Get to Know the CCLCM Class of 2026

We are delighted to welcome our newest class of students (pictured below), who possess a wealth of experiences, notable accomplishments and varied interests. While most have majored in the sciences during their undergraduate years, others have majored or minored in German literature and culture; philosophy and bioethics; art history; and global health, culture and society.

Members of the class have studied or volunteered in 48 countries around the world, including Bermuda, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Iceland, Israel, Liberia, Nicaragua, Poland, Tobago, Taiwan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.

As is typical of all our students, all members of the incoming class have served as tutors, mentors, teachers or coaches. They have held at least 83 leadership positions and have logged 145 volunteer experiences including many in healthcare.

All the students have worked on notable research. Collectively, they’ve earned 80 awards, grants and scholarships. They have been involved in 79 oral presentations and have 64 scientific publications to their credit.

Our students have engaged in rich experiences including attending a Nobel Award ceremony; running with the bulls in Cuenca, Spain; trekking for 10 days through the Sacred Valley of Peru to reach Machu Picchu; climbing eight peaks in the Swiss Alps; riding elephants; training in ballet for 18 years; serving as an offensive lineman in football at Princeton; and climbing part of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

This new class of students has engaged in many sports, from playing basketball, tennis and soccer to horseback riding, weight lifting, rowing and sailing. Music and dance traditionally play a large role in the lives of our new students. Several are singers and musicians, including those who play the piano and guitar, and one who creates electronic music. Many students practice dance including classical ballet, tap, West African, classic Persian, jazz and salsa.

Collectively, the students speak 16 languages, mostly Spanish, Mandarin and German, but also Burmese, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Rajasthani and Telugu, to name but a few.

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to the class of 2026!

• Miranda Arakelian, Columbia University in the City of New York

• Chloe Borden, Wake Forest University

• Kelly Bowen, Johns Hopkins University

• Leila Bushweller, University of California-Los Angeles

• August Culbert, University of Chicago

• Lydia DeAngelo, Smith College

• Princess Ekpo, Emory University

• R’ay Fodor, McGill University

• Alan Gordillo, The Ohio State University

• Maria Gorenflo, McGill University

• Martina Hale, Princeton University

• Hanna Hong, Johns Hopkins University

• Meghana Iyer, University of Pennsylvania

• Emily Knott, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Nandan Kodur, Michigan State University

• Kieran Lewis, University of Washington

• Roshan Lodha, University of California-Berkeley

• Nitesh Mohan, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Temiloluwa Oladeji, McGill University

• Kelsey Ouyang, University of California-Los Angeles

• Scott Perkins, The College of Wooster

• Nikhil Pramod, The Ohio State University

• Michael Ramos, Princeton University

• Conor Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Victoria Rogness, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Matthew Schulgit, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• Betemariam Sharew, Smith College

• Alan Shen, University of California-Berkeley

• Jeffrey Shu, University of California-Berkeley

• Mario-Cyriac Tcheukado, University of Notre Dame

• Claudia Walker, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

• Alison Zhao, Columbia University in the City of New York