June 16, 2008
VIA FACSIMILE
Vice Chancellor Jay Hershenson
Vice Chancellor of University Relations and
Secretary to the Board of Trustees
The City University of New York
535 East 80th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10021
Dear Vice Chancellor Hershenson:
I am pleased to announce the following student honors and awards for Hunter College:
Student Honors and Awards:

Mitsy Chanel-Blot, a 2007 Hunter College graduate, has been awarded a
2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides approximately 1,000
students with three years of funding, up to $121,500, for research-focused
Master’s and PhD degrees in social and physical sciences, technology,
engineering and mathematics fields. Ms. Chanel-Blot’s research focus is the
Afro-Caribbean diaspora in Europe, examining the notions of exclusion and
invisibility as they pertain to the Haitian diaspora in France and the broader
impact of immigration in Europe.

May Kong and Samia Mohammed, two of Hunter College’s pre-med
students, have been awarded prestigious Jonas E. Salk Scholarships to attend
medical school. Kong is biology major and chemistry minor in the Macaulay
Honors College. Mohammed is a biochemistry major and German minor also
in the Macaulay Honors College. The Scholarships provide for a stipend of
$8,000 per scholar to help defray the cost of medical school.

Elizabeth Rodriguez, a June 2008 Hunter College graduate with a major in
political science, has been selected as a New York City Urban Fellow. The
program offers 25 young men and women, who want to pursue careers in
public service the opportunity to gain work experience in local government
and public service and a $25,000 stipend. After Ms. Rodriguez completes the
fellowship, she plans to go on to law school.

Hunter College students, Nikolay Lisnyanskiy, Stella Ma and Jennifer
Milosavljevic, were selected to be part of a Global Government Forum at the
United Nations. They were among 300 students from around the world
chosen to participate in the UN event after a highly competitive international
selection process.
The forum sponsored by ATHGO, a non-profit
organization of the UN Global Compact that trains 18 to 32 year old budding
diplomats is aimed at promoting youth involvement in many aspects of
international policymaking.
I am extremely proud of the awards and honors achieved by these Hunter
students. I would appreciate your assistance in announcing these outstanding
achievements at the next Board of Trustees meeting. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jennifer J. Raab
cc: Ms. Hourig Messerlian
Ms. Gail Aidinoff Scovell
Ms. Meredith Halpern
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