ’13. ............................................. Juniper Young Writers, University of Massachusetts Carlande Nicolas ’14............................................................................................................... NY Film Institute Na Yung Park ’13............................................................................................................................ Pratt Institute Carrie Shin ’13..................................................................... UCLA Sitcom Writing and Producing Camp Jillian Wipfler ’13. .................................................................................................................. Stagedoor Manor
College Bound
Meg Page ’74 Fellowships
Amy Feda ’13. ......................................................................................... Georgetown Medical Conference Fernando Fernandez ’14. ............................ National Youth Leadership Federation on Medicine Katie Harpin ’13............................................... National Youth Leadership Federation on Medicine Nicole Lu ’13...................................................................................................... Chinese Academy of Science Betsy Sednaoui ’13........................................................... Reiki with Libby Barnett, Emerson Hospital Linh Tang ’14...........................China California Heart Watch and the Sri Ram Orphanage, India (partially funded with William W. Hatfield ’32 Grant)
This year, Taft seniors chose to matriculate at the following schools in the highest number: Amherst College............................................................. 5 Bucknell University. ...................................................... 3 Colby College. .................................................................. 4 Duke University............................................................... 3 Franklin & Marshall College...................................... 4 The George Washington University.................... 5 Georgetown University............................................... 7 Gettysburg College........................................................ 4 Lehigh University. .......................................................... 3 Middlebury College. ..................................................... 6 Princeton University..................................................... 5 Rollins College. ................................................................ 3 Southern Methodist University. ............................. 3 Trinity College.................................................................. 5 Tufts University............................................................... 3 University of St. Andrews (Scotland)....................3 University of Virginia.................................................... 4 Wesleyan University..................................................... 5 Yale University................................................................. 4
Robert K. Poole Fellowships
Rozalie Czesana ’14............................................................................ Volunteering Solutions, Costa Rica Laura Feidelson ’14.......................................................................................... Helping Hands, Cuzco, Peru Judith Hsieh ’14........................................................................................................................ CARE, Costa Rica Joo Sung Kim ’14...................................................................Bement Alumni trip, Dominican Republic Jordan Maia ’14.......................................................... Adventures Cross-Country, California Katie McLaughlin ’13.................................................................................................... Habitat for Humanity Shelby Meckstroth ’13. .......................................................................... Fútbol sin Fronteras, Nicaragua Maggie O’Neil ’13...................................................................................................................... Rustic Pathways Rosey Oppenheim ’14. ................................................................................... Helping Hands, Cuzco, Peru Kasey Pietro ’13................................................................................................ Rustic Pathways, La Fortuna Carl Sangree ’14. ....................................................................................................... High Mountain Institute Iliana Smith ’15............................................ Global Works Summer Service Adventure, Costa Rica
Ina Kosova ’12 was named a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Faculty News Honors
• Chris Torino, Abramowitz Award
Retired
• Brian Denyer, French (see page 30)
Sabbatical
• Suzanne and Bob Campbell ’76
Promoted
• Jonathan Bender, lowermid class dean • Dick Cobb, Classics Department head • Diane Fountas, director of the Martin Health Center • Greg Hawes ’85, History Department head • Jamella Lee, dean of global and diversity education
• Rachael Ryan, assistant director, Taft Educational Center • Will Shotwell, Global Studies Department head
Hired
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Isabel Aguirre-Kelly, English fellow Dan Calore, math/physics Erin Duffy, classics Phillip Koshi, Spanish Lindsay Leal, math fellow Rob Madden ’03, admissions Emma McBurney, history fellow Hannah O’Brien, history fellow Will Richardson, admissions Courtney Vris, French fellow Tyler Whitley ’04, admissions
Departed
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Rohan Arjun, global studies fellow James Duval, math Brianne Foley, history Ellen Hinman, classics Gary Kan ’03, Chinese, physics Lisa Keys, health center Shaadi Khoury, history Matthew LaBrie, English fellow Peter Saltsman, science Claire Sheldon, admissions, mathematics Panos Voulgaris, history Walt Warner, science Chamby Zepeda, Spanish
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