Carnegie Mellon

Current Scholars Profiles

Clayton Barlow-Wilcox (Class of 2007)

"As a varsity basketball player, my four years have been dedicated to class and basketball. The fifth year scholar program will finally give me the chance to immerse myself in the CMU community as just a student, and I can finally focus all my attention to the community and furthering my education. I´m so excited for the the chance to continue my studies at CMU. The school has given me so much, and it will be great to give something else back." As a business administration and Social and Cultural history major, Clayton has had the chance to experience the technical and humanities aspects of CMU. In his fifth year, he hopes to further his education in Political Science and foreign languages. Clayton has spent four years as a varsity basketball player and is excited to contribute to the community in another way besides athletics. He has also been a teaching assistant for a number of communication classes, and hopes that this experience will help with implementing his project. Clayton hopes to create an online forum for CMU study abroad students to contribute information about their experiences abroad. The site will provide a wealth of knowledge for study abroad students to access for years to come.

Darbi Roberts (Class of 2007)

In her first three years at Carnegie Mellon, Darbi hasn't turned down a single chance to enrich her experience. Starting out as an Engineer, switching to Psychology, and then picking up an additional major in European Studies, Darbi has explored quite an array of intellectual disciplines. In her fifth year, she plans to continue this with a small study of music, taking both lessons and music history courses. She has also had an opportunity to be a part of many different communities on campus, including Athletics, Residence Life, the Faith community, and Greek Life. Darbi hopes to be able to aid in the development of strong young leaders in each of these communities through her Fifth Year project. In her project she will work with Forbes House, a first-year living-learning community focused on leadership and civic engagement, to help develop a strong sense of community among promising and aspiring leaders. It is her hopes that by working with enthusiastic, fresh minds, and with the help of both student and faculty mentors, she can help foster a long-term commitment to leadership among those involved in the program.

Michael Szczerban (Class of 2007)

Michael is a student of Information Systems, English, and Creative Writing. He works as a research programmer on tools that support collaborative learning and as a book designer for the University Press, where he helps to publish books of poetry. He also edits The Oakland Review, the school's undergraduate literary journal. Michael hosts "Petrichor," a weekly radio show on WRCT, Carnegie Mellon's radio station. During his fifth year, Michael hopes to broaden his study in the humanities and sciences and to work with Carnegie Mellon and community non-profit organizations to expand mutually beneficial opportunities wherein students contribute time and knowledge while learning in a real-world environment.

Diane Loviglio (Class of 2006)

After studying architecture and anthropology for the past four years, Diane will be taking classes in urban planning and policy. During her time at Carnegie Mellon, she has been a Resident Assistant, co-founded Sustainable Students, a project-based environmental club and started the Green Roof Initiative. During her fifth year, she will implement the Eco-Reps program, which is will teach students in the campus housing system how to live in a more sustainable way.

Nuveen Marwah (Class of 2006)

Nuveen is studying Business Administration in the Tepper School of Business. He is also pursuing additional majors in Spanish and International Relations. During Nuveen's Fifth Year, his academic focus will be in Finance and his project is the creation and development of a new student organization on campus called Alternative Break. The purpose of the organization is to provide service-learning opportunities to Carnegie Mellon students during their winter and spring breaks. Additionally, Nuveen is serving as a Community Advisor of Morewood Gardens.