This year was the 10th Annual CRS Alumni Picnic in Central Park! Thank you to the New York Alumni Association for hosting and for everyone who joined us. Click the post to check out photos from the event.
Read the highlights from our annual LAJF Board Retreat at Camp! Big thanks to the incredible members of our Board of Directors who volunteer their time and give their energy to ensure the foundation and CRS continue to thrive.
Thank you to all of the CRS Alums who gathered together in Poland for the World Reunion in September 2024! Click to check out photos from the weekend.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 GEJ Scholarship Awards! These recent CRS alums, staff, and volunteers embody the values of leadership, excellence, and commitment to social justice across a variety of fields and disciplines. We congratulate them on all of their achievements and look forward to seeing what they do in the future! Please click to meet this year's scholarship recipients.
Autumn is the time of the year where many alumni associations across the globe welcome home new campers. It is a time to begin new friendships across generations – something quite special to the CRS Alumni community. Chinese alumnae Lisa Li recently wrote a blog post on the Chinese Alumni Association webpage about rekindling old camp friendships – and about beginning new ones.
Kristen Chang (‘14, ‘15) visited Julie Kim (’89, ’90) as Julie was in the middle of moving her business, Littlefield, an all-inclusive art and performance space, to a new location. Read about how camp inspired Julie to change careers and open this art space.
Hooman Yaghoobzadeh (CRS ‘87,’88) is a physician specialised in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. As a CRS alumnus, he chairs the Health and Safety Committee and is part of the Reunion Committee. He will be celebrating his 30th CRS reunion this years. Chelsea Beyrand (CRS ‘07) just finished a graduate degree in nursing at Columbia University. Read their conversation about their careers, hopes for CRS and challenges as campers.
Caroline Chiu (CRS ‘10) has been the first woman to hold both the titles of President and Editor in Chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator, the second oldest continuously operating college news daily in the US. She is currently finishing her degree in Biomedical Engineering and will start working in consulting this summer. Shai Sklar (CRS ‘16) is going back to camp this summer as a second year camper and is passionate about biology and engineering. Read their conversation below!
AnnMarie Lee Walton (CRS ’92-’94,’99) is an award-winning nurse for her commitment to leadership and advocacy. After being a camper for 3 seasons, she went back to Camp as a counselor and continued her commitment to CRS through her service on the Program, Scholarship, and Health and Safety Committees. She also served on the Board of Directors and the Committee on Governance. AnnMarie was recently featured on the website of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, for her nursing work.
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