Wendell Phillips finalists to speak

The selection process for the Wendell Phillips Award will come to a close today when the eight finalists present their speeches to the Committee on Student Life. The finalists have been asked to envision their ideal community service project, to talk about what they would like to accomplish, and with whom they would like to work. The award will be presented to one senior, who will earn the right to speak at graduation, and is in honor of Wendell Phillips, the great Boston preacher and orator. It will be awarded to one of the following seniors who best demonstrates oratory skills and shows a dedication to community service.



Bradley Crotty, a Bio-Chemistry major, is an Omidyar Scholar who created a project at the Sharewood Free Health Clinic to develop and institute a care management program for clinic patients. He is the founding editor of TuftScope, a journal connecting bioethics with active citizenship values. He is a past president of the Tufts Chapter of the American Medical Student Association and a second year chair of the Undergraduate Research & Symposium. He also co-taught an explorations course "Bioscience, Ethics, & Public Policy" last semester.



Kate Elder is a Community Health and International Relations major, and is the former President of Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS). She has worked with the Harvard AIDS Institute and has been nominated as a Tufts Emerging Leader. She is also a member of the squash team and is fluent in French.



Rachel Gutter, an English major, has been a member of the Golden Key society and has volunteered with numerous LCS organizations, including Special Friends and Halloween on the Hill. She is a second time RA, a figure skater and a writer of a screenplay and a children's book. During her time at Tufts she tutored children through numerous organizations and teaches religious school.



Matthew Kane, an Economics major and Political Science minor, is a trustee representative for both the Trustees of Tufts College, and the TCU senate. He is treasurer of Hillel and a past Tufts Daily news editor. He was an executive board member of the Ex-College and taught an explorations course, "Stop the Reels: The News Media through Film."



Elizabeth Monnin, a double major in Peace and Justice Studies and Women's studies, is a member of the Golden Key Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She is an Omidyar Scholar and works with Student Sexual Assault Response Assistance (SSARA). She worked with the Tufts Feminist Alliance and taught an Explorations course for freshmen. She is a rape crisis counselor and former member of Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Amnesty International.



Jamila Moore is an English and American Studies major with a minor in African Studies. She is a writing fellow, a resident assistant for the center for Reading and Language Research, former Editor-in-Chief of Onyx magazine, and a former teacher for the Learning Bridge program.



Elaine Wang is an International Relations and Economics major, and a dancer and choreographer for Spirit of Color and Tufts Dance Collective. In addition to working in the news and editorial departments at the Tufts Daily, she participated in the Tufts Institute for Leadership and International Perspective. She is a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She has also volunteered with LCS.