RGS Inaugural Cohort 2021-22
Fourteen first-year students made up the
Inaugural (2021-2022) Rohatyn Global Scholars Cohort:
Christopher Martucci, Yashodhar Sharma, Madeline Sauders, Vivian Syengo, Maeve Nolan, Hinda Ibraahim, Tessa Marker, Olwethu Ngubo, Amaan Habibulla, Rachel Anne Lafferty, Zaha Sookia, Grace Mumford, Catherine Sorokin, and Ciara Murphy.
AMAAN HABIBULLA (India)
Languages: English and Hindi
Global Issues of Interest:
- Food Security
- Mental Health
- Gender Equality
HINDA IBRAHIM (United States)
Languages: English, Somali, and learning Arabic
Global Issues of Interest:
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Islamophobia
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Homelessness
- Women’s Rights
RACHEL LAFFERTY (Ireland)
Languages: English and Irish (Gaelic)
Global Issues of Interest:
- Mass Consumerism
- Environmental and Racial Justice
- Price Gouging in Pharmaceutical Sales
TESSA MARKER (United States and United Kingdom)
Languages: English and Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:
- Nationalism
- Human Rights
- Climate Change
CHRISTOPHER (CHRIS) MARTUCCI (United States)
Languages: English and Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:
- Human Rights
- Politicization of the Climate Change Debate
- Universal Access to Modern Medical Care
GRACE (GRACIE) MUMFORD (United States)
Languages: English
Global Issues of Interest:
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Climate Crisis
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Women’s Rights and Education
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Immigration
CIARA MURPHY (United States)
Languages: English
Global Issues of Interest:
- Climate Change
- Inequality in Healthcare
- Covid-19 Pandemic
MAEVE NOLAN (United States)
Languages Spoken: English and French
Global Issues of Interest:
- Climate Change
- Social Justice and Reform
- Mass Migration and Immigration
OLWETHU NGUBO (South Africa)
Languages: isiZulu, English, and French
Global Issues of Interest:
- Global Health
- Decolonization
- Aids and HIV
MADELINE (MADDIE) SAUDERS (United States)
Languages: English and French
Global Issues of Interest:
- Food Insecurity
- Global Health
- Refugee Crisis
YASHODAR (YASH) SHARMA (India)
Languages: English, Hindi, Spanish, and German
Global Issues of Interest:
- Climate Crisis
- Racism/Intercultural Divides
- Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism
ZAHA SOOKIA (Mauritius)
Languages: English, French, and Creole
Global Issues of Interest:
- Human Rights
- Climate Change
- Economic Inequality
CATHERINE (KATYSHA) SOROKIN (United States)
Languages: English (learning French and Russian
Global Issues of Interest:
- Climate
- Inequalities
- Health
VIVIAN (VEE) SYENGO (Kenya)
Languages: English, Kiswahili, Maasai, and Kamba
Global Issues of Interest:
- Climate Change
- Women’s Empowerment
- Poverty
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
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148 Hillcrest Road
Middlebury, VT
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