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Summer Snaps 2015 (Part 3)

Tuesday, August 11, 2015, By Kathleen Haley
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Summer1.New York City

Rambabu Nethi, a graduate student pursuing a degree in computer engineering, visited New York City with friends.

Summer is still in full swing and members of the Syracuse University community are reveling in the season of sunshine and getaways. See where your colleagues and fellow students have been.

We’ll have one more edition of Summer Snaps published on Tuesday, Aug. 18. If you would like to submit your summer photo, please email it to kmhale02@syr.edu by noon on Monday, Aug. 17, for consideration.

Summer9.Stanley M  Kaminsky on Giant Mountain

Stanley M. Kaminsky ’16, a television, radio and film student, took in the breathtaking view from one of the Adirondack Mountains’ highest peaks, Giant Mountain, on a visit with his mother and girlfriend.

Summer6.VioletPowersBethanyBeach

Two-year-old Violet Powers, daughter of Emily Kulkus ’02, web content manager at the Newhouse School, and Chris Powers G’03, a second-year College of Law student, soaked up some sunshine in Bethany Beach, Del.

Summer5.RTStatepark

Computer engineering graduate student Rajas Save took this photo of friends at the Robert H. Treman State Park in Ithaca, N.Y. From left are graduate students Dipti Bedarkar, Sayali Khodke, Shrawani Pampatwar, Pratik Gaikwad, Ashish Varhale, Yogesh Chaudhari, Ankit Kumar, Vijayendra Ghadge and Dhanraj Amin.

Summer13

Maxwell School graduate student Nejwa Ali, who is pursuing a degree in international relations, took a two-hour hike to reach the Cascades d’Akchour in Chefchouen, Morocco. She is currently studying Arabic in Rabat, Morocco.

Summer4

Natalie Koch, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the Maxwell School, spent time in July in the Ala-Archa National Park near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Koch is working on a research project about falconry in Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. She held a trained golden eagle, which is the primary bird that Central Asian falconers use for sport hunting.

Summer2.crazy peer assistants

Peer assistants with the Slutzker Center for International Services this summer took a break by visiting the Water Tower in Syracuse. The students are from left Claudia Garib, Erika Choi, Urmi Chhapia and Marcio Fao.

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Joe Pellegrino, Audiology Clinic director and assistant professor of clinical practice, Jaclyn Grosso, of the Fast Forward Syracuse Program Management Office, and their families navigated 17 miles on the Hudson River Aug. 1.

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Several members of the School of Education community attended a research workshop July 14 at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop for more than 40 East African doctoral students took place through the Syracuse University-Kenyatta University partnership. Members of the Syracuse community in the photo are faculty members School of Education Dean Joanna Masingila and Associate Professor Alan Foley; doctoral students Charlotte Flynn, Grace Njuguna, Peter Rugano Nthiga and Fredrick Ssempala; and Syracuse alumni Moses Ochanji, associate professor at California State University, San Marcos (a doctoral graduate of the School of Education), and Penina Kamina, associate professor at SUNY Oneonta (doctoral graduate of the School of Education).

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Three-year-old Riley Waters had some fun in the sand at Mill Run Park in Manlius, N.Y. He is the son of Heather Allison Waters, assistant dean for advancement in the School of Education, and Sterling Waters, a student in the MBA@Syracuse program.

Summer17.Matt and Andy Hobbiton

After presenting their work at an aerospace engineering conference in Australia, Ph.D. students Matthew Berry and Andrew Magstadt stopped at the “Lord of the Rings” movie set in New Zealand.

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Chiara Vantaggiato ’16, at right in foreground, interned at Big Cat Rescue, in Tampa, Fla., a sanctuary dedicated to helping abandoned and abused big cats. In the photo, she is helping to move Jade, a female African Leopard, into a new enclosure. Vantaggiato, who is pursuing a biology degree, plans to become a big cat veterinarian.

Summer18

Four Class of 2018 students—Tara Loftus, Lauren Martin, Laura-Renee Macri and Hannah Myers—traveled to Jacó, Costa Rica. They took a trip to celebrate becoming best friends in their first year.

Summer8.Nestor Girls EI 2015

Sisters Sydney, Emily and Ashley Nestor enjoyed the beaches of Emerald Isle, N.C. They are the daughters of Eric Nestor, associate director of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

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Kerry Heckman, ’02, G’11, assistant director of the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services, found snow in July on a mountaintop in Romania at Lac Balea.

Summer16.Greta NYC

Sixteen-month-old Greta enjoyed the many parks and playgrounds of New York City with her parents, Anne Rauh, associate librarian, and Kellen Backer, faculty fellow in the humanities.

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Syracuse University Libraries celebrated their annual summer picnic at Ryder Park in July. Staff members and their families were joined by Otto for an afternoon of food and games in the park.

Summer11.Sallie at Delicate Arch Utah 2015

Sallie Guyder, office coordinator in the Moynihan Institute at the Maxwell School, hiked in the Arches National State Park in Utah, while visiting her daughter Jessica in Draper, Utah. Guyder is standing in front of Delicate Arch, one of many the red rock areas along the 480-feet elevation.

Summer15.LakesideStaff2015

Kathy Zubal-Strang, executive assistant to the College of Arts and Sciences dean, and Amy Manley, communications manager in the college, helped facilitate Lakeside A Cappella Camp, a music summer camp for kids in Cazenovia, N.Y. Zubal-Strang and Manley sing in the Sweet Adelines International (Barbershop) Quartet, Skylark. The photo was taken of the camp staff at Cazenovia Lake.

Summer14

Chris Rhinehart, director of administration at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, snapped this photo of a recent sunset over Grenadier Island on Lake Ontario.

 

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