2015 Creative Showcase
December 18, 2015
From stage to White House to racetrack, creative alumni and students were on view and in demand in 2015. For example:
- Melvis Langyintuo '12 was No. 3 among …Business Insider's top basketball players on Wall Street. Plus he made a video with Saturday Night Live …favorite Keenan Thompson. There's no holding Melvis back.
- You may know "Letters to President Obama," the Tumblr page of poignant messages to the president from the American people,
but you can’t know it the way Addison Bennett '16 does. Landing a coveted summer internship at the White House, he pored over those
messages to provide content for speeches, stories, and policies.
Vice President Joe Biden and Addison Bennett '16. - A four-day Jeopardy quiz-show winner in June, math and computer science major Brennan Bushee '15 then rose through the Tournament of Champions into the semifinals in November.
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek with Brennan Bushee '15. - L'Chaim!Jesse Kovarsky '10 has been showcasing his song and dance chops, starring in Fiddler on the Roof running now on Broadway. See him here (wearing blue pants) in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- Actress, director, producer, and writer Miranda Bailey '93 is the brains behind movie production studio, Cold Iron Pictures. Her Diary of a Teenage Girl with Kristin Wiig took Sundance by storm. Now Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere, may get her an Oscar nod in January.
Miranda Bailey '93 (far left) on the set of The Diary of a Teenage Girl. - Marketing exec Tricia Clarke-Stone '98 brought some buzz to Under Armour's Curry One sneaker. …Using creativity more than a big budget, she invited reporters for a "huddle" with NBA star Steph Curry himself and for an immersive experience with virtual reality.
- Writer and professor Neela Vaswani '96 took a Grammy for best children's album, the audio version of I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, which she narrated. Watch a video interview below:
- At Saratoga’s famed Travers Stakes, …Keen Ice upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Ice’s owners include Ray Bryan '94 and Linda Crawford '73—just coincidence that he sports green and yellow silks?
