Who is CCS?

"I love CCS because it is like home and we are like family." - Connie Chang, SESP '12

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Master Staff

CCS Exec Board 2010-2011

Past CCS Exec Boards

Feel free to email any executive board member for information about CCS or with any questions you may have.

President: Asna Ansari
asnaansari2012@u.northwestern.edu

Vice-President of Faculty Relations: Maya Stuhlbarg
mayastuhlbarg2013@u.northwestern.edu

Vice-President of Programming: Sari Hernandez
sarihernandez2013@u.northwestern.edu

Vice-President of Community Engagement: Rigo Fernandez
rodrigofernandez2013@u.northwestern.edu

Treasurer: James Sun
jamessun2013@u.northwestern.edu

Secretary: Steffi Perkins
stephanieperkins2013@u.northwestern.edu

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Members of the Community

Feel free to contact anyone from CCS with questions about CCS or Northwestern! [Please note that this is not a complete list of all of the residents or community members.]

Alvin Kuo
Year: 2011
Major(s), Minor(s): Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Lisle, IL
Languages Spoken: Chinese, English, Spanish
Interests and Activities: Wide range of interests and activities including SEED & GSW, as well as hobbies like chess, reading, and playing music.
Interesting Fact: I like the color blue.  The only other place where there is standing water may be on Europa.  Also one of the most promising places for life.
E-mail: alvinkuo2007@u.northwestern.edu

Amy Collins (Non-Res)
Year: 2011
Major(s), Minor(s): Political Science, International Studies, Economics
Hometown: Marietta, GA
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Interests and Activities: I love exploring the city, especially the restaurants. I also enjoy playing most sports, hanging out with my friends, and reading mystery novels.
Interesting Fact: If you start typing in "i like" in the google search field, the first thing that comes up in the little like auto complete search box is "i like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur".
E-mail: amycollins2007@u.northwestern.edu

Anne Ciccarelli
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Linguistics

Hometown: Palo Alto, CA

Languages Spoken: English, a little Japanese

Interests and Activities: Music! I play flute and alto sax. Right now I'm in the flute section in NUMB, Northwestern's marching band, but I'll probably join other groups as the year goes on and football season ends.

Interesting Fact: The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com. (Taken from hookedonfacts.com...I can't think of interesting facts on my own.)

E-mail: anneciccarelli2013@u.northwestern.edu

Asna Ansari
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Integrated Science

Hometown: Bethesda, MD

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Interests and Activities: Research, community service, music, exploring Chicago, CCS!

Interesting Fact: The Subaru logo is actually the Pleiades star cluster (the Japanese word for Pleiades is Subaru)!

E-mail: asnaansari2012@u.northwestern.edu

Ben Farley
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Political Science, Economics

Hometown: Mount Ayr, IA

Languages Spoken: English, little Spanish

Interests and Activities: Running, politics, soccer, track, cross country, friends, NUdecides, college dems, taco bell, culvers' ice cream stuff.

Interesting Fact: I have a younger brother named Chris Farley and a cousin named Timothy Allen, no joke.

E-mail: benjaminfarley2012@u.northwestern.edu

Ben Zhu
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Undecided

Hometown: Shanghai, China

Languages: Chinese

Interests and Activities: Tennis, traveling, movies, hiking, piano.

E-mail: zbz323@yahoo.com.cn

Cole Berhorst
Year: 2012
Major(s), Minor(s): Computer Science, Cognitive Science
Hometown: Jefferson City, MO
Languages Spoken: English
Interests and Activities: Mock Trial and Solar Car.  Spades!
E-mail: coleberhorst@gmail.com

Connie Chang
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Secondary Education

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Languages Spoken: Mandarin

Interests and Activities: Volunteer, dance, and eat wheat thins.

E-mail: conniechang2012@u.northwestern.edu

Derek Kiebala
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Integrated Science Program (ISP), Political Science

Hometown: Rolling Meadows, IL

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Interests and Activities: Traveling, playing guitar and piano, listening to music, social justice activism (especially in Africa), community service, longboarding, concerts and music fests, soccer, the Catholic faith.

Interesting Fact: I learned to drive stick when I was 10.

E-mail: derekkiebala2012@u.northwestern.edu

Grace Graham (Non-Res)
Year: 2010
Major(s), Minor(s): Biology, Anthropology
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Languages Spoken: English, and un pocito de espanol
Interests and Activities: Being outdoors, woodland critters, sports, getting to know new people, watching lightning storms, romping around in the snow, bike riding, going to kooky places, learning and sharing fun facts, staying active in general.
Interesting Fact: I fainted on the El train coming back from the Obama rally in Grant Park.
E-mail: c-graham@northwestern.edu

Hugh Le
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Mechanical Engineering

Hometown: Princeton, NJ

Languages Spoken: English, Vietnamese

Interests and Activities: Sports, math, video and computer games.

E-mail: HughLe3.2012@u.northwestern.edu

James Sun
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Engineering

Hometown: Chatham, IL

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Mandarin

Interests and Activities: Having fun.

Interesting Fact: Pass.

Jenny Haag
Year: 2011

Major(s), Minor(s): Biomedical Engineering, French, Global Health

Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Languages Spoken: French, English

Interests and Activities: Ice hockey, Global Water Brigades, GSW, CCS exec, ASB, Scottish dancing, country music, baking, coloring, Scrubs, Bones, House, the Food Network.

Interesting Fact: The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

E-mail: JenniferHaag2011@u.northwestern.edu

Joshua Hiew
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Communication Studies

Hometown: Singapore

Languages Spoken: English, Chinese, and very little amounts of Thai and Spanish

Interests and Activities: Almost all kinds of sports! Gaming! COMIC BOOKS!!

E-mail: joshuahiew2008@u.northwestern.edu

Kate Weisshaar (Non-Res)
Year: 2010
Majors, Minors: Sociology, Math
Hometown: Madison, WI
Languages spoken: English, French
Interests and activities: Music, flute, soccer, vegetarianism, animals, community service, gender and urban issues, CCS and RCB!

Katie Oldberg
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Psychology, Spanish

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO

Languages Spoken: English

Interests and Activities: DZ, Concert Band, Student Life Committee, CCS.

Interesting Fact: CCS was once the home of Zeta Psi and Beta Theta Pi.

Katie Reifurth (Non-Res)
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics

Hometown: Honolulu, HI

Languages Spoken: English (just English...I'm lame)

Interests and Activities: I like long walks on the beach, romantic getaways, sunsets, rainbows, and looking at the stars on a clear night.  No, but really.  I like to walk (NOT RUN), chill, eat, eat some more, watch reality tv shows, watch amazing shows like House, Bones, Greek and Glee, dance, and procrastinate.  I am a member of Pi Beta Phi, Student Admissions Counsel, GreekBuild, Hawaii Club, Dance Marathon, and Project Pumpkin.

Interesting Fact: Hawaii is a state.  NO JOKE
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E-mail: katherinereifurth2012@u.northwestern.edu

Ken Fuller (Non-Res)
Year: 2011
Major(s), Minor(s): Civil Engineering, Transportation & Logistics
Hometown: Evanston, IL
Languages Spoken: English
Interests and Activities: Jazz, Camping, Backpacking, Procrastinating, RCB, BLAST, Work.
Interesting Fact: I think it would be really cool to work on Antarctica.
E-mail: jamesfuller2011@u.northwestern.edu

Lara Thais Suntzeff
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): International Relations/Studies, Spanish

Hometown: La Serena, Chile

Languages Spoken: Spanish, Croatian, English

Interests and Activities: Dancing, softball, soccer, volleyball, piano, painting, volunteering at the pet shelter, traveling, music, learning new things, cooking, designing, watching movies, clubbing, visiting friends, Chicago....

Interesting Fact: I have lived in 4 countries!

Makda Fessahaye
Year: 2011

Major(s), Minor(s): Communication Studies, Political Science

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Languages Spoken: Tigrinya, English, Spanish

Interests and Activities: African Students Association - Vice President

Northwestern Community Ensemble - Treasurer

CCS  - Former VP of Relations

Minorities in Pursuit of Law

E-mail: m-fessahaye@northwestern.edu

Manisha Bhatia
Year: 2012
Major(s), Minor(s): Chemistry, History
Hometown: Plano, TX
Languages Spoken: Spanish

E-mail: manishabhatia2012@u.northwestern.edu

Molly Hoisington
Year: 2011

Major(s), Minor(s): Psychology, Environmental Policy & Culture

Hometown: Ogden, UT

Languages Spoken: English, Español

Interests and Activities: I love tutoring in the citizenship classes at a local community center.  I also work as a tutor in Northwestern's Writing Place.  As a member of BLAST, I participate in my hobby of ballroom dancing classes, competitions, and performances.

E-mail: m-hoisington@northwestern.edu

Nick Kappler
Year: 2012

Major(s), Minor(s): Applied Math

Hometown: Medina, MN

Languages Spoken: German

Interests and Activities: Proud member of the Delta Omega Tau Alpha fraternity, Playing piano, juggling, solving differential equations.

Interesting Fact: I once fought and killed eight ninjas in front of an auditorium full of people.  Nobody noticed anything.

E-mail: guj6y@u.northwestern.edu

Richard Zhang
Year: 2010

Major(s), Minor(s): Chemistry, Economics

Hometown: Succasunna, NJ

Languages Spoken: Chinese, English, Spanish, French

Interests and Activities: Skateboarding.

Interesting Fact: The item whose weight determines the gram is changing.

E-mail: iamricoh@u.northwestern.edu

Rigo Fernandez
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Social Policy

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Interests and Activities: Kaibigan, Eskrima, Project SOAR, sports, watching movies, listening to music.

E-mail: rodrigofernandez2013@u.northwestern.edu

Sari Hernandez
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Secondary Education, Concentration in English

Hometown: Chicago
, IL (Southside; specifically Pilsen)
Languages Spoken: Spanish and English

Interests and Activities:
I love reading and enjoy dancing Merengue. I also did Policy Debate while in High School. OOOh and I like penguins
Interesting Fact:
There are more Spanish speakers in the US than in Spain.
E-mail: sarihernandez2013@u.northwestern.edu

Steffi Perkins
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): Biomedical Engineering

Hometown: Louisville, CO

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Interests and Activities: Beading, flute, harpsichord, piano, making graphics in Photoshop, reading...the list goes on.
E-mail: StephaniePerkins2013@u.northwestern.edu

Timi Chu
Year: 2013

Major(s), Minor(s): ISP, Spanish

Hometown: Oakland Gardens, NY

Languages Spoken: English, Chinese, Spanish

Interests and Activities: I still have no idea what I want to be in the future. However, I do take great interest in chemistry, math and having random conversations in Spanish. I like seeing the ends justify the means, especially when the task involved a lot of hard work. I enjoy cooking and baking, knitting/crocheting and playing piano in my free time.

Interesting Fact: Contrary to popular belief, New York City DOES have low buildings and trees. I once met someone who thought NYC only had skyscrapers...

E-mail: timi@u.northwestern.edu

Utsav Om Goel
Year: 2011

Major(s), Minor(s): Cognitive Science, Chemistry

Hometown: Paris, France

Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, French

Interests and Activities: Utsav does the following occasionally: working out, swimming, tennis, golfing, halo 3, cooking, reading, wikipedia-ing, traveling, of course utsav studies during midterm weeks.
Interesting Fact: Utsav has never broken a bone.

"I love the community here - it's just like a house where a family would live, with a living room and entertainment room, and cozy feel." - Wendy Gu, WCAS '07

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Aethereality and Belladonna.