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...
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreOur 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...
Read MoreOur 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...
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreOur 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...
Read MoreOur 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...
Read MoreOur 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...
Read MoreIn 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...
Read MoreNational 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.
Read MoreIn our September Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, Natasha Piñeiros, a 2017 Transfer Scholar who currently serves as a Dean for the Cooke Foundation, shares about her Cooke Scholar experience and her unique opportunity as a staff advisor for an alternative break to Guatemala. You can read more about her here...
Read MoreWe recently asked Alums to share their greatest pieces of advice for current Cooke Scholars. As we welcome out newest cohort into the community, and as our current Scholars get ready for a new academic year, we encourage everyone to take a minute to read over their wonderful messages.
Read MoreIn our August Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, Jenny Ha, a 2018 College Scholar from the University of Southern California who currently serves as our Los Angeles Regional Chapter Leader, shares about their Cooke Scholar experience and how she’s adjusted to life after graduation. You can read more about them here...
Read MoreIn our Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, you can get to know Joe Thornton, a 2019 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar who graduated from the University of Michigan and currently serves as one of the Chicago Regional Chapter Leaders. You can read more here...
Read MoreCooke Alums share their experiences serving on the Alumni Engagement Council and what other Alums can get out of the opportunity. Hear from Aman Waheed, Carrie Moore, and Jonathan Finnerty on their time as AEC Members. If you’re interested in serving on the AEC, click the link to apply at the bottom of the blog post.
Read MoreIn our June Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, you can get to know Mary Ellen Dingley, a member of the Alumni Engagement Council, and a 2004 Young Scholar, a 2008 College Scholar, and a 2014 Graduate Scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science. You can read here...
Read MoreNeurodivergent Cooke Scholars and Alums share their experiences and strategies for overcoming challenges.
Read MoreIn our May Catchin’ Up with a Cookie blog post, you can get to know more about Sondos Alnamos, a member of the Alumni Engagement Council, and a 2017 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar at Georgia Tech. You can read here as she shares a bit about her career interests, her undergraduate experience, and how she’s kept in contact with other Cooke Alums.
Read MoreRead about Cooke Alum Joaquín Baldwin’s most recent personal project: a series of high fantasy novels with the working title of the Noss Saga. Having already written all six books in the saga, Joaquín is in the final stage of making edits from his beta readers to book one before publishing later this year.
Read MoreIn our blog post, you can get to know more about one of the members of our Alumni Engagement Council, Maile Harris, who is a 2018 College Scholar, Yale University. You can read here as she shares a bit about her Cooke Scholar experience, and some of the lifelong friendships she made during her undergraduate career.
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