Friends of Sorenson
Friends of Sorenson is a volunteer (non-paying) opportunity for individuals interested in supporting the arts at Babson through various genres: music, literary arts, visual arts, film/media, dance, theater and architecture. Based primarily out of the Sorenson Administrative Offices in Park Manor South, volunteers will assist with projects such as: developing and maintaining walking architectural and public art tours of campus; maintaining the music library for the Babson/Olin Jazz Band; researching arts resources for campus-wide use; and cataloguing Babson’s permanent art collection. Friends of Sorenson will commit to volunteering on a regular weekly basis, as determined by Director of Sorenson.
Stephanie Chin
Stephanie is an incoming freshman at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. She is 14 years old and has played the trumpet since she was 9, and the piano since she was 3. An experienced musician, she enjoys playing and listening to many diverse genres, from classical to jazz and pop. Other hobbies of Stephanie's include running, cooking, and reading. When she grows up, she hopes to be a civil engineer.
Grace Chin
Grace, an eighth grader at Curtis Middle School, lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She has been playing the oboe for five years. This year, she placed first chair in the Eastern Junior District Band. Aside from playing and listening to music, Grace is also enjoys drawing and reading as hobbies.
Taylor Angles
Taylor is a rising sophomore at RISD. She has no hair on her head and finds the winters in New England to be quite brutal. Indeed. She likes mysteries and so she is investigating the mysteriousness of the Babson Permanent Art Collection (Intermediate Difficulty, but she is up to the challenge).
JinAh Jamg
Jina was born in 1980, in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated high school in 1998 and later earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and French Literature in 2003.
As an undergraduate, Jina volunteered as a teacher and a tutor for a Catholic church. As a tutor, she gave lessons and prepared projects for summer camping activities and charities. At that time, she was a leader by providing positive outlets for students through organizing projects and events.
Since graduating, Jina has worked in financial industry. After much hard work, Jina rose to become the head of the finance department in her organization during the past 8 years. Working with figures, she learned about being precise, detailed and punctual.
Even though her career is not related to the art,s she has always been interested in it. Her hobbies include photography, playing piano, cross-stitch sewing. She enjoys visiting the museum and exhibitions. She loves Van Gogh and Chagall. Specifically, the Marc Chagall Museum in Nice, France is great. That is her most memorable place. She agrees that the Museum of Fine Art in Boston is also fantastic. It has a variety of paintings from all parts of the world. One can also find the old fashioned American life through the artwork there.
She believes that art makes our lives richer and more productive. With this said, she is excited to join Sorenson Center for the Arts and help to give inspiration to students.
Maria Josè Piaz
Maria Jose is a professional actress in Guatemala that recently moved to the Boston area. She graduated from Kodaly Art Studio and has appeared in the leading roles of more than 10 theater productions back in her home country. Maria Jose has also appeared in television commercials and combined her passion for the theater with her family business. For the past 7 years, Maria Jose has worked with Fran Lepe’s theater company in Guatemala. She continued her education by graduating from Universidad Marroquin in Guatemala, focusing in International Relations and also earning her MBA from Preston University. Currently Maria Jose lives with her husband in Wellesley.
Phyleka Rogers
Phyleka comes to Babson from Memphis Tennessee. She is a very active student leader, involved in the Babson African Student Organization, as Vice President of Communications, as well as the Black Student Union, Babson Poetry Slam Team, and Babson Legal Society as Executive Vice President, to simply list some. Her most memorable experience at Babson would be being CEO of her FME business project, which taught her the essence of being a leader.
Yi Alice Wang
Yi Alice Wang' 15 is now a freshman at Babson. She came to the States two years ago from China. She has been showing eager interest in photography since she was in high school. She use to help with her school's yearbook and other events where she took photos. This year she is volunteering as a Friend of Sorenson with photography as well. She is also a member of Babson Players in the tech group and plans to help with filming the show. She hopes that in such a good business school she can still have opportunity that will fulfill her enthusiasm about art.