2015 Fall Issue

In Sight, Fall 2015

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Photo by John Gillooly

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Behind the Humming Sound at Milton: The Answers in Dollars and Sense

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Behind the Humming Sound at Milton: The Answers in Dollars and Sense

“To an outsider, Milton finances seem like they ought to be simple, straightforward,” muses Rob Azeke ’87, trustee Budget Committee chair. Milton spent against revenues of nearly $60 million in FY 2015. What were those carefully allocated dollars aiming to achieve?

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Can Inadequate Metrics Drive Equitable Decisions? Seth Allen ’86

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Can Inadequate Metrics Drive Equitable Decisions? Seth Allen ’86

“I’m interested in stretching the notion of what ‘deserving’ means in this day and age,” Seth Allen ’86 says, one day in June when his normally teeming office is unduly quiet. Seth is vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at Pomona College, and he’s directing his comment at college admission overall. As a process, applying and getting accepted to college provokes fixation, incredulity and frustration for many families, nationwide. It also raises urgent questions about access, affordability and value. “Four years at Pomona and now in my 25th year in the field,...

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310 Emotional Touch Points: Dhruv Prasad ’95

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

310 Emotional Touch Points: Dhruv Prasad ’95

“A local radio host can be a huge celebrity in town,” says Dhruv Prasad ’95. If Ryan Seacrest, TV host of American Idol, appeared alongside Brian Scott, the K2 Radio morning DJ, at a mall in Casper, Wyoming,

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Chaos in the Circle: Donna Lee Chung ’79

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Chaos in the Circle:  Donna Lee Chung ’79

When Donna Chung was 26 years old, she was ready to quit playing field hockey for good. The two-time collegiate All-American at the University of Iowa was struggling to earn a spot as a goalkeeper on the U.S. National Team. She figured the time had finally come to move on with her life. “I really did quit in my mind,” recalls Donna. “There was another goalie, and she was better than I was, so I thought, ‘I’m done.’” Then she had a revelation. “I decided I was going to play field hockey until it stopped being fun. And it never stopped being fun. I just kept going.” And...

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Deliver Flavor: More Rather Than Less: Tomica Burke ’01

Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Deliver Flavor: More Rather Than Less: Tomica Burke ’01

Tomica “Tom” Burke ’01 could check all the boxes on any “path to success” template: boarding school, excellent college, Capitol Hill job, prestigious law school, a position at a Manhattan law firm. But after two years, she left her law firm, and one year later she launched TomCookery, a catering company featuring Caribbean and Southern-inspired food, based in Queens, New York. “It all started at Milton,” says Tom. “For my senior project, I wrote a cookbook. This was before food was sexy, but I felt this urgency about wanting to preserve our family recipes.” For the project,...

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