Class of 2008 HALT Committee

The Class of 2008 HALT Committee, which is nearly 40 members strong, strategically divided itself into four sub-committees this year in an effort to meet the future needs and expectations of this evolving student organization:

Strategic Planning
Publicity & Recruitment
Print Publications
Website

Under the leadership of co-chairs Amy Brown '08 and Emily Tang '08, and with the support of Dave Steadman '03 in the alumni office, HALT is positioning itself to flourish in the coming months and years.

Select a Member for more information

Amy Brown HALT Co-chair		Emily Tang HALT Co-chair
Thomas Arm	Kate Berlent	Marley Burns
Toni L. Bullock	Rachel Cannon	Nonyelum Chizea
Marissa Clemente	Grace Dobbyn	Rani Doyon
Gabi Ghimis	Edward Gillis	Tumelano Gopolang
Murtaza Jafri	William Kearney	Whitney Kimmel
Melissa Kong	Jenna Lally	Abhishek Maity
Bridget Moore	Christopher Moore	Anne Murphy
Ryan Murphy	Hilary Nitka	Maggi Noonan
Maureen O'Brien	Katherine Painter	Emily Pallin
Daniela Pfister	Katie Plummer	Quinn Plunkett
Adam Polonski	Pragyan Pradhan	Felix Ramirez
Danielle Sclafani	Nathan Vandergrift	Michael Viveiros
Kateri Whitebean	Magdalena Wierzbicka	Blythe Winchester

Thomas Arm

Hometown: Brookline, MA
Major: Psychology
Thomas' LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in the Science Center

Kate Berlent

Hometown: Medfield, MA
Major: Comparative Literacture, Hispanic Studies
Most likely to be found in List.
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Marley Burns

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Amy Brown

HALT Co-chair
Hometown: South Salem, NY
Major: Communication and Economics
Amy's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found at the Bristol Pool
"Hamilton has been the best four years of my life. I know that when I drive down the hill in May, it will not be for the last time."

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Toni L. Bullock

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Major: Psychology
Most likely to be found in Eells House or the Science Center
Publicity & Recruitment Sub-committee Leader
"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." – Audre Lord

Rachel Cannon

Hometown: Pine Bush, NY
Major: Interdisciplinary/Senior Fellow
Most likely to be found in Woollcott House
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment
"Learn to think continentally." – Alexander Hamilton

Nonyelum Chizea

Hometown: London, England
Major: Dance
Nonyelum's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Burke Library
Sub-committee: Website
"Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth" – Archimedes

Marissa Clemente

Hometown: New York, NY
Major: English
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment
Most likely to be found in Root Hall
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Grace Dobbyn

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Major: Sociology
Most likely to be found in Burke Library
Sub-committee: Print Publications
"I don't care what Tony Bennett says, I left my heart in Clinton."

Rani Doyon

Hometown: Fallsburg, NY
Major: Mathematics
Rani's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in CJ
Sub-committee: Website

Gabi Ghimis

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Edward Gillis

Senior Gift Co-chair
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment

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Tumelano Gopolang

Hometown: Orapa, Botswana
Major: Economics
Most likely to be found in Kirkland Dormitory
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment
"Never forget who you are and where you have come from as it will help you navigate where you are going."

Murtaza Jafri

Murtaza's LinkedIn Profile
Sub-committee: Print Publications

William Kearney

Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Major: Economics
Most likely to be found in the Blood Fitness Center
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." – Robert Frost

Whitney Kimmel

Hometown: Hollidaysburg, PA
Major: English and French
Whitney's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Root Hall
Publicity & Recruitment Sub-committee Leader
"I'm not into health food. I am into champagne" – Escape

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Melissa Kong

Hometown: Sunnyside, NY
Major: Psychology
Melissa's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Beinecke
Strategic Planning Sub-committee Leader
"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." – Roald Dahl

Jenna Lally

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Abhishek Maity

Abhishek's LinkedIn Profile
Sub-committee: Website

Bridget Moore

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

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Christopher Moore

Hometown: Wallingford, CT
Major: Economics
Most likely to be found in Dunham Dormitory
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"Hamilton trains you for nothing, but prepares you for everything."

Anne Murphy

Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Major: History and Hispanic Studies
Most likely to be found in Carnegie Dormitory
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"I cannot think of a better way to spend four years than at Hamilton College!"

Ryan Murphy

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Hilary Nitka

Hometown: Jamesville, New York
Major: Public Policy
Most Likely to Be Found in Ferguson Dormitory
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment
"That's what she said."

Maggi Noonan

Hometown: Saratoga Springs, NY
Major: Hispanic Studies, Classical Studies
Most likely to be found in Opus 2
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment

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Maureen O'Brien

Hometown: Weston, MA
Major: World Politics
Most likely to be found in Beinecke
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

Katherine Painter

Hometown: Mercer Island, WA
Major: Government
Most likely to be found in Dunham Dormitory
Strategic Planning Sub-committee Leader
"There's nothing better than Late Night Diner on the weekend."

Emily Pallin

Hometown: Griswold, CT
Major: Public Policy
Most likely to be found in Carnegie Dormitory
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"No quote could sum up my love for this school and the friendships I've made here."

Daniela Pfister

Hometown: Herdwangen, Germany
Major: Art History and History
Daniela's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Opus 1 or the Blood Fitness Center
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment

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Katie Plummer

Recording Secretary
Sub-committee: Print Publications

Quinn Plunkett

Hometown: Kisco, NY
Major: Mathematics
Most likely to be found in Commons
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"The best thing about college is that the girls stay between ages 18-21" – H.C. Dean

Adam Polonski

Major: Classics
Print Publications Sub-committee Leader

Pragyan Pradhan

Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Major: Mathematics and Economics
Pragyan's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in CJ
Sub-committee: Website
"Think of Hamilton as earth and us as shrubs. The more time you spend at Hamilton, the more attached you become."

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Felix Ramirez

Hometown: New York, NY
Major: Communication
Most likely to be found in Commons or Burke Library
Sub-committee: Publicity & Recruitment
"It's not the hands you were dealt, but how you're playing your cards."

Danielle Sclafani

Hometown: Barrington, RI
Major: Psychology
Most likely to be found in the Science Center
Sub-committee: Print Publications
"Hamilton College: When you're here, you're family."

Emily Tang

HALT Co-Chair
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Major: Creative Writing and Chinese
Emily's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Dunham Dormitory or KJ
"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

Nathan Vandergrift

Sub-committee: Strategic Planning

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Michael Thomas Viveiros

Hometown: East Greenwich, RI
Major: Asian Studies
Michael's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in Burke Library
Website Sub-committee Leader
"You can't have a country without a flag. No flag, no country." – Eddie Izzard

Kateri Whitebean

Sub-committee: Print Publications

Magdalena Wierzbicka

Hometown: Warsaw, Poland
Major: French and Chinese
Magdalena's LinkedIn Profile
Most likely to be found in CJ
Sub-committee: Strategic Planning
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." - Hamilton Alumnus, B.F. Skinner (1904-90)

Blythe Winchester

Senior Gift Co-chair
Blythe's LinkedIn Profile
Sub-committee: Print Publications

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