Yugandhara Nalawade

Hometown: India
Class: Freshman
Major: Quantitative Economics
Minor: Chinese
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Running
  • Women In Economics Club
  • Leading Women of Tomorrow Club

Piper Nicely

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Class: Freshman
Major: Journalism
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Redhawk Excellence Scholarship
  • Bridges Scholar
  • Writing

Christa Niemann

Hometown: Chagrin Falls, OH
Class: Junior
Major: English: Linguistics
Minor: Russian
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Howe Writing Center Consultant
  • University Academic Scholars Honors College
  • Linguistics Program Apprentice

Alivia O'Donnell

Hometown: Mentor, OH
Class: Sophomore
Major: Biology (with Pre-Medical Studies Co-Major)
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Vice President of Academic Excellence in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
  • Office of Residence Life Student Advisory Board Member
  • Student Life Council Board Member

Cole Pacini

Hometown: Branchburg, New Jersey
Class: Senior
Major: Microbiology
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • American Cancer Society on Campus (co-president)
  • LabCorp University Program Intern (2021)
  • DUOS Scholarship Recipient (2019)

Kalysa Pampuch

Hometown: Bolingbrook, IL
Class: Senior
Major: Psychology
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • RedHawk Council Member
  • Champions for Life Member
  • Senior Varsity Synchronized Skating Team.

Maggie Peña

Hometown: Lebanon, OH
Class: Sophomore
Majors: Journalism; History
Minor: Film Studies
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • The Miami Student (Multimedia Section Editor)
  • Writing Scholar with UASP
  • watching movies and TV shows and hanging out with my family

Skyler Perry

Hometown: New Albany, OH
Class: Sophomore
Majors: Journalism; English: Professional Writing
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Writing Scholar with UASP
  • Bridges Scholars program
  • Center for Analytics and Data Science (Marketing Student Intern)

Corena Pincham

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Class: Junior
Major: International Studies
Minor: Geography
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • research: fire pollution (with Geospatial Analysis Center)
  • President's List (Spring 2020)
  • reading, film, travel, and space exploration

Sarah Pohlman-Beshuk

Hometown: Whitehouse, OH
Class: Junior
Majors: Strategic Communication; English: Linguistics
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Alpha Phi Omega (VP Leadership)
  • MU Traditions (Chair Internal Communications)
  • Sigma Tau Delta (Coordinator English Mega Fair)

Kristin Prunty

Hometown: Grafton, OH
Class: Sophomore
Major: Data Science and Statistics
Minor: Bioinformatics
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • MU Marching Band and Band Board (Treasurer)
  • Miami Dance Corps
  • President's List (Spring 2020)

Eleanor Prytherch

Hometown: Oxford, OH
Class: Sophomore
Major: English: Literature
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Inklings Arts and Letters - Social Media Manager
  • Honors Immersion mentor
  • Rockclimbing

Joseph Puckett

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Class: Junior
Majors: History; Public Administration
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • research: "The Huestons of Butler County, Indian Removal, and Educational Privilege"
  • interned with Wisconsin Representative Jonathon Brostoff
  • President of Artificial Intelligence Society

Lyric Rains-Bury

Hometown: Goshen, OH
Class: Junior
Major: Psychology
Minor: Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • research: motor control, perception, and human factors (natural and virtual contexts)
  • National Society of Leadership & Success (Miami Chapter President)
  • music production, audio engineering, learning languages

Sarah Ruthiririza

Hometown: Dayton, OH
Class: Sophomore
Majors: Medical Laboratory Science; Biology
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • research: transport of protein cells (with Dr. Dabney's Lab)

Anna Ralston

Hometown: Danville, California
Class: Sophomore
Major: Organizational Leadership
Minor: Global Perspectives on Sustainability; Fashion
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Administrative Vice President of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
  • Cooking/Baking
  • Eating at restaurants

Jake Ruffer

Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Class: Sophomore
Major: Journalism
Minor: Photography
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Assistant Photography Editor with The Miami Student
  • University Academic Writing Scholar.
  • Coffee

Ruthy (Mackenzie) Rutherford

Hometown: Eaton, OH
Class: Senior
Major: Bachelor of Science in Geology, Creative Writing, Global Perspectives on Sustainability Minor
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• • Geological Society of America's Expanding Representation in the Geosciences Award Recipient
  • Miami's Undergraduate Research Award for research on Hicks Dome
  • Environmental Protection Agency Scholarship Recipient