to 10 juniors for their contributions
Ten Yale College juniors received honors from the Council of Masters in recognition of their scholarship, contributions to college life and their character.
The prizes and winning students are:
Established by friends of F. Wilder Bellamy Jr., B.A. 1937, this prize is awarded to the students who best exemplify the qualities for which the alumnus is remembered, including personal integrity, loyalty to friends and high-spiritedness in athletics, academics and social life.
Daniel Turner-Evans, Calhoun College. Turner-Evans has served as president of the Calhoun College Council, intramural secretary, head of the freshman counselors program, and coordinator of both the residential college's Student Taskforce for Environmental Partnership (STEP) and "Hounsib" programs. His citation also describes him as a "Tyng Cup day dreamer" and "Perpetual Freshman Olympian." It continues: "Daniel Turner-Evans is a fixture in every aspect of the Calhoun community and everyone knows it. You mention 'Dan T-E' to a fellow Hounie and the first thing they will do is smile. For us, that says it all."
Anders Frederick David Hsi, Jonathan Edwards College. Hsi was a University of Chicago transfer student "who skipped the expected adjustment period and took Yale by storm," notes his citation. In addition to playing such intramural sports as volleyball, football, A-Hoops, water polo, soccer, softball and frisbee, Hsi is the college's STEP coordinator and Student Activities Council chair, and helps run the college's Big Sib/Little Sib program. An ethics, politics and economics major, he learned Chinese through a Light Fellowship this past summer and is also fluent in Spanish. He also plays saxophone. "Anders' career goals are still fluid," notes his citation, "but he will make his mark somewhere at the intersection of economics, politics and China."
Michael Lehmann, Saybrook College. "Everyone knows Mike Lehmann for his tremendous warmth and good will and for the central role he has played in the social life of the college," notes his citation. Lehmann began his freshman year as a member of the football team, and although injuries prevented him from playing, he has been active on other fronts, serving on the Yale Student Activities Committee, the Sophomore Class Council and the Yale College Council Executive Board. In his sophomore year, Lehmann helped put together a performance by Swedish pop star Günther, which drew record crowds. He and other members of Saybrook's "12-pack suite" have hosted some of the college's most popular events. "Next year," says his citation, "Mike will greet members of the Class of 2011 in his new role as a freshman counselor, where he will be able to draw on his great gifts as a natural leader who has a positive influence on everyone he encounters."
This award, which honors former Calhoun College master John C. Schroeder, is given to students who have contributed to residential college life and who, in the opinion of the committee, will "play a part in the good labor of the world."
Andrew Steinberg, Pierson College. Steinberg's citation describes him as "a remarkable advocate for people, as a promoter of constructive relations among diverse groups of students, and as a young man who firmly believes in the possibility for working towards real reform and betterment through effective leadership." His citation also hails Steinberg's "devotion to many causes and the effective results derived from that devotion."
Alexandra Suich, Berkeley College. Suich was editor-in-chief of The Yale Globalist, Yale's international affairs magazine, this year, and is co-founder of the Women's Leadership Initiative. She has served on Yale's Sexual Harassment Grievance Board since her sophomore year and this spring was one of two students on the search committee for the new associate dean of student affairs. Suich volunteered for an AIDS non-profit in Kenya in the summer of 2005 and coordinated with Berkeley College this past fall to organize the visit of a Kenyan AIDS activist to Yale for a Berkeley College master's tea. She recently received a $10,000 grant from 100 Projects for Peace to set up a support system for AIDS workers in Mombasa this summer.
Heather Heldman, Saybrook College. Since arriving at Yale three years ago, Heldman has "thrown herself into pursuing the problem of AIDS internationally, along with the larger picture of global health," reads her citation. "In her pursuit of this study, she has concentrated on AIDS in Africa, but particularly in Islamic Africa." A founder of the new Journal of Student AIDS Activism, Heldman will spend the summer in Egypt, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Jonathan Ferrugia, Timothy Dwight College. Ferrugia is "a non-pareil man who makes a mark on Yale in ways that redound to the glory of his college," reads his citation. His many pursuits include organizing a research trip to Sicily and studying in Puerto Rico via a fellowship. His citation notes that Ferrugia "knows how to share knowledge and insight in relaxed informal ways that make him a natural leader and role model" and describes him as "a thoughtful and hard-working aide of the master." He helped organize the college's Bulldog Days program and has represented Timothy Dwight on the intramural field. The citation concludes: "In sum, a solid citizen with an awesome personality."
Diana Mosca, Ezra Stiles College. Mosca has been "an outstanding member of the Ezra Stiles class of 2008 and has played a central and positive role in all aspects of the life of the college," notes her citation. A psychology major with a concentration in childhood development, she "believes that education can play an important role in overcoming inequalities in the world," her citation notes, adding that she will be working in Ecuador this summer on a related project. "She brings to her social concerns a joie de vivre, a light touch, and a sense of humor that shows she is still a kid at heart," reads her citation, adding that she "is clearly on a path to improve the condition of her world."
Named for Joseph Lentilhon Seldon, B.A. 1949, this prize honors juniors "whose verve, idealism and constructive interest in music and the humanities exemplify those qualities for which Joseph Lentilhon Selden is remembered." In recent years the award has gone to students who are especially notable for their contribution to the field of music.
Mari-e Takahashi, Silliman College. Takahashi is "sassy, vivacious, energetic, and, even by Yale standards, an extraordinarily talented violinist and concert mistress of the Yale Symphony Orchestra," says her citation, noting that she's played for "Sesame Street" characters as well as the ambassador of Japan. "She purposefully defies all stereotypes of the classical musician and, as a result, has introduced classical music to those who might otherwise not be exposed," says her citation, adding, "Her performances are evocative, engaging and soulful -- her love of the violin and music infectious -- once in her presence, you will go willingly wherever she and her music take you."
Annie Rosen, Berkeley College. Rosen is in the Schola Cantorum and the Collegium Musicum, and was a member of the Slavic Chorus during her freshman and sophomore years. She has been in many productions of the Opera Theater of Yale College, including most recently as the Witch in "Hansel and Gretel" and Anna Maurrant in "Street Scene." She has performed in several Yale student-composed operas as well, including Yale College senior Andrew Ly's "Othello Revisited" and his upcoming reading of "The Bottle Imp." She understudied at the Yale Drama School Cabaret in "The Seven Deadly Sins." Rosen is currently studying with contralto Lili Chookasian at the Yale School of Music.
T H I S
F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial Prize
John C. Schroeder Award
Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award
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