Here’s Why
Everyone has a reason. Discover why Purchase was their perfect choice.
Pursuing Unique Courses of Study
Click on the images of recent graduates below to learn more about how they merged their passions and tailored their academic experience to match—and how Purchase is one of the few places where students can combine rigorous professional training in the arts with serious study in the liberal arts and sciences.
Rotem Peretz
Major: Arts Management
Minor: Theater and Performance
Olivia Manna
Major: Voice & Opera Studies
Minor: Journalism
Paige Aaronson
Major: Drawing and Painting
Minors: Biology and Art History
Siena Vaccara
Majors: Psychology and Gender Studies
Minor: Studio Composition
Kaspar Horsfield
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Italian
Grace Gedeon
Major: Journalism
Minor: Visual Arts/Photography
Science Stories
Alumni from the sciences share their answers to the Why Purchase question.
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Georgie Humphries ’19 & April McIlwaine ’19 Receive Awards
Alumni awarded for work in environmental studies and biology at the WCA Entrepreneurship in the Sciences event. -
Juliana Weissbein ’10
Brilliant professors challenged her to think differently about the world.
Majors: Sociology and Gender Studies -
Ana Sarmiento ’12
The culture of diversity at Purchase fully prepared her for graduate studies in genetic counseling.
Major: Psychology
Courses in Premedical Studies -
Liza Knipscher ’15
Biomedical illustrator and educational application developer credits the interdisciplinary nature of her classes and surroundings as impacting her career path.
Major: Psychology
Minors: Biology and Visual Arts
