Chapter Chatter: Student Send-Off
Festivities Across the Land
Over the summer, Hopkins alumni chapters across the country-
-and even overseas--fted new and returning students at
send-off festivities. At picnics, crabfeasts, cookouts, and
pool parties, students enjoyed the opportunity to meet and
socialize with other members of the Hopkins community before
leaving home.
Altogether, Johns Hopkins welcomed 3,392 new students this
fall, graduate and undergraduate: 295 in Advanced
International Studies (SAIS); 1,425 in the Schools of Arts &
Sciences and Engineering; 120 in Medicine; 180 in Nursing;
647 in Public Health; 235 in Peabody; and 725 in
Professional Studies in Business and Education (SPSBE).
Among those students, every state of the union plus nearly
100 foreign countries are represented.
Those entering Hopkins include SAIS student Kristina Han, a
graduate of Harvard and a 1988 Olympian in swimming; A&S
undergraduate Melissa Floca, who as a high-school student
completed research on environmental racism and its effect on
African-Americans living on the Mississippi River; and, at
the School of Nursing alone, 22 returned Peace Corps
volunteers. This year, admissions selectivity for the
entering undergraduate classes in A&S and Engineering was
the highest in the schools' history, with fewer than 32% of
all applicants accepted.
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Host Worth Daniels greets new student
Kristina Krasnov and her father at the Baltimore send-off. |
The Alumni Association extends its warm appreciation to the
hosts of these send-off events for their gracious
hospitality. Listed below in chronological order are the 22
alumni chapters that held send-off events, along with the
names of the hosts.
The number of new enrollees reflects the total entering
Hopkins this fall from each area.
Istanbul, Turkey-- The Johns Hopkins Club of Turkey
Manhattan-- Sheila (parent '01) and Christopher
Pulling:
51 new enrollees
Los Angeles-- Francis (Med '82) and Lilly Sheng:
58 new enrollees
San Diego-- San Diego Chapter: 10 new enrollees
Harrisburg-- Jim Schaefer (A&S '92): 32 new enrollees
Washington, D.C.-- Mindy Farber (A&S '74):
261 new enrollees
Seattle-- Chris Howard (A&S '77): 20 new enrollees
New Jersey-- Ellen (SPSBE '79) and Bill Oppenheimer:
143 new enrollees
Northern California-- Northern California Chapter:
70 new enrollees
Pittsburgh-- Grant (A&S '73) and Nancy Shevchik:
33 new enrollees
Chestertown-- Jim Schaefer (A&S '92): 13 new enrollees
Louisiana-- Ted Graser (A&S '57): 7 new enrollees
Baltimore-- Worth (Med '48) and Jane Daniels:
186 new enrollees
Philadelphia-- Tony (A&S '58) and Cynthia Salem:
65 new enrollees
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Philadelphia students gather for their
send-off. |
Boston-- Dennis (Engr '64, '68) and Prebble Eklof:
80 new enrollees
Connecticut-- Jim Miller (A&S '64): 39 new enrollees
Chicago-- Kimberlee Kepper (A&S '78, SAIS '79) and
Randy Randazzo (A&S '78): 41 new enrollees
Southern Florida-- Jed (A&S '59),
Lynn and Jon (A&S '90) Jacobson: 18 new enrollees
Long Island, N.Y.-- Marty Bergin (A&S '83):
81 new enrollees
Minnesota-- Dr. and Mrs. Charles Burton:
12 new enrollees
Dallas-- Michael Saks (A&S '74): 21 new enrollees
Houston-- John (Engr '86) and Vanessa Cunniff:
25 new enrollees
Atlanta-- Geoff (A&S '68, Engr '73) and Nancy Berlin:
29 new enrollees
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