Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 25, 2003|Volume 31, Number 27

Juniors honored for 'good labor
in the world' and musical gifts

The accomplishments of six Yale College juniors have been recognized with awards from the Council of Masters.

Three of the students -- Sumeyya Ashraf, Andrew Klaber and Justin Clausen Cohen -- have been honored with the John C. Schroeder Award, which is given annually to a member or members of the junior class who "will find his or her place and play a part in the good labor of the world." Named in honor of a former master of Calhoun College, it is intended to honor contributions to the life of the residential college community and to express confidence in the recipients' later contribution to the wider community or world. Recipients are generally noted for possessing the qualities of altruism and social service.

The other three juniors -- Justin Albstein, Perry So and Mark Sorel -- received the Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award, which is given each year to a member or members of the junior class "whose verve, idealism and constructive interest in music and the humanities exemplify those qualities for which Joseph Lentilhon Selden is remembered."

Ashraf, of Branford College, is president of the Muslim Students Association. Shortly after the Sept. 11 tragedy, she helped organize a joint vigil sponsored by Jewish and Muslim students. She serves as the Branford College representative to the Yale College Council, works as a computer consultant, and is a math and reading tutor to elementary and middle school students. This year she was selected to be a freshmen counselor in Branford College.

Klaber, of Trumbull College, is founder of Orphans Against AIDS, a response to the epidemic in Thailand. He also is a sponsor of the Recycled Paper Procurement Initiative, which encourages organizations to purchase recycled paper. For his concern for the environment, President George Bush honored him with the President's Environmental Youth Award in 2001. Klaber is a member of the varsity lightweight crew team and the Yale Precision Marching Band. He has also received a Morris K. Udall Scholarship and a Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Scholarship.

Cohen, of Pierson College, served as president of the residential college's College Council and was chair of its Rooming Committee. He has been the head tour guide for the Yale Visitor's Center and the captain of the varsity volleyball team, and is one of only eight undergraduates selected to work on the Committee on Yale College Education. He also has been a representative of the Class of 2004 on the Yale Alumni Fund's board of directors and a campus coordinator for Yale College Democrats.

Albstein, of Saybrook College, founded the Saybrook College Chamber Orchestra in the fall of 2001. A horn player himself, he recruited the orchestra's first class of musicians and conductors. The orchestra is just finishing its second successful season.

So, of Calhoun College, is a pianist, organist, vocalist, conductor and composer. He has been artistic director of the Yale College Opera Company, musical director of the Saybrook College Chamber Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Yale Bach Society. Also a scholar of music history, So has become noted among Yale musical groups for his skill at conducting.

Sorel, of Ezra Stiles College, co-chaired that residential college's arts festival. A jazz pianist, he also has helped arrange master's teas in his college, is the college's intramurals secretary and plays a number of sports. He is also sports editor for the Yale Daily News.

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