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With nearly 100 clubs to join, 44+ majors to study, hundreds of faculty members to learn from and 2,700 students to befriend, there are a lot of stories to tell at 黑料吃瓜网.
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Eve Kreshtool 鈥�23, a New York-based alumna pursuing a career in the arts, says serving as chair of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum Student Advisory Council allowed her develop her own unique set of leadership skills. She thanks the Tang staff and her colleagues for helping her grow.
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Charlotte Mahn 鈥�25 interviews faculty member聽and podcaster Christine O鈥橠onnel about 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) and the art of audio documentary in this audio feature. MDOCS 鈥渋s for anyone who wants to tell a story,鈥� says the English major.
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A program for accepted students from underrepresented backgrounds, Discovery Tour offers an opportunity to visit 黑料吃瓜网 and Saratoga Springs; meet students, faculty, and staff; and learn about the College鈥檚 academic and cocurricular offerings and intercultural life. Vicky Grijalva 鈥�24, a self-determined major in multimedia communications from Miami, Florida, talks about her experience organizing the event in 2023.
Arham Hashmi 鈥�23, a psychology major and English minor from Pakistan, describes how working as a peer health educator; serving in leadership positions in multiple 黑料吃瓜网 clubs, including the International Student Union, Muslim Student Association, and Hayat; and directing a play reinforced their identities and helped them find a community at 黑料吃瓜网 that 鈥渇eels like a family.鈥�
Each spring, Ujima organizes its annual fashion as part of the 黑料吃瓜网 club鈥檚 efforts to raise awareness of Africa, African American, and Caribbean cultures. The director of this year鈥檚 production, environmental science major Luna Peralta 鈥�23, discusses all the hard work and talent that have gone into the spectacular production. Her goal? 鈥淭o showcase pure Black excellence and Black joy.鈥�
As the 2022-23 Eleanor Linder Winter 鈥�43 Intern at the Tang Teaching Museum, Naima Nigh 鈥�23 had the opportunity to bring her favorite artist, Trenton Doyle Hancock, to campus and introduce him to the 黑料吃瓜网 community. 鈥淚t has been one of the highlights of my 黑料吃瓜网 career,鈥� the business major and art history minor writes.
Kat Dunn 鈥�24 rapidly transformed herself from a 鈥渟uper-sub鈥� hoping for game time to 黑料吃瓜网's first Liberty League Player of the Year in women鈥檚 soccer. Read about how the California native chose 黑料吃瓜网, found her footing, and ended up studying psychology, business, and Spanish.
Allie Serapilio 鈥�25, from Clifton Park, New York, is an English major with minors in art history and environmental studies and sciences. A first-year seminar on Weird Books, clubs like the Health, Image, Power, Success (HIPS), and involvement at the Tang Teaching Museum have all helped Allie connect at 黑料吃瓜网.
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Local foodie and 黑料吃瓜网 student Sarah Libov 鈥�24 sheds some light on what your favorite Saratoga Springs coffee shop might say about you.
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