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Class of 2019: Katya Olson Shipyatsky

April 25, 2019
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Post-graduation plans: Katya will be spending the summer working at the Haverford College Arboretum before she moves to Russia in September to do the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant fellowship. 

Katya on her Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ experience: "My experience at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ gave me the freedom to pursue my wide array of interests and connect them in ways I never thought was possible before. My professors and peers at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and Haverford both challenged and nurtured me as I discovered new parts of myself and the world during my four years here. I'm endlessly grateful to this community for pushing me to explore and reflect."

Major: Independent major in Philosophy, Politics, Economics

Minor: Russian

Key Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ experiences:

  • Working at the Writing Center and being on the Writing Center Leadership Team
  • The independent major and being on the independent major committee
  • Being a peer tutor for Calculus I and II
  • Studying abroad in Copenhagen in the fall of 2017
  • Running BiCo Jews for Inclusion
  • Co-leading a Hurford Center Student Seminar at Haverford on the ethics of artificial intelligence in the fall of 2018
  • Hanna Holborn Gray summer research fellowship in the summer of 2018.

Hometown: Denver, Colorado


Members of the Class of 2019, we want to know what you've got planned for life after Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ! Drop us a note at news@brynmawr.edu. You can include a photo of yourself or let us know if you'd like to have a photo taken. We'll be sharing selected profiles on the College's website and social media channels in the weeks leading up to Commencement.

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