UPDATES AND KUDOS
we asked past cohorts of Fellows to share “class notes” about themselves and others — submit yours at bit.ly/UIF-updates Amadin Agho of IUPUI celebrated his first year at Apple and the second successful year of his consulting startup, Argona Partners. Arjun Chakravarthi Pogaku from Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science was admitted into grad school at Asia University, Taiwan with a full tuition scholarship, to work on Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain Tech & Internet of Things. Camila Buenaventura Marquez of Universidad de los Andes took part in a coding bootcamp in London and developed a first prototype of a hiring app for women in tech. Carly Kasiki and Jake Coddington from Southern Illinois University created and co-taught an honors course last semester called “Innovations in Sustainability,” which was fully accredited and had 13 students enrolled. Ceren Kocaoğullar and Mine Hazal Şenol of Koc University held a Mental Wellbeing Week during 34
finals as well as a panel for first-year students called UIFTalks: Inspiring Women Students. Charan Sai Pala of Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science started grad school at the University of Maryland College Park. Ethan Ellert of George Mason University graduated with his Masters from University of Michigan (P.S. Ethan, Jade says you’re awesome). Ethan Moengchaisong is working on the startup Idium (shout-out by Sachal Jogi). Felipe Gárate of Universidad del Desarrollo attended the Hesselbein Global Academy for Leadership and Civic Engagement (shout-out by Lisa Dinh). Harsha Teja of Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology held several design thinking workshops for a total of 500 people. Jade Garrett, a graduate of George Mason University, won a
