Gradate student Rachael Farina was accepted as a mentor to the NCFR Mentoring Academy

Graduate student Michelle Miller was selected by the Ford Foundation and TCC Group for a graduate fellowship through the American Evaluation Association GEDI Program. Through the fellowship program, Michelle will learn and build upon her evaluation programming skills. Congratulations, Michelle!

Congratulations to undergraduate HDFS major Rupa Sharmin ’23, UConn Stamford student, who was awarded a Gilman International Scholarship,  “congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department. The funding supports broadening the student population who participates in study abroad, encourages travel to diverse locations around the globe, intensive language study and internship experiences.” “With family from Bangladesh and a native of Stamford, she is an aspiring international pilot, seeking cross-cultural competency through the exchange opportunity. Sharmin is embarking on a career field in which fewer than 10 percent are women, and plans to use this position to explore the many cultures of the world, with attention to language study and cross cultural communication through immersion. Sharmin will apply to Yonsei University in South Korea for the spring 2022 semester and, upon her return, will reach out to SSS students to promote the Gilman scholarship and EGL program opportunities.” Learn more here: https://today.uconn.edu/2021/06/uconn-scholars-earn-gilman-and-cls-scholarships/

Congratulations to  graduate student Samantha Lawrence, recipient of the UConn CLAS Christine N. Witzel Scholarship, for “an academically promising…student…undertaking a research project related to women’s health”!

Congratulations to graduate student Debra Tomasino, who will be working on a multi-site study (Yale, Emory, and Northwestern) over the next year as a gerontology researcher on a project focused on improving Emergency Medicine for geriatric patients.

This summer, Graduate Student Kaleigh Ligus will be the Greg O’Neil Student Policy Intern for the Gerontological Society of America. During this time, she will be immersed in aging-related policy development and participate in this process at the national level.

Six HDFS undergraduate students were selected to join the 2021-2022 CLAS Women’s Leadership Collective: Makayla R Dawkins, Zarya B Hernandez Salto, Sierra R Jennings, Blessing Johnson, Bonnie Jurgensmier, and Maya S Reddy. The Collective provides undergraduate students with a unique leadership learning experience coupled with group mentorship from UConn alumnae. Congratulations to all of these students!

Two HDFS majors, Breanna McFarlane and Maria Baratau, featured in a story in UConn Today. Read the article here.