2015 commencement
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COMMENCEMENT 2015
RECIPIENTS OF THE CERTIFICATE IN LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATES
Kaley Chase Deal
Major: Public Policy Studies
While at Duke• DukeEngage Chile 2013• DukeImmerse: Human Rights in the
Americas• Leadership and Arts Policy
Internship in Medellín, Colombia• Duke Brazil Initiative Undergraduate
Research FellowFavorite courses (some): - African Dance Tech II with Ava Vinesett - Intro to Contemporary Latin America with Antonio Arce - Latin American Left Turns with John French - Black Brazil: Race/Nation/Culture with Lamonte Aidoo - Gender & Sexuality in Latin America with Diane Nelson - Portuguese with Magda Silva
Upon Graduation
Will be working on the One Person, One Vote project, documenting the history and legacy of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Liliana Fiorenti
Majors: Political Science & French
While at Duke
• DukeEngage Chile 2013• Studied abroad at Sciences Po in Paris,
France
Favorite courses: - Intro to Contemporary Latin America with Antonio Arce - Intro to Latino/a Studies with Antonio Viego
Honors Thesis: Increasing Access to Selective
Institutions of Higher
Education for Minority
Students in France and the United
States
Upon Graduation
Look for paralegal work in the Washington, D.C. area and in a few years, apply to law school
Andrew Woodall Kragie
Majors: Political Science & Public Policy Studies
While at Duke
• Service trips to Costa Rica• DukeEngage Brazil 2013• Duke Brazil Initiative
Undergraduate Research Fellow
• Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship
• Pi Sigma Alpha• Interfaith Council• GANO
Favorite Professors: Guillermo Trejo, Bethzaida Fernandez, Magda Silva, Michael Munger, Peter Feaver, Corinne Krupp, Cathy Shuman, Gerald Wilson
Upon Graduation
Journalism in Texas
Major: Earth & Ocean SciencesMinor: Environmental Science & Policy
Hector Giovanni Rivera
While at Duke• DukeEngage Chile 2012• EOS field trips to the
Amazon, Andes, & Ireland
• Duke in Australia & Singapore
• Mellon Undergraduate Research Grant and a Paul Baker GrantFavorite courses:
- Evolving Earth and Life with Alexander Glass - Human Rights, Dictatorships and Memory in Latin America with Bryan Pitts - Meet the Beatles with Thomas Brothers - Volcanology: Geology of Hawaii with Alan Boudreau
Upon Graduation
Hoping to pursue a doctorate in Geology
Jordyn Freddi Silverstein
Major: BiologyMinor: Chemistry
While at Duke Honors Thesis: Prediagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents
• DukeEngage Guatemala• Studied abroad in Buenos
Aires, Argentina• Durham Regent Retirement
home volunteer• Lenox Baker Children’s
Hospital volunteer• Phi Beta Kappa Honors
Society• Deans List with Distinction
Favorite courses: - Coming of Age at Duke with Sheryl Welte - Physiological Genetics of Disease with Frederick Nijhout - Aging and Health with Deborah Gold
Upon Graduation
Life Sciences Consulting with Simon-Kucher in New York City