Welcome to HawkTalk

HawkTalk is a space for students to write, Tweet, video, and photograph their experiences at Wagner College. We want to open a window to campus, so you can listen to student voices, see what happens on campus on a daily level, and meet the wonderful people who make this campus a dynamic and engaging community. HawkTalk is (very) lightly curated by the Office of Communications and Marketing at Wagner. Please leave your comments so we can hear your voices too!

Erik Arntzen

Erik Arntzen

My name is Erik, and I'm a senior Arts Administration and Art History dual major at Wagner. President of the newly revived "Kappa Pi" Arts Honors Society, I'm also a member of Wagner's Honors Program, Art Club, and Marketing Club. In my free time, I love to draw, paint, sing and play piano. This summer, I'll be traveling to Florence through the CCIS Study Abroad program, taking courses in art history and business. I'm excited to see the Renaissance works that I've studied!
Trey Nicosia

Trey Nicosia

My name is Trey Nicosia and I will be a sophomore at Wagner.  I am a member of the Honors Program and I am double majoring in Finance and International Business with a minor in Economics.  I am also a member of the Wagner College baseball team.  This summer I will be playing for the Rockford Foresters in the Midwest Collegiate Baseball League in Chicago, along with three of my fellow Seahawk teammates.  I look forward to sharing stories about my summer playing baseball in Illinois.
Lynn Tay

Lynn Tay

My name is Lynn Tay, and I am going to be a sophomore at Wagner this fall.  I am from Sacramento, California and I am a Biology major with a Chemistry and an English minor.  I am part of the Wagner Swimming and Diving Team, as well as the Pre-Dentistry Society.  Some of my favorite things to do is to read, write, listen to music, and spend time with my family.  I also enjoy traveling and exploring new cultures and meeting new people.  This summer, I will be traveling a lot, first down to Southern California, then I will be halfway around the world in Singapore for seven weeks!  Have a great summer, everybody, and stay posted for stories of my upcoming endeavors!
Chris DeFilippi

Chris DeFilippi

My name is Chris DeFilippi, a soon-to-be junior at Wagner College. I am a Government & Politics major with an Italian Studies minor. I am also this year’s Orientation Coordinator. It is a great task putting orientation together and I am very excited to begin! I encourage you all to read this blog. I plan to be posting weekly as well as tweeting daily with the inside scoop. Have a great summer and stay classy, Seahawks! Happy Reading!
Summer in Peru

Summer in Peru

Wagner’s Summer in Peru program is designed to give students unique opportunities to learn by doing and apply their academic knowledge though community service work in the Moche valley of north coastal Peru. Dr. Celeste Gagnon, assistant professor of anthropology, is supervising Sophia Fox-Sowell '13, Nicholas Gibaldi '14, Robert Brandon '14, and Jennifer Ida '12 as they study human skeletal remains, work in sustainable development and cultural heritage, and help organize community health fairs.
Kellie Griffith

Kellie Griffith

My name is Kellie and next year I will be a junior at Wagner College!  I am a Spanish and Elementary Education double major from Riverhead, which is about two hours east of NYC at the end of Long Island.  I’m an RA of an all-girls floor in Harborview Hall and an active member of the Port Richmond Student Advisory Board (PRSAB).  I’ll be blogging all summer long and I’m sure you’ll hear a lot more about me and my life if you just stay tuned!
Vanessa Ayllon

Vanessa Ayllon

My name is Vanessa Ayllon and I will be a junior at Wagner College this fall. I am from New Jersey and a double major in Nursing and Spanish, as well as a member of the Spanish honor society "Sigma Delta Pi." This summer I will be studying abroad in Cuzco, Peru with the CIS program. I am excited to see one of the seven wonders of the world and learn more about the Incas, as I also get to know another side of my family's culture.