senior profiles

  1. May 6, 2021

    Graduate profiles from the Class of 2021

    Each year, The University Record profiles selected prospective graduates. This week, we feature David Schapiro of the College of Pharmacy and Tiffany Harris of LSA.

  2. April 30, 2021

    Study abroad experience cemented graduate’s career goals

    Tiffany Harris, an LSA student who double majored in political science and African American studies, wants to become a lawyer focusing on using restorative justice to help reduce gender-based violence in South Africa.

  3. April 30, 2021

    Pharmacy graduate takes aim at a cure for diabetes

    As part of his diabetes advocacy work, David Schapiro has traveled around the country giving speeches, meeting with lawmakers and conducting research.

  4. April 26, 2021

    Oceanography course started woman on environmental journey

    Olivia Mathiesen is poised to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in earth and environmental sciences, the culmination of a college career that an internship with the U.S. Geological Survey.

  5. April 26, 2021

    SMTD graduate who started We the PROUD eager for next steps

    Alyxandra Ciale Charfauros, known as ciale, sought to connect with the arts on a more personal level so they co-founded We the People Representing Our Unifying Diversity, or We the PROUD, in late 2019.

  6. April 26, 2021

    Graduate profiles from the Class of 2021

    Each year, The University Record highlights selected prospective graduates. This week, we profile Olivia Mathiesen of LSA and Alyxandra Ciale Charfauros, known as ciale, of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

  7. May 4, 2020

    Senior profiles from the Class of 2020

    Each year The University Record profiles several graduating seniors who highlight the range of experiences and people who attend U-M. Profiled this year are Amber George, Maximillian C. Garcia III, Somya Bhagwagar and Yoav Jacob.

  8. May 4, 2020

    LSA student researcher works to build healthy environment, community

    Yoav Jacob believes in leaving things better than he found them — specifically the environment and the University of Michigan.

  9. May 4, 2020

    Information graduate connects students through storytelling

    The social project that would help define Somya Bhagwagar’s college experience started on a bit of a whim. Motivated by a desire to learn more about the people around her and inspired by photographer and blogger Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” project, Bhagwagar began collecting stories and images for what she would call “Students of Umich.”

  10. May 4, 2020

    Ross graduate is a ‘numbers guy’ who thrives in crisis

    Maximillian C. Garcia III is viewing the global pandemic through the eyes of someone who thrives in a crisis. As a senior honors student at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Garcia became a veteran of the annual and intense Leadership Crisis Challenge that throws real-world dilemmas at students, who have 36 hours to develop business and media solutions.