Newsmakers

Inspired in equal parts by the pandemic, his grandmother, and Julie and Julia, Bard conservatory alumnus ​​Barrett Radziun MM ’13 found sweet fame on Instagram with his account @thetenorchef, writes the Star Tribune. While a graduate student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Radziun started baking for his fellow musicians, only to turn the passion into a side business. Now a performer and professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, when his classes went online, he set about baking every recipe in Claire Saffitz's Dessert Person, documenting his progress on Instagram. “I think part of the reason people have been interested is that because, just like when I found the Bon Appetit channel, it’s beautiful and it feels really positive and uplifting," Radziun says. "I hear from people and they'll say ‘I just wanted to let you know that your posts have been a really bright spot in my life.’”

Full Story in the Star Tribune

The Posse Foundation profiled Tareian King ’16, alumna of the Human Rights Program and Posse Scholar, speaking with her about her work with law firm Geni and Kebe in Senegal. While completing her JD at Pace University, King worked for the Open Society Foundations, DLA Piper, the Mission of Senegal to the United Nations. For King, her new role represents the culmination of her ambitions. “Traveling outside of America felt like a dream prior to attending Bard,” King says. “The Posse Foundation provided me with a summer stipend to intern at the Legal Resources Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. That was my first time in Africa, and it happened because of Posse.”

Full Profile on possefoundation.org

Reading a novel by a river is a peace Amanie Issa ’18 does not take for granted. After graduating from Al-Quds Bard College, Issa was awarded a scholarship to study international human rights law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway. After witnessing upheaval and trauma firsthand, her time in Ireland has felt like a reprieve. Now working remotely as a legal consultant focusing on women’s economic and social development for the World Bank, she hopes to stay in Galway to pursue a doctoral degree. Still, even with her newfound sense of comfort, Issa can’t help but keep her fellow Palestinians in mind. “I’ve had that feeling of peace that others are yearning for while their school is demolished or they’re kicked out of their house,” Issa says. “Every person in the world deserves to have that feeling.”

Full Story in the Irish Times