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Arya Vishin

Arya Vishin (‘25, English/South Asian Studies) will spend his summer studying Hindi in Jaipur, India. He is a senior from San Jose, California, currently writing his honors thesis in South Asian Studies. Some of his research interests include theater and performance studies, poetry/poetics, and adaptation/appropriation. Last year, he studied Kashmiri in Gurgaon through the AIIS, and is excited to return to India for another summer of language learning. In the fall, he will utilize his training as he starts his PhD in Harvard’s department of Comparative Literature.

Giselle Carreño

Giselle Carreño (‘25, Business Administration/Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature) is a first-generation Latina college student raised in a low-income Hispanic community in Northern California. She developed a love for building community through language by translating at clinics, churches, and her school district. Through this experience, she gave Spanish-speaking individuals access to free healthcare and educational resources. At Berkeley, she developed an interest in Portuguese to reach all of Latin America and connect cultures through her work as VP of Professional Development at the Latinx Business Student Association. This summer

Khephra Owl

Khephra Owl (’25, Educational Sciences) will be traveling to Okayama, Japan to study Japanese. She grew up watching Ghibli movies such as Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, which led her to studying various aspects of Japanese culture, such as Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, and Japanese ghost stories. In 2023, she studied abroad in Kyoto, Japan through UCEAP and discovered several stark contrasts between US and Japanese cultures, which showed her the value of learning from each other in areas such as self-expression and honoring tradition. As a transfer student, Khephra

Tiffany Mar

Tiffany Mar (’25, Society and Environment, Data Science minor) is excited to be a part of the CLS 2025 cohort to explore Bahasa Indonesia. She is interested in exploring how community-driven solutions can solve pressing sustainability challenges. In the future, she would like to use her Indonesian skills to pursue a career in geospatial research where she can advocate for both people and the planet. In her free time, Tiffany enjoys making music, exploring martial arts, and picnicking with friends on the Glade.

Roxana Wang (’24) Named Berkeley’s Twentieth Schwarzman Scholar

by Lauren Miller Roxana (Qinhong) Wang, a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley class of 2024, has been awarded a 2025-26 Schwarzman Scholarship. Wang, who studied Comparative Literature and Ancient Greek and Roman Studies in the College of Letters & Science, was selected as one of 150 scholars from a pool of nearly 5,000 candidates. She is Berkeley’s twentieth recipient of the award since its inception in 2013! “Many highly qualified Berkeley students apply for the Schwarzman Scholarship every year, so it is impossible to predict who will be offered

Eli Glickman

Eli Glickman (’25 Political Science and Public Policy) is interested in nuclear strategy and the intersection between national security and emerging technologies. He plans to spend his two years in the United Kingdom earning master’s degrees in history and war studies at the University of Oxford and King’s College London, respectively. Eli is a 2024 Truman Scholar and has been an intern for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, a Kissinger Summer Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a 2023 Hertog War Studies Scholar at the

Muska Fazilat

Muska Fazilat (’15 , Public Health) spent the first ten years of her life as a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan. Her family received their visas to come to the United States and settled in Southern California. Muska is a first-generation college student and one of the few students to have received the top three most prestigious undergraduate fellowships at UC Berkeley: the Bergeron Scholar Fellowship for Women in STEM, the Haas Scholar Fellowship for undergraduate research, and the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize. Muska will be pursuing a master’s degree

FAO Schwarz Fellowship

Next application deadline: February 2026 (application opens November 1, 2025) Recorded information session – December 2024 The FAO Schwarz Fellowship in Social Impact is an intensive, transformative two-year experience designed for new college graduates who wish to deepen their knowledge of social equity, pursue careers in social impact, and lead the change. Interested college seniors apply directly to specific posted positions in host nonprofit organizations in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Fellows receive a two-year contract for a paid position (with benefits) that combines direct service and strategic projects.

Samvid Scholars

Next deadline: April 2025 (application opens early February 2025) Recorded info session (opens external site; scroll to bottom the page). Samvid Scholars invests in future leaders committed to effective positive change in the world. The program provides up to $100,000 ($50,000/year over two years) for tuition and fees for students entering graduate schools in the United States. In addition, Scholars will engage in leadership development, service projects, and other learning opportunities. They will also be part of a growing community of alumni that fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration, mentorship, and life-long relationships. Each

Humanity in Action

Next deadline: March 2026 UCB recipients! Recorded info session 3/5/25 (opens web page) Humanity in Action Summer Fellows spend 2–4 weeks with about 25 peers from around the world emerging themselves in topics of social justice, democracy, and human rights. The program – offered in 2025 (to U.S. based applicants) in Amsterdam (June 17–July 3), Berlin (July 7–22), Sarajevo (hybrid) July 9–31), and Copenhagen (August 11–28*) – provides a country- and context-specific curriculum that examines historical and contemporary challenges to human rights, pluralism and equality. The topics are illuminated by