Office of Residential Programs

The Staff of West Campus

Meet the Associate Director

Darleny Cepin

Darleny Cepin serves as the Associate Director of West Campus. Darleny has spent the past six years working in the Office of Residential Programs for Columbia College and SEAS, and prior to that obtained her Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology at Teachers College. Darleny is currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Organization and Leadership with a focus on Adult Development. Darleny’s office is located in 600 West 113 street (suite A). Darleny assists in the planning of community standards and programs, provides answers to questions, and follows-up with individual or community-based issues and concerns.

Meet the Graduate Assistants

Winston Thompson

Graduate Assistant for Schapiro Hall: Winston Thompson
Location: Schapiro 102
School Year: TC 2010
Major/Minor: Philosophy and Education PhD Program

Suejean Kim

Graduate Assistant for Extreme West: Suejean Kim
Location: Woodbridge 1E
School Year: SSW 2010
Major/Minor: To be determined

Meet the West Campus Staff

Community Assistant
Kelly Russell

Name: Cyndi Tolosa
Location: River 508
Building: West Campus CA
Major: French and Architecture
Hobbies: cooking, hanging out with friends, travelling, going for walks

Resident Advisers
Tara Barrett

Name: Anna Starikov
Location: 47 Claremont 24B
Building: 47 Claremont 1 & 2
Major: Math
Hobbies: Free Culture

Omar Siddiqi

Name: Tara Barrett
Location: 47 Claremont 44B
Building: 47 Claremont 3 & 4
Major: Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Hobbies: Dancing and trying new foods

Matthew Kudelka

Name: Matthew Kudelka
Building:
Claremont 64B
Location:
Claremont 5 & 6
Major:
biochemistry (concentrating in math)
Hobbies:
enjoy playing tennis and soccer , being physically active, writing poems, and laughing

Julie Chung

Name: Andrew Kim
Location: River 308
Building: River 1, 2 & 3
Major: Political Science, History and Theory of Architecture
Hobbies: eating, good food, sleeping, cooking/baking, attending concerts, movies including my neighbor Tutoro

Sam Kemp

Name: Elliott Huang
Location: River 608
Building: River 4, 5 & 6
Major: Undecided
Hobbies: Music, violin, watching TV, following sports, learning about the newest technologies

Ashley Nieves

Name: Shreya Kedia
Location: Woodbridge 2K
Building: Woodbridge 1, 2, & 3
Major:
Hobbies:

Frank Nestor
Name: Frank Nestor
Building: Woodbridge 4K
Location: Woodbridge 4 & 5
Major: History
Hobbies: Eating, Snacking, Sleeping, Catnapping, Writing, Swing Dancing, and Learning Pop Culture, TV, Film, and History trivia for kicks
Pierce Stanley

Name: Casey Hayes
Location: Woodbridge 6K
Building: Woodbridge 6 & 7
Major: Anthropology
Hobbies: The performing arts, vintage clothes, museums, and Harry Potter!

Alisha Ling

Name: Pierce Stanley
Location: 600 W. 113th 3D2
Building: 600 W. 113th 2 & 3
Major: History, Economics-Political Science
Hobbies: Restaurant blogging and martial arts

 

Name: Sudeep Moniz
Location: 600 W. 113th 4D2
Building:
600 W. 113th 4
Major:
Hobbies:

Susanna O’Kula

Name: Susanna O'Kula
Location: 600 W. 113th 5D2
Building: 600 W. 113th 5
Major: Science, martial arts and physics
Hobbies: reading, foreign languages, traveling anywhere, baking deserts, yoga, friends and family

Colin Steele

Name: Alex Yagoda
Location: 600 W. 113th 9D2
Building: 600 W. 113th 9 & 10
Major: Political Science-Economics
Hobbies: kayaking, traveling, consumer electronics, and the New Yorker

Name: Sarah Schiller
Location: Harmony 305
Building: Harmony 1, 2, 3 & 4
Major: Environmental Engineering
Hobbies: animals, food, environmental issues
 

Name: Spencer Liu
Location: Harmony 705
Building: Harmony 5, 6, 7 & 8
Major:
Hobbies:

  Name: Jennifer Shen
Location: Schapiro 210
Building: Schapiro 2
Major:
Hobbies:
 

Name: Lisa Mak
Location: Schapiro 310
Building: Schapiro 3
Major:
Hobbies:

Name: Aisha Bien-Aime
Location: Schapiro 410
Building: Schapiro 4
Major: Applied Mathematics
Hobbies: Aesthetics, Art History, Avant garde/ experimental music, Epistemology, Cinema, Late 19th Century French Literature, Entology, Fashion Photography

 

Name: Stephen Chan
Location: Schapiro 510
Building:
Schapiro 5
Major:
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Name: Jonathan Maimon
Location: Schapiro 610
Building:
Schapiro 6
Major:
Hobbies:

Lauren “Casey” Hayes

Name: Benjamin Leiwant
Location: Schapiro 710
Building: Schapiro 7
Major: Political Science-Stats
Hobbies: politics, sports, music

 

Name: Juliet Savits
Location: Schapiro 810
Building:
Schapiro 9
Major:
Hobbies:

Alex Yagoda

Name: David Mao
Location: Schapiro 910
Building: Schapiro 9
Major: Operations Research
Hobbies: football, helping people, politics

Kevin Ciok

Name: Kevin Ciok
Building: Schapiro 10 & 11
Location: Schapiro 1110
Major: Economics and Political Science
Hobbies: loves to travel, write, and play video games-- the last two of which he has rolled into one hobby as the Video Games Editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator. He also enjoys playing the piano and trumpet and identifies himself as a Japanophile, hoping to study abroad there one semester.

 

Name: Katherine Lupica
Location: Schapiro 1210
Building:
Schapiro 12
Major:
Hobbies:

 

 

Name: Wen Yan Ong
Location: Schapiro 1410
Building:
Schapiro 14
Major:
Hobbies:

Anna Starikov

Name: Amy Wang
Location: Schapiro 1510
Building: Schapiro 15
Major: Political Science, History
Hobbies: movies, music, international affairs, catching up on sleep

 

Name: Ki Hoon Kim
Location: Schapiro 1610
Building:
Schapiro 16
Major:
Hobbies: