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May 17, 2007Volume 28, No. 31
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>>Career survey maps seniors' next steps

>>Senior knows how to get involved

>>DeFleur recognized for international leadership

>>Senior blends engineering, mathematics

>>Graduate student tackles duties as nurse, mom

>>Bronx native hopes to motivate others to seek education

>>Student thrives on helping others

>>Twins credit each other for success in chemistry

>>Turkish graduate lands plum job

>>Enriching students? lives a ?dream come true?

>>Baseball player balances academics with field time

>>High school dropout heads to law school

Graduating seniors shine

Senior blends engineering, mathematics
How many future applied mathematicians have also played Mulan at Disney World? Tina Chang isn?t certain, but the number must be pretty small.

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Graduate student tackles duties as nurse, mom
Faith Burke looks forward to Saturday mornings after graduation, when she?ll no longer have to juggle the demands of graduate coursework with her family responsibilities ? and the entirely reasonable wish to sleep in.

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Bronx native hopes to motivate others to seek education
While growing up in the Bronx, Alvin Carter never dreamed about earning his doctorate, let alone going to college. When he was accepted into Binghamton?s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Carter saw it as a second ? and final ? chance to succeed.

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Student thrives on helping others
As a young gay man growing up in and around Corning, Sean Maloney felt tremendously isolated.

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Turkish graduate lands plum job
Sevay Ozdemir has witnessed big changes at the University and in Greater Binghamton during the past few years.

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Enriching students? lives a ?dream come true?
When Laura Lamash arrived at Binghamton University as an undergraduate transfer student in 1980, she didn?t have a career goal in mind. Over time, and thanks in part to a stint as a bus driver, the New York City native fell in love with teaching.

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Baseball player balances academics with field time
Jeff Monaco, a two-year Eastern College Athletic Conference merit medal winner, credits his academic success to playing a varsity sport at Binghamton University. The three-year right-field starter has maintained a 3.7 cumulative GPA in the School of Management.

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High school dropout heads to law school
Xiong Ni was once a high school dropout who worked in his family?s restaurant and held no plans to attend college. Now the 22-year-old senior, who also goes by the name Steven, will graduate with honors, a degree in economics and an acceptance into George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C.

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Twins credit each other for success in chemistry
Aaron and Wes Sattler, 21, share a birthday and a passion for science. The Westchester County twins loved science and math as children and took an early interest in Einstein?s theory of relativity.
 
Senior knows how to get involved
A sociology major from the Bronx, Bernice Karikari-Apau, 22, has been a teaching assistant, a tour guide, a Harpur College academic peer advisor, an orientation advisor and a residence assistant. Now, she is about to embark on graduate school to pursue her master?s degree in social work.