2010-2011 News
Second Scholarship Plus Class Welcomed At New York Public Radio Headquarters
Laura Walker, head of New York Public Radio, singled out each student at reception marking their selection.
Soma Golden Behr, Laura Walker and Dalinez Martinez, special speaker at the reception.
As each name was announced, Maimona Dieye, a member of last year's group, gave each winner a rose.
Reunion: Gisele Regatao of New York Public Radio with Esthefany Castillo, whom she mentored last summer.
Prince Antwi of last year's class with the parents of Bryan Mera, one of the 2011 scholarship recipients.
Ernest and Kathleen Abrahamson and former New York Times editors Max Frankel, left, and Joe Lelyveld.
Leila Shakkur, William Behr and Mike Thorne, all friends of the program, at the reception.
Holiday Party, 2011-2012
Freshmen and Sophomores from Scholarship Plus joined with older students from the New York Times Scholarship Program for a winter party at a home on the Upper West Side during the Christmas break.
Sewell Chan, deputy editor of the Op Ed pages of The New York Times, discusses the evolution of opinion pages in the emerging world of digital media.
Freshmen Bryan Mera, at Brown, and Janagan Naahanathan, at Stony Brook, with Krystel Carrington, a Times Scholar in her last year at Yale Medical School.
Fran Lester, a staff member, with Maimouna Dieye, a Mount Holyoke sophomore, and Yuexia Lin, who is known as Luna, a Barnard freshman.
Two Times Scholars, Sonal Noticewala, who graduated from Columbia, and Daphne Lundi, a Wellesley alumna, with Carol Stix, a friend of Scholarship Plus.
Sheila Rule, a Scholarship Plus adviser, with two former New York Times Scholars, Krystel Carrington and Cathleen Miles, a Columbia graduate.
Gregory Scott, a University of Rochester freshman, and Herbert Hochberg, a friend of Scholarship Plus.
Tevin Jackson, a Brown sophomore and Robert Curvin, Scholarship Plus adviser, flank mirror reflecting Sewell Chan; Seated: Luis Soto, graduate of U. of Rochester, and Leanne Valentin, a SUNY Binghamton alumna.
A Trip to the Place Where New York Began
Warrie Price, Founder and President of The Battery Conservancy, introduced us to the park's Urban Farm.
Photos by Michael J. Leahy
A cruise from The Battery gave the opportunity to photograph -- or just admire -- the Statue of Liberty.
End of Summer Gathering
A party marking the completion of the New York Public Radio internship brought together Scholarship Plus winners and graduates of the New York Times Scholarship Program.
Soma Golden Behr, Times Scholarship graduates Diane Exavier, Marvin Orellana and Veronika Arkhangel.
Prince Antwi, a Harvard sophomore, and Feruz Erizku, who graduated from Princeton.
Karen Blank with Yuexia Lin, known as Luna, who is now in her freshman year at Barnard.
News 2010
First Class of Scholarship Winners Honored at New York Public Radio
The members of the Class of 2010 met each other for the first time at a reception in their honor at the headquarters of New York Public Broadcasting. Later in the summer, a distinguished group of academic leaders helped prepare them for what to expect in their first college year.
David Gonzalez of The New York Times helps welcome students at reception announcing their selection.
Joseph Lelyveld, former Times Executive Editor, Times Managing Editor Jill Abramson, WNYC's Laura Walker.
After First Semester, a Holiday Reunion
The first Scholarship Plus class, joined by Bruce C., at bottom, gathered to swap college experiences.
David Sakyi of Duke and Prince Antwi of Harvard talk about college with a friend of the program, Nancy Ward .
Learning About College, From Experts
Peter Johnson, a Columbia dean, makes a point in seminar at New York Times on transition to college.
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