Cooke Career Snapshot: Religious Services & Ministry with Hannah Scarborough
In this blog, Cooke Alum Hannah Scarborough reflects on her career journey, starting with a strong drive for financial stability as a motivation behind her college ambitions. Through experiences at Yale and various internships, she discovered a deeper calling towards nonprofit and faith-based work, ultimately leading her to a role in ministry at Yale. This path, influenced by her interactions with fellow scholars, has allowed her to focus on personal growth, service, and making a meaningful impact on others.
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Marie Febrillet
Our Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog features Cooke Alum Marie Febrillet, a 2020 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar from Columbia University. In this blog, she shares about her experience connecting with fellow Scholars at Columbia, and how she made the most of her time after graduating. Read more about Marie here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Sakshi Sehgal
Our Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog features Cooke Alum Sakshi Sehgal, a 2018 College Scholar and 2021 Graduate Scholar at the Medical College of Georgia. In this blog, she shares more about her academic journey, and how she has been inspired by the Cooke community. You can read more about her here.
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Aman and Meelod Waheed: The Shared Scholarship Experience of Two Brothers
In this blog, brothers Aman and Meelod share their experiences of receiving the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship a few years apart and how it shaped their educational and career journeys. The brothers also reflect on how being part of a close-knit scholar community strengthened their bond and allowed them to support each other in unique ways. Through their shared journey, they offer insights and advice for other siblings navigating similar paths, highlighting the importance of embracing the opportunity, learning from one another, and making the most of the scholar network.
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20 Years of Cooke Conundrum: The Scholars Weekend Tradition that Never Fails to Puzzle the Community
For any Cooke Scholar who has attended a Scholars Weekend in the past two decades, they’re probably familiar with the famous, or infamous (depending on who you ask), Cooke Conundrum. This hours-long team activity encourages Scholars to work together to solve a series of experiential puzzles that rely on various skills and problem-solving abilities in the group. In this blog, we share the history of the Cooke Conundrum.
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Cooke Career Snapshot: Key Lessons from Aaron Fulkerson's Career Journey
Aaron Fulkerson, a 2002 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar, is the CEO of Opaque Systems, which is a confidential AI platform that helps organizations safely accelerate AI into production by unlocking value from sensitive data with verifiable security and privacy. In this blog, he shares about his career journey and the valuable lessons he learned along the way.
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Patrick Soltis
Our Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Patrick Soltis, a 2009 Young Scholar, 2014 College Scholar, and 2020 Graduate Scholar from UC Berkeley. Currently, Patrick supports a Virginia utility in designing demand-side management programs for the electrified future, starting with immediate solutions for data center service constraints. You can read more about him here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Annie Seo
Our Catchin’ Up with a Regional Chapter Leader blog features Cooke Alum Annie Seo, a 2019 College Scholar currently based in the Bay Area. In this blog, she shares more about her college journey, and how she enjoys staying connected with the Cooke community. You can read more about her here…
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Cooke Career Snapshot: Systems Engineering with Gustavo Diaz Galeas
Gustavo Diaz Galeas, an Embedded Systems Engineer at Connected Wise, has been instrumental in developing innovative transportation engineering solutions since 2022. With Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Engineering, specializing in computer systems and security, Gustavo shares more about his career journey and what a typical day looks like in his role. Read the blog here.
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Hollie Joy Wagner
Our May Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Hollie Joy Wagner, a 2013 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar and 2018 Graduate Scholar. You can read more about her here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Josue Luna
Our April Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Josue Luna, a 2018 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar and 2024 Graduate Scholar. He shares about several academic opportunities he has experienced, including a fellowship in Germany in the field of 3D Nanometrology. You can read more about him here...
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Wearing Multiple Hats as a Cooke Scholar and a Parent
For some Cooke Scholars, the usual challenges of taking college courses need to be balanced with competing priorities of raising a family or working a full-time job. Managing so many time-intensive demands was not easy for Cooke Graduate Scholar Corey Lamb or Cooke Alum Edna (Simbi) Beuchi, but both found that their work and families deeply motivated them to persevere.
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Kevin Bernal-Rivera
Our March Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Kevin Bernal-Rivera, a 2018 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar from UCLA who currently works as a mixed methods market researcher at Material+. You can read more about him here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Sarah Schwab
Our February Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Sarah Schwab, a 2018 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar and current Graduate Scholar at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. You can read more about her here...
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Cooke Career Snapshot: Tech Sales with Scott Pine
In this Career Snapshots blog, Cooke Alum Scott Pine shares about his career in SaaS (Software as a Service) Sales at Google. Read more about his academic and career journey, and the advice he has for fellow Cooke Scholars and Alums interested in the field.
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Hayley Furman
Our January Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Hayley Furman, a 2019 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar from Stetson University. You can read more about her here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Muaz Abrar
Our December Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Muaz Abrar, a 2016 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar and 2019 Graduate Scholar at Southern Methodist University. You can read more about him here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Sonia Bustos Barocio
Our November Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post features Cooke Alum Sonia Bustos Barocio, a 2018 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar and 2022 Graduate Scholar at Stanford University. You can read more about her here...
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Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Xavier Medina
In our September Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, Xavier Medina, a 2015 Transfer Scholar currently works in the field of international and immigration law shares about his experience graduating from Columbia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. You can read more about him here...
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Roots: Carrying cultural values through academics and the arts
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 – October 15 every year. The Latin American countries Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica celebrate their independence from Spain on September 15, and shortly after, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and 18. This blog post is part of a series highlighting Latino and Hispanic Cooke Scholars and how they stay connected to their heritage while pursuing their college degrees.
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