Jeremy Yeaton is an SAS Honors Program member as well as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Sigma Iota honor societies. He completed a senior thesis project for both the French and Linguistics Departments and his project has won him a Benjamin Franklin travel front from the French Embassy. It also served…
Monica Torres is an EOF and Honors Student, and through her participation in the McNair Summer Program became interested in the Native American history of Rutgers. Through research, she became aware of the decline of the Rutgers Native American student population. She contacted various administrators with her findings, effectively bringing the issue to light. She…
Samantha Shaw has served as Senior Orientation Leader with the New Student Orientation & Family Programs where she hosted programs for new students and parents and supervised over 40 new Orientation Leaders. She has worked as Promotions Director and a DJ for the 90.3 radio station “The Core,” and was chosen to volunteer with the…
Maggie Morash holds the honor of being awarded the 2015 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar finalist. She maintains an exceptional academic record, is Captain of the Rutgers Women’s Soccer Team since her sophomore year, founded the Youth Empowerment Club, and has been a FIGS Peer Instructor. She has completed…
Christina McGinnis has served as RUSA Senator of Douglass Campus, SAS Senator-at-Large, and as the student representative to the Rutgers Board of Trustees. She utilized these roles to advocate for actions in favor of female Rutgers Students and the creation of a Sexual Assault Committee within RUSA. In addition, she earned a position on the…
Murtuza provides graphic design for The Daily Targum and the Rutgers Summer and Winter Sessions, serves as Chief of Staff for the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA), Initiatives Head for the Off Campus Student Association (OCSA), and serves as a member of the RUAA Scarlet Council. He was a part of the RUSA team that,…
Da’shon Holder is the current President of the Rutgers LGBTQQIA people of color organization and advocacy group and an influential member of LLEGO. He has served as a cadet in the Senior Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) and a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Alumni and Mentor. His efforts to improve whatever organization he…
Ismelka Gomez has held influential roles in the Rutgers Women & Global Education House, Spanish House at the Global Village, as well as the Rutgers Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs where she served as Global Ambassador. She conducted a social action research project regarding undocumented women and domestic violence through which she provided…
Jake Comito has taken his own exemplary initiative in combating sexual assault on campus. Through his informative visits with other organizations, engagement with the Rutgers newspapers, and effort to extend his campaign to various Vice Chancellors and Directors within the university, Jake has made Rutgers one of the most active contributors to the fight against…
Fahad Akhtar’s wide-ranging campus leadership has included roles such as Campus recruiter for the White House Internship Program, Department of Economics Peer Instructor, and President of the Alumni Association Scarlet Council. He has also maintained membership in the SAS Honors Program, as well as research internships with the National Institute of Early Education Research and…
