Conversations with Calvin; WE the Species

Rachel Maeng Brown, The Personal Brand Architect, is a former student-athlete of Rutgers University, where she was a Big Ten Division I coxswain. While in her undergrad she also held executive-level positions in a number of organizations on campus, such as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and RUSA student government. She was also the 2016 recipient of the Inaugural Chancellor’s Bridge...

Mikayla McLaughlin BIO Mikayla is a graduating senior at Rutgers University with a degree in Dance and Psychology. Mikayla has a brother with a rare disease that has shaped her and her family tremendously. Mikayla hopes to raise awareness for Crohn’s disease (which she has), mental health, skin picking disorder, and body image issues as she knows what it’s like to suffer with these. Mikayla is pur...

This interview is about celebrating ten years of Eric and Tim’s brotherhood, their injuries, triumphs, as roommates and teammates at Rutgers (2008-2012). ERIC LEGRAND AND TIM WRIGHT share their introspective thoughts on how much Rutgers has helped them develop and flourish as contributing, sensitive, worldly individuals. They have COLLABORATED their brands Team LeGrand and Dome Audio, with a 10th...

RACHEL BRETON, Rutgers, ’12, Former Pro @Soccer, Social Media & Marketing Director Jan 2 2021 Professional Soccer Player | Media & Marketing Director | Videographer/Photographer| Sports Psych Guru | NASM Certified Trainer & Coach Be the best version of yourself daily. Cultivate your passion. My passion is to add value to our global community, impacting lives through hard work and commi...

PAUL MUOLO, Rutgers, ‘16 BA , Pub Relations, Soc. Media Mktg , Media Relations, Creative Copywrtng Dec 27 2020 Paul Muolo is a skilled public relations professional with more than nine years of experience in strategic corporate communications spanning the healthcare, hospitality, travel, technology, nonprofit, and media sectors. With a background in events, journalism, crisis management, social me...

Rutgers GRID worked closely with NJBAS (NJ Book Arts Symposium) to overcome the challenges of gathering during the pandemic by creating the virtual art gallery. Powered by GRID, the gallery's custom design that highlights the works of 30+ artists and allows visitors to experience each artwork in unique ways. Gallery visitors can sign into the guestbook, enjoy some virtual refreshments, and mingle...

SHUBHECHHA DHAR, Rutgers ’20 Social Anxiety Disorder, Author, ‘Anxiously Thriving,’ Communication, PR Dec 17 2020 Indiegogo BOOK PRE-SALE: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/an... CONTACT INFO: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shubhechha-dhar TED-styled talk: https://youtu.be/-TYn-AU5tH0 BIO: My love for storytelling made me choose Communication as my major. My most recent internship includes working as...

LINDA SLOAN LOCKE, Sexual and Domestic Violence, NJ Health Cares Collaborative, LSL Consulting Dec 16 2020 Linda Sloan Locke, CNM, MPH, LSW, FACNM Linda has a career-long commitment to the health of women, adolescents and birthing people, health disparities, social and reproductive justice, the intersection of health and mental health, and the impact of violence on health. She obtained her BSN and...

JUDY ROSENBLATT, Actress (TV Film Stage) TM (45 yrs)(Transcendental Meditation & “Collected Stories” Dec 15 2020 A TRAILER FOR PLAY 'COLLECTED STORIES" will play at end of interview. Judy Rosenblatt studied Acting at Cornell University, Royal Central School of Dramatic Art in London, and with Joseph Balfior, William Esper, Sanford Meisner,Uta Hagen and Austin Pendleton. In and out of theatre a...

ERDEM TUNA YILDIZ, Rutgers '21 Aerospace concentrated Mechanical Engineering Dec 13 2020 MEET: ERDEM TUNA YILDIZ, Rutgers '21 Aerospace concentrated Mechanical Engineering (NOTE: Interview Zoom recorded from TURKEY with 8 hour time difference from New Jersey) Tuna is a Rutgers mechanical engineering student interested in designing, automotive, aviation, aerospace and renewable energy field. He has...

Andrew Jia is 23 years old from Watchung, New Jersey. He graduated in 2019 with a degree in Economics and a double minor in political science and business administration. Although he is still fresh out of school, he hopes to one day become a consultant, where he gets to solve problems for businesses and develop great personal and professional relationships with others. In his spare time, he likes...

PORTIA CUE, Voice Over Talent & Narrator, Rutgers, ’96, New School, ’99 Dec 7 2020 ✅ 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗢: Based in Atlanta, Georgia with over 20 years of combined theatre, film, stage and voice over experience, I partner with content creators and eLearning designers and managers often under tight timelines and production schedules to get high quality, branded voice over services tailored to organizatio...

HONSON TRAN, Rutgers BS, ’20, @AI Machine Learning, Comp Science, R&D Dec 2 2020 Honson graduated as a computer scientist from Rutgers this past May 2020. At an early age, Honson has been around tech for as long as he can remember. This passion ultimately led him into starting his own computer and electronics repair business in middle school, and transitioning to studying computer science at R...

KIRAN KUMARANAYAKAM, Rutgers, ’24, Economics, Poly Sci, Student Assembly, Pre Law  Nov 30th2020 KIRAN KUMARANAYAKAM, Rutgers, ’24, Economics, Poly Sci, Student Assembly, Pre Law Bio: Kiran is a first year student at the Rutgers University- New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences double majoring in a B.A. in Economics and Political Science in the Pre-Law track. She is interested in careers t...

JACKIE MEHR, Head Trauma & Intimate Partner Violence: Moving Towards a Healthier Future, Rutgers,'22 Nov 22 2020 JACKIE MEHR Title: Head Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence: Moving Towards a Healthier Future Brief Bio: Jackie Mehr, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences/Honors College/Douglass Residential College ‘22, is a Leadership Scholar at the Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leade...

MANNY CABO, NJ Rock Star, Singer, Songwriter, Promoting Love and Peace Nov 14 2020 About MANNY CABO I'm an award winning Editorial | Music Photographer, Singer Songwriter and Instructor who loves to create and relish the gratification of Entertaining and empowering people with knowledge, motivation and self sufficiency. My goal is to touch as many lives and hopefully afford people the desire and c...

JOHN MALDJIAN, Esq. Rutgers, BS, EE, “Why Start Ups Need an Intellectual Property Strategy" Nov 16 2020 JOHN MALDJIAN BIO https://mlgiplaw.com/about-us/#johnma... website: https://mlgiplaw.com/ When John Maldjian, a curiously passionate patent attorney, founded Maldjian Law Group LLC in 2007, he combined his expertise in electrical engineering and twelve years of prior intellectual property (IP) l...

RONNIE BRANDT, #Musician at Large, Founder Children’s Educational Assemblies Nov 11 2020 Ronnie Brandt Founder & CEO Children’s Educational Assemblies (CEA) 50 Chelsea Ave #107 Long Branch NJ 07740 732-233-9644 www.educationsong.org Since founding Childrens Educational Assemblies in 2003, award-winning and critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Ronnie Brandt has established a track record of e...

CLARETTA BELLAMY: Rutgers, Aspiring Journalist Nov 9 2020 CONTACT: Official Website: clarettabellamy.com YouTube Channel: Claretta Bellamy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5i... LinkedIn: Claretta Bellamy https://www.linkedin.com/in/claretta-... Instagram: @clarejbella https://www.instagram.com/clarejbella... Facebook: Clare J Bella https://www.facebook.com/clare.bella.509 YouTube Bio/Descriptio...

JUSTIN GIEGERICH, Filmmaker Nov 4 2020 TITLE: Justin Giegerich, Filmmaker CONTACT; Website: www.justingiegerich.com Justin Giegerich is a NYC-based, New Jersey-raised, director, writer, actor, and producer for screen and stage. As a director, Justin's work has been seen on platforms such as Buzzfeed, and his films have screened at the Morelia International Film Festival, Toronto Youth Shorts, and...

SONIA YACO, NJ Book Arts Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick Libraries, Assoc Director, Head Special Collections & University Archives Oct 31 2020 Tumultuous Absence: the 26th annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium - registration now open! Rutgers New Brunswick Special Collections and University Archives is delighted to announce that this year’s New Jersey Book Arts Symposium will be held in cybe...

SANJIT SINGH, #ComputerScience, Rutgers, Aspiring Entrepreneur, Inventor & #Roboticist Oct 28 2020 SANJIT SINGH. Computer Science, Aspiring Entrepreneur, Inventor & Roboticist. CONTACT: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjit-si... Bio: Sanjit is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science at Rutgers University. Prior to that he attended Mercer County Community College &amp...

MICHAEL ROCKLAND, Rutgers, Professor of #American Studies, “Why, How and What I Write About” Oct 27 2020 Professor Michael Aaron Rockland founded the American Studies Department at Rutgers while serving as Assistant Dean of Douglass College (1969-1972). Earlier, he had another stint in academic administration when he served as Executive Assistant to the Chancellor of Higher Education, State of New...

Dakota is the CEO and Founder of DakoTech-Digital, a LinkedIn Digital Transformation Agency that helps business owners and professional unlock the power of LinkedIn through a tailored combination of hands-off Digital Marketing & LinkedIn strategies. Whether you want a brand image created content or redefined, expertly niched content created and scheduled, targeted message/connection campaigns...

DR JOHN ANTON, Forensic Geologist, Rutgers, BA, Temple, MA, CUNY, PhD, Explorer, Researcher, Author Oct 14 2020 Dr. John Anton, Forensic Geologist, Rutgers, BA, Geology, Temple, MA, Geology (Geochemistry, Paleontology) CUNY, PhD, Geology, Explorer, Researcher, Author, Artist CONTACT: Enviroforensic & Geoscience Services, Inc Antongeoforensics@gmail.com Licensed professional geologist, explorer...