Category: College of Professional Studies
Heejae (Jay) Roh, MPS in Analytics ’24, on Reaching Goals: “Find People To Do Things With”
by Marcelle Santos When Heejae (Jay) Roh walked into a Santa Cruz beach with a surfboard under his arm in February last year, he had...
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Trupal Chaudhari Thinks You Should Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
by Marcelle Santos Trupal Jeevan Chaudhari was only ten when he chose to go to boarding school two hundred miles from home. There, away from...
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Everybody Knows Nikshita: Student Spotlight
by Marcelle Santos Towards the end of last year, Nikshita Ranganathan received good news and bad news. The good news was that she had been...
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Breathe and Release: Maalavika Manjunatha Brings a Lifetime of Yoga to Campus
by Marcelle Santos Maalavika Manjunatha was only twelve years old when she found herself surrounded by strangers, struggling to hold a tree pose. She didn’t...
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Student Spotlight: Purvish Thakkar is Reaching New Heights
by Marcelle Santos Purvish Thakkar is beaming as he talks about everything he’s learning, all the people he’s meeting, the events he’s participating in, and...
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Student Spotlight: Isha Thakkar on Pursuing an MS in Project Management
Profile by Marcelle Santos | Header photo by Ruby Wallau When Isha Thakkar tells people that she’s pursuing a Master’s in Project Management, the...
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Abi’s Got Plans
by Marcelle Santos At 22, Abirami Chockalingam, (Abi, for short) has the next few years of her life planned. She’s going to graduate in December,...
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Alumni Spotlight: Asha Kiran Makwana
Asha isn't going to stop now by Marcelle Santos While speaking on a panel a few days before our interview in the spring of 2022,...
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Student Spotlight: Priyanka Chandak
Pursuing your passions while staying open to change by Marcelle Santos At 28 years old, Priyanka Chandak has lived what seems like several completely different...
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