How to Apply Student Highlights Student Profiles

Your fellow Levermore Global Scholars will have different majors than yours, but they will share the same passion to see the world through the eyes of others.  Here are a few: 

Angela Allegretti
Freshman

  • Attended many LGS trips and events
  • Bake Sales for DR
  • Helped with Long Island Cares Food Drive
  • Attended the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica

John Campana
Freshman

  • Attended many LGS trips and community service events
  • Started an initiative "H2O: Go Blue!"

Aniqa Chowdhury
Freshman

  • Attended many of the LGS events.
  • Public Relations for International Student Society (ISS) & Adelphi’s Muslim Student Association
  • Participated in the ISS International Night Program.
  • Volunteers at a Dental Office
  • Helped promote the LGSP to high school students on Accepted Student’s Day.
  • Attended Global Kids 2009 Youth Conference

Alison Conforto
Freshman

  • Attended LGS events such as the trips and the community service events.
  • Helped at the fundraising events for LGS
  • Helped organize the Social Change Fair

Michelle Consorte
Freshman

  • Has attended many of the LGS events held, such as the trips, the movie discussions, volunteer activities, etc…
  • Baked and assisted at fundraising events for LGS
  • Started her own initiative to encourage the awareness of diabetes throughout campus
  • Interns with the Leadership Training Institute through LGS
  • Involved with organizations such Environmental Action Coalition, Future Teachers Association, French Club and is a staff write for The Delphian.

Maria Deras
Freshman

  • Participated in LGS Community Service Events
  • Helped at Bake Sales for DR

Theressa Eliscar
Freshman

  • Attended many of LGS trips and community service events
  • Went on the Alternative Spring Break Trip to the Dominican Republic
  • Member of Freshman Community Action Program (FCAP)
  • Helped organize the Social Change Fair
  • Volunteers with organizations such as Heart Children's Cancer Society and "Give Kids a Smile"

Stephanie Farkash
Freshman

  • Has attended many of the LGS events, especially the community service events
  • Helped with many aspects of the fundraising events in LGS
  • Interns with Family & Children’s Association and Hempstead High School through LGS
  • Has taken a role in leadership, community service and fundraising as Secretary of Spanish Club

Roshini Givergis
Freshman

  • Attended LGS events such as the trips and community service events
  • Baked and assisted at fundraising events for LGS
  • Secretary of Student Nurses Acting for Progress (SNAP)
  • Member of the Freshmen Community Action Program (FCAP)
  • Volunteers at LIJ Northshore Plainview Hospital and Alice Brown Learning Center

Carissa Grimaldi
Freshman

  • Has attended many of the LGS events, especially the community service events.
  • Helped with many aspects of the fundraising events in LGS such as baking, making signs, etc
  • Interns with Family & Children’s Association and Hempstead High School through LGS
  • Participated in a phone banking event in support of Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change
  • Has taken a role in leadership, community service and fundraising through the organizations that she is a part of, such as:
    • The Adelphi Cheerleading Team: supports and raises money for cancer research
    • CALIBER: lots of community service events
    • Public Relations Leader of Spanish Club
    • Secretary of Future Teacher’s Association

Sarah Heinemann
Freshman

  • Is involved with Safe Passage, an organization that helps the families that lives and works in the Guatemala City garbage dump. She volunteered there last year for 10 months and is going at the end of this May to volunteer again
  • She raised $500 over winter break to buy materials for the families and children there
  • She is planning to spread awareness about Safe Passage around campus

Amy Mikulski
Freshman

  • Has attended many of the volunteering activities offered through LGS
  • Went on trips such as to FLOW, the art exhibit, etc...
  • Helped promote the LGSP to high school students visiting the campus
  • Assisted at the Human Rights workshop offered to incoming LGS freshmen in the fall
  • Over Spring break helped children put on a musical production of Little Shop of Horrors
  • Sings at local church near campus

Yoko Liriano
Freshman

  • Attended many LGS events and community service events
  • Participated of International Student Society
  • Member of Committee Against Asian American Violence (CAAAV)
  • Helped organize the Social Change Fair

Ricky Santer
Freshman

  • Attended the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica
  • Helped organize the Social Change Fair
  • Involved with Circle K International

Alejandra Singh
Freshman

  • Attended LGS trips and community service events
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Interns with Hempstead Middle School/High School through LGS
  • Volunteers at the Alice Brown Learning Center

Liliya Veleva
Freshman

  • Attended many LGS trips and events
  • Started an initiative "Against Human Trafficking"
    • Organized a Panel Discussion
    • Held an awareness raising workshop

Shannon Vlack
Freshman

  • Attended LGS trips and events.
  • University Admissions Office Student Worker
    • Tour Guide
    • Front Desk
  • Volunteered in the ICAN Fair Trade Fashion Show
  • Volunteered with Take Back the Tap NY in Battery Park, Manhattan.
  • Worked for the Garden City School District as a teacher during their Winter Program for Kids '09

Rebecca Benison
Sophomore

  • Organized a group of LGS members for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Jones Beach, October 2008
  • Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity with LGS group, Summer 2008
  • Member of the Environmental Action Coalition - designed Earth Day t-shirt logo
  • Member of Adelphi Debate Team

Clifton DeMeco
Sophomore

  • One of the artists of the LGS mural on Human Rights.
  • He has participated in LGS trips and events
  • He is involved with an organization called CAILBER that promotes community service

Joseph Dujmovic
Sophomore

  • Peer Assistant Leader (PAL)
  • Executive Director of Up ‘till Dawn Fundraising Chapter, a charity that benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He helps organize events that would lead to the fundraising goal of $30,000
  • Treasurer of the Newman Club/Catholic Campus Ministry
  • Participated in an Alternative Winter Break Trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica
  • Business Manager & Staff Writer for The Delphian
  • EXCEL Mentor for Eddy Hall

April Hurley
Sophomore

  • Volunteers at Hempstead High School teaching English to Spanish speaking parents
  • Treasurer of Future Teacher’s Association
  • Secretary of Christian Fellowship

Kristen Kardas
Sophomore

  • Is currently the Philanthropy Chair
  • Chapter Correspondent of Delta Delta Delta
  • Involved with Student Activities Board (SAB)
  • Co-chair for the Spring Concert
  • Member of Future Alumni Leaders Association (FALA).
  • Orientation Leader this Summer
  • Invited to her sorority’s Regional Leadership Conference has an emerging leader
  • Will be attending the Collegiate Leadership Seminar at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Alysha Rashid
Sophomore

  • Attended the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica
  • Global Kids Conference

Danielle Saunders
Sophomore

  • Started her initiative "Eliminating Hunger Locally and Globally"
    • Dancing Away Hunger
    • Bake Sale for Heifer International
  • DR Trip Bake Sales

Hara Stephanou
Sophomore

  • Started the LGS Journal Initiative
  • Editor in Chief of the LGS Journal

Asif Zaman
Sophomore

  • Attended many LGS trips and events
  • Volunteers at Hempstead High School teaching adults basic computer skills

Vivian Fridas
Junior

  • Member of the LGS Journal
  • President of Pre-Law Society
  • Active member of Waldo Hall Council
  • Representative for Waldo Hall in Resident Student Association
  • Member of Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
  • Volunteers at a local church as a Sunday school teacher
  • Involved with ICAN
  • The Trust Walk

Laura Grodin
Junior

  • Is involved with Student Government Association (SGA)
  • Is on the Adelphi Dance Team
  • Member of the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority
  • Orientation Leader
  • Peer Assistant Leader (PAL)
  • She was a part of the Freshmen Community Action Program (FCAP) as a leader
  • Adelphi Tour Guide.
  • Member of the English Honor Society

Mashal Hamidi
Junior

  • Traveled to Scotland with Mercy Corps for their first ever Global Citizen Corps Summit--published on their website
  • Attended the United Nations Teaching For Peace Conference on behalf of Women for Afghan Women
  • Panel Participant at NYU's and Women for Afghan Women's Cultural Identity Panel
  • Facilitated a conversation on Women's Political Rights in Afghanistan at Columbia University's Teachers College
  • Had an Interview with a Connecticut radio station for her views on the recent Family Law passed in Afghanistan
  • Completed a 30 page independent study with Professor Melanie Bush on Access to Education for Women and Children in Afghanistan

Radha Hettiarachchi
Junior

  • Vice President of CALIBER.
  • Attended the Global Kids 2009 Youth Conference
  • Is involved with many organizations on and off campus that promote community service and positive change such as:
    • CALIBER
    • Senior Tutor at Roosevelt Children’s Academy Charter School
    • Student Mentor of the Bridges to Adelphi Project
    • Freshman Seminar Class Consultant
    • Psychology Club
    • Research Date Volunteer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hilda Perez
Junior

  • Attended the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica
  • Global Kids Conference

Nicole Rodriguez
Junior

  • Volunteered at the Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center for the Halloween Jamboree
  • Writer of the LGS Blog
  • Publicity for the Social Change Fair
  • Organizing layout for LGS Journal
  • Volunteers at Hempstead High School teaching adults basic computer skills

Matthew Sanfilippo
Junior

  • Internship with Leadership Training Institute & Hispanic Counseling Center.
  • Established a computer labs at both internships
  • Participated in many of the LGS events
  • Helped promote  the LGSP to high school students at the Human Rights Workshop.
  • Helped at the fundraising events
  • Attended the alternative spring break trip to the Dominican Republic

Joi Wilson
Junior

  • Active Member of Student Government Association (SGA).
  • SGA Chapman Hall Senator.
  • Peer Assistant Leader (PAL)
  • Secretary for the chapter of her sorority, a public service organization, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Pi Tau Chapter

Eva Yevdayev
Senior

  • Vice President of Professional Activities & Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity
  • Fundraising Committee Chair of Amnesty International
  • Community Service with Circle K International
  • Member of Le Circle Francaise
  • Peer Assistant Leader
  • Volunteers with Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  • Has an LGS related Internship


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Contact
For more information, please contact:

Levermore Global Scholars Program
p - 516.877.4183
f - 516.237.8522
e - levermorescholars@adelphi.edu


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