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Name: Cosmina LaBella
Graduation Year: 2008
Hometown: Utica, N.Y.
Major: Communications
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Cosmina LaBella will graduate in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Communications with a minor in Dance. She decided to apply to Manhattanville after hearing good things about the college dance program. "The fact that I could major in Comunications with a focus on film studies as well as minor in dance really made me want to apply here," she said. "Since dance has been a big part of my life since I was a child, I wanted to find a college where it would be possible to continue to pursue this interest." She joined the Manhattanville dance troupe as a freshman, and has been recently elected as co-captain for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Cosmina has also had a strong interest in television and film since she was eight, when she first appeared in a T.V. commercial. Since then she was involved in various film projects, including anchoring her televised highschool news program for two years. After starting her Communications major, she became involved with Manhattanville's Y Not News program. "The Y Not News film and prodution classes are great and the professors are amazing," she said. " I have learned many skills that I know will be useful in my future television and film career. Probably the most important thing I have learned is how to use creativity to get your audience's attention."
After graduation from Manhattanville, Cosmina hopes to attend NYU for Film Studies, and eventually wants to work as a film editor of movie trailers, while pursuing an acting career.