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Welcome
New Opportunity to Connect with Students Via Zoom
We would like to introduce a brand new opportunity to connect Davidson alumni with current program participants! This would involve alumni sharing their experiences - personal or professional – that led them to where they are today. Sessions will be on Zoom with current Young Scholars and other program participants. Topics could range from academics, the college experience, mentors, current or past professions, traveling to different parts of the world and more. These discussions can be either very specific or more general in nature, and are designed to give students a glimpse into the future on a variety of topics. We would very much appreciate volunteers who are willing to share their stories and provide a "been there, done that" perspective to students.
Please complete this short form if you are interested in participating in this opportunity. Please also use this form to tell us how we can best serve you.
Alumni Updates
We are excited to share a few updates from Davidson alumni, ranging from those who have aged out recently to those established in their careers.
Davidson News
See recent Davidson news and updates, including our brand new Davidson Institute website!
Stay Connected
There are numerous way for Davidson
alumni (and
their
parents) to
stay
connected. Please see below! |
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Davidson
Academy
graduate
Paolo Adujar
was featured
in the MIT
Admissions
newsletter. Before deciding whether he'd attend graduate school or accept a job offer, Paolo shared his thought process for choosing the best place for him.
Image courtesy of MIT Admissions.
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"Life is not one decision that you can never come back from. I can always make new choices down the line if I figure out that my choice wasn’t right for me. In the 5 minutes since I started writing this post, I decided I was too cold, my hands started to feel a bit slow, and I’ve moved into the sun. But at the same time, the decision that I have coming up in one week — whether to go to graduate school, or whether to accept my job offer at the finance company I worked at last summer — is very, very big, and will impact the trajectory of my life.
"For many of you readers who are high school seniors, this all may strike a chord with you as you face a very big decision: where to go to college. Choosing between colleges was the biggest decision of my life when I was in your shoes four years ago. I’ve been meaning to write a post about choosing between colleges, choosing between lives, ever since I became a blogger — I have notes from last September, filled with content about difficult decisions. But I didn’t expect that when it came time to write that blog, I would be so conflicted about my own decisions, too.
(In some ways, this post is the spiritual successor to on success, meaning, and time. Obviously, you don’t need to read it first, but it might help you to understand where I’m coming from as I think about this all.)
"This post
has two
purposes:
one, a
record of
the hundreds
of thoughts
and
conversations
I’ve had
about my own
decisions.
But two, I
hope that
this post
has some
advice
(implicit
and
explicit) if
you’re
trying to
make choices
about your
future:
whether
college,
major,
career, or
anything
else."
Read the
full post >
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City and State:
Oak
Park, Ill.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars
Current Occupation:
College
student
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Accepted into the College of Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago as a computer science major; works part-time at Mathnasium as a math tutor; won the Knowles scholarship for two years as a high-achieving incoming female freshman STEM student.
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Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Survived going to college for the first year completely online during Covid; made protective masks for hospital workers on my 3D printer during the first months of the pandemic; planning to travel to Japan in 2021 with friends.
Advice for current students
to achieve
success once
they become
an alum:
Find out what you really want to do and set goals to achieve it.
Take courses and camps in the summer and at weekends in the field of your interests.
Fondest memories participating in Davidson programs:
Going to the Museum of Science and Industry with other
Young
Scholars.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
Being a
Young
Scholar allowed me to attend Illinois Math and Science Academy for one year of high school. It was there I took my first computer science class and decided that of all my interests in STEM, computer science was the most compelling. I was able to find my focus pretty early, and thus apply to UIC College of Engineering as a CS major. |
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City and State:
Rockville, Md.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars
Current Occupation:
Student
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Co-Founder and President of WISE Cities, LLC (Where Innovation Supports the Elderly) working in a contract with the City of Fairfax in VA to develop and pilot test a mobile app for connecting the local senior population;
Upcoming MIT Lincoln Lab summer intern;
Co-Executive Director of UMD STICs (Student Initiated Courses);
Community Team Organizer for Technica Hackathon (all women and non-binary hackathon);
Taught hundreds of hours of math lessons to groups of kids globally through my platform Conversations in Math (mathconversations.online);
Joined a startup incubator, participated in a "directed reading program" in the math department and learned about game theory;
Enjoying my time at UMD even online!
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Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Joined an a capella group, something I've wanted to do for a long time!
Advice for current students
to achieve
success once
they become
an alum:
Establish connections with mentors who you trust and who care about your future.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
Davidson helped provide resources and a community of other students. |
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City and State:
Montgomery, Texas
Program(s) Participated in:
Fellows
Current Occupation:
Doctoral candidate and Associate Instructor
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Most recently, I completed my Master of Music in Performance at the University of Indiana School of Music as a Jacobs Scholar and will graduate on May 7, 2021. I am now a Doctoral candidate at Jacobs and have been awarded an Associate Instructorship & Dean’s Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year.
Other academic & professional accomplishments:
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-Graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Michigan
-Performed for Lin-Manuel Miranda at the iconic Joe’s Pub in New York City. I performed a medley of his Broadway musical, including songs from Hamilton
- As a Fellow, performed both a solo and as part of the ensemble with the Reno Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Laura Jackson
-Expanded the work of my music organization, Chamber Unique, beyond Virginia and Maryland to serve students in Detroit, Michigan
Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
In 2017 and 2018, my grandmother was diagnosed with a large pituitary tumor and underwent neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. During those two years she moved into my family home and I split my time as much as possible between the University of Michigan and my former home in Virginia. Whenever I travelled home, I focus on playing for her and recording the memories she shared of her childhood, marriage to my grandfather, and her career as a mathematician. I have always believe in the healing power of music. The experiences with my grandmother reminded me that love is the strongest driver of art. She survived her surgery and we’re formulating ideas to make an historical project from the interviews using visual art, her words, and music. She was a young girl who grew up farming who became a mathematician and college professor. I’m proud of her and look forward to sharing her story.
Advice for current students
to achieve
success once
they become
an alum:
Be consistent. Your areas of interest and study will present unexpected, unavoidable challenges. The global pandemic is an obvious example. Remain consistent and embrace challenges. In every challenge are opportunities to learn and to serve others.
Fondest memories participating in Davidson programs:
My fondest memories include finally meeting Mr. Bob Davidson in person, spending time with my cohort of Davidson Fellows, and performing at the 2015 Davidson Fellows Award Ceremony.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
Being selected as a Davidson Fellow for my work and experiences as a musician validated my belief in the value of the arts as a meaningful thread in the fabric of society.
I continue my education with a focus on music performance, in part, because of this. And, as a practical matter, the financial support provided has contributed to two degrees...so far!
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City and State:
St.
Paul, Minn.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars
Current Occupation:
Student
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Semifinalist for the US Presidential Scholar in Arts (Finalists will be selected later this month); 2021 National YoungArts Award Winner in Writing: Short Story;
Changemaker Award from the Girl Scouts of River Valleys (1 of 2 young women selected for the inaugural award);
2020-21 Bennington College Young Writers Award, 3rd Place for Poetry;
2020 Richard Benvenuto High School Poetry Competition, 2nd Place;
2020 Tom Samet Fiction Prize, 2nd Place;
Completing year of service as the 2020 National Student Poet of the Midwest.
Also, the US
Presidential
Scholars in
the Arts
have been
selected for
this year
and I was
honored to
be included
in this
year's
cohort!
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Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy with High Honors with Distinction; Admitted to Princeton University's Class of 2025.
Fondest memories participating in Davidson programs:
Meeting other Young Scholars out in the world, especially in creative writing programs.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
Knowing other students were achieving their dreams helped me continue to push to reach mine. |
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This is an update regarding my daughter, Catherine Edmondson, who is a Davidson alumna. At this time I don’t recall the exact year she was accepted as a Young Scholar, but I think it would have been around the second or third grade in elementary school. I was a volunteer on a committee advocating for gifted children, and felt so honored and fortunate to have Dr. Jan Davidson travel to Appleton, at my invitation. I had read one of her books and wrote to her, inviting her to come to Appleton. I never expected she would do so, and at no charge to us!
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Once I notified the Appleton Area School District, they were so supportive and excited, that we were able to arrange a whole day of activities for Dr. Davidson – touring schools, meeting with our school superintendent and his administrators, a public presentation for our community, and capping off a busy day with a reception at my home, with school district teachers who work with gifted and talented students. Wisconsin Public Television was also interested, and they were here filming an interview with Dr. Davidson.
I served as a chauffeur for Dr. Davidson, while she was here in Appleton, and my daughter had the opportunity to spend time with Dr. Jan, which was such a gift, and Dr. Davidson had asked my daughter what was one of her favorite books; my daughter told her the Chronicles of Narnia. A couple weeks later, the book appeared on our doorstep, and Dr. Davidson had inscribed it to my daughter; something we have cherished ever since.
As the parent of a Young Scholar, I was able to access Davidson Institute staff to learn more information regarding educating gifted children and how to advocate on their behalf. My daughter did not participate in any formal Institute programs and did not apply for any scholarships – she had a humanities and social science focus, and not much with science or math. However, the process of applying for acceptance into the Institute was an excellent experience for my daughter, because the requirements at the time included providing results from IQ testing, which we had never had done for her; so that introduced a whole new world of knowledge for me, and we were able to have that testing done through the University of Wisconsin’s psychology clinic, for a fraction of the usual cost; Ph.D. candidates worked with professors to conduct the testing. Those test results helped with advocating within the school district for my daughter.
Catie has been working as a correspondent for the New York Times, which was a dream of hers come true. She has been covering Capitol Hill and Congress.
Since the pandemic, the
New York
Times has allowed reporters to choose to work from their homes, or, in person, and Catie has opted for working from her apartment in Washington, D.C. Her
articles can
be viewed
here.
She is now 25 years old, and was hired right out of college, which is unusual for the NY Times, who prefer to hire experienced journalists. While in high school, Catie started an underground student newspaper, in response to the school principal’s policy of prior review – censorship of the students’ reporting. Her premiere issue featured an exclusive interview with Senator Russ Feingold. She was accepted into the Al Newharth Freedom Foundation’s Free Spirit journalism program – one student per state is chosen for an all expense paid conference in Washington, DC, which involved daily seminars, meetings with nationally renowned reporters, federal judges, and more. She graduated Barnard College of Columbia University, and served as editor in chief and publisher for the Columbia Daily Spectator, the independent student newspaper at Columbia University.
Catie having been accepted into the Davidson Institute provided us with additional resources that were useful for our school district staff in terms of confirming prior testing – that Catie was an exceptionally gifted student and in need of appropriate planning to provide adequate academic challenges for her. We were fortunate that during the time she was in school, the school district did have some services and programs in place – a publicly funded charter school for gifted students, grades 3 – 8. In Wisconsin the legislature passed a law many years ago, creating the Youth Options program, which requires school districts to pay for students to attend university or technical college in order to access courses they need, which the district is unable to provide. As a result, Catie was able to take college courses while she was in high school, and that helped to challenge her academically, and, helped to prepare her for the time when she would be in college full time.
The benefit of being designated a Young Scholar was providing us with official ‘proof’, confirmation and outside recognition that Catie was in need of accommodations for her formal education. I think Dr. Davidson did a remarkable thing in creating the Institute and its programs and services for gifted children.
I always
found the
Davidson
Institute
staff
members
helpful and
caring. One
in
particular,
I think her
name was
Shannon (my
apologies if
I did not
remember
correctly),
was
particularly
compassionate
– during the
time I was
diagnosed
with
metastatic
cancer and
undergoing
aggressive
chemo and
radiation.
She provided
moral
support to
me.
I appreciate all the hard work
Dr. Davidson has done on behalf of gifted children, and we enjoyed meeting her and spending a bit of time with her. And we are very thankful for her.
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City and State:
New
York, N.Y.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars
Current Occupation:
Rotational Development Program, Jane Street Capital
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
After
four years
at the
University
of Chicago,
Gwennie
graduated in
June 2020
with a BS in
Math, a BA
in
Statistics,
and an MS in
Computer
Science. She
began
working for
Jane Street
Capital in
August 2020
in their
Rotational
Development
Program,
which
involves
working
four-month
stints in
three
different
departments
before
choosing a
more
permanent
position.
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The Young
Scholars
program
impacted her
success and
was pivotal
in giving
her
confidence
in who she
is, because
of the
intellectual
stimulation
and support
and knowing
she wasn't
alone. |
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City and State:
Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Program(s) Participated in:
Fellows
Current Occupation:
PhD Student
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Since being an alum, I have led and been a part of several robotics projects on algorithms that enable robots to be better helpers to humans, where our environments are quite unstructured. During undergrad, I did several internships at Microsoft, and recently completed an internship at Microsoft Research on tactile feedback for dexterous robotic hands.
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Advice for current students
to achieve
success once
they become
an alum:
Success means different things to different people, so I don't think there's a particularly good general answer to this.
Fondest memories participating in Davidson programs:
I really enjoyed down time with the other fellows. We played Mafia and some other games in the hotel conference room.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
I am happy to have met the other Fellows through the program, following their accomplishments and occasionally reconnecting. |
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Christopher J. Lindsay
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2016
Davidson
Fellows
Laureate
Christopher
J. Lindsay of Honolulu is a Gruber Science Fellow, an honor awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale University’s PhD programs in life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics. Regarded as the “most prestigious award offered by Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to incoming science students in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise,”
Christopher receives a generous stipend supplement, a personal research account, as well as the standard stipend salary and full tuition remission award to pursue a doctorate in science at Yale University.
Christopher
was the only
2020
recipient of
the Gruber
Science
Fellowship
in Astronomy
and began
his studies
at Yale this
past
semester. In
addition to
his full
doctoral
course load,
Christopher
conducts
research
with Yale
Professor
and Head of
the Yale
Astronomy
Department,
renowned
astrophysicist,
Dr. Sarbani
Basu.
Christopher
is also a
teaching
assistant
for several
Yale
astronomy
and physics
courses.
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I’m thrilled
to share I
was awarded
the
Fulbright
Scholarship
to spend the
next year
researching
in the
Netherlands
with Prof.
Ben Feringa
(2016 Nobel
Laureate in
Chemistry)!
I’ll be
joining the
Feringa Lab
and
harnessing
their
discovery of
molecular
motors (and
the world’s
first nano
car!) to
create
artificial
muscles &
molecularly-sized
soft robots.
When I’m
back in the
U.S., I’m
taking what
I’ve learned
to Harvard
to pursue a
Ph.D. in
Materials
Science and
Mechanical
Engineering
as a
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
Graduate
Research
Fellow.
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I can’t wait to keep tinkering
and creating materials that enable people to live better lives (and get to try out life on the east coast!).
I’m committed to passing the mentorship I’m so lucky to have had onwards.
When looking forward, I have to gratefully reflect back on all that brought me here.
I’m a proud daughter of immigrants, ones who instilled in me the values of compassion, resilience, discipline & making big moves for what I believe in. To look forward now reminds me how my parents sacrificed so much to leave their homes with so little. It means everything to be able to take their spirit
and
unconditional
support to
chase my own
dreams.
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City and State:
Chalfont, Pa.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars
Current Occupation:
Computer Science Freshman at Stanford University
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
Accepted in Stanford University's class of 2024
HEALTHSIGNALS, Data Scientist 06/2020 – 08/2020
Data Scientist (Intern)
Data Science Summer Intern tasked with developing new analytics platform.
• Coded HealthSignals’ Customer Support Analytics Platform in Python on AWS |
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PA BIOTECH CENTER, Blumberg Hepatitis B Center, Doylestown, PA 09/2019 – 04/2020
Research Intern
Performed cutting edge research at the Blumberg Hepatitis B Center in Doylestown, PA. Selected as one of six students from my high school, as part of an AP Chem partnership program with the PA biotechnology center
• As part of my graduate-level research, mentored by staff scientists, I used Tensorflow and deep learning to find a better way to calculate the desolvation energy of drugs binding to proteins.
GLEN DATA WIZARDS, Chalfont, PA 08/2019 - Present
Co-Founder
Learning initiative where I recruited High School peers, taught ourselves data science, and took on Data Science Projects from real world companies.
• Worked on HealthSignals’ AWS Data Analytics Platform in Python creating bug fixes and adding new features
Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
- PADI-certified Open water Scuba Diver, May 2016.
- Commended Student, 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program
- AP® Scholar with Distinction Award 2019
- Statement of Accomplishment, Data Scientist with Python Track, 2019, Datacamp
- Student Body President, Central Bucks High School South (2019/2020)
- NHS – National Honor Society member 2018 – present
- Student Council President, Unami Middle School (2016 – 2017)
- NJHS – National Junior Honor Society member, 2014 – 2016
- Founder, Unami Software Game Development Club (2014 – 2017)
- 2nd Degree black belt Karate, 2014
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City and State:
Loma Linda,
Calif.
Program(s) Participated in:
Davidson
Academy,
THINK Summer
Institute
Current Occupation:
Teacher
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
I
graduated
from
Villanova
University
with a B.A.
in
Education,
Honors, with
a minor in
Business,
and a B.S.
in
Mathematics,
Honors, with
a minor in
Japanese.
One of my
honors
theses was
regarding
the effect
of
standardization
of American
education as
an attack on
the core
tenants of
diversity
and
individualized
growth,
while the
other thesis
was on
security
algorithm
development
for computers.
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After
graduating,
I taught in
a public
middle
school for 2
years, then
supported
the founding
of a public
charter
school
focused on
Entrepreneurship
where I
helped
develop the
curriculum
for a media
elective and
for freshman
math, taught
Financial
Algebra, and
completed a
2 year
induction
program. I
also got my
M.A. in
Education
from UCLA,
where I
wrote a
literature
review
comparing
the approach
to the
identification
and
education of
gifted
students in
different
parts of the
world, and
where I
taught
Statistics
of
Biological
Systems. Let
me tell you,
it was
really
interesting
to teach
about
statistics
in the
medical
field,
including
medicine
development
and disease
spread, at
the
beginning of
the
pandemic.
Since then,
I've also
won an award
for teaching
and have
been
recommended
for
administrative
duties at
the charter
school I
currently
work at.
Personal
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
I got married! My husband is also a Davidson Academy alum, we graduated the same year. We got married in July of 2016, and are approaching our 5th anniversary at the time of this writing.
Advice for current students
to achieve
success once
they become
an alum:
Identify what you enjoy, then find career goals in that field, then identify your college based on its orientation to your goals. Picking a college just for it's name actually doesn't go much farther than your first job, so focus on getting an education that will provide you with the skills you need to do what you want to do. Also, don't be afraid to experiment! A lot of students are perfectionists, which leads to a fear of experimentation and a need to seek approval, but the greatest successes and inventions come from thinking differently about problems and experimenting with novel solutions.
Fondest memories participating in Davidson programs:
I think my fondest memories were probably in the THINK Summer Institute, where we had a lot of fun watching Potter Puppet Pals during our free time. The couches, too, in the main front area of Davidson Academy were a great place to hang out between classes and spend time together talking about ideas and what we wanted to do in the future.
How has a Davidson program(s) helped shape your future?
Davidson Academy helped me to identify what I wanted to do for a living, and really helped me to develop my interest in the STEM field. Fascination with the educational approach towards gifted students has driven some of my research and helped me to develop an interest in theories of learning. I once said in my graduation speech that I hoped to return to Davidson as an educator, to help develop the school further in how it supports the education of young gifted individuals. |
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Vienna will
graduate
from Pomona
College in
May with a
degree in
Cognitive
Science. She
is currently
finishing up
her senior
thesis on
preschool-age
children and
differences
in openness
and
perspective-taking
between
bilingual
and
monolingual
speakers.
This project
was inspired
by her years
of working
as a
Jumpstart
preschool
teacher as
part of her
undergraduate
work-study
program.
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Vienna will continue her interest in working with young children in graduate school. She will pursue a degree in School Psychology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon beginning in fall of 2022. She has deferred her graduate school admission for one year because she was selected as a CBYX fellow with the Congress/Bundestag exchange program. She will study German and work as an intern in Germany beginning in fall 2021 (if Covid-19 restrictions allow).
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Fellow alum
Jaelynn
Walls, from
Houston,
Texas, is
pursuing a
PhD in Art
History at
Stanford
School of
Humanities
and
Sciences.
She
graduated
from the
University
of Houston
with a
bachelor’s
degree in
art history
and minor in
African
American
studies.
Jaelynn
aspires to
increase
accessibility
to art and
art
education
for
marginalized
communities
through
alternative
and digital
spaces.
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She has worked in curatorial and education positions with The Blanton Museum of Art, Sugar Hill Museum in Harlem, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and is the current Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She independently curates exhibitions across Texas centering marginalized artists and created and hosts Art in Color, an educational art history video series focused on increasing knowledge and resources related to the works and lives of contemporary artists of color. |
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Ming Li Wu
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City and State:
Boston, Mass.
Program(s) Participated in:
Young
Scholars,
Davidson
Academy
Current Occupation:
Teacher and Graduate Student
Academic/professional
accomplishments
since
becoming a
Davidson
alum:
This May, I will graduate from Harvard College with a degree in History and Literature and a minor in Latinx Studies. I recently completed my honors thesis on queer and trans futurity in latino urbano music videos. I'm currently in the Harvard Teacher Fellows program, through which I will be teaching US history at a high-need Boston-area high school next year and earning a masters degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I have wanted to be a teacher ever since the English Student Aide Workshop at Davidson, and I am so excited to meet my first class of students in August!
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Breanna Kjoll, a Davidson Academy alum, has completed a bachelors degree in pre-vet and has been accepted to veterinary school at WSU! |
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Dalton Manbeck-Mosig is enrolled in the UC Davis Global Disease Biology undergraduate program.
Koen Manbeck-Mosig is attending Stanford Online High School as a junior.
"My name is Emmanuel Chukwudi Affam. I just graduated from Grad School with an MBA before my 22nd birthday. I do reminisce with my time with the organization. I gained so much from the experiences.
I have my siblings(twins) whom I wish can join and have the same life changing experience. Let me know how to apply for them.
Thank you for all you do. Please give my regards to Mr. & Mrs. Davidson for their social change."
Elias Garcia is 18 and a junior at MIT majoring in mathematics. He plans to attend graduate school and earn a Phd in math.
Max Lind will be studying mathematics at Princeton University in the fall.
Justin Horn, a Young Scholar alum from Independence, Ky., is a college student at Northern Kentucky University. Justin earned his Associates Degree and is working on a BS in statistics.
Fondest memory participating in a Davidson program: All 4 of the gatherings we attended. We loved and benefitted from those.
How has a Davidson program(s) help shape your future? Helped us buy a Spanish program, computer, and keyboard.
Ikya Kandula, a Young Scholar and Davidson Academy alum, is an MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Conn.
Autumn Kniering, a Young Scholar alum, is attending NYU New York University in the Fall.
Isabelle Cunitz, a Young Scholar alum from Makakilo, Hawaii, just completed her first year as a Mechanical Engineering PhD student at MIT. She works in the school’s Electrochemical Energy Lab and is interested in applying electrochemistry to renewable energy conversion/storage for large-scale decarbonization. |
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New Davidson Institute Website
We are excited to announce the recent launch of the newly designed
Davidson Institute website! Our goal is to provide visitors with a clear and accurate look at the Davidson Institute programs including Young Scholars, Fellows, THINK Summer Institute and Explore.
Our redesigned website also features:
Take a look around - we hope visitors enjoy the new look and features!
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Davidson
Academy
Graduating Class
The Davidson Academy is pleased to announce its
graduating
class of
2021. This year's class of 39 is the largest ever, which includes 37 students from the Reno campus
and two students from the online campus.
The Davidson Academy's Derek Chien & Priyanka Senthil were recognized as the only two Nevada students named as U.S. Presidential Scholars!
Academy
student
Ellie Huh
was also
named a
semifinalist.
THINK Summer Institute and Young Scholars Summit Moving Online in 2021
While we
wish we
could meet
in person,
we're so
happy we can
offer the
opportuity
to attend
both summer
programs
online in
2021. We
can't wait
to resume
both events
in person in
2022!
2021
Davidson Fellows
The 2021
Davidson
Fellows will
be announced
this summer
- we can't
wait to meet
the new
class!
See past
Fellows
classes here
>
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Alumni-Planned Events
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When it is possible to safely do so again, we welcome
alumni to
plan their
own regional
events to
connect to
one another! We are happy to promote them via our numerous channels. If you would like to plan an event in a certain area or have any questions, please contact
alumni@davidsongifted.org.
For ideas on
planning
your own
event,
please check
out our
Alumni-Planned Event Infographic (PDF). |
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Be Featured in a Future Alumni Update!
Fill out this form to be featured in an upcoming Davidson Alumni Newsletter! Tell us about your academic, professional, and personal accomplishments. We look forward to hearing from you are are always happy to receive updates!
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