DUKE A/API 2021 GRADUATION YEARBOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. Message 4. Meet the Class of 2021 11. Favorite Memories 26. Rooted 27. All The Places You Will Go 28. Student Organizations
message Congratulations A/API graduates of the Class of 2021! The staff at the Center for Multicultural Affairs is proud of you all for reaching the pinnacle of success of your undergraduate Duke experience. You all have accomplished so much while navigating another unusual year. This is a testament to your resiliency of each one of you to rebound from challenges and emerge successfully with confidence and grace. We are extremely proud of you. We will greatly miss you and are confident that you will accomplish great things! Congrats Class of 2021! -CMA Staff
MEET THE CLASS OF 2021
AUG 2017 - MAY 2021
Mihir Bellamkonda Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Public Policy with a Russian Literature in Translation Minor "There's a strange frenzy in my head, of birds flying, each particle circulating on its own. Is the one I love everywhere?" - Rumi
Chirag Bellani Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Public Policy with a Chemistry Minor "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." Mahatma Gandhi
Theo Cai Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Environmental Science and Policy with a Creative Writing Minor "it's a myth / that love lives in the heart / it lives in the throat we push it out / when we speak." "Heritage," - Kaveh Akbar
Raksha Doddabele Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Biology with a Computer Science & Creative Writing Minors "We are each newly arrived and temporary tourists on this planet, yet we find ourselves custodians of the world for all people yet unborn." - Carl Safina
Yiwen (Ivy) Jiang Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Environmental Science and Policy with an Energy and Environment Certificate
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth
Andy Ju Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Computer Science & B.A. Visual Arts with a Cinematic Arts Minor "Greet one another with a holy kiss" - 2 Corinthians 13:12
Ashley Kim Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Psychology with a Spanish Minor "The problem [with inequality in our world] is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are."
Sam Kim Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Computer Science & B.S. Biology with Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Minor "This is water." —David Foster Wallace
Amy Liu Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Chemistry with a Biology Minor "Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up."
Ellen Mines Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Biology with a Chemistry Minor "Do or do not. There is no try."
Vincent Peng Pratt School of Engineering B.S. Biomedical Engineering & B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering "we should get lunch sometime"
Hsingchih Tang Pratt School of Engineering B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering & B.S.Computer Science
Daniel Tsai Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Biology with a Chemistry Minor
Mary Wang Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Economics with a Finance Concentration and Math & Computer Science Minors
Jennie Wang Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S Economics with Psychology and Spanish Minors "GTHC."
Cameron Wu Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Public Policy & B.A. History "Go Duke!"
Christine Yoon Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Computer Science & B.S. Chemistry with a Bioinformatics Computational Biology Minor "Sometimes the wrong train takes you to the right direction."
Harrison Yue Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Sociology with a Statistics Minor Markets & Management Studies Certificate "The magic in life is finding what it is that you love... when you find that thing that you love, then life makes sense."
Mabelle Zhang Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Public Policy with Political Science and Economics Minors "Our infrastructure for life is relationships not institutions" - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Amy Zhao Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.S. Biology & B.S. Global Health with a Chemistry Minor "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine."
Andrew Zheng Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Public Policy with a Computer Science Minor Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald
WE made the
most OF IT.
OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES...
Lining up at Trinity's Cafe after 8pm — HSINGCHIH TANG
Hosting the first Science Olympiad competition on Duke’s campus. - Daniel Tsai
HOSTING THE FIRST KICKBACK OF THE YEAR AT THE CSGD, CARNIVAL KICKBACK, FOR THE NEW STUDENTS IN 2019. THAT DAY WAS PARTICULARLY FULL OF LAUGHTER AND HAPPINESS AND THE EXCITEMENT OF MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND UNLIMITED POTENTIAL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. - ELLEN MINES
Nasher brunch — CAMERON WU
Walking down Ninth Street and Listening to Kimi no Na wa OST in a light drizzle. - Andy Ju GOING ABROAD WITH DUKE IN MADRID -JENNIE WANG
NOT ONE MEMORY, BUT ALL THE LITTLE MOMENTS OF RESPITE AND LOVE STAYING UP LATE WITH FRIENDS, STUDYING TOGETHER, TRADING KNOWING GLANCES AND LAUGHS. - THEO CAI
I'll never tell. — MIHIR BELLAMKOND
Rushing MUNDI in freshman year! - Chirag Bellani
2018 DUKE VS. UNC GAME -RAKSHA DODDABELE
I'VE ALWAYS GROWN UP GOING TO DUKE BASKETBALL GAMES AND HAVE WATCHED THE CAMERON CRAZIES FROM AFAR. NOTHING WILL BEAT THE FEELING OF BEING ABLE TO STAND IN THE STUDENT SECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY SURREAL ACHIEVEMENT OF MY GOAL. - ASHLEY KIM
Tenting in March 2020. — SAM KIM
Walking out of Perkins late at night to a quiet campus blanketed in snow. - Yiwen(Ivy) Jang
CHARCUTERIE + ICE CREAM AT MAPLEVIEW DURING WELLNESS DAYS. THE SUNSET WAS VERY PRETTY AND THE VIBES WERE VERY NICE :) AMY LIU
THE CAR RIDE TO LAKE TAHOE FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA WITH 4 OF MY FELLOW DTECH COHORT MEMBERS. WE TALKED NONSTOP THE WHOLE TIME ABOUT OUR LIVES BEFORE MEETING EACH OTHER, OUR FUTURE PLANS AND GREAT IDEAS TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH TECH, WHILE MAKING A STOPS AT SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER PLACES TO EAT AT DIFFERENT LOCAL SPOTS. - CHRISTINE YOON
Going to the gardens during a snow day. — VINCENT PEG
Meeting so many amazing people that have shaped me into a better person. - Maybelle Zhang
FIRST DUKE BASKETBALL GAME. - HARRISON YUE
THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK TENTING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. ALTHOUGH IT WAS COLD, RAINING, AND CRAMPED (WE ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT THE WRONG-SIZED TENT), IT WAS WHEN I MET AND GOT CLOSE TO SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE. - MARY WANG
My Sophomore year Gardens Show with the Duke Pitchforks! - Andrew Zheng
HANGING OUT WITH STUDENTS, ROOMMATES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH DUKE ENGAGE VIETNAM! - AMY ZHAO
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ROOTED unearthing our diversity, history & collective power
We asked your classmates, "What are your roots?"
ALL THE PLACES YOU WILL GO New York or California! Boston, MA Arlington, Virginia New York City San Francisco Seattle, WA Bay Area A gap year program at the NIH IRTA Fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Columbus, OH to join Abercrombie & Fitch Hollywood baby! D-Town, baby
Thanks to Our Student Organizations
Asian American Alliance 2020-2021
Asian American Students at Duke Working Group
2020- 2021
Asian Students Association
2020- 2021
ASEAN
Southeast Asian Student Association
2020- 2021
- DIYASOUTH ASIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION 2020-2021
CONGRATS CLASS OF 2021!