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ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars2018 Photo JournalThirtieth Edition
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Contact Information:ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars
Northwestern State UniversityNSU Box 5671
Natchitoches, LA 71497318-357-4500; [email protected]; http://advance.nsula.edu
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Dates for the upcoming program are
July 7 - 27, 2019
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ADVANCE Is Always theBest Three Weeks of the Year!
Right (from left): Dawn Commings, Ciaira Guyton, Hai-ley Dangerfield, Kris Cayette belt out words at a dance.
Below: 5th year students (from left) Keyan Roshan, Louis Edwards, John Okereke, Angelina “Wish” Wood, Emma
Gruesbeck, Erika Pendleton. Thanks for the memories!
Above (from left): Haley Pritchard, Casey Gibson, Sam Lau, Brynn Beatty, Ava Barnes, Dorothy Corrigan exhibit their final projects for Art Through The Ages.
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Students vs Staff Basketball Game
Above front row (from left): Greg Thompson (Instructor), Gerard Rattler (RA), Andrew Bennett (TA). Back row (from left): Demetry de’Clouet, Kyle Rachal (TA), Derrick Hill, Kris Cayette, Kolby Carter (RA), Kiyan Rice, Nick Cheramie (RA).
Left: Zeina Younes plays Waltz in B Major by Chopin at the talent show. Below (from left): Ernesto Zulue-ta Barroeta and Ethan Ivey clearly like the water slide!
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First row (from left): Chris Hynes (director), Davina Mc-Clain (mythologies), Hannah Kelly (art through the ages), Terry Armstrong (algebra 1), Steven Gruesbeck (psychol-
ogy). Second row: Valerie Johnson (algebra 2), Dave
Andersen (python). Third row: Andrew Stacy (biology), Greg Thompson (physics), Andrew
Galatas (chemistry). Back row: James MacDonald (America in the revolutionary era), Bill
Housel (film studies), Ralph Adamo (creative writing), Seth
DuBois (geometry),
ADVANCE is a summer academic program held to challenge gifted or talented students. We are thankful
for our students, instructors, staff members and ad-ministrators. Below (from left): Harriette Palmer (asso-
ciate director), Celia Mangham (coordinator of residen-tial life), Kesha Walker (counselor), René Lewis (nurse).
Right: Valerie Johnson explains Algebra 2 to students.
Faculty and Administration
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academic life
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Algebra 2
CLASSES
Algebra 1Front row (from left): Lane Dominguez, Sree Karnati,
Remi Swan, Samantha Bell, Joile Daigle, Terry Arm-
strong (Instructor). Second row (from left): Anne
Michelle Long, Laney Glea-son-Pritts, Mason McCart,
Kiyan Rice, Neal Kasturi. Back row (from left): An-drew Bennett (TA), Evan
Shelton, Derrick Hill.
Seated (from left): Anna Chen, Jaya Kasturi, Mary
Grace Long, Allison Johnson. Standing (from
left): Valerie Johnson (Instructor), Jason Liu,
Haoxiang “Lin” Lin, Chandler Burgess, Kyle
Rachal (TA).
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Front row (from left): Briah Cooley (TA), Kendsi Zabel, Alexa Lundblade, Elena Endriss. Back rows (from left): Cole Cargile, Leighanna Kain, James MacDonald (Instructor), Hannah Lewis.
From left: Eryn Percle (TA), Dorothy Corrigan, Casey Gibson, Brynn Beatty, Ava Barnes, Sam Lau, Haley Pritchard, Hannah Kelly (Instructor).
America in theRevolutionary Era
Art Through The Ages
The class visiting Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Front row (from left): Myá Wrisper, Malcolm Heymach, Hailey Dangerfield, Katherine Leebrick, Brianna Stephan. Back row (from left): Tum-Tum Adeleye, Andrew Stacy (In-structor), Josh Henry, Tomaso Brown, Danny McAllister-Ou, Victoria Bell, Pius Lau (TA).
Foreground: Bonnie Dorman (TA). Seated
(from left): Jhansi Yad-lapati, Kara Rodgers,
Manasvi Reddy, Cindy Xu. Back row (from
left): Ella Barnes, Ciai-ra Guyton, Ytzi Mon-
tes-Victoria, Kris Cayette, Nick Rodriguez, Jordan
Hsieh, Emily Zhang, Elaine Gboloo, Andrew
Galatas (Instructor), Josey Hulkewicz, Libby Labranche, Cory Jones.
Chemistry
Biology
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From left: Bill Housel (Instructor), John Okereke, Louis Edwards, Camille Head, Emma Gruesbeck, Angelina “Wish” Wood, Daniel Schonefeld, Marley Knittle, Jordan Harrold, Erika Pendleton, Mason Joiner (TA).
FilmStudiesThe class wrote, act-ed, filmed, and edited two short film proj-ects. One, titled Louie’s Classic Movies, will be entered in the Louisi-ana Junior Film Prize competition in April 2019. Good luck, class!
Seated (from left): Ashley Kurian, Alyssa Reid, Olivia Miller, Kayla Crane, Stephanie Okereke, Danison Zhang. Standing (from left): Sophia Gruesbeck, Iliyan Basaria, Ralph Adamo (Instructor), Alastair Dunn (TA), Keyan Roshan, Nick Goodan.
The class members read original works at a coffee house during the program and created an anthology, Where Did All the Green Golf Balls Go?
Creative Writing
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Front row (from left): Paresh Kolluru, Ravi Baker, Roma Kolluru. Second
row (from left): Shyam Kasturi, Julia Farrell, Mason Osborn, Clara
Lee. Back row (from left): Pierre Charbonnet, Jacob Prejean,
Anne-Marie Auer (TA), Zeina Younes, Seth DuBois (Instructor),
Yara Younes, Bree Englund.
MythologiesFront row (from left): Irene Hild (TA), Jordan Hunter, Katherine Winchester, Ava Reid, Davina McClain (Instructor). Second row
(from left): Demetry de’Clouet, Eli Pritchard, Lauren Stroupe, Nora Seyler, Renee Angerer, Angelo Schibetta. Not pictured: Claire Reed.
Geometry
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Front row (from left): Zach Petty, Ethan Ivey, Karolina Gonzalez. Second row (from left): Trey Ross (TA), Audrey Phillips, Jonas Ampuero, Joaquin Jones, Steven Grues-beck (Instructor). Back rows (from left): Dayton Waltman, Charlotte Hoebig, Hannah Hartley, Julia Sartori, Cat Karam, Allison Johnson, Steven Nguyen, Gus Brown.
Physics
Psychology
Seated (from left): Laura Chen, Isabel Davis, Ashlyn Nale, Atula Danivas. Standing (from left): Jessica Todd (TA), John Fleming, Jacob Major, Greg Thompson (Instructor), Thomas Dally.
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Python Programming Through Game Design
TeachingAssistants
First row (from left): Kayla Winey, Eryn Percle, Bonnie Dorman, Briah Cooley, Irene Hild, Jessica Todd (Head TA). Second row (from left): Pius
Lau, Anne-Marie Auer, Kyle Rachal, Trey Ross. Back row (from left): Alastair Dunn, Mason Joiner, Andrew Bennett.
From left: Kayla Winey (TA), Carson Foster,
Ethan Elmer, Derrilon Young, Kingston Nich-
olas, Dawn Commings, Hayden Skrabanek,
James Hesser, Ernes-to Zulueta Barroeta,
Leandro Yabut, Camille “CJ” Jordan, Nicholas
Ambriz, Dave Andersen (Instructor).
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Above (from left): Kara Rodgers, Elaine Gboloo, Libby Labranche, Kris Cayette, Jordan Hsieh, Cory Jones participate in a chemistry lab.
Left (from left): Creative Writing students Sophia Gruesbeck, Olivia Miller, Iliyan Basaria, Stephanie Okereke, Kayla Crane enjoy a field trip in historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. Below (from left): Saman-tha Bell, Terry Armstrong (Instructor), Laney Glea-son-Pritts, Derrick Hill complete algebra 1 problems.
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Right: Jonas Ampuero presents to his psychology classmates. Below (from left): Kingston Nicholas re-ceives guidance from Kayla Winey (TA) in Python.
While playing the board game, 1775: The American Revolution, players battle for control of the original British colonies on the American continent. Above
(from left): Alexa Lundblade, Leighanna Kain, Kendsi Zabel, Dr. James MacDonald (Instructor), Hannah Lewis, Elena Endriss, Cole Cargile, Briah Cooley (TA).
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Above: Biology students (from left) Myá Wrisper, Josh Henry, Danny McAllister-Ou, Tomaso Brown, Tum-Tum Adeleye, Brianna Stephan complete a lab. Above right: Jaya Kasturi solves an algebra 2 problem.
Students Are Active Participants in Learning
Left (from left): Emma Gruesbeck and Angelina “Wish” Wood while filming a scene in one film project titled, The Movie, An Adventure. Visit our website, http://advance.nsula.edu, and click on Film Studies Movies in the menu box to view it and other films created through-out the history of ADVANCE.
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Students Learn by DoingRight: Ava Barnes makes observations while on a field trip with her class to two art galleries in Shreveport, Louisiana. Below (from left): Thomas Dally, Jessica Todd (TA), Ashlyn
Nale, Jacob Major apply knowledge learned in physics.
The Mythologies class brings Meleager and the Calydonian Boar Hunt to life for an appreciative audience. Above (from left): Nora Seyler, Jordan Hunter, Irene Hild
(TA), Claire Reed, Katherine Winchester, Ava Reid, Lauren Stroupe, Eli Pritchard, Demetry de’Clouet. Not pictured: Renee Angerer and Angelo Schibetta.
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residential life
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Above (from left): Irene Hild (TA), Charlotte Hoebig, Camille Head, Nora Seyler, Ange-lina “Wish” Wood, Camille “CJ” Jordan, Marley Knittle, Emma Gruesbeck, Erika Pendle-
ton, Lauren Stroupe, Alyssa Reid, Ava Barnes, Dorothy Corrigan, Ashley Adams (RA).
RA Groups
EricaFront row (from left):
Ava Reid, Kendsi Zabel, Hailey Dangerfield,
Laney Gleason-Pritts, Zeina Younes, Anna
Chen. Back row (from left): Erica Landon
(RA), Brianna Stephan, Dawn Commings, Yara Younes, Bree Englund, Audrey Phillips, Jessica
Todd (TA). Not pictured: Claire Reed.
Ashley
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Front row (from left): Gerard Rattler (RA), Angelo Schibetta, Gus Brown, Jacob Major, Louis Edwards, Keyan Roshan, Atula Danivas, Daniel Schonefeld. Back row (from left): John Fleming, Zach Petty, Cole Cargile, John Okereke, Thomas Dally, Kyle Rachal (TA).
Freddy-MayFront row (from left): Victoria Bell, Jordan Hsieh, Libby Labranche, Elena Endriss, Briah Cooley (TA), Sam Lau, Laura Chen. Back row (from left): Cat Karam, Haley Pritchard, Jhansi Yadlapati, Ash-lyn Nale, Casey Gibson, Cindy Xu, Freddy-May AbiSamra (RA).
Gerard
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Kolby
Josh
Front row (from left): Ethan Elmer, Ethan Ivey,
Ernesto Zulueta Barroeta, Hayden Skrabanek, Nicho-las Ambriz. Back row (from
left): Kolby Carter (RA), Jordan Harrold, Demetry
de’Clouet, Derrick Hill, Pierre Charbonnet, James
Hesser, Pius Lau (TA).
Front row (from left): Nick Goodan, Iliyan
Basaria, Cory Jones, Jason
Liu, Chandler Burgess, Steven
Nguyen. Back row (from left):
Nick Rodriguez, Josh Ballagh (RA), Carson
Foster, Kris Cayette, Josh
Henry, Tomaso Brown, Trey
Ross (TA), Haox-iang “Lin” Lin.
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Lizzie
Marshal
Front row (from left): Kayla Winey (TA), Clara Lee, Sarah Johnson, Julia Ferrell, Isabel Da-vis, Jaya Kasturi, Roma Kolluru, Lizzie Kelso (RA). Back row (from left): Tum-Tum Adel-eye, Allison Johnson, Renee Angerer, Julia Sartori, Derrilon Young, Hannah Lewis, Sophia Gruesbeck, June Olivier.
Foreground: Jordan Hunter. Second row (from left): Alastair Dunn (TA), Kingston Nicholas, Paresh Kolluru, Malcolm Heymach, Mason Osborn, Jacob Prejean. Back row (from left): Leandro Yabut, Kiyan Rice, Dayton Waltman, Danny McAllister-Ou, Marshal Rouse (RA).
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Front row (from left): Danison Zhang, Lane Dominguez, Neal Kasturi. Middle row (from left): Andrew Bennett (TA), Joaquin Jones, Jonas Ampuero, Ravi Baker, Nick Cheramie
(RA). Back row (from left): Shyam Kasturi, Mason McCart, Evan Shelton, Eli Pritchard.
Nick
Micaela
On floor (from left): Katherine Winchester, Jolie Daigle. Seated (from left): Eryn Percle (TA), Kayla Crane, Samantha Bell, Remi Swan, Olivia Miller, Sree Karnati, Katherine
Leebrick. Back row (from left): Karolina Gonzalez, Anne Michelle Long, Alexa Lund-blade, Micaela Whiteaker (RA), Stephanie Okereke, Leighanna Kain, Ashley Kurian.
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Seated (from left): Myá Wrisper, Ciaira Guyton, Ytzi Mon-tes-Victoria, Manasvi Reddy, Hannah Hartley, Elaine Gboloo. Standing (from left): Nona Goodwin (RA), Ella Barnes, Anne-Ma-rie Auer (TA), Mary Grace Long, Brynn Beatty, Kara Rod-gers, Emily Zhang, Josey Hulkewicz.
Nona
ResidentialAssistants
Front row (from left): Nick Cheramie, Marshal Rouse, Ashley Adams (Head RA), Freddy-May AbiSamra, Nona Goodwin, Micaela Whiteaker. Back row (from left): Kolby Carter, Gerard Rattler, Erica Landon, Lizzie Kelso, Josh Ballagh.
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Right: Demetry de’Clouet shoots and scores. Below (from left): Hannah Hartley and Claire Reed search through
magazines for the perfect items for their collage projects.
Enjoying a visit to the local candy store are (from left) Nick Cheramie (RA), Atula Danivas, Casey Gibson, Lane Dominguez, Isabel Davis, Jordan Hsieh, and Jhansi Yadlapati.
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Students Unwind in Their Own Way
Left (from left): Myá Wrisper, Mary Grace Long, Bree Englund enjoy a meal at Hana Sushi Bar and Grill in downtown Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Kneeling (from left): Ella Barnes, Carson Foster, Elaine Gboloo, Ytzi Montes-Victoria. Standing (from left): Jason Liu, Nick Rodriguez, Kris Cayette, Manasvi Reddy, Haox-iang “Lin” Lin, Tomaso Brown, Ciaira Guyton.
Above (from left): Evan Shelton, Chandler Bur-gess, Joaquin Jones meditate prior to jedi training. Left: ADVANCE holds mixers the first week of the program to help folks get to know each other. These students are having way too much fun!
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Right: Mason Osborn is a contender at dodgeball. Below (from left): Derrilon Young, Lizzie Kelso (RA),
Charlotte Hoebig create friendship bracelets.
Above (from left): Demetry de’Clouet, Keyan Roshan, Kris Cayette, Atula Danivas, Kingston Nicholas, John Fleming, John Okereke, Gus Brown take to the field despite the heat for flag football.
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Left: Hailey Dangerfield serves some heat while on the sand volleyball court. Below (from left): Brianna Stephan and Julia Sartori make duct tape accessories.
Going to Magee’s is a favorite activity. Front row (from left): Zeina Younes, Jordan Hsieh, James Hess-er, Jordan Harrold, Sam Lau, John Okereke, Lane Dominguez, Emma Gruesbeck, Camille Head, Wish Wood, Louis Edwards. Back row (from left): Isabel Davis, Yara Younes, Angelo Schibetta, Laura Chen, Elena Endriss, Ashlyn Nale, Leandro Yabut, Derrilon Young, Kingston Nicholas, Thomas Dally.
Have Fun Whether You Are Active or Simply Chill
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Right (from left): Thomas Dally and John Fleming participate in an engineering activity. Below: Roma
Kolluru’s new hair style is the result of a spa night!
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Students Love the Quirk Factor at ADVANCE
Flying lessons at ADVANCE? Why not! From left are Chandler Burgess, Renee Angerer, Jolie Daigle, Ernesto Zulueta Barroeta, Carson Foster, Ethan Elmer, Jason Liu, Jordan Hunter, Han-
nah Hartley (partially blocked), Kyle Rachal (TA), Nona Goodwin (RA), Isabel Davis, Nicholas Ambriz, Pius Lau (TA), Emily Zhang, Hannah Lewis. Soar on, students!
Quidditch for muggles
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Left: Crafting is hugely popular at ADVANCE. This activity, titled craft scraps, gives (from left) Jordan Hsieh, Katherine Winchester, Angelina “Wish” Wood, an opportunity to complete un-finished projects. Above: Ravi Baker watches his back with good cause at Humans vs Zombies.
A favorite activity is watching the fabulous movie, Princess Bride, and acting out selected scenes. These students prepare for a sword fight while channeling Westley and Inigo Montoya. From left: Joaquin Jones, Anna Chen, Hailey Dangerfield, Kendsi Zabel, Evan Shelton, Ava Reid, Leighanna Kain, Jhansi Yadlapati, Libby Labranche, Cole Cargile, Carson Foster, Ravi Baker, Josh Ballagh (RA), Malcolm Heymach, Lane Dominguez, Iliyan Basaria, Danison Zhang, Ava Barnes, Allison Johnson, Isabel Davis, Alyssa Reid, Laney Gleason-Pritts, Victoria Bell, Cat Karam, Zeina Younes. As you wish...
interactive princess bride
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Beach Party
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Above (from left): Cole Cargile, Angelo Schibetta, Haley Pritchard, Atula Danivas, John Okereke, and Louis Edwards serve
as emcees and keep the show on schedule. Right: Angelina “Wish” Wood entertains with an original number, Stars Can’t Lie.
Students Demonstratea Variety of Talents
The talent show is a culminating event that allows ADVANCE students to shine on stage. Right: Casey
Gibson appears as Princess Zelda as she plays the Leg-end of Zelda medley on the ocarina. Below: Allison
Johnson strums and sings The Scientist by Coldplay.
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Above (from left): Alyssa Reid, Gus Brown, Hannah Lewis take cues from the audience and then present an improv skit. Left: Chandler Burgess performs a stand-up comedy routine.
Left: Julia Sartori sings You’ve Got a Friend written by Carole King. Below: Laura Chen nails Time Forgets by Yiruma.
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Right: Yara Younes per-forms Waltz in B Minor
by Chopin. Far right: Sam Lau masters Sonata in G Minor by Eccles. Be-
low: Ashley’s RA group presents a skit, kazoo
kids come to ADVANCE. From left are Ashley
Adams (RA), Irene Hild (TA), C. J. Jordan, Ava
Barnes, Wish Wood, Emma Gruesbeck, Erika Pendleton, Marley Knit-
tle, Dorothy Corrigan, Ca-mille Head, Alyssa Reid.
More Talent
Right: Leaving on a Jet Plane, always the last stu-dent act, is performed by
5th year students (from left) Louis Edwards, Erika Pendleton, Wish Wood,
and accompanied by Freddy-May AbiSamra (RA).
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Left (from left): Atula Danivas, Angelo Schibetta, John Flem-ing share good times. Below left (from left): Renee Angerer and Josh Ballagh (RA) strongly feel the force at the interga-lactic dance. Below right: Cat Karam schools others.
ADVANCE hosts three incredibly fun dances. We play some current hits, but students love classics such as Istanbul (They Might Be Giants), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), Istanbul (They Might Be Giants), Superman (Soulja Boy), Footloose (Kenny Loggins), Y.M.C.A. (Village People) to name a few. It’s the End of the World (R.E.M.) is always the closing song.
Left: Footloose, a perennial favorite at ADVANCE, always gets students moving.
Dance, Dance, Dance
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Above (from left): Sree Karnati, Jason Liu, Kath-erine Leebrick, Zach Petty, Ashley Kurian. Right
(from left): Renee Angerer and Iliyan Basaria enjoy a slow dance.
Right (from left): CJ Jordan and Nora Seyler dress the part for the intergalactic dance! Below (from left): Clara Lee, Sarah Johnson,
Tum-Tum Adeleye show us how it is done.
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More Moves
Above (from left): Kara Rodgers, Lane Dominguez and Evan Shelton, Manasvi Reddy, Joaquin Jones, Ella Barnes. Left (from left): Kayla Crane, Sam Bell, Ashley Kurian, Olivia Miller partici-pate in a conga line.
Far left: Bree Englund appoves of the music. Left: Students are learning some moves on the dance floor.
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Right: Audrey Phillips. Far right (from left): Erika
Pendleton, Marley Knittle, Karolina Gonzalez, John
Fleming, Danison Zhang.
Right (from left): Thomas Dally, Kolby Carter (RA). Far right (from left): Jacob Pre-jean, Danny McAllister-Ou,
James Hesser.
Left (from left): Alexa Lund-blade, Hayden Skrabanek, Jordan Harrold, Ethan Elmer. Far left (from left): Paresh Kolluru, Ravi Baker, Shyam Kasturi.
Left (from left): Brynn Beatty, Sarah Johnson, Tum-Tum Adeleye. Far left (from left):Elaine Gboloo, Mary Grace Long, Josey Hulkewicz, Myá Wrisper, Emily Zhang.
Right (from left): Julia Ferrell, Sarah Johnson, Clara Lee. Far right (from left): Iliyan Basaria,
Pierre Charbonnet.
It’s a Wonderful Life...
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...at ADVANCE!
Right (from left): Kendsi Zabel, Brianna Stephan. Far right (from left): Hailey Dan-gerfield, Malcolm Heymach,
Tomaso Brown.
Right (from left): Cat Karam, Allison Johnson, Victoria
Bell. Far right (from left): Neal Kasturi, Ravi Baker, Danison
Zhang, Shyam Kasturi.
Left (from left): Ethan Elmer, Louis Edwards. Far left (fore-ground) Stephanie Okereke, (from left): Anne Michelle Long, Sam Bell, Kayla Crane, Laney Gleason-Pritts, Ma-son McCart.
Left (from left): Elaine Gboloo, Cindy Xu. Far left (from left): Leighanna Kain, Alexa Lundblade, Ashley Kurian, Katherine Leebrick.
Right: Cory Jones, Jacob Major, Kingston Nicholas, Kris
Cayette. Far right: Karolina Gonzalez.
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Staffers Make It All Happen!
Seated (from left): Lizzie Kelso, Briah Cooley, Nona Goodwin, Freddy-May AbiSamra, Kayla Winey, Eryn Percle. Second row (from left): Nick Cheramie, Marshal Rouse, Ashley Adams (Head RA), Bonnie Dorman, Micaela Whiteaker, Jessica Todd (Head TA). Back rows (from left): Pius Lau, Erica Landon, Kolby Carter, Gerard Rattler, Mason Joiner, Kyle Rachal, Josh Ballagh, Andrew Bennett, Alastair Dunn, Trey Ross, Irene Hild, Anne-Marie Auer.
Staffers give their all, yet still have fun, while serv-ing as positive role models and mentors. Thanks for your hard work and for making the magic happen again this year! Left: The human knot often results in a tangled mess. Below (from left): Gerard Rattler and Marshal Rouse cool down on the water slide.
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Coming Together for 30 Years Has Never Been This Much Fun
Right: Brynn Beatty and Allison Johnson show us some foot-work at a dance. Below (from left): Cole Cargile, John Okereke,
Gus Brown, Dayton Waltman, Marshal Rouse battle at flag football.
Above (from left): Marley Knittle, Alyssa Reid, Dorothy Corrigan. Marley and Dorothy congrat-ulate Allysa for her performance in the Creative
Writing’s class successful reading of original pieces.
Above (from left): Sree Karnati, Sam Bell, Remi Swan, Emma Gruesbeck enjoy the quirk factor at our annual
Awkward Prom.
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Above are our fabulous 4th year, 5th year, and other students who are aging out of the program. Kneeling (from left): Camille Head, Marley Knittle, Alyssa Reid, Sam Lau, Dorothy Corrigan, Gus Brown, John Okereke, Angelo Schibetta. Standing (from left): Ashley Adams (RA), Haley Pritchard, Victoria Bell, Laura Chen, CJ Jordan, Nora Seyler, Erika Pendleton, Emma Gruesbeck, Louis Edwards, Wish Wood, Keyan Roshan, Daniel Schonefeld, Atula Danivas, Gerard Rattler (RA). We will miss those who cannot return next summer.
Left (from left): Isabel Davis and Hannah Lewis at Quidditch: Below (from left): Lane Dominguez and Jolie Daigle review algebra 1 problems at the dorm.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Duke University’s Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP)
Pat and Tom Gresham
Leon Hsu
Louisiana Scholars’ College (scholars.nsula.edu)
Northwestern State University (nsula.edu)
NSU Press
Michael and Pamela Schonefeld
Photography by all staff members and Harriette Palmer
A special thanks to our incredible students, instructors,and staff members without whom ADVANCE would not exist!
ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars318-357-4500; [email protected]
http://advance.nsula.edu
Pajama Day
Beach Party
Holiday Day
See You Next SummerJuly 7 - 27, 2019
Tie-Dye and Ties
Facial Hair Day