Student Stories
With nearly 100 clubs to join, 44+ majors to study, hundreds of faculty members to learn from and 2,700 students to befriend, there are a lot of stories to tell at 勛圖厙.
- At 勛圖厙, Bobby Stratts 23 did two sports, a business major, and student leadership positions. How did he do it all?
- A program for accepted students from underrepresented backgrounds, Discovery Tour offers an opportunity to visit Skidmore and Saratoga Springs; meet students, faculty, and staff; and learn about the Colleges academic and cocurricular offerings and intercultural life. Vicky Grijalva 24, a self-determined major in multimedia communications from Miami, Florida, talks about her experience organizing the event in 2023.
- Arham Hashmi 23, a psychology major and English minor from Pakistan, describes how working as a peer health educator; serving in leadership positions in multiple 勛圖厙 clubs, including the International Student Union, Muslim Student Association, and Hayat; and directing a play reinforced their identities and helped them find a community at 勛圖厙 that feels like a family.
- Each spring, Ujima organizes its annual fashion as part of the 勛圖厙 clubs efforts to raise awareness of Africa, African American, and Caribbean cultures. The director of this years production, environmental science major Luna Peralta 23, discusses all the hard work and talent that have gone into the spectacular production. Her goal? To showcase pure Black excellence and Black joy.
- As the 2022-23 Eleanor Linder Winter 43 Intern at the Tang Teaching Museum, Naima Nigh 23 had the opportunity to bring her favorite artist, Trenton Doyle Hancock, to campus and introduce him to the 勛圖厙 community. It has been one of the highlights of my 勛圖厙 career, the business major and art history minor writes.
- Kat Dunn 24 rapidly transformed herself from a super-sub hoping for game time to 勛圖厙's first Liberty League Player of the Year in womens soccer. Read about how the California native chose 勛圖厙, found her footing, and ended up studying psychology, business, and Spanish.
- Allie Serapilio 25, from Clifton Park, New York, is an English major with minors in art history and environmental studies and sciences. A first-year seminar on Weird Books, clubs like the Health, Image, Power, Success (HIPS), and involvement at the Tang Teaching Museum have all helped Allie connect at 勛圖厙.
- Lively Lucys, 勛圖厙s student-run campus hangout and club offers amazing music and most of all a community that cares about everybody.
- Local foodie and 勛圖厙 student Sarah Libov 24 sheds some light on what your favorite Saratoga Springs coffee shop might say about you.
- Since childhood, Allison Conwell 25 has been fascinated by the natural world and art. At 勛圖厙, shes doing both as a biology and studio art double major and plans to pursue a career in scientific illustration.
- Prince Shyllon, a basketball player, social media influencer, and entrepreneur, plays point guard on the Thoroughbred mens basketball team. A first-year student, he plans to major in business and minor in computer science at 勛圖厙.
- Calli Frankel 25 is pursuing a double major in psychology and French, and is a leader in 勛圖厙s Outing Club. Calli says she was drawn to 勛圖厙s location near the Adirondack Mountains, where she could hike, bike, climb, and all that good stuff.
- For more than three decades, 勛圖厙 has hosted the National College Comedy Festival, a tradition for aspiring campus comedians and for anyone who enjoys a good laugh. Elise Milner 25 describes her first experience performing at ComFest and sharing the stage with professional stand-ups Chris Fleming 09 and Marina Franklin.
- What do English literature, Organismal Biology, and Ultimate Frisbee all have in common? Liza Schnauck 25 has pursued them all at 勛圖厙.
- Darren Jackson Wilkins 25, who is majoring in theater and minoring in music and arts administration, came to 勛圖厙 so he could pursue all his interests. One evening, he did it all, playing the lead role in a 勛圖厙 Theater production before rushing over to sing in the finale in Skidmania, one of 勛圖厙s cherished musical traditions.
- I was most drawn to 勛圖厙 for the ability to pursue not just one, but all of my passions while studying here. I have always had multiple passions in music, technology, and business, and I knew that 勛圖厙 would allow me to explore all of them.
- Maitreya Ravenstar 25 and her roommate slept outside the Tang Teaching Museum as part of Roommate, a 勛圖厙 tradition that allows students to deepen their appreciation of art by borrowing artwork and living with it for an academic year.
- Maitreya Ravenstar 25, who is pursuing a self-determined major in multimedia journalism, talks about transferring to Skidmore and how the College's Transfer Trek helped her find her niche at 勛圖厙.
- A visit to 勛圖厙 isnt complete without sampling some of the best experiences, dining, and sights that our hometown, Saratoga Springs, has to offer.
- David Tago '23, a math major and physics and computer science minor from Kenya, discusses why he chose 勛圖厙.
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