OCU’s Oliver Nguyen Is Playing His Way To The Top

Influenced by two important women in her life, Healey decided to join the committee for Elon’s 24-hour dance marathon to raise money for the local children’s hospital.

In an industry with an abundance of mainstream talent, Allison Altschiller is paving her own way through music.

Andrew Watring of American University confronts the issue of racism in classic theater in his bold new play ‘Shakespeare is a White Supremacist.’

The University of Florida senior used her hobby to make her favorite singer, Lorde, a gift.

Many students dream of working as a professional writer. This Columbia College senior out of small-town Alabama is living that dream.

The Stanford senior is on her campaign to re-think how Girl Scout cookies are made.

The ambitious University of Delaware student has high hopes for her medical career, but still manages to stay plugged in to the needs of her community.

As president of Texas Engineering World Health, Alina Schroeder has led her team to create a low-cost incubator that can treat children with jaundice.

RCC’s Vidmar is a writer for Huffington Post Teen Blog and MTV Founders, and an advocate for community colleges everywhere.

University of Miami’s Alice Kim dedicated her recent EP to her grandparents after spending a summer with them.

Admired for her outspoken nature, the MSU student explores taboo topics within the Muslim community with both a sharp humor and intelligent tone.

Through his startup Verb Energy, Inc., Yale senior Matt Czarnecki cleverly combines food and caffeine.

The Miami-based student showcases the power of music and self-reflection.

As an accounting major, Petito enjoys helping low to moderate income people with their taxes.

The student-created guide is changing the campus landscape when it comes to affordability.

The junior has made a huge impact through her involvement in student government.

The Cornell University architect wants to solve two of Tobago’s problems with one barge.

Pedro Cañas, a sophomore at New York University, composes beautiful songs that make an impact on all who listen to them.

Li is making an impact on campus through the Asian Student Union.

The University of Georgia’s 2018 commencement speaker and former intern in Washington, D.C., has plans to return to the capital.

Spearheaded by senior Vanjessica Gladney, the Penn History of Slavery Project has colleges across the country reassessing their ties to slavery.

An interview with USC student Taylor Seamans, a computational neuroscience major and the founder of Inbtwn. Magazine.

Burke’s pun-loving, eccentric stencils took off by word of mouth after she began designing shirts for herself. Soon, Ides was born. 

As state chair of the country’s largest Republican student federation, Ariana Rowlands is bringing aggressive, unapologetic conservatism to southern California.

A physical breakdown led visual artist and poet William Chappell to an unlikely catharsis.

Valdez’s latest award-winning poetry collection centers on environment, heritage and her favorite book.

The UCLA student is empowering others through her works of art and is aiming to destigmatize mental illness.

Burg, a music industry major who mixes R&B, soul, indie and folk in his songs, is releasing the second part of his three-part EP series in May.

The founder of the Happiness Project has a simple, yet incredibly difficult mission.

Student entrepreneur Anthony Valiulis has business sense in his blood. Yet his own path into the business world was far from predetermined.

A conversation with Sarah Adler, co-founder of Spoon University.

Drew Langhart, a student at Arizona State University, helped to develop an app that encourages stronger relationships between students and faculty.

College senior Lillian found a new way to clap back at racist, chauvinistic Tinder messages: making them into art.

In an artform full of imitators, the UCLA student’s distinctive style of photography sets her far apart from her contemporaries.

Sabriyya Pate is leading an initiative to convince Duke’s administration that students need access to free menstrual products.

Film has intrigued Austen Sparke for years, and since becoming a film major, he’s directed a short film titled ‘Murder Go Round.’

College senior Lyndcee Barragato wants to provide special needs students with a sense of community and belonging with her nonprofit.

As she attends school at Columbia College Chicago, Caruso also runs Princess Gigi’s Fund for the Medically Fabulous.

Although she’s only a sophomore, Ellinore Folkesson has already made progress on her campus as she fights for social justice with Amnesty International.

Wolff, a student at both Brown and RISD, talks about their art, the challenges of college and their inspirations.

Hong Kong University student Jessie Yang co-founded The Wandering Voice in order to create a platform for minority groups.

Malik has launched an environmental campaign at George Washington University to ‘Save a Million’ pieces of paper.

With a spark of interest from childhood, the NYU senior Ericsson Hartfield brings a contemporary breath to the classical instrument of the violin.

Aliyah Christian from the University of Southern California is challenging the stereotype of college students by pursuing all her dreams, all with passion.

Jay’Len Boone is making an impact on his college campus with the group ‘Voices in Praise’ to help UTSA join other Texas gospel choirs.

Dakota Herman has always loved drawing and the arts, but now she wants to take her artwork to the next, more permanent level: tattooing.

Whether it’s in journalism, poetry or fiction, Pulgar has a keen eye for criticism and good wit.

Seton Hall’s Meg Daniels and her classmates bring ‘faith, sports and fun’ to Puerto Rico on her school’s recent mission trip.

Through his research on Indian-Americans who served in the U.S. Army in World War I, Kalo shows that the immigrant community contributed to building America as a nation.

Niki Padgett has taken her longtime love of science and space and spun them into a prestigious internship at NASA.

Through her work with the largest commercial art gallery in Alabama, Walker aims to educate others on social issues.

Though she’s only a sophomore, Oteri already has vast experience in the fashion world.

Sofía Campoamor, the first female in the group’s century-long history, discusses the pressures and opportunities of the position.

Morgan Witherspoon, the executive director of the event, raises money for children’s hospitals by standing for the kids who can’t.

With her love of beauty, mythology, nature and culture, Sofia Gilmore-Montero writes and edits for her campus newspaper, Driftwood.

After realizing how expensive Uber rides can be, Matthew Vega-Sanz and his twin brother developed their own solution: LulaRides.

Pace University’s Douglas Dillon is a young businessman that has found success in both his Hanta Rods and Reels business and the theatre.

AJ Davis’s new film confronts the unglamorous realities of alcohol and opioid addiction.

After losing her cat in a car accident, Blythe Serrano hopes to prevent others experiencing such a loss by creating a light-up collar for dogs and cats.

NYU Abu Dhabi’s Khairunnisa Mentari Semesta and her team won iGEM with their E.coLAMP device, which detects the bacteria E. coli in foods.

Jaylen Jones, a Morehouse College sophomore, is giving back to his community with his ascension organization Achieve M.O.O.R.E.

A soon-to-be-published illustrator and social media influencer, Monique ‘Momo’ Le has taken to online platforms to discuss representation.

Artist McKenzie Cunningham uses non-representational forms and untraditional vehicles to flesh out her wild artistic vision.  

The Muslim-American activist who created the Hijab Project has returned to the national spotlight with a new mission: fighting an Obama-era program called CVE.

Chávez has used the platform as an opportunity to focus on making the 140-year-old school more inclusive, but it hasn’t been easy. 

A conversation with Iman Siddiqi, the UC, Irvine, student behind the first student-funded refugee scholarship in the country.

“Vagina Monologues” co-director and sorority sister Briana Grogan is part of a new wave of intersectional empowerment.

Inspired by a personal experience, Danya Sherman created KnoNap to help detect and prevent drug-facilitated sexual assault.

After her victory in the ‘Master the Mainframe’ competition, the 22-year-old Anna McKee from the University of North Texas found new inspiration for her future career.

USC’s Cameron Kostopoulos directs his future in cinematography, using his YouTube channel to make his debut in the film industry.

Berkeley freshman, Eleanor Hammond, is treading a path to greatness: writing the next big feminist musical.

The USC senior showcased the beauty of the South and the amazing things that female artists can accomplish with her first solo photography exhibition.

These careers are the most likely, statistically speaking, to help you become a billionaire.

NYU’s Isabella Bruder is a YouTube force to be reckoned with.

‘I think people still think opera singers only scream and are fat. I would say screaming is not what we do.’

Stephanie Everett, draws from her own experiences in her one-person play “It’s Fine, I’m Fine” to raise awareness and inspire others.

Student Body President Savannah Putnam is bringing change to UNC Chapel Hill.

University of Maryland senior, Emily Starobin, hopes to catch a glimpse of the Maryland state insect with the Baltimore Checkerspot Project.

Travel and daily interactions with people inspire this Boston University student’s music.

Before launching YouMakeYou, Triolo found herself taking time off from university after suffering from post-concussion syndrome.

A dog isn’t mankind’s only friend.

Surround yourself with stories and fictional worlds as you grow as a writer.

The 19-year-old freshman at the University of Arizona, Stanley Wong, is leading an initiative to combine clean energy and agriculture.

Sharaya Roberts, soccer player from Northwest University, turns her passion for the sport into a community building tool for children in Africa.

As the founder of JCSoft Inc., the MIT undergraduate is a rising talent with the potential to change the gaming industry forever.

Jacob Pavlecic’s decision to run for office began with the question, ‘Why not us?’

Rowan College’s Lauren Purnell combats homeless stereotypes with her blog called Naming the Homeless.

Georgia College senior Mackenzie Roux wants to restore joy, hope, love, peace and the simplicity of childhood with her nonprofit.

This young American artist had enough ambition to pack her bags and move halfway across the world to Israel.

Kaia Del Sol proves that you don’t have to lead the typical college life to find purpose and happiness.

They may not be books or films, but games can still tell captivating stories that players love.

Rice University’s sophomore works to start important conversations about domestic and relationship violence even before it has a chance to affect the community.

Annie Noelker is bringing new angles to her photography by accompanying it with her writing and music.

For UNC’s rower Kate Hickert, ‘If every woman fights with all the power inside of her, I know that we can level the playing field and amaze everyone.’

DePaul University’s Bushra Amiwala is proving to the world that young people can engage in politics and make positive changes in their society.

A musician and senior at NYU, Yasmin Williams wants you to play the guitar — but you probably won’t play it like she does.

University of Texas student Niti Majethia uses her experiences in life, like moving to America when she was young, to inspire her poetry writing.

The perseverance of USCB student Hayley Piña, a soccer athlete whose health condition brought her to great revelations.

Donna Imadi, a sophomore at George Mason University, founded InvestinYOUth, a program which mentors at-risk youth in Fairfax County, Virginia.

With her myriad of impressive internships and her political activism, Alicia Cannon hopes to be a voice for both the LGBTQ+ community and religion.