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Academics
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Want to know what I’m up to academically and extracurricularly without reading all of my posts? Here’s a brief summary of my years at Queens College/Macaulay Honors College.
-Marina B. Nebro
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Freshman Year 2012-2013
Semester Perspectives:
Courses:
University Scholar at Queens College and Macaulay Honors College
Majoring in Art History and History
- History
- History 100: History of the Middle Ages (A-)
- History 103: American History Colonization-1865 (A+)
- History 104: American History 1865-Present (A+)
- History 145: History of Modern South Asia (A)
- Art History 102: History of Western Art from c.1300-Present (A+)
- English 101 Honors (A-)
- Italian 111 (A+)
- Drama 111: Introduction to Theatre Design (A+)
- Philosophy 116: Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (A)
- Comparative Literature
- CompLit 102: Travel Literature (A)
- Honors in the Humanities 230: Early Modern World/Global Renaissance (A)
- Macaulay Seminars
- Arts in NYC (A+)
- Peopling of NYC (A)
Awards:
- QPortfolio Creative Challenge
- Macaulay ePortfolio Expo 2013
- First Semester Italian Student Award – European Language Department
- Golden Wrench Award – Department of Theatre, Drama, Dance
- Leadership Initiative Award for TRIBE Magazine – QC Hillel
- Top 100 Finalist – Big Blog Exchange
- Deans List (Fall and Spring semesters)
Volunteer/Intern/Extracurricular:
- KOACH Intern at QC Hillel
- In charge of programming events
- Communication and Outreach
- Volunteering with WNET at the Natural History Museum
- Sid the Science Kid Premier
- Dinosaur Train
- Wind Ensemble – Clarinet
- Stage Crew/Run Crew
- A Dybbuk
- Romeo & Juliet
Sophomore Year 2013-2014
Semester Perspective:
Courses:
University Scholar at Queens College and Macaulay Honors College
Majoring in Art History and History
- History
- History 107: English History up to 1603 (A)
- History 149: History of Islamic Civilization 1517-Present (A)
- History 230: History of Ireland up to 1603 (A)
- Paper on the Book of Kells
- Paper on the Field of the Cloth of Gold
- Paper on Gerald of Wales
- Paper on Edmund Spenser
- Art History
- Art History 200: Sexual Difference (A)
- Art History 212: Early Medieval Art History (A)
- Art History 220: Renaissance and Modernity (A)
- Art History 258: History of Photography (A)
- Study Abroad: Spanish Art from Velazquez to Dali (A)
- The Power of Man – Lewis Hine (A)
- Susan Sontag’s Photographic Experience (A)
- Fragonard and Vermeer (A)
- Bird of Prey Brooch (A)
- Paper on Aubrey Beardsley (B+)
- Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (A)
- Italian 112 (A+)
- Italian 203 (A+)
- Sociology 289 Honors: Sociology of Death and Dying (A)
- FNES 13: Folk Dance (A)
- English 365: Celtic Mythology and Literature (A+)
- Paper on Mac Do Tho’s Pig and Hound (A)
- Paper on Guaire’s Greedy Guests (A)
- Macaulay Seminars
Awards:
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars Inductee
- Intermediate Italian Student Award – European Language Department
- Deans List (Fall and Spring semesters)
Volunteer/Intern/Extracurricular:
- Wind Ensemble – Clarinet
- Set Designer for QC Theatre Guild production of Lysistrata
- Docent at the Museum of Tolerance of New York
- Usher at the Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts
- Student Member of Tech Fee Committee
- USAC Study Abroad to Madrid – Art History, Spanish Culture and Civilization, Spanish Conversation
Junior Year 2014-2015
Semester Perspective:
Courses:
University Scholar at Queens College and Macaulay Honors College
Majoring in Art History and History
- History
- History 295: Sephardic Jewish History (A)
- History 392W: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in 19th Century Europe (A)
- History 393: Women and Clothing in Medieval Europe (A)
- Paper on Andre Aciman’s Out of Egypt (A)
- Women, Fashion, and the Middle Ages: 1300 – 1500 (A)
- “The Lady of Shalott”: Looking at the Changes of Women’s Roles in 19th Century Europe (A)
- Art History
- Art History 255: Late Contemporary/Post-War (A+)
- Art History 300: Art History Research Methods (A+)
- Art History 254: Twentieth Century Art (A+)
- Corral de Locos: A Tiny Painting With Tons of Meaning (A+)
- A Comparison Between Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell (A)
- Paul Gauguin and Maurice Denis: Ia Orana Maria vs. Springtime (A)
- Italian 204 (A)
- Arts 151: Drawing I (A+)
- English 165H: Introduction to Poetry (A+)
- FNES 158: History of Costumes and Furnishing from the French Revolution to the Present (A)
- FNES 228W: Fashion Collection Archive (A+)
Awards:
- Brownstein/McDermott Merit Scholarship for the Humanities – $5,000
- Martin Pine Prize for High Achievement in Renaissance or Italian history
- Student Affairs Peace Prize
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Deans List (Fall and Spring semesters)
- Presidential Award
Volunteer/Intern/Extracurricular:
- Queens College History Club President
- Dialogue Fellow for the Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding
- Webmaster for Macaulay Honors College’s Online Literary Magazine: The 67th Street Scribe
- Docent at the Museum of Tolerance of New York
- Usher at the Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts
- Education Intern at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
- Macaulay Honors College Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain (Summer 2015)
Senior Year 2015-2016
Courses:
University Scholar at Queens College and Macaulay Honors College
Majoring in Art History and History
- Art History
- Art History 246: European Art 1789-1848 (A+)
- Art History 505 VT: Impressionism (A)
- French 111 (A+)
- Latin 101 (A+)
- Latin 102 (A)
- Arts 186: Ceramics I (A)
- Anthropology 103: Introduction to Archaeology (A)
- Arts 185: Contemporary Art in a Global Society, Social Practice Art (A-)
- Thesis – Robert Birmelin: A Biography and Analysis (A)
Awards:
- Summa Cum Laude: 3.974
- Highest Honors in Art History
- Highest Honors in History
- QCRA O’Hara Scholarship
- Art History Prize
- Walter Plotch Art History Prize
- Gaudens Megaro Prize for European History
- Phi Alpha Theta Inductee
- Paul Soros Scholar
- Deans List
Volunteer/Intern/Extracurricular:
- Apprentice Museum Educator & Docent at the Rubin Museum of Art
- Queens College History Club Secretary
- Social Change Fellow for the Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding
- Jewish Learning Fellow at Hillel
- Assistant Review Editor for the Association for Jewish Studies
- Webmaster for Macaulay Honors College’s Online Literary Magazine: The 67th Street Scribe
- Volunteer at La Nacional Spanish Benevolent Society
- Docent at the Museum of Tolerance of New York