New College News

Following the growth of a successful content partnership together, Caribu and its CEO co-founder Maxeme Tuchman are welcomed into the Mattel family of brands.

Perhaps characteristic of many New College alums, Robert Cooksey ’97 is most comfortable when confronted with something brand new. The Experience Architect for Robotics at Intel loves designing in unthought spaces.

Kush (Parankush) Bhardwaj ’16, credits his education at New College of Florida for landing his job as a software engineer at LinkedIn in San Francisco. 

Dany Rizzo ’12, a New College alum credits her thesis for being promoted to a project management role at her workplace in Silicon Valley. “I had no real project management experience but when I interviewed internally, I spoke about my thesis. Because it was a project, it helped me get the role.”  

Rebecca Stork ’06 is in the prime of her life. It’s the time most thirty-somethings have a laser-beam focus on their careers. That definitely applies to her. She is a rising star attorney with Journy LLP—a boutique law firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.

5th Year Antonia Ginsberg-Klemmt and Alumnus Orion Morton '17 are featured in a recent WEDU program, highlighting solutions and changes Gen Z is making to live eco-friendly.

Cultivating his legal prowess was a skill Michael Reese ’88 learned at New College of Florida, and the experience has served him for decades as a successful lawyer. So, in early September, Reese decided to pay it forward, donating $50,000 to his alma mater’s Law Society.

Below is the entirety of Maxeme Tuchman’s 2022 commencement speech, given at New College of Florida on Fri. May 20 on the College Hall bayfront.

As Eureka Day begins its run at Sarasota’s Asolo Repertory Theatre on May 11, playwright Jonathan Spector ’97 is reflecting on the city—and the college—that gave him his start.

When Aleah Colón-Alfonso—a student from the Class of 2022 at New College of Florida—graduates on May 20, her commencement speaker will be alumna Maxeme Tuchman ’00.