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Tyler Rhind

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Bold Points

2x

Nominee

3x

Finalist

1x

Winner

Bio

Overcoming a traumatic brain injury and mental health struggles to achieve a small merit scholarship was no small feat. I am on a mission to help those struggling with mental health issues. I know what it's like to go through the fire and it takes support. I will be there for those who are feeling alone or isolated. My accident occurred walking to class senior year of college where I was struck from behind, landing face first in a ditch. Medical costs for TBI treatment and mental health care are quite expensive. Please help me attend school so I can help those suffering. ***Contributed to 3 neuropsych journals w/ scientists from Yale School of Medicine - West Haven, VA My greatest passion, which I can still do after the injury, is photography. I connect with the world through art. Photography is my escape. From bustling cities to quiet wooded areas, it’s me, the camera, and some music. I was selected to show at 11 exhibitions and a museum this year. Online Gallery: TylerRhindPhotography.com IG: @tyga.the.creative for 1000+ works of art Honors and Awards Include: - Perfect score in CT High School Writing Proficiency Exam - Most Outstanding Jazz Soloist, Regional Competition - Louis Armstrong, Outstanding Jazz Performer, NCHS - Junior Table Tennis Champ - Hamilton College Table Tennis Champ - Lake Club Table Tennis Champ - 41st Carriage Barn Photo Exhibit - Through Our Eyes IX Gallery - Fairfield Museum IMAGES Exhibit - 2x Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Gallery - Spectrum Art Exhibit - 5x Rowayton Arts Center Gallery

Education

New York University

Master's degree program
2021 - 2024
  • Majors:
    • Social Work

Fordham University

Master's degree program
2020 - 2020
  • Majors:
    • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Minors:
    • Special Education and Teaching, General

Hamilton College

Bachelor's degree program
2014 - 2018
  • Majors:
    • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Minors:
    • Economics, General

High School (will send donors full name)

High School
2010 - 2014

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
    • Clinical Psychology
    • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
    • Special Education and Teaching, General
    • Photography
    • Jazz/Jazz Studies
    • Creative Writing
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Clinical Social Work

    • Dream career goals:

      Mental Health Support, hospital setting + private practice

    • Assistant Business Solutions

      Horizon Media, top independent agency
      2019 – 20201 year
    • Neuroscience Intern

      West Haven VA, Research team with Yale Scientists, dedicated to untangling the deep complexities of schizophrenia
      2016 – 20171 year
    • Finance Intern

      Newman's Own, 100% of profits donated to charity
      2015 – 20161 year

    Sports

    Basketball

    Intramural
    2003 – 201815 years

    Awards

    • Rec, Travel, JV, Intramurals, Masters

    Table Tennis

    Club
    2007 – Present17 years

    Awards

    • Junior Champion, College Champion, Club Champion

    Ultimate Frisbee

    Varsity
    2014 – 20173 years

    Awards

    • 1 game from nationals, 2 years in a row

    Research

    • Developmental and Child Psychology

      Hamilton College — Lead Researcher, experimental design, and author / presenter of thesis
      2017 – 2018
    • Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

      Veterans' Administration, Yale Research Group — Neuroscience Intern
      2016 – 2017

    Arts

    • Tyler Rhind Photography

      Photography
      Selected to show at 3 private galleries and 1 museum this year
      2013 – Present
    • Jazz Saxophone, Tenor

      Music
      Award-winning jazz saxophonist from middle school through college
      2008 – 2020

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Service League of Boys, Community Service — Volunteer
      2012 – 2014
    • Volunteering

      Washington Carver Foundation for Underprivileged Youth — Tutor
      2012 – 2013

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    Student Life Photography Scholarship
    Bold Wise Words Scholarship
    Live in the moment. It's really simple. When you are thinking too much in the future or too much in the past, you lose what's happening around you. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized that it is important to enjoy the moment and sink into the present. As my great uncle always says, "The future is an illusion and the past doesn't exist". My uncle is the wisest man I know. He studied Kabbalah for 20 years and this is just one of the many truths he has bestowed upon me, but I carry it always. If you live for the moment, it's much easier to enjoy. Don't let life pass you by; be present.
    Austin Kramer Music-Maker Scholarship
    It's all about getting the creative juices flowing. Please enjoy some of my improv, laying down a tasty horn line with two very important people in my life: My dad on the keys, and my old camp counselor on the drums. For the three of us, music is a very important part of our lives and this was a reunion like no other. Good people, good music, and good times. Stay creative.
    Brady Cobin Law Group "Expect the Unexpected" Scholarship
    I am a passionate artist, photographer, jazz saxophonist, and I have some experience with painting and poetry. In college, I studied drawing, design, and completed multiple independent studies in photography. My areas of focus consist of landscape, architecture, nature, and design; I aim to have a broad portfolio and push myself in multiple directions as an artist. Photography is my escape. Throw on in some earbuds, some shades, and explore. From bustling cities to quiet wooded areas, it’s me the camera, and some music. I look for geometry in nature: shapes, lines, symmetry, and texture in everything around with me. Photography is about saying so much without opening your mouth. Sharing a unique perspective on the world or making a comment on society, nature, and form with no words at all. Capture the heart, mind, soul with the simple click of a camera. It takes an eye, subtle understandings of light, contrast, and composition, and a passionate will to explore the world in order to truly push yourself. Like anything else, photography takes practice… anyone can click a camera, but I have spent hundreds and hundreds… probably over a thousand hours tuning my craft. Looking at the world with a critical and analytical eye is something that comes naturally after spending well over an hour with micro adjustments that 99% of the population would not even recognize. I pour myself into what I do; and I get so much in return. Photography has been there when no one else was by my side. I was tortured in college by one of my roommates. Every single day. It started as harmless disagreements and disrespect over personal space, but grew into something far more deep-seeded and malicious. One day, my roommate was complaining about something academic and inconsequential and threw out a gay slur. I could not sit by and listen to him any longer. I told him this was unacceptable and that I wouldn’t listen his hateful, bigoted slander just because he felt like venting. He didn’t like that. Over the next two years, I spent hours in the woods, crying alone, in my room wearing sunglasses and blasting rap music, to drown out the pain. I got in countless streaming matches with my social worker, who didn’t believe that kids could be so cruel. My own mother didn’t know how to help me. I was alone. On an island. This roommate spread a rumor about my sexuality in the most hateful of ways. Before long, I had packs of people following me to class, standing outside my door, ridiculing my every movement. Photography was where I would go to escape. Headphones, sunglasses, and hundreds of acres of woods just a few hundred feet from my dorm are how I coped with the pain. Lonely walks in the forest listening to jazz, blues, rap, gospel, and soul music helped me get through the day. No one could hurt me when I was looking through my lens. Even in a better place, photography has remained by my side, held me up, and taken me higher. In the last month, I have been selected to show at two gallery, exhibitions with many professional photographers. Life has never felt so good. I want to share my gift with the world, continue to live with a curiosity, looking at the sky with a sense of wonderment. I want to use my art to make others as happy as it has made me. Dealing with prejudice slander, public ridicule, and a mental health struggle, I am beginning my mission to support and protect those who are suffering with from abuse as a social worker. I was awarded a merit scholarship to attend NYU’s Silver School of Social Work, despite my own traumatizing experience, related mental health struggles, and a severe traumatic brain injury that resulted in a subdural hematoma. Without the necessary support, many people will not find this strength within. I want to be the person to be there for that tortured kid who feels like he’s on an island. Let him know that he’s not alone. Art has been an escape for me and I know it can be a healthy escape for others. As a mental health counselor, I will look to inspire and encourage those who are in pain to release their emotions in art. It is cathartic, therapeutic, and revitalizing. Art will set you free.
    Pettable Pet Lovers Scholarship
    Cute and cuddly boys... cute and cuddly. Otis the Papipom, Buddy the Beagle, and Julie the Golden. What a fantastic crew :) They each have their own quarks and can get under your skin, but this bunch is lovable and adorable. Unfortunately, Otis is no longer with us. His gorgeous mane and stylish spirit live in puppy heaven. There are not Coyotes up there Oatsman. RIP
    Bold Moments No-Essay Scholarship
    We explored the lava covered terrain of a landscape only to be described as something out of natural geographic. The four of us pulled over on a drive back from the black sand beaches to Reykjavik, taking a slippery walk behind this magnificent waterfall. Thunderous churning, misty air, and even a glimpse of a rainbow towards the end. Recently selected by a professional juror to be displayed in a gallery exhibition. @Tyga.The.Creative Being bold is about standing out. The second image is a picture of standing out and being yourself. This truly captures the artist within. @Tyga.The.Creative