Meet Kate
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Kate Hidalgo What are you studying at Rochester? Political Science and Business From: Westchester, NY Extracurricular Activities: Class Council, PRSO, 1st Gen Society, SOCA, MELFIG,…
Meet Germania
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Germania Balbuena Marte What are you studying at Rochester? Major: Biomedical Engineering Minor: Spanish From: Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Extracurricular Activities: Business manager…
Meet Austin
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Austin Okoase What are you studying at Rochester? Health Behavior in Society, Pre-Med From: New York, NY Extracurricular Activities: Vice President of Minority Male Leadership…
Meet Leen
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Leen Khankan What are you studying at Rochester? Biology and Philosophy From: Aleppo, Syria & Milan, Italy Extracurricular Activities: Student Alumni Ambassador, Medallion Leadership Society,…
Meet Manuela
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Manuela Montes de Oca What are you studying at Rochester? Major: Biomedical Engineering Minor: Mechanical Engineering and Material Science From: Trinidad, Uruguay Extracurricular Activities: Biomedical…
Meet Tamuda
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Tamuda Chimhanda (he/him) What are you studying at Rochester? Computer Science From: Zimbabwe Extracurricular Activities: National Society for Black Engineers How has the Handler Scholarship impacted…
Tales of a nontraditional Rochester transfer student
By: Stephanie Graham, Senior Admissions Counselor My name is Stephanie, and I was a non-traditional transfer student at the University of Rochester. I was non-traditional in a few ways. I…
Meet Jesse
Meet a Handler Scholar! Name: Jesse Campanelli What are you studying at Rochester? International Relations and Chinese From: Beacon, NY Extracurricular Activities: DandyHacks organization team and participant Residential Life D’Lion CLS…
Your path to college
Thinking about college can be overwhelming and stressful. But once you get organized and give yourself a list of smaller tasks, it’s not so bad. And, it’s never too early…
Meet Chi!
Name: Chi Tran Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Class: 2025 From: Hanoi, Vietnam Studying: Major: Business (Marketing + Business Analytics Tracks); Minor: Psychology; Cluster: Math & Statistics How did you hear about the…