Returning Orientation Leaders
Ariana Arken
Major: Psychology
Class: 2026
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I’ve been skydiving.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place in the South Bethlehem community would have to be U&Tea. The food is just too good.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I would love to conduct my own research for psychology.
Nina Berkowitz
Major: Psychology and Health Medicine and Society
Class: 2026
Hometown: Lower Merion, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I'm the first one in my family who can be president because my parents and brother are South African, and I was the first one born in the US!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place in South Bethlehem is lit caffe. It's a fun place to get work done!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? As of now, I just hope to find what I'm passionate about within my major. I love psychology and hope to figure out how I want to utilize my degree.
Rachelle Bianciella
Major: Biology
Class: 2026
Hometown: Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I teach spin classes at Taylor Gym
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place in the South Bethlehem community is Deja Brew. Its a great spot to get work done with really good sandwiches and drinks!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? One thing I hope to accomplish before I graduate is to get into Physical Therapy graduate school.
Allie Callahan
Major: Statistics
Class: 2026
Hometown: Harrington Park, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My birthday is "1234" 1/23/04
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus has to be the tables outside FML and in Farrington Square on a nice warm day where I can sit outside and do my homework. It is so peaceful!!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I have yet to go to a football game here, so I hope to go to one before I graduate!
Michael Ciliberti
Major: Bioengineering
Class: 2026
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My dog is named after Frank Sinatra
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Mr. Lees Noodles -- Some of the best food in all of South Bethlehem
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to leave a lasting positive impact on all the people I get the chance of meeting and gaining experience from.
Alli Courtenay
Major: Chemical Engineering
Class: 2026
Hometown: Maple Glen, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love spin class!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Linderman library because it's a peaceful place to do work and has beautiful architecture.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Grow into myself and surround myself with people who support me.
Julia Dzurenko
Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Class: 2026
Hometown: Glen Rock, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have three dogs
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place in South Bethlehem is Rakki Ramen, they have a great selection of foods and it’s delicious.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to accomplish more leaderships positions on campus and to obtain a job before my senior year.
Marina Falzone
Major: IBE CSE and Finance
Class: 2026
Hometown: Nazareth, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am a beekeeper and I take care of bees on Goodman campus.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Taylor Gym. I love to take part in their workout classes or get a lift in after my classes. It helps me stay balanced and feel healthy.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to successfully complete my independent research.
Walter Fried
Major: Civil Engineering
Class: 2026
Hometown: Irvington, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have a sandwich named after me at The Goose.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I love going to LJ's Midnight Munchies for some late night food.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I would love to do structural engineering research before I graduate.
Maggie Johnson
Major: Business
Class: 2026
Hometown: Wilmette, IL
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My favorite animal is a giraffe!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Linderman library because the building is beautiful and I am able to study well in a quiet environment.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to study abroad and take on more leadership positions!
Luke Kaiser
Major: Marketing
Class: 2026
Hometown: Northport, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My sisters and I are all named after famous surfers!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Saxby's - Caffeine runs my life
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Getting certified for scuba diving
Lucas Koranda
Major: Integrated Business & Engineering—Industrial & Systems Engineering & Finance
Class: 2026
Hometown: Waikoloa, HI
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have an internship in Lithuania for summer 2024!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Currently, my favorite building on campus is the Business Innovation Building. I enjoy the comfortable breakout study spaces and the unique classroom layouts. It even still smells new, too.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I would love to compete in the Le-Laf bed races sometime before I graduate. I still have yet to decide if I'd be looking to take home the trophy for fastest team, best costume, or both.
Olivia Lundquist
Major: IDEAS (Materials Science and Environmental Studies)
Class: 2026
Hometown: Pennington, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I've been bit by a sea lion while snorkeling!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Williams Hall because it's a really nice place to study and I love their poke bowls.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I would love to get involved in materials science research before I graduate!
Zoe Metzger
Major: Global Studies
Class: 2026
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I used to ski race.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is the front lawn because I love to sit and do work outside with my friends when it’s warm out.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Before I graduate I hope to get an internship that I am excited about.
Daniel Novick
Major: CSB
Class: 2026
Hometown: Lower Merion, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I won senior assassin in high school.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Linderman Library because it is a cool building and a very quiet spot to study.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Run faster than Helble during his morning run.
Eli Smith
Major: Economics and Political Science
Class: 2026
Hometown: Springfield, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have a peanut allergy
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Building C at Mountaintop, because there are so many great study rooms.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to try every signature sandwich at the Goose!
Isaiah Sohn
Major: Political Science and Economics
Class: 2026
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My Korean name translates to the Sun.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Lehigh Valley Tae Kwon-Do. I enjoy the occasional sparring.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Attain a high score on the LSAT.
Mak Spiotta
Major: Computer Science
Class: 2026
Hometown: Morristown, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I lived abroad for 3 years!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? The Front Lawn (before construction)
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to pull an all nighter in FML at least once
Sophia Taskov
Major: Political Science and Psychology
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hackensack, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I grew up in Bulgaria!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I love El Jefe's because I can get fresh food until late when I study and they have the most delicious Mexican food!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to get as involved on campus and meet as many people as possible!
Clare Walicki
Major: Population Health and Economics
Class: 2026
Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love crossword puzzles
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place in South Bethlehem is Lit Coffee Roastery. I have been going since my first semester at Lehigh and the environment is so cozy. They have great coffee and unique flavors!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I want to study abroad in Europe!
Catherine Wilbur
Major: Population Health
Class: 2026
Hometown: Lake Bluff, IL
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have never been to a wedding before!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is the Lehigh Lookout because I love to talk to take walks there with my friends to watch the sunsets. It's a nice spot to unwind and will always remind me of my friends.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to get involved with research and study abroad before I graduate!
New Orientation Leaders
Taylor Adams
Major: Supply Chain
Class: 2026
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have a dog at home named Lola!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? The Lehigh Bookstore because I work there!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Participate in bed races during LeLaf week
Uwaela Agbontaen
Major: Marketing
Class: 2027
Hometown: Queens, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I spent two summers in Maine for about a week or two staying with a host family for a summer program.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is the Student Access and Success office in Williams Hall because it is a very community-based area where anyone can come in and join in or start any conversation they would like. I've met so many other minority students and first-year and upperclassman students in the SAS office.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to completely find myself before I graduate and have a definite answer for my career choice. I would like to know what I expect my place to be in the world before I get the chance to enter it completely.
Chris Anderson
Major: Computer Science and Business (CSB)
Class: 2027
Hometown: Madison, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am a cat person.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? One of my favorite spots on campus is Williams Hall. Williams is my hidden gem within Lehigh, it has great poke bowls, endless places to do homework and the best greenhouse. You will frequently catch me between classes grabbing a poke bowl and doing homework in the greenhouse.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? One thing I plan to accomplish before graduating from Lehigh is to continue my network, get an internship, and secure a job. While this is a typical goal for any Lehigh student, I need to make sure I utilize the resources I have here to be able to set myself up for a promising future.
Ella Billman
Major: Biochemistry
Class: 2027
Hometown: Hanover, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I raise goats back home!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? One of my favorite places on campus right now is FML. While it is where I do most of my work and studying, it's also where I hangout with friends and order-in food on late nights!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to have research and study abroad experiences before I graduate.
Steven Carr
Major: Finance
Class: 2026
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am the youngest of 8
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? FML because I can “work” on school and you’ll never know who you’re gonna see there and be able to interact with
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Make the most of my time here and have no regrets.
Tim Chrissinger
Major: Joint Global Studies & Modern Language
Class: 2026
Hometown: Frederick, MD
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! Dachshunds are my favorite dogs, and all I've ever owned!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I love Lindermann Library because it is very beautiful and really ties in the beautiful architecture of Lehigh's campus.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to study abroad for a semester.
Bella Clark
Major: Management Consulting
Class: 2026
Hometown: Denver, CO
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am a certified scuba diver!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Linderman because I find that I get the most work done there and it’s such a beautiful building.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to make as many meaningful connections as possible with my community and get all I can out of my college experience.
Brian Conn
Major: Civil Engineering
Class: 2026
Hometown: Chester, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have been skydiving
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? On campus I really like The Grind because it has good food and it's a good place to study. I also like a lot of the niche study spaces in random buildings or mountaintop.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to meet as many people as possible and make life lasting bonds.
Madison Danquah
Major: Marketing
Class: 2027
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love riding my longboard around my neighborhood during summer sunsets!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is the Mountaintop Cafe! There is always something yummy everyday.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I want to create a program or a venture that can help others the way other's have helped me.
Ava DeLauro
Major: Population Health
Class: 2026
Hometown: Flemington, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I can juggle!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I love Williams hall because I go there after class with friends, study, hangout, and eat good sushi.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to study abroad before I graduate.
Ava Demonte
Major: Psychology
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fair Haven, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have a Goldendoodle named Ellie!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place is Rakki Ramen, it is a fun place to go to get off campus and get some food with friends. It's still walkable from campus and is easy to get to.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope that I can start a Psychology related club because it is something that I am truly passionate about and know it could help connect a lot of people within my major or anyone interested in the field!
Aaliyah Depass
Major: Accounting
Class: 2027
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I used to do track in high school.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? The SAS office in Williams Hall because I'm able to talk to those that relate most to me. As well as the necessities and snacks available there!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Experience different cultures/countries and broaden my perspective by traveling to places I've never been before!
Leela Deshpande
Major: Chemical engineering
Class: 2027
Hometown: Larchmont, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love playing volleyball and have a 5 year old half sister.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? Linderman because I love studying in quiet areas
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Being as involved as I can and completing the things I want to do.
Ruby Doolan
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
Class: 2027
Hometown: Hopkinton, NH
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love soup!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is Linderman Library because I love to look at all the small details of the building while studying.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to participate in a research project abroad.
Anika Ekanayake
Major: Population Health
Class: 2027
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love a good cup of coffee and music!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I love Farrington Square! My friends and I love to meet up at FML to study, and then head to Johny's or Saxbys for a quick bite.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to get involved in research, and more leadership opportunities.
Jack Filius
Major: Marketing
Class: 2026
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I live in the center of Amish Country
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? El Jefes. I have made a lot of great late-night memories there with friends.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I want to be admitted into law school.
Touella Fitz
Major: Psychology
Class: 2027
Hometown: Rye, NY
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I love Cape Cod and go there every Summer!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place to go to is Johnnys because it is a great place to go get breakfast with friends and the bagels are great!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Before I graduate I hope to participate in a psychology research project with a professor.
Jyana François
Major: BioE
Class: 2027
Hometown: Lebanon, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I danced for the past 8 years!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I like Zoellner Arts Center. I've gotten to perform with my dance club and with the LU Clarinet Choir, as well as simply go to a practice room to play piano with my friends. I love how many opportunities, programs, shows, etc. are offered there.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? Acquire more leadership positions and growth opportunities
Caroline Frase
Major: Design
Class: 2026
Hometown: Lebanon, PA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! My favorite color is green.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus would be Mountaintop Building C, it is a place to be freely creative and a quiet place to do work. I love being able to take time outside on the quad if I need a break or some sun!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to be fluent in Spanish by the time I graduate!
Olivia Freedhand
Major: Undecided (Pre-Med Track)
Class: 2027
Hometown: Houston, TX
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have moved 7 times in my life.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is the Steps Building, specifically the far glass side that looks out to packer avenue because I am able to study well and see what is going on outside.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to find what I am passionate about and be excited for the next step of my life come graduation.
Roisin Gaffney
Major: Undeclared in the College of Business
Class: 2027
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I play two Irish heritage sports called Gaelic football and camogie.
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? My favorite place on campus is FML because I love to hangout there with my friends while we get work done!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to make a significant impact on our community by the time that I leave Lehigh University through the activities and organizations that I'm involved in!
Kristen Gallagher
Major: Computer Science
Class: 2027
Hometown: Middletown, NJ
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I made pasta in Rome over the summer!
What's your favorite place on campus and/or in the South Bethlehem community and why? I really love the Health, Science and Technology Building because it has the best natural lighting and is home to The Hideaway Cafe where you can find delicious acai bowls!
What is one thing you hope to accomplish before you graduate? I hope to study abroad.