Current Edition of the Caltech Y Newsletter

Volume 10, Issue 8
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June 2016
In This Issue
Caltech staff members celebrate this year’s Caltech Y
graduates. (From left) Y Special Project Coordinator Camila
Fernandez, Graduate Aileen Cheng, Student Activities and
Community Service Director Greg Fletcher, Assistant
Program Director Liz Jackman, Xiaomi Du, Graduate
Dorothy Pan, Executive Director Athena Castro, and
Graduate Peter Hung.
Congratulations to Caltech Y
Graduates
By Liz Jackman
Assistant Program Director
Thank you to the class of 2016 for all the hard work,
dedication, and energy you have continuously given to the Y
during your time at Caltech. You have made a huge impact on
your Caltech community and community at large. On behalf
Congratulations to Caltech Y Graduates
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Annual Board Meeting Celebrates the Past Year Looks Forward to the Next
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The Gavel Is Passed at the Executive Board Meeting
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And Still We Rise – A Conversation with Author
Miles Corwin
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Students Receive 2016 Caltech Y Studenski and
ACT Awards
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Save the Date for the Ninth Annual Golf
Tournament
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Congratulations to Our College Bound Rise Seniors!
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A Perspective on Women in Science with Professor
Nai-Chang Yeh
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Science Policy Conversation with Dr. William
Colglazier
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The Caltech Y Welcomes Alumni at Reunion Events
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Alternative Alumni Weekend in Centennial Grove
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Caltech Y Hikers Forge New Paths in Yosemite
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Collecting Memories Photo Winners!
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World Fest 2016 Presents International Cuisine and
Fun
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of the Caltech Y, board, and your fellow students, we are so
proud of your accomplishments and the journeys on which you
are about to embark.
It is my pleasure to announce the graduates of 2016 that served
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on the Caltech Y Executive Committee, their future plans, and
pursuits for the upcoming year.
Matthew Cedeno – Will be working at Microsoft in northern
California. He is looking forward to starting his new career.
Aileen Cheng – Majored in Bioengineering with a minor in
Computer Science. She’s taking a gap year to work and apply
for medical school. She wanted to take a break from school
“before going back for eight years!”
Xiaomi Du – Majored in Biology. She’ll be taking a gap year
to figure out what to do next. “I came into Caltech with the
plan of applying to med school afterwards, but all the research
opportunities and courses that emphasized current research
have turned me towards graduate school.”
Emil Khabiboulline – Graduated with a degree in Physics. He
will pursue his PhD in Physics at Harvard starting in the fall.
This summer, he plans to take a break “by traveling with
friends and resting at home. I might go on an adventure,
pursue forgotten hobbies, or start getting ready for graduate
school.” At Harvard, he hopes to join an organization like the
Y.
Peter Hung – Graduated with a PhD in Applied Physics. He’ll
be working at Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo on
nanodevices. He’s looking forward to “joining the Caltech Y
Above: Dorothy Pan (left) and Peter Hung (second from
right) are congratulated for receiving the Gruaduate Deans
Leadership Award by Dean of Graduate Studies Doug Reese,
and Y Executive Director Athena Castro.
Board as a non-student member and continue to serve the
Caltech Y, the Caltech Community, and the greater
community.”
We also congratulate the following Y student leaders who were
involved with the Y in various capacities by serving on
committees, leading programs, or tutoring area middle and
high schools students. Thank you for your time and
commitment to the Y!
Pasadena LEARNs Program Student Leaders: Vansh Kumar,
Melissa Chang, Emil Khabibouline
Outdoor Committee Leader: Dorothy Pan
Rise Tutors: Nehaly Shah, Neera Shah, Harinee Maiyuran,
Chengyun Hua, Cassidy Yang, Cynthia Sung, David Case,
Ismael Mireles, Iulia Gheorghita, James Ha, Jessica Lam,
Kayane Dingilian, Kevin Kim, Kevin Yei, Mickey Phan.
Morgane Grivel, Nancy Wen, Rebecca Du, Webster Guan
We also congratulate Peter Hung and Dorothy Pan, who
received the Graduate Dean’s Leadership Award and Matt
Cedeno who received the Robert L. Noland Leadership Award.
These awards are well deserved!
At left: (from left to right) Nehaly Shah, Aileen Cheng, and
Neera Shah celebrate their graduation.
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Right: Graduates Emil Khabibouline (left) and Vansh Kuman
share this long awaited moment.
We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the
bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness
and travel and explore and tell the world the
glories of our journey.
~ John Hope Franklin
Annual Board Meeting Celebrates the Past Year - Looks Forward to the Next
By Athena Castro
Y Executive Director
The Caltech Y held its annual board meeting on June 6 at the
Alumni House. Although a formal board meeting, we also
celebrated the end of another successful year.
Thank you to outgoing board members for your many years of
dedication to the Caltech Y board: Karen Blake, Pam Hemann,
Charles Vorsanger, and Rolf and Gunilla Hastrup. All have
volunteered to continue to serve on committees as non-board
members!
filled with centennial programs and celebrations: Kirk
Dawson, Chair & Campaign Committee Co-chair; Pam
Hemann, Campaign Committee Co-chair; Dan Erickson,
Vice Chair & Outreach Committee Chair; Peter Mason,
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair; Paula Stamp,
Secretary; Kristie Yu, ExComm President; Don and Judy
Collins, Friends Committee Co-chairs; Don Brown, Golf
Committee Chair; Tony Leonard, Alumni Reunion Events
Committee Chair; Vicky Erickson, Newsletter Editor.
Finally, the new officers for the 2016-17 academic year were
installed:
Welcome to new board members who will officially start their
terms in the fall: Peter Hung, Julie Jester, Ilona Linden, Kevin
Noertker, Melissa Soriano, Fred Shair, Donna Shepherd, and
Jonathan Webster
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Also, thank you to the 2015-16 officers, committee chairs, and
others for a job well done during an exceptionally busy year
We are excited to begin a new century of Y programs in the
coming Fall!
Dan Erickson, Chair
Toni Perpall, Vice Chair
Don Collins, Treasurer
Paula Stamp, Secretary
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
~Francis Bacon
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The Gavel Is Passed at the Executive Board Meeting
Kirk Dawson congratulates Dan
Erickson on assuming the office of
President of the Caltech Y Executive
Board at the board’s annual end of the
year dinner. Kirk’s guidance through
this critical fundraising year kept the Y
focused on its goals, while still
supporting its ongoing services. We
invite everyone to join us in thanking
Kirk for his generous service and
wishing him luck in all his coming
adventures!
If we had to guess, based on Dan’s
enthusiastic imitation of the Y logo, at
right, he is excited about assuming his
new responsibilities!
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment,
and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
~George Bernard Shaw
Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series
And Still We Rise – A Conversation with Author Miles Corwin
By Tess Saxton Fox, Graduate Student
Chair, Social Activism Speaker Series Committee
On Monday May 23, the Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS)
hosted Miles Corwin, an author and former reporter for the Los
Angeles Times, to discuss education inequality. Twenty-five
Caltech community members attended and participated in the
discussion.
Corwin recounted his experiences shadowing students in South
Central Los Angeles for a year in preparation for writing his
non-fiction book on the topic, “And Still We Rise”. Corwin
described his transition from reporting on crime and homicide in
South Central Los Angeles to writing a book about gifted
students in the same neighborhood. Questions and
discussion focused at first on the condition of the South
Central school, the quality of the teaching, and the students’
home environments. The discussion broadened, ranging
from the relationship between spending on prisons and
spending on education, to the concept of affirmative action:
its goals, its fairness, and its effectiveness. Corwin brought
an engaging and enlightening perspective on the current
state of education equity in Los Angeles and in the United
States, and proposed some possible paths forward.
Participants appreciated learning about local education
inequality and engaging on difficult questions of fairness
and justice in education.
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Students Receive 2016 Caltech Y Studenski and ACT Awards
By Camila Fernandez
Special Project Coordinator/Office Manager
The Caltech Y is proud to announce this year’s Studenski
Memorial Award recipients, Mara Green and Dan Ilyin, and
Advocating Change Together (ACT) awardees, Phillip An,
Katherine Guo, and Vansh Kumar.
The Studenski Memorial Award is a grant established in the
memory of Paul Studenski, a Caltech student who was killed
in an automobile accident while traveling across the United
States in 1974. It is awarded to a Caltech undergraduate who
has reached a crossroads in life and would benefit from a
period away from the academic community to obtain a better
understanding of self and to explore possible directions for the
future.
The Studenski Award is supported by the Paul Studenski
Memorial Endowment Fund, the Max Delbrück Endowment
Fund for the Studenski Prize, and a generous contribution from
Fred and Connie Shair.
Dan Ilyin, a junior majoring in physics, will apply his
Studenski award to exploring his life-long passion to
perform in front of the crowds. He will participate in the
four-week Summer Adult Immersion Improv and Writing
Series course at Chicago’s famous Second City. “I will be
able to actively explore improvisation and writing in a
world-class professional learning environment and to grow
as an artist, professional, and person.”
The Caltech Y continuously challenges students to grow into
responsible citizens of the world. It is with this mission in mind
that the Y created the Advocating Change Together (ACT)
Award providing motivated Caltech students with a unique
opportunity to learn about a global, national, or local issue by
immersing themselves in a cause and challenging them to
educate others by creating and leading programs to raise
awareness on campus.
The Caltech Y ACT Award is made possible with generous
funding from the Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union
(CEFCU).
Mara Green (above), a senior majoring in engineering and
applied science, will work for three months with One Circle
Inc., a small non-profit associated with the Los Angeles
Sheriff’s Department. The organization primarily advocates
and runs community centers for children at risk of abuse or
facing any type of crisis at home. She is planning to work
directly in the community centers while also learning how to
run an independent non-profit organization. “I believe that in
working with a small organization such as this one I will be
able to gain some perspective about the variety of ways
everyone can strive to change the world.”
Vansh Kumar (‘16), a familiar face around the Y, believes
that education is one of the most important tools to help fight
poverty and inequality. He will participate in a month-long
volunteer program through AMAPeru to teach English in
Huanchaco, Peru. The goal of the program is to provide
individuals of all ages in underserved communities with the
opportunity to learn English to enhance their future
educations and careers. To bring attention to this issue, he
would like give a presentation about the experience, hold a
workshop about the value of teaching students in a bilingual
manner, and create posters/flyers to increase awareness about
the issues of education in South America.
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Above: Phillip An (‘18), a Computer Science major will work
in Ghana for four weeks with the NGO Volunteer
Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA), helping in
microfinance. The VPWA office provides vulnerable local
individuals and groups with small loans and training to give
them the skills and financial help needed to start a business.
After his participation on VPWA, Phillip plans to undertake
several initiatives on campus to raise awareness in
microfinance. These include a series of lectures from local
experts, and lunch talks with social entrepreneurs who have
benefited from it.
Photos by Tyler Okamoto
Above: Katherine Guo (‘18) will travel to Ilam, Nepal to
help with the construction of a spring slow-sand water
filter, which will provide clean drinking water for 40
families in the community. This project is coordinated by
Engineers Without Borders in partnership with the
Namsaling Community Development Center (NCDC). As
part of her collaboration, she plans to obtain sponsorship
for chlorine tablets to bring to the local schools in the Ilam
community to help sanitize their water storage tanks.
Katherine’s plan to raise awareness on campus is to run an
informational table outside of Chandler Cafe and give
informal talks on the current water situation in Nepal,
taking into account last year’s major earthquake. She will
also encourage others to donate to reputable charities that
empower those in need of drinking water and other basic
human needs.
Save the Date for the
Ninth Annual Golf Tournament
The Caltech Y will host its Ninth Annual Golf Tournament
and Auction on Monday, October 3, 2016, to fund its
volunteer service, leadership, and advocacy programs. This
annual event raises much-needed funds for an organization
that has served the Pasadena and Caltech communities for
100 years. Join us this year at the Oakmont Country Club for
a premiere golf experience and a wonderful evening of
dinner and auction following the tournament. Golfer and
sponsor information is forthcoming, so stay tuned!
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Congratulations to Our College Bound Rise Seniors!
Congratulations to the college bound high school seniors in our Rise Program!
Their hard work and commitment to their education is paying off. We wish them
all the best as they look ahead to a bright and promising future!
Shannon Howell
UCLA
Angel Estrada
Dixie State University
Annelie Dahlstein
Belmont University
Alexa Ynfante
CSULA
Antoine Wright
UC Berkeley
The Monday RISE study group gathers for a
commemorative photo of their time together.
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A Perspective on Women in Science with Professor Nai-Chang Yeh
By Kavya Sreedhar, Undergraduate Student
SASS Committee Member
The Caltech Y Social Activism Speakers Series Committee
hosted a lunch talk and discussion with Professor Nai-Chang
Yeh, professor of physics at Caltech, on May 10 with the
Caltech Center for Diversity. As the first tenured woman
professor in physics at Caltech, and the first tenured Asian
woman professor in the university, Professor Yeh shared how
she came to be in a career in STEM as a “double minority”.
As a child, her interests lay in music, literature, and the arts,
but that changed in junior high school when she was first
introduced to physics. Physics became a beautiful language
describing phenomena she could directly observe.
In Taiwan and then at MIT, Professor Yeh felt very lucky to
have inspiring and confident women mentors in her family
and universities. Such role models helped her develop selfconfidence from a very young age. Because of their influence,
she always felt that she, as a woman, was as capable of
working as well as the men in her field, even though at that
time, societies in both Taiwan and the United States did not
always reflect that attitude.
During the question and answer session following her talk,
Professor Yeh further elaborated on how the treatment of
Prof Yeh (middle) meets with SASS members Nick Weadock
and Sarah Cohen.
Photo by Greg Fletcher
women in STEM has evolved over her lifetime for the better.
In her own outreach she encourages more young people – both
men and women – to consider pursuing STEM careers.
Professor Yeh advised her audience to find their passions, know
what they want to do, and always go for it, regardless of
obstacles they may face.
Many thanks go out to Professor Yeh for leading this talk and
discussion, and to the Caltech Y for organizing and hosting this
event!
Caltech Y Science Policy Conversation with Dr. William Colglazier
By Greg Fletcher
Program Director
One of the rewards of establishing relationships with key
science policy players through our on-going Washington, D.C.
Science Policy Trip and our campus Science Policy Series has
been the added opportunities that present themselves. In May,
the Caltech Y had the good fortune of hosting Dr. E. William
Colglazier for a talk as part of the Y Science Policy Series.
Dr. Colglazier has hosted the Caltech Y group during the Y’s
D.C. Science Policy Trip every year for the last 10 years.
Because he was planning to attend Caltech’s Seminar Day in
May, Dr. Colglazier graciously offered to give a talk focused
on his most current project as co-chair of the committee
appointed by the U.N. Secretary General for advising on the
role of science, technology, and innovation for achieving the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Approximately 15 participants attended the talk in Gates
Library. It was definitely an engaging and lively discussion,
and we are most grateful to Dr. Colglazier for taking time out
of his busy schedule to talk with students.
Dr. E. William Colglazier served as the fourth Science and
Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State from 2011 to
2014, first under Secretary Hillary Clinton and then under
Secretary John Kerry. He also served as the executive officer
of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the
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National Research Council (NRC). He received his Ph.D. in
theoretical physics from Caltech in 1971. Currently, Dr.
Colglazier is editor-in-chief of Science & Diplomacy and
Senior Scholar in the Center for Science Diplomacy at the
American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS).
From left: Tess Saxton Fox, Dr. E. William Colglazier, and
Nate Thomas.
Photo by Greg Fletcher
The Caltech Y Welcomes Alumni at Reunion Events
By Athena Castro
Executive Director
The Caltech Y hosted two events during the 2016 Alumni
Reunion Weekend. On Saturday, May 21, the Y display
included a slide show of more than 200 photos from the Y
archives dating back to the 1930s through the Fall
Centennial events in 2015. We also presented the Y video
created by Iram Parveen Bilal, as well as a video created by
Fred Shair, nearly four years ago for the Caltech Y.
Students, staff, and board members greeted alums and
distributed lots of Y swag. Additionally, a mini golf putting
green promoted the golf tournament on the grass area in
front of the tent. This was especially popular with the kids.
Many thanks to the board members and students who came
out to help.
On Sunday, May 2, there was a lunch for alumni at the Y
office. Approximately 60 people attended, including one
future Techer still in diapers. The afternoon was filled with
lively discussions, good food, and even better company!
Right: Alumni gather at the Y Reunion lunch: Front row,
left to right, Nyssa Thompson, Tim Boyd, Iram Parveen
Bilal, Dante Liu. Back row, left to right, Alice Liu, David
Liu, Juhwan Yoo.
Photo by Athena Castro
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Alternative Alumni Weekend in Centennial Grove
By Elaine To, Alum, BS 2010
One slightly stormy Saturday afternoon in May, a group of
Caltech alumni drove to Nelder Grove on a mission. We had
just finished hiking 12 miles in Yosemite National Park and
wanted to find Caltech’s Centennial Grove. A couple of us had
visited the grove as undergraduates with the Caltech Y and a
previous attempt had been made the past November. Alas,
finding five specific sequoia trees in a forest, during a snow
storm, proved daunting.
Once again, armed with instructions from Athena Castro and
Greg Fletcher, we set out on the Shadow of the Giants trail. It
began hailing almost immediately. Undeterred, we made our
way along the trail, stopping to read and enjoy the
instructional signs describing various traits of sequoia trees.
The trail is magnificent, with many majestic and enormous
sequoias growing right next to the path. Eventually, we left the
safety of the trail to venture into the unknown and begin our
quest. It was a difficult climb up the foliage-covered hill. No
significant landmarks were apparent and we began to fear
another failure.
The hardy and persistent alumni pose for a picture, proof
that they had found Caltech’s Centennial Grove.
Front row, left to right: Liz Lawler, ‘15; Rochelle Weber,
‘15; Back row, left to right: Ben Flora, ‘10; Tanvir Ahamed
Bhuyain, ‘12; Elaine To, ‘10; Daryl Coleman, ’10.
As luck would have it, we found the stake marking the
northeast corner of Caltech’s property described by Ted Combs
(BS ’27) in a 1991 edition of “Caltech News”. From there, we
struck out in a south westerly direction aiming for any large
trees that dominated the landscape. We encountered one titan
with a large burn scar on one side that closely resembled a
photo previously taken on one of the Y trips to the grove.
Further searching in the vicinity led us to the white plaque we
were looking for!
Caltech Centennial Grove was dedicated by the Alumni
Association in 1991. This secluded grove contains five ancient
sequoia trees named for George Ellery Hale, Robert A.
Millikan, Amos G Throop, Arthur Amos Noyes, and Arthur H.
Fleming. A plaque centered among the giants is the confirming
sign that identifies this remote landmark. We gathered around
to learn about the history of the grove, reading past accounts of
Caltech Y ventures.
The intrepid explorers display the diagram of the iconic tree
locations in Caltech’s Centennial Grove. Bottom left corner,
left to right, Rochelle Weber, Liz Lawler, Tanvir Ahamed
Bhuyain, Elaine To. Barely managing to scrunch into the
frame (upper left corner) is Daryl Coleman. The big grin in
the top right corner of the photo is on the face of Ben Flora
who took this group selfie.
We made this trip in lieu of returning to Caltech for reunion
weekend, but we’d like to think we paid homage to the
institute in our own fashion. Six disparate alumni spanning
five undergraduate classes came together to appreciate the
beauty, history, and majesty of this oft-forgotten Caltech
treasure.
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Caltech Y Hikers Forge New Paths in Yosemite
By Greg Fletcher
Program Director
The call of Yosemite National Park and the Caltech Centennial
Grove once again beckoned members of the Caltech
community to kick off the summer with some camping and
hiking. This year, organizers even decided to explore another
section of the park – Tuolumne Meadows – adding another day
to the traditional itinerary, which includes Glacier Point,
Yosemite Valley, and Caltech’s grove of giant sequoias.
Camping at Wawona, our group spent the first three days in the
national park before visiting Caltech’s Centennial Grove on the
last day of the trip. 2016 was not only the Caltech Y’s
centennial year, but also 25 years since the Centennial Grove,
featuring five giant sequoias, was dedicated in memory of five
of Caltech’s Giants – Millikan, Noyes, Throop, Hale and
Flemming.
Additional photos chronicling the four-day trip can be viewed
at the links below.
A great time was had by all despite a tire blow out and vehicle
change part way into the trip. Everyone had the opportunity to
experience the diversity of what Yosemite has to offer.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
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At left, from top left to right: Kyle Chen, Jun Shi, Ivy Xiao,
Camila Fernandez, and Luciena Xiao take a break from their
expedition to see more of Yosemite’s awe inspiring vistas.
Photos by Kyle Chen and Jun Shi
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Collecting Y Memories One Photo at a Time - Winners Chosen
This year, the Caltech Y asked students and staff to post photos of their Y memories on its Instagram page
(https://www.instagram.com/caltechy/) and a few would be chosen for special note at the end of the school year. Below are this
year’s winners.
We invite you to add your picture memories to our online scrapbook!
Above: Chien-Chang Chen
Service
MAD Day - Habitat for Humanity
"Habitat for Humanity is a project to build houses for 9
homeless families. We help on the day of groundbreaking
ceremony. Unfortunately, it's raining for the whole day.
Little ponds and water are everywhere. We have to fill in
those ponds with earth and then cover it with carpet. Those
carpets are really heavy and require four people to carry it."
Above: Jenny He
Leadership
Explore LA Series
Horseback Riding
Left: Madelyn Wang
Perspective
“Jenny He and Stephanie Moon play in the water fountains at
the Circuito Magico del Agua in Lima, Peru during
Alternative Spring Break Peru 2016.”
This ASB trip was made possible by generous funding from
the Frank and Elsie Stefanko Fund.
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Above: Madelyn Wang
Civic Engagement
Alternative Spring Break Peru 2016
“Policemen and maintenance workers in the historical district
of Lima, Peru.”
Above: Pakpoom Buabthong
Adventure
Y Winter Yosemite Trip
“Upper Yosemite Fall: After 6-hour Hike”
For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in
the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.
~Richard P. Feynman
Left: In this vintage photo from the 1970s, Caltech Y
students show young future scientists that science can
be fun.
Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.
~Dave Barry
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World Fest 2016 Presents International Cuisine and Fun
By Greg Fletcher
Program Director
This past May, the Caltech Y partnered with the International
Offices and international clubs at Caltech to coordinate World
Fest, a week of programs celebrating the cultural diversity of
our campus community. The week is one of our most popular
series each year.
World Fest 2016 kicked off with people gathering to taste-test
coffee from different countries, and to take a culture quiz for a
chance to win prizes outside the Red Door Café. Featuring
Jones Coffee Roasters of Pasadena, Coffee Culture, explored
how coffee has been embraced for centuries and highlighted
the other events coming during the week.
The week also featured several lunch talks, including: Born
on a Kibbutz – with a member of our community sharing
about his experience living in the communal child rearing
system in Israeli society; So You Think You Know Mexico? –
with another student discussing her country of origin; and
finally, a student sharing lessons he learned as a Mellon Mays
Undergraduate Fellow while on a two-week study abroad
opportunity in Cape Town – in a talk entitled Exploring
Modern Day South Africa: Social Inequality & Consequences.
The highlight of the week was the annual International Food
Fair on Moore Walk and Avery Courtyard! More than 20
different countries/regions were represented by clubs, students,
and staff providing culinary treats from their respective
countries. The widely anticipated event once again drew
between 600 and 700 people for a chance to taste world flavors
and learn about some of the countries represented at Caltech
while enjoying some entertainment and a relaxing afternoon
outside.
Photos by Daniel Yoder
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If you reject the food, ignore the
customs, fear the religion and avoid the
people, you might better stay home.
~James Michener
Photos by Daniel Yoder
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and
narrow-mindedness, and many of our people
need it sorely on these accounts. Broad,
wholesome, charitable views of men and
things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one
little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
~Mark Twain
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The Caltech Y
The Caltech Y is an independent 501c3 organization formally affiliated with the California Institute of Technology.
The Y mission is to enrich student life and challenge students to grow into responsible citizens of the world.
Contact Information
Phone: (626) 395-6163
Fax: (626) 395-8890
Email: [email protected]
Websites: http://www.caltechy.org
http://www.caltechy100.org
Postal Address:
Caltech
MC: C1-128
Pasadena, CA 91125
Location:
505 S. Wilson Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Note: Also visit the Caltech Y Facebook page by clicking the link “Follow us on Facebook” on the Y website.
Caltech Y Staff
Athena Castro, Executive Director
Greg Fletcher, Student Activities & Community Service Director
Portia Harris, Director of Development & Marketing
Liz Jackman, Assistant Program Director
Camila Fernandez, Office Manager, Administrative
Assistant
Caltech Y Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Student Executive Committee Officers
Kirk Dawson, Chair
Dan Erickson, Vice Chair
Peter Mason, Treasurer
Paula Stamp, Secretary
Lee Fisher, Immediate Past Board Chair President
Kristie Yu, Student ExComm President
Kristie Yu, Student ExComm President
Tyler Okamoto, Student ExComm Vice President
Stephanie Hong, Student ExComm Secretary
Jenny Hsin, Student ExComm Treasurer
Members (*indicates Student Executive Committee)
Sonia Amin
Pattyl Aposhian
Richard Beatty
Iram Parveen Bilal
Karen Blake
Tim Boyd
Don Brown
Joe Carroll
Matt Cedeno*
Aileen Cheng*
Christine Chou*
Donald Collins
Judy Collins
Marjory Dawson
Frank D. Dryden
Xiaomi Du*
Steven Frautschi
Gloria Ha*
Rolf Hastrup
Gunilla Hastrup
Jenny He*
Pamela Hemann
Peter Hung*
Janice Jeon*
Emil Khabiboulline*
Nancy Lan
Tony Leonard
Alice Liu
David Liu
Thomas Mannion
Doreen Mason
Susan Murakami
Aishwarya Nene*
Toni Perpall
Arlana Silver
Paula Stamp
Nick Trank*
Stephen Toner
Charles L. Vorsanger
Daniel Yoder
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Victoria Erickson, Editor
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