Our students come to COA from 49 states and 32 countries. And while at COA they accomplish amazing things — in amazingly different fields. Recently…

3 Seniors were awarded Watson Fellowships. They will conduct post-graduate research around the world thanks to the generosity of the Watson Fellowship Program.

1 Senior spent terms in London studying photography under Steve Double.  She is concluding her COA studies photographing parts of Mexico and Argentina.

10 COA writers are working on novels in an advanced novel tutorial.

1 Senior created a visual emergency management system for Cupertino, CA using Google Earth and Geographic Information Systems.

15 Students attended Powershift 2009 in Washington D.C. That’s 5% of the student body!

1 Junior spoke at 3 different national math conventions: MathFest conference with Mathematical Association of America, Women in Mathematics in New England Conference, and the American Mathematical Society joint conference with Mathematical Association of America.

4 Students presented their research at the professional International Waterbird Society meetings in Texas.

1 Sophomore followed up last year’s hit production of the classic Greek tragedy, The Bacchae, with a Bollywood rendition of Shakespeare’s, The Tempest.

15 Students are heading to Copenhagen this fall for the international climate change meeting to update the Kyoto Protocol.

1 Student represents North American youth at the United Nations Environmental Programme.

4 Students had leadership roles at the UN climate change meetings in Poland last December.

2 Students had separate music CD releases this spring.

1 Junior received 1 of 15 national Environmental Protection Agency GRO fellowships to continue research on how fungi can help remove heavy metals from polluted soils.

1 Sophomore won the Fifth Edition of the International Poetry Competition Castello di Duino-Solidarietà: Poetry and Solidarity, Language of the Peoples while working for the Commission on Human Rights in the Yucatan.

3 Students won the Kathryn W. Davis Project for Peace Award and worked on a deforestation and water pollution prevention project on St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

1 Student, with her Kathryn W. Davis Project for Peace Award, made a documentary film of homeless voters in Washington state.

2 Juniors received Udall Scholarships and 5 more student received honorable mentions, for their efforts to preserve and protect our environment.

2 Students received Goldwater Scholarships and 2 more received honorable mentions, for their work in math and science.

10 Students are showing their work in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery in just one term.

2 Students were selected to attend Northwestern University’s Global Engagement Summit and focus on how to implement projects of their dreams.

1 Senior received an Humanity in Action Fellowship to study contemporary minority and human rights issues in New York and Berlin.

(and that’s just in one year!)