2022-2023 Scholar Profiles

 

 

Alex Bermejo

 

Alex Bermejo

Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology: Robotics & Control Systems
  • Hometown: New Oxford, PA
  • High School: New Oxford High School
  • Interests/Hobby: cars, paintball, weightlifting music
  • Extracurriculars: Millersville boys lacrosse and intramural soccer
  • Favorite class this year: power conversion and control
  • Favorite quote: “whether you think you can or can not — you are right” - Henry Ford
Brendan Calv

Brendan Calv

Emergency Management
  • Minor: Business
  • Hometown: Asbury, New Jersey
  • High School: North Hunterdon High School
  • Interests: Baking, Making Playlists, Running, Yoga, Origami, Dancing, Singing, Theatre, Tennis, Reading, and Outdoors.
  • Extracurriculars: IAEM, ASSP, Marauder Fund, Conestoga Outdoors Club
  • Favorite classes this year: Atmosphere, Macroeconomics
  • Favorite quote: "Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end." -Unknown
 Nyckoli Green  

Nyckoli Green

Biology - Marine Biology Option
  • Hometown: Lincoln University, PA
  • High School: Avon Grove Charter School
  • Interests:
    • Career: Carcinology, Animal Conservation
    • Personal: Videogames, Boardgames, Movies and Reading
  • Extracurriculars: Boardgame Club and Work
  • Favorite class this year: CHEM111
  • Favorite quote: "Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one; not today."
 Lana Jarrett  

Lana Jarrett

Biology - Animal Behavior

 

 Jennifer Juarez  

Jennifer Juarez

Biology - Animal Behavior
  • Hometown: Clifton, New Jersey
  • High School: Clifton High School
  • Interests: Dancing, baking, playing video games, and hiking!
  • Extracurriculars: Biology Mentorship Program (BMP), Entomology Club, and MU Smash Club
  • Favorite classes this year: Zoology and Chemistry!
  • Favorite quote: "If you have a dream, then you shouldn't give up no matter what. You can't be successful if you don't fail."
 Ashton Kunkle  

Ashton Kunkle

Computer Science
  • Hometown: Ephrata, PA
  • High School: Ephrata Senior High School
  • Interests: Robotics, Programming, Music Production, Video Production, Wood Working, Wilderness Survival, Gymnastics/Parkour, Weightlifting, Track & Field, Writing
  • Extracurriculars: HCSA Fundraising Coordinator, Robotics Club, Marauder Music Club, Conestoga Outdoor Club
  • Favorite class this year: English Composition
  • Favorite quote: "One day you’ll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember." – Avicii (Tim Bergling)
 Dai Ma  

Dai Ma

Computer Science 
  • Hometown: Vietnam
  • High School: Manheim Township High School
  • Interests: Soccer, build gundam, games
  • Extracurriculars: outdoor club and robotic club
  • Favorite class this year: CSCI 161
  • Favorite Quote: "It's not the load that breaks you, it's the way you carry it."
 Sarah Murphy  

Sarah Murphy

Environmental Biology 
  • Hometown: York, PA
  • High School: Dallastown High School 
  • Interests: Rock climbing, hiking 
  • Extracurriculars: Conestoga outdoors club, Ocean science club 
  • Favorite class this year: Biology 
 Paige Scott

Paige Scott 

Meteorology and Emergency Management 
  • Hometown: Mountain Top, PA
  • High School: Crestwood High School
  • Interests: Traveling, reading, listening to music, spending time with friends, Disney, cooking, volunteering, swimming, and painting
  • Extracurriculars: IAEM (International Association of Emergency Managers), AMS (American Meteorological Society), and COC (Conestoga Outdoors Club)
  • Favorite Class this year: Intro to Emergency Management
  • Favorite Quote: "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it" -Robin Williams and "In an increasingly uncertain and uncomfortable world, it helps to remember that there are still soft blankets and warm mugs and kind friends and good people- so many REALLY goodhearted people who want the future to be better. If nothing else, take hope in that." - Nanea Hoffman
 Skyler Woodley ______________  

Skyler Woodley

Biology/Marine Biology 
  • Minor: Oceanography 
  • Hometown: Milford, PA
  • High School: Delaware Valley High School
  • Interests: Snorkeling, Rock Climbing, Hiking
  • Extracurriculars: Conestoga Outdoors Club, Ocean Science Club
  • Favorite class this year: Zoology

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