Class Notes Category: Education

Siya Sharma ’24 has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to conduct anthropological research in Delhi, India, for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She is a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Student Research grant, which provides the opportunity to conduct individually designed research projects…

Derek Ren ’24 has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to serve as a Fulbright English teaching assistant (ETA) in Kazakhstan for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Improving English language literacy is a vital component of Kazakhstan’s political, economic and social development. Since…

Sarah Villarreal ’98 has just earned her Ph.D. in leadership and change from Antioch University. Her dissertation was titled, “A Narrative Inquiry of Latinx Undergraduates’ Participation in High-Impact Educational Practices.” Villarreal’s findings revealed five major course elements associated with deep learning and engagement: professor behaviors or traits, real-world and relevant content, preparation for future or…

Kyilah Terry ’19, who earned her bachelor’s degree in European studies, was awarded a Princeton in Africa fellowship with IRC Kenya for the 2022-23 fellowship year. Princeton in Africa is an independent, non-profit organization affiliated with Princeton University whose mission is to develop future leaders dedicated to African affairs and create a network of alumni…

Priscila Coronado ’18, a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School, has been elected president of the Harvard Law Review, an independent student-run journal, becoming the first Latina to hold the prestigious position. Raised in Downey, California, the youngest daughter of two Mexican immigrants, Coronado became the first in her family to attend college when she…

Mina Faye Nordness (née Mirhoseini) ’12, M.D., received her master of public health degree with a concentration in epidemiology from Vanderbilt University on May 15. For her thesis project, she investigated “The Impact of Surgery and Anesthesia on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementia (ADRD) after Injury,” and she completed her practicum with…

Josephine Gao ’19, a human biology and society major as an undergraduate, is pursuing a master of science in human genetics and genetics gounseling degree at Keck Graduate Institute, and is also a member of the Pomona College Band, one of the oldest college bands in the United States. The band welcomes undergraduates, faculty and…

Stephanie Lee ’16, a biology major as an undergraduate, is pursuing a master of business and science degree at Keck Graduate Institute, and is also a member of the Pomona College Band, one of the oldest college bands in the United States. The band welcomes undergraduates, faculty and staff from throughout The Claremont Colleges, as…

Wendilyn Emrys ’83 has been awarded the 2018 Walter Odajnyk Scholarship by Pacifica Graduate Institute, where in April she completed her M.A. in mythological studies. She is now a Ph.D. candidate there, in the same major, with an emphasis in Jungian depth psychology. She has just completed dissertation formulation, and has had her concept paper…