cwest summer 2014 newsletter

Catherine Schomaker Junior, Major: Pre-Med/Health Scienc-

es, Minor: Medical Sciences and

Chemistry

Catherine is a member of sev-

eral organizations on campus,

such as the Student Activities

Board and

Kappa

Kappa

Gamma.

She is thrilled to be a recent

member of the prestigious

SURF Program at Cincinnati

Children's Hospital!

Tiffany Peterson Pre-Junior, Major: Marketing

Tiffany has had a very exciting

year thus far as she has re-

cently been named a Darwin

T. Turner Scholar as well as

Miss Kuamka 2014! In the

meantime, she is President of

Shades of You, a BASE Men-

tor, and involved in Pr1ze.

Welcome to our Spring Initiates!

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Contents:

Welcome

Spring Initiates!

Talent

Show Review

Active

Spotlight

Congrats

Seniors!

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Alexandra Bowles Junior, Major: Pre-Med Biology with a Medical

Humanities and Bioethics Certificate

Alexandra currently serves as the Al-

pha Epsilon Delta Co-President and

Vice President of

Operations for

McMicken Student

Ambassadors.

Alexandra is most

proud of her partic-

ipation as an undergraduate research

assistant at Shriners Hospital for Chil-

dren and for being recently accepted

into the ROSE Program.

Carolyn Johnson Pre-Junior, Major: Information Systems,

Minors: Marketing and Business Analyt-

ics

Carolyn currently serves as CIO

for Lindner Women in Business,

and AVP of Campus Relations

for Student Government! She

recently

returned

from a

six

week

Study

Abroad

Trip

travel-

ing all

over

Asia

and Australia!

Mallory Condron Junior, Major: Communication Scienc-

es and Disorders with a Deaf Studies

Certificate

Mallory is in her second year

as a Resident Advisor. As

current President of the Club

Water Polo team, she is excit-

ed about her success in mak-

ing the team more competi-

tive while drastically increas-

ing membership!

Melissa Lower Pre-Junior, Major: Industrial Management

Melissa currently serves as the Sec-

retary for the UC Club Swim Team,

and is a member of ROAR Campus

Tour Guides, Delta Sigma Pi Busi-

ness Fraternity, and is a Student

Worker in

the LCB.

She is ex-

tremely

proud of the

time she

spent last

summer

starting the Emerging Women Lead-

ers Camp in the Lindner College of

Business to help teach leadership to

high school girls and to inspire them

to choose a career in business.

2013-2014 CWEST

Members Luci Simon, President

Lena Tome, Vice President

Alex Land, Treasurer and Talent

Show Chair

Stephanie Kenning, Alumnae Affairs

Director

Amanda Hardewig, Talent Show

Chair

Stephanie Lux, Secretary Akilah Patterson

Alexandra Bowles

Alyssa Vah

Briana Conners

Brittany Ziegler Carolyn Johnson

Catherine Schomaker

Courtney Clark

Courtney Farrell

Emily Mehl

Gabrielle Mills

Hannah Kenny

Hermaya Shepherd

Jaclyn Hyde

Jaisha Garnette

Kathe Pocker

Kathleen Hurley

Katie Nemann

Maggie Daly

Mahima Venkatesh

Mallory Condron

Melissa Lower

Meredith Stoller

Rebecca Bogard

Sonya Sorrells

Tiffany Peterson

Tori Roser

Hannah Kenny Pre-Junior, Major: Biomedical Engineering

Hannah is a current member of the CE-

AS Tribunal and active in Student Gov-

ernment. She is a CEAS Ambassador,

and

member of ROAR, Phi Sigma Rho, and

ODK. Hannah helped to bring Project

Unbreakable to campus to speak in

February, and it was an amazing suc-

cess!

Welcome to our Spring Initiates!, Cont.

Courtney Farrell Junior, Majors: Fine Arts and Art Education

Courtney is a very ac-

tive member of Rally-

Cats and is a Habari

Gani Ambassador. She

is in the Cincinnatus Hon-

orary society, and is

thrilled to be a Student

Orientation Coordinator

for UC's New Student

Orientation Office.

Akilah Patterson Junior, Majors: Health Promotion and Education, Com-

munication

Akilah currently serves as the President of

ADVANCE and Vice President of Alpha

Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is a Resident

Advisor and the History/Alumnae Chair for

the Lambda Society. Akilah is a Darwin T.

Turner Scholar and is thrilled to be a recipi-

ent of the Black Girls Rock Award!

Sonya Sorrells Pre-Junior, Majors: Business Economics, Market-

ing

Sonya currently serves as the Director

of Internal Events for Lindner Women

in Business and as a BASE Mentor for

the AACRC. She is a Business Fellows

Mentor and a Darwin T. Turner Schol-

ar. Sonya is extremely passionate

about her cur-

rent co-op posi-

tion with P&G!

HerMaya Shepherd Junior, Major: Social Work

HerMaya is very busy as the President of

the Bearcat Student Social Worker Organi-

zation. She also is a Habari Gani Ambassa-

dor and the Treasurer for the Association for

Black Social Workers. She is a CAHS Am-

bassador

and the Membership Chair for Sigma Phi

Women's Honorary. HerMaya is most proud

o f serving as the Shades of You Prom

Dress Bazaar Co-Chair this year where she

was able to provide thirty prom dresses to

Cincinnati area high school girls.

Brittany Ziegler Junior, Major: Nursing

Brittany has

served as the

Captain of the

Bearcat Band

Feature Twirl-

ers and as a

member of the

College of

Nursing Tribu-

nal. She is a

member of

Kappa Kappa

Gamma Sorori-

ty, and is very

involved in community service. Brittany is

most excited about the upcoming year as

she will serve as President of Cincinnati

Dance Marathon!


The talent show was a wild success this year!

Taking place on February 27 in the Zimmer Audito-

rium, the Men of METRO and the Women of

CWEST put on an event with the

highest attendance in recent histo-

ry! There were several incredible

acts, including a performance from

the UC Student Body Vice-

President Shivam Shah! Other performances include hip hop dancers, the UC A

Capella Group, the UC Hepcats, and several vocal performances with acoustic

guitar and piano. Our very own Stephanie Kenning performed a tap routine to

“The Cup Song” from recent film Pitch Perfect. The winners of the Talent Show

were the UC Cheerleaders for their incredible stunting performance! Judges in-

cluded UC’s resident history buff Mr. Greg Hand and his wife Mrs. Hand, Mr.

and Mrs. Jon and Lori Levy, owners of the local Uncle Woody’s Pub, and Brad

Wurthman from UC Athletics. The

event was fun for all, and raised

over $4,000 for the Boys and

Girls Club of Cincinnati! It was an

overwhelmingly successful event. Special thanks

to Alexandra Land and Kevin Uckotter for organiz-

ing the event this

year. Next year’s

chairs will have

some big shoes to

fill!

Talent Show Review


Photo Credit: Nate Bodenschatz

Alex Land

Junior, Majors: Marketing, International Business, Minor: Sales

Congratulations to Alex on being

elected as President of Delta Sigma

Pi Business Fraternity! Among in-

volvement in such groups as Stu-

dent Lindner Ambassadors and

Lindner Women in Business, as

well as studying as a Kolodzik Busi-

ness Scholar, Alex is working to

empower future leaders with her

involvement in DSP. Alex is also

very excited about being chosen to

serve on the Provincial Community Service Board!

Active Spotlight Jaisha J Garnett

Junior, Major: Art History, Minor: English

Jaisha is thrilled to be participating in a year-long Study

Abroad Program

in Sweden! Best

of luck, and we

will miss you!

Jaisha is also

proud to have

had the oppor-

tunity to Intro-

duce and moder-

ate the Janet Mock Q&A Session on campus this semester.

Emily Mehl

Junior, Majors: Dietetics, Professional Sales

Emily, CEO and Founder of the Sales Leadership Club,

is extremely excited

about the success of

the organization in their

first year! Just this

year, Emily worked to

grow the new organiza-

tion to around 60 mem-

bers and growing

the sales minor with-

in the LCB by 40% in one

semester. This sum-

mer, Emily will be working at an internship with TiER1

Performance!

Maggie Daly

Junior, Majors: Marketing, Operations Management, Minor: Professional

Selling

Maggie is proud to take over as President of Red and Black Bash, the

annual free concert on campus that takes place in the Fall Semester.

After an at-

tendance of

about 10,000

students last

year, this is

no small

feat! Maggie

was also

asked to

continue at

LPK for her

final co-op

rotation this summer! Best of luck, Maggie!


Tori Roser

Tori is graduating

with a BBA in En-

trepreneurship and

Marketing with a

Deaf Studies Certif-

icate. She is very

proud of the fact

that she was able

to pay her own way

through school by working full time and

graduate in four years! Tori is already

embarking on a successful career. She

was able to get her first Service Dog to

train on April 25th. On May 2nd, Tori

launched her first business. On No-

vember 2nd, Tori will be attending Na-

tional K-9 Institute for Dog Trainers!

Congrats to our Seniors!

Meredith Stoller

Meredith is graduating with a degree

in Middle Child-

hood Education.

She has been

involved in such

groups as the

Middle Childhood

Education Society,

WordPlay Cincy,

Big Brothers Big

Sisters, Peer

Leader, among many others. Mere is

ecstatic about having co-founded the

Middle Childhood Education Society

her freshman year and being a Peer

Leader while in school. Meredith has

truly made her mark on this campus!

Lena Tome

Lena is

graduating

with her

BBA in Mar-

keting and

Internation-

al Business.

She is es-

pecially

proud of growing Red & Black Bash, for-

merly known as Bearcat Live!, from 5 lead-

ers and 4,000 attendees to 15 leaders and

10,000 attendees at the Fall concert. Lena

is also excited about her current job as UC

Campus Pastor at Crossroads and the ef-

fects it will have on students and the City of

Cincinnati. In January, 2015, Lena will pur-

sue a career at the Procter & Gamble Com-

pany in Brand Management.

Katie Nemann

Katie is graduating with a degree in

Health Sciences and a Minor in Psychol-

ogy.

She

has

been

in-

volved

in such

groups

as

CPAWS and Health Sciences Club, and

was a Special Olympics Swim Team

Volunteer. Katie is most proud of her

time spent as a Captain for the Varsity

Swim Team, and working for the Special

Olympics Organization. Upon graduation,

Katie will pursue a graduate degree in

Physical Therapy.

Kathleen Hurley

Kathleen is

graduating

with a de-

gree in Food

& Nutrition.

She has

spent countless hours throughout

her collegiate career on organiza-

tions such as Student Government

as the Speaker of Senate and Sen-

ior Class Officers. Kathleen is ex-

tremely proud of her tenure as

Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary

President and helping to plan an

inspiring and amazing Camp Bear-

cats! After graduation, Kathleen will

be teaching middle school science

in Chicago as a 2014 Teach for

America Corps Member.

Briana Conners

Briana is grad-

uating with her

degree in

Chemical Engi-

neering. She has been involved as a Teach-

ing Assistant for “Effectiveness in Technical

Organizations” course, Treasurer of Tau Beta

Pi (Ohio Beta Chapter), and served on the

Student Advisory Board of Tau Beta Pi na-

tionals. Over her years at UC, Briana is most

proud of helping grow the Club Swim Team

as President. It was culminated perfectly in

receiving the Club Sport of the Year Award!

Briana is exciting to begin working full time at

Process Plus, a small engineering firm in

Forest Park.


Alyssa Vah

Alyssa is graduating with her BS in Nursing. Alyssa has been

heavily involved in roles such as a VALOR Nursing Intern at the

Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Order of Omega,

Rho Lambda, RallyCats, Pi Beta Phi President 2013 and VP of

Member- ship 2012, GlobeMed

Communi- ty Building Director 2011-

2013, Make-A-Wish Founda-

tion Vol- unteer, among many

others. She is most proud of her

internship at the Cincinnati VAMC.

She also is very grateful for the

opportunity to volunteer at Give Kids the World Village in part-

nership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation last year, an unfor-

gettable experience. Alyssa could not be more excited to get her

nursing career started at the Cincinnati VAMC in their Surgical

Intensive Care Unit!

Congrats to our Seniors!, Cont.

Mahima Venkatesh

Mahima is graduating with a double major in Biology and

Spanish. She has served in

various roles throughout her

career at UC including Globe-

Med Co-President 2013-2014.

She will be spending the sum-

mer on a GrassRoots Onsite-

Work Internship for GlobeMed for 6 weeks and then doing

research for her thesis for her Master's in Public Health in

India for 2 months. She is extremely proud of being recog-

nized as a winner of the Presidential Leadership Medal of

Excellence, finalist for the C-RING award, Who's Who recog-

nition and a University Endorsed Candidate for the Truman

Scholarship. Upon graduation, Mahima is pursuing a Masters

in Public Health at UC and will then attend UC Medical

School.

Jaclyn Hyde

Jaclyn is graduating with a degree in Marketing and is going on

to pursue her MBA at the University of Cincinnati. This summer,

she will participate in a co-op at the Fifth Third Bank in interna-

tional trade. She has made

her mark on the University of Cin-

cinnati as the Student Body Vice

President, championing such pro-

jects as improving the NightRide

Service for students and better

connect- ing them to opportuni-

ties for research and study

abroad. Jaclyn is also involved

in Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, ROAR Campus Tour Guides,

Order of Omega, Sigma Phi Women’s Honorary, Omicron Delta

Kappa, Cincinnatus Honorary, and works part time as a Teach-

ing Assistant. She is the fifth Bearcat to graduate from her fami-

ly, and very proud to be continuing the tradition!

Stephanie Kenning

Stephanie is graduating with a BBA in

Operations Management and two mi-

nors in International Business and

Asian Studies. She is extremely excit-

ed to travel to China this summer with

the Lindner College of Business to

study and immerse herself in the cul-

ture. Stephanie is most proud of her

involvement as the President of Cincin-

nati Dance Marathon for the past two years, collectively raising

over $65,000 for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

She is also very honored to be named the Outstanding Opera-

tions Management Student of the Year as well as the Senior

Class Orator for Commencement. Upon graduation, Stephanie

will be relocating to New York City to work as a Consultant for

IBM.


Congrats to our Seniors!, Cont.

Cincinnati Women in Excellence and Spirit Together Active Members

We are so proud of all of our seniors!! The graduating seniors not featured in this newsletter are:

Gabby Mills

Stephanie Lux

Courtney Clark

Amanda Hardewig

Becky Bogard

Best of luck to the Class of 2014!


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