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Meet Our Admission Fellows

Fall Fellows

About our Fellows

Tram Ha

Tram Ha, Senior
Springfield, MO
Tram.Ha@ColoradoCollege.edu

Born in Vietnam and a transfer student to CC, Tram is proud to call Springfield, Missouri home. She declared a dual major in History and Philosophy to satisfy her interdisciplinary mind and curiosity for those tough, unanswerable questions. Outside of her major, Tram has explored other curiosities through electives such as “Hip Hop and Ya Don’t Stop,” an Islam course abroad in Turkey, and frequent visits to the shelves of Tutt Library.

Extracurricular Activities:
  • Technology Assistant in the Disability Services Office
  • Mortar Board Honor Society Member
  • Published in the Catalyst and Cipher
  • Mentor for Public Achievement at local High School and Middle Schools
  • Student Conduct Committee
  • Studied abroad in Turkey
  • Adjuncts: Arabic

Lauren Nelson

Lauren Nelson, Senior
Barrington, IL
Lauren.Nelson@ColoradoCollege.edu

Lauren hails from Barrington, IL where she attended Barrington High School. Although she has taken a class in almost every department at Colorado College, and has a special passion for Art History and Sociology, Lauren put roots in an Economics and Business major. When she’s not studying or working in Admission, you can find Lauren applying her out-of-the-box thinking and enthusiasm to Athletic Marketing initiatives or launching t-shirts into the stands at men’s ice hockey games at the World Arena. In addition to an unexpected enthusiasm for office supplies, skiing, running, yoga, crafts, and cooking compose Lauren’s long list of hobbies.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Delta Gamma Sorority President
  • Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Volunteer with WWOOF in France
  • Women’s Concerns Committee 
  • Student Government Association
  • Member of  Campus Activities Planning Committee
  • 3-time NSO Leader
  • Intramural volleyball
  • Volunteers at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
  • Adjuncts: French language, ceramics, jewelry making, American Sign Language

Izzy Parkinson

Izzy Parkinson, Senior
Kennebunk, ME Isabel.Parkinson@ColoradoCollege.edu

Prior to enrolling at Colorado College, this Kennebunk, Maine native graduated from Wanyflete School and started her college experience initially at UPenn. After a semester off and travels to Europe and South America, Izzy reevaluated her path and discovered a new home at CC, where the block plan, small class sizes, and close-knit community have been a perfect fit since 2011. Izzy is a Sociology major with a focus in Public Health, and she minors in Studio Art. When she is not designing and publishing creative works with campus organizations, Izzy can be found doodling caricatures of her friends, family members, and colleagues. She also dabbles in guitar, yoga, board games, humor, and adventuring, to name a few.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Sociology Student Advisory Board
  • Catalyst Newspaper Illustrator
  • Published in Leviathan
  • Gallery Worker at the IDEA Space in Cornerstone
  • Teacher's Aid in kindergarten classroom at Taylor Elementary
  • American Sign Language
  • Disability Services Student Advisory Committee Board
  • Clinical Intern at Planned Parenthood
  • GlobeMed Staff Member
  • Intramurals
  • Italian Language House Resident
  • Adjuncts: Speed reading, Qi Gong, Modern Dance, Feminist and Gender Studies Practicum, Education Coursework

Leo Stout

Leo Stout, Senior
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Leo.Stout@ColoradoCollege.edu

Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Leo moved to Italy at a young age and lived in Ravenna for the majority of his childhood. He graduated from Liceo Scientifico “A. Oriani” and is a current senior environmental physics major at Colorado College. As a bilingual, multicultural student, Leo has hosted an Italian radio show through Sounds of Colorado College, worked as an Italian tutor and collaborated with the Italian cultural program coordinators in preparing meals for Taste of the World. When Leo is not helping students with their calculus homework at the Quantitative Reasoning Center, he can be found rock climbing, breakdancing or backpacking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Physics and Math Tutor
  • EnAct Co-Chair
  • New Student Orientation Leader
  • Outdoor Recreation Club Leader
  • Dance Workshop (Capoeira, Salsa and Hip Hop)
  • Italian Language House Resident
  • Intramural Soccer
  • Hip Hop Club
  • Adjuncts: Hip Hop, Writing Practicum and Speed Reading

Ariana Glantz

Martha Wolday, Senior
Denver, CO
Martha.Wolday@ColoradoCollege.edu

Martha was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in Denver, Colorado. She is a first-generation college student of Ethiopian descent who graduated from Kent Denver High School. Martha’s curiosity for culture and international studies lead her to a major in Economics with a Race and Ethnic Studies minor. One of her goals is to see every country in Africa, and she has already begun that journey with stops in Ethiopia and Ghana.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Black Student Union Co-Chair/Secretary
  • Heads of State
  • NAACP Colorado College Member
  • Strategic Plan Committee Member
  • Outdoor Education Search Committee Director
  • Colorado College Student Government Association
  • Blue Key Honor Society
  • Investment Club
  • Senior Class Committee
  • Worner Desk Manager
  • Athletic Marketing Assistant
  • Studied abroad in Canada and Ghana
  • Alumni Listening Project Interviewer
  • Dialogue Center Student Assistant

David Wright

David Wright
Denver, CO
David.T.Wright@ColoradoCollege.edu

David graduated from Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, Colorado and chose to stay in state to explore his love of the Rocky Mountains and diverse interests at Colorado College. As a Classics major, he has traveled abroad to Italy and the Balearic Islands in pursuit of ancient knowledge, related to both Greek and Latin culture. Whether traversing foreign lands or with a cup of mate tea on campus, David can often be found socializing over a conscious meal. He may be humble about his talents, but in addition to vegan baking, David is a profound leader at CC in the realms of athletics, arts, and service.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Sacred Grounds Manager (A student run, substance-free coffee shop open late night)
  • Admission Tour Guide
  • Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Officer
  • Distinctive Place of Learning Strategic Planning Committee Spring 2013
  • New Student Orientation Leader
  • Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
  • Blue Key Honor Society
  • Order of Omega Honor Society
  • Phi Sigma Iota Honor Society
  • President’s Council
  • Relay for Life Event Committee
  • Intramural Soccer and Volleyball
  • Classical Language Tutor
  • Studied Abroad in Italy, Spain
  • Adjuncts: Voice Lessons, Piano, Ancient Greek, Anna Karenina, Indigenous Knowledge in Education, American Sign Language, Chorus member in the Opera “Candide”